Manuscripts
Charles Steedman correspondence
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Hiram Lewter correspondence
Manuscripts
Letters from Hiram Lewter to Sally written between Jan. 1863 and May 1864 from Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia, and letters from Sally written between October 25, 1863 and March 14, 1864 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The correspondence discusses camp life, war news, political rumors, local news, family news, and their personal feelings
mssEG Box 36
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Lucretia Mayhew letter to Charles R. Mayhew
Manuscripts
In this letter to her brother Charles, Lucretia Mayhew describes local goings-on in Santa Clara. On page 4 is printed advertisement for the Female Collegiate Institute in Santa Clara, California. With front of envelope that has been repaired.
mssHM 15210
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Charles Sumner correspondence
Manuscripts
Letters from Charles Sumner to Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, American sculptor and writer William Wetmore Story, and others, concerning the relations of the United States with Great Britain and British opinion of the Civil War; national politics in the years immediately preceding, during and after the war, President Andrew Johnson, travels in England, France, and Italy, and law and literature.
mssHM 25934-25991
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Charles Sumner correspondence
Manuscripts
Letters from Charles Sumner to Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, American sculptor and writer William Wetmore Story, and others, concerning the relations of the United States with Great Britain and British opinion of the Civil War; national politics in the years immediately preceding, during and after the war, President Andrew Johnson, travels in England, France, and Italy, and law and literature.
mssHM 25934-25991
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Charles C. and Sarah D. Rich letters
Manuscripts
Typescript of letters written by Charles C. Rich and his first wife Sarah D. (Pea) Rich from August 1, 1853, to January 11, 1863. Rich's letters are addressed to his wives, primarily his second wife Eliza A. (Graves) Rich. He writes from his missions in San Bernardino, California (August 1, 1853 and June 1, 1856) of hot weather, poor crops, and his intentions to leave when the "Lord wills." His letter from a mission in Liverpool, England (January 11, 1863) focuses on a Church conference held at Birmingham from January 1-6, 1863. Two other letters from Rich were written from Nottinghamshire, England (November 22, 1861) and South Wales (January 31, 1861). The majority of Rich's letters focus on instructions and well wishes for his wives and children. Also included is a letter from Sarah Rich to Eliza Rich, and a letter from Sarah to Charles Rich, sent from Salt Lake City and dated August 25, 1853. In it, Sarah writes of the death of their daughter Henrietta from scarlet fever, that the Indians are "at open war with us as a people" and had killed several Mormons at Parley's Canyon, her belief that "Old Bridger [James Bridger, 1804-1881] is at the head of all the war," and her fears about lack of money and supplies for the coming winter. Bound.
mssHM 72836
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Charles Kingsley correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters written by Charles Kingsley to Dr. James Hunt (1833-1869), an ethnologist and writer on stammering. Kingsley consults Hunt about his own stuttering and describes its effects. Kingsley also discusses Darwin's evolutionary theory and his friendship with Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). The collection also includes four letters from Kingsley's wife, Fanny Grenfell Kingsley, to James Hunt.
mssHM 32204-32261