Manuscripts

Jean Pene passport

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Description: A passport issued to Jean Pene to travel from France to San Francisco, California in 1857. The passport is in French, a printed form, filled in; on the verso is an endorsement stamp, with information filled in and signed. The passport is damaged, with the upper right corner torn away and some old repairs.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1857 January 29.
Call number: mssHM 65242
Creator: Pene, Jean(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Augustine D. Pene, April 1955.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Jean-Rodolphe Perronet letter

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This letter, written by Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, is in French and deals with military service. The recipient is unknown.

mssHM 81235

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Shanklin's diary begins August 26, 1902 as she is going to begin a teaching job in Nampa, Idaho. Jean talks about the other teachers, going to teaching meetings and conventions, attending church and lectures, the weather, trips home to Ohio for the summer and trips to Oregon and Washington. While on a trip to San Francisco, she visits Cooper Medical College and Lane Hospital and talks about her late uncle Elias Cooper. Shanklin wrote several times a year in her diary and her last entry is June 1, 1915.

mssHM 72321

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Jean Pierre Vibert letter to "Monsieur Lauret,"

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The letter is written by Jean Pierre Vibert to a "Monsieur Lauret" regarding an order of roses purchased by Lauret. In addition to a detailed invoice of thirteen roses, Vibert exchanges pleasantries with Lauret about visits that his customer has made to Chenevieres, ending with a discussion of the imminent closure of his business and the deep discounts that he can therefore offer on his 1833 catalogue of rose specimens. Letter is in French; written in Paris. With typed English translation.

mssHM 80796

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Jean Frederic Loba memoirs

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This typescript was dictated by Jean Frederic Loba beginning on January 3, 1899 and was completed just before his death in 1915. His memoir provides accounts of the following: his early childhood in Switzerland, growing up in Lausanne and Ouchy; his family's conversion to Mormonism; their emigration to the United States and the hardships of their travel to Utah; his dissatisfaction with and criticisms of the Mormon life they found there; details of his family's escape from Utah; his work life in Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois; his activities in the Missouri Veteran Volunteer Cavalry; his education at Olivet College; his travel to Switzerland in 1875; and his pastoral activities in Illinois and Michigan.

mssHM 66751

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Antoine-François de Fourcroy and Gaspard Monge letter to the Minister of the Marine

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The letter from Antoine-François de Foureroy and Gaspard Monge to the Minister of the Marine regards Citoyen [Jean-François?] Clouet. The letter is dated 1 Ventôse, l'an 9 de la République française [1801 June 1], and is written in French from Paris. One page is torn.

mssHM 83080

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F.M. English passport to travel in Japan

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This passport was issued by the British Legation in Tokyo to F. M. English, a British citizen, so he could travel in Japan for three months. The document includes lists of rules for travelers.

mssHM 68471

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