Manuscripts

Henry James and others letters

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Description: This material includes (1 letter) by Alice James (HM 66107), (9) by Henry James (HM 66108-66116), and (1) by William James (HM 66117).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1902-1914.
Call number: mssHM 66107-66117
Creator: James, Henry (1843-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington by the Library Collectors' Council from Lame Duck Books, January 19, 2002.
Associated people: James, William,; James, Alice,

Henry James collection

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters from the author Henry James to his advisor and friend, Edward Prioleau Warren. The collection also includes letters from James to Margaret Cecil Morrell Warren and Dorothy Warren; there is also one letter, written in 1920, from James' sister-in-law, Alice Howe Gibbens James.

mssHM 40218-40370

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Christina Rossetti and others letters

Manuscripts

This material includes (1 letter) by Charles Bagot Cayley (HM 66092), (3) by Christina Rossetti (HM 66093-95), (1) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (includes printed portrait of D.G. Rossetti, HM 66096), (1) by Gabriele Rossetti (in Italian, HM 66097), and (2) by William Michael Rossetti (HM 66098-99).

mssHM 66093-66099

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William Henry Pratt papers

Manuscripts

Collection consists of material relating to William Henry Pratt's activities in California. Items include a certificate for Pratt's appointment as Surveyor General of California signed by Benjamin Harrison, 1890 March 4 (HM 73028); a certificate for his appointment as Collector of Customs for Humboldt County signed by Chester A. Arthur, 1883 December 26 (HM 73026); a typescript letter signed congratulating Pratt from then-Governor of Ohio William McKinley, 1893 November 13 (HM 73029); a letter addressed to "Lyman" in which Pratt writes of the ships Corona and Pomona, and a postcard of a ship at Fort Ross sent to Pratt by "Walter." Also included is a certificate appointing Jared Turner Deputy Postmaster of Georgetown, California, signed by President James Buchanan, dated 1857 August 14 (HM 73027).

mssHM 73026-73031

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William Henry Pratt papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 73026-73031

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Letters addressed to Henry Albert Wolff

Manuscripts

This group of letters are primarily addressed to Henry Albert Wolff and include: HM 82747, a letter from Hyacinthe Loyson (Ṕére Hyacinthe) to Monsieur le Docteur, 1871, Dec. 26, in French; HM 82748-82749, 82753, three letters from George Baden-Powell, 1885-1891; HM 82750-82752, three letters written from Antananarivo, Madagascar and signed by the Prime Minister and Commander-in -Chief, 1886, in Malagasy; HM 82754, a letter from Francis Edward Younghusband, 1896, Apr. 16; HM 82755-82757, three letters from Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, 1896.

mssHM 82747-82757

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James Monroe, Washington, D.C., letter to Henry Dearborn :

Manuscripts

Letter discusses the surrender by General William Hull of Fort Detroit to the British during the War of 1812 on August 16. Monroe speculates on the circumstances of the surrender and mentions the probability that James Madison and Albert Gallatin will return to Washington, D.C. after learning of it. Letter is addressed "Dear Sir"; Henry Dearborn identified as recipient in the Papers of James Monroe and in the Writings of James Monroe.

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Henry James and others letters

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