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Letter from Arabella Huntington to Caroline Holladay
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Letter from Arabella Huntington to Caroline Holladay
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it very hard to realize that I shall never see or hear that dear face & voice again. Time as yet has helped me very little, but I get through the days one by one. I am not well, have had a cold that won't go away - as I can not go out, I am sending you a check also one for Harriet with which get something to please your selves. Write to me some times & tell me what you are doing.
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S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley letter to Henry S. Mackintosh
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This letter was written by Langley to Henry S. Mackintosh, an American teacher and author. It is on Smithsonian Institution letterhead. The letter reads as follows: "I am very glad to see your hand again, and perhaps I can best answer your inquiry by enclosing you a copy of a report from the Administrative Assistant in the National Museum, in reference to the feathered cloak. If you wish anything more done through the Museum, let me know, though I rather think you would do quite as well with private parties. Very sincerely yours, S. P. Langley."
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Charles Darwin letter to C.W. Stoddard
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A full transcription of the letter follows: "Dear Sir, I am obliged for your extremely courteous letter. It is of course a great satisfaction to me to hear that my work has in any way interested an interested and observing person. I am little surprised at what you say about certain plants not fruiting or flowering in the Sandwich Islands; though this is very common in hotter countries. There is nothing I shd enjoy so much as to visit California, but I am growing old & my health is weak. With my best thanks, I beg leave to remain Dear Sir Yours faithfully, Ch. Darwin. P.S. I am obliged for your enclosures." The letter, written from Beckenham, Kent, is dated May 5; no year is given. The letter is in reply to one sent by Charles Warren Stoddard on 11 April 1870 (see the Darwin Correspondence Project).
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Jonathan Club letter to Henry E. Huntington, February 16, 1905
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Mr. H.E. Huntington, Pres. Jonathan Club, No. 27 Broad St., New York City, New York. Dear Sir:- Your letter of Jan. 13th was presented to the Board at their last regular meeting. I regret a reply has not been given before but same was occasioned from the fact of our disorganized condition and having held no regular meeting recently. As you are probably aware, we were obliged to leave our old quarters and have now simply an office for our Assistant Secretary in the Pacific Electric Bldg, to be used temporarily until the new quarters are ready for occupancy. I am directed by the Board to tender our regrets at your desire to resign the Presidency of the Club and to say that we have considered it would not be advisable to take any action thereon at this time, for the reason that the business of President can be taken care of by Vice-President Rule until our next Annual Meeting which occurs in May next.We earnestly hope that you will be pleased to allow your name to again be presented for the Presidency.Yours very truly,C.H. White (signature)Secretary.
msssHEH 13196 box 116
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Ambrose Bierce letter to Jonathan D. Hale
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This letter, which Ambrose Bierce wrote from Readyville, Tennessee, is addressed to Jonathan D. Hale. At the time, Bierce was serving as chief of scouts for General William Babcock Hazen; Hale was chief scout for General George Henry Thomas. The letter is about the activities of Union scouts in Tennessee, and reads: "Dr. Hale, Sir, I am requested by Mr. D. F. Bragg to write you and let you know where he is and what he is doing, as he thinks perhaps you may blame him for not reporting to you. He is here and rendering me valuable assistance. His residence is only a few miles from here and he is able to pick up some valuable information in regard to the movements of the small bodies of the enemy cavalry in our vicinity. He is a sort of connecting link in a chain of scouts which I have established between here and Auburn and is doing good service. If you can spare him I should like very well to keep him here. He requests me to send you the enclosed letter from a rebel soldier though the letter is of little account. Very Resp'y Yr. Obt. Svt. A. G. Bierce."
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Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927. 1 letter (1899, Mar.) to Caroline Huntington Holladay
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The Appointment books/address books series is arranged alphabetically by author. The items in this series chronicle the day-to-day activities of Collis Huntington Holladay, Margaret Broad Holladay, and Henry Edwards Huntington. They span from 1925-1969. The Family Records series is arranged alphabetically and contains such items as application forms submitted by various family members to such organizations as the: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California, Sons of the American Revolution: California Society, and the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland. These applications show how the family member applying is eligible for group membership by tracing the family lineage back to the family member who can qualify them to be part of that group. In addition, this series includes genealogical tables and family genealogies documenting the lineage of the Huntington Holladay family. The items are grouped by surname Cresap, Holladay, Ord, Saunders, and Vincent. In some way all of the families are related to one another. Items found within this grouping include personal narratives both hand written and typed by various family members, birth and death dates of family members, family trees, and obituaries. Some of the items in this series date back to the 1600's. One item worth noting is a genealogical chart from the Ord family. The chart is very comprehensive starting with James Ord who was born in England, April 1786 and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska with his wife Rebecca Ruth Cresap on January 25, 1873. The Ords are the ancestors of the Huntington Holladay family and the chart traces the lineage up until the time it was made in 1936. Also in this series are newspaper clippings which mention the Huntington Holladay family, a biography of Henry E. Huntington, documents pertaining to the Huntington Family Association and their annual meetings, and lastly, obituaries relating to the deaths of Alfred O. Larkin and Collis P. Huntington.
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