Manuscripts

Horace F. (Horace Francis) Page letters to C.C. Williams

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Description: Series of letters written from Horace F. Page to C.C. Williams between January 1881 and July 1882 in response to the latter's seeking of a presidential appointment for a consulship. Page writes repeatedly to Williams that he is doing all he can to secure Williams such a position, and urges him to come to Washington or continue to wait patiently for a position to become available. Page also offers Williams a place in the pension office, which Williams declined.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1881-1882.
Call number: mssHM 73673-73681
Creator: Page, Horace F (1833-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Miss Avis G. Clarke, July 18, 1967.

Horace Bushnell letter to Scribner, Armstrong, and Company

Manuscripts

In this letter by Bushnell, he states: "I send you today my table of contents and title page" (Scribner, Armstrong, and Company published Sermons on living subjects in 1872). He then tells his publishers that he will be traveling to Ripton, Vermont for "two months." He also says that he will "order Mr. Hobbs to send...his plate proofs." He also wonders if "this political scrub race [is] going to affect the book market this autumn."

mssHM 79204

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Horace Austin letter to William David Lewis

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Mr. Austin informs Mr. Lewis of his business, in which he trades groceries for cotton, and details thereof. He also tells of his family, and how his son has been named Lewis in Mr. Lewis' honor. Through these successes, Austin hopes he has fulfilled the promise made to Mr. Lewis.

mssHM 23164

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Page and Markham families albums

Manuscripts

Box 1 HM 83502: Page family album. This scrapbook documents the Page family history from Connecticut to Pasadena, California in 1887. The contents of the scrapbook include: clippings regarding Connecticut and Pasadena social and religious activities, invitations to functions, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and pamphlets pasted in. There is a telegram from Booker T. Washington where he kindly declines Cornelia B. Page's invitation to visit Pasadena, California. The earliest item in this scrapbook was a letter written by Samuel Malty Page to his "Grandmother" in 1843. The latest clipping reports the death of Emily B. Page in 1916. Note: This scrapbook is fragile.

mssHM 83502-83504

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Abram Pease Williams letter to Lawrence F. Bower

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Williams responds to Bower's request that he was born in Maine in 1832, moved to California in 1858, and was elected to the Senate in 1886 as a Republican. Signed "A. P. Williams."

mssHM 21337

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William B. (William Boyd) Alisson letter to Henry Graff Trevor

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Allison is happy that Trevor and his wife are coming to Washington, but he is not sure if he can secure tickets to "the Ceremony in the Capitol." Typed letter, signed by hand. On United States Senate letterhead. Includes clipping with brief biography of Allison.

mssHM 29218

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James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., to William Kintzing :

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Writing as a senator, Buchanan reports that he was unable to secure the appointment of M.R. Kintzing as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

mssHM 23136

Horace F. (Horace Francis) Page letters to C.C. Williams

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