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Anonymous letter to "Ma,"

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Description: This letter written to "Ma," concerns the current situation of the two anonymous individuals taking care of "Mr. R." He appears to be diagnosed with rheumatism, and much of the letter concerns his health.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870, December 25.
Call number: mssHM 80233
Provenance: In library.
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Jonathan Heywood letter to Jane Heywood

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In this letter to his wife, Jonathan Heywood thanks her for taking care of the farm and children while he is in California, talks of common friends, and sends money.

mssHM 4191

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Anonymous medical notebook

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This anonymous medical notebook is regarding injuries and infections related to the hand. In addition to his or her own notes, the author also cites from other experts in the field.

mssHM 80451

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Anonymous student's notebook

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This anonymous student's notebook contains a list of various titles. Subject matter includes English literature, political writings, scientific texts, and books in a foreign language.

mssHM 80231

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J. R. Shepard letter to Herbert S. Auerbach

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This letter concerns the history of the Salt Lake City Tribune. Shepard talks about Fred Lockley, George F. Prescott, and A.M. Hamilton taking over the paper, its sometimes anti-Mormonism stance, polygamy, Utah statehood, etc.

mssHM 78345

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Anonymous travel diary

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This pocket diary documents the travels of an anonymous New Englander traveling throughout the Old Northwest and the Great Plains regions, possibly seeking investment opportunities. He visits Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas, offering frequent comments upon communities from Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Leavenworth, Kansas, including comments upon religious practices, as well as encounters with different Indigenous peoples and Mormons leaving Utah. The author also comments on Mr. Chase, the owner of the Virginia Hotel in Jefferson City, Missouri, stating: "...owns quite a number of slaves -- quite a slave breeder." Along the way he meets William H. Russell (one of the founders of the Pony Express).

mssHM 83443

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Essays -- Anonymous

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Anonymous history on Mexican Revolution, persecution of Mexican Roman Catholic Church, and Cristero movement. José Aurioles Díaz essay on the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mexican identity. Poem on religious persecution by Mexican government

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Anonymous letter to "Ma,"

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