Manuscripts

Benjamin Harker copybook, Ohio

Description: Bound volume. School copybook belonging to Benjamin Harker of East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of Benjamin Harker, the founder of the Harker Pottery Company. Primarily math problems; also includes sketches, handwriting. Date taken from front page, which reads "B, Harker, Tipton, Novr 28th 1838." Relationship to John Tyler unclear. (32 pages)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1838 November 28
Call number: HM 71041
Creator: Tyler, John (1790-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Laurie and David Chaffey, December 2, 2004.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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John Tyler papers

Manuscripts

This collection primarily consists of letters to John Tyler, from 1842 to 1852, many of them invitations to visit or attend various cities, clubs, societies, and celebrations. Correspondence also concerns the Democratic Party, politics; and the 1844 election, party division, and Tyler's withdrawal from the race. Also present are financial records of White House expenses while Tyler was in office in 1844, Tyler's opinion on the published correspondence of Henry Clay, and a document in Tyler's hand regarding the 1830s military leave of absence case of a Lieutenant Schamberg. In addition, the collection contains an 1838 copybook belonging to Benjamin Harker, the son of Benjamin Harker, founder of the Harker Pottery Company in East Liverpool, Ohio.

mssTyler

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Robert Haley. Letter to Benjamin Davis Wilson. Aboard the steamer "Ohio."

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.

WN 2013.

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Hedges, Free & Co. Letter to Benjamin Davis Wilson. Cincinnati, Ohio

Manuscripts

WN 1335.

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Hedges, Free & Co. Letter to Benjamin Davis Wilson. Cincinnati, Ohio

Manuscripts

WN 1334.

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Deed between Benjamin P. Brower and Benjamin F. Morris

Manuscripts

This collection consists of 39 items which show some aspect of the economic history mainly in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The sources are diverse, if not random, ranging from stock certificates to deeds to business letters, but they generally seem to offer a good opportunity to explore the connection between some investors in New York and mining industry in the West. The items related to Benjamin F. Morris are conspicuous; his correspondence with the Edgar Gold & Silver Mining Co., William H. Cushman, and his son Charles H. Morris suggests his relations to the mining industry in Kentucky and Colorado. There are also some sources which tell of his business, such as the lease contract regarding the real estate in Colorado with J. V. Harlotte, W. W. Lee, and Alfred Bateman Morris, his own memorandum, and the deed with Benjamin P. Brower.

HM 72285

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Collection of Benjamin Franklin materials

Manuscripts

This collection consists of various manuscripts and letters by, to, and about American diplomat Benjamin Franklin assembled at the Huntington Library. The materials date from 1750 to 1787. Additional Franklin manuscripts housed separately are listed in the Related Materials section of this finding aid.

HM 22786

Benjamin Harker copybook, Ohio

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