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Michael Davitt letters to an unknown woman

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    Laurence Binyon letters to unknown recipients

    Manuscripts

    Addressee names are either cut out or erased. One letter is in resonse to a request to autograph books and the second is in response to a request to autograph flyleaves.

    mssHM 13398-13399

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    Michael Redgrave letter to "Mr. Bullock,"

    Manuscripts

    In the letter Redgrave talks about curtain calls, two actresses, and other theater issues. The letter is written on "Garrick Club" letterhead.

    mssHM 78389

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    Michael Faraday letters

    Manuscripts

    In these eight letters, Faraday discusses a variety of topics. The letters are very short and mostly talk about various appointments or happenings at the Institution. Only one addressee can be made out: Faraday's friend John Barlow.

    mssHM 77757-77764

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    Michael Faraday letter to Charles Thornton Coathupe

    Manuscripts

    In this letter, Faraday is talking about some of the glass manufactured by Coathupe and some experiments. The letter was written from the Royal Institution in London.

    mssHM 72758

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    Michael A. Healy papers

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains papers of United Revenue Cutter ship captain Michael A. Healy (1839-1904) and his family, consisting of 39 pieces of correspondence, 4 diaries, a letterbook from the U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service ship, "Bear," (1885-1887), two large scrapbooks, and an illuminated manuscript testimonial to Capt. Healy in a leather pouch. Three of the diaries (1884, 1890, and 1891) are by Healy's wife, Mary Jane Roach Healy, kept while aboard the "Corwin" (1883-1884) and the "Bear" (1890 and 1891) (mssHM 47578-mssHM 47580), and the fourth is by his son, Fred A. Healy (written aboard the "Corwin" in 1883) (mssHM 47577). The scrapbooks (mssHM 47616-47617) kept by Mary Jane Healy contain clippings related to Capt. Healy's time in Alaska as well as general articles about Alaska, its population, whaling, the missionary Sheldon Jackson, and reindeer. mssHM 47617 contains a rare copy of the first issue of the Eskimo bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, March, 1893, and a watercolor drawing of an Alaskan house by Bessie E. (Bugbee) Tarpley, dated June 27, 1891.

    mssHM 47577-47618

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    Robert Seymour Bridges letter to L.S

    Manuscripts

    Written in response to a request to autograph two of his books. Name of addressee torn off.

    mssHM 13764