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Stamp office letter book

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Description: This letter book records correspondence sent out in 1827 and 1828 by the chairman of the Board of Stamps, Lt. Col. Hon. James Henry Keith Stewart. Stewart appears to have been a competent chairman and the numerous letters here, with useful index of recipients, contain much detail relating to such matters as the organization of stamp duties in Scotland and Ireland, forward estimations of annual stamp revenue, licensing arrangements for sellers of different products subject to stamp duty, the distribution offices for stamps and appointment of officials.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1827-1828.
Call number: mssHM 80799
Creator: Stewart, James Henry Keith (1783-1836)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Samuel Gedge Ltd., November 2010.
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Medicine and health on stamps

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Collection of 20 loose pages (intended for a 3-ring binder) with mounted stamps and covers, with medicine and health related images and themes. Each page has a typescript descriptive note/key. Each printed mounting sheet reads "Medicine and health on stamps" with images of a nurse and doctors. Collection includes both international and American stamps. Also includes a stamp album of the Chicago Heart Association, "the history of medicine", accompanied by an envelope of loose stamps.

mssHM 82468

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[A sheet of unused Stamp Act of 1765 stamped paper, and a blue stamp]

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One sheet of paper with perpendicular chain-lines and water-mark "IV" in the center which has one penny stamp on upper left-hand corner. The stamp has "One Penny sheet" enclosed in a circle surmounted by a crown and the letter "J" to the left of the crown, and the letter "T" outside and below the circle. To the right of the stamp is an embossed stamp reading "America ... II shillings, VI pence". Also includes a stamp embossed on blue paper, cut from an old parchment document, to which it is pasted. The three stamps are examples of those issued by the British Parliament in order to levy taxes on the Colonies in America under the Stamp Act of 1765.

144961

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The Book of Mormon and modern science

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Term paper for an anthropology class at the University of California, Berkeley. In it, Stewart compares references to the material culture of early inhabitants of North America in the Book of Mormon and several scientific publications, focusing on what he deems to be anachronistic references to agriculture, cattle and horses, and the wheel in the Book of Mormon. Stewart concludes that the Book of Mormon is "a story book...[and] not true as a history."

mssHM 72844

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Copies and extracts regarding the Stamp Act

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Contemporary copies and extracts of all such papers and letters transmitted to the Council Office as relate to riots in America in opposition to the putting in execution the Stamp Act...likewise copies of all orders and issued from the council.

mssHM 1947

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James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia, letter to James Barbour :

Manuscripts

Regarding the University of Virginia and its vacancy for the position of professor for ancient languages. Madison mentions searching in Great Britain, job duties, and salary.

mssHM 23086

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Ashley Cooper, Patrick. 13 letters (1939-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams and 3 photographs, London, England

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He is Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Director of the Bank of England and during the war, Director General of Finance to the Supply Council for Munitions Production. The letters give extensive details about war-related issues he encounters in his official duties. He mentions meeting Col. J. G. Bowell of Pasadena on board ship.

mssAdams

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