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Political letters addressed to Francis Newport, Earl of Bradford

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Description: The three political letters are contemporary copies and include: HM 82758, a letter dated 1660/61, January 8, written from Whitehall and includes signatures of, among others, Edward Hyde, Dorchester, and Albemarle; HM 82759, a letter dated 1660/61, January 22, written from Whitehall and includes signatures of, among others, Edward Hyde, Albemarle, and Southampton; HM 82760, a note to Francis Newport..., the 1660/61, January 22 letter & signatures, a 1660/61, March 4 letter & signatures, and "In the year 1665 a General insurrection was intended by the Presbiterians..."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1660/61-1665.
Call number: mssHM 82758-82760
Provenance: Purchased from Myers & Co., March 31, 1955.
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Francis Benson newsletters to Sir Leoline Jenkins

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Approximately 235 newsletters written from Whitehall to Sir Leoline Jenkins while he was serving as English representative at the Hague and Nijmegen. HM 30314 covers 1676, October to 1678, May 22, and HM 30315 covers 1678, May 24 to 1679, April.

mssHM 30314-30315

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Juan W. Shore letter to Gilbert Claiborne

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Letter to Gilbert Claiborne regarding the release of the son of Ygnacio Alvarado (1853, January 22). HM 79059.

mssHM 79059-79061

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Aaron H. Hyde letters to John Hyde

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In these letters to his father, Aaron Hyde writes of the difficult time he has been having in California. In HM 16597, dated 1851, January 26, he writes that the miners are "disappointed" and that business in San Francisco is "dull." He laments that "California is a very bad place to make and carry out plans." In HM 16598. Aaron reports that he has come into business with a Mr. Cilley, who will be delivering the letter by hand when he returns to New Hampshire to gather his family for relocation to California. Aaron says he will come home himself in a year or two if the business does not work out.

mssHM 16597-16598

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James Gordon Bennett letters

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These three letters, written by an unknown author to newspaper editor James Gordon Bennett, address the Oregon Question. HM 4001 is dated 1846, January 17, and is signed "The Ghost of Morgan." HM 4002 is dated 1846, January 25, and is signed "Pericles." HM 4003, the longest letter at four pages, is dated 1846, January 26, and is signed "Oregon."

mssHM 4001-4003

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Charles Fletcher letters to James Gordon Bennett

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HM 4004 is a letter addressed to Mr. Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, imploring that the enclosed letter addressing the Oregon Question be published in the Herald. This letter is signed by Charles Fletcher. HM 4005 is the enclosed letter mentioned in HM 4004, and is signed "An American Citizen," and discusses a potential British claim to the Oregon Territory. Both letters are dated 1846, January 26. These manuscripts may be related to HM 4001-4003.

mssHM 4004-4005

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Letters addressed to Henry Albert Wolff

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This group of letters are primarily addressed to Henry Albert Wolff and include: HM 82747, a letter from Hyacinthe Loyson (Ṕére Hyacinthe) to Monsieur le Docteur, 1871, Dec. 26, in French; HM 82748-82749, 82753, three letters from George Baden-Powell, 1885-1891; HM 82750-82752, three letters written from Antananarivo, Madagascar and signed by the Prime Minister and Commander-in -Chief, 1886, in Malagasy; HM 82754, a letter from Francis Edward Younghusband, 1896, Apr. 16; HM 82755-82757, three letters from Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, 1896.

mssHM 82747-82757

Political letters addressed to Francis Newport, Earl of Bradford

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