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Samuel Augustus Gilbert letters
Manuscripts
The letters, which Gilbert wrote to his sisters, span fourteen years and cover his various travels and work throughout Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, and more specifically Cape Cod, Charleston, Galveston, Matagorda, Corpus Christi, and Mount Vernon. The first eleven letters discuss briefly Gilbert's work with the U.S. Coast Survey and Alexander Dallas Bache, but are mainly personal in nature with discussions of his family and friends. The two Civil War era letters are written from Camp Platt, W.V., and Mount Vernon, Va.; in these letters he discusses troop movements, his experiences with the people of the south, and his opinion of the war, the "rebs," and "Father Abraham."
mssHM 66182-66194
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Juan W. Shore letter to Gilbert Claiborne
Manuscripts
Letter to Gilbert Claiborne regarding the release of the son of Ygnacio Alvarado (1853, January 22). HM 79059.
mssHM 79059-79061
Diary of Gilbert Dunlap Greer [microform]: 1888-1895
Manuscripts
Microfilm of the diary of Gilbert Dunlap Greer, along with various family biographies and notes. The majority of the film consists of Greer's 1888-1895 diary. It records his mission to the Lamanites and Pima Indians in 1888, including time he spent in Pima (he also learned the Pima language) and Papuga villages, lists of names of those baptized, and feeling an earthquake. The latter portions of the diary recall his life around Springville and St. Johns, Arizona, where he writes of plowing and ditch digging, attending to schools, and attending church meetings. Also included on the microfilm is a one page typescript of a portion of Greer's 1879 diary; a short biography of Greer; an essay entitled One Hundred Years by Grace Greer Nuttall, who recounts the story of the Greer family, primarily Nathanial Greer and Nancy Ann Terry Roberts, and their life in Texas, the death of Nathaniel from cholera in Kansas, and the family's move to Utah, as well as recalling her own departure for a mission to Texas in 1946; a biographical sketch of Gilbert Greer's mother, Catherine Ellen Camp (1837-1929) by his sister Margaret Ellen G. Pulsipher; and various family notes and genealogies.
MSS MFilm 00223 item 06
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Matthew Gilbert Upton papers
Manuscripts
Letters and articles by Matthew Gilbert Upton of San Francisco, California. Includes some material related to the Customhouse in San Francisco.
mssHM 19271-19292
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Silvanus P. Thompson letters to Henry Currie Marillier
Manuscripts
Three letters written by Silvanus P. Thompson (1851-1916) to "Marillier," presumably Henry Currie Maillier. The letters discuss Thompson's work as a collaborator, with members of the Gilbert Club, on the translation of William Gilbert's book, De Magnete (1600), and Thompson's authorship of accompanying Notes. In one letter, Thompson describes the ideal behind the translation as being: "As Gilbert would have done it had he written it in English." Includes also a one-page description of a lecture Thompson gave on this topic.
mssHM 82727-82730
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John M. Thayer and Gilbert Adams letters to Edwards Pierrepont
Manuscripts
John M. Thayer wrote his letter (dated 1875, September 25, and 13 pages long) from Cheyenne, Wyoming to United States Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, to protest his removal of the U.S. Marshal of the territory. Pierrepont had replaced Gilbert Adams with Frank Wolcott (best known for his later unsavory role in the Johnson County War). Thayer provides numerous examples of the capricious form of justice practiced in the territory. HM 82437.
mssHM 82437-82438