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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
A narrative ; or an historicall account of the most materiall passages in the life of John Rastrick
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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
A manuscript copy of a printed text concerning the divorce case of Frances (Howard), Countess of Essex and Robert, Earl of Essex and the trial of Sir Thomas Overbury's poisoners; copied out in an unidentified hand. In limp vellum covers with the initials "W B" decorating front and back covers; with the signature of "Wm Browne" pasted onto front page, this is possibly the signature of William Browne (1590-approx. 1645), the English poet. The text ends with "The Proceeding against Sir Tho. Monson, at the Guild-hall...May 24, 1616" so is missing a portion of the printed text; following the trial text is one page of autograph notes dated 1620.
mssHM 1553
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This manuscript is about Stow Park in Lincolnshire, England. It gives a descriptive and historical account of Stow and the nearby town Gainsborough. The manuscript appears to be part of a larger manuscript; it contains "Part VIII" and "Part IX," and the pages are p. 98-118. It is incomplete and it ends mid-sentence.
mssHM 80991
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Manuscript specimen Fragment of page 11 from a draft of chapter 7, page 149: "leaf + flower seems to have its winged representative overhead. Dragonflies soot in vigorous zigzags through the dancing swarms + a rich profusion of butterflies - the leguminosae of the insect kingdom make a fine addition to the general showy plants. Many of these at this elevation are a comparatively small + as yet but little known." Added images • Color frontispiece (same image as facing page 180): Sycamores on the San Felipe • Facing page 50: Hickories and Oaks on the Hickory Hill Farm. [1915] • Facing page 98: Bluffs along the Mississippi at McGregor, Iowa. • Facing page 102: The Wisconsin River at Portage, Wis. • Facing page 112: Across Lake Mendota toward the Buildings of the University of Wisconsin. [1915] • Facing page 158: The Meadow at Fountain Lake. [1915] • Facing page 170: The Hodgson Garden at Cedar Keys. [From an old photograph taken in 1867] • Facing page 178: An Orchard in Santa Clara Valley. • Facing page 182: Calochortus (Mariposa Tulip). • Facing page 198: Mt. Hoffman from Lake Tenaya. • Facing page 204: Yosemite Valley in Winter. • Facing page 230: The Glacier on Mt. Lyell. • Facing page 232: The Brown Cone of Mt. Dana. • Facing page 260: Emerson's House at Concord, Mass. • Facing page 298: Lake Tenaya, looking south. • Facing page 310: Hetch Hetchy Valley. • Facing page 326: An Earthquake Talus at the Foot of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley. • Facing page 328: The Upper Yosemite Fall. • Facing page 336: Sentinel Rock. • Facing page 340: "Bossy Cumuli" in the Sierra. • Facing page 364: The Royal Arches. [From near the point where Mr. Muir built his cabin in 1872] • Facing page 368: Sierra Primrose (Primula suffrutescens) on the summit of Clouds' Rest. • Facing page 380: Lewisia pygmaea (Alpine Bitter-root). • Facing page 388: Across the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin. • Facing page 392: In the Kern River Canyon. • Facing page 396: In the Great Tuolumne Canyon. • Facing page 398: Portrait of Mr. Muir in 1873.
646274
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Personal account book of Thomas T. Eckert, the head of the Washington office of the United States Military Telegraph, for the year 1864. The manuscript fills a Pocket Diary 1864 (New York: Published Annually for the Trade); a 2 cent U.S. revenue stamp is affixed to the title page (an unusual version of the Liberty head).
mssHM 83457
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Manuscript specimen Fragment of page 7 from a draft of chapter 7, page 146: "forest shadows upon a delightful purple level, lying smooth + free in the light like a lake. This is a glacier meadow. It is about a mile + a half long by a quarter of a mile wide. The trees come pressing forward all around in close serried ranks + plant their feet exactly on its margin, holding them-" Added images • Color frontispiece (same image as facing page 360): Wapama Falls (1700 feet) in Hetch-Hetchy Valley • Facing page 12: "Sand Embroidery." • Facing page 28: Merced Lake. [Formerly Shadow Lake] • Facing page 56: Early Snow in Yosemite. • Facing page 80: A Sierra Forest. • Facing page 88: Canyon of the South Fork of Kings River. • Facing page 100b: Lake Tahoe. • Facing page 104: On the Nevada Desert. • Facing page 110: In the Southern Utah Desert. • Facing page 144: Victoria from the Harbor. • Facing page 150: Approaching Sitka through Peril Strait. • Facing page 152: Ft. Wrangell. • Facing page 160: At the Foot of Muir Glacier. • Facing page 176: Arctic Grouse. • Facing page 200: Kings River Canyon. • Facing page 232: Mount Rainier. • Facing page 266: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Concord. • Facing page 268: On Professor Sargent's Grounds, Brookline, Mass. • Facing page 304: Along Paradise Creek in the Canadian Rockies, between Banff and Glacier. • Facing page 310: Along the Crest of the Blue Ridge in the Alleghany Mountains, above Luray. • Facing page 322: Father Duncan. • Facing page 324: Sitka Harbor. • Facing page 326: Mountain View above Yakutat Bay. • Facing page 352: Mr. Muir on a Sierra Club Outing. • Facing page 382: Mr. Muir at his Martinez Home in October, 1913. • Facing page 410: President Roosevelt and John Muir, with party, at the foot of a Giant Sequoia. • Facing page 422: A Smooth-barked Eucalyptus by Mr. Muir's Grave on the Alhambra Ranch.
646274
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One of the letters is a 16-page detailed account of Mitchell's voyage around Cape Horn and arrival in San Francisco in April 1849. The other letters are about Mitchell's experiences living in San Francisco and Sacramento including witnessing several hangings; his letters also give details regarding his attempts at mining for gold.
mssHM 63944-63950