Manuscripts

Godfrey Copley letter to Ralph Thorseby

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Description: In this letter, Sir Godfrey Davies tells Ralph Thorseby about some newly acquired antiquities he plans to bring to the next meeting of the Royal Society. He also thanks him for giving him an account of a "fruitful woman."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1703, March 30.
Call number: mssHM 80841
Creator: Copley, Godfrey (approximately 1653-1709)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Kenneth Karmiole Bookseller, Inc., April 2014.
Dimensions: 21 cm :

Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Randolph discusses legal details, and tells Hoffman he will bring him a copy of important information.

mssHM 19009

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Benjamin M. Read letter to Walter Douglas

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In this signed typewritten letter on Benjamin Read's professional letterhead, he thanks Walter Douglas for his prompt response to his letter and thanks him for his assistance, adding that he will give him credit in the next edition of the Illustrated History of New Mexico. Read also says that he would like to call on Douglas in the near future to examine the documents he has. He further requests additional information on the Gerónimo de Rivera Rendón bigamy case of 1603 along with Douglas's own credentials and citations. He closes by writing that he is send Douglas a copy of his large History of New Mexico by tomorrow's express.

mssHM 31542

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Adams, Lady Agnes. 1 letter (1935) to Sara Engert, Los Angeles, California

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Lady Agnes has heard from Mr. Engert in his new post but tells Sara to let him know in her next letter as he must be too busy to read her letters. She is "serene" about her husband John's passing as he did not suffer and Lady Agnes is much more able to be alone than he would have been.

mssAdams

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James Neill Northe letter to Benjamin Franklin Field

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In this letter, Northe complements Field on his letter and tells him that he is writing his own funeral service in blank verse.

mssHM 27993

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Letter to Evelina B. Bailey

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In this letter, the pioneer identified only as "Hume" writes to his sister that he has relocated his store to Pigua, Ohio, "80 miles from here where I plan to reside," and asks her to make plans to come stay with him a while. He also tells her he has "several thousand dollars of Texas Treasury Notes" which he is willing to give to her to pass along to her "boys in Texas."

mssHM 46546

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Malcolm King letter to Arthur Lee Kellogg

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In this letter to his nephew, addressed "Artie Kellogg, Esq.," Malcolm King thanks him for the letter he sent along with his "Auntie Emma's" and reminds him to take care of his "Papa and Mama." King also reminds that "if Lucy is there, don't let her eat too much melon." The letter is signed "your Uncle Malcolm."

mssHM 4280

Godfrey Copley letter to Ralph Thorseby

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