Manuscripts

1851-approximately 1890

Description: A collection of 256 items from 1842 to 1890, it consists of letters, manuscripts and documents related to the various activities and interests of Rodman M. Price. The collection includes material on naval affairs, mostly before 1864; national politics; and the business affairs of Ward and Price. Additional topics include the passenger trade to California in 1850 and the steamship "Constitution;" and San Francisco, California, property values and land titles. Correspondents in the collection include Simon B. Bissell, John B. Rittenhouse, Edward Wolff, and the companies Maunsel White and Co., and Smith and Lewis.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1842-approximately 1890.
Call number: mssRP
Creator: Price, Rodman M (1816-1894)

1842-1843 ; 1850-1864

Manuscripts

A collection of 256 items from 1842 to 1890, it consists of letters, manuscripts and documents related to the various activities and interests of Rodman M. Price. The collection includes material on naval affairs, mostly before 1864; national politics; and the business affairs of Ward and Price. Additional topics include the passenger trade to California in 1850 and the steamship "Constitution;" and San Francisco, California, property values and land titles. Correspondents in the collection include Simon B. Bissell, John B. Rittenhouse, Edward Wolff, and the companies Maunsel White and Co., and Smith and Lewis.

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Rodman M. Price papers

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Mary Eleanor Bissell Papers

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This collection chiefly contains correspondence and documents created by the Connecticut ancestors of Pasadena, California, socialite Mary Eleanor Bissell, the most prominent of whom are her great-grandparents, Eleanor Mills Bissell and Thomas Bissell (active 1796-1848). The collection contains around forty pieces of correspondence relating to her great-grandparents as well as over a hundred items relating to the Bissell family business. The business papers include court summons, bills of sale, receipts, promissory notes, quit-claim deeds and an account book, all dated between 1738 and 1836. The collection also contains documents on the genealogy of the Bissell family in Windsor, Connecticut, as well as eighteen photographs of family and friends. A one volume guest book for Bissell's home in Pasadena, an autograph album, three lantern slides of Bissell's rose garden, one piece of correspondence, and a college diary are the only items in the collection that specifically pertain to Mary Eleanor Bissell.

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Papers of Eleanor Bissell and family

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A one volume guest book, an autograph album, three slides, one piece of correspondence and a college diary are the only items in the collection that specifically pertain to Mary Eleanor Bissell. The remainder of the collection concerns her relatives, the most prominent of whom are her great-grandparents, Eleanor Mills Bissell and Thomas Bissell (fl. 1796-1848). The collection contains around forty pieces of correspondence relating to her great-grandparents as well as over a hundred items relating to the Bissell family business. The business papers include court summons, bills of sale, receipts, promissory notes, quit-claim deeds and an account book, all dated between 1738 and 1836. The collection also contains documents on the genealogy of the Bissell family in Windsor as well as eighteen photographs of family and friends.

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Bissell, Eleanor. Autograph album

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Mills, Timothy. [Account Book], Baltimore, Maryland

Manuscripts

mssBissell papers

1851-approximately 1890

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