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  Mount Desert Island hand-drawn map

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  Map is hand-drawn and colored.

  mssHM 84246

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  Map of Molino Cañon showing location of pipelines, reservoirs, etc. / surveyed by Fred Eaton

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  Depicts the dams, pipelines, reservoirs, and fences surrounding the property. Color. One of three hand-drawn survey maps representing a San Marino, California property as purchased and developed by Edward L. Mayberry (1834-1902) between 1880 and 1900. One of the two maps used as evidence in an 1895 lawsuit over water rights between Mayberry and the Alhambra Addition Water Company. The other map used in the lawsuit is mssHM 83404c, dated 1894. The three maps document the remnants of the Molino Canyon mission water system, agricultural activity in San Marino before 20th-century residential subdividing, and evidence of the area before Henry Huntington purchased a large portion of it.

  mssHM 83404b

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  Map showing areas of lands now owned by E. L. Mayberry / surveyed by Wright & Nicholson

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  Depicts Mayberry's lots bounded by the San Pasqual Rancho, Rancho Huerta de Cuati, and Pasqualito Rancho with a focus on the water source of the Cañada de Molino (or El Molino Canyon, now called Kewen Canyon), the location of wells, a reservoir, and Lake Vineyard. The map contains a key that classifies the amount and type of cultivated acreage contained within Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 of Mayberry's property. The map also depicts the location of Mayberry's house and the "old mill" (also known as El Molino Viejo) and the location of cultivated land devoted to vines, alfalfa, grain, walnuts, lemons, oranges, grain, pears, and the length of time (in years) of cultivation. One of three hand-drawn survey maps representing a San Marino, California property as purchased and developed by Edward L. Mayberry (1834-1902) between 1880 and 1900. One of the two maps used as evidence in an 1895 lawsuit over water rights between Mayberry and the Alhambra Addition Water Company. The other map used in the lawsuit is mssHM 83404b, dated 1887. The three maps document the remnants of the Molino Canyon mission water system, agricultural activity in San Marino before 20th-century residential subdividing, and evidence of the area before Henry Huntington purchased a large portion of it.

  mssHM 83404c

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  Miscellaneous

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  Contents include: Stamp sheet/first day cover for William Morris "Strawberry Thief" 1883 Two sets of Royal Mail Mint Stamps "British Textiles" Ten (10) Morris-themed postcards and greeting cards, all blank. Blank postcard labeled "Exterior of Bacton Church" Blank postcard labeled "Nave and Chancel of Bacton Church" Lonigan, Dennis & Shar[…]. To Sandy & Helen Berger. Postcard of the Roycroft Inn. Undated. Morris print decorative folder containing a program for "Sunday at Kelmscott House" containing various signatures. Insider back cover of folder inscribed "For Sanford and Helen Berger" with various signatures. Single page with illustration of J.H.Dearle's "Persian" wallpaper Single page with photocopy of colored Morris wallpaper or textile design In white envelope, various blank, Morris-themed greeting cards and postcard and three blank, b/w postcards of Red House. Four (4) unidentified b/w photographs of stained glass installations and cartoons. Clipping illustrating Morris' "Blackthorn" wallpaper Clipping illustrating R. Norman Shaw designed chair Fourteen (14) b/w photographs of cartoons for stained from the William Gallery collection – ms inscribed on reverse with title, initials W.M.G. and William Morris Gallery collection catalog number. One (1) b/w photograph ms inscribed on reverse "Jesus College Cambridge / north side of nave roof". Two (2) b/w photographs - stained glass cartoon and design stamped on reverse "Reserved by the University of Oxford/ Ashmolean Museum/ Department of Western Art". Seven (7) unidentified slides of stained glass window installation B/w photograph of Castle Howard Morris screen of Flamma Troiae, Hippolyte and Woman with a Sword. Ms inscribed on reverse "Castle Howard/ GK4301/NFS/1 (Whole) William Morris C. 1860 (Req. No. T. 69/1980" Seventeen (17) color photographs, some dated 6/7/94, of various views of the Morris stained glass windows at Bradford Cathedral in West Yorkshire, England. Five unidentified photographs Two negatives of Berger's Morris collection at home Transparency of a Burne-Jones cartoon of a knight. Christmas greeting card dated Sept. 19. 1967 from William Morris Gallery , inscribed greeting signed [illegible] Five (5) b/w photographs (removed from envelope) of stained glass and cartoons with typed paper slip enclosed "Details of East Window, Middletown Cheney, Northanthshire, 1865…" Three unidentified clippings The Arts of the Book:… The Splending Library Formed by the Late Charles C. Kalbfleisch. Park-Bernet Galleries, January 10-11, 1944. Photocopies of designs Photocopy of a drawing of Morris Paper-clipped together: 16 pages of typed notes with unsigned ms. corrections (probably in the hand of Mr. Berger) and (probably) slide numbers for an address on Morris' decorated manuscripts. Undated and for an unspecified audience and venue Single sheet typed newsletter (1989, July) of the William Morris Society in the United States on "The Doheny Morris Sale" with unsigned ms. annotations (probably in the hand of Mr. Berger) TLS from Ellen Shaffer, Curator of The Silverado Museum to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford L. Berger (1989, May 13) regarding the Doheny Sale. 13 pages of unsigned ms. notes (probably in the hand of Mr. Berger) and (probably) slide numbers for an address on Morris' ideas of pattern designing. Undated and for an unspecified audience and venue. Paper-clipped together: Photocopy copy of 12 pages of types note with unsigned ms. corrections (probably in the hand of Mr. Berger) for an address on William Morris for probably the Society of Mayflower Descendants/State of California Photocopy copy of 1 page typed agenda for the November 4, 1989 meeting of the Society of Mayflower Descendants/State of California Photocopy copy of a map labeled "The Origins of the Pilgrims". Color photocopy of photograph depicting Berger in his living room pointing out a feature of stained glass window to an observer. Manila envelope labeled "Self-Portraits for J.G.D." Various ms notes and photocopies of layouts related to a work entitled "William Morris: Self-Portraits in Stained Glass" for John G. Dreyfus on his 80th Birthday 15 April 1998 with admiration and love from Helen and Sanford Berger Kelmscott Carmel"

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  David Glasgow Farragut Papers

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  Official and personal correspondence of David G. Farragut, primarily covering his Civil War career. Included are: Farragut's letters to his wife Virginia Loyall Farragut and son Loyall Farragut, his subordinates Thornton A. Jenkins and Henry Haywood Bell, and others; letters to Farragut from Nathaniel P. Banks, Gustavus V. Fox, Gideon Welles, and others. Also included are letters addressed to Mrs. Farragut, a few orders and other documents, and a typewritten manuscript. Subjects include: Farragut's activities during the Union blockade of the South, family affairs, including his children; personal business; naval politics; Farragut's efforts for promotion, and his conflict with Oliver Hazard Perry; Mexican War, visit to Haiti. Letters from David G. Farragut to members of his family: ALS, 4pp., 4to., Pensacola, June 22, 1838. U. S. Frigate Constellation. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Pennsylvania. Norfolk, July 23, 1845. To his sister, Mrs Clara A. Gurlie ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Saratoga, Sept. 19, 1849. To William Loyall, his father-in-law. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Saratoga, Sacrificios, Dec. 16, 1847. To William Loyall, his father-in-law. ALS, 34pp., 4to. Mare Island Navy Yard. February 18, 1856. To William Loyall. ALS 1p., 4to., San Francisco, June 24 [1856] To his wife. Al initialled twice, but main signature cut out. 4pp., 4to., Norfolk, Dec. 3, 1858. To his brother, Dr. R. P. Ashe ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Brooklyn, Port au Prince, Feb. 29, 1859. To his wife. ALS, 1 p., 8vo., Mobile Bay, Sept. 5, 1859. To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, April 22, 1861. To Dr R. P. Ashe, his brother. ALS, pencil, 2pp., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Dec. 21, 1861. To his wife ALS 3pp., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Dec. 23, 1861. To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Jan. 5, 1862. To his wife. AL signature lacking. 2pp., 8vo., Hartford March 15 [1862] Pilot Town on the S. W. Pass of the Mississippi River. The first page of a letter to his wife. Last two pages, 4to., of an ALS [1862] to his wife. ALS, 2pp., 4to., New Orleans, Flagship Hartford, Apr. 25, 1862. To his wife and son. ALS 1 p., 4to., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans, April 29, 1862 To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, July 22, 1862. To his wife and son. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Pensacola Navy Yard, Sept. 9, 1862. To his wife and son. ALS, 8pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Pensacola, Oct. 10, 1862. To his wife. AL, 2pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans. Jan. 18, 1862. First two pages of a letter to his wife, completed by his son, Loyall Farragut, who mentions that his father's eyes have given out. ALS 4pp., 8v., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans, January 26 [1863] To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flal ship Hartford, New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, March 19, 1863. To his wife. ALS 2pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, March 27, 1863. To his son. ALS 2pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Above Port Hudson on Mississippi, April 25, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Mouth of Red River, April 17, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Red River, April 30, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship, New Orleans, May 20, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship M. below Port Hudson, June 13, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4 pp., 8vo., Astor House, Jan. 4, 1864. To his son. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Western Gunf Blockading Squadron. Off New Orleans, Jan. 30, 1864. To his son, Loyall Farragut. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans, Feb. 4, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Ship Island, Feb. 19, 1864. To his son. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Ship Island, Feb. 21, 1864. To his son. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Pensacola, March 30, 1864. To his son. ALS 2pp., 4to., Flagship Tennessee, New Orleans, April 9, 1864. To his wife. ALS 2pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Pensacola, May 7, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, May 30, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, June 3, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, July 6, 1864. To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Tennessee, Off Mobile, July 12, 1864 To his wife. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, Aug. 4, 1864. To his wife. ALS 2pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Nov. 10, 1864. To his son. Four pages of a long letter in Farragut's hand, probably to his father in-law. 4to., (pages 5[8) ALS, pencil, 2pp., 8vo., Washington 1865 [April 19] To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, No. 113 E. 36th St., Jan. 12, 1869. To his son. Letters from Farragut to individuals other than his family. ALS 4pp., 4to., Miss. above Port Hudson, April 22, 1863. To Admiral Theodorus Bailey. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Dec. 21, 1861. To Adm. H. H. Bell ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Dec. 22, 1861. To H. H. Bell. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, D. C., Dec. 30 [1861] To H. H. Bell. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Jan. 3, 1862. To H. H. Bell. ALS 2 pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, March 5, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 2pp., 8vo., Hastings on the Hudson, Jan. 8, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Abofe Vicksburg, July 1, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 2, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 10, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 10, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Off New Orleans, Aug. 5, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Aug. 11, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 5, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 8vo., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 17, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 17, 1862. To H. H. Bell. With two news clips of Sept. 17 and 28, 1862 LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 22, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 23, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Oct. 24, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Nov. 3, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Nov. 4 [1862] To H. H. Bell. LS 3 pp., 4to., Hartford, Off New Orleans, Nov. 13, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2 pp., folio, Hartford, New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, New Orleans, New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. With ANS of H. H. Bell, to whom Farragut is writing, on same page. LS 1 p., folio, Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 3, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, off New Orleans, Jan. 3, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 2pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 6, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 7, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 12, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 3 pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 17, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., folio, Hartford, New Orleans, jan. 20, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Pilot Town, Feb. 7, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Feb. 17, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, New Orleans, Feb. 16, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Off New Orleans, March 5, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 3 pp., 4to., Flag Steamer Tennessee, New Orleans, July 13, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 1 p., 4to., Flag Steamer Tennessee, Ship Island, July 27, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 4pp., 4to., Flagship Tennesseee, New Orleans, July 29, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, New Orleans, Aug. 1, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 4 pp., 4to., Hartford, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Off Mobile Bay, June 18, 1864. To Gen. James Brown. ALS 1 p., 4to., Dec. 25, 1864. Signed with initials. To Admiral Franklin Buchanan. With the following: 92a. Admiral Franklin Buchanan, ALS 1 p., folio. Fort Lafayette, New York, Dec. 25, 1864. To Farragut. ALS 2pp., 4to. [august, 1864] Signed with initials. To Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford. Below Vicksburg, March 26, 1863. To his son, Loyall Farragut (official paper) LS 3pp., folio, New York, April 30, 1866. Copy of an original To James W. Grimes. LS 3 pp., 4to., Flagship Tennessee, New Orleans, July 22, 1863. To Commodore Henry W. Morris. LS 3 pp., 4to., Flagship Tennessee, New Orleans, July 22, 1863. To Commodore Henry W. Morris (copy of no. 96) ALS 1 p., folio [1863] Draft of an original letter. Signed with initials. To Admiral David D. Porter. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 8, 1862. To Commodore D. D. Porter. LS 4pp., folio, New York, Feb. 20, 1848. Signed with initials. To John Y. Mason, Sec. of Navy LS 4pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans. Dec. 30, 1863. To Commander W. B. Renshaw. ALS 3pp., 8vo. June 5 [1862] Signed with initials. To General Stone Two incomplete drafts, each four folio pages, of Farragut's report to the Secretary of the Navy on the Battle of New Orleans. The entire first page of the first draft is in the hand of Farragut. Rough draft, 4pp., 4to., of Farragut's letter to the Secretary of the Navy about duty at Mobile. With corrections in Farragut's hand. Not signed by him. DS 2pp., folio, Flagship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, June 25, 1862. General order. Signed twice by Farragut. DS 1p., 4to., Flagship Hartford, Above Vicksburg, Miss., July 3, 1862. General Orders. Some additional outgoing letters include: Nov. 18, 1844 - To: Charles Morris (1 letter) Feb. 16, May 8, May 25 and June 13, 1863 - To: Nathaniel P. Banks (4 letters) May 8, July 16, 1863 and Jan. 24, 1864 - To: David Dixon Porter and May 7, 1864 and Jan. 17, 1864 (3 letters) Fragment dated March 4, 1863 with reference to D. D. Porter (1 letter) To: Thornton Alexander Jenkins - Dated from July 3, 1863 through Jan. 15, 1870. (85 letters) To: Mrs. John M. Holmes - Dated Dec. 17, 1863 (1 letter) To: William R. Sherwood (military orders) Dated June 22, 1864. (1 letter) To: Engineers Kellogg, Hunt & Latch - Dated June 24, 1864 (1 letter) To: Samuel B. Wylie Mitchell - Feb. 16, 1866 (1 letter) To: Thomas Haines Dudley - Oct. 9, 1867 (London) (1 letter) To: Gideon Welles - Dec. 7, 1869 (1 letter) General Orders No. 11, and No. 13 - July 29, 1864 and Aug. 7, 1864. (2 items) Military Order of Loyal Legion of U.S. Pennsylvania Commandery Apr. 7, 1870 (1 item) Letters to Admiral Farragut BANKS, GEN. N. P., ALS 2pp., 8vo., New Orleans, Fe;ruary 23, 1863. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Steamer Sykes, April 30, 1863 ALS 3pp., 8vo., Alexandria, May 8, 8 a. m., 1863 ALS 1 p., 8vo., Alexandria, May 11, 1863 ALS 1 p., 8vo., Before Port Hudson, 6 a.m., July 8, [UNK] ALS 4pp., 8vo., Before Port Hudson, July 8, 1863 BORIE, A. E., LS, 3pp., folio, Navy Department, Washington, April 29, 1869. BROOKS, SIDNEY. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Newport, Nov. 20, 1868. BUTLER, GEN. BENJAMIN F., DS 2pp., 8vo., New Orleans, Dec. 8, 1862 CHOATE, JOSEPH H. ALS 2 pp., 8vo., New York, Dec. 20, 1864 DIX, GEN. JOHN A. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Paris, Jan. 6, 1868. Endorsed by Farragut. DOBBIN, F. C. LS 1p., 4to., N; vy Department, June 21, 1864. Endorsed by Farragut. DRAPER, HENRY. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Hastings, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1864 DRAPER, HENRY. ALS 7pp., 8vo., Hastings, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1864 DUPOINT, ADMIRAL S. F. ALS 4pp., 4to., Near Wilmington, April 3, 1850. FOX, GUSTAVUS V., LS 1p., 4to., Navy Dept. May 16, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 4pp., folio, Navy Dept., May 17, 1862 Endorsed by Farragut. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Washington, D. C., Oct. 20, 1863 LS 2pp., 4to., Navy Dept., Dec. 30, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 18, 1864 Endorsed by Farragut. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Washington, Dec. 15, 1864 ALS 3pp., 8vo., Washington, Dec. 20, 1864 HOLMES, OLIVER W. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Boston, Jan. 13, 1865 JAY, JOHN. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, Dec. 3, 1868. LEE, GEN. FITZ HUGH. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Richland Mill P. Office, Stafford Co., Va., July 31, 1869. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT ANDREW. LS 1 p., 4to., Executive Mansion Feb. 17, 1866. MORGAN, GOVERNOR E. D. ALS 1p., 8vo., U. S. Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C., Dec. 20, 1864 MORRIS, COMMODORE CH. ALS 2pp., 4to., U. S. S. Delaware Mahon, Nov. 3, 1843. PEABODY, GEORGE. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Oct. 10, 1867. PORTER, COM. DAVID D. ALS 2pp., 4to, Key West, Mar. 3, 1862. ALS 3pp., 4to, Apr. 25, 1862. ALS 2pp., folio, Octorara, June 28, 1862[?] PORTER, MRS. EVE. ALS 3pp., 4to, Chester, Dec. 30, 1826. SHERMAN, GEN. WILLIAM T. ALS 2pp., 8vo, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1868. ALS 3pp., 8vo, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1868. TERRY, D.L. ALS 2pp., 8vo, Sacramento, Aug. 11, 1856. WEED, THURLOW. ALS 4pp., 8vo, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1864. ALS, 8vo, New York, Sept. 30. WELLES, GIDEON. ALS 2pp., 8vo, Washington, July 30, 1862. ALS 6pp., 8vo, Navy Dept., Washington, Oct. 5, 1863 ALS 2pp., 8vo, Washington, Aug. 22, 1866. ALS 3pp., 8vo, Washington, Oct. 2, 1866. ALS 4pp., 8vo, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 1868. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Feb. 10, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Feb. 25, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., 4to, Navy Dept., May 19, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., 4to, Navy Dept., May 19, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 3pp., folio, Navy Dept., Aug. 19, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., 4to, Navy Dept., Feb. 16, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. WELLES, GIDEON. LS 1p., 4to, Navy Dept., June 2, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., June 15, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 3pp., folio, Navy Dept., June 15, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 1p., 4to, Navy Dept., Washington, Oct. 7, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 1p., 4to, Navy Dept., Apr. 26, 1864. LS 4pp., folio, Navy Dept., Washington, Sept. 5, 1864. Marked Confidential. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Sept. 6, 1864. LS 3pp., folio, Navy Dept., Sept. 5, 1864. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Washington, June 6, 1867. WINTHROP, ROBERT C. ALS 3pp., 8vo, Brookline, Mass., Jan. 3, 1870. Letters to Virginia Loyall Farragut CISCO, JOHN J. ALS 1p., 8vo, N.Y., Mar. 7, 1868. DALY, CHARLES P. ALS 4pp., 8vo, New York, Sept. 22, 1870. DRAYTON, CAPTAIN PERCIVAL. ALS 4pp., 4to, Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile Bay, Oct. 20, 1864. FOX, GUSTAVUS V. ALS 1p. 8vo, Washington D.C. Nov. 7, 1864. HENRY, JOSEPH. ALS, [UNK] p., 8vo., Smithsonian Institution, May 6, 1863. SHERMAN, GEN. WILLIAM T. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Headquarters Army of the United States, Washington, D. C., August 4, 1874. Letters to Loyal Farragut DEWEY, ADMIRAL GEORGE. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Washington, Feb. 12, 1900 ALS 4pp., 8vo., Washington, Oct. 6, 1908 HIGGINSON, FRANCIS J. ALS 2pp., 8vo., New York, Dec. 12, 1909 PALMER, JAMES C. ALS 6pp., 8vo., Washington, D. C., May 2, 1879. UPSHURE, JOHN H. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Washington, Dec. 8, 1893. Notable miscellaneous items Printed register of the Vessels and Officers of the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron. 4to., wrappers. Dated off Mobile, June 15, 1864, and signed by Admiral Farragut three times. His personal copy. ADS 3pp., 4to., of Henry Howard Brownell. About the fight off Mobile Bay. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, Nov. 20, 1874, of J. A. A. Ward. To Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson Typewritten manuscript, author unknown, 104 pp., 4to. Copy of a letter sent by Farragut to Charles T. Chase, July 13, 1863 In addition, there is also a typewritten copy of letter from Farragut to Richard P. Ashe - in Wm.G. Cohen's Scrapbooks; 7 letters Letters to D.G. Farragut from Gideon Welles, U.S. Grant, T.A. Jenkins, J.S. Shedden; 4 letters from Loyall Farragut to T.A. Jenkins (1865-1880); and 1 letter from L.C. Smith to Helen Huntting - Aug. 10-17, 1855 re: Virginia (Loyall) Farragut.

  mssHM 26687-26867

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  Album of English manuscripts : poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790 : [manuscript]

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  1. ff. 1-2. Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl. Incipit: //autem illum honorant eternam vitam hereditabunt perpetuum cuius ipsi hereditabunt paradisum sicut amenissimum ortum. Mortuorum vero resurrectio erit. Explicit: Et ipsi regnabunt cum eo in secula seculorum amen. Latin. Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl, see E. Sackur, Sibyllinische Texte und Forschungen (Halle 1898), here beginning defectively and corresponding to Sackur's edition only on pp. 180-87, from the interpretation of the 5th Sun on; what remains here of the 4th Sun (most of the first column) is expanded with respect to Sackur. For the verses, see Walther, Initia 9907. 2. f. 2r-v. [Pseudo Anselm] De conceptione beate Marie. Incipit: Anselmus cantuariensis archiepiscopus et pastor anglorum coepiscopis suis salutem et benedictionem. Conceptio veneranda sancte dei genitricis Marie fratres dilectissimi quemadmodum multa signorum experimenta in anglia et in francia ceterisque cosmi climatibus olim sit declarata me narrante audiat dilectio vestra. Helsino ramensis ecclesie abbate. Explicit: utramque sacratissimam eius conceptionem spiritualem videlicet et humanam ut ipsius suffragio a terrenis contagiis exuti conceptioni in sinu abrahe mereamur ascribi Annuente filio virginis unico domino nostro ihesu christo cui cum patre et spiritu sancto est honor et gloria in secula seculorum amen. Latin. Abbreviation of the sermon, Ps. Anselm,"De conceptione beate Marie"; PL 159:319-324. Added in the in the lower margin in a contemporary hand, an excerpt from the same sermon (but not abbreviated): the miracle of the Virgin in saving Elsinus, abbot of Ramsey, so that he could honor the feast of the Immaculate Conception ("[T]empore illo quo divine placuit pietati anglorum gente de malis suis corrigere. . .et que viderat et audierat quibus potuit notificavit."); PL 159:319-320. 3. ff. 2v-3v. [Suidas] Lexicon. Incipit: Narratio ex libro qui grece vocatur Suda quem composuerunt viri sapientes isti Eudemus rethor, helladius qui tempore Theodosii iuvenis, Eugenius Frigius, Zosimus, Gazeus. Explicit: Sed vere ut familiari amico philippo apud iudeos absconditum secretum propalavit. Latin. Other creator(s): Robert Grosseteste, translator. Grosseteste's translation of the second article of Suidas' Lexicon on Ἰησοῦς or"De probacione virginitatis beate Marie"; see S. Harrison Thomson, The Writings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 1235-53 (Cambridge 1940) 64-65. 4. f. 3v. [Hichecoke?] This Worlde is but a Vanyte. Incipit: How schal a mann in pes abide/ Hy hert and enuy set aside. Explicit: Eche man wel beholde his degre/ For this worlde is but a vanyte. Quod hichecoke. English. IMEV 1261. R. H. Bowers,"Hichecoke's 'This Worlde is but a Vanyte'," MLN 67 (1952) 331-33 from this manuscript, taking the signature"quod hichecoke" to be that of the author; Hichecoke may also, or only, be the scribe. Some previous printed texts have mistakenly supplied the initial"W." for"quod." On f. 4, a modern leaf, 2 transcriptions of the poem, one imitating the fifteenth century script of f. 3v, the other in a modern hand by Joseph Haslewood; f. 4v, blank. Another transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is London, Brit. Lib., Add. 11307, f. 120r-v. 5. f. 5. Incipit: As I walkyd vppon a day/ To take þe aere of feld and flowre. Explicit: And withyn his gloryus blysse thatt we all may dwell/ And geve vs there licence to lyve yn ese. English. IMEV 373. C. Brown, ed., Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century (Oxford 1939) 273-77 from this manuscript. A transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is Add. 11307, f. 121. 6. f. 5v. [John Lydgate] Dietary. Incipit: For helth of body couer fro colde þine hede/ Ete no raw mete take good heede þer too. Explicit: And all sayntes reioisyng in þe trinyte/ Bryng vs to þat hy glorious towre Amen for charyte. Rubric: A dietorie. English. IMEV 824. John Lydgate, A Dietary, printed by J[oseph] H[aslewood] in Censura Literaria 7 (London 1808) 345-49 from the 1618 edition, from London, Brit. Lib., Harley 2251 and from this manuscript, noting the variants. On f. 6, a modern leaf, a transcription by Joseph Haslewood of the 1618 edition of this poem; f. 6v, blank. Another transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is Add. 11307, ff. 124, 126. 7. 3 leaves mounted on ff. 7-9. [Francis Bryan, attributed] Proverbes of Salmon. Incipit: The proverbes of Salmon do playnly declare/ That wysdome ys the vessell that longest will endure. Explicit: When thowe spekest let men marvell at thy shamefacenes/ When thow spekest not let them wondre at thy sobernes. Withe leavinge honour to women I ende, quod Bryan. English. R. S. Kinsman,"The Proverbes of Salmon Do Playnly Declare': a Sententious Poem on Wisdom and Governance, Ascribed to Sir Francis Bryan," HLQ 42 (1978-79) 279-312;"Bryan" may also, or only, be the scribe. 8. 18 pages between ff. 9-10. The lay of Dame Sirith. Transcript of Saxon poem by J.J. Conybeare (1779-1824) from Digby manuscript 86. 9. Leaf mounted on f. 11. Incipit: Thou hidd & secret deitye I worshipp & adore/ I glorifye & honor thee devoutly more & more. Explicit: with face reveled cleare & bright yat I may blessed bee/ As yat sweet light so glorious all glory be to thee. Amen. Blessed Thomas Aquinas. Rubric: Confession & honor to the Blessed Sacrament. English. A verse translation of Thomas Aquinas, Adoro te devote latens deitas [RH 519]. On the verso of this leaf, upside down, accounts for stabling dated 1552; on the following leaf, f. 12, a modern transcription of the poem, possibly not in the hand of Joseph Haslewood. 10. 16 pages (2 blank) interleaved between ff. 13-14. A Nosegaie alwaies sweet for lovers to send for tokens of love at NewYeares tide. Appears to be a transcript made at the end of the eighteenth century of an unidentified fifteenth century source. Text is incomplete, final page ends with catchword"And". 11. Interleaved between ff. 15-16. 1 page. [Samuel Rowlands]. In condemnation of bald heads. Late eighteenth century copy. 4 pages. Arthur Saul. Game of Chess. A transcript of an unidentified pamphlet in rhyme, signed by Arthur Saul. 12. Mounted on f. 17. 3 poems including"To Rosania and Lucasia, articles of friendship" by Katherine Philips (1632-1664). 13. Interleaved beween ff. 21-22. 4 poems including: A new song on ye 25th of September. An original composition on the marriage of King James II. On the reverse is a satirical poem about the birth of the James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales (the Old Pretender) mentioning Bishops Thomas Sprat, and Nathaniel Crew. 14. 1 page mounted on f. 22v. A newe elegie on ye much lamented death of captaine Thomas Green who was executed with others of his crew under ye pretence of being a pyrate in Scotland, 11th April, 1705. 15. Mounted on f. 25. 1 page. On General Wolfe slain at the taking of Quebec on the 1t8h Sept., 1799. 1 page. On the King's illness, 1789. An epigram which references to America. Note reads:"Copied from an edition of Tom Paynes Common Sense belonging to Mr. Ritson and written on the back of the title-page in his handwriting."

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