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John A. Gilmore letters
Manuscripts
A collection of American Civil War correspondence between John A. Gilmore, his parents, and his siblings. Also included is a "Certificate of Record" of John A. Gilmore issued by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society (1906).
mssHM 58021-58066
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John A. Gilmore letters
Manuscripts
A collection of American Civil War correspondence between John A. Gilmore, his parents, and his siblings. Also included is a "Certificate of Record" of John A. Gilmore issued by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society (1906).
mssHM 58021-58066
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Biography and certificates for Alonzo Orson Perry
Manuscripts
Collection of items related to Alonzo Orson Perry and Mormon history. Includes a biography of Perry by Almeda Perry Brown, a family history of his wife Ann Janette Stowell Perry (1849-1912), a mission certificate signed by Brigham Young (1876), a certificate of his residence at Mill Ward in the Uintah Stake (1899), a copy of a certificate of his ordination as high priest (1907), Also includes a printed pamphlet of a revelation given through John Taylor relating to George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant and copies of two photographs of Egyptian papyrus reputed to be Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham.
mssHM 74300-74306
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Letters and manuscripts of William H. Smyley
Manuscripts
Set of letters and manuscripts related to Captain William H. Smyley and his time in and around the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Includes an undated letter from Smyley to William Rawson offering his services as an expert adviser on the Indians, climate, and landscape of the "coast of Patagonia," should Rawson wish to "form a settlement in any part of the Straits [of Magellan]"; a certificate awarded to Smyley by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society for "great personal risk" in saving the "lives of your fellow creatures" (1851); a letter from Assistant U.S. Secretary of State John Appleton granting Smyley permission to leave Port Stanley to rescue sailors shipwrecked in the Straights of Magellan, with admiration for his "zealous and humane efforts for the rescue of seamen in distress, and the protection of American property" (1859); a letter from Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Frederick William Seward commending Smyley's rescue of three boats' crew who "but for your benevolent efforts would have perished at sea, or on the sterile coast of Patagonia" (1863); and an undated receipt for payment to Smyley "on account of the Public Service."
mssHM 80137-80141
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John C. Scofield memorandum to the Chief of Artillery, War Department, Washington, D.C. :
Manuscripts
Scofield requests a memorandum showing aggregate amount of estimates sent to Congress relating to the defense of the Pacific coast for 1906-1909. Response to this request appears to be in John Curtis Gilmore memorandum, 1908 March 21 (mssHM 41540).
mssHM 41539
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Birth and Christening Certificate of John Himmelreich
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A birth and christening certificate for John Himmelreich, son of George and Sarah Himmelreich, born on August 28, 1824, in Buffalo Township, in Union County, Pennsylvania.
mssHM 79995