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In this letter addressed "Dear Sister Martha," Sarah Bixby writes from Rancho San Justo in San Benito County, California. She describes the cold weather, and tells of the recent wedding of Margaret Hathaway, who, Sarah writes, has moved from "the heights of the betrothed young lady to the every day duties of the plain married woman, and now is her time, to make her mark in the world, by making her husband happy and her home attractive." She wonders "if Margaret will be a good correspondent now that she is married." The rest of the letter concerns family members and mutual acquaintances. Also included are three black-and-white portrait photographs: one of Mr. & Mrs. Lewellyn Bixby, one of Martha Hathaway, and one of Mrs. Jotham Bixby. Photos have identifying information on backs.
mssHM 15208
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A series of letters written by Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, to Mr. Waller of Lincoln's Inn Fields. The letters concern legal, financial, and estate matters. Some of the letters are written by Christopher Lofft, private secretary to Her Grace, the Duchess, on her behalf. A majority of the letters are damaged, with loss of text, but are repaired. The letters are written from Wimbledon, Marlborough House, and London, England.
mssHM 16600-16635
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A series of letters written by Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, to Mr. Waller of Lincoln's Inn Fields. The letters concern legal, financial, and estate matters. Some of the letters are written by Christopher Lofft, private secretary to Her Grace, the Duchess, on her behalf. A majority of the letters are damaged, with loss of text, but are repaired. The letters are written from Wimbledon, Marlborough House, and London, England.
mssHM 16600-16635
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This autobiography is the original handwritten manuscript of Sarah Studevant Leavitt, dated April 19, 1875. It describes her life including her childhood days in New Hampshire; the many visions and spiritual manifestations that she experienced; her conversion to Mormonism; and frontier and pioneer life as she and her family traveled from New Hampshire to Kirtland, Ohio, to Nauvoo, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and to Pine Canyon, Utah. Additional topics that Leavitt covers are the murder of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), her opinion of polygamy, and the persecution of Mormons.
mssHM 66386
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A commonplace book, signed on the first page Fanny Sarah Westwood. The volume includes verses by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Felicia Hemans, Mary Howitt, and Thomas Westwood. The volume also includes botanical sketches and illustrations, drawings, botanical specimens, and printed illustrations.
mssHM 11587
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Signed autograph letter from Siddons in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Hester Lynch Salusbury Thrale Piozzi, dated May 15, 1795, with last page dated May 17, 1795. The letter discusses music and theater performances.
mssHM 24015