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George Parsons account book

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Description: Account book kept by George Parsons intermittently from January 1, 1853, until September 12, 1857. Includes work tallies and pay records, as well as tabs for items such as clothing, salt, sugar, coffee, tobacco, tools, and livestock. Parsons' location is unknown.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1853-1857.
Call number: mssHM 74639
Creator: Parsons, George(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Patterson's, February 8, 1968.
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George Folsom letter book

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Letter book of George Folsom kept from September 2, 1850 to October 20, 1853, while he was chargé d'affaires of the United States legation in the Netherlands. The letters, written to various American government officials, discuss the preparations for Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan (including the effort to obtain coastal maps of Japan and Walter Henry Medhurst's Japanese dictionary); the case of William A. Seely, a New York lawyer involved in recovering the Dutch crown jewels stolen in 1828; the effort to dislodge a gentleman who claimed to be the consul of the Republic of Texas; and diplomatic implications of the 1848 constitutional reform in the Netherlands.

mssHM 83981

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Medical account book

Manuscripts

This account book includes patient names and fees paid for medical treatment from 1851 to 1881. The author is unknown but might be in Ohio. There is some mention of the treatment performed and reason for visit such as: childbirth, prescriptions of medicine, treatment of wounds, and even some dental work. There are 23 pages of newspaper clippings from newspapers in Ohio (the clippings are sometimes glued over the medical information). The clippings include poems and short articles, many of which are written by Thomas C. Harbaugh, a writer from Ohio. The clippings are from 1895 to 1897. Several pages have been cut-out of the volume.

mssHM 75114

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Manuscript account of George Clymer

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The first 13 pages of Clymer's manuscript contain notes from his journals, with random observations, about his time in Southern California, including Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Monterey. Clymer talks about the people he sees, their clothes, customs, dwellings, etc. He also describes California's weather, landscape, agriculture and crops. The remaining 83 pages are written in a narrative style and concern Clymer's time in South America, including Peru, Bolivia and Chile. Clymer also briefly discusses the political history of the area, touching on the Peru-Bolivian Confederation in the late 1830s, and mentioning the lengthy string of wars fought in Peru and elsewhere since independence from Spain; as well as, the effects of civil war in Bolivia. He also talks about his voyage in the Pacific, the sea creatures he sees, the calmness of the Pacific Ocean, etc. The manuscript has numerous corrections and additions, indicating that Clymer perhaps intended it for publication, or at least for a more personal public audience.

mssHM 72090

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George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron wages account book

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mssHM 6547

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Letters related to George Boosinger

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The group contains correspondence and documents contemporary to George Boosinger, as well as later letters related to research into Boosinger genealogy and Mormon history. The early correspondence (1839-1857) includes family letters addressed to George and Marie Antoinette Boosinger from Boosinger's brother John and sister Catherine Barbara "Barbary" Boosinger, his daughters Catherine (Ricketts) and Nancy (Munn), and a sister or sister-in-law named Phoebe Pratt. There is also a letter from John Craig to Boosinger describing the former's trip to California in 1846, including traveling overland from Missouri, being at sea during the Mexican War, and a description of the Sacramento Valley area, as well as two letters from A.W. Edwards to his father H.A. Edwards (1857). Other early documents include 1836 receipts and promissory notes signed in Kirtland, Ohio, by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, and others, as well as Missouri court records describing proceedings initiated by Boosinger against Smith and others for damages on non-payment of a loan. A song or poem entitled "Early This Spring We Leave Nauvoo" (c.1846) and a certificate of the ordination as an elder of James Oliver (1842) are also included. The remainder of the correspondence, dated 1937 to 1951, consists of research on the Boosingers and Mormon history in the eastern United States undertaken by M.S. MacCarthy on behalf of M.F. Boosinger. MacCarthy's correspondents include The Essex Institute in Massachusetts, the New York Public Library, the Bancroft Library, Austin E. Fife, Alvin F. Smith, Ralph C. Roper, Frederick A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Inslee of the Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Dale Lowell Morgan, and Charles Kelly. Included with the collection is a set of land plats of Caldwell County Missouri, c.1950 (showing areas addressed in Boosinger's 1840s court filings) and various newspaper clippings on the Mormon Church (c.1937-1953).

mssHM 52217-52249

Diary of George Laub, volume one [microform]: c.1845-1857

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Microfilm of George Laub's diary covering approximately 1845-1857, and identified as Volume 1. The volume is a mixture of autobiography and diary entries, many of which appear to have been copied from an earlier source. The first entry is dated January 1, 1845, but entries before about 1855 are not always in chronological order. The early portion of the volume consists of an autobiography recounting Laub's difficult childhood following the death of his father, his arrival in Nauvoo in 1843, the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, Laub's adoption by John D. Lee, and his marriage to Mary Jane Meginness(who converted to Mormonism before their wedding); a combination of diary entries and autobiographical notes cover his moves between Illinois and Iowa from 1846-1847, persecution and mob violence faced by the Mormons in Illinois, his life in Missouri from 1848-1852, and his overland travels to Utah in 1852. The diary entries from 1855 focus on Laub's laboring on mills and his church activities in and around Salt Lake City through 1857. The volume also contains lists of births and deaths, as well as extensive theological notes, addresses, and prophecies copied from Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Heber Kimball, and Brigham Young.

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