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Francis West Lewis letters to James Lorimer Graham

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Description: This is a group of eighteen letters by Dr. Francis West Lewis to James Lorimer Graham, of New York, mainly describing the "getting up" of a microscope for Graham by Lewis. One of the letters is in the form of an illustrated poem and another letter has illustrations (hand-drawn sketches by Lewis). The letters also deal with Dr. Lewis' personal life, his activities, and local gossip. Six of the letters are undated. Seventeen of the letters were written from Philadelphia (one was written from Bellows Falls, Vermont).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1858-1860.
Call number: mssHM 81250-81267
Creator: Lewis, Francis West (1825-1902)(Opens in new tab)

John Lorimer Graham papers

Manuscripts

The John Lorimer Graham collection consists of Graham's political, professional, and personal papers from 1786 to 1875. The letters concern Graham's legal practice, business affairs, political career, and social life; government and politics of New York and New York City; religious life, banking, construction, and real estate in New York City. Included are letters relating to the case of Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, and orders and other documents of the New York state militia. Also included are a few items relating to John Andrew Graham. Correspondents include: John Tyler, Ambrose Spencer, James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Webster, Millard Fillmore, Martin Van Buren, Elisha Whittlesey, Charles Anderson Wickliffe, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, Hugh Swinton Legaré, Levi Woodbury, and John Adams Dix; see container list for locations of presidential letters.Collection also contains John Quincy Adams signed passport to John Lorimer Graham, 1820 March 9 (GM 1); James Monroe land grant signed to heirs of William Warner, 1823 March 11 (GM 297); John Tyler appointment signed of John Lorimer Graham as Deputy Postmaster for New York City, 1842 March 14 (GM 444).

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Janet Lewis letters to Hallett Smith

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Two autograph letters written by Janet Lewis to Hallett Smith, a Huntington Library Senior Researcher. The first letter (January 12, HM 83570), confirms a date for Lewis to read her poems at the Library; the second letter (February 12, HM 83571), thanks Smith for a tour of the Library and presents a copy of her book of poems: The Ancient Ones. Both letters were originally laid into this book when it was presented to the Library.

mssHM 83570-83571

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Christina A. Graham collection of letters by C.S. Lewis, Reinhold Niebuhr, Maime D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and others

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Collection of letters, mostly written to G. Russell Graham, by various people including C.S. Lewis, Reinhold Niebuhr, Maime D. Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon.

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Lewis Charles Levin letters to William David Lewis

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A collection of 89 items from 1849 to 1850; it consists of Lewis Charles Levin's letters to William David Lewis, chiefly dealing with the campaign led by Levin and his party to secure an appointment for Lewis as collector of the Port of Philadelphia. The letters detail the workings of political patronage in Washington, D.C. in the 19th century.

mssHM 14062-14150

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Edgar Lewis letters to Mrs. W. B. Lewis

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A group of six autograph letters, with envelopes, written by Edgar Lewis to his mother in Mystic Bridge, Connecticut. The letters provide a first-hand account of post-Civil War military life in the Western Frontier during the late 1860s. Lewis chronicles some of his activities while stationed at Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas river, Fort Arbuckle in the Cherokee portion of Indian Territory, and Wewoka in the Seminole region of the Territory. He describes episodes of his life on army posts including his particular passion for hunting, refers to encounters with various Native Americans and to various military duties he had to perform; Lewis also comments on life in the Indian Territory, including episodes of crime and violence. The letters and envelopes are in good condition, though one letter appears to be burned along the bottom edge, there is no loss of text.

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Edgar Lewis letters

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Francis West Lewis letters to James Lorimer Graham

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