Manuscripts

Employment contract between James W. Gaylord and Aniseto Chavis

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Description: A contract engaging Chavis as Gaylord's servant for thirteen and one-half months. The document enumerates the terms of employment, including the responsibilities of employee and employer, and notes that Chavis has been paid in advance. Signed by Gaylord, Chavis (his mark), and Granger (as witness).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1853, April 21.
Call number: mssHM 70159
Creator: Gaylord, James W (active 1853)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, January 29, 1964.
Associated people: Chavis, Aniseto, (active 1853.); Granger, Lewis, (1819-1890.)
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James Madison, Washington, D.C., letter to Caesar A. Rodney, Wilmington, Delaware :

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Letter by Secretary of State James Madison to U.S. Attorney General Caesar A. Rodney regarding the treason trial of Aaron Burr; he requests that Mr. La Trobe be immediately summoned to Richmond as a witness and mentions other trial matters.

mssHM 25460

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James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia, letter to Martin Van Buren :

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Madison provides opinions on several political matters at Van Buren's request, including: rules for the appropriation of money, grants to lighthouses and improvements for harbors and rivers, refusing appropriations for internal improvements until the national debt is paid, and objections against subscriptions to stock of private companies by the United States.

mssHM 23070

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James W. Pope journal

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Indian War journal kept by James Worden Pope, who with a wagon train of supplies accompanied Major Eugene A. Carr's 5th Cavalry expedition to locate and bring provisions to Captain William H. Penrose's cavalry. The 5th Cavalry departed from Fort Lyon, Colorado, in November 1868 and spent the next month in Indian Territory in search of Penrose. Pope's journal provides a detailed account of the 5th Cavalry's movements and their initially futile attempts to locate Penrose. He recounts the many difficulties of the expedition, from cold weather and inadequate provisions to drunkenness among some of its men. Pope also writes of encountering dead horses that had belonged to Penrose's cavalry and of the starving conditions of Penrose's men (when the 5th Cavalry finally caught up to Penrose on December 19, Pope writes that their men had just received their last rations, although they did have a supply of buffalo meat). He writes of encounters with Mexican buffalo hunters and Buffalo Soldiers, although not Indians (Pope's party discovered only "deserted Indian wigwams"). He also gives detailed descriptions of terrain, mainly around Purgatory River, Cimarron River, and Two Buttes Creek, as well as writing of the large numbers of buffalo and of buffalo hunts. The last entries of the journal, made in January 1869, recount camp life after the 5th Cavalry had joined Penrose's party, including the story of a man killed by Indians. Most of Pope's entries recount facts and do not have much personal reflection, although in an entry from New Year's Eve 1868 he writes of staying up until midnight, when the old year "gave up the ghost; burying with him many pleasant associations and hopes and fear. How little did I expect at this time last year to be out in this desolate region with only a tent for shelter...an episode in the life of [a] soldier." Some mentions are made of Carr, Penrose, Wild Bill Hickok, and General Philip Sheridan. The last page has a light sketch of unidentified terrain and what appears to be a list of Pope's provisions.

mssHM 74606

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James W. Waters deeds

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Deeds related to John W. Waters, including a chattel mortgage between E.S. Nisbet and Joseph Brown and Waters (1872), a deed between John P. Hight and Waters and Harrison Bernis for land in San Bernardino and branded cattle (1874), a deed between Antonio Salazar and Waters for land in San Bernardino (1876), and a deed between W.E.W. Lightfoot and Waters for the Grape Vine Ranch, Mojave River, San Bernardino (1877).

mssHM 74613-74616

Autobiography of James W. LeSueur [microform]: 1929

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Microfilm of James W. LeSueur's autobiography, completed in 1929. LeSueur includes anecdotes about his childhood, including witnessing the shooting death of Nathan Tenney (which he mistakenly dates to 1884 instead of 1882) and a trip to Fort Bridger, Wyoming, with his father. He includes some genealogy before recounting his mission to Leeds from 1898-1900 and his visit to the family's ancestral home on the Isle of Guernsey. Much of the volume relates to his business activities, including his work at the St. Johns Co-op and his work in stonecutting and land dealing in Mesa, with detailed accounts of his business accounts and savings. He also writes of his work on the Salt Lake Temple and of a situation in which he was accused of "dealing unfairly" with a widow in a land case, although he was ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing. Portions of the autobiography are partially illegible.

MSS MFilm 00083

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Alexander W. (Alexander William) Williamson letter to James Joseph Sylvester

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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

Employment contract between James W. Gaylord and Aniseto Chavis

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