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Manuscripts
Alexander Spotswood letter to the Council of Trade
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Spotswood offers to sell two seven-year-old horses to Washington for £240; he also discusses costs of other horses, wheels, and home repairs, and promises to keep two horses of Washington's "for John's convenience to Mount Vernon." Autograph letter signed; includes addressed cover.
mssHM 78268
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Five letters written by Alexander McEwen in London to an unidentified recipient or recipients addressed as "Dear Sir" and "My Dear Sir." The letters discuss McEwens newspaper articles, and four of the letters mention [Henry?] Labouchere.
mssHM 82709-82713
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In this letter, Williamson is notifying Sylvester that he was awarded the Copley Medal at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society held on November 30 in London and that Williamson accepted it on Sylvester's behalf. Sylvester was then living in Maryland. Letter is written on Royal Society letterhead.
mssHM 80587
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This four-page letter, written in French by Alexander von Humboldt, is probably to his French publisher N. Maze. In the letter, Humboldt talks about his financial problems trying to publish Nova genera et species plantarum. He details problems he is having with the German government and also gives a breakdown of the publication expenses.
mssHM 70386
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Accompanied by two manuscripts: "Starting of the Deep Tunnel" and "History of Deep Tunnel."
mssHM 31163