Manuscripts
Letter to My Lord Duke
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Winterton, Edward Garth-Turnour, Earl of, 1734-1788. 1 letter to [My Lord Duke], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1764, Aug. 17), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
This collection is what is known as an autograph collection and Kane spent years, not only collecting autographs of famous people on his own, but also acquiring the collections of other autograph seekers. This material spans multiple centuries and formats: from a 15th century manuscript on vellum to a 1951 typewritten letter. The collection includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations, signed by, among others, actors and actresses, authors, explorers, kngs, magicians, queens, politicians, scientists, singers, and soldiers. Many of the famous people in this collection are also to be found in other manuscript collections in the Huntington Library.
KAL 1421
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David Saville letters to "My beloved wife"
Manuscripts
In these two letters addressed to "My Beloved Wife," David Saville writes that he hopes to make enough money in San Francisco to "make us independent and pay all our obligations." As business is slow, he has become homesick, as he has "too much time on my hands." He writes "if only Congress would pass a Rail Road bill it would give us new life." Dated 1860, May 14 (HM 16640) and June 1 (HM 16641).
mssHM 16640-16641
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John Keteltas Hackett letter to Ogden Hoffman
Manuscripts
Hackett writes that he has been appointed to be "a Commissioner for the State of California." Fragment; only final page of letter remains.
mssHM 19010
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Newcastle, Henry Pelham, Duke of, 1811-1864. 1 letter to [My dear Sir], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1859, Apr. 26)
Manuscripts
This collection is what is known as an autograph collection and Kane spent years, not only collecting autographs of famous people on his own, but also acquiring the collections of other autograph seekers. This material spans multiple centuries and formats: from a 15th century manuscript on vellum to a 1951 typewritten letter. The collection includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations, signed by, among others, actors and actresses, authors, explorers, kngs, magicians, queens, politicians, scientists, singers, and soldiers. Many of the famous people in this collection are also to be found in other manuscript collections in the Huntington Library.
KAL 1093
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Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1808-1891. 1 letter to [My dear Madam], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1894, Mar. 7), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
This collection is what is known as an autograph collection and Kane spent years, not only collecting autographs of famous people on his own, but also acquiring the collections of other autograph seekers. This material spans multiple centuries and formats: from a 15th century manuscript on vellum to a 1951 typewritten letter. The collection includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations, signed by, among others, actors and actresses, authors, explorers, kngs, magicians, queens, politicians, scientists, singers, and soldiers. Many of the famous people in this collection are also to be found in other manuscript collections in the Huntington Library.
KAL 376
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Didn't My Lord Deliber Daniel: orchestral score
Manuscripts
A full autograph orchestral score; an arrangement of the African American spiritual "Didn't My Lord Deliber Daniel." It was found in the music files of film composer Dmitri Tiomkin; the score is believed to be part of Tiomkin's research for the score for "The Negro Soldier" (1944), from Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series during World War II.
mssHM 84111