Manuscripts

James Macomber papers

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Description: This small collection contains 9 items on 22 pages, and includes correspondence, four drafts of petitions for amendments to the U.S. Constitution and drawings and notes, most along the theme of perpetual motion, with illustrations. One drawing is titled "Perhaps a perpetual motion" and its long description begins "Invented to a state of probability on the evening of the 2nd of March 1812, after going to bed, and after going on the same evening after some milk and butter to Mr. William Martindale and coming home without obtaining any of either." Also included is a one-page attendance log from his school.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1812-1815.
Call number: mssHM 82484
Creator: Macomber, James (1773-1853)

James Monroe, Washington, D.C., letter to Henry Dearborn :

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Letter discusses the surrender by General William Hull of Fort Detroit to the British during the War of 1812 on August 16. Monroe speculates on the circumstances of the surrender and mentions the probability that James Madison and Albert Gallatin will return to Washington, D.C. after learning of it. Letter is addressed "Dear Sir"; Henry Dearborn identified as recipient in the Papers of James Monroe and in the Writings of James Monroe.

mssHM 23013

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James Hoyt diary

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Reverend James Hoyt kept this diary while living in Washington, D.C. right after the end of the American Civil War. He writes in detail about his work with the United States Christian Commission including visiting hospitalized soldiers and handing out supplies. Hoyt also writes about attending a memorial service for President Abraham Lincoln, visiting Mary Surratt's house, where she and John Wilkes Booth and conspirators had met, and going to the courthouse during their trial and seeing Surratt in the courtroom. He describes in detail two encounters he had with angry, drunk soldiers. On June 6, a group of soldiers from the 75th Indiana stormed the supply tent accusing Hoyt and his fellow ministers of giving preferential treatment to African American soldiers. On June 8, Hoyt and the ministers were harassed by a group of soldiers from the 17th Ohio with the same complaint. One soldier had a club and struck the tent, and one minister was thrown to the ground. The last few pages of the volume contain notes on specific soldiers Hoyt ministered to, inscriptions by his fellow chaplains, and notes on the history and organization of William Tecumseh Sherman's army. With a complete typed transcript and index. Includes 18 printed pages. The diary contains racist language.

mssHM 84018

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James Milo Alexander papers

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The collection consists primarily of material from both James Milo Alexander and John Hanks Alexander. There are various pieces of correspondence such as letters to family members and a letter designating Stevedore Cantonment in Virgina as Camp Alexander (1918) in John Hanks Alexander's honor. James Milo Alexander is represented by several items including: Two account books (1862-1865), various certificates including a permit to carry arms for home defense (1865), a marriage certificate after emancipation (1866), a birth notice for his daughter, Glenn A. Alexander (1856), and a small photograph. The collection also contains a few pieces of printed matter including an announcement for a meeting to celebrate the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution (1870) and a newspaper clipping from 1939. There is an itinerary written by John Hanks Alexander of the march of "M" Troop, 9th Cavalry from Fort Washakie, Wyoming to Fort DuChesne, Utah (1888). The collection also contains a few letters to to Titus Alexander, brother of John Hanks Alexander.

mssHM 28885-28913

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James Whitcomb Riley papers

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A collection of letters, poems, photographs, and ephemera. The collection consists of letters to and from James Whitcomb Riley; correspondents include Bliss Carman, Madison Julius Cawein, James Newton Matthews, Nora Archibald Smith, and Kate Douglas Wiggin. The poems by Riley include "Bliss Carman," "To a Poet on His Marriage," and other verses. The collection also includes photographs of Riley and printed material. A number of the letters have typewritten transcriptions and envelopes.

mssHM 44355-44422

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James Whitcomb Riley papers

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mssHM 44355-44422

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John Maynard Keynes letter to Signor Cabasino Renda

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In this letter, Keynes is thanking Signor Cabasino Renda for "agreeing to purchase outright the Italian Rights" for his forthcoming book A treatise on probability.

mssHM 79068

James Macomber papers

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