Manuscripts
J. Watson (James Watson) Webb letter to William L. Marcy
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Thompson Webb papers, (bulk 1905-1974)
Manuscripts
A collection of approximately 30,000 items from 1798 to 1995, it contains the personal, professional and business papers of educator Thompson Webb (1887-1975) and his wife, Vivian Louise Howell Webb. The letters, manuscripts and documents in the collection concern education, especially the Webb School in Claremont, California; agriculture in the Coachella Valley and Riverside; the town of Claremont, California; and religious organizations. There is also material about the other Webb Schools in Bell Buckle and Knoxville, Tennessee; Scripps College; The Claremont Colleges; and Pilgrim Place, Claremont, California. The collection also includes copies of 56 letters from 1859 to 1862 of Daniel L. Clary, a student who joined the Confederate Army not long after the beginning of the United States Civil War and who died from battle wounds. There is also a significant amount of Webb family correspondence in the collection, in addition to the papers of Thompson Webb's father-in-law, a Los Angeles area minister named Robert Paine Howell. Persons represented in the collection include: Marshall Stimson, Jerry Voorhis, William Robert "Swaney" Webb, Thompson Webb, Thompson Webb (1917-1998), Vivian Louise Howell Webb, William Robert Webb (1874-1960), William Robert Webb (active 1947-1962), and William Robert Webb (1921-). Included in the collection are 10 boxes of minimally processed addenda.
mssWebb
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James K. Polk letter to Secretary of War William Marcy
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Regarding military nominations. Letter addressed only to "Secretary of War." (1 page)
mssShapiro
John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: know ye
Visual Materials
Image of a letter of marque certificate signed by President John Adams and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering authorizing captain Stephen Webb of the ship America to seize any armed French vessel found within the judicial limits of the United States; embossed United States seal at bottom left.
priTEC 0166
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James Madison, Department of State, Washington, D.C., letter to Rufus King :
Manuscripts
Circular letter sent by Madison as secretary of state to United States ministers abroad; this copy was sent to Rufus King, Minister to the United Kingdom. Letter regarding possible threats of attack on American shipping in the Mediterranean Sea by the "Bashaw of Tripoli"; the U.S. sending three frigates, and a Sloop of War to the area. Also giving permission to share information about the situation with Great Britain. The letter documents the beginning of the Tripolitan War (1801-1805), also known as the First Barbary War or the Barbary Coast War.
mssHM 22918
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Jens Christian Bay letter to J. L. E. Dreyer
Manuscripts
The letter from Jens Christian Bay to J. L. E. Dreyer mentions Tycho Brahe and references Bay's colleague at the John Crerar Library in Chicago, Frederick E. Brasch. The letter is in Danish and is addressed to "Hr. Direktor Dreier." It is probably related to the letter from Frederick E. Brasch to J. L. E. Dreyer dated 1917, September 19.
mssHM 83059
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J. C. L. Sismondi letter
Manuscripts
This letter was written by J.-C.-L. Sismondi in French from Geneva. It was written to his friend the Marquise de Bossi.
mssHM 81231