Manuscripts

Letter from Milton to Olive

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Description: A letter written by a child named Milton in Lowell, Massachusetts, to someone named Olive, possibly a playmate or relative. The first page of the letter contains twenty small hieroglyphic drawings combined with individual letters to create words or phrases, also known as rebus puzzles. The author talks about his penmanship, a previous letter that was damaged, and material his parents are making for a fair.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1833 January 22.
Call number: mssHM 84496
Provenance: Purchased from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, March 2025.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Pierre André Latreille letter

Manuscripts

Latreille wrote this letter from Paris to someone named "Barbio," offering information about his work. In French.

mssHM 81243

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Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Oliver Granger

Manuscripts

Letter from Joseph Smith to Oliver Granger written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith writes of not receiving Granger's previous letters and that their content may have changed the "proceeding of [the] last Conference." He writes that they thought it "advisable to appoint someone to preside in Kirtland," and asks Granger to join Brother Babbit in the work. Smith asserts his hopes for Granger's welfare and "prosperity for the Saints in Kirtland." He also writes of Granger's securing of the "keys of the Lords House" and that he might pay a visit after the "New York debt is settled." The attribution of the signature to Joseph Smith is questionable, and the letter may have been written by Smith's secretary Robert B. Thompson.

mssHM 28168

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Etienne Pariset letters

Manuscripts

The two letters are written in French. The one dated 1821 (HM 81236) has been badly damaged and is difficult to read. The letter dated 1827 is to someone named "Berthevin" (HM 81237).

mssHM 81236-81237

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Albion C. Sweetser letter to Alvah Littlefield and A. Blood

Manuscripts

Albion Sweetser writes to his colleagues of planking being done in the city of Sacramento. He had thought of submitting a plan himself, but someone else got the job first. He has not yet sold the house, but there is someone interested. There will be an election for a new mayor on the 14th, as the previous one has passed away. Sweetser wishes to know if his colleagues would like him to sell out his store, but either way, he plans to stay in California.

mssHM 4183

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Letters to Emily Gertrude Thomson

Manuscripts

Volume includes letters, postcard and letter cards written from Eastbourne and Christ Church, Oxford, England; many letters with envelopes. Also includes a pen and ink drawing of Alice for the book Original Games and Puzzles.

mssHM 35977-36018

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Seabreezes

Manuscripts

This volume is a handwritten juvenile magazine that was written and edited by an anonymous English child and named for the uplifting effects of a sea breeze. There are thirteen issues in this single volume. Each issue contains poetry, puzzles, and laid-in illustrations, both original and printed, and discusses topics such as natural history, geography, world history, and queries from the readers. There is an alphabetical index with some of the names of the contributors.

mssHM 84498

Letter from Milton to Olive

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