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Notable French authors: extra-illustrated volume
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Le prisonnier de la Bastille, la fin des mousquetaires, 3 tableaux
Manuscripts
An autograph manuscript in three sections, written in French, possibly in the hand of Alexandre Dumas; there are pencil notes stating it is partially written by Dumas, but he also employed many assistants to help with his work. It includes settings and stage directions for the tableaux 1-3. The approximate date of the manuscript is 1861 which would mean the manuscript could have been written while Dumas was living in Italy. The manuscript has some damage to the edges of the pages and in the center of the final pages. It is accompanied by materials which provide additional provenance information: autograph notes about the manuscript in an unknown hand; Janet Saville letter to Robert M. Foster, October 18, 1951, with envelope; Thorndike Saville, Jr., letter to David M. Foster, November 16, 2010, with envelope and copy of bank record.
mssHM 84107
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Louis François de Pourtalés letters to E. Meriam
Manuscripts
Two autographed letters signed, from Coast Survey Office, Washington, March 25 and August 27, 1857, from Louis François de Pourtalés to E. Meriam, of New York, requesting information about an earthquake off the California coast in August, 1856, and subsequently thanking Meriam for information received.
mssHM 70411-70412
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Manuscripts regarding mining in France
Manuscripts
Collection of 20 manuscripts, of various formats, unbound, France, 1766-1799, includes a manuscript map drawn in brown ink. This collection spans an important period in the history of mining and metallurgy. The topics discussed include the working of mines in the Harz mountains, discovery of a new coal field, and liquidation of mercury mines. There is also a letter signed by botanist Michel Adanson, an autographed letter signed by the Marquis de Luchet, a letter by Robert de Lo-Looz, and a manuscript by François-Valentin Mulot.
mssHM 80411 (a-t)
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A volume of navigational and mathematical exercises and illustrations
Manuscripts
An undated volume of navigational and geometrical exercises with related diagrams, constructions, explanations, illustrations, spheres, maps, and a brief contemporary copy of the ship's log for a voyage from England to the West Indies from March to August, 1642. The volume includes one reference to letters of marque against Portugal. There are many blank pages and several pages torn out.
mssHM 69650
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Unknown authors
Manuscripts
This collection primarily contains autograph letters from prominent architects, artists, authors, engravers, playwrights, and sculptors from the 19th century in England. These autograph letters appear to have been collected by Anna C. Stryke. Another portion of the correspondence contains letters from Richard Hancock, an English naturalist written to Stryke from 1924 through 1926. Items of interest include travel diaries to Hawaii, written by Stryke and her sister, Mary C. Stryke in 1935. There are also a number of drawings, sketches, and watercolors found in ephemera.
mssHM 80013-80134
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Ho–Unknown authors
Manuscripts
This collection primarily contains autograph letters from prominent architects, artists, authors, engravers, playwrights, and sculptors from the 19th century in England. These autograph letters appear to have been collected by Anna C. Stryke. Another portion of the correspondence contains letters from Richard Hancock, an English naturalist written to Stryke from 1924 through 1926. Items of interest include travel diaries to Hawaii, written by Stryke and her sister, Mary C. Stryke in 1935. There are also a number of drawings, sketches, and watercolors found in ephemera.
mssHM 80013-80134