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Charles S. (Charles Sanders) Peirce letter to Welch, Bigelow & Co

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Description: This letter to the printers Welch, Bigelow & Co. reads as follows: "Gentlemen, I enclose herewith the proof of page 85. I still retain the proof of page 84 because you have not returned me the copy of (661) (662) and (663) which come on that page. Yours truly, C. S. Peirce." The letter was written in Washington, DC and on "U.S. Coast Survey Office" letterhead.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1873, June 26.
Call number: mssHM 79889
Creator: Peirce, Charles S (1839-1914)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

Charles Darwin letter to B. D. Wrangham

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A full transcription of the letter follows: "Dear Sir, I am much obliged for your kindess in having copies & sent me the long & striking passage from Kepler. I remain Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, Ch Darwin." A copy of the passage accompanies the letter. The letter is written from Beckenham, Kent and includes the addressed envelope.

mssHM 72756

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S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley letter to Henry S. Mackintosh

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This letter was written by Langley to Henry S. Mackintosh, an American teacher and author. It is on Smithsonian Institution letterhead. The letter reads as follows: "I am very glad to see your hand again, and perhaps I can best answer your inquiry by enclosing you a copy of a report from the Administrative Assistant in the National Museum, in reference to the feathered cloak. If you wish anything more done through the Museum, let me know, though I rather think you would do quite as well with private parties. Very sincerely yours, S. P. Langley."

mssHM 80278

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Charles Darwin letter to C.W. Stoddard

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A full transcription of the letter follows: "Dear Sir, I am obliged for your extremely courteous letter. It is of course a great satisfaction to me to hear that my work has in any way interested an interested and observing person. I am little surprised at what you say about certain plants not fruiting or flowering in the Sandwich Islands; though this is very common in hotter countries. There is nothing I shd enjoy so much as to visit California, but I am growing old & my health is weak. With my best thanks, I beg leave to remain Dear Sir Yours faithfully, Ch. Darwin. P.S. I am obliged for your enclosures." The letter, written from Beckenham, Kent, is dated May 5; no year is given. The letter is in reply to one sent by Charles Warren Stoddard on 11 April 1870 (see the Darwin Correspondence Project).

mssHM 72755

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Charles S. Sprague Co. 1 letter (1913, May 10) to S---- Lebel

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The collection is divided into two series, Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order, by author) and Ephemera. The Correspondence consists mainly of letters between investors and employees of the Charles S. Sprague Co. from the mid-1910s regarding their investments in mining stocks, including the Goldfield Merger. The letters indicate that many of the mining operations were not yielding profits. The Ephemera includes receipts and blank buy order forms.

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Lebel, S----. 1 letter (1913, May 5) to Charles S. Sprague Co

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Lymn, Charles. 1 letter (1913, Mar. 20) to Charles S. Sprague Co

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Charles S. (Charles Sanders) Peirce letter to Welch, Bigelow & Co

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