Manuscripts
Frank Colyer letters
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Henry I. Colyer Correspondence
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The Colyer Collection contains the Civil War correspondence of Union soldier Henry I. Colyer, consisting chiefly of letters to his parents, siblings, and friends in Chittenango, New York. The letters discuss war, political, and family news and contain detailed factual accounts of the camp life -- rations, barracks, soldiers' finances, conscripts and substitutes, desertions, drinking, courts martial, hospital, prisons, demobilization, etc.
mssHM 28943-29056
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Edmund Kean letter to John Lee
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This letter is written to John Lee at Theatre Royal, Richmond, Surrey. Kean asks "What day do I open in Cheltenham?" He also complains about money and someone he calls a "stupid son of a bitch." The letter is not dated but the letter has the posted date of 1831, August 1.
mssHM 78383
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Zoeth Skinner Eldredge letter to Professor Josiah Royce
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The letter is an inquiry as to whether or not Professor Royce ever received the complementary copy of The Beginnings of San Francisco that he sent in May of 1913. Letter is accompanied by cancelled cover addressed to Prof. Josiah Royce, Harvard College, with a San Francsico postmark of Sep 14, 1914 at 6:30 PM.
mssHM 4007
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Note regarding Samuel F. B. Morse
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The note, which is in Dana's hand, reads: "Prof. S. F. B. Morse lives at Hudson or Poughkeepsie but write to care of Western Union Telegraph Company, New York & he will get the letter."
mssHM 75948
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Oliver Frank Wilson letters to Ursula L. Wilson
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HM 80954: Letter from Oliver Frank Wilson to Ursula L. Wilson from Willapa, Washington Territory on March 16, 1887. Wilson begins the letter with common pleasantries concerning the family's health and news. Concerning the weather he writes, "This is Wednesday and it has rained since Sunday morning that is the only falt with this country, when it is bad it is to bad and when it is good it is good all over" (p. 2). Ursula reports that their mother is currently in debt and owes approximately $400. Wilson offers suggestions and states that the cow "should be the last thing to part with..." (p. 3). He closes the letter "Give my respects to all the young folks that I used to know and excuse bad writing & so" (p. 4).
mssHM 80954-80958
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Albion C. Sweetser letter to Alvah Littlefield and A. Blood
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Albion Sweetser writes to his colleagues of planking being done in the city of Sacramento. He had thought of submitting a plan himself, but someone else got the job first. He has not yet sold the house, but there is someone interested. There will be an election for a new mayor on the 14th, as the previous one has passed away. Sweetser wishes to know if his colleagues would like him to sell out his store, but either way, he plans to stay in California.
mssHM 4183