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Thomas M. (Thomas MacCurdy) Vincent letter to General Charles Albright
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Thomas Starr King letter to Charles Warren Stoddard
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King sends his regrets that he will be unable to meet Stoddard, and hopes Stoddard will understand that King's hastily pencilled criticisms are a sign of King's high opinion of Stoddard's work: "It is because you have strong powers & good capacities that I speak of Blemishes for than excellences." With two bits of printed ephemera, one a clipping from an unknown source containing a short biography of Thomas Starr King.
mssHM 29246
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J. J. (Joseph John) Thomson letter to Gilbert Stead
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Letter by Thomson to fellow British physicist Gilbert Stead. The letter reads as follows "Dear Mr. Stead, It was a very great pleasure to me to receive your letter for I remember very well how much I owed to your help during the time I was on the Commission. I hope it will not be long before we meet again. Yours very sincerely, J. J. Thomson." The letter was written in Cambridge.
mssHM 80254
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John Burroughs letters to "Dear Sir,"
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John Burroughs wrote this letter from West Park, New York. It reads: "Yours of the 20th was duly read. I am writing very little these days, and am cautious about binding myself by promises. But if I should chance to have anything that would be suitable for your columns I will let you have it. Very sincerely John Burroughs."
mssHM 82587
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Susan B. Anthony letter to an unnamed editor
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Letter by Susan B. Anthony addressed to "Mr. Editor, Dear Sir," written on letterhead of Fowler & Wells, Phrenologists and Publishers. Fowler & Wells published the first two volumes of Susan B. Anthony's History of woman suffrage (1881). The letter reads: "By my request our publishers mail to you tonight, the advances sheets of "The History of Woman Suffrage," that you may be able to bring out your notice of it as early as our New York papers -- the book will not be handed them until Friday. Hoping that your reviewer will give these pages a careful reading and a just if not generous report thereof. I am Sir - Respectfully yours Susan B. Anthony."
mssHM 83495
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George Ellary Hale letter to Seth Barnes Nicholson
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This autograph letter, written by George Ellery Hale to Seth Barnes Nicholson, concerns Nicholson's employment at the Mount Wilson Observatory and an eclipse. He expresses, "...I sincerely hope you may see your way clear to stay with us. We can certainly give you better facilities for research than you could get elsewhere, and you may also count on an adequate increase in salary." This letter was written in Florence, Italy.
mssHM 83603
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Basil Willey letter to Paul Zall
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The letters reads as follows: "Dear Paul, Quite in order to quote my name as a referee. I wish good luck to you & your project! Greetings & cordial wishes to you & yours. Yours sincerely Basil Willey."
mssHM 78354