Guide to the Historical Manuscripts Collection 1409-1977

Abarca de Bolea, Pedro Pablo, conde de Aranda, 1719-1798, Letter : Paris, to Antoine de Sartine, comte d'Alby, [1779] Dec. 7.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Portions of text are missing.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to five Spanish ships that were equipped in Le Havre. Also contains cover.

Abbott, John L. C., Letter : Brunswick, Me., to Dennis R. Aluard, 1855 Dec. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Abbott informs Aluard that he complies with his request.

Accounts of smallpox inoculations : manuscript, [ca. 1768].

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Author is unknown. Transferred from: Terminazione degl'illustrissimi, ed eccellentissimi signori soppra provveditori e provveditori alla sanità, call # RA644.S6V465 1768 Rare

Adair, John, 1757-1840, Affidavit for William Bryant concerning 1,000 acres of land on Floyd's fork : manuscript, 1780 May 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 12 x 19 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Signed by John Adair. William Bryant entered 1,000 acres on Floyd's fork that included "an improvement where Squire Boone's name is cut in on a tree."

Adam, Antoine Edmond, Letter : [Paris?], to unknown person, 1873 Nov. 26.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Requests that a copy of "Récits d'une Paysanne" be sent to M. Carro.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, Autographed engraved portrait, 1842 June 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 art print : 12 x 8 cm.
• Portrait of John Quincy Adams, signed.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, Letter : Braintree, Mass., to John Adams, Philadelphia, 1777 June 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.).
• Facsimile of autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. John Quincy Adams asks his father for instructions on how to proportion his studies and playtime.

Adams, R., The Isle of Wight : manuscript, [ca. 1651].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Mounted on board.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Poem in praise of Charles I.

Adams, John, 1735-1826, Letter signed : Paris, to Mr. Grand, n.p., [ca. 1780] Feb. 29.

• Language:
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Tipped into: Life and times of Benjamin Franklin / James Parton, call # alc E302.6.F8P37 v. 2 Rare
• Concerns money appropriated by Congress for Adams and Francis Dana.

Addressed envelope : Richmond, Va., to John Randolph, Washington, D.C., 1803 Nov. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Sender of envelope is Major Scott.
• Address leaf used as an envelope.

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882, Letter : Tunbridge Wells, England, to a friend, n.p., 1869 Mar. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque de, 1507-1582, Letter : to Alba from unidentified person, Brussels, 1572 June 28.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item.
• Letter signed. Concerns intelligence operation at the castle of Steyn.

Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983-, Poem : typescript, [ca. 1935].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• 22-line poem with untitled 4-line autograph poem on verso.
• At top of recto: "1935, Printed in Poland and Russia by U.S.I.A."

Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962, Letters : Padworth near Reading, Berkshire, to Sir Edmund Gosse, 1924 Dec. 10 and 1925 Jan. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1, 1p.).
• Consists of 1 typed letter signed and 1 autograph letter signed. Letters relate to Aldington's translation of Laclos's Liaisons Dangereuses.

Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917, Poem : manuscript, 1890 Feb. 3.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 2 items : 33 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph manuscript signed (1 p.). Handwritten copy of a poem Francesca Alexander transcribed for Ellen Fielden. Includes two illustrations by Alexander, mounted on board.

Allen, S. H., Letter : Thomaston, Me., to O. H. Oldroyd, Washington, D. C., 1894 Dec. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items.
• Autograph letter signed (1 p.). Also includes a wooden chip from "the flagstaff at Charleston on which the first secession flag was run up on."

Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987-, Poems and extracts from Alley's diary : typescripts, [ca. 1951].

• Language: English
• Size: 4 leaves.
• Transferred from Gung ho : poems / by Rewi Alley, call # PR9639.3.A44G8 1948 MoPoRa
• Typescripts of poems and a typescript copy of extracts from Alley's diary. Also includes a typescript copy of an extract from a letter by Shirley Barton.

Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin), 1816-1889, Letter : New York, to W. C. Gifford, 1888 Feb. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to information about James Lenox.

Allie, Letter : to her brother, 1914 Oct. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (42 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Expresses pro-German views on World War I.

Ambler, J. C., Correspondence, 1886 Jan. 4-Mar. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 20 p.
• Correspondence of J. C. Ambler, Secretary of the Citizens' Association of Chicago, Executive Committee. Topics include the 8-hour working day and labor strikes.

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Certificate, 1842 Sept. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Document signed. Document certifies that John W. Adams of Syracuse, New York,is a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Signed by Theodore Frelinghuysen.

Ames, Oliver, Letter : Boston, to Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, 1869 July 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Letter signed. Relates to Dr. Peabody's visit to Salt Lake City.

Anderson, Robert, 1750-1830, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to an unidentified lord, n.p., 1799 June 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Relates in part to the work of James Grainger to the unidentified lord's support in publishing Grainger's manuscripts.

Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941, Letter : London, to Edward J. O'Brien, [England], [1921] Aug. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Anderson wrote to thank O'Brien and his mother for their hospitality when Anderson and his friend Paul Rosenfeld visited England. Also includes photocopy of a letter (1964 Feb. 21) from Bill Sutter concerning the Anderson letter.
• Transferred from call # PS3501.N38P8 1920 c.2 Rare

Arias Montano, Benito, 1527-1598, Letter : Seville, to Philip II, 1594 Mar. 10.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 31 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904, Letter : London, to [an American publisher], 1885 May 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the American publication of a Sanskrit poem translated by Arnold.

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888, Letter : to [Frederick Greenwood?], [1871?] Mar. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.).
• Transferred from PR4020.A5R9 v.1 Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Arnold wrote about the importance of music instruction in a school curriculum.

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888, Letter : London, to Sidney Colvin, 1882 Aug. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Colvin's work on Walter Savage Landor.

Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890, Letter : New York, to T. C. Sawyer, Andover, Mass., 1855 May 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter. Includes signature of John Jacob Astor I.

Atherstone, Edwin, 1788-1872, Letter : n.p., to Samuel Carter Hall, Kensington, 1826.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948, Letters : San Francisco, to Mrs. Francis Carolan, Cupertino, Calif., 1909 Sept. 2, 6, 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (2 p., 3 p., 3 p.) +
• 3 autograph letters signed with accompanying envelopes.

Audebert, J., Letter : Toulouse, to "Mon cher maître", n.p., 1910 Sept.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, The humble submission and suplication of the Lord Chancellor [to the House of Lords] manuscript copy, [ca.1621 Apr. 22].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Contemporary manuscript copy of Bacon's first submission to the Lords after he had been charged with bribery.

Baden (Grand Duchy), Reise-pass, 1800 Mar. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 43 cm. folded to 22 x 27 cm.
• Document signed. Travel pass issued to Johann Küchler.

Bailey, Philip James, 1816-1902, Letters to Harry Buxton Forman, 1880 Mar. 14-1893 July 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (3 p., 4 p., 3 p.) +
• 3 autograph letters signed from P. J. Bailey to H. B. Forman. Also includes Bailey's calling card.

Baker, Mary, 1897-, Letter : Herefordshire, England, to Henry C. Friedman, Chicago, 1937 July 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.) :
• Transferred from the Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Literature for Children.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to an exhibition of drawings from children's books. With autograph ink illustration by Mary Baker from Tomson's Hallowe'en.

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891, Letter : to [Benjamin Silliman], [New Haven, Conn.], 1854 Oct. 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Requests the title of a book that examines "the present state of the science of chemistry" and of natural philosophy.

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891, Draft page, with revisions, of History of the United States : manuscript, 1864 Mar.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph draft signed.

Bancroft, S. B., Letter : [London], to A. E. Skeen, 1893 Apr. 27

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to opening museums and galleries on Sunday.

Bankhead, L. W., Letter : Headquarters, 2nd Artillery, to Colonel John Munroe, 1849 Mar. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ( 2 p.).
• Transferred from the Frederick Starr Papers.
• Autograph letter signed.

Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870, Letter : Philadelphia, to Austin Phelps, [Andover, Mass.], 1850 July 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph letter signed.

Barrett, Wilson, 1848-1904, Letter : [London], to A. [E.] Skeen, 1897 Feb. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937, Letter : London, to George Henschel, 1908 Dec. 6

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.
• Transferred from call # AP2.G66 Rare

Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959, Letter : Denver, to Mrs. Francis Carolan, Burlingame, Calif., 1904 Aug. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Also includes envelope and "Route Card" for Barrymore's tour in "Cousin Kate," 1903-1904.

Básthy, József, active 1831-1841, Papers, [1838?]-[1840?].

• Language: Hungarian
• Size: 3 items ; 35 cm. or smaller.
• Transferred from: Magyarok emléke, a' velek rokon 's azon egy kormány alatti nemzetekével, 1526. óta / kiadta Báthy József, call # CS562.B37 1836 Rare. Two items in Hungarian, one in German. Consists of a receipt, signed by Básthy, for volume one of the book from which the documents were transferred; an announcement in Hungarian describing volume two with handwritten comments by Básthy; and a photostat of the description of volume two.

Baudrillart, Henri Joseph Léon, 1821-1892, Short treatise on economics : manuscript, [ca. 1870].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph document signed.

Baxter, R. Dudley (Robert Dudley), 1827-1875, Letter : London, to Maurice Block, Paris, 1869 June 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to writing articles on railways.

Beaucourt, Autograph letter signed and manuscript, 1840.

• Language: French
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 12 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 24 cm. or smaller.
• Beaucourt to J. Codger (1840 July 18). Folded letter sheet with address. Letter relates to Samuel Morse's visit to London. Also includes a manuscript entitled "Nouveau Télégraphe" which contains a description of the telegraph and copies of testimonials regarding its value.

Beecher, H. W, Mrs., 1813-1897, Letter : Brooklyn, New York, to Fred N. Prince, 1856 Mar. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Beecher, Thaddeus, Letter : New Haven, Conn., to John Porter, Hartford, Conn., 1799 Aug. 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to legal and financial matters concerning the First School Society of New Haven.

Belgida, marqués de, fl. 1803, Letter : Madrid, to his brother, 1803 Sept. 14.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Manuscript copy of letter. Relates to Isidoro Máiquez, the Spanish actor.

Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890, Letter : Washington, D.C., to J. G. Ames, Washington, D. C., 1875 Oct. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to photographs of Yellowstone National Park.

Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882, Letter : New York, to unknown person, 1868 Sept. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 13 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Declines an invitation to deliver a lecture.

Belton, Francis S., Letter : Fort McHenry, Md., to Dolley P. Madison, Washington City, 1847 Oct. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.).
• Transferred from the Frederick Starr Papers.
• Autograph letter signed. Requests Mrs. Madison to forward a letter to Judge Mason. Includes dealer's folder.

Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864, Letter : New York, to Carey and Hart, publishers, Philadelphia, [ca. 1850 Jan.].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Lower left-hand corner of sheet is torn.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864, Letter : New York, to G. P. Putnam & Co., New York, 1858 May 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Bentley, R. (Richard), 1854-1936, Note and family history : to [Gerald Chippindale Rivington], 1903.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items ; 32 cm. or smaller.
• Consists of a handwritten note and a printed biography of William Bentley, a printer. The biography also refers to other members of Bentley's family who were publishers. The book from which these two documents were transferred contains Rivington's bookplate and it is presumed that the note and history were sent to him by Bentley. In the note (1903 Oct. 16), Bentley presents the book which is a history of various publishing houses.
• Transferred from: Some leaves from the past / by Richard Bentley, call # CS439.B465B468 1896 Rare

Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815, Letter : Finckenstein, Germany, to General Thouvenot, Stettin, Poland, 1807 Apr. 7.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 16 x 21 cm.
• Letter signed.

Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?, Letter : Los Gatos, Calif., to Bret Hart, 1895 July 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Biggs, E. Power (Edward Power), 1906-1977, Papers, 1973-1977.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 folder.
• Contains 12 letters regarding concerts at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago. Also includes photographs of Biggs, a program, an annotated organ score of James Hewitt's The Battle of Trenton, and other documents relating to concerts.

Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933, Letter : London, to Stock, [ca. 1892].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Birrell's work Res Judicatae.

Blanc, Louis, 1811-1882, Autograph letter signed : London, to Michel Lévy fréres, Paris, 1848 Nov. 18.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Transferred from: Histoire de la révolution française / Louis Blanc, call # DC161.B64 1847 v.1 Gen.
• Folded letter sheet with address. Blanc writes to the publisher, Michel Lévy fréres, that the proofs he has received for his book are unacceptable and that he will mail the corrections and comments the following day.

Blanqui, M. (Adolphe-Jérôme), 1798-1854, Letter : Paris, to unknown person, 1843 July 31.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Block, Maurice, 1816-1901, Letter : Paris, to unknown person, 1869 July 19.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates in part to articles to be written about railroads in Belgium and Holland.

Bompiano, Ignazio, Oratorio della beata rosa : manuscript, [15--].

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (12 p.).

Bond family, Miscellaneous papers, 1909-1924.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 folder.
• Consists of newspaper clippings on Frederick Cook's return from the North Pole (1909), a Sunday School certificate awarded to Robert Norris Bond by the First M. E. Sunday School (1924 Sept. 28), and miscellaneous manuscripts written or drawn by children.
• Transferred from: Young Americans' speaker / Laura Augusta Yerkes, call # PN226.R43Y47 1902 EB

Bond, Thos. E. (Thomas Emerson), 1813-1872, Letter : Baltimore, to Thomas E. Bond, New York, 1841 Sept. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (8 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. From Thomas E. Bond Jr. to his father, editor of the Christian Advocate & Journal. 2 folded letter sheets, 1 with address. Entitled "The Apostolical Succession" and intended for publication.

Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899, Letter : Les Eaux Bonnes, to Antoine Louis Dantan, Paris, [1850] July 6.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Boole, George, 1815-1864, Integration : manuscript, [ca. 1850].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.

Borbón, Luis Antonio Jaime de, 1727-1785, Letters : to Charles III : manuscript copies, 1776 Apr. 15-May 29 and 1785.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 8 leaves ; 30 cm.
• Manuscript copies. Contemporary extracts from Luis Antonio's letters with comments by his brother, Charles III. Also includes miscellaneous notes (1785).

Borchardt, Carl Wilhelm, 1817-1880, Letter : Berlin, to Baltzer, 1869 Apr. 21.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (12 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Boston Athanaeum, Receipt, 1865 Sept. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Document signed. Signed by John Amory Lowell, President of the Boston Athenaeum. Receipt for the pamphlet, "Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln; delivered before the New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, May 3, 1865."

Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850, Letter : Bremhill, to William Jerdan, London, 1825 Feb. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Thanks Jerdan for his "candid and clear view [he has] given on the question "Bowles versus Roscoe."

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875, Letter : Washington, D.C., to M. D. Phillips, Rochester, N.Y., 1854 Mar. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items : 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers briefly to "my eulogy upon Henry Clay." Also includes an engraved portrait of Breckinridge.

Brevet de nomination de sergent major de fusilier : manuscript, 1790 Sept. 1

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 35 cm.
• Document signed. Commission appointing Jean Mathias Dauban to the rank of sargent major. Includes signatures of the Marquis de Lafayette and Jean Sylvain Bailly, mayor of Paris.

Brewster, Anne M. H. (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892, Letter : [Florence], to Miss Gifford, 1874 Nov. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Invitation to live in Rome, "the natural home for all artists especially sculptors."

Bright, John, 1811-1889, Letter : [London] to Sir Philip C. Owen, [London], 1884 Apr. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Bright, John, 1811-1889, Letter : Rochdale, England, to W. Thos. Snape, Liverpool, England, 1877 Sept. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Bright's opposition to war.

Bright, John, 1811-1889, For I have seen the thorn frown rudely all the winter day : manuscript copy, 1864.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph document signed. Passage from Dante.

Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826, Letter : Paris, to M. De Laumont, Paris, 1825 July 4.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 31 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855, Autograph letter signed, n.p. to Ellen, 1842 Jan.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 11 cm.
• Manuscript found in PR4167.V7 1853 Rege.
• Indexes Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.

Brown, Earle, 1926-2002-, Letter : Baltimore, to Leonard B. Meyer, [Chicago], 1969 Oct. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Relates to Meyer's book Music, the Arts, and Ideas. Also includes a photocopy of typed notes (1953 June).

Brown, John, fl. 1867, Letter : Friendship, to unknown man, 1867 Apr. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Lower portion of leaf is torn. Some text is missing.
• Autograph letter.

Brown, Thomas, fl. [ca. 1790], Letter : n.p., to Patrick Home, n.p., [ca. 1790?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Browne, John, fl. [ca. 1702-1714], Indenture : manuscript, [between 1702?-1714?].

• Language: English
• Size: Fragment : 14 cm.
• Document signed. With seal. Possibly written during "the reign of our Sovereigne Lady Ann."

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Letter : Marshall, Ill., to Miss Francis [sic] E. Emerson, Plymouth, Ind., 1903 June 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Thomas O. Larkin, [Monterey, Calif.], 1847 Jan. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Concerns raising troops for the war against Mexico.
• Autograph letter signed.

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, Letter : Lancaster, Pa., to Franklin Pierce, 1853 Feb. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Letter of introduction for William Barr.
• Autograph letter signed.

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, Letter : London, to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [Philadelphia], 1853 Sept. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Mounted on board.
• Concerns a copy of "Woman's Record" Buchanan had given to Lord Clarendon to deliver to Queen Victoria.

Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von, 1791-1860, Letter : [London], to Sir Francis, [1842?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von, 1791-1860, Letter : London, to John Martin, 1842 Mar. 18.

• Language: Franch
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a donation from the King of Prussia to the Artist Benevolent Fund Society in London.

Burbeck, James, Architectural drawings : manuscript, [ca. 1844].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Transferred from call # NA2521.B455 Rare
• Unidentified architectural sketches with calculations and doodles on verso.

Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870, Invitation, [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 15 cm.
• Invitation sent by Mr. and Mrs. Burlingame, on behalf of the associated Ministers of the Chinese Legation Chih-Kang and Sun-Chia-Ku, to an unknown person.

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814, To Brightblossom on her amusement in the garden at Ryde, Isle of Wight : manuscript poem, 1814 July 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph manuscript.

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836, Letter : to Col. Nicholson, [1795?] Nov. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879, Letter : New Britain, Conn., to the editors of the Connecticut courant, 1874 June 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Burt, Thomas, 1837-1922, Letter : Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, to Principal Hadow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1915 July 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a book Burt received from Earl Gray.

Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929, On the child labor law, [ca. 1916?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (13 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Typed document. Relates to child labor law.

Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876, Letter : Hartford, Conn., to unknown man, 1861 May 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858, Letter : n.p., to W. Bulkley, n.p., [1837?] Dec. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858, Letter : New York, to George Bemis, Boston, 1848 Feb. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Concerns a legal case.
• Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts. Civil war officer

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880, Letter : n.p., to Mrs. J. R. Johnston, n.p., 1852 May 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Transferred from the Frederick Starr Papers
• Autograph letter signed. Includes manuscript poem entitled "To the Spirit of the Aeolean Harp."

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968, Letter : Santa Fe, to Sarah M. Brown, Chicago, 1923 Nov. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to Sarah M. Brown's poems.

Cadwalader, John, 1805-1879, Letter : Philadelphia, to Henry Alexander Wise [Accomac, Va.], 1852 May 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931, Letter : Isle of Man, to Grant Richards, [1898] Sept. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to negotiations with publishers.
• Transferred from call # PR2821.C17 Austrian. Written on card stock.

Caldwell, John, fl. 1896, Letter : Boston, to unknown person, n.p., 1896 Dec. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. John Caldwell, of Copeland and Day Booksellers, attests to the authenticity of Illustrations of the book of Job by William Blake.
• Transferred from: Illustrations of the book of Job / invented and engr. by William Blake, call # alc f ND497.B6A5 1826a Rare.

Cameron, Ruth, Letter: Humarock Mass., to Mrs. Ayr, n.p., 1919 Oct. 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1p.) ; 20 cm.
• A brief letter of thanks for compliments and regarding a title by Annie Payson Call entitled Power Through Repose.
• Autograph letter signed. Found in BJ1581.C3 1911 Rare.

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889, Letter : Harrisburg, Pa., to H. B. Clafflin [sic] & Co., 1867 Oct. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Also includes 3 photographs of Cameron.
• Autograph letter signed.

Campomanes, Pedro Rodríguez, conde de, 1723-1803, Letter : Madrid, to Don Luis Blondel de Druhot, 1789 Nov. 14.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Letter signed.

Canina, Luigi, 1795-1856, Letter : n.p., to the Duke of Northumberland, London, 1836 Sept. 20.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item ( 2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Carlson, Huntington, Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to E. J. Hill, [Washington, D.C.], 1910 May 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Relates to the possible appointment of George L. Rockwell to the consular service.
• Transferred from the Herbert Strauss Collection of Theodore Roosevelt Papers.

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, Letter : Chelsea, England, to [John William Parker], [London], 1849 Nov. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 11 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Carlyle's paper "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" which appeared in Fraser's Magazine (1849 Dec.). Parker was the editor of the magazine.

Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823, Letter : Arras, France, to "leurs collègues," Cambrai, France, 1793 July 8.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. From Carnot and other "représentans du peuple." Concerns the nomination of justices of the peace and military prosecutors.

Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929, Letter : Millthorpe, England, to C. H. Norman, 1907 Sept. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to signing a petition for the release of the Denshawai prisoners.

Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832, Draft on the Farmer's Bank of Maryland : manuscript, 1814 July 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Document is silked.
• Autograph document signed. $447.75 draft on the Farmer's Bank of Maryland to be paid to Fielder Cross for taxes owed by Charles Carroll.

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866, Letter : Washington, D.C., to General Stevens [?], n.p., 1858 Feb. 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Transferred from the Oldroyd Collection.
• Autograph letter signed.

Castelar, Emilio, 1832-1899, Letter : Madrid, to Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, 1873 May 26.

• Language: Spanish, German
• Size: 3 items (3 p., 2 p., 2 p.) ; 34 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. Also includes Castelar's obituary from a Frankfurt newspaper and a handwritten biographical sketch in German.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, Letter : Red Cloud, Neb., to Edith Abbott, Chicago, [ca. 1920 June 20].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, Letter : New York, to Edith Abbott, New York, 1921 Dec. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, Letter : New York, to Grace Abbott, [Washignton, D.C.], 1923 Jan. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Typed letter signed.

Catholic Church. Diocese of Reggio Emilia (Italy), Documents relating to the marriage of Antonio Maria Abrami and Grazia Grazzi : manuscripts, 1743 June

• Language: Italian
• Size: 8 items
• Includes a certificate of dispensation that permitted the marriage of Antonio Maria Abrami and Grazia Grazzi, who were third cousins, and removed the impediment created by consanguinity in the 4th degree. With official copies of baptismal certificates, and other documents.

Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di, 1810-1861, Announcement of the Sardinian victory at Palestro : manuscript copy, [1859] May 31.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 14 cm.
• Manuscript copy of a bulletin or dispatch announcing Sardinia's victory at Palestro.

Ceán Bermúdez, Juan Agustín, 1749-1829, Letter : Madrid, to F. A. Bouchon, 1825 Feb. 5.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Chadbourne, Paul A. (Paul Ansel), 1823-1883, Letter : Williamstown, Mass., to the editor, Hartford courant, Hartford, Conn., 1881 June 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to one of Chadbourne's baccalaureates.

Champfleury, 1821-1889, Letter : n.p., to Cher Madame, n.p., [ca. 1870?]

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 21 cm.
• Found tipped in QL795.C2C52 1870 Rare.
• Autograph letter signed.

Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881-1960, Letter : n.p., to [Arthur] Friedman, n.p., [19]53 Feb. 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 x 12 cm.
• Transferred from: The history of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia / by Samuel Johnson, call # PR3529.A1 1927 c.6 Rare
• Autograph letter signed.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, Manuscript document, 1526 Apr. 8.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 31 cm. folded to 21 x 14 cm.
• Document signed.

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Patent of appointment of Prince Michael von Thurn und Taxis as imperial postmaster in Rome : manuscript copy, 1740 Mar. 16.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (25 p.) ; 35 cm.
• Manuscript copy of document. Includes certificate, in Italian, affirming that the nominee was sworn in and installed in office 1740 May 18.

Charlton, Thomas U. P. (Thomas Usher Pulaski), 1779-1835, Letter : Savannah, to General Flournoy, 1825 July 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Charton, Edouard, 1807-1890, Short anecdote : manuscript, [ca. 1857].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Manuscript signed. Anecdote about a visit to the Medici Chapel, Florence, Italy.

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., 1808 Nov. 24

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922, Letter : Chicago, to Joseph H. Barrett, Loveland, Clermont Co., Ohio, 1897 May 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Document signed. Cheney requests material from Barrett for the Newberry Library.

Cherbuliez, A. (Antoine), 1797-1869, Letter : Zurich, to unknown person, n.p., 1866 July 1.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to an article Cherbuliez would like to have published in the Journal des Economistes. Henri Baudrillart was editor of the journal from 1865 to 1881 and the letter may have been addressed to him.

Chesapeake Affair, Chesapeake affair : manuscript, [ca. 1807 July].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Autograph document. Speech of unknown American describing and denouncing the naval action between the U.S.S. Chesapeake and H.M.S. Leopard off Hampton Roads on June 22, 1807.

Chevalier, Michel, 1806-1879, Letter : Lodève, France, to unknown person, 1847 July 19.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Chicago (Ill.). Police Department., Permit granted to Alphonse Capone, 1931 July 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 6 x 9 cm.
• Printed document signed by Captain Daniel A. Gilbert. Permit granted to Alphonse Capone to attend the "show-up" to view prisoners on July 24, 1931.

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880, Autograph manuscript signed, [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 15 cm.

Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Autograph : New York, to Harold N. Maderhill, 1911 Dec. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Choate complies with Maderhill's request for his autograph.

Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859, Letter : to Austin Phelps, [not after 1859].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Church of England, Letter testamentary appointing Humfredus Dene executor of the estate of Maria Bulerati Bogan : manuscript, 1728 June 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item : 31 cm. folded to 18 x 9 cm.
• Document, with seal, from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, appointing Humfredus Dene executor of the estate of Maria Bulerati Bogan.

Civil Rights Defense Committee, Credential : New York, [ca. 1941].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Partly printed document signed. Certifies that "Lydia Beidell is authorized to represent and to collect funds for the Civil Rights Defense Committee which is the authorized representative of the defendants in the Minneapolis 'Seditious Conspiracy' case." Signed Geo Novak [sic], Secretary, Chicago Branch, Civil Rights Defense Committee.

Clavería, Juan de, fl. 1791, Letter : Havana, Cuba, to M. Ruellan et Compagnie, Le Havre, France, 1791 Nov. 11.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Letter signed.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Letter : Washington, D.C., to David A. Sayre, Lexington, Ky., 1825 Oct. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Letter : Ashland, Ky., to Thomas Spencer, 1842 Sept. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to actions taken in Congress and other political matters.

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, Letter : Buffalo, N.Y., to unknown person, 1871 Feb. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed as S. L. Clemens.The letter is printed; the signature and postscript are in Clemens's hand. Clemens turns down an invitation to deliver a lecture.

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, Manuscript fragment and other papers, [ca. 1907].

• Language: English
• Size: 4 items.
• Contains the fragment of an autograph manuscript signed by Clemens, 2 photographs that include Clemens, and the menu from a "Luncheon given by the Pilgrims in honour of Mark Twain."

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Sara T. Kinney, Hartford, Conn., 1888 Feb. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed.

Cleveland, H. W. S. (Horace William Shaler), 1814-1900, Letter : Minneapolis, to Lill, 1888 Aug. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the transplanting of evergreens.

Cleveland, H. W. S. (Horace William Shaler), 1814-1900, Letter : Minneapolis, to Lilly, 1893 Nov. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (8 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter. Portions of letter are missing. Cleveland writes about a visit to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago; the assassination of Chicago mayor, Carter Harrison; Marshall Field's gift to help build a permanent museum; and the development and growth of Chicago.

Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868, Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to P. D. Vroom, Trenton, N.J., 1857 Dec. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Letter signed. Relates to the return of Vroom's household and personal effects from Berlin where he resided as Minister to Prussia.

Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944, Letter : Ossining, N. Y., to Mr. [Schwierger?], [not after 1944].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Cobb thanks Schwierger for selecting articles that have recently arrived.

Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, Fragment of a letter, [17--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 fragment) ; 19 cm.
• Fragment of an autograph letter signed.

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, Letter : London, to M. Wakeman, 1851 Feb. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, Correspondence with Henry Catt, 1861 Dec. 14, 16, 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (3 p., 7 p., 5 p.).
• 3 autograph letters signed. Correspondence between Cobden and Catt relating to the Trent Affair and the threat of war between the United States and Great Britain.

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, Note of correction of title page : manuscript, [1836?]

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph document signed. Contains corrections for title page of Russia, Being a Cure for the Russo-Phobia.

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, Letter : Richmond Hill, Surrey, to Oscar L. Triggs, Chicago, 1903 Dec. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the Morris Society [of Chicago?].

Coello y Pacheco, Carlos, fl. 1861, Letter : Madrid, to Hippolyte Julien Joseph Lucas, Paris, 1861 Feb. 3.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Letter : Highgate, London, to Miss Kelly, Covent Garden, 1820 Mar. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter. Folded letter sheet with address. Coleridge declines an invitation to visit Miss Kelly.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Call slip from the British Museum library, 1825 Sept. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Autograph document signed. Call slip with Coleridge's signature.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Letter : Highgate, London, to Edward Coleridge, Eton, 1825 [ca.Sept. 6].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Coleridge writes about his illness, grammar, and Henry's impending trip to Eton.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Untitled manuscript, [ca. 1808?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.).
• Tipped into: A complete collection of the historical, political, and miscellaneous works of John Milton, call # PR3569 1798 v.1 Rare Photocopy is also available in Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Coleridge criticizes the poor editing practices of English booksellers but praises the Thomas Birch edition of Milton's works into which this manuscript is tipped.

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885, Letter : South Bend, Ind., to unknown person, n.p., 1866 Oct. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885, Letter : South Bend, Ind., to T. J. Hudson, n.p., 1877 Dec. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Collins, Ezra, Letters, 1774 June 28-Sept. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (6 p.) ; 32 cm or smaller.
• 3 autograph letters signed. Folded letter sheets with address. Letters were delivered to Ezra's brother Stephen in Philadelphia by Paul Revere.

Committee of Safety, Minutes of a meeting : manuscript copy, 1776.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ;
• Autograph document. Consists of a true copy from the minutes of the Committee of Safety (1776 Apr. 19) and a true copy of the extracts of the minutes of the "Hono'ble Continental Congress (1776 Mar. 21). Both copies are signed by John McKesson, Secretary to the provisional Congress of New York. Because of commercial restraints imposed by the Parliament of Great Britain, documents recommmend the promotion of "the culture of hemp, flax and cotton, and the growth of wool, in these United Colonies."

Comté, Achille, madame, Letters, 1854-1867.

• Language: French
• Size: 3 items.
• Transferred from: Le veuvage : comédie en deux actes, en prose / par Madame Achille Comte, call # PQ2209.C75V48 1842.
• Consists of two autograph letters signed (1854 Apr. 24, 1867 May 26) written by Algaé de Bouconville Comte, Achille Comte's wife. Also includes one autograph letter signed (1855 July 5) written Achille.

Comté, Achille, 1802-1866, Letter : Paris, to unknown person, 1847 Aug. 23.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857, Letter : Paris, to John McClintock, New York, 1852 Feb. 4.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to an article about Comte's philosophy that appeared in the journal edited by McClintock, the Methodist Quarterly Review.

Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857, Letter : Paris, to John McClintock, New York, 1852 Aug. 7.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Comte refers to philosphers who have influenced his thinking..

Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Letter signed : New York, to Mr. Bragdon, n.p., 1883 Jan 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.

Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Letter signed : New York, to [Frank] W. Prince, Geneva, N.Y., 1868 Nov. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 13 cm.

Cook, H. D., fl. 19th cent, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Col. [Anthony] T. Search, Danville, Ill., 1867 June 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Cook requests Search's assistance in obtaining Senator Tincher's vote to continue funding the Illinois State Agency in Washington. The Agency processed claims made by soldiers and their heirs.

Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895, Letter : Philadelphia, to W. G. Freeman, New York, 1849 June 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from the Oldroyd Collection.
• Autograph letter signed. Cooke informs Freeman that September 10th would be the latest date in the autumn "[when] a party of dragoons can with safety leave the frontier of Missouri for Santa Fe."

Cooley, Arnold James, Letter : London, to William Harvey Wells, Chicago, 1873 June 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to spelling practices in England.
• Transferred from call # PE1625.C75

Cooley, Arnold James, Letter : London, to William Harvey Wells, Chicago, 1873 Sept. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (7 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates in part to Wells's book on English grammar.
• Transferred from call # PE1625.C75

Cooley, Arnold James, Letter : London, to William Harvey Wells, Chicago, 1874 Feb. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (14 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Cooley bitterly complains that most English writers of non-fiction suffer and die in poverty. Also discusses a variety of dictionaries on literature and a report produced by the Chicago Board of Education that Wells sent him.
• Transferred from call # PE1625.C75

Cornell, Alonzo B., 1832-1904, Letter : Albany, N.Y., to General Eckert, n.p., 1881 Feb. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Relates to "telegraph matters in Batavia."
• Autograph letter signed.

Cotton, John, 1693-1757, Marriage certificate of Abraham Brown and Abigail Dike, 1730 Dec. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 10 x 16 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Signed by John Cotton. Certifies that Abraham Brown of Norwich, Massachusettes, married Abigail Dike of Newton, Massachusettes, on December 1, 1730.

Council of Trent, The hist. of ye Council of Trent : manuscript, [16--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.). ; 31 cm.
• History of the Council of Trent
• Autograph manuscript.

Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889, Letter : New York, to unknown person, [between 1873 and 1889?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Cox declines to give a lecture.

Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889, Letter : to Guy, [1878 May 24?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Cozzens, Frederic S. (Frederic Swartwout), 1818-1869, Letter : Chestnut Cottage, to Mrs. M. C. Gifford, 1864 Sept. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item. (1 p.) ; 13 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Crainz, Franco, 1913-, Christmas card : n.p., to [Alex Tulsky?], n.p., [1977?].

• Language: Italian, English
• Size: 1 item
• Transferred from: An obstetric tragedy / Franco Crainz, call # DA538.A4027 1977 Rare
• Printed greeting in Italian, handwritten closing in English.

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915, Letter : Southend, [England], to [Frank T.] Marzials, 1881 Aug. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ;. 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. With pen-and-ink caricature scketch by Crane showing himself and his family. Includes newspaper clipping and dealer's description.
• Transferred from the Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Books for Children.

Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Gardner Rand, Troy, N.Y., 1874 Jan. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863, Letter : Frankfort, Ky., to Simon Gratz and Brothers, Philadelphia, 1821 Dec. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to the Gratz firm financing the Bank of Kentucky.

Crofts of Cullen, Old compte book of the full and complete rental of the crofts of Cullen : manuscript, [ca. 1680].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (11 p.).

Curtis, George M., fl. 1807, Letter : New York, to J. W. Prince, 1807 Sept. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879, Letter : Boston, to Joseph Blunt, 1829 Jan. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Cushing writes of Silsbee's re-election as senator from Massachusetts.

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879, Letter : n.p., to [Miss Bartlet], n.p., [not after 1879] Sept. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter.

Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876, Letter : Hyde Park, N.Y., to unknown person, 1871 June 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Cuyler, Theodore L. (Theodore Ledyard), 1822-1909, To the catalpa-tree : manuscript, 1861 May 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Signed T.L.C. Manuscript was published in the Evangelist.

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870, Letter : Port Royal, to unknown woman, 1864 Nov. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Dale, Thomas, 1797-1870, Letters, 1825-1830.

• Language: English
• Size: 4 items.
• Contains 2 autograph letters signed, a photograph of Dale, and a printed poem.

Dana, Richard Henry, 1787-1879, Letter : Boston, to R. Apolion Cheney, New York, 1862 Mar. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ( 2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Dana's work, Poems and Prose Writings, as well as to works written by his son, Richard H. Dana, Jr.

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882, Letter : Boston, to Israel Tisdale Talbot, 1872 Mar. 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938, Letter : n.p., to Winifred Moroney, Chicago, 1930 June 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Refers to the conviction of Benjamin Gitlow who was a member of the Communist Party.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, Letter : Beckenham, England, to Emily Talbot, [Boston], 1881 July 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (8 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to a study on the mental and physical development of infants and Darwin's support for the project.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, Letter : Bromley, Kent, to the Rev. A.M. Norman, Fence House, Durham, England, [1869?] July 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Darwin's request for specimens of "Calcareous sponges" for Professor Haeckel.
• Transferred from call # QH365.O 1859 Rare

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, Letter : Kent, England, to Daniel Sharpe, [1853] Nov. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Darwin refers to Edward Forbes and Henry Clifton Sorby.
• Transferred from call # QH365.J 1839a

Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802, Prescription for Mr. Bage, senior : manuscript, [1766] Mar. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph document signed.
• Torn fragment. Transferred from call # QH31.D3S3 Rare

Davis, David, 1815-1886, Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Franklin B. Hough, n.p., 1879 Jan. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958, Letter : New York, to J.K., 1928 Oct. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 24 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to Davis's work, Giant Killer.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Letter : Beauvoir, Miss., to D.S. Stute, [Bloomsbury, N.J.], 1880 Dec. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to limestone formations in Mississippi.

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916, Letter : New Jersey, to Harriet Pullman, New Jersey, 1890 [Sept. 6].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Letter from Davis thanking Miss Pullman for lending him her guitar.

Davis, Varina, 1826-1906, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., 1897 Apr. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ( 2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Varina Jefferson Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis.
• Top of first page is torn off.

Dayton, William L. (William Lewis), 1807-1864, Letter : Trenton, N.J., to A. Numsell, n.p., 1861 Apr. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

De Gubernatis, Angelo. 1840-1913, Letter : Florence, to signor Barone, 1870 Mar. 9.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

De Gubernatis, Angelo. 1840-1913, Letter : Florence, to unknown person, 1873 Dec. 30.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. De Gubermatis writes to a publisher (Michel Lévy frères?) and acknowledges receipt of Les lettres á une inconnue by Prosper Mérimée.

De Kay, Drake, 1894-, Autographs,

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p.) ; 13 cm.
• 2 signatures of Drake De Kay.

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, Song of finis : manuscript poem, [ca. 1926?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph manuscript signed by De la Mare.
• Transferred from: The Augustan books of modern poetry, call # PR6007.E3W35 MoPoRa

Declaration of position of clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, [Middlebury, Vt.] : manuscript, 1856 Jan. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ;
• Author is unknown.
• Manuscript document. Relates to Reverend Webbe's theory of the sacraments, the ministerial office and Church authority.

Dejean, Jean-François-Aimé, comte, 1749-1824, Mémoire sur l'état actuel des fortifications de Gertruydenberg et de Heusden, et reconnoissance [sic] du terrain compris entre ces deux places : manuscr...

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (27 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Document signed. Memorandum on the condition of fortifications and roads in Geertruidenberg and Heusden.

Delano, Charles, 1809-1896, Letter : Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Joseph H. Barrett, Washington, D.C., 1864 July 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Delany, William, 1835-1924, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to the Rev. I. [Skinkwin?], n.p., [18--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).

Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969, Manuscript and postcard, [ca.1923]-1931.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items.
• Consists of a page from one of Dell's manuscripts (ca. 1923) and an autograph postcard signed (1927) that were sent to Albert Johannsen. Also includes a United Press photograph of Dell (1931).

Delthmann, Carsten, Letter : Chicago, to F.W. Delthmann, Chicago, 1905 Oct. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed.

Deutsche Segen un…, Deutsche Segen und Zauberspru?che : manuscript, 1746.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 33 cm folded to 17 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Recipes for magical potions.

Dewey, George, 1837-1917, Letter : Washington, D.C., to S. O'Donnell, Malden, Mass., 1902 Dec. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to the meaning of "A fleet in being" in Philip H. Colombs's book "Naval Warfare."

Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932, Letter : Philadelphia, to unknown person, 1863 Sept. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Dickinson declines an invitation to give a lecture.

Dillon, George, 1906-1968, Letter : New York, to Gladys [Campbell], n.p., 1936 Nov. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Transferred from: Three plays : Andromache, Britannicus [and] Phaedra / translated by George Dillon, call # PQ1888.E5.D6
• Typed letter signed. Refers in part to poetry Campbell has written and sent to Dillon.

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879, Letter : New York, to M.C. Gifford, 1864 Feb. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879, Letter : to General Aspinwall, [1865].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Dix writes to decline an invitation.

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to Mr. Harrington, n.p., [1865?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).

Dixie, Florence, Lady, 1855-1905, Letter : Windsor, to Professor Blackie, n.p., 1889 Mar. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921, Letter : London, to Miss Wilson, 1919 Aug. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Letter signed.

Documents relating to the Irish Rebellion of 1641 : manuscript copies, [ca. 1644].

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (1 p., 3 p., 3 p.).
• Transferred from call # DA943.C9 Rare 3 manuscript transcripts.

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [ca. 1865].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from the John Morgan Walden Papers.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, Autograph letter signed : Rochester, N.Y., to Mr. Mills, n.p., 1868 Oct. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Relates to Douglass's lecture entitled "William the Silent."

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, Letter : Washington, D.C., to unknown man, n.p., 1882 Apr. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to unknown person, n.p., 1885 Oct. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Also includes Douglass's autograph on a separate sheet of paper.

Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Letter : Whitehall, London, to the Governor of New Hampshire, 1768 Apr. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31 cm. folded to 16 cm.
• Letter signed. Circular sent to the Governor of New Hampshire. Authorizes the governor of New Hampshire to use all legal methods in apprehending the alleged murderer of William Odgers, Melchisedeck Kinsman.

Drayton, H. S. (Henry Shipton), 1840-1923, Phrenological character of Horace Wheaton Turner : given at Fowler & Wells' [sic] phrenological cabinet : manuscript, 1868 June 10 /

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (10 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm.
• Transferred from: New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler, call # BF870.F78 1868 Rare
• Partly printed manuscript. Phrenological analysis of Horace Wheaton Turner's personality.

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945, Night and The voyage : manuscripts of poems, [19--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p.).
• 2 autograph manuscripts signed.

Dresel, Otto, 1826-1890, Letter : Leipzig, Germany, to Charles C. Perkins, Boston, 1875 Dec. 9

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. The letter, sent to the President of the Handel and Hayden Society, relates to "additional accompaniments to the Messiah made by Robert Franz which form the complement of the instrumentation by Mozart."

Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937, Poem : manuscript, 1923 Feb.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Transferred from: Abraham Lincoln / John Drinkwater, call # PR6007.R6S66 1918
• Autograph manuscript signed. Four-lined poem.

Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Rev. Clinton Locke, Magnolia, Mass., 1882 July 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Duffy, Charles Gavan, Sir, 1816-1903, Letter : London, to William Allingham, London, [1875] July 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to Sir William Henry Fancourt Mitchell and Richard Burchett.

Duffy, Charles Gavan, Sir, 1816-1903, Letter : n.p., to Mrs. Burchell, n.p., 1875 July 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Duncan, Eric, 1858-1944, Letter : Sandwick, B.C., to Mr. Crease, 1938 Feb. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Duncan's autobiography.

Duncan, Eric, 1858-1944, Letter : Sandwick, B.C., to Mr. Crease, 1938 Apr. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Dupré de Saint-Maur, Nicolas-François, 1695-1774, Petition and note : manuscripts, 1768 Feb. 2 and Apr. 11.

• Language: French
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1p.).

Duquesnoy, Adrien-Cyprien, 1759-1808, Letter : to General [D], [1793] Sept. 5.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed.

Durel, A., Letter : Paris, to unknown person, 1907 Dec. 10.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. A. Durel was a bookseller.

Duveen, James Henry, 1873, Letters : London, to A.C.R. Carter, London, 1935 Apr. 13, Apr. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items. (1 p., 1 p.) ; 29 cm or smaller.
• 2 typed letters signed. Relates to the sale of an antique Chinese hawthorn ginger jar. With photocopy of pages 72 and 73 from Duveen's book, Collections and Recollections.

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892, Postcard : England, to Charles H. Clark, Hartford, Conn., 1890 June 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 9 x 14 cm.
• Autograph postcard signed.

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902, Letter : New York, to Edmund Clarence Stedman, 1891 Aug. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915, Letter : Frankfurt, to Preston Kyes, Chicago, [18--?].

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Ehrlich thanks Kyes for the warm reception he received in Chicago and informs him that he is returning some proofs which he has edited.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, [To] soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force : document, 1944.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Printed document signed.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, Letter : London, to Rev. J.H.V. Wallace, Cambridge, England, 1946 Oct. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 item (1 p., 17 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Letter contains Eliot's critique of "A Comment on Modern Poetry," a manuscript by John M. Wallace. Includes copy of the manuscript annotated by Eliot.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Letter : Concord, Mass., to C.D.B. Mills, Syracuse, N.Y., 1868 June 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Emerson wrote in response to a request to give a lecture in Syracuse.

Epistle from Florence to Thomas Ashton, Esq., tutor to the Earl of Plimouth : manuscript, [ca. 1727].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (9 p.) ; 31 cm.
• Author is unknown. From the Spence manuscripts.
• Anonymous poem in rhyming couplets.

Estlin, Margaret, Letter : New Quay, England, to Frank Garrison, 1879 Oct. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (8 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Estlin writes about the Garrison family home, the forthcoming biography of William Lloyd Garrison by Oliver Johnson, and a visit from Henry Blackwell and his sister.

Evangelischer Arbeiterverein, Evangelischer Arbeiterverein zu Leipzig : Satzungen des Evangelischen Arbeitervereins zu Leipzig : Antrag des Ausschusses : manuscript, 1896.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (10 p.) ; 35 cm.
• Author is unknown.

Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Ernestine H. Stevens, Washington, D.C., 1881 Feb. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Letter signed. Relates to Mrs. Stevens's request to the State Department for "copies of all papers bearing upon [her] claim against the Government of Mexico."

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865, Letter : Boston, to Austin Phelps, [Andover, Mass.], 1852 Feb. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a memoir Phelps planned to write about Moses Stuart.

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865, Letter : Boston, to James Trecothick Austin, Boston, 1838 Apr. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Everett, James, 1784-1872, Letter : Durham, England, to C.D. Hardcastle, 1866 Mar. 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the writing and collecting of hymns.

Extracts from : Scobels and Jo. Walker…, Extracts from : Scobels and Jo. Walker mss. entitled : Remembrances of some methods and proceedings heretofore observed in ye House of Peers : manuscript,...

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (10 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Manuscript document. Extracts from an earlier manuscript on proceedings in the House of Lords.

Fairchild, Charles S. (Charles Stebbins), 1842-1924, Letter : Washington, D.C., to the Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1888 Nov. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Letter signed. Relates to Van Court Yantis's appointment as assayer in charge of the United States assay office in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Letter : Royal Institution, London, to W.S. Wilson, Royal Institution, London, 1829 Mar 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm +
• Letter and engraving mounted on board. Autograph letter signed. With engraving of Faraday.

Farnsley, Mary Elizabeth Thurman, Letter : [Mount Washington, Ky.], to Alexander P. Farnsley, Jefferson Valley, Ky., [1860 Sept. 9].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Copy is fading; text is difficult to read. Facsimile reproduction of original.
• Autograph letter signed. Mary briefly mentions that most people she has met [in the Mount Washington area] are for "southern rights."

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870, Letter : Port Hudson, La., to surgeons David Kindleberger, Granville B. Slough and William T. Tircy, 1863 June 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Rear Admiral Farragut orders the doctors to carry out a medical examination of Charles Watson, captain of Hold. A letter to Farragut from Enos O. Adams requesting the examination is written on the verso.

Farrar, John Chipman, 1896-1974-, Letter : New York, to Sarah Margaret Brown, Evanston, Ill., 1923 Dec. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Farrar expresses interest in poems Brown has written.

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979, Letter : New York, to Leon Carnovsky, Chicago, 1954 Mar. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to censorship.

Ferrara, Francesco, 1810-1900, Letter : Florence, to unknown person, 1867 Nov. 18.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Ferrara writes that he is finishing a work on economics and hopes that the recipient of the letter will contribute to the volume on population.

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869, Autograph letter signed : Portland, Me., to unknown person, n.p., 1844 Oct. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter. Also includes a clipping to which the letter refers.

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869, Autograph letter signed : Portland, Me., to Kent and Cutting, attorneys, Bangor, Me., 1837 Apr. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Folded letter sheet with address.

Feydeau, Ernest, 1821-1873, Papers, [1853?]-[1873?].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 folder.
• Contains primarily letters written by Ernest Feydeau. Also includes notes by Georges Feydeau and photographs of lithographs.

Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945, Two limericks : manuscripts, [ca. 1924].

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Transferred from call # PS3511.I15O8 1924 MoPoRa
• Two limericks, possibly in the hand of Arthur Davison Ficke.

Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892, Letter : New York, to Miss C.K. Meredith, Philadelphia, 1887 Apr. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Letter signed. Field writes that his daughter is ill and that the doctor has advised the family not to visit her.

Field, Kate, 1838-1896, Letter : Glen's Falls, to Miss Lawrence, 1871 Jan 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 13 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Field, M. B., fl. 1864, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Edward Jordan, Washington, D.C., 1864 June 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. M.B. Field was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Jordan was the Solicitor of the Treasury.

Field, Rachel, 1894-1942, Letter : New York, to Henry C. Friedman, Chicago, 1937 Sept. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.) :
• Transferred from the Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Literature for Children.
• Autograph letter signed. With autograph watercolor illustration, "Be very polite to the wind, my child," from Taxis and Toadstools by Rachel Field (New York, 1926).

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Autograph letter signed : Buffalo, to A.T. Goodman, 1869 Mar. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Relates to Ebenezer F. Norton.

Fisher, Walter L. (Walter Lowrie), 1862-1935, Letter : Washington, D.C., to L.C. Marshall, Chicago, 1912 June 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Fisher was Secretary of the Interior, 1911-1913. Typed letter signed. Relates to Fisher's re-election to the Board of Directors of the Western Economic Society

Fisk, Clinton Bowen, 1828-1890, Letter : New York, to Harry Watkins, 1889 Mar. 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Concerns a story Watkins wrote about drunkenness and poverty .

Fiske, John, 1842-1901, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Messrs. Stone and Kimball, Chicago, 1895 Dec. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Proposes that Stone and Kimball publish a selection of stories by Erckman-Chatrian that Fiske's son translated into English.

FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883, Letter : Lowestoft, England, to unknown person, 1866 Apr. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (7 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Fix, Théodore, 1800-1846, Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Solar, n.p., 1849 Dec. 9.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

Flaxman, John, 1755-1826, Letter : London, to unknown person, 1803 Dec. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to art work done by [William] Blake. With engraving of Flaxman by R. Woodman, from the painting by John Jackson.

Florida, Invoice for 33 bloodhounds : manuscript, 1840.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Handwritten document. Invoice made out to Robert Fitzpatrick for 33 bloodhounds and their transportation from Cuba.

Floridablanca, José Mon?ino y Redondo, conde de, 1728-1808, Letter : Aranjuez, Spain, to Leonardo Soler de Cornella, 1791 Apr. 5.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Foakes-Jackson, F. J. (Frederick John), 1855-1941, Letter : Englewood, N.J., to unknown person, 1922 May 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Foakes-Jackson suggests the titles of several books on religion and ethnology.

Fontanne, Lynn, Letter : New York, to Harry Lackritz, Chicago, 1928 Apr. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Transferred from call # PS3829.N4S8 1928
• Typed letter signed. Thank you note.

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937, Letter : [London], to unknown person, [ca. 1890].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Forbes-Robertson.

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970, Autograph letter signed : Weybridge, England, to Jack [M.M.], n.p., 1923 May 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from call # DT73.A4F69 Rare

Foster, Elicia A., Letter : Cleveland, to Sister Juliana, 1937 Aug. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 13 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Foster writes that she could not find a price for a book written by Samuel Lee and Cotton Mather. She also writes that the 1549 edition of Horace's Poems was not very valuable.

Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809, Letter : Paris, to citoyen Bernard, 1804 Mar. 14.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Date on letter: le 23 Ventose an 12.
• Autograph letter signed.

Fragments from an account book : manuscript, 1719 June 2-1720 Sept. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 fragments) ; 16 cm or smaller.
• Author is unknown.

Fragments of a manuscript concerning New England during the Revolutionary War : manuscript, 1775.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (6 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Author is unknown.

France, Ampliation au nom du peuple français : manuscript, 1800 Aug. 29.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 16 cm.
• Document signed. Certified copy of appointments to department councils. Signed by Napoleon while he was First Consul of the French Republic.

France, Certificate : manuscript, 1797 Nov. 9.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ;
• Partly printed document signed. Signed by Revellière-Lépeaux, Président du Directoire exécutif. Date on document is 19 Brumaire, year 6 of the republic.

France, Rapport présenté á sa majesté l'Empereur et Roi : manuscript, 1808 Apr. 6,

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 34 cm. folded to 17 x 22 cm.
• Autograph document. Report to the Emperor by the War Administration regarding the distribution of equipment to the French army. Approved and initialed by Napoleon I.

France, Letter : Paris, to Monsieur le Ministre de la Marine, 1848 Oct. 13.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Document signed. Relates to the damage caused to the ship Ankober by British forces in 1844 at St. Jean de Nicaragua. Signed by Jules [Bartel?]. Includes transcript and translation.

France, Letter : Paris, to Citoyen Nivane, 1799 Aug. 16.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Date on letter: 29 Thermidor year 7
• Letter signed. Signed by Talleyrand, Ministre des Relations Extérieures.

Frank, Isaac, fl. 1864, Letter : Boston, to Abraham Lincoln, [Washington, D.C.], 1864 Sept. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Isaac Frank requests the discharge of his son, Myer Frank, a minor enlisted in the Navy without parental consent, and stationed aboard the gunboat Fawn at Cairo, Illinois. Endorsed (1864 Sept. 19) by John G. Nicolay, private secretary to the president, for referral to the Secretary of the Navy.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Deposition, Philadelphia : manuscript, 1788 June 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Tipped into: Life and times of Benjamin Franklin / James Parton, call # alc E302.6.F8P37 Rare Photocopy is also available in Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.
• Document signed. Signed by Daniel Benezet who gave evidence of Daniel Benezet Jr.'s indebtedness and state of bankruptcy. Sworn before and signed by Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Order for payment to John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1787 Oct. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Document signed. Signed by Franklin and Muhlenberg. Order for payment to John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg for his attendance in Council.

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916, Announcement : Tola, to Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro : manuscript, 1902 Sept. 5.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Manuscript signed. Announcement confirms that Nicholas' son Mirko married Natalia de Constantinovitch on June 29, 1902.

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916, Announcement : Vienna, to Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro : manuscript, 1903 Apr. 21.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Manuscript signed. Announcement of the marriage of the Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie, daughter of Franz Joseph's deceased brother Karl Ludwig, to Prince Aloys Gonzaga of Liechtenstein.

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916, Announcement : Yschl, to Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro : manuscript, 1897 Aug. 13.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Manuscript signed. Announcement of the birth of Albertus Franciscus Josephus Carolus Fridericus Georgius Hubertus Maria to the Archduchess Isabella and the Archduke Frederic.

Franz, Robert, 1815-1892, Letter : Halle, Germany, to Charles C. Perkins, Boston, 1876 Feb. 17.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Franz thanks Perkins and the Handel and Haydn Society for their support and payment. Includes translation.

Frazee, John H., Autograph letter signed : Syracuse, N.Y., to Mattie Gifford, 1872 Oct. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Relates to the autograph of John Randolph which Frazee has sent to Miss Gifford.

Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894, Autograph letter signed : [London], to unknown person, n.p., [ca. 1858] Apr. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.

Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591-1667, Letter : Ulm, Germany, to Gabriel Furttenbach, Leutkirch, Germany, 1661 Oct. 15.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

G & C Merriam Company, Letters to William Harvey Wells, 1852 Apr. 14 and 1873 June 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ; 22 cm. or smaller.
• Transferred from: An American dictionary of the English language / by Noah Webster, call # PE1625.W2 1865 v.1
• 2 letters to William Harvey Wells from the publishers G. & C. Merriam.

Gage, Simon Henry, 1851-1944, Letter : Ithaca, N.Y., to Dr. V.A. Latham, 1941 Oct. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Possibly transferred from a presentation copy of The Microscope to V.A. Latham.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to the 17th edition of Gage's book, The Microscope

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849, Letter : Richmond, Va., to John Moylan, Philadelphia, 1787 July 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 24 cm.
• Ink is fading; text is difficult to read.
• Autograph letter signed. Letter sheet with address. Relates to several thousand acres of land.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Yours for the abolition of all caste distinctions : manuscript note, 1872 Dec. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 7 x 13 cm.
• Autograph note signed.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Letter : Roxbury, Mass., to Sarah M. Grimké, 1871 Jan. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from the Church History Documents Collection. Photostat (negative). Original in: Library of Congress.
• Copy of autograph letter signed.

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865, Letter : Manchester, England, to Sarah Higgins, Manchester, England, 1852 Dec. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Transferred from PR4712.M4 1854 Rare
• Autograph letter signed.

Gaztelu, Martín de, fl. 1542-1572, Letter : Venice, to Joan Vaguer, Zaragoza, Spain, 1542 July 15.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Gellert, Christian Fu?rchtegott, 1715-1769, Letter : Leipzig, Germany, to Gu?ndling, 1768 Aug. 23.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Genin, J. N. (John Nicholas), 1819-1878, Letter : Suffolk County, N.Y., to Charles Mapes, 1975 Sept. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Thomas H. Genin's work, Selections from the Writings of the Late Thomas Hedges Genin.

George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, George IV's signature, [ca. 1821].

• Language: English
• Size: Fragment..

Gibbes, Henry, fl. 1677, Letter : Bristol, England, to Francis Drayton, Poole, England, 1677 Dec. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Letter sheet with address.

Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., 1853 Aug. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.

Gigoux, Jean, 1806-1894, Letter : Paris, to Monsieur Raparlier, Paris, 1861 Mar. 14.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.). +
• Autograph letter signed.

Giles, Henry, 1809-1882, Letter : Bucksport, Me., to unknown person, 1857 Aug. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, Letter : Osborne, Isle of Wight, to Magdalen Montagu Wellesley, 1882 Aug. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (3 p., 1 p., 1p.).
• Copy of letter from Gladstone to Magdalen Montagu Wellesley, wife of Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Dean of Windsor. Relates to George William Lyttelson's work, Contributions Towards a Glossary of the Glynne Language. Includes notes by copyist.
• Transferred from call # PE3719.L9

Gneisenau, August Wilhelm Anton, Graf Neidhardt von, 1760-1831, Receipt : Berlin, 1829 Apr. 9.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Document signed. Receipt for books.

Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924, Letter : Washington, D.C., to L.C. Marshall, Chicago, 1912 Feb. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Gompers writes that he is unable to commit to attending a conference as he is "overwhelmed with pressing and important matters...particularly the court proceedings in our contempt case." At the time Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor.

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928, Autograph letter signed : London, to A.G. Dew-Smith, Cambridge, England, 1893 Dec. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.).
• Relates to the Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Mr. Edmund Gosse. Includes printed announcement of the catalog.
• Transferred from call # Z997.G69 Rare

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928, Autograph letter signed : London, to William Francis Prideaux, n.p., 1906 May 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (4 p., 1 p.).
• Relates to various editions of Thomas Gray's Poems. Also includes a page from Prideaux's paper which describes a unique copy of Gray's Poems in Gosse's possession.
• Transferred from call # Z997.G69 Rare

Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886, Letter : Worcester, Mass., to Austin Phelps,[ Andover, Mass.], 1862 Aug. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph letter signed.

Grant, F. D., Autograph letter signed : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [188-?] Oct. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Autograph letter signed : New York, to Jones, 1882 Dec. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Relates to Grant's interest in selling property in Chicago.

Granyena de Cervera, Documents relating to incomes : manuscript copies, 1409-1410.

• Language: Catalan, Latin
• Size: 2 items (3 p., 5 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Text in Catalan, notarization in Latin. Copies of 2 documents relating to incomes from property, including Santa Maria de Cervera.

Great Britain, Exequatur : manuscript, 1858 June 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ;
• Document signed. Signed by the Earl of Malmesbury, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Official recognition by Great Britain of Joseph B. Holderby as United States Consul at Dundee.

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872, Addressed envelope : manuscript, [not after 1865].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Envelope addressed to Abraham Lincoln, possibly in Greeley's hand.

Greenaway, Kate, Letter : 1901, May 16

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items

Greenwell, Dora 1821-1882, A wish : manuscript poem, [18--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph manuscript signed.

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932, Letter : Coole Park, County Galway, Ireland, to Arthur Aldis, Chicago, [1912?] Apr. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Lady Gregory writes Aldis to thank him for flowers and a letter. She also writes of touring Ireland and England with a theatrical company and of not charging a copyright fee for productions of her plays at Hull House in Chicago.

Grey de Wilton, John, Inquisicoes quadam quae trras [sic] et tenementa denotant quibus Johannes Dominus Grey de Wilton Rogerum filiu suu natu minorem donauit : manuscript, [15-...

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (5 p.) ; 31 x 21 cm.
• Sewn leaves in contemporary paper folder.
• Records relating to lands John Grey de Wilton gave to his son. Also includes "Inquisitiones quaedam quae terras et tenementa que Henrico Domino Grey de Wilton filio primo genito contingebant detonant."

Grilli, Giovanni Battista, Letter : Bologna, to Francis Henry Egerton, Paris, 1813 Sept. 21.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873, Letters to Sarah Douglass, 1844-1861.

• Language: English
• Size: 4 items.
• Transferred from the Church History Documents Collection. Photostat (negative). Originals in: Library of Congress.
• Copies of autograph letters signed.

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863, Permit for Dr. Ned H.J. Halbertsma to use the Royal Library in Berlin, 1846 Apr. 1.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Document signed.

Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell), 1794-1865, Sally Brooke : Hebe : manuscript copy, [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Copyist unknown. At top of page: "Painted by Strochling. Engraved by Heath" Transferred from Codex Ms. 289.
• Manuscript of extract from Captain Gronow's Celebrities of London and Paris.

Grote, George, 1794-1871, Letter : East Burnham, England, to Th[omas] Collins, 1845 Oct. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Transferred from call # CT788.G88G9
• Autograph letter signed. Grote declines Collins's request to include a portrait of Grote in a work he is preparing.

Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645, Letter : Paris, to Joachim de [W]icquefort, Amsterdam, 1641 June 29.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Grotius relates political and military information, including the status of campaigns in the Thirty Years' War.

Gucheisen, Peter, d. 1918, Pay book and photographs, 1917-1918.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 v. and 4 photographs.
• Paybook and photographs removed from a German soldier who was killed August 18, 1918, in Meteran, France. Also includes a letter of provenance from R. Briggs to Charles Nathan Gould.

Guiot, Florent, 1755-1834, Letter : Lille, France, to [Théophile Berlier], 1794 Aug. 29.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm folded to 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Gunther, C. Godfrey, Letter : New York, to Lloyd Aspinwall, 1865 Nov. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Letter signed by Gunther while he was mayor of New York. Ackowledges receipt of an invitation to attend "the award of Medals of 'Military Merit' among the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Regiment under [Aspinwall's] command."

Guyot, Yves, 1843-1928, Letter : Paris, to unknown person, 1888 Jan. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Guyot, Yves, 1843-1928, Letter : Paris, to unknown person, [ca. 1900] Apr. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925, Letter : Norfolk, England, to J. Aubrey Rees, 1923 Sept. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ( 1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Letter signed. Declines an invitation to lunch.

Hagnor, Peter V., Letter : Watervliet Arsenal,Troy, N.Y., to Mssrs. Gilbert, Troy, N.Y., 1864 Jan. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Requisition for supplies.

Hagnor, Peter V., Letter : Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N.Y., to Gurley and Brothers, Troy, N.Y., 1864 July 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Requisition for quadrants

Hagnor, Peter V., Letter : Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N.Y., to Gurley and Brothers, Troy, N.Y., 1864 June 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to an order for supplies.

Hahnemann, Mélanie, 1800-1878, Letter : Paris, to M. Guirin, Paris, 1840 July 3.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm. +
• Autograph letter. Arrangements are made for Doctor Hahnemann to meet M. Guirin.

Hahnemann, Mélanie, 1800-1878, Letter : Paris, to the editor of L'Estafette, Paris, 1844 Jan. 16.

• Language: French
• Size: 2 item (3 p., 1 p.).
• Autograph letter. Also includes a clipping to which the letter refers.

Hale, Edward Everett, Sr., 1822-1909, Letter : Boston, to Rev. W.B. Sprague, 1865 Dec. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. While conducting research for his brother Charles, U.S Consul General in Egypt, Hale writes Sprague, hoping to obtain some historical information on General William Eaton.

Hale, Edward Everett, Sr., 1822-1909, Letter : Roxbury, Mass., to "my dear child," 1883 Feb. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.
• Transferred from BX9869.H3A3 v.1

Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873, Letter : Washington, D.C., to M.L. Collins, n.p., 1852 Jan. 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Hall, I., fl. 1872, Letter : New York, to O.L.F. Browne, 1872 Nov. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Hall, James, 1811-1898, Autograph letter signed : Albany, N.Y., to unknown person, n.p., 1880 Jan. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ( 1 p.) ; 21 cm.

Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859, Note : to unknown person, 1852.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 11 x 19 cm.
• Autograph note signed.

Hallé, Charles, 1819-1895, Letters to Josiah Marple, 1878 Feb. 14-Apr. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 4 items +
• 4 autograph letters signed. Letters relate primarily to concert engagements.

Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867, Note : Guilford, Conn., to unknown woman, 1864 June 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 12 cm.
• Autograph note signed.

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, Letter : n.p., to Nathaniel Appleton, Boston, 1792 Mar. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Letter signed. Refers to Treasury Department matters.

Hammond, William A, (William Alexander), 1828-1900, Letter : New York, to Isaac Hinckley, 1872 Jan. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Top portion of front page is cut off.
• Autograph letter signed.

Hancock, John, 1737-1793, Note : Boston, to Joseph Jackson, 1764 Dec. 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 11 x 20 cm.
• Autograph note signed. Requests the delivery of a beaver hat to Abijah Brown.

Harlan, James, 1820-1899, Letter : Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to unknown person, 1890 July 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to letters or autographs the recipient of the letter is interested in obtaining.

Harlan, James, 1820-1899, Itemized account : manuscript, 1839.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Account of money owed J. M. Elliott.

Harlan, James, 1820-1899, Note : Washington, D.C., to Edward Everett Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1862 Mar. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph note signed. Note is written on U.S. Senate stationery.

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, Letter : Fort Wayne, to [Charles] Jouet[t], 1803 June 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Letter written to Charles Jouet[t], Indian Affairs Agent, asking Jouet[t] to make travel arrangements and to furnish Hendrick Aupaumut, a leader of the Stockbridge Indians, and his party with provisions.

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, Bank drafts : manuscripts, 1835.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p.).
• 2 autograph documents signed by Harrison.

Hasty, Huldah, fl. 1827, Composition book : manuscript, 1827.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (29 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Hasty's notebook is filled with paragraphs on various topics, such as education, envy, friendship, and happiness.

Haueller, James, Letter : New York, to Mr. Maxwell, 1905 Jan 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to illustrations for the next issue of an unspecified magazine.

Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905, Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to J.C. Kinney, 1876 Dec. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 Item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Hawley must decline to give a lecture upon the centennial of the United States.

Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, Letter : London, to [W.] Hogarth, 1852 Nov. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Hayter. Relates to his picture, Wellington Visiting the Relics of Napoloen.

Hazlitt, William, 1811-1893, Letter : to James Vizetelly, [after 1830].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to settling some financial matters.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831, Letter : Berlin, to his cousin, Stuttgart, 1829 May 20-21

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Includes address.

Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, Letter : Koenigsberg, Germany, to Ernst Adolph Coccius, 1853 Oct. 10.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Hemy, Charles Napier, 1841-1917, Letter : Plymouth, England, to unknown person, 1898 Aug. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 15 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Concerns Hemy's paintings and his relationship with art dealers.

Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Letter : Pavia, Italy, to unknown person, 1602 Nov. 12.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) : 19 x 36 cm. folded to 19 x 19 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Henry IV.

by Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899, Letter : Utuado, Puerto Rico, to General Nelson Miles, n.p., 1898 Aug. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Letter signed. General Henry writes General Miles that he is sending General Garretson to explain the poor conditions that his troops face in Utuando and to suggest some remedies. The poor conditions include the threat of typhoid fever, the lack of tents and firewood, and impassible trails.

Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902., Letter : London, to [Lad], n.p., [18--?] Dec. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Photocopy. Tipped into: Facing Death / G. A. Henty, call # PZ165.H5F18 1882 EB
• Henty writes that he is very busy reviewing all current books written for boys and girls. He also writes that Facing Death is the best book he has written.

Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902, Autograph letter signed : London, to unknown person, n.p., [18--] Dec. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 16 cm.
• Transferred from: Facing Death / G. A. Henty, call # PZ165.H5F18 1882 EB.
• Henty is pleased that the recipient will contribute a story to an unnamed publication. He suggests that the author change the location of the estate of one of his characters from Dartmouth to Dartford, as one of Henty's own fictional characters has an estate near Dartmouth.

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Letter : Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, to G.W. Featherstonhaugh, Philadelphia, 1832 Jan. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Herschel writes about various topics including his book on natural philosophy, an article he promised to send for Featherstonhaugh's journal, and tidal action in the Great Lakes.

Heywood, James, 1810-1897, Letter : Philadelphia, to the editor of the Athenaeum, 1848 Nov. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the discovery of Saturn's "new satellite" by William and George Bond.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911, Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to unknown person, n.p., 1892 Nov. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Relates to William Roscoe Thayer.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911, Autograph letter signed : Dublin, N.H., to Elbert Hubbard, 1899 Aug. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Relates to Hubbard's biography on John Brown.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911, Autograph letter signed : Newport, R.I., to Mrs. Lippincott, 1868 Mar. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Higginson praises a poem by Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Greenwood) published in Putnam's Magazine.

, The history of exchequer bills : manuscript, [17--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (5 p.) ; 29 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Manuscript document.

Hitchcock, Annie McClure, Letter : Chicago, to Mr. Russel, 1883 Sept. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Thanks Mr. Russel for furnishing the Hyde Park Lyceum with a subscription to the Chicago Herald.
• Transferred from Codex Ms. 1081.

Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904, Letter : Worcester, Mass., to Ernest Dressel North, n.p., 1899 Apr. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Hoar thanks North for an engraving of Henry Wilson.

Hobrecht, Sabine, Notes on Carl Philipp Euler's Ubungsstoff der Turnlehrerinnen-Kursus : manuscripts, 1887-1892.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 folder (18 p.) ; 21 cm. or smaller.
• Manuscript notes by Hobrecht and others.

Hohenlohe, Louis de, Prince, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [ca. 1823?] Feb. 10.

• Language: French
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) : 26 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a military doctor, Geiger, who was wounded in the retreat from Russia. Also includes an engraving of Hohenlohe.

Holford, Richard, Ledger sheet : manuscript, 1684 May 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31 cm. folded to 16 cm.
• Autograph document signed.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, Letter : Boston, to Munyon's illustrated world, 1890 Feb. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Letter signed. Dictated.
• Transferred from call # PS1955 1836 Rare

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Henry B. Dawson, n.p., 1875 Nov. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Home, Patrick, fl. 1792, Documents concerning bills and motions in the House of Commons, [1790-1792].

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (3 p.).
• 2 handwritten documents and 1 printed document. 2 of the documents relate to bills concerning canals.

, Home remedies : manuscript, [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: Fragment ; 11 x 20 cm.
• Author is unknown. Transferred from: Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : with observations on sea-bathing, and the use of the mineral waters : to which is annexed, a dispensatory for the use of private practionioners / by William Buchan, M.D., call # RC81.B83 1828 Rare.
• Description of 3 home remedies.

Hopf, Karl, 1832-1873, Das Decemvirat und die Staatsinquisition in Venedig : manuscript, 1859 Mar. 12.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (10 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph draft signed.

Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, 1809-1885, Letter : Yorkshire, to Mr. [Moscon], [18--?] Nov. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910, Letter : Boston, to Dr. Talbot, Boston, [ca. 1872].

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (3 p., 1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Julia Ward Howe. Also includes a letter from Frank B. Sanborn to Marion Talbot (1910 Dec. 5) regarding Mrs. Howe's letter.

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910., Inscription from second fly-leaf of Howe's Words for the hour : manuscript, 1900 May.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Located in Words for the Hour / by Julia Ward Howe, call # PS2017.W8 1857 Rare

Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915, Letter : Belvidere, Ill., to Miss Reed, 1912 Oct. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to Hubbard's recent book entitled Hollyhocks and Goldenglow.

by Hughes, John, 1677-1720, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to an unknown woman, n.p., [1710?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Letter signed "Bickerstaff." Advises a woman who is wavering between two suitors.

by Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896, Letter : to Isaac Hinckley, [ca. 1875?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 15 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.

Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843, Letter : Bay of Callao, Peru, to William Hull, Newton, Mass., 1824 Oct. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Written to Hull's uncle. Describes the war then raging in Peru and Simon Bolivar's movements.

Hun, Henry, 1854-1924, Autograph letter signed, Boston, to Father, n.p., 1878 Dec. 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Transferred from RC41.B6 Crerar.

Huneker, James, 1857-1921, Letter : New York, to Mrs. Fawcett, 1921 Feb. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Writes that the "greatest story [Huneker] ever read is the life of Jesus Christ as related in the Synoptic Gospels."

Hunt, Washington, 1811-1867, Autograph letter signed : Albany, N.Y., to James R. Lawrence, n.p., 1849 Sept. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Hunt was New York state comptroller, 1849-50.
• Relates to the manufacturing of coarse salt.

Husede, Baltazar, Letters : Aschersleben, Germany, to the Bishop of Halberstadt, Halberstadt, Germany, [ca. 1465].

• Language: German
• Size: 3 items.
• 3 autograph letters signed.

Illinois General Assembly Senate, Draft of a resolution on the Compromise of 1850 : manuscript, [ca. 1852].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph document.

Ingram, John H., Soldier's power of attorney : manuscript, 1864 Oct. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Document signed. Authorizes William Brown of Rensselear, New York, to cast a vote for Ingram in the General Election while Ingram is stationed in Maryland.

Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689, Papal brief : to Louis XIV : manuscript copy, 1679 Dec. 29.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Manuscript copy. Relates to the Pope's protest against Louis XIV's use of the "droit de régale" to administer vacant bishoprics throughout France and appropriate their revenue.

Instructions to book agents, [ca. 1902].

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (9 p.) ; 24 cm. or smaller.
• Publisher's [L. G. Stahl?] instructions to agents on how to sell the most copies of The Authentic Life of T. DeWitt Talmage. Collection consists of 2 pamphlets: Confidential Talk to Agents Selling Our Memorial Volume Entitled The Authentic Life of T. DeWitt Talmage and How to Succeed.
• Transferred from: The authentic life of T. DeWitt Talmage, the greatly beloved divine / by John Rusk, call # BX9225.T3R86 1902 Rare

Iriarte, Domingo de, Letter : Paris, to Monsieur Busoni, 1792 Aug.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Asks Monsieur Busoni to pay 80 livres/month to Mademoiselle Froment.

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905, Letters : to unknown person[s?], 1900 Sept. 2 and 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.) ; 21 cm. or smaller.
• 2 autograph letters signed.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Autograph letter signed : Nashville, Tenn., to Major Francis Smith, Abington, Va., 1817 Mar. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1p.) ; 32 cm. or smaller.
• Includes address sheet. Relates to lands ceded by the Creek Indians and surveyed by General Coffee.

James, William, 1842-1910, Truth versus truthfulness : draft typescript, [ca. 1908].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (5 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Typed draft with handwritten corrections. Completed work appeared in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 5 (1908) pp. 179-181.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Autograph letter signed : Richmond, Va., to Thomas Sim Lee, 1780 Nov. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Letter written to Governor Lee of Maryland. Jefferson writes to inform Governor Lee of intelligence received from General Muhlenberg about enemy activity out of Portsmouth.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Autograph letter signed : Monticello, Va., to Mr. Remsen, 1795 Apr. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Relates to Jefferson's interests in manufacturing and selling nails.

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Ellen E. Morrison, New York, N.Y., 1965 Nov. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Lady Bird Johnson writes to support Morrison's "suggestion of holding competitions and awarding art scholarships for excellence of design in public visitor accommodations."

Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876, Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to [Governor John Laurence?] Manning, 1860 May 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.

Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850, Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to John Pitchlynn, Choctaw Agency, Miss., 1826 Jan. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Concerns the education of the children from the Choctaw Nation.

Jussieu, Bernard de, 1699-1777, Letter : Paris, to [Philip Miller], 1729 Aug. 26.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from call # QK41.R28 v.1 Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Jussieu writes that he would be very happy to have in his garden plants Miller came across in America. He also writes that he and his colleagues, in addition to studying botany, are studying insects.

Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932, Letter : Philadelphia, to Moses Allen Starr, 1893 June 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 13 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to a book on surgery written by Moses Allen Starr .
• Text fading and difficult to read.

Kelly, R. I., Autograph letter signed : Dublin, to Sir Lees [Knowles?], n.p., [191-?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Transferred from a copy of Culloden papers.
• Presentation letter that accompanied a work by [David Norman?] Mackay.

Kelton, J. C. (John Cunningham), 1828-1893, Letter : West Point, N.Y., 1857 July 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Kelton writes to order rape seed oil.

Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, Letter : Brighton, England, to Harry Chester, 1845 Nov. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Kemble writes that he will be traveling to America.

Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871-1950-, Letter : Millbrook, N.Y., to Frances E. Emerson, Argos, Ind., 1916 Mar. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.).
• Typed letter signed. Relates to a student production of Kennedy's play entitled The Servant in the House. Also includes a newspaper clipping about Kennedy.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Document, [ca. 1962].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Typed document signed. Signed by John F. Kennedy. Commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago.

Kenney, Anita, Letter : London, to Mrs. Mitcheson, 1928 Oct. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from call # PN151.B49 Rege
• Typed letter signed. Anita Kenney writes that she will be a patron.

Kidd, Benjamin, 1858-1916, Letter : South Croyden, England, to Moberly Bell, n.p., 1902 Feb. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Kidd's work, Principles of Western Civilisation.

Kinder, T. B., fl. 1847, Letter : Camp Taylor, Agua Nueva, Mexico, to his parents, Indianapolis, Ind., 1847 Feb. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ;. 25 cm.
• Transferred from call # E409.5.I7A3
• Autograph letter signed. Kinder, an officer under the command of Zachary Taylor, recounts his impressions of the general and observations while stationed at Camp Taylor.

King, Charles, 1844-1933, Letter : Milwaukee, to Julius Chambers, 1892 Dec. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Letter to Julius Chambers, editor of Collier's "Once a Week." King responds to a request by Chambers for a paper on the effect a disagreement between England and the United States would have on the cities of the Great Lakes.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Letter : Atlanta, to Polly Scribner Ames, Chicago, 1960 Apr. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Signed by King. Thanks Ames for giving him a copy of her father's autobiography, Beyond Theology.

King, Preston, 1806-1865, Autograph letter signed : Washington, [D.C.], to Gerome B. Porter, n.p., 1860 Apr. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

King, T. L., fl. 1855, Letter : Boston, to F.N. Prince, 1855 Nov. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Writes to cancel a meeting in Geneva.

King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853, Letter : Paris, to L.H.A. Fengel, Basle, Switzerland, 1844 July 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 27 cm.
• KIng was U.S. minister to France from 1844 to 1846.
• Letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to Gerard Kister.

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Letter : Eversley, Whichfield, England, to unknown person, 1854 Mar. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Kinglsey's search for a curate.

Kinzie, John, 1763-1828, Letter : Chicago, to Captain Morgan and others, Danville, Ill., 1827 Aug. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 34 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Kinzie and other early settlers of Chicago thank Captain Achilles Morgan and his soldiers for coming to defend them when threatened with an Indian attack.

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, Letter : Woolsack, [South Africa], to Michael James Farrelly, n.p., 1901 Jan. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.
• Transferred from call # PR4884.S3 1901 Rare

Kirkbride, Joseph, fl. 18th cent, Letter : to [G. Laughton?], 1777 July 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Colonel Kirkbride. Kirkbride writes Laughton that has ordered his company to march to Chester, [Pennsylvania?], as soon as the number of men reaches 40. He asks that the message be forwarded to Colonel Lacey.

Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864, Letter : New York, to Carey and Hart, publishers, Philadelphia, 1843 Dec. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Kirkland writes to say she is "laying aside the pen" in order to run a school and will probably not resume writing until her financial circumstances improve.

Kludal, W. H., Letter : London, to A. E. Skeen, 1893 May 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to opening museums and galleries to the public on Sundays.

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873, Letter : Isle of Wight, to unknown person, 1864 Feb. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Knight writes about a correction that needs to be made to some proofs he has received from Fleet Street. He also refers to the book entitled Windsor Guide and to Mr. Porny's book on heraldry.

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Knight declines an invitation.

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962, Letter : Berlin, to unknown person, 1912 Apr. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Kreisler recommends Miss Walker as an accomplished violist.

Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni͡azʹ, 1842-1921, Letter : n.p., to Mr. Colles, n.p., 1906 July 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Lafuente, Modesto, 1806-1866, Letter : Madrid, to Charles Romey, Paris, 1850 Aug. 14.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to the book entitled Histoire d'Espagne depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours.

Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864, Letter : Bath, England, to [George Payne Rainsford] James, [ca. 1842] Dec. 13

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Landor writes about having received a copy of James's work entitled Jacquerie, friends in Bath, poverty and unemployment in different regions of England, and a bill that would reduce the number of hours children could work in factories.

Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1803-1873, Letter : to Manley, [ca. 1802-1873].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Lane, Ebenezer, 1793-1866, Letter : to Ebenezer Lane from W. H. [P?], 1815 Oct. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed unknown person.

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [ca. 1884] June 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to R. L. Stevenson's play entitled Deacon Brodie.

Lang. A., fl. 1840, Letter : Malta, to Mr. Booth, bookseller, London, 1840 Dec. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Captain Lang requests newspapers be sent to officers in the Infantry Batallion.

Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875, Letter : Milwaukee, to the secretary of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass., 1849 Nov. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Transferred from the Frederick Starr Papers.
• Autograph letter signed. Lapham seeks finanancial support to survey mounds in southern Wisconsin.

Larra, Mariano José de, 1809-1837, Letter : Paris, to Mariano de Larra, Navalcarnero, Spain, 1835 Sept. 24.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. In this letter to his parents, Larra asks that they not disclose his plans to return to Spain, nor reveal his pseudonym "Figaro."

Lathrop, Samuel P., Letter : New London, Conn., to William, 1891 Dec. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Lathrop writes William asking to have a pamphlet printed and bound for "the Senator." He also wants to know if William can get him a discount off the $4.00 autobiography of Jefferson.

Latimer, John, 1824-1904, Letter : [London?], to Rev. Beaver H. Blocker, 1887 Apr. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Also includes a signed receipt for a copy of Annals of Bristol. Both signed by Latimer.

Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, Letter : England, to Jeffry Wyatville, Windsor, 1826 Oct. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Lawrence asks Wyatville if he can obtain admission to Windsor Castle for a young man who works for Lawrence.

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, Letter : Philadelphia, to [John] Fiske, [Cambridge, Mass.], 1889 May 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Lea writes about the controversy over "jus primae noctis."
• Transferred from call # BR746.F699 Rare

Leaf, Munro, 1905-1976-, Note : New York, to Henry C. Friedman, Chicago, [1937] July 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) :
• Autograph note signed. Includes a drawing by Leaf.

Ledyard, John, 1751-1789, Letter : New York, to Isaac Monecca, 1782 Jan. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 37 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Ledyard writes of his voyages with Captain Cook.

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794, Letter : York, Pa., to John Page, Williamsburg, Va., 1778 May 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 33 x 21 cm. folded to 16 x 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Lee writes about the war in Virginia and Philadelphia during the spring of 1778.

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Letter : Lexington, Va., to George H. Ludwig, Mauch Chunk, Carbon, Co., Pa., 1870 June 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a list of Federal prisoners who died at Florence, South Carolina.

Legion d'honneur, Rapport présenté à Sa Majesté l'Empereur concernant les décorations étrangéres : manuscript copy, [1813?] June 24.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Manuscript copy of document. Original was signed by the Duc de Plaisance, Chancellor of the Legion of Honor. Relates to military decorations.

Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891, Letter : to Isaac Hinckley, 1872 Jan. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Leidy writes to decline an invitation to meet the Biological Club.

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705, Letter : Vienna, to Gaston-Jean-Baptiste de France, duc d'Orléans, n.p., 1659 Jan. 22.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Bears traces of red wax seal.
• Letter signed. Signed by Leopold I. Endorsed by Ferdinandus Comes Curnii (?).

Letter : Bonn, to Wilhelm Hengstenberg and Anton Horst, Bonn, 1822 Mar. 18.

• Language: German
• Size: 2 items (3 p., 2 p.) ; 35 cm.
• Author is a Prussian offical, possibly named Memne.
• Letter signed. Also includes a draft of a letter, initialled W.M.H., addressed to a Prussian ministry.

Letter : New York, to Samuel Morse Felton, [Philadelphia?], 1864 Dec. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Author is anonymous. Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph letter to Felton regarding travel arrangements for Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.

Levin, Henri, Circular, letter sent to member chapters of Union des Societes Juives de France,1939, June 3

• Language:
• Size: 1 item

Libro de natura de amore di Mario Equicola : manuscript, [ca. 1525?].

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Author is unknown. Transferred from: Libro de natura de amore / Mario Equicola, call # BF575.L8E65 Rare Handwritten notes on Mario Equicola. In Italian.

Lichen, fl. [ca. 1889?], Letter : Crawley, England, to unknown person, [ca. 1889?] Dec. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to bookplates.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810, Certificates for shipments of wine brought into Boston and a manifest of cargo leaving Boston, 1805 Apr. 8-1807 July 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (1 p., 1 p., 2 p.) ; 22 x 32 cm. folded to 22 x 16 cm. or smaller.
• 3 documents signed. Signed by Benjamin Lincoln, Collector of the Port of Boston, Massachusetts.

Lincoln, John W., fl. 1887, Letters : Mifflinburg, Pa., to [William] F. Gable & Co., Altoona, Pa., 1887 Apr. 18-23.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.).
• 2 autograph letters signed. Signed by John W. Lincoln, a relative of Abraham Lincoln's. Letters relate to samples of "wool late styles dress goods."

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882, Envelope addressed to William Newell, Washington, D.C., [not after 1882].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Address on envelope may have been written by Mary Todd Lincoln.

Lindow, Helene, Letter : Stonewall, Tex., to Ellen E. Morrison, New York, 1970 May 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Typed letter signed. Signed by Helene Lindow, personal secretary to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Relates to selling a letter signed and sent by Mrs. Johnson to Ellen E. Morrison.

Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931, Letter : Springfield, Ill., to Dwight L. Akers, Chicago, Ill., 1911 Jan. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Lindsay's The Village Magazine.

Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931, Letter : Springfield, Ill., to Douglas Mallock, 1914 Jan. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ;. 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Lindsay refers to Harriet Monroe and his desire to meet William Allen White.

Lipski, Thomas, fl. 1845, Document signed : Warsaw, Poland, 1845.

• Language: Multiple
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Document is signed by several diplomats.

List of characters from Satire by Sergardi : manuscript, 1836 Jan. and Feb.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Author of manuscript is unknown. Transferred from: Satire / di Quinto Settano, call # PQ4634.S33S216 1835 Rare. In Italian.
• Autograph manuscript. Lists 25 characters from Sergardi's work and whom they represent in real life.

A list of crimenals [sic] in the Albany goal : manuscript, 1786 Oct. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 33 x 42 cm. folded to 17 x 21 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Handwritten document listing inmates in the Albany jail, 1786 Oct. 13. Includes prisoner's name, crime, and date of crime.

Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836, Letter : Washington, D.C., to unknown person, n.p., 1828 Apr. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter initialled by Edward Livingston.

Llaguno y Amirola, Eugenio, -1799, Letter : San Ildefonso, Spain, to Francisco Antonio de Lorenzano : manuscript copy, 1797 Sept. 2.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) : 22 cm.
• Manuscript copy of letter.

Long, John Davis, 1838-1915, Letter : Boston, Mass., to H. C. Whitney, Chicago, Ill., 1880 Dec. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by John D. Long while he was Governor of Massachusetts. Relates to a legal case involving Mr. Upham. Long writes that he "has not been able to do anything in the law for the last two years."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1867 June 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Longfellow asks Aldrich to accompany Mr. Budd, a visitor from Philadelphia, to the Public Library or the Atheneum.

Lottery ticket, United States, 1776 November 18

• Language:
• Size: 1 item

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Letter : Châlons, France, to unknown person, 1660 Feb. 10.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 36 cm.
• Letter signed.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Passport for Jonis de Witt to travel abroad : manuscript, 1705 Jan.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ;
• Document signed.

Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI's signature, 1784 July 27.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 29 cm.
• Fragment with Louis XVI's signature cut from a document. Also includes signatures of other prominent Frenchmen.

Louy?s, Pierre, 1870-1925, Letter : Tamaris, France, to Monsieur le Directeur du "Temps," Paris, 1907 July 12.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item ( 1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a spelling error in an article by Maurice Dumoulin about "[les] manuscrits Legrand" by Louy?s.

Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852, Letter : Brighton, England, to Miss Evans, 1829 Mar. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter. Relates to a bust of Niobe Ada King Lovelace ordered for her mother, Lady Noel Byron.

Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868, Letter : [Seven Oaks], to David Roberts, [not after 1868] Apr. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891, Autograph letter signed : Elmwood, Cambridge, Mass., to Mrs. Cooke, 1870 Dec. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Concerns a request for Lowell's autograph.

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, [Psalm] 1 : manuscript, 1544.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Caption title. Mounted on front lining paper of Der deudsche Psalter, call # alc BS1423.G3L86 Rare Text is difficult to read. Photocopy is also available in Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Signed by Luther. Possibly a translation or commentary on a section of the Bible.

Lutheran and Reformed Churches : fragments of German manuscripts relating to the Reformation : manuscripts, [ca. 1600?].

• Language: German, Latin
• Size: 5 leaves ; 22 x 32 cm. or smaller.
• Authors are unknown.
• Fragments of manuscripts relating to controversies between the Lutheran and Reformed Churches.

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875, Letter : London, to David Milne, 1840 Feb. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875, Letter : London, to unknown man, 1870 May 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Lynch, Arthur, fl.1898, Letter : Paris, to Mr. Watney, 1898 Oct. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates in part to the Niger River.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859, Letter : London, to Lord Thomas Denman, 1842 Feb. 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859, Letter : London, to unknown Dutchman, 1855 Aug. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to books on the Netherlands that the addressee sent to Macaulay.

MacCallum, Mungo William, Sir, 1854-1942, Letter : Sydney, Australia, to Edith Rickert, 1931 Nov. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Rickert's work on Chaucer.

Macdonald, Allen, fl. 1838, Autograph letter signed : Albany, N.Y., to G.[ W.] Pratt, n.p., [1838] Jan. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Refers to military preparations to defend the Niagara frontier (New York) against invasion.

Macfie, Ronald Campbell, 1867-1931, Letter : London, to Allhusen, 192[0] Oct. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Macfie bemoans the "present state of public morality" and writes of the "tragedies of Ireland and Central Europe," and of "unscrupulous dirt scoundrels as Lloyd George and Co."

Mack, Telegram : [New York,N.Y.], to Johnstone, [St Thomas, P.R.], 1898 July 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Telegram. Informs Johnstone that Spain is sueing McKinley for peace.

Maclean, John, 1800-1886, Letter : Princeton, N.J., to Jacob Green, [18--?] Apr. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Maclean writes that he will ask his uncle to write some letters of introduction to his friends on behalf of Jacob Green.

Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870, Letter : [London], to unknown man, [not after 1870].

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) : 29 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a performance by William Mcready. Also includes an engraving of Maclise by D.J. Pound, from a photograph by Mayall.

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873, Letter : Dorset, England, to J. Hogarth, 1852 July 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 4 items (2 p., 1 p., 1 p., 1 p.) ; 22 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. Includes an engraving of Macready as Macbeth by W. Coutts from a painting by Clint, an engraving of Macready as Wallace by Rogers from a painting by Wageman, and a portrait of Macready, artist unknown.

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873, Letter : London, to Edward Crook, 1828 Feb. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

MacVeagh, Franklin, 1837-1934, Letter : Washington, D.C., to L.C. Marshall, Chicago, 1912 June 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to MacVeagh's re-election as Vice-President of the Western Economic Society.

MacWhirter, John, 1839-1911, Letter : [London], to unknown man, [not after 1911] Jan. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Madison, James, 1751-1836, Letter : Montpellier, Va., to Joseph Kerr and others, [Lexington, Va.?], 1835 Apr. 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Madison. Relates to Madison's appointment as an honorary member of the Washington Literary Society of Washington College.

Máiquez, Isidoro Patricio, 1768-1820, Letter : to a friend, [ca. 1800].

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Máiquez, a Spanish actor.

Máiquez, Isidoro Patricio, 1768-1820, Letter : n.p., to Roncí, n.p., [ca. 1800].

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Máiquez, a Spanish actor.

Malone, Virginia, Letters : to Virginia Malone, 1922 Jan. 5 and Mar. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.) +
• Two autograph letters signed. One is from Virginia Malone's mother and the other is from Caroline Potter Frambach.

Manuscript chapter: Des pores et deleurs differences, Chap. III, undated

• Language:
• Size: 1 item (2 p.)

Marble, Manton, 1834-1917, Letter : [New York], to unknown man, 1884 July 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Marcon, Jules, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Monsieur Cooke, 1872 Jan. 17.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.Marcon regrets he will not be able to accept Mr. Cooke's invitation.

Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Benjamin F. Hallet[t], Boston, Mass., 1854 July 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Marcy, U.S. Secretary of State. Relates to the "conduct and discharge" of John Wise, one of the seamen of the brig R. W. Packer, and the subsequent trial and conviction of Captain Amariah Mayo, master of the Packer.

Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857, Letter : Washington, D.C., to M.D. Philips, Rochester, N.Y., 1854 Nov. 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Marcy, U.S. Secretary of State.

Mariana, de Neoburgo, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of Spain, 1667-1740, Autograph letter signed : to her father, Philipp Wilhelm of Bavaria, n.p., [ca. 1700?].

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940, Letter and revised galley proofs, 1902 Mar. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.).
• Consists of a signed letter from Edwin Markham to Rand McNally and Co. and the revised galley proofs of his poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People."

Marnau, Alfred, 1918-, Papers, 1944

• Language: English, German.
• Size: 5 items.
• Contains 2 autograph letters signed by Marnau (1944 June 25 and July 5); notes of a conversation with Marnau (1944 June 25); and printed proofs in German and English of a poem. Letters were written to John Purvis.
• Transferred from: Die Wunden de Apostel / Fred Marnau, call # PT2625.A73W8 1944 MoPo.

Marolles, Michel de, 1600-1681, Letter : to Cardinal Mazarin, 1649 Sept. 2.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 folder.
• Autograph letter signed (3 p.). Signed by Marolles. Relates to Marolles's version of the New Testament. Also includes 2 copies and 3 partial translations of the letter.
• Transferred from the Edgar J. Goodspeed Papers.

Marrast, Armand, 1801-1852, Letter : Paris, to Fourtin de la Salle, Paris, [183-?].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to the Théâtre Français.

Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., 1840 Oct. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 4 items
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the rent paid on his farm. Also includes a transcript of the letter and 2 portraits of Marryat.

Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882, Document attesting to Isabella Graham's study and work in sculpture : manuscript, 1875 June 16.

• Language: English
• Document signed. Marsh certifies that Isabella Graham, while living in Florence, had "occupied herself in the study and practice of the art of sculpture in clay."

Marshall, John, 1755-1835, Bond for a marriage license to be issued to William Brent and Elizabeth Jacquelin Ambler : manuscript, 1785 Mar. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Document signed. Issued in the commonwealth of Virginia. Signed by John Marshall.

Martello, Pier Jacopo, 1665-1727, Letters : Bologna, to Cornelio Bentivoglio, 1724 May. 31 and 1725 Oct. 26.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 2 items (3 p., 3 p.) ; 28 cm.
• 2 autograph letters signed. In Italian.

Martínez de la Rosa, Francisco, 1787-1862, Letter : Paris, to Monsieur Schmidt, [ca. 1850?].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Martínez who wrote from the Spanish Embassy in Paris.

Martinon, Jean, 1910-1976, Letter : Paris, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Ryerson, Chicago, 1970 Feb. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to a composition (Vigintuor) Martinon wrote in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Ryerson.
• Transferred from: Codex Ms. # 894, Vigintuor no. 1 : variations sur un thème de Haendel, op. 58, no. 1 by Jean Martinon.

Der Mãrtyrertod des bischofs Polycarp von Smyrna. (167) unter Marc Aurel : manuscript, [18--?].

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (12 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Autograph draft. Anonymous draft of a possible lecture or sermon.

Masefield, John, 1878-1967, Autograph letter signed, Oxford, England, to Mr. Evans, n.p., 1922.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Transferred from PR6025.A77S2 1902 MoPoRa.
• The letter discussed Masefield's putting together a short book of poetry.

Massachusetts , Receipt : 1777 Dec. [12?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Document signed. Receipt for money lent by James Phinney to the State of Massachusetts Bay. Signed by H. Gardner.

Masserano, Carlo Sebastiano Ferrero Fieschi, principe di, d. 1837, Letter signed : Madrid, to [a creditor], [Paris], 1790 Aug. 9.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.

, Mathematical problem : manuscript, [17--?].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Author is unknown.
• Solution to a geometry problem. Solution is written over an address.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728, Sermon outline on the text Ephesians, I, 16 : manuscript, 1703 [Jan.] 21

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (6 p.) ; 16 cm.
• At top of manuscript, in a different hand: "Ms. sermon of Cotton Mather from Dr. Sprague's collection, and pronounced by him to be undoubtedly genuine."
• Autograph document.

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867, Letter : Mexico City, to José María Cortez y Esparza, 1865 July 6.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Letter signed.

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1527-1576, Letter : Augsburg, Bavaria, to Felipe II, Madrid, 1566 May 8.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31 cm.
• Letter signed. Written in the hand of and countersigned by Hernando de Macuelo. Emperor Maximilian asks the King of Spain to pardon captain Mutio Marchello for murder.

Mayo, Jonathan, active 1848, Court invoice : manuscript, 1848 Nov. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Signed by Jonathan Mayo, clerk of the Circuit Court of Edgar County, Illinois. Itemized bill of costs related to a court case, Enoch Redmond versus Peter McClellen.

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-1940, Letter : New York, to Whitelaw Saunders, Wamego, Kan., 1918 July 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Relates to the papers of McClellan's father, George B. McClellan, and of his cousin, William L. Marcy

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885, Letter : Hoboken, N.J., to Sweeny Stute, [Lehighton], Pa., 1870 June 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to obtaining information about a relative of Sweeny's who apparenatly was a soldier.

McCook, Alexander McDowell, 1831-1903, Letter : New York, to Lt. Gen. John M. Schofield, Washington, D.C., 1898 Apr. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Signed by McCook, Secretary of the National Volunteer Reserve.

McEvers, Charles, 18th cent, To the honorable the commissioners for carrying into effect the sixth article of the Treaty of amity and commerce concluded between his Britannic majesty ...

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 36 cm.
• Manuscript document. Request for exception in processing of claim by McEvers on behalf of Benjamin French to the Board of Commissioners.

McKeon, Richard, (Richard Peter), 1900-1985-, Invitation : Paris, 1925 Mar. 9.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item : 11 cm.
• Transferred from: La Marmite / Plautus, call # PA6568.A8P3 1875 Rare
• Invitation to McKeon to attend a reception sponsored by the Section d'Accueil des étudiantes et étudiants des états-Unis of the Comité France-Amérique.

McNulta, John, 1837-1900, Letter : Chicago, to Lincoln Dubois, Springfield, Ill., 1887 Apr. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Typed letter signed.

Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560, Iohannis 15 : manuscript, [15--?].

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Caption title. Mounted on back lining paper of Der deudsche Psalter, call # alc BS1423.G3L86 Rare
• Text is difficult to read. Photocopy

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, Letter : Leipzig, Germany, to Henry Fothergill Chorley, Frankfurt, 1846 Sept. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Transferred from call # M2003.M5E4 18-- Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Mendelssohn comments on how much he enjoys Jenny Lind's singing. Also includes some musical notes.

Mendoza, Sebastián, Bond for repayment of a loan issued in favor of Juan Pérez : manuscript, 1600 Mar. 13.

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) : 13 cm.
• In Latin with a note in Spanish on verso.
• Document signed. Transaction was witnessed by Juan [Roures?] and Cristoforo Rodríguez, and notarized by Jerónimo Bernardes, Valencia.

Meng, Christopher, fl. 1781, Letter : to John Fisher, [1781?] June 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to an order for wagons and tents.

Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671, Warrant for supply of ketch to the storemasters at Deptford : manuscript, 1669 May 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 29 cm.
• Document signed. Signed by John Mennes, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Middleton. Regards outfitting a ship detailed to accompany H.M.S. Portland in "carrying over the Spanish Ambassador."

Merlin, M. (Philippe-Antoine), 1754-1838, Letter : Paris, to Madame Rousseau, 1790.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

A merrie conceipted letter written out of Scotland by an ingenious and wittie gentleman to his friend here in England at such a time as King James made hi...

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (8 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Manuscript fragment of a larger document.

Merrill, Moses, 1803-1840, Letters and obituary, 1833-1840.

• Language: English
• Size: 5 items (18 leaves).
• Photostat copies of letters and manuscript copy of Merrill's obituary.
• 4 autograph letters signed and 1 manuscript. Relate to Merrill's life and work as a Baptist preacher and missionary among the Oto Indians of Nebraska.

Mesonero Romanos, Ramón de, 1803-1882, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to Valentín Carderera y Solano, n.p., 1853 Sept. 26.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

Mickiewicz, Adam, 1798-1855, Excerpt from act IV of Dziady : manuscript copy [1827?].

• Language: Polish
• Size: 1 item (16 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Copyist unknown.

Mills, Eliza B., Mortgage deed : manuscript, 1861 Aug. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 36 cm.
• Indenture between Eliza B. Mills of Washington, D.C. and Richard W. Thompson, trustee of the state of Indiana.

Miñano y Bedoya, Sebastián de, 1779-1845, Letter : Madrid, to [Monsieur Bouchon?], [Paris?], 1826 June 12.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Address is crossed out.

Miñano y Bedoya, Sebastián de, 1779-1845, Letter : Paris, to "Mon tres [sic] cher ami," 1824 Apr. 1.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Miñano y Bedoya, Sebastián de, 1779-1845, Letter : Paris, to Monsieur Bouchon, Paris, 1832 Apr. 19.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 24 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Miñano y Bedoya, Sebastián de, 1779-1845, Letter : to Carmencita Antillón, Bayonne, France, [ca. 1825?] Aug. 24.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855, Letter : Bath, England, to Baldwin and Cradock, 1829 June 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Transferred from call # PS643.M65 Rare.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Mitford writes of her desire to send the manuscript of one of her stories to Baldwin and Cradock, booksellers.

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855, Letter : Three Mile Cross, to Samuel Carter Hall, London, 1827 June 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from call # PS643.M65 Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Monroe, James, 1758-1831, Letter : Oakhill, Va., to unknown man, Baltimore, 1825 Aug. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Monroe writes about a visit from General Lafayette.

Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762, Letter : [London], to Lady Frances Erskine, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, [ca. 1735?] Jan 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ;. 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Lady Montagu writes of having gone to the opera twice and being quite charmed with Farinelli, of having attended the prince's birthday, and of Lord Strathmore's death.

Montgomery, J., fl. 1824, Letter : Sheffield, to unknown man, 1824 May 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Letter : Langford House, England, to J.C. Walker, St. Valeri, Bray, England, 1806 Nov. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 24 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address.

Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898, Note : to [C.W. Ulrich?], Hartford, Conn., 1860 June 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph note signed.

Morris, Richard, 1833-1894, Letter : London, to Albert Way, 1865.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Morris refers to works he edited for the Early English Text Society, including Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight, and to Frederic Madden's Syr Gawayne.

Moscheles, Ignaz, 1794-1870, List of Chopin compositions in Ignaz Moscheles's possession : manuscript, [ca. 1850?].

• Language: French, German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 33 cm.

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873, Chaque homme porte en lui un monde composé de tout ce qu'il a vu : manuscript, 1838 Dec. [27].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 12 cm. +
• Autograph document signed. Quotation written and signed by Napoleon III.

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873, Letters : to [Sylvestre?] Poggioli, Paris, 1835 Sept. 22 and [1846] Apr. 15.

• Language: French
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 2 p.) ; 21 cm. or smaller.

Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915, Letter : Winchester, England, to Egerton, n.p., 1877 Jan. 7.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, Letter : Morristown, N.J., to Colonel Church, 1892 Sept. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Letter signed.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, Nazi Party membership book, 1941-1944.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 v. (38 p.)
• Adolf Klümpp's Nazi Party membership book. Includes his photograph and signature.

Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890, Untitled poem : manuscript, 1881 Aug. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 9 x 14 cm.
• Autograph manuscript signed.

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940, Autograph letter signed : London, England, to Lessing Rosenthal, n.p., 1921 July 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from PS3527.E9M4 1921a Rare.

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940, Letter : Philadelphia, to Paul Lemperly, Cleveland, 1926 Dec. 27.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Typed letter signed. Relates to collecting books and manuscripts by Thomas Hardy.

Ney, Michel, duc d'Elchingen, 1769-1815, Letter : Salamanca, to Monsieur le Payeur-général, 1810 Mar. 17.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ;
• Letter signed. Signed by Ney.

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918, Announcements : Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, to Nikolas Petrovich Negosh, 1898-1900.

• Language: Russian
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ;
• 2 documents signed. Signed by Nicholas. One document (1898 Dec. 26) announces the birth of a son, Theodore, to the Countess Xenia Alexandrovna and Count Alexander Mihailovich. Endorsed by Duke Murav'ev, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia. The other document (1900 Apr. 27) announces the death of Countess Alexandra Petrovna, Nicholas's great aunt, in Kiev, April 13.

Nicholson, Meredith, 1866-1947, Letter : Indianapolis, to Walter Prichard Eaton, Boston, 1913 Jan. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ;
• Typed letter signed. With book jacket from The Provincial American by Meredith Nicholson.

Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901, Envelope addessed to William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, Mass. : manuscript, [1865].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Franked envelope. Handwritten by John G. Nicolay, Abraham Lincoln's secretary.

Nierstrasz, J. L., 19th cent, Letter : Rotterdam, to unknown person, 1823 Apr. 11.

• Language: Dutch
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ; 21 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. With engraved portrait of Nierstrasz.

Nordica, Lillian, 1857-1914, Letter : Paris, to Harriet Pullman Carolan, [not after 1914] Aug. 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed Lillian Nordica-Young. Thanks Mrs. Carolan for a package of medicine.

North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Order to the paymaster general to pay contractor John Durand : manuscript, 1773 July 30.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 36 cm.
• Document signed by Lord North. Much of Charles J. Fox's signature is torn off. Order authorizes the paymaster to pay John Durand for "victualling the forces in the Ceder Islands, for provisions shipt to the Island of Saint Vincent's."

Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877, Letter : Bradly, England, to Nathaniel Ogle, [1839?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to marriage laws and bills.

Noyes, William Curtis, 1805-1864, Letter : Litchfield, Conn., to his sister, 1857 Aug. 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

O'Beirne, James R., Letter : Washington, D.C., to General Nelson Miles, Santiago, Cuba, 1898 July 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. General O'Beirne requests assistance from General Miles in obtaining a military assignment in Cuba.

O'Beirne, James R., Letter : New York, to John M. Schofield, 1898 Apr. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. O'Beirne writes that he is Adjutant General of the American Irish Volunteers and that the unit is prepared to enter the service of the United States [army].

Ochoa, Carlos de, 1836, Letter : Paris, to [Hyppolyte Julien Joseph Lucas], Paris, 186[3] Feb. 26.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Ochoa asks Lucas to reproduce an article from the Spanish journal El Pueblo in Le Siècle.

Optical calculations…, Optical calculations and calculations on the bow of the rainbow based on Henry Pemberton, A view of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy : manuscript, [17--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (5 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Author is unknown. Transferred from call # QA803.P4 Rare
• Autograph document.

Oswald, E. G., Norð'r um sjó fer sigl-ing glæst : manuscript, [ca. 1900?].

• Language: Icelandic
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 34 cm.
• Holograph poem in five quintains. First line given as title.

Ould, Robert, 1820-1882, Letter : Richmond, Va., to Ebenezer Lane, Chicago, 1880 Feb. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed.

Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Note : London, to unknown person, 1862 Feb 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm. or smaller +
• Autograph note. Also includes a watercolor caricature of Owen.

Pacca, Bartolomeo, 1756-1844, Letter : Italy, to Cristina di Sassonia, Marchesa Massimo, 1828 Feb. 28.

• Language: Italian
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• In Italian.
• Autograph letter signed.

Page, John, 1744-1808, Letter : Philadelphia, to Margaret Page, Rosewell, Va., 1794 Mar. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Page, U.S. representative from Virginia, writes to his wife Peggy and refers to decisions made in Congress.

Page, Margaret, 18th cent, Letter : Rosewell, Va., to Mrs. McLaine, Edenton, N.C., 1795 Apr. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Margaret Page writes to her sister about visiting friends and family on her trip to Rosewell, the spread of smallpox in Virginia, the use of inoculations, and her husband's re-election to political office.

Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922, Letter : to James R.B. Van Cleave, Springfield, Ill., 1911 Jan 9.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Concerns a copy of the Lincoln Centennial Addresses.

Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, Marche funèbre en l'honneur du Général Hoche : manuscript copy, [ca. 1797].

• Language: French
• Size: 2 items (13 p., 8 p.) ;. 31 cm.
• Original score in: Bibliothèque du Conservatoire.
• Manuscript (transcript, handwritten) of the score for a funeral march composed in honor of General Hoche. Also includes an anonymous scholarly letter to Oskar Fleischer (ca. 1900) about the score.

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904, Letter : [Paris], to [Isabella Graham?] Gifford and Miss Pope, [1874?] Apr. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865, Letters of introduction for George Robert Smith, 1837 Apr. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ; 24 cm. or smaller.
• 2 letters signed. Letters are signed by Viscount Palmerston. One is addressed to Francis R. Forbes in Dresden; the other is written to Lord Erskine in Munich.

Palecz, Stephanus de, Tractatus contra quator articulos Hussitarum : typescript copy, [undated].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 v. (158 leaves) ; 28 cm.
• Typescript (transcript, carbon copy) of Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Ms. 4131, folios 122r-180v.

Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855, Letter : London, to Paul Patten, Saxmundham, England, 1823 Dec. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from call # G650 1819.P19 Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Parry informs Patten that it will not be possible for him (Patten) to join an expedition to the "Polar Regions."

Payne, John, 1788-1854, Letter : Camp Seneca, [Ohio], to Hannah Payne, Mays Lick, Ky., 1813 Sept. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 34 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. John Payne, a Kentucky volunteer stationed at Camp Seneca, writes to his mother that his regiment wiil be the first to land on enemy territory following a British defeat by Commodore Oliver Perry.

Peabody, Andrew P. (Andrew Preston), 1811-1893, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Mr. [F. B. Sanborn], 1886 Dec. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Peabody, George, 1804-1892, Letter : Georgetown, Mass., to John Porter, 1856 Dec. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Peignot, Gabriel, 1767-1849, Letter : Dijon, France, to Messieurs Guillemot, libraires, Paris, 1843 Dec. 23.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Letter sent to Guillemot, booksellers.

Penck, Albrecht, 1858, Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Sollas, n.p., 1907 Dec. 22.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (4 p.).
• Transferred from: Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter / von Albrecht Penck und Eduard Bru?ckner, call # QE697.P39 Rare

Pennington, James, 1777-1862, Letters, 1845, 1855, 1861.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (4 p., 3 p., 10 p.).
• 3 autograph letters signed. Signed by Pennington. Topics include banking, national debt, money,and the Bank of England.

Commission appointing James B. Everhart major in the twenty-ninth Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Militia, 1863 June 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ;
• Document signed. Signed by Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania.

Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804, Letter : to [George III], 1803 Dec. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ;
• Letter signed. Signed by Percival. Writes in support of a patent for improved eyeglass lenses invented by William Hyde Wollaston.

Perle, George, 1915-2009-, Correspondence, 1965.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ; 28 cm. or smaller.
• 1 autograph letter signed from Perle to Hans Lenneberg (1965 Feb. 1). Also includes carbon copy of Lenneberg's reply (1965 Feb. 8).

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948, Letter : Paris, to William M. Calder, Washington, D.C., 1919 July 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 24 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Refers to Major John L. Terry's return to the United States from France.

Personne, Jean-Baptiste, Letter : [Paris], to Antoine Delamarre, [Paris], 1795, May 1.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 24 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Date on letter is 12 Floréal year 3.

Phelps, Austin, 1820-1890, Autograph letter signed : [Andover, Mass.], to E.S. Phelps, 1872 Jan 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers
• Concerns autographs

Phelps, Samuel, 1804-1878, Letter : [London], to A E. Skeen, [ca. 1870] July 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ;. 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598, Letter : Tortosa, Spain, to Cardinal Scipione Lancellotti, [Rome?], 1586 Jan. 2.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 42 cm. folded to 21 x 29 cm.
• Letter signed. Countersigned by Philip II's secretary, Juan de Idiáquez.

Philips, Edith, Letter : Chicago, to Ronald S. Crane., [Chicago], 1926 July 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Transferred from call # DA30.G6502 1786 Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to research on 18th-century French historians and travellers who wrote on America, Pennsylvania, and Quakers. Includes notecard with bibliographic entries.

Phillips, H. J., 19th cent, Letter : London, to E. C. Campbell, George Cruickshank, and H. B. Scott, 1858 Feb. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) : 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Verso contains sketches by Cruikshank.

Phillips, Miles H. (Miles Harris), Letter signed : Laugharne, Wales, to Josephine Barnes, n.p., [18--?] Feb. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from: A general treatise of midwifery / Mauquest de La Motte, call # RG93.M433 1746 Rare
• Phillips thanks Miss Barnes for a book by David D. Davis and in return sends her a copy of Mauquest de La Motte's A General Treatise of Midwifery. He also discusses other important works on obstetrics.

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869, Franklin Pierce's signature, 1864 Mar. 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.)

Pierpont, John, 1785-1866, Letter : St. Louis, to [Louise Pierpont], [Washington, D.C.], 1858 Mar. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Pierpont wrote this letter to his wife while on a lecture tour.

Pierpont, John, 1785-1866, If worshipping the almighty dollar, I try my idol's ear to gain : manuscript poem, 1864 Apr. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 13 cm.
• Title from first two lines of manuscript.
• Autograph manuscript signed.

Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Letter : [London], to J[ohn] Blackburne, 1785 Jan. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Pitt who thanks Blackburne for his support.

Untitled : typed playscript, [19--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (9 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Author is unknown. Transferred from: Een stelletje koppen / Leonard Roggeveen, call # PZ724.R64S74 1933 EB
• Typescript. One act play about the origin of the Mayan people.

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Samuel H. Laughlin, Nashville, Tenn., 1835 [i.e. 1836] Jan. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (7 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Includes folded sheet with address. Polk writes about the political scene in Washington.

Potter, Evelyn F., Letter : Wellesley, Mass. to Mr. McNair, n.p., [not before 1881] May 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items ; 15 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Evelyn Potter. Also includes a child's (Florence's) diary from 1881.

Potter, Thomas, Letter : Rickmansworth, England, to Mr. Booth, bookseller, London, 1816 Sept. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to editing a manuscript about traveling in England, Wales, and Scotland.

Powlett, Charles, 1764-1834, Letters : Shrewsbury Castle, to Mr. Booth, bookseller, 1814.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (3 p., 1 p.) ; 33 cm.
• 2 autograph letters signed. Topics relate to Powlett's request to print an advertisement offering private instruction and his proposal to write a translation of Charlemagne.

Pratt, George W., 19th cent, Letter : Rochester, N.Y., to William L. Marcy, Governor of N.Y., Albany, N.Y. : manuscript copy, 1838 Jan. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Manuscript copy of letter. Pratt, along with other members of a committee, petition the Governor of New York to supply the local militia with arms to defend the citizens of Monroe County against troops invading from Canada.

Proby, Granville, 1883-1947, Letter : [London], to Lewis Bernstein Namier, 1934 Dec. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (5 p.) ; 19 x 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Proby. Topics include Cesare da Sesto's drawing of the head of the infant Christ, Protestation rolls from Huntingdonshire, and other subjects Proby was interested in.

Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923, Letter : Brooklyn, N.Y., to the editor of the [Connecticut] Courant, 1886 Apr. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Proctor. Relates to the book entitled The Storrs Family by Charles Storrs (1886).

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to André Beaunier, n.p., [ca. 1906].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922, Letter : Paris, to [Auguste Marguillier, Paris], [1908 Jan. 6, 7 or 8].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (5 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Proust. Relates to La Bible D'Amiens, Proust's translation of John Ruskin's work, and his general interests in Ruskin and certain English engravings.

Purnell, Idella, Letter : Guadalajara, Mexico, to Sarah Margaret Brown, Evanston, Ill., 1923 Nov. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22 cm. +
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Purnell. Letter relates to the possibility of publishing poems written by Brown in the magazine Palms.

Quincy, Edmund, 18th cent, Memorandum of bond for Thomas White, Jr., of Braintree, Mass. : for his appearance before the Court of General Sessions of Roxbury : manuscript, 1721 Oct....

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ;
• Autograph document signed. Signed by Edmund Quincy, Justice of the Peace.

Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882, Letter : [Boston], to Dr. Talbot, [Boston], 1869 June 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Quincy. Quincy regrets he cannot accept invitation to dine with members of the Homeopathic Medical Society.

Quinet, Edgar, 1803-1875, Letters : to unknown persons, 1837-1867.

• Language: French
• Size: 3 items in 1 folder.
• 3 autograph letters signed (1837, ca. 1848, 1867).

Rambouillet, Charles d'Angennes, Cardinal de, Letter : Rome, to Charles IX, 1570 Dec. 2.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Wax seal is falling off.
• Letter signed. Signed by Rambouillet who was ambassador to Rome. Relates to the state of ecclesiastical affairs in Rome.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813, Letter : Philadelphia, to unknown person, 1794 Apr. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Randolph. Relates to a bond that is to be signed by Wilson C. Nicholas.

Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784, Letter : [Williamsburg, Va.], to unknown person, n.p., 1771 Aug. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 15 x 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Randolph. Relates to filling in blank subpoenas.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953, Letter, notes, and newspaper clipping, 1938 and 1939.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items.
• Typed letter signed. Letter is written to Mr. Friedman regarding an autograph copy of The Yearling. Also includes handwritten notes about a particular edition of The Yearling and a newspaper clipping about Rawlings winning the Pulitzer Prize (Chicago Tribune,1939 May 2).

Receipts related to the printing of Oliver Goldsmith's History of the earth and animated nature : manuscripts, 1772-1805.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (1 p., 1 p., 1 p.).
• Receipts issued by William Griffin and others in connection with the printing of History of the Earth and Animated Nature.

Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902, Correspondence with William D. Murphy, 1891 Mar. 10 and 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• 2 autograph letters signed. On March 10, 1891, William D. Murphy writes Thomas B. Reed to request his autograph. On March 11, 1891, Reed grants Murphy's request.

Reeves, Alfred, fl. 1879, Letter : Natal, South Africa, to Polly, 1879 June 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Reeves, a British soldier stationed in South Africa during the Zulu War, writes to his sister Polly about the war, including the death of Prince Louis Napoléon.

Reeves, Emma, Letter : to George Mount, Upper Norwood, [Surrey], [1891?] May 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph Letter signed. Emma Reeves writes that Sims Reeves will not be singing in London for some time.

Review of Strange interlude by Eugene O'Neill : manuscript, [1928?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (6 p.).
• Transferred from a gift copy of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude (1928), University of Chicago Library. Manuscript was found with a letter from Lynn Fontaine to Harry Lackritz (1928 Apr. 23).
• Author is unknown. Handwritten review of O'Neill's play.

Ricardo, David, 1772-1823, Letter : Minchinhampton, [England], to Thomas R. Malthus, Hertford, [England], 1821 Sept. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Ricardo. Folded letter sheet with address. Concerns works on population by Francis Place and William Godwin .

Rich, Adena Miller, 1888-1967-, Letter : Chicago, to Harriet Comstock, Alpena, Mich., 1935 Aug. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items +
• Typed letter signed. Signed by Mrs. Rich. Also includes newspaper clippings regarding Mrs. Rich's apppointment as director of Hull House following Jane Addams' death.

Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Letter : Bath, to John Wentworth, N.H., 1771 May 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (4 p., 2 p.) ; 24 cm. or smaller.
• Transferred from call # QH138.S4W5 1789 Rare Crerar.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by the Duke of Richmond. Richmond thanks Wentworth, colonial governor of New Hampshire, for sending him a female deer. Also included is an autograph letter signed from Francis Nicholson (1909 Feb. 15) that relates to Richmond's 1771 letter and the volume from which both letters were tranferred: The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White.

Rigaud, Stephen Francis Duthil, 1777-1861, Divine protection : the security of the peaceable : from Haensel's Letters on the Nicobar Islands manuscript, [not after 1860].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p) ; 19 cm.
• Transferred from Codex Ms. 289.

Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, The Beetle : manuscript poem, [18--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) ; 27 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Signed by Riley. Accompanied by a letter giving the manuscript to Napier Wilt.

by Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, Uncle Sidney's views : manuscript poem, 1892 Feb.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph manuscript signed. Signed by Riley.

Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt, 1819-1870, Letter : Richmond, Va., to Edward Terhane, 1858.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Mrs. Ritchie. Mrs. Ritchie writes that she will not be able to meet Mr. Terhane because she must take care of her ailing husband.

Roberts, Marshall Owen, 1814-1880, Invitation to a pleasure trip on the steamship Coatzacoalcos, 1861 July 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Printed invitation to sail on the steamship Coatzacoalcos. Signed by Marshall Owen Roberts.

Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781, Letter : Turin, Italy, to [Mr. Perry], [London], 1749 Jan. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to court life in Turin, the upcoming marriage of the Duke of Savoy to the Infanta, and elections involving Sir George Vandeput in Great Britain.

Rølvaag, Jennie Berdahl, Letter : Northfield, Minn., to Frederick Woodward Skiff, 1932 Dec. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ;+ 21 cm. +
• Autograph letter signed. Mrs. Rølvaag writes to an admirer of her husband's books.

Romilly, G. T., Letter : Paris, to John, [1848] Mar. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (12 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Eyewitness account of the political uprising and hostilities in Paris, February, 1848.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Letter : New York, to L.C. Marshall, Chicago, 1911 Dec. 11.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt writes that he is unable to speak at a meeting of the Western Economic Society.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Letter of recommendation : Washington, D.C., to General Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D.C., 1898 Apr. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Typed letter signed. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Letter of recommendation for Henry E. Armstsrong.
• Transferred from the Oldroyd Collection.

Rörer, Georg, 1492-1557, Johannis 8 : manuscript, [15--?].

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item.
• Attributed to Georg Rörer (1492-1557). Mounted on front flyleaf of Der deudsche Psalter, call # alc BS1423.G3L86 Rare Text is difficult to read. Photocopy

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898, Letter : San Rafael, Cal., to D.S. Steele, Phillipsburg, N.J., 1869 Nov. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm. +
• Ink is fading; text is difficult to read.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Rosecrans.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Letter : Oxford, to Mr. Hogarth, [18--?].

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items : 28 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Ruskin. Also includes an etching of Ruskin by C. Laurie and an original sketch by Ruskin.

Rusling, James Fowler, 1834-1918, Letters : Trenton, N.J., to General [Joseph B. Carr?], 1888 Sept. 21 and 1889 Dec. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (2 p., 1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• 2 autograph letters signed. Signed by Rusling. Concerns the organization and reunion of soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Note : Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, London, to unknown person, [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph note signed. Signed by Russell.

Rüti : manuscript, 1795.

• Language: German
• Size: 35 leaves.
• Author is unknown. Tipped into: Publications about the church history of Zürich between 1790 and 1831, call # DQ799.5.P9 Rare Text is difficult to read. Partial photocopy is also available in Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.
• Manuscript bound with a number of other publications concerning the church history of the canton of Zurich. This manuscript relates to the city of Ru?ti.

Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962, Letters : Brighton and London, to Dr. Williamson, 1918 and 1921.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items (2 p., 1 p., 2 p.) ; 10 cm. or smaller.
• 3 autograph letters signed. Signed by Sackville-West.

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, The dream that hold us : untitled poem : typescript, [not after 1967].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 cm.
• Typed manuscript signed. Signed by Carl Sandburg. Includes autograph postscript, "For time capsule 2300 A D Grace Methodist Church Joliet Ill. & for Evie Mae Goodman."

Say, Léon, 1826-1896, Autograph letter signed : to [Charles?], [18--].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

Say, Léon, 1826-1896, Autograph letter signed : Versailles, France, to M. B[onthemais?], n.p., 1871 Apr. 30.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

Say, Louis, 1774-1840, Letter : Nantes, France, to [Creuttel] and Wurtz, Paris, 1826 Sept. 18.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Say. Letter relates to instructions for printing a manuscript.

Say, Louis, 1774-1840, Letter : Nantes, France, to [Creuttel] and Wurtz, Paris, 1826 Oct. 9.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Say. Folded letter sheet with address. Relates to a missing manuscript that was intended for publication.

Scarborough, John, active 19th century, Letter : Trenton, N.J., to W.C. Wilson, Jones River, n.p., 1876 July 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Scarborough.

Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834, Untitled manuscript, [not after 1834].

• Language: Ancient Greek, German
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.

Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890, Manuscript document : Leipzig, Germany, to John Evans, Hemel Hempsted, England, 1880 Sept. 9.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 24 cm. +
• Autograph document signed. Signed by Schliemann.

Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931, Letter : Vienna, to unknown woman, n.p., 1900 Feb. 9.

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 9 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Schnitzler.

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804, Letter : Saratoga, N.Y., to Henry Glen, Schenectady, N.Y., 1782 Nov. 3.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 34 cm. folded to 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Schuyler. Folded letter sheet with address. Concerns the procurement of boards and the hiring of carpenters to build boats.

Scialoja, Antonio, 1817-1877, Letter : Turin, Italy, to M. Guillaumin, Paris, 1847 Mar. 9.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Scialoja. Folded letter sheet with address. Letter is written to Guillaumin, a Parisian publisher and bookseller. It concerns articles on political economy by Giandomenico Romagnosi.

Scott, John, Lady, 1810-1900, Letter : Dunchurch, England, to unknown person, [ca. 1890].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter. Relates to books that have been sent to Lady Scott.

Scott, Thomas Alexander, 1823-1881, Letter : Washington, D.C, to General Sherman, n.p., 1861 Dec. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Scott, Assistant Secretary of War. Letter of introduction for George Harrington, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, Letter : New York, to "my brother officers of the Army and the Navy of the U[nited] States serving on the Pacific Coast, 1849 Apr.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 14 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Scott. Letter of introduction for George Gibbs.

Search, Anthony T., fl. 19th cent, Letter : Ill., to Raymond W. Hanford, Danville, Illinois, 1867 June 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) : 21 cm. +
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Search. Relates to a letter sent to Search by H. D. Cook about influencing Senator Tincher to vote in favor of funding the Illinois State Agency in Washington. The Agency processed claims made by soldiers and their heirs.

Sedam, Cornelius Rycker, 1760-1823, Letter : Philadelphia, to Mills, 1795 Mar. 31.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 33 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Sedam. Refers to the censure of General Anthony Wayne.

Serrell, Edward W. (Edward Wellman), 1826, Letter : New York, to Le Chevalier Habicht, 1869 July 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Sessa, Luis Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón, duque de, 1582-1645?, Letter : Zaragoza, Spain, to [Miguel Fernández Oliván y Baguer], n.p., 1626 Jan. 2.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Letter signed.

Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886, Agreement to pay Henry Siffert for a strip of land in Syracuse, N.Y. : manuscript, 1848 Mar. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Signed by Horatio Seymour.

Shaw, G. Bernard, Ticket to the Imperial Theatre, Westminster

• Language:
• Size: 1 item

Sheldon, J. W., fl. 1822, Letter : Buffalo, N.Y., to Leonard Case, Cleveland, Ohio, 1822 Oct. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Sheldon. Folded letter sheet with address. Note on verso is from Leonard Case to Ebenezer Lane (1822 Nov.12).

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822, Letter : Padua, Italy, to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Este, Italy : manuscript copy, 1818 Sept. 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Transferred from PR 5416.A1 1820 Rege. Letter mentioned by H. Buxton Forman (Shelley Library, p. 95) as undated and containing request that Mary bring to Venice the sheets of "Prometheus Unbound."
• Transcript of letter written by Shelley in Mary W. Shelley's hand. Shelley writes that he will make arrangements for Mary and the baby Clara to stay in Venice.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, Letter : Washington, D.C., to General Lloyd Aspinwall, New York, 1881 Feb. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Sherman who asks Aspinwall to act as Grand Marshall at the presidential inauguration.

Mr. Scherz (publisher), Letter: to Ernest Herrmann Hengstenberg

• Language:
• Size: 1 item

Shippen, Joseph, 1706-1793, Letter : Philadelphia, to Charles Willing, Bristol, England, 1735 Oct. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Ink is fading; text is difficult to read.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Topics relate to business and trade.

Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863, Letter : Hayfield, Ky., to Dr. William Darlington, 1850 Feb. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Short. Short compliments Darlington on his Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall.

Shumaker, E. Ellsworth (Elmer Ellsworth), b. 1862, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, 1910 Jan. 4.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Shumaker. Shumaker asks Gunsaulus for his opinion of Shumaker's recent book.

Shurtleff, Roswell Morse, 1838-1915, Signed testimonial : New York, 1881.

• Language: English
• Size: 3 items.
• Autograph and watercolor sketch by Shurtleff for the "Autographic Illinois State Testimonial to Mrs. President Hayes." Possibly from one of the six volumes of autographs that were presented to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes in 1881 as a tribute to her for prohibiting the serving of alcoholic beverages at the White House during her husband's term as President. Also includes a photostatic copy of the title page to the six volumes and a reprint of an article by George Tressler Scott (Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, spring, 1953) describing the testimonial project.

Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865, Letter : Washington, D.C., to unknown men, n.p., 1858 May 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Sigourney.

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864, Letter : New Haven, Conn., to unknown woman, 1864 Apr. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Silliman.

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870, Letter : Woodland, to H.S. Randall, n.p., 1854 Jan. 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Transferred from PS2848.Y5 1835 Rege
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Simms.

Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556, Ex Sleid. coment. : manuscript, [15--].

• Language: Latin
• Size: 1 item (6 p.) ; 31 cm.
• Autograph manuscript.

Smart, Henry Thomas, 1813-1879, Letter : Blackburn, [Lancashire, England], to Ethel Smart, 1833 Feb. 20.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Henry Smart. In this letter to his sister Ethel, Smart complains about having to live in the town of Blackburn. Also includes two newspaper clippings regarding Henry Smart.

Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806, Letter : [London], to Cadell & Davies, [London], 1795 May 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Encouraged by the support and influence of the Duchess of Devonshire, Charlotte Smith writes to booksellers Cadell and Davies to renegotiate the fee she would receive from them for publishing Rambles Farther: a Continuation of Rural Walks in Dialogues Intended for the Use of Young Persons. She also writes about the financial difficulties she is facing.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874, Letter : [Peterboro, N.Y.], to unknown person, 1857 July 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Smith, Nathaniel, 1762-1822, Letter : Philadelphia, to Nathan Smith, New Haven, Conn., 1796 Jan. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Nathaniel Smith. Folded letter sheet with address. Letter is written to Nathaniel's brother Nathan.

Smith, William, 1769-1847, Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., 1817 Mar. 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from call # QE651.S66 Rare
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Smith. Relates to salt and duty on salt.

Souberbielle, Joseph, 1754-1848, Letter : to Monsieur l'Evèque, Paris, [1846] Apr. 25.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. With separate address sheet. Invitation to dinner.

Spanyol y Ujujo, Jerónima, active 1572, Autograph letter signed : Zaragoza, Spain, to Martín de Gaztelu, [Madrid], 1572 Aug. 28.

• Language: Spanish
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm.
• Folded letter sheet with address. Letter is written to the royal secretary at the king's court.

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Joseph B. Felt, 1850 Apr. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Sparks requests, on behalf of the Reverend Basil Manly, a copy of the charter and laws of the historical society of which Felt is a member.

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to H.M. Hayes, [New York], 1849 Oct. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Jared Sparks, President of Harvard College, describes which schools best prepare a boy to study at Harvard.

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, Letter : n.p., to Mr. Owen, n.p., 1863 Dec. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Springer, William M., Letter : Florence, Ind., to John A. McClernand, Springfield, Ill., 18[7?]7 June 24.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to data regarding the military service of McClernand's son.

Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888, Letter : to B. Sullivan, 1861 Mar. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Squier sending some autographs to Sullivan.

Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817, Letter : [Geneva], to Amélie Fabri, [Geneva], [ca. 1808-1809].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Madame de Staël writes that she hopes to visit Amélie Fabri who is not well.

Stammhammer, Josef, 1847-, Geschichte des Schlosses : Leesdorf bei Baden : manuscript, 1870.

• Language: German
• Size: 3 items (34 p.) ; 29 cm. or smaller.
• Autograph document. Also includes a printed Promemoria and a pencil drawing.

Stapf, Ernst, 1788-1860, Letter : [Vrõsen], Saxony, to [Israel Tisdale Talbot], [Mass.],

• Language: German
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 15 x 23 cm.
• Transferred from the Marion Talbot Papers.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Stapf. Concerns the progress of homeopathy in America.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908, Letter : n.p., to Mr. Todd, n.p., [1885] Aug. 17.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Stedman. Writes about [Mr. Hatchet] who will show Mr. Todd around old Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908, Letter : New York, to Editors, 1888 Aug. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Stedman. Refers to photographs of the Century Office fire.

Steel, Alexander, Receipted bill : Philadelphia, to Benjamin Rittenhouse, 1806 July 22.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 10 x 20 cm.
• Lower right-hand portion of document is torn off.
• Autograph document signed. Signed by Steel. Receipted bill for "repairing a leveling instrument" also signed by Rittenhouse (1806 July 26).

Steinthal, S. Alfred, Letter : Manchester, England, to [Margaret Estlin], 1880 Apr. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (6 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to Oliver Johnson's book about William Lloyd Garrison.

Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 , Envelope addressed to Captain Charles Dennes, Harrisburg, Pa., [not after 1868].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Envelope possibly written by Thaddeus Stevens

Stevenson, J. W. (John White), 1812-1886, Autograph letter signed : Frankfort, Ky., to J. H. Harrigan, 1869 Dec. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Grants Harrigan's request for the governor's autograph.

Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813, Letter : n.p.,to William [Whann?], n.p., 1806 Dec. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter is silked.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Stoddert. Relates to the construction of a bridge.

Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, Letter : to Charles, D.B. Mills, [1868 Sept. 22].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 16 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Mrs. Stone. Relates to a lecture she has agreed to give in Syracuse.

Stone, Roy, Letter : Ponce, P.R., to General Nelson Miles, 1898 July 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by General Stone. Relates to a cargo of provisions in Ponce that is intended for the Spanish army in Cuba.

Storey, James H. (James Henry), Letter : New York, to James Tanner, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1913 Apr. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 27 cm. or smaller.
• Typed letter signed. Signed by Storey. Refers to anecdotes about Kit Carson and Albert F. Pfeiffer when Carson commanded the 1st Battalion of the New Mexico Cavalry and Infantry.
• Transferred from the Oldroyd Collection.

Storrs, Richard S. (Richard Salter), 1821-1900, Letter : Brooklyn, N.Y., to unknown person, 1852 Oct. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to fees for public lectures.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896, Letter : [Boston], to unknown person, [New Haven, Conn.], [18--].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a visit Harriet Beecher Stowe is planning to New Haven.

Strowd, B., fl. 1862, Letter : n.p., to William B. Strowd, n.p., 1862 Feb. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) +
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by B. Strowd, wife of William B. Strowd, a soldier in the Civil War. According to a note on an envelope that accompanies the letter, the letter was found in New Bern, North Carolina, during the summer of 1862 after General Ambrose Burnside had captured the town. Mrs. Strowd wrote about family matters and an upcoming military draft.

Suchet, Louis-Gabriel, duc d'Albufera, 1770-1826, Letter : to Major Préaux, 18[15?] June 11.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Suchet.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874, Letter : Boston, to Mr. L. Peabody, 1851 Mar. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874, Envelope : Cinncinnati, Ohio, to J.[I.] Cunningham, Washington, D.C., [18--] June 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Addressed envelope in Sumner's hand.

Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910, Letter : New Haven, Conn., to Moncure D. Conway, [18]93 Apr. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Sumner. Relates to Conway's book about Thomas Paine.

Talbot, Henry Russell, Letter : [Manila, Philippines ?], to Edith, [18--?] Aug. 19.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (8 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Talcott, George, 1786-1862, Letter : Watervliet Arsenal, [N.Y.], to Major Baker, 1841 May 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Talcott.

Tennant, Charles, 1796-1873, Letter : London, to J. Gordon, [France], 1864 Feb. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 14 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to a book Tennant had written.

Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914, Letter : London, to the editor of "Men and women of the time," [London], 1894 Jan. 21.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm. +
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Tenniel.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, Letter : Freshwater, Isle of Wight, to unknown person, [London], 1862 Dec. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Letter signed. Relates to Tennyson's membership subscription with the London Library.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, Envelope addressed to William E. Gladstone, [ca.1880?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item.
• Addressed envelope handwritten by Tennyson.

Thaballa, Fred, Autograph letter signed : n.p., to Lynn, n.p., [1976?] Apr. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Transferred from: Fifteen poems / by Fred Thaballa, call # PS3570.H24F53 1976 MoPoRa

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863, Letter : London, to the Liverpool Roscoe Club, 1848 Jan. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1 p., 1 p.) : 12 cm. or smaller.
• Transferred from call # PR5613.K45 1851a Rege.
• Autograph letter signed. Thackeray sends his regrets at not being able to attend a "soirée" at the Liverpool Roscoe Club. Also includes a drawing of a child holding an arrow, by Thackeray.

Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885, Letter : [Washington], D.C., to Robert J. Walker, [Washington, D.C.], 1846 Mar. 23.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Thompson, U.S. Representative from Mississippi, addressed to Robert J. Walker, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Address is included.

Thompson, James Westfall, 1869-1941., Letter : [Chicago], to Edgar J. Goodspeed, [Chicago?], 1921 June 13.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Tipped into: The lost oracles / by James Westfall Thompson, call # PS3539.H67L8 1921 ArcMon Photocopy
• Autograph letter signed. Thompson presents a copy of "The Lost Oracles" to Goodspeed. He suggests that his poem "The Lost Pagan" might also be of interest to Goodspeed.

Thornton, E., Letter signed : n.p., to unknown woman, n.p., [undated].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871, Letter : Lake George, N.Y., to Dr. Lieber, 1853 Aug. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Ink is fading; text is difficult to read. Transferred from call # PS3064.A2 v.2 c.2 Gen
• Autograph letter signed.Ticknor requests of Dr. Lieber a list of French and German periodicals devoted to the fine arts, literature, and history that ought to be "received by the Publick Library in Boston."

Tischendorf, Constantin von, 1815-1874, Manuscripts, [1865?].

• Language: German
• Size: 16 p. ; 22 cm.
• Transferred from the Edgar J. Goodspeed Papers.

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Letter : Paris, to unknown person, n.p., 1881 May 7.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to drawings the recipient of the letter will be providing for the journal La Nature.
• Transferred from: Application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne / Albert et Gaston Tissandier, call # f TL654.T55A30 RareCr

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859, Letter : [Hampstead, England], to Mr. Evans, [1835 May or June].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. De Tocqueville thanks Mr. Evans for being so kind to him during his stay in Hamstead.

Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825, Autograph letter signed : Albany, N.Y., to B.W. Crowninshield, 1815 Apr. 5.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Signed by Tompkins, Governor of New York. Written to Benjamin Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy. Letter recommends W. John Vanderbergh to an appointment as midshipman.

Tooke, Thomas, 1774-1858, Letter : n.p., to unknown man, n.p., 18[5?]8 Apr. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Letter is written to an unidentified member of the House of Lords. Tooke regrets having omitted mentioning in a recent work the lord's opposition to the Banking Act of 1844.

Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906, Letter : [London], to unknown person, 1891 June 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm..
• Autograph letter signed. Refers to the Public Library Act.

Torrey, Joseph, active 18th cent, Service voucher for William Stuart : manuscript, 1782 Jan. 12.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 13 x 20 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Torrey certifies that "Lieutenant William Stuart of Hazen[']s Regiment acted as adjutant to said regiment from February first 1776 to July thirty first 1779 inclusive."

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803, Letter : [Santo Domingo], to [Collector of Revenue Lacour?], 1801 Dec. 12.

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Date on document: 21 Frimaire year 9 Transferred from St. John, Spenser, Hayti; or, The Black Republic. Call # F1921.S17 Gen
• Partly printed letter signed.

Toute la vérité : manuscript, [189-?].

• Language: French
• Size: 3 items (2 p., 4 p., 1 p.) ; 28 cm. or smaller
• Author is unknown.
• Autograph document. Relates to the Alfred Dreyfus affair. Also includes handwritten transcript and a typescript English translation.

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Colonel S. W. Crawford, Washington, D.C., 1872 Jan. 25.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Townsend writes Crawford that the Secretary of War denies permission to access the War Department's records relating to the occupancy, defense, and fall of Fort Sumter, 1860-61.

Townsend, Henry S., Letter : Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, to I[ra] M[aurice] Price, 1883 Sept. 22.

• Language: Hawaiian
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Tresque, Auzias de, Letter : [Dé?partement du Gard?], to the Duc d'Uz ès, Paris, [17--?].

• Language: French
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. Requests an audience with the Duc d'Uz ès.

Trevelyan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1807-1886, Letters, 1846.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (3 p., 2 p.) ; 33 cm. folded to 14 x 21 cm.
• Letters are taped together.
• 2 letters (copies). Consists of one letter from Charles E. Trevelyan, Assistant Secretary of the British Treasury (1864 June 15), and another one, signed, from William E. Gladstone, Colonial Secretary, to William Gomm, Governor of Mauritius (1846 June 20). Relates to the request for an increase in salary by the Collector of Customs at Mauritius.

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962, Letter : Rome, to Gertrude Atherton, 1901 Mar. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by Trevelyan. Refers to writing projects and Alexander Hamilton.

Trevor of Bromham, Thomas Trevor, Baron, 1658-1730, Speech against Duncombs Bill : manuscript, [1699?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (7 p.) ; 29 cm.
• Trevor of Bromham was Attorney General of England in 1699.

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892, Letter : Budleigh Salterton, [England], to Jessie [W. Mario], 1887 Nov. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to an article written by Mario.

Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916, Letter : Boston, to George Cooper, 1870 Aug. 18.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Relates to the manuscript of a poem sent to the office of "Our Young Folks, An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls."

Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871, Letter : Newport, R.I., to an unidentified person, 1864 Sept. 16.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 14 cm.
• Autograph letter signed.

Tupper, George I. F., Letter : Camberwell, London, to Mr. Wynne, 1888 Feb. 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Tupper, former editor of the The Germ, informs Mr. Wynne that he is sending him a bound set of the journal. The Germ was the literary organ of the Pre-Raphaelites.
• Transferred from: The germ : thoughts towards nature in poetry, literature, and art, call # PR1139.G38 Rare

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, Letter : Cassiobury, [England], to unknown person, [1810?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) : 33 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. With engraved portrait of Turner and clippings.

Tyler, John, 1790-1862, Letter : Sherwood Forest Plantation, Va., to Dr. Wat H. Tyler, The Hague, Westmoreland County, Va., 1858 July 8.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Autograph letter signed. Signed by John Tyler. Folded letter sheet with address. Refers to crops and Dr. Tyler's medical practice.

Tyler, Othniel, 1763-1827, Order for two quarts of rum : manuscript, 1815 July 29.

• Language: English
• Size: Fragment ; 6 x 16 cm.

Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826, Affidavit for Josiah Edson : Rutland, Vt., 1804 Feb. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 2 items (1p., 1 p.) : 30 cm.
• Autograph document signed. Signed by Royall Tyler. Affidavit for Josiah Edson concerning two writs of error against him. Includes engraved portrait of Tyler.

United States, Certificate of citizenship, 1862 Nov. 1.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item ; 35 cm. folded to 22 x 9 cm.
• Document signed. Signed by William L. Church, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Certificate of citizenship issued to Jacob Baer, Chicago, Illinois, 1862 Nov. 1.

United States, Printed circular : Trenton, N.J., to Joseph Hiller, Salem, Mass., 1799 Oct. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 cm.
• Printed document signed. Signed by Steele, Comptroller of the Treasury and mailed to Joseph HIller, Collector of Customs, Salem, Massachusetts. Relates to compensation Supervisors of the Revenue received for preparing certificates that accompany foreign distilled spirits. Includes address leaf.

United States, Emergency relief ration and methods of relief feeding : a study under the direction of the Quartermaster General : typescript, 1932 Feb. 1 /

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (ii, 48 leaves) ; 28 cm.
• Typed document.

United States, Resolution of the Congress of the United States : document, 1790 Aug. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 26 cm.
• Signed by Jefferson, Secretary of State. Relates to seals for the supreme, circuit and district courts.

United States, Commission appointing F. H. Ruggles clerk in the Department of State : Washington, D.C. : manuscript, 1862 Mar. 10.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 16 cm.
• Document signed. Signed by William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

United States, Certificate of copyright, 1829 Dec. 14.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ;
• Partly printed document signed. Signed by Martin Van Buren, Secretary of State. Certificate of copyright to Richardson, Lord, and Holbrook for the book entitled Ramon : The Rover of Cuba.

United States, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Benjamin Franklin Hallett, Boston, 1852 Jan. 15.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Webster when he was Secretary of State. Relates to the discharge of sailors at Faial Island, Azores.

United States Navy Dept, Certificate of appreciation to William F. E. Gurley for making a contribution to Eyes for the Navy, [ca. 1919].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 30 cm.
• Printed document signed. Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Certificate thanks donors who gave binoculars, telescopes, spyglasses and navigation instruments to the Navy during World War I.

United States Navy Dept, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Bayard Taylor, Kennett Square, Pa., 1861 Oct. 2.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Welles, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. Informs Taylor that, in accordance with his suggestion, one of the side-wheel steamers being constructed for the Navy will be named Octorara, the name of the Indian River, on the banks of which, Robert Fulton was born.

United States Navy Dept, Letter : Washington, D.C., to William H. Hackett, Portsmouth, N.H., 1861 Sept. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Welles, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. Informs Hackett that he has been appointed Judge Advocate to a Naval Court of Inquiry that will convene at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth, N.H.

United States Navy Dept, Letter : Washington, D.C., to H.H. Lockwood, Baltimore, Md., 1866 Mar. 28.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Welles instructs Professor Lockwood to report for duty as professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.

United States Navy Dept, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., 1868 Mar. 6.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Cover letter that was submitted various commissions requiring the President's signature.

United States. President (Jefferson), Blank pass for a ship, [1801-1809].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 29 cm.
• Printed document signed. Signed by Thomas Jefferson. Also signed by James Madison, Secretary of State.

United States War Dept, Certificate of Revolutionary War claim, 1819 June 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.).
• Text is missing where document is torn. Document signed. Certificate of Revolutionary War claim of George Moxley of [Kentucky]. Signed by John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War.

United States War Dept, Letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Alexander Macomb, Washington, D.C., 1833 Apr. 26.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Transferred from the Oldroyd Collection. Requests information relating to military and civilian staff in Macomb's department.

United States War Dept, Letter : Washington, D.C., to Captain Garrick Mallery, Jr., Philadelphia, 1862 July 29.

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Letter signed. Signed by C. P. Wolcott, Assistant Secretary of War. Acknowledges receipt of Mallery's letter.

, Valedictory : manuscript, [190-?].

• Language: English
• Size: 1 item (7 p.) ; 25 cm.
• Author is unknown.
• Manuscript of high school valedictory address