Manuscripts
The humor of hanging
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Joseph S. Paxson diary
Manuscripts
This daily diary documents Paxson's struggle with business and gold mining. He discusses in detail his financial problems, his loneliness in the city, and his unhappiness with his living situation. Paxson also notes all the ships arriving in San Francisco and the actions of the vigilance committees. At the end of the diary is an 11-page essay about the murder of James King and the hanging of James P. Casey and Charles Cora in May. Accompanying the diary is an incomplete transcript only covering January 1 to July 14.
mssHM 68388
Man standing by 1920's automobile with water bag hanging on door at the edge of what is probably the Grand Canyon
Visual Materials
[Man standing by 1920's automobile with water bag hanging on door at the edge of what is probably the Grand Canyon.]
photCL SCE 02 - 07007
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John Tyler, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia :
Manuscripts
Tyler's letter to his son at the College of William & Mary is primarily an eye-witness account of the attempted assassination of President Andrew Jackson on January 30 at the funeral of Representative Warren R. Davis; also includes some family matters. Some text has been crossed out.
mssHM 23120
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Weitere Untersuchungen die Electrolyse des Wassers betreffend: page proofs of essay
Manuscripts
Page proofs of essay by Hermann von Helmholtz originally written in 1887; the essay discusses the topic of the electrolysis of water that he had initially explored in his 1883 essay, On the Thermodynamics of Chemical Processes. The typescript is in German, with corrections and emendations by the author in German and marginal annotations by an unidentified person in English. One annotation in English is signed by an unidentified editor at the publisher, Taylor & Francis.
mssHM 83096
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Agreement regarding lot in San Francisco
Manuscripts
This manuscript outlines the agreement between John Ellig, John Townsend, and Charles Cline regarding a plot of land in San Francisco labeled "Plot 188." Each of the three men will own an equal share of the land. On verso is a note by James G. Dunleavy, dated 1847, February 15, where he signs as witness.
mssHM 35195
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An essay concerning toleration
Manuscripts
This autograph manuscript essay is entirely in the hand of John Locke; the one draft is 31 folios in length and the other is only 2 pages. This essay was prepared eighteen years before Locke's "Epistola de Tolerantia," and remained unpublished until Fox Bourne printed it in his "Life of John Locke" in 1876.
mssHM 584