Manuscripts

"Uncle Brazil and Aunt Aurelia" to Seymour Hix

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Description: In this letter by "Uncle Brazil and Aunt Aurelia," to their nephew Seymour Hix, Uncle Brazil talks about his visit to Yellowstone National Park: "the best time to go through the park is about the middle of September as there is no mosketoes [sic] to bother... I was at the Hot Mammoth Springs last summer twice." The author also offers to take his nephew to the park the next time Hix comes to visit them. The letter is written from Livingston, Montana.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1889, July 21.
Call number: mssHM 72178
Provenance: Purchased from Stuart Lutz, February 18, 2011.
Dimensions: 25 cm
Associated people: Hix, Seymour,
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Letter to "Dear Uncle"

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a letter addressed "My Dear Uncle" and signed only as "Irving." The author describes his stay in Minnesota while on his journey to California. Also includes a small bit of paper with the following written in pencil: Dec 7th, 1859, Going West.

mssHM 48439

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mssHM 74525-74540

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This material includes three manuscripts and thirteen letters; one manuscript is a lullaby by Aurelia Dora Howells, and one is by William Cooper Howells, "Memoranda of My Personal History," which was the basis for his volume Recollections of Life in Ohio. The thirteen letters include a letter by Vevie Frechette, letters by Joseph Howells, William Dean Howells' uncle, letters by Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells' daughter, a letter by William Cooper Howells, and two letters by William Dean Howells.

mssHM 74525-74540

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Malcolm King letter to Arthur Lee Kellogg

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In this letter to his nephew, addressed "Artie Kellogg, Esq.," Malcolm King thanks him for the letter he sent along with his "Auntie Emma's" and reminds him to take care of his "Papa and Mama." King also reminds that "if Lucy is there, don't let her eat too much melon." The letter is signed "your Uncle Malcolm."

mssHM 4280

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Howells Family Papers

Manuscripts

This material includes three manuscripts and thirteen letters of the Howells family; one manuscript is a lullaby by Aurelia Dora Howells, and one is by William Cooper Howells, "Memoranda of My Personal History," which was the basis for his volume Recollections of Life in Ohio. The thirteen letters include a letter by Vevie Frechette, letters by Joseph Howells, William Dean Howells' uncle, letters by Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells' daughter, a letter by William Cooper Howells, and two letters by William Dean Howells.

mssHM 74525-74540

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George Fitman letter to "dear uncle,"

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George Fitman writes to his otherwise unidentified uncle that he has recovered from a severe case of "tifoid fever" that came close to claiming his life. As a result, he is in a bad way, out of money and unable to work. He gives a description of San Francisco, and describes the plights and experiences of the gold miner.

mssHM 19476

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Harriet Henderson letter to "dear uncle,"

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Letter from Harriet Henderson in Willard, Box Elder County, Utah Territory, to her uncle in Iowa. In the letter Henderson writes of the Civil War and subsequent difficulties in getting cotton, partly prompting Utah Mormons to grow their own crops; of an emigration party headed for the Salmon River gold mines; and of a battle between the California Volunteers and Indians (probably the Battle of Bear River near Franklin, Idaho), following which the Indians were "eager for revenge," making travel in the Washington Territory dangerous. Henderson also describes the Utah Territory and concludes that "we are certainly blessed in this territory with peace and plenty."

mssHM 74520

"Uncle Brazil and Aunt Aurelia" to Seymour Hix

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