Manuscripts

Fire horses, farewell good and faithful servants!

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Description: Bound carbon copy of typed manuscript by Bowlen (with a presentation note from the author in the inside front cover). Forward by William F. Egan, Veterinary Surgeon.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1938.
Call number: mssHM 84295
Creator: Bowlen, Frederick J (1882-1945)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Frederick J. Bowlen, June 1939.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Fire fighters :

Manuscripts

Carbon copy of typed manuscript by Bowlen (with a presentation note from the author). Copies made by John Bruce of the San Francisco Chronicle.

mssHM 84340

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Firefighters of the past : A history of the old volunteer fire department of San Francisco from 1849 to 1866 :

Manuscripts

Carbon copy of typed manuscript by Bowlen (with a presentation note from the author).

mssHM 84339

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The Bancroft Building fire, San Francisco

Manuscripts

Typewritten manuscript which describes the history of the Bancroft Building and its tenants, as well as the outbreak, losses, and casualties of the April 30, 1886 fire. Also includes a photograph of the Bancroft Building on fire and a sketch of the burned-out building.

mssHM 73694

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Isabel Burton obituaries

Manuscripts

This is a bound volume of newspaper obituaries for Isabel Burton, compiler unknown, made in the 19th century. The album has the modern bookplate of Burke E. Casari, a previous owner, pasted onto the inside front cover. Two pieces of ephemera are also enclosed: Sir Richard F. Burton Memorial Fund [printed pamphlet] and a list of the obituaries in the album, typed by B.E. Casari.

mssHM 82873

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My Friend Will / by Charles F. Lummis

Manuscripts

Inscribed by Chas. F. Lummis to Purd B. Wright and Purd Junior, 1915; with the Purd B Wright Jr. bookplate pasted down to inside front cover. Spine damaged with part missing.

mssHM 83798

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Anticipation: containing the substance of his M-----y's most gracious speech to both H-----s of P---l-----t...1778

Manuscripts

This is a manuscript transcription made in 1808 by "R.G." from the 1778 printed first edition; bound in contemporary red morocco and having the bookplate of John Ashley Warre inside the front cover. This transcription also includes all the names filled out in pencil by a former owner, which in the original edition appear partly blank.

mssHM 82742

Fire horses, farewell good and faithful servants!

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