Manuscripts

Charles Augustus Briggs letter to "Right Rev. Sir"

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1899 December 13.
Call number: mssHM 7795
Creator: Briggs, Charles A (1841-1913)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from A.A.A., [date of acquisition not identified].
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Sir Charles Wheatstone letter to Charles Landseer

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Letter by Wheatstone to English painter and Keeper of the Royal Academy Charles Landseer. The letter reads: "My dear sir, Have the kindness to give Mr. Darbishire an opportunity of seeing my Magnetic Bells which are established at the Academy. Yours very truly, C. Wheatstone."

mssHM 80253

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Charles Lyell letter to "Dear Sir,"

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Letter from Charles Lyell to an unnamed recipient (possibly James Hague) in which he gives directions to a February 17, 1871 meeting of the Geological Society. He also describes changes he would like to have made to Elements of Geology, particularly in regards to the "tertiary age of the fissure" of a lode from which "vast quantities of . . . precious metals" had been extracted. A copy of the book was apparently sent with the letter, and Lyell asks the recipient for further suggestions on revision.

mssHM 72339

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Caroline C. Briggs papers

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Caroline Crane Briggs wrote the majority of the 47 letters to her children, Sophia Crane Ristine and Benjamin Crane. The first few letters (1878) give a detailed description of the Briggs' journey to California through New Mexico and Arizona; these letters include comments upon the New Mexico and Arizona deserts and the Pima Indians. Her other letters are chiefly about her life in the new-founded city of La Crescenta. She talks about her personal activities and her travels through the Los Angeles area including Pasadena and Long Beach. She also talks about her friends and neighbors as well as her husband's business and property dealings. There is one letter by Caroline Crane Briggs to her husband and one letter by him to her. Also included in the collection are two poems by Caroline Crane Briggs about life in southern California, an essay she wrote entitled "Thanksgiving Day 1888," and eight pieces of ephemera including an obituary for Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs.

mssHM 66250-66299

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Charles Dickens letter to Sir James Murray

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An autograph letter written while Charles Dickens lived in Italy; the letter is written to the Irish physician Sir James Murray and concerns the illness of Dickens' youngest surviving daughter, Catherine (Kate) Dickens Perugini. Also included is a trimmed page with the address of Sir James Murray and a black and white engraving of Charles Dickens. The items were originally framed behind glass but were removed by Huntington Library staff.

mssHM 75953

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Briggs, Caroline Crane. Letter to Benjamin Briggs, active 1873-1879

Manuscripts

Boston, Mass.

HM 66296

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Briggs, Benjamin, active 1873-1879. Letter to Caroline Crane Briggs

Manuscripts

La Crescenta, Calif.

HM 66253

Charles Augustus Briggs letter to "Right Rev. Sir"

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