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    Letters to Thomas Nast

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of 14 miscellaneous letters addressed to American cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902), from various friends and acquaintances. The items consist of single letters from the following individuals: Robert Bonner, 1869 March 30 (HM 15522); John Griffin Carlisle, 1890 December 26 (HM 15532); George William Childs, 1887 January 6 (HM 15530); Julia A. (Buckingham) Cox, 1889 October 7 (HM 15531); Hamilton Fish, 1877 January 8 (HM 15524); Murat Halstead, 1883 October 31 (HM 15528); Rush Christopher Hawkins, 1869 July 31 (HM 15523); Guy V. Henry, 1878 March 13 (HM 15525); George Parsons Lathrop, 1897 May 18 (HM 15534); Nelson Appleton Miles, 1881 April 19 (HM 15527); Nineteenth Century Club, 1886 September 21 (HM 15529); William Franklin Gore Shanks, 1868 December 28 (HM 15521); Henry E. Sweetser, 1868 February 26 (HM 15520); and John Russell Young, 1879 February 6 (HM 15526).

    mssHM 15520-15534

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    Letters between Henry David Thoreau and Isaac Hecker

    Manuscripts

    Four letters between Henry David Thoreau and Isaac T. Hecker consisting of: a letter to Thoreau from Hecker, New York, 1844 July 31, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20110); a letter to Thoreau from Hecker, New York, 1844 August 15, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20108); a letter to Hecker from Thoreau, 1844 August 14, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20109); and a letter to Hecker from Thoreau, [1844], A.L.S. 2 pp., with a note by Hecker on the verso (HM 20107).

    mssHM 20107-20110

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    Jonathan Heywood letters to Jane Heywood

    Manuscripts

    In these three letters addressed to his wife, Jane, Jonathan Heywood writes of his experiences in Yreka, California in 1853. HM 4201, dated July 16, Heywood writes that he has returned to California after six weeks in Oregon. He has sent gold dust home to Jane, and hopes to send more soon. He wishes that she send the children to school as much as possible. HM 4202 was written on August 7. Heywood sends more money and asks for news of home, as he has received no response to his letters. In HM 4203, dated September 4, Heywood writes that he is sending money home in the hands of a mutual friend.

    mssHM 4201-4203

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    Amos White, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, memorial to Thomas Jefferson

    Manuscripts

    Autograph document signed; endorsed by Jefferson. Includes autograph note initialed from Albert Gallatin to Jefferson, Jefferson's initialed response, and a second initialed note by Gallatin. See also Abraham Bishop to Albert Gallatin, 1808 October 31 (HM 9020). (3 pages)

    HM 9019

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    Eben Chapman letters to Eben Hunt

    Manuscripts

    Chapman discusses the prices of goods and market conditions in San Francisco. He also writes of his own mining and farming prospects, and of other various business dealings. He also discusses the idea of slavery in California in HM 4199. HM 4198, dated July 1, 1852, is incomplete, consisting of only the first three pages. HM 4199 is dated July, 1852.

    mssHM 4198-4199

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    Ernest Clarke letters regarding the office of the exchequer

    Manuscripts

    The three letters are: a typewritten copy to Simeon H.L. Stuart, 1911, July 12 (HM 82763); A.L.S. to T.F. Tout, 1916, Dec. 25 (HM 82764); A.L.S. to T.F. Tout, 1917, Jan. 8 (HM 82765).

    mssHM 82763-82765