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Agreement for building a house
Manuscripts
This manuscript details the agreement between Henry Dalton and Ira Gilchrist for the building of a house for Dalton on Main Street in Los Angeles, California. The layout and structure of the house is laid out in great detail. Also included is a guarantee of payment, signed by Francis Millus.
mssHM 27513
Journal of John André, 1777, June 11 - 1778, Nov. 15
Manuscripts
Journal that André kept while aide-de-camp to Charles Grey, from June 11, 1777 to November 15, 1778. There are no entries for the period from Dec. 30, 1777 to June 1778. The journal covers the Philadelphia campaign and its aftemarth, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth; British raids in New Bedford (1778, Sept. 5-6) and Martha's Vineyard (1778, Sept. 10-15) and Baylor's massacre at Old Tappan, N.J. (1778, Sept. 27) Also included are returns of troops under the command of Sir William Howe and Henry Clinton.
mssHM 626
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Journal of a Cruise onboard the United States Frigate Raritan bearing the broad Pendant of Commodore Dan'l Turner, Francis H. Gregory Esq., Captain. Leonard Henry Lyne, United States Frigate Raritan August 22nd 1844
Manuscripts
The journal kept by Leonard Henry Lyne, also signed by Capt. Francis Hoyt Gregory. Detailed daily entries record daily events, orders, events on board, rations, enforcing the naval blockade, prizes captures, encounters with foreign vessels, etc. The journal covers the Raritan's South America cruise ( from August 22, 1844 to March 1846) and its subsequent service in the Mexican War as part of the Home Squadron's blockade of the east coast of Mexico and then, jointly with the U.S.S. Potomac, reinforcing the military depot at Point Isabel from May to September 1846.
mssHM 69951
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Leonard F. Ross papers
Manuscripts
This collection consists of four items relating to Leonard F. Ross' Civil War career, including two communications from Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's autograph letter signed dated 1861 December 4 (HM 69444) discusses confiscations from Missouri citizens and instructions for dealing with marauding Confederates; the contemporary copy of his 1862 October 5 letter (HM 69445) recaps a dispatch from General William S. Rosecrans detailing the movement of federal troops during the pursuit of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn's forces at Corinth, Chewalla and Ripley, Mississippi on 1862 October 3-4. Also present is a receipt from Henry P. Noble to Ross for a payment for a horse, 1863 April 28 (HM 69446), and an undated copy of "Foraging Parties Instructions," with Ross' note "Please read to the guards" (HM 69447).
mssHM 69444-69447
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Leonard F. Ross papers
Manuscripts
This collection consists of four items relating to Leonard F. Ross' Civil War career, including two communications from Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's autograph letter signed dated 1861 December 4 (HM 69444) discusses confiscations from Missouri citizens and instructions for dealing with marauding Confederates; the contemporary copy of his 1862 October 5 letter (HM 69445) recaps a dispatch from General William S. Rosecrans detailing the movement of federal troops during the pursuit of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn's forces at Corinth, Chewalla and Ripley, Mississippi on 1862 October 3-4. Also present is a receipt from Henry P. Noble to Ross for a payment for a horse, 1863 April 28 (HM 69446), and an undated copy of "Foraging Parties Instructions," with Ross' note "Please read to the guards" (HM 69447).
mssHM 69444-69447
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William Henry Pratt papers
Manuscripts
Collection consists of material relating to William Henry Pratt's activities in California. Items include a certificate for Pratt's appointment as Surveyor General of California signed by Benjamin Harrison, 1890 March 4 (HM 73028); a certificate for his appointment as Collector of Customs for Humboldt County signed by Chester A. Arthur, 1883 December 26 (HM 73026); a typescript letter signed congratulating Pratt from then-Governor of Ohio William McKinley, 1893 November 13 (HM 73029); a letter addressed to "Lyman" in which Pratt writes of the ships Corona and Pomona, and a postcard of a ship at Fort Ross sent to Pratt by "Walter." Also included is a certificate appointing Jared Turner Deputy Postmaster of Georgetown, California, signed by President James Buchanan, dated 1857 August 14 (HM 73027).
mssHM 73026-73031