Manuscripts

James Bethel letter to Ward Boyce

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Description: Handwritten letter by James Bethel to his friend Ward Boyce, conveying news from the region of Fort Caspar, Wyoming Territory, including references to weather conditions, a forthcoming dance, the horse trade, the uncertainties of mail in his location, and his feelings of loneliness.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1881 December 23.
Call number: mssHM 83488
Creator: Bethel, James(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents Inc., December 2018.
Dimensions: 21 cm :

Bethel College deed of sale of land to George W. Richardson

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a deed of sale for land in Bethel, Oregon to George W. Richardson from the Trustees of Bethel Institute. Printed form, filled in by hand. Signed by J. R. Harrison, Justice of the Peace.

mssHM 16538

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Billy Newbanks letter to Maggie Newbanks

Manuscripts

An autograph letter written by a young man to his sister living in Monmouth, Illinois. He comments on her education, plans to get an organ, and learning to dance while he also discusses his loneliness, family matters and sends greetings to various friends. He mentions the social life of the fort, the "colored soldiers in other words Negros" and the Native Americans living near the Fort. Newbanks had arrived at Fort Sill just three years after the post was established to prevent Native American attacks upon Euro-American settlements in Kansas and Texas. The letter has slight foxing, with an addressed, postmarked envelope.

mssHM 83796

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James D. Hutton drawings

Manuscripts

The drawings, which artist James D. Hutton prepared while with U.S. Army Captain W. F. Raynolds' expedition of the Yellowstone River Valley in 1859-1860, include landscape scenes throughout Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, including Bear Butte, the Bighorn River and Mountain Range, the Little Missouri River, the Powder River, the Teton Range, the Wind River, and various locations in the Yellowstone River Valley. There is one drawing not from the expedition, and it is of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica. It was probably drawn in 1847, and has on its verso: "W R Hutton" and a New York City address. Also included is a photostat of a daguerreotype of James D. Hutton (FAC 1402).

mssHM 63328

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James D. Hutton drawings

Manuscripts

The drawings, which artist James D. Hutton prepared while with U.S. Army Captain W. F. Raynolds' expedition of the Yellowstone River Valley in 1859-1860, include landscape scenes throughout Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, including Bear Butte, the Bighorn River and Mountain Range, the Little Missouri River, the Powder River, the Teton Range, the Wind River, and various locations in the Yellowstone River Valley. There is one drawing not from the expedition and it is of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica. It was probably drawn in 1847, and has on its verso: "W R Hutton" and a New York City address. Also included is a photostat of a daguerreotype of James D. Hutton (FAC 1402).

mssHM 63328

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James Milo Alexander papers

Manuscripts

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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Sylvester Mowry letter

Manuscripts

Autograph letter written by Sylvester Mowry to "My dear Bicknell" (probably William or Edward J. Bicknell, friends of Mowry) while visiting Los Angeles. Mowry mentions that he is a guest of "Don Andres Pico" who had fought against Stephen Watts Kearny's invading army during the Mexican-American War. Mowry discusses Pico's agricultural successes, such as his orchards and vineyards, Pico's hospitality to him, Pico's home life at his ranch at the ex-Mission San Fernando, the effects of a recent major earthquake, and his forthcoming departure for San Francisco.

mssHM 83464

James Bethel letter to Ward Boyce

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