Manuscripts

Bankruptcy documents of John Catnach

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Description: Group contains 6 documents relating to Catnach's bankruptcy in 1801. It includes three letters from creditors to Catnach's lawyer Thomas Bell; a list of fifty-two creditors including booksellers, printers (several in London), three in Edinburgh, Duncan & Son in Glasgow and Morrison in Perth; a stock-list which records items in his shop, printing office, binding room, and household; and an Assignment of Personal Effects indenture signed by Catnach and two others (with seal).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1801.
Call number: mssHM 71743-71748
Creator: Catnach, John (1769-1813)(Opens in new tab)
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Mr. Morrison

Manuscripts

Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Mr. Morrison, bookseller ordering four items from his catalog #48. Lummis advises him that he is going to print a reading list in his magazine on the subjects of "Indians, California, Mexico, and the like" and is advising women's clubs to form libraries and will refer them to two or three booksellers, asking Mr. Morrison to send his catalogs to those that "bite."

mssHM 40684

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Memorandum books of John Brown

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The first notebook contains John Brown's autograph of the "Articles of Enlistment and by-laws of Kansas Regulars, made and established by the commander, A.D. 1856," list of the names and dates of enlistment, "List of Volunteers either engaged or guarding Horses during the fight of Black Jack or Palmyra, June 2, 1856, " and 'List of names of the wounded in the Battle of Black Jack (or Palmyra) and also of the Eight who held out to receive the surrender of Capt. Pate and Twenty-Two men on that occasion, June 2, 1856." The text fills 10 leaves of an 85 leave notebook. On f. 83, there is a pencil note dated "May 9, 1859" concerning "Cutter badly injured before the fight of Osawatomie." The second notebook contains sundry records of expenses, accounts, etc. for 1843-1846 when John Brown, in partnership with Simon Perkins, was engaged in sheep ranching and wool business in Akron, Ohio. Included are records of household expenses, expenditures associated with sheep and wool business, etc. Also included are scattered records of payments associated with the John Brown's litigation.

mssHM 845

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John Dryden tax documents

Manuscripts

These three documents all involve taxes paid and owed by John Dryden and his son, John Dryden. They are dated 1679, 1696, and 1707.

mssHM 81279 (a-c)

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John S. Arthur papers, (bulk 1880-1910)

Manuscripts

The collection is comprised of an autograph album of letters, clippings and photographs collected by John S. Arthur. Most of the album's letters are from booksellers and publishers, and the vast majority are addressed to Arthur. Of interest in the collection is a letter from F.G. Bain that discusses William Blake's (1757-1827) original drawings for Edward Young's (1683-1765) Night thoughts

mssHM 31196

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Legal documents of Edward H. Von Pfister

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Four legal documents relating to Edward H. Von Pfister, including a contract of the partnership between Von Pfister and William Vaughn for the firm of Von Pfister and Vaughn; an indenture between Sheriff B.C. Whittman, David A. Davis, and Von Pfister regarding land in Benicia; a statement by David A. Davis appointing Von Pfister as his attorney; and an inventory of the personal property of Von Pfister's wife Mary von Pfister.

mssHM 74739-74742

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Indenture from Spitalfields in Middlesex

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The indenture is a lease from William Woolfe to Daniel Hacker for two messuages and premises with gardens...; with signature and red wax seal, also signed, in pen, by F.W. Dau.

mssHM 82741

Bankruptcy documents of John Catnach

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