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Lebas wrote this letter from Paris to the Egyptian minister of foreign relations (perhaps Baghous Bey Youssefian), regarding a young physician named Lafere. In French.
mssHM 81242
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A letter from Frederick P. Kehrer, a recent émigré to the newly established Washington State, written on Spokane Falls pictorial lettersheets. Kehrer wrote to his friend about how he was looking for work. He also relayed the news of the death of his brother-in-law, and described how he had befriended a man named "Dr. Warden." The pictorial lettersheets depict a bird's-eye view of the town, "Spokane Falls," and the like-named large waterfall on Spokane River. The town Spokane Falls would be reincorporated as "Spokane" one year after this letter, in 1891, shortly after the disastrous fire of August 4, 1889.
mssHM 82589
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The two letters are written in French. The one dated 1821 (HM 81236) has been badly damaged and is difficult to read. The letter dated 1827 is to someone named "Berthevin" (HM 81237).
mssHM 81236-81237
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A letter written by a child named Milton in Lowell, Massachusetts, to someone named Olive, possibly a playmate or relative. The first page of the letter contains twenty small hieroglyphic drawings combined with individual letters to create words or phrases, also known as rebus puzzles. The author talks about his penmanship, a previous letter that was damaged, and material his parents are making for a fair.
mssHM 84496
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The letter is written by Jean Pierre Vibert to a "Monsieur Lauret" regarding an order of roses purchased by Lauret. In addition to a detailed invoice of thirteen roses, Vibert exchanges pleasantries with Lauret about visits that his customer has made to Chenevieres, ending with a discussion of the imminent closure of his business and the deep discounts that he can therefore offer on his 1833 catalogue of rose specimens. Letter is in French; written in Paris. With typed English translation.
mssHM 80796
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In these letters, which are written to André Thouin, Michaux's friend and chief gardener of the King's Garden (King Louis XV), both Michauxs discuss their trip to America to study its botany. They talk about the trees and plants they see, grow and collect. More specifically, André talks about some local gardens he grew to produce seeds and specimens. Several of the letters include lists of American trees, plants and seeds, some of which were shipped to France (André worries about the shipments getting to France amongst the chaos of the political upheaval). In one letter, André talks about hoping to correct some of Linnaeus' errors and beat any English publication of his findings. In the letter by Thouin, he talks about the political environment in France (at the beginning of the French Revolution). Eight of the letters are written by André Michaux; two by his son François André; one by André Thouin; and one by Andre Claude Limozin. The letters by the Michauxs are written from New York, NY, Charleston, SC and Philadelphia, PA. All of the letters are in French.
mssHM 71883-71894