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18680002307New Bedford Massachusetts MA. Good. 1868. On offer is a sensational original post Civil War era 1868 - 1872 Captain's log book and journal handwritten by Massachusetts mariner George Sylvester Chase 1833-1877. Born and raised in the Cape Cod town of Yarmouth later to New Bedford his registration for the 1863 Civil War draft listed his occupation as a "mariner at sea whaling" with the 1870 census shows him "at sea" and living in New Bedford. Their family was well noted in Deyo's History of Barnstable County as his father was the noted Cape Cod Baptist minister Enoch E. Chase 1804-1887. Captain Chase at age 35 would have been considered an old salt by anyone's opinion who holds naval and maritime history in high regard and those reading this log would not be disappointed. There are shades of Forester and Conrad on nearly every page. His various ships included the "Volunteer" "Ericsson" and "Regent" and immediately from the first pages we encounter high drama on the seas: "my first officer.informed me that a boat was laying off the ship and when he hailed the boat the reply he received was go to hell.I told them not to come too near. They call me a few hard names and a damned Cape Cod man and fired six shots at the ship." Given this is during post war peace it comes as an eye opening entry. The 12.5" x 8.5" folio has 100 pages or so and besides Chase's trials and travails at sea he always has his heart in New Bedford often entries in the manner of a diary addressed to his wife "Carrie" whom he greatly misses. At one point he expresses hope she will join him on the next voyage so that he might reap the benefits of her "superior mind" while at sea. Other entries include the description of a fight aboard ship involving a crew member who drew a knife while threatening to kill everyone in sight a crew member who fell overboard in "very heavy seas.and it would have been impossible to have lowered a boat" etc. Entries adding much depth to this book include heartfelt verse much addressed to his wife or a cousin sometimes for himself as creative outlet on long sea voyages. A fair bit of the son of a Baptist preacher peeks out from the page throughout his writings. And of course as with any ship's book he records the typical data any sailor would note such as position weather and any and all nautical observations. The book has some cover wear and some pages are loose but all accounted for and legible. Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GEORGE SYLVESTER CHASE CAPE COD SEA CAPTAIN MARITIME MERCHANT MARINER COMMERCE BY SEA OCEAN GOING COMMERCE NAVAL NAUTICAL SEA FARING SAILORS WHALERS WHALING NEW BEDFORD YARMOUTH SALEM BARNSTABLE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS SHIPS VOLUNTEER ERICSSON REGENT ENOCH E. CHASE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
19230001658USS RALEIGH ASEA ICELAND CUBA GUANTANAMO BAY. Good. 1923. On offer are a sensational pair 2 of original 1923 - 1925 manuscript diaries handwritten by a young sailor named Charles F. Ber_____ it is difficult to make out his last name which is written on a fragment of the inside front cover but researchers with access to crew manifests will undoubtedly confirm the full name who served on the USS Raleigh CL-7 in the Sick Bay medical department as a senior assistant to the doctor. The two diaries cover almost three years from the USS Raleigh's initial commissioning with over 400 pages of writing with significant entries throughout for historians and researchers interested in the 'between wars' years on a ship of some renown. Charles does a super job detailing his life aboard ship and on land from even before she was first launched but also with the ship when they sailed to Iceland Guantanamo Bay Panama Canal Zone California and Hawaii just to name a few. The author is quite detail oriented and records the mundane and the unique. For example while in Iceland he sees two movie companies making films on shore and talks in detail about some historical air flights. Here are some snippets: 1923 "September 7th I was discharged at the Naval Hospital League Island Pennsylvania by Commander R.C. Holcomb MC U.S.N. The Captain Raymond Spear was on leave at the time." "September 9th & 10th George Bayard and wife Emma Dallago and Rita Whitney had lunch with me. After lunch we sang and danced in the administration building. Afterwards we went out in the Navy Yard and went aboard the Birmingham; Mercy and some destroyers .Left Philadelphia early Monday morning for Washington. Emma Dallago was with me. It was her first visit to the capitol city. We spent a real pleasant day in Washington. I asked Dr. Buell's of the Bu. M. & S. for foreign shore duty but he refused me so I asked for the New Scout Cruiser U.S.S. Raleigh and he granted my request. Emma left for Philadelphia at 7:00 P.M. and I left for Laurel Mississippi at 10:00 P.M. I was on 30 days leave." "October 11th Reported to Lt. Commander F. X. Koltes for detail. He was acting as the Executive officer at the time. I asked for the lab detail and my request was granted." "October 23rd Orders arrived for my transfer to the Rec. Ship Boston in connection with the fitting out of the U.S.S. Raleigh and on board when in commission." "October 30th Received orders from the hospital at League Island to proceed to Boston at 9:30 A.M. Received transportation from pay office at the Rec. Station at 11:00 A.M. Left the hospital at 12:00 noon and left Philadelphia over the Reading at 1:00 P.M. Arrived in Jersey City at 2:45 P.M. and in N.Y. at 3:00 P.M. I went to pier 39 and went aboard the Cambridge of the Colonial Line Steamship for Providence. Went aboard at 3:25 P.M. and the boat shoved off at 5:30 P.M. There was a C.M. A.A. A C. Stk and Stk-32 with five G.C.M. P.'s. They were going to the naval prison at Portsmouth N.H. The prisoners were all firemen and just back from Turkey. As we left N.Y. it was a wonderful sight to see N.Y. by night. We passed near the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Blackwell's Island and Long Island. I had dinner on the boat." "November 3rd Went down to the Bethlehem Ship yard about 8:30 A.M. Went aboard the Raleigh for the first time. It will be great when it is finished. Had lunch with C. Yeo. Redmond Campbell at 2:21 P.M. I went to Boston. When I went down to Chelsea to the Naval Hospital I knew five of the Chiefs on duty there; Strout Littlefield Mc Daniel Ray and Campbell. I had supper at the hospital. After supper I left for Quincy. I arrived in Quincy at 6:35 P.M." "December 1st The U.S.S. Raleigh is in the floating dry dock. I went down in the dry dock and went under the Raleigh 555 ft. long. I then went aboard the U.S.S. Lexington an airplane carrier. After I came home I went to Cox drug store and got the Kodak pictures." "December 12th The first trial trip of the Raleigh was made today. It was builder's trial. A number of the Beth. Shipbuilding Corp officers and workmen were aboard as well as most of the Navy officers and enlisted men. I got aboard at 6:50 A.M. the gangplank was removed at 7:15. We shoved off at 7:20. There were five tugs that took her out in the clear. At 7:40 the tugs let go. At 9:15 we passed Boston Light Ship. There was a cold stiff breeze blowing. It blew spray clear over the deck. The most speed that was made was 29 knots an hour. At 11:30 we had chow. We went about 28 miles off the coast. We turned back between 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock. We got back to the dock at 3:20 P.M. and I was off by 3:25 P.M. The tugs 5 met us just the other side of the bridge ." 1924 "January 18th Mailed C.H. a military set for a birthday present. Went aboard the ship this A.M. about 11:10 to inspect the sterilizers and to see them work. They are ok. Seen the Fore River doctor this A.M. and made arrangements to use his office and syringes to vaccinate with typhoid vaccine some of the Raleigh officers and crew. Will also give Cow Pox vaccine. Captain Watts called me in his office and asked me about the typhoid vaccine. Said he wanted Dr. Lane to give him a shot the first thing Monday Morning ." "January 21st Received an itinerary of the commissioning and shake down cruise of the Raleigh today. The commanding officers received a good conduct medal for me today but it was not presented to me yet. Called Reason about the Typhoid vaccine." "January 24th Went to Boston receiving ship to get some typhoid vaccine and some elixir terpinhydrate and heroin. Got back at 12:30 P.M. Got to the office at 1:00 P.M. Dr. Lane had received the other typhoid vaccine and so soon as I arrived we began preparing to give the typhoid and cow pox vaccine to some officers and enlisted men. Captain Watts was the first to get t shot of typhoid vaccine ." "February 4th Went aboard the Raleigh this A.M. to locate the hospital corpsmen's billets and lockers. Dr. Lane told me that he would be the head of Div. 8 in name but I would be in reality. He received all the keys to the sick bay and lockers and I received the duplicate keys to the same ." He writes about a funeral party that went to Ex-president Wilson's funeral. Also heading to New York Harbor to dock and taking on torpedoes then out to sea: "April 18th & 19th It is raining and the sea is very choppy. We got lost twice during the night and once about 8:00 A.M. We will not go to Annapolis until Monday or Tuesday. We are going there so the 1924 class can look over the ship. We turned south some time yesterday. We anchored some time between 4:00 and 5:00 P.M. We got underway some time later. At about 7:00 P.M. we anchored for the night. We are supposed to be about 10 miles southeast of Cape Charles Light. At one time we were in 7 fathoms of water .We weighed anchor and got underway about 6:30 A.M. We are now in the Chesapeake Bay. Land on our port side. We are anchored some where in Chesapeake Bay. No inspection. We weigh anchor at 11:30 A.M. and headed for Hampton Roads. A Navy tug Hercules brought towed a motor boat out to us while we were at anchor. A boat like the Gig. It carried a whale boat back in its place. Sent a bag of mail ashore by the tug. We got under way and then anchored again lowered the sea plane over the side. We are headed for Solomon's Island. We are going to Graves End instead of South Hampton. It is a beautiful day." "May 4th Went ashore this P.M. to see the Commissioned officers and the warrant officers play ball. 32 to 6 in favor of the Com. Officers. Liberty at 5:00 P.M. Some C.P.O's got midnight liberty. Some girls visited the W.O's and had show with them. A Sea-2C AP.A.H. tried to swim ashore and decided it was too far so he thought he would commit suicide. He lost his nerve and hollered for help." "June 24th Left Quincy about 3:00 P.M. We passed a floater in a bathing suit and the ship was stopped and a whaleboat sent out to look for the floater. He was not found. A tug came alongside and took the pilot ashore. The plane had been up and the photographer took some pictures of the Raleigh. While we were stopped we took the plane aboard. The day is a hot sunny day." "July 9th We are indeed in the land of the midnight sun. It hardly gets dark before it is light again. I got up at 5:00 A.M. There is land in sight. The clocks and watches were set ahead one hour at 7:30 A.M. Greenwich time Hebrides Islands. We had general quarters and man the rail. We are in sight of Scotland. We passed through the Pentland Firth into the North Sea about 3:30 P.M. We passed between Scotland and the Orkney Islands. The Shetland Islands are north of us but not in sight. There are numerous travelers in the North Sea. I helped print some pictures tonight." "July 28th & 29th The Richmond came in this A.M. at 10:00 o'clock. It is foggy and cold. The seas are running high. We are to leave at 8:00 P.M. for Iceland. We left at about 8:00 P.M. and just before 9:00 P.M. the clocks and watches were turned back one hour. It is stormy weather We have pretty weather and smooth seas. General quarters this A.M. We are due to land or arrive at our destination tomorrow morning at 2:00 A.M. Hornafjord Iceland." "August 3rd Sick call and quarters this A.M. A bunch of chiefs went ashore this A.M. The other aviator #2 plane went by at 1:12 P.M. We got underway about 9:00 A.M. and went to sea. We returned as soon as the plane passed. One plane #3 made a forced landing before it reached us. The liberty party came back about 6:00 P.M. and the seas were running high along side the ship. The seas were six or eight feet high. The party in the whale boat landed in the starboard torpedo room." "August 8th It is still raining. Our planes are making hops. I went ashore at 1:00 P.M. and returned at 3:30 P.M. One of the world flyer planes is on the beach. It is #4. New Orleans. One of the aviators from plane #3 came aboard the Raleigh. I noticed two movie men ashore A Pathe' and International making pictures. We are to go toward Greenland tomorrow on a scouting trip. Maurice drunk." "August 10th Sick call as usual. About 10:00 A.M. we sighted icebergs. There are 40 lookouts on deck. It is cold and foggy but the sun is trying to shine. We are going to send the planes out on a scouting trip. If they find a good place to land they will return to the ship and carry gas and anchors ashore. I am trying to go ashore with them. They will have to wear side arms. I will not get to go with the planes. At about 4:30 P.M. we hit an iceberg. It bent one blade on the forward starboard propeller and bent the after starboard propeller shaft. Collision was sounded. We are in the midst of big icebergs and are likely to hit them at any time. The fog is still thick. It lifts a bit and then settles down again. We are proceeding very slow. At times we have to back down. We headed out of the ice fields. At 11:00 P.M. we lay to. We're out of the ice fields and danger zone. I saw the Northern Lights aurora borealis for the first time. It was a beautiful sight." "August 21st The Army planes hopped off this A.M. at about 4:00 o'clock. It is a bad day. The sea is more or less rough. The wop flyer started with the other two planes but when they passed the Barry he was 25 minutes ahead. The wop is trying to go to the North Pole At 3:30 P.M. there was no sign or no news of the Army planes so we got underway and started towards Barry in search of them. The ships were lined up from Iceland to Greenland as follows; Richmond Billingsley Reed Barry and Raleigh. The Milwaukee is on the other side of Greenland. Planes #2 and 4 landed in Greenland all ok. We don't know where the wop is. We have not heard from him as yet. We did not see the other planes pass us on account of the fog. I heard two different rumors about the wop's flight. One is that he is headed for the pole; the other is that he is going around the world. 826 miles from Iceland to Greenland." "August 23rd It is cloudy this A.M. but our two planes were lowered over the side about 5:00 A.M. and went in search of the Italian plane. The Italian's plane is an all metal plane. Our planes returned about 7:30 A.M. and left again about 10:00 A.M. and returned at 12:30. Only one plane went on the 10:00 A.M. trip. Lt. Collins and RM-3C Daniels was in one plane and Lt. Flemings and CMMA Ormsbee was in the other one. The second trip Lt. Collins and ACMM Ormsbee made the second trip .A Danish war vessel "The Island Falk" sent Eskimos out in their kayaks to look for the Italians and they also sent a motor boat to look for them ." Talks about lying upside the Richmond and passing the wreck of the H.M.S. Raleigh They arrive home on September 3rd in the Boston yard. The last entry in this diary is October 13th. Diary 2 - Guantanamo Bay California and Hawaii. Lots of torpedo testing in this diary: "October 20th .Departed Hampton Roads about 8:00 A.M. We arrived at Southern Drill grounds about 11:00 A.M. The Concord and the Trenton came out later. At about 3:00 P.M. the Trenton had an explosion in one of the twin mounts. 18 or 19 injured. At 5:00 P.M. we received a vague report. One man still missing overboard. At 5:25 one of our planes was lowered over the side and went in search for the man overboard. It was too dark to see much. We had general quarters at 1:00 P.M. Dummy firing. We are still searching with the search lights for the man overboard. The Trenton returned to Hampton Roads under full speed. We looked for the man overboard until about 10:00 P.M. The search lights going all the while." "November 10th Guantanamo Bay Another pretty day. The doctor went ashore to help with an operation. We left the Bay about 7:20 A.M. Harting was sunburned so bad last Sunday that the is on the excused list. General quarters this A.M. We had our final short range trials. We will fire Friday. Returned to Guantanamo Bay at 3:30 P.M. The patient that was operated on died about three hours after the operation. We got mail today. I went to the movies tonight." "November 28th Another pretty day. There is an island on our starboard. We continue to pass islands. It is getting cooler all the time. No quarters or general quarters today. The first general court martial was handed out today to Madigan. The uniform is now undress whites with jumpers. The last movie show was tonight." 1925 "February 9th Arrived at Guantanamo Bay at 12:15 A.M. and after unloading some supplies and mail to the Whitney we departed at 3:20 A.M. The Detroit's steering gear and turbines went on the blink. She had to stop in the bay for awhile but she beat us to Guantanamo Bay. The Trenton had to stop in the bay for awhile to get a corpse ashore. A man died with ___ pneumonia. We left mail with the Whitney but we did not get any in return. We arrived in Guantanamo Bay at 11:45 A.M. will be here all night. It is so clear in the water that we can see the bottom at six or seven fathoms 36 or 42 feet. The Detroit Cincinnati Milwaukee and Richmond were here when we arrived. We had general quarters this afternoon. Movies at night." "February 19th No quarters yesterday or today. I went ashore at 12:55. It took over an hour to get to the dock. We landed in Balboa. Mail came aboard before we left the ship. I like Panama City. Came back to the ship at about 10:00 P.M. Left the dock at 11:00 P.M. There were plenty drunks but I was not one of them. Did not take a drink of anything but water." "March 25th Left Huntington Beach about 6:00 A.M. Went out and joined the fleets. Had quarters as usual. We watched the Battle Fleet fire. It was real interesting. Colored splashes. The firing was finished by ten thirty. We headed back for Huntington Beach to send divers down to recover our starboard anchor. Had the following drills on our way in; Fire Collision Fire and Rescue and examined three men for physical qualifications for diving. I examined one man for 20 days B. & W. yesterday and vaccinated 71 men. I vaccinated myself ." "April 5th Sick call. We passed through Golden Gate about noon. An air plane flew over and a movie man took pictures of us. It was very foggy. We arrived at 1:50. Went ashore at 3:00. Went to a movie and vaudeville show then went to see "White Collars" a comedy. Got back to the ship at about 1:30 A.M. We received mail." "May 2nd Hawaii No inspection. Got underway for Pearl Harbor about seven o'clock. Got to the Navy Yard early. Took oil from the Brazo's. Went ashore from Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Got to Honolulu before one P.M. Passed some sugar cane farms on my way in to Honolulu. Went out to see the Godshall's. Went to a fort to see the movies. Last night and tonight. The ship returned to Honolulu about four o'clock. Mail." "May 6th A day long to be remembered. I made my first trip by air plane. One of our planes #3/14. Mide La Porte A.P. was the pilot. We were lowered over the side in the plane. First time up we were about 200 feet and had to make a landing on account of engine trouble. We got back to the ship about 11:40 and we left about 10:00 A.M. I enjoyed the hop very much. Only thrill was when he would make a heavy bank. Went ashore at 12:45. Went out to Godshalls and took a short swim. Mr. Settle took me for a ride. Went out to Pearl Harbor way and then up on Round Top Mountain. There is a wonderful view from Round Top. Returned aboard at 10:00 P.M." "May 22nd We got underway about 8:00 A.M. and returned at 2:20 P.M. We played another war game. The smoke screens were great. No one was allowed to make pictures of them in any of the maneuvers. I bought me a fountain pen from the canteen a Parker. I went ashore at 5:00 P.M. in the Captains' gig. I inquired of the patrol if any one had turned in a pen to them but no one had so I am still a pen shy ." "August 18th About 5:30 P.M. a boiler exploded on a boat going from Newport to Pawtucket. Two people were killed and several injured. The injured were taken to the Naval Hospital. I got to the hospital about seven o'clock and stayed until about eleven. It was a horrible sight in the ward. Men women and children were burned. The Mackinac." One diary is housed in a 6-ring binder measuring about 4" x 6". The other has lost the covers save for the aforementioned fragment. The pages measure about 3" x 5 ½" and are in great condition. Truly a superb peek a naval life from the sick bay. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SICK BAY GUANTANAMO BAY PANAMA CANAL ZONE HAWAII USS RALEIGH CL-7 USN UNITED STATES NAVY NAUTICAL NAVAL MARINE MARINER NURSING MEDICAL MEDICINE SAILORS BETWEEN WARS CUBA ICELAND BATTLESHIPS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown
19430002072KITTERY POINT MAINE ME. Very Good. 1943. On offer is a super original historic 1943 manuscript and ephemeral relic of the United States War effort American enthusiasm for the cause and a fascinating home front look at a young American woman's contribution and service. Handwritten by 25 year old Ellen Frances Tobey later Washburn of Kittery Point Maine she worked at the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard and kept a small 2½ x 4¼ inch diary wherein Ellen did a wonderful job filling the small book with all the details and duties of her life and those around her. Of particular interest to historians and collectors of the war ephemera will be the treasured mementoes Ellen included in the book being 19 launch tags each created to commemorate the completion and launching of submarines that would soon confront the German and Japanese navies. The submarines launched are: USS Capelin USS Crevalle USS Apogon USS Batfish the renowned USS Archerfish USS Burrfish USS Sand Lance USS Pampanito USS Picuda USS Parche USS Bang USS Pilotfish USS Pintado USS Pipefish USS Pomfret USS Sterlet USS Piranha USS Plaice and the USS Queenfish. Ellen a very active Pythian sister was born January 9th1918 died in April 1st 2000 was we believe in the purchase section of the supply department for the Navy Yard and seems to have made a point of attending the submarine launches. The launch tags are stapled by the string not the tag itself into the diary on the days of the launch. Overall the book and the tags are VG. BIO NOTES: LIVERMORE FALLS Maine - Ellen F. Washburn 82 died late Sunday night April 1 in the comfort of her home on Munsey Avenue with her family at her side. She was born Jan. 9 1918 in Kittery Point Maine the daughter of Charles G. and Cordelia Wildes Tobey. She received her education in Beverly Mass. graduating from Beverly High School in the Class of '35. She continued her education at Hawthorne Business School in Salem Mass. She was employed at a fish market in Salem Mass. and moved back to Kittery Point where she was employed by a finance company. She retired from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after 20 years of service and on August 25 1962 married S. Paul Washburn at the Kittery Point Congregational Church. After moving to Livermore Falls she was one of the first employees during the construction of the Androscoggin Mill International Paper Co. and worked in the engineering department. He later was a bookkeeper for New England Furniture Co. and Dunton Department Stores in Livermore Falls. She was active in many fraternal organizations. She was a 50-year member of the Rebekahs the Order of the Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters. She was a past president of The Rebekah Assembly of Maine a past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star in both Kittery and Livermore Falls and was a secretary of the local lodge of Pythian Sisters.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ELLEN FRANCES TOBEY WASHBURN PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIP YARD SUBMARINE LAUNCH TAGS USN SHIP BUILDING HOMEFRONT EFFORT GERMAN NAVY KRIEGSMARINE PYTHIAN SISTERS SISTERS OF PYTHIAS LIVERMORE FALLS MAINE ELLEN F. WASHBURN HOME FRONT WWII WW2 WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR 2 NAVY MARINE NAUTICAL NAVAL WARFARE SUBMARINES SUBMARINERS USS CAPELIN USS CREVALLE USS APOGON USS BATFISH USS ARCHERFISH USS BURRFISH USS SAND LANCE USS PAMPANITO USS PICUDA USS PARCHE USS BANG USS PILOTFISH USS PINTADO USS PIPEFISH USS POMFRET USS STERLET USS PIRANHA USS PLAICE AND THE USS QUEENFISH AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19410001680SITKA ALASKA AK HAVRE MONTANA USA. Very Good. 1941. On offer is a very interesting very bluntly written detailed World War II manuscript diary handwritten John C. Troy 39601846 from Havre Montana. Using a large 5½ x7 ½ x 1 ¼ premium "My Year in the Army" undated journal with his name and city gilt stamped on the cover Mr. Troy is a character and has quite some personality which he unabashedly shares with his diary. Using the free endpapers he sets the tone when he writes: "Sitka Alaska The home of many fishermen. It has four bars three whore houses three whiskey stores and three cafes. When it's the army's pay day one has a hard time in finding room in any of them." For the most part the book is about 90% diary but as it is undated he uses it as a 'catchall' too - names addresses autographs drawings maps poetry transcribed songs and much much more. He also peppers the narrative with little stickers much like small postcards all of the Sitka area. He writes as little as a paragraph sometimes many pages on a particular day. Beginning with "Here it is the army life and likes and dislikes of it." he starts on April 10th 1941 declaring the "largest hangover of my life" through to late April 1942 all the while in Naval Air Station Sitka. He writes on every facing page and then doubles back when he reaches the end creating a massive 300 pages in all. This is one of the most interesting manuscript relics of World War II we have ever had the pleasure of reading. Overall VG.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOHN C. TROY HAVRE MONTANA SITKA ALASKA WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 WORLD WAR TWO GULF OF ALASKA NAS SITKA NAVAL AIR STATION SITKA JAPONSKI ISLAND SITKA SOUND HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT SÜTTERLIN VON HAND GESCHRIEBEN HANDSCHRIFTLICH UNIKAT EINZELSTÜCK DOKUMENT SCHRIFTSTÜCK KURRENT KURRENTSCHRIFT DEUTSCHE SCHREIBSCHRIFT OSTPREUßEN KALININGRAD ADEL DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
18750001913ASEA ABOARD THE HMS ROYAL YACHT SERAPIS TO INDIA. Good. 1875. On offer is a superb manuscript relic of Victorian Era travel detailing a well documented trip by H R H Prince Edward and various dignitaries to India traveling by way of HMS Royal Yacht Serapis. The journal of the trip begins with the author we believe to be M. Harwell Royal Marine as was marked the chest from which this manuscript was rescued though we note a later childish hand circa 1900s wrote the name of Kenneth Ellicott among other scribbles and drawings a later relative we suspect being based on a hulk in Portsmouth awaiting the ship being prepared for the 9 month voyage. Researchers and historians of Victorian travel or the global politics and commerce behind this trip will relish the large folio sized 12½ x 8½ inch 86 well filled pages with super detail by this crew man giving good account of movements of crew HRH visitors deaths accidents in harbor receiving gifts such as ostriches. Binding still complete spine cover gone some blank pages removed but the journal is complete and overall G. ; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ROYAL YACHT SERAPIS NAVAL M HARWELL ROYAL MARINE ROYAL NAVY VICTORIAN ERA 19TH CENTURY MARINE NAUTICAL OCEAN TRAVEL ASIAN SUBCONTINENT INDIA STEAM SHIPS SAILING SHIPS BRITANNIA BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19230002125NIGERIA WESTERN AFRICA. Very Good. 1923. On offer is a fascinating original historic 1920s African travel diary handwritten by a British woman we can only identify as the wife of Carl who took two 2 trips to Nigeria that make significant manuscript histories of the voyages and their extended three month visits to the country living touring and socializing with many of the country's most notable citizens and other British ex-pats. The first trip was between 14th Nov 1923 and March 1st 1924 sailing on the T.M.S. ABA and then again between 12th Nov 1924 and 8th March 1925 on the SS Appam. The largish 8 x 6.5 inch lined journal with 175 or so pages of cursive writings by a keenly observant very intelligent woman who is clearly educated and traveling in significant social circles. We know they lived in Priory Road Bristol her husband's name was Carl and there is a strong military connection with references to Captain Lace Captain Harrison and Captain Mac. She and others had dinner with Sir Hugh Clifford at Government House Nigeria she met The Emir of Katsina and on board the ship who during her first trip was given the gift of a horse for him. During the second trip the Emir came to their place of residence and his horse dropped dead whilst he was inside! There are many references to passengers and life on the ships including The Plague in Sierra Leone a group of ladies she referred to as Grass Widows evenings singing and playing the piano. The second trip is significant for the fact that there were many soldiers on the boat and historians and researchers of the time and the place will understand this is all the while with the backdrop of Nigeria's most recent political upheaval. Whilst in Nigeria lots of text about setting up the house they lived in descriptions of the servants references to natives with bows and arrows bush fires lots of bridge parties. Overall VG. HISTORICAL NOTES: Wiki: The Nigerian National Democratic Party NNDP was Nigeria's first political party. Formed in 1923 by Herbert Macaulay to take advantage of the new Clifford Constitution the NNDP successfully organized various Lagos interest groups into a single group that was able to compete politically. The NNDP ran many candidates for seats in the 1922 elections for the Lagos Legislative Council winning three seats. The party continued to dominate politics in Lagos until 1938 when the Nigerian Youth Movement NYM overtook it in elections.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY NNDP NIGERIA HERBERT MACAULAY CLIFFORD CONSTITUTION EMIR SOLDIERS ARMY EMIR OF KATSINA THE PLAGUE IN SIERRA LEONE GRASS WIDOWS OLAYINKA HERBERT SAMUEL HEELAS BADMUS MACAULAY LAGOS COLONY YORUBALAND NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE AJAYI CROWTHER WESTERN AFRICA EARLY 20TH CENTURY AFRICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19250001039Changsha China. Good. 1925. On offer is a very interesting pair 2 of manuscript diaries handwritten by Mildred Ruth Mills wife of Edmund. Our writer appears to be a wealthy American woman in Changsha China in 1925 and then a decade later is 1936. Historians and collectors of Chinese political and historical ephemera will recognize that Mrs. Mills was well suited to observe the birth pangs of the Nationalist movement. In fact she is in China at a tinder box time with Sun-Yat-Sen dying in Peking in March of 1925 and the ascendance of Chiang Kai-shek as his successor. She travels to other locations in eastern China throughout the year and there is an entry later in the year stating that they re-locate to Wuhu China. While half of January is used for recording which letters were "received" and "sent" there are over 325 entries for the rest of the year. Here are some snippets: "had chinese lesson today as usual". 3/6-"met the chinese interpreter and agent they were very nice." 5/3 "we put up a lunch and went to yola sou. Took boy with us had chair coolies. Went way up to top where we could see all of Changsha and vicinity. Was a wonderful view. Went in several temples". At some point her husband an employee of Standard Oil Co. of NY has to travel "up country" for a couple of weeks and she is making local/social trips by boat: "went to Island at four Mrs. Corbett has birthday party for Mollie.5/17 "Raining very hard today. Came over in boat with B.A. Men. Looks like a bad day for my tea." "weather was terrible and river bad". A few days later on 5/26 "River was bad last night. Could not cross so stayed all night with Peggy". Also references to "Mei Foo" which may be a bus in China. 6/1 "We are planning to go to Hankou on Mei Foo not sure yet." Many entries regarding political unrest: 6/1 "Today chinese have big parade against Japan and foreigners" on 6/5 "came back and had our dinner on the British gun boat 'Crickett' .city under strict law". On 6/7 "Things worse in the city" and on 6/12 she writes; "Foreigners killed in Hankou. Mr. Hobart was here expects things will be worse". On the lighter side back on 2/18 is a popular movie reference-"Sorry E. her husband Ed missed the picture last night 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'. I've seen it but wanted him to see it also". A subject that shows up in many entries is relations with the "help".2/9-."cook has asked for a raise to $18.00 we gave him $16.00 for now." 5/8 "had an argument with boy today so he left. Am without a boy now and Awah is still sick". 5/19 "Came home and found servants all gone have to fine them dollar each". 8/19 "one of the servants evidently stole Miss Norelico's money. Had exciting time the sisters had police in but could not find who took it". Again more boat traveling; "went to SOCONY place to wait for boat". 8/21 "Arrived Hankow about two o'clock . Capt Hoey met Mrs. Dressel. Came to Mr. Nichols house. Mrs. N is still away". 10/30 she writes "received telegram today saying we are transferred to Wuhu as soon as we are able to travel". 11/25 "Reached Hankow this morning went to office first with Ed waited in Mr. Porterfield's office. Went to Mrs. Bakes with her porter". New Year's Eve: "Finally decided not to go as chinese to costume party. Dressed up as small girl." There is also a receipt from a confectioners store with a Tientsin printed but "Changsha" written in the blank 4//11/25 I checked the date and author must have picked up some sweets to take on the way to "Mrs. Hobart's 'skiaki' party"$3.40 worth. The cover of the 1925 5&1/2" x 7&1/4" diary is quite worn there is splitting at front/back endpapers exposing weave but both boards holding well and overall G. The 1936 book is a 5 x 4 inches 'Lest We Forget' diary with her name embossed in gilt and it is VG.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CHINA REPUBLICAN CHINA OIL COMPANIES OIL EXPLORATION NATIONALISM WARLORDS CHINESE RACE RELATIONS AMERICANA SUN YAT-SEN CHIANG KAI-SHEK HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY . hardcover
19290008137PIEDMONT SOUTH DAKOTA. Good. 1929. On offer is a first-hand account of a man struggling at the onset of the Great Depression. His handwritten journal measures 6.25 inches by 4.5 inches on a landscape layout. It contains 70 pages. It is about 50% complete. The stiff cardboard cover and pages are secured by a ribbon tie. The journal is in good shape. The entries are made on un-numbered and undated pages in pencil and the handwriting is legible. Samuel E. Peyton lived in the Black Hills just east of Piedmont SD. We do not know his age. To say that he is poor would be a huge understatement. Peyton was destitute. He lives in a cabin above the village of Piedmont with his mother and they barely subsist. His other companions are a horse named Goldy a cat named Dit and a dog. He has a car that is not running and that the seller is trying to repossess. The cabin seems to be inside the Black Hills National Forest. This didn't endear him to park rangers who drop by to see if he has moved on. He spends his days chopping wood and going down into Piedmont to check his mail. He has applied for an unspecified pension and is hoping for a positive answer. His mother is a painter and has sold some art and is awaiting payment. His entries contain a number of wry observations of the people he encounters - whether his friend Jim or the woman who runs the general store. He wrestles with the idea of taking a job cutting wood but fears it will impede his ambition to become an aviator! He sees Jim most days when he goes into town. Jim and presumably his wife Mama own a house where they rent some rooms. When they decide to move out of Piedmont they offer it to Samuel and his mother and let them keep the rent as well. The following entries will give a flavour of this interesting journal: ".We have been broke since Christmas and have been living on spuds and onions mostly. Duhamel's were to pay us $30 for pictures the first of January but didn't. They haven't payed us yet. We are hoping to get our pension as usual. Also the Forest Service is trying to kick us off as usual. Mr. Oliver seems to be our only friend. He is a good one though." Jan 23; ". Went to Piedmont today. Haven't heard from pension yet or Duhamel's either. It was 21 degrees below this morning in Piedmont. Mrs. Priest wants her store bill paid. Well we have only 2 cents in cash. I owe Mrs. M. M. Couper 5 cents for a post. I owe 25 cents for box rent so if they declare me bankrupt they will only get about 1 cent on every $10." Jan 26; "Cold and foggy with snow falling. There is frost all over the bushes and trees. Winter has set in again and our hope of having some nice weather is gone. I wonder when it will warm up. Spent most of day reading and sitting around but spent a couple of hours getting wood. Forest supervisor Duthie and forest ranger Hickel came over to see if we had vacated the place yet. Well we haven't and won't until we are ready." Feb 5 ". I went to Piedmont today and brought home some groceries from mama's. I beat Jim 2 games of chess out of 3. We got a letter from the pension bureau which turned down our pension. It was turned down by Ward C. Finney the same man who has ignored our requests for a mineral examination on our claims. He is assistant secretary of inteior. He is a hand and glove in with the Forest Service trying to get us off our place. He absolutely ignored our evidence for our pension alone. I shall always remember Edward C. Finney also Forest supervisor Duthie."Feb 18; ". I went to P. today and got some more flour and a can of salmon. Mrs. M. M. Couper pounced on me and demanded her two nickles for the Posts. I told her that the publishers were asking us for the $2 for it and she admitted she had gotten her money back from them. She sure must have felt like a nickle. She talked for 15 minutes to save her face. Mrs. Couper is Scotch and so she can't let any money get away from her if she can help it. Well I bet she won't be so quick to bum some one the next time." Feb 15; ". I don't know what to do. If I get a job from the Hornstake I will be here working all summer and if I don't we won't have anything to live on. We haven't any money to go away on or any job to go to so we are up in the air. Mother has $50 coming from Mr. Over of the State University William H. Over was a collector and curator of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History of South Dakota for an Indian Painting also $30 from Duhamel's. If we get this we may go."Feb 23; ". I don't see what we can do for ourselves by staying here but I don't see where we can go with our any money. We can't stay here and live off the folks however so we must go somewhere or else must get a job around here. I do not want to get a job here because it will make me give up any idea of getting into aviation which is my ambition . " Feb 25; ". I went to town today. Mama said that she and Jim were going away and that she would like to have us stay in her house and look after the school teachers. She said we could have the $20 a month rent too. I don't like the idea vary well but I guess it is that or nothing."Mar 9. He notes the Cristero War or Cristero Rebellion that was ravaging in Mexico at the time Mar.18. His last entry is in early April: ". We got our pension. The $20 a month one with $197 back."Apr1. We hear no more from Samuel Peyton. This is a fascinating look into the life of a very ordinary person trying to make ends meet at the outset of the worst financial crisis that America had ever faced. For a social historian it provides a glimpse into the daily hardships of grinding poverty that confronted many ordinary Americans.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY; 1920s; SAMUEL PEYTON; UNITED STATES PIEDMONT; SD; SOUTH DAKOTA; MEADE COUNTY; BLACK HILLS; GREAT PLAINS; RAPID CITY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES THE GREAT DEPRESSION RURAL MIDWEST IN THE LATE 1920S; POVERTY IN THE 1920S UNITED STATES; BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST; FOREST RANGERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA; ; DUHAMEL; W.H.OVER; EDWARD C. FINNEY; GEORGE A. DUTHIE SUPERVISOR OF THE BLACK HILLS FOREST; CRISTERO REBELLION; AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION OF 1920s ON THE GREAT PLAINS LIFE IN BLACK HILLS FOREST IN 1920s AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
18840001749MILLBROOK JERSEY ISLAND TO SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA. Good. 1884. On offer is a fascinating unique manuscript relic of the life of a young boy living on the Jersey Islands one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel dated January 1884 through April 1885 and then April 1886. Incredibly the diary then becomes an intriguing description of this family's emigration to the United States of America by way of travel through Canada Boston St. Louis Oregon and finally settling near San Francisco and Oakland in San Leandro. Handwritten by an unidentified young man the diary begins in Millbrook Jersey where the diarist lived. There are many references to playing cricket he obviously loved playing cricket as well as references to football trips to various Jersey towns his daily life on Jersey Island planting potatoes and beans etc. Almost every day has at least a brief notation of the weather and notes of local events such as a two-masted ship has stranded near the station. His family appears to have been somewhat well-to-do the premium leather book lends credence given the youth of the writer perhaps they were land-owners and farmers on Jersey Island. The diary writer was able to travel quite a bit play lots of cricket go to school take Preceptor's Exams travel to France etc. Life did not appear a burden for him. There are many names mentioned in the diary but the diarist almost always used first names and only occasionally surnames. Here are snippets from his life on Jersey in 1884: 27 Fri. Fine rainy. Papa walked to Gorey. 5 Wed. Very fine. Played a foot-ball match against David's but were beaten. 15 Sat. Practiced cricket with Ernest. 20 Thurs. Windy. Played cricket. 29. Sat. Fine. Played cricket after school. Planted potatoes in the conservatory. 4 Fri. Rainy in the evening; played cricket. 8 Tues. Very fine. Ernest received a present from Uncle John. Played Cricket in the "Miles" with the school. 9 Wed. Very fine. Played cricket in "the Sands". 26. Sat. We went to Portelet Bay with Pirchard. Mamie got a prize of one pound. 30. Wed. We are studying history for the examinations. Played cricket in "The Sands". 1. Sun. Very fine. Mr. Nicholson who has just come back from Scotland preached. 2 Mon. We played 8 boys against 22 smaller ones and beat them. At last it has commenced to rain. 26. Thurs. This afternoon I went to the sports events at St. Aubin's School. 30. Mon. Took the train for St. Helier and left Jersey for St. Marlo at 8.30 this morn. I was as sick as I could be although the sea was calm. 8. Tues. Bought some cherries to carry back to Jersey. 17 Thurs. Fine. Papa bought me a half guinea bat for birthday. 24. Thurs. Fine but windy. Planted beans. 27 Fri. Cold wind. Went to be measured for clothes and to see Sadie she had a toothache and could not go with us for a drive but we went to St. Catherine's Bay. 1 Sat. Played a match of football against the 2nd club of Victoria College but were beaten. They got 2 goals and 3 tries we nothing. 20 Wed. Planted potatoes all the afternoon with Ernest and Willie. 22. Fri. I am 5 ft 11 1/2 in. high in stocking feet. The family leaves Jersey Island by steamer ship goes to England then leaves England for Halifax Canada; then to Boston; then by train to Portland Oregon with a lengthy stop in Decatur and other towns in Illinois where they have relatives; they visit a number of towns in Oregon before deciding to stay in Portland where they buy or rent a house; but the father decides he doesn't like it; he visits Santa Rosa California which he likes at first but then doesn't; so they visit the San Francisco Bay Area where they all seem happy and the Father buys 10 acres in San Leandro and that's where they end up. The diary recounts all aspects of the journey - the dirty hotels finding arrowheads in Illinois the changing landscape the cost of eggs and fruit in Oregon the fertility of the land the wildness of the land the trains the sleeping cars and much more. Here are some snippets: "Rough and foggy. Very sea-sick. Ship rolled a great deal. Steamed 190 miles. Still sea-sick. I am not able to sit at the table but the stewardess brings me something on deck. Sailed 240 miles. Wind in our favor. We get in the harbour very early and coming in a doctor boards our ship to see if we were bringing any disease. We waited until 6.30 for a train and got a 1st Class Car. I like the train very much the seats are leather and very comfortable. Arrived at Millie's at 7.30. Went in the woods. Made a fire. Ernest found a nest with brown eggs. Pa went to Boston with Willie and Ernest. Picked huckleberries. Pa Mamie Willie Bessie and I rode in a carriage to Welesley and visited Mr. Hannewell's place. we then went to Welesley College. Went to Millis's farm. He has 85 cows in his stables and a large piggery. Packed. Left Millis at 9 am and arrived at Boston at 10.30 am where we waited till 4 for the train. We got a Pullman Sleeping car and will only change at Decatur Ill. We are now near Niagara Falls - Crossed over the suspension bridge below the Falls. The river is very narrow rapid and water very rough. Capt. Webb was drowned here. Went through Canada - the country wild and barren looking. A ferry took the train over Lake St. Clair. Ernest Willie and I went to the "bluffs" along the Illinois river. We went in the buggy and Willie rode most of the way on horseback. We had dinner at John Brown's he gave me 2 arrow-heads of flint. The valley is very fertile and much corn is raised. Effie Winnie Bessie and I went back with Ma to Jacksonville IL. Went to Mamie Gregory's after tea. We passed over the Illinois the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Country somewhat undulating and not very rich. Arrived at Kansas City at 9 pm and put up at Blossom Hotel. The city looks untidy and unfinished. Went through Wyoming which is dried up. only sage growing. Stopped at Cheyene. Saw some Indians at one of the stations and passed through Rock Springs where many Chinese were massacred a short while ago. We ascended to a great height about 9000 feet. Arrived at East Portland and a steamer took the passengers across the Willamette river to Portland proper and then we went to Quimby House Hotel. This is a large town but the streets are very dirty. Crossed the river in the ferry and went to the house we have taken at the corner of 9th and L Street. Went out for a walk. Pa at Ashland but likes Eugene City best. Rainy day. Read "Stock Gambling". Pa joined the Public Library. I read "Congo" by H.M. Stanley. Went for a walk with Winnie and Bessie. They had their pictures taken. Went to the library and after dinner went towards Mt. Tabor to see a piece of land for sale. Kept Thanksgiving with three fowls for dinner. The roads are extremely muddy even in town. Went with PA to see the California steamer. Pa bought a ticket. He went on board this night. Went to Berkeley and visited the University grounds and museums. During the afternoon walked along lake Merritt. Took the ferry to San Francisco and visited Golden Gate Park and Cliff House. Saw the seals lying on rocks. Ma and Pa came back. They do not like Santa Rosa - it is too warm. Walked along the lake in the direction of Piedmont. Went fishing but caught nothing. Had teeth filled at Gilman's. Skinned a humming-bird. Pa bought 10 acres in San Leandro." Flexible Leather Covers marbled endpapers all gilt edges 4.75" x 7" lined inner pages approximately 140 pages 70 leaves. About half the pages approximately 70 pages are completely filled with manuscript diary entries the rest of the pages are blank. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF PORTELET BAY CHANNEL ISLANDS ENGLISH CHANNEL SAN LEANDRO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JERSEY ISLAND ST. HELIER IMMIGRATION TO THE USA EMIGRATION GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND MILLBROOK AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITING 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
18700001471S.S. INDIA BERLIN GERMANY PRUSSIA. Very Good. 1870. On offer is a sensational December 1870 to June 1871 manuscript journal and diary of Will A. Briggs as noted in his own hand on the title page. One part travel diary another part historical observations on the condition of Europe and specifically Germany and the city of Berlin during the Franco-Prussian War we particularly note his description of Berlin during the celebration of Berliners to the successful Siege of Paris and Armistice January 1871 and another part handwritten relic of a serious student and composer of music this book was obviously a treasure to the author given the fact the pages are bound in fine original gilt decorated brown morocco leather boards; spine sympathetically rebacked in antique style the gilt ruled & decorated spine with 5 raised bands red & black gilt lettered morocco labels. Briggs in a fine hand details his travels by ship S.S. India from New York City to Berlin Prussia and Europe. The text covers 193 of 350 pages and a further half dozen pages contain summary lists: "Log of the S.S. Iowa from Glasgow to New York" "Places of Amusement" "Summary of Berlin Theatres" "Rail Road v Steam Boat Travel" "Hotels Stopped at in Europe 1871 Hamburg Hotel bill tipped in" "Passengers on Board the S.S. India" "Musical Compositions Written in Europe". He also notes the entertainments he sees or takes part in the important attendees plus much much more providing a 'Grand Tour' journal of depth and significance in his descriptions of Berlin and Germany. NOTE: While not specifically stated we are certain that 'Will A. Briggs' was William Adams Briggs who is noted in a 1903 Vermont newspaper as having been a student of music who furthered his studies in Berlin in 1870 and 1871. He returned to Vermont to be the organist at the Bethany Church and a teacher of music at the Goddard Seminary in Barre Vermont. This is conclusive given the confirming contents of the handwritten travel book. There is some stiffening to some pages and some yellowing but overall the book is G. Thick 8vo. 8.5" x 7.25" inches. 352 numbered pages.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR WAR OF 1870 PRUSSIA GERMANY BERLIN GRAND TOUR COMPOSERS MUSICIANS TRAVEL VERMONT ORGANIST BRIGGS EUROPE EUROPEAN GRAND TOUR HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover
19440008224U.S. NAVY - PACIFIC THEATER SOUTH PACIFIC. Good. 1944. On offer is a fine collection of original manuscript notes and writings handwritten by a sailor on a battle-tested U.S. Navy ship in WWII. The following details the size condition etc of the diaries: There are four notebooks: January-June 1944 has 56 pages and 50% complete; July-September 1944 - 56 pages and 50% complete; October-December 1944 - 18 pages and 50% complete and February-August 1945 - 61 pages 26% complete. All notebooks measure 8' x 5'. The cover is missing on two of them Jul - Sept. and Oct. - Dec. and the cover of the last notebook is in fair condition but the pages are in good condition. Some are loose. William J Gray was a seaman second class serving on USS Lassen in 1944 and 1945. USS Lassen began life as the commercial merchant ship MS Shooting Star in 1940. After sea trials she was transferred to the U.S. Navy and took on the role of ammunition supply ship. She was renamed USS Lassen following a U.S. navy tradition of naming munitions ships after volcanoes - in this case Mt Lassen CA. Between 1941 and when Gray joined her crew in 1944 she made munitions deliveries on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and U.S. navy assets in the Pacific Ocean. After the outbreak of WWII she made a number of replenishment voyages to U.S navy elements stationed in the South Pacific. In 1944 at the time that Gray joined her crew Lassen was part of Vice-Admiral W. L. Calhoun's 7th Force Pacific Fleet. The USS Lassen arrived at Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 2 February 1944. She replenished ships both in the Marshall Islands and at Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands. As part of the supply train of the fleet at Kossol Passage Palau Islands from 25 September to 2 October and at Ulithi Atoll from 4 October to 18 November 1944 she earned her first of three battle stars: "On the afternoon of the 20 th we sighted 3 tankers and 2 DE's Destroyer Escorts just over the horizon. At about 1400 we had GQ General Quarters and could see the anti-aircraft barrage the other convoy was firing. It drove the 3 planes 3 Zero's off and one of them came in our direction. Our DE and the tanker fired but it was out of range and soon disappeared. . Secured from GQ at about 1600. At 1700 . GQ sounded again. . went to my station starboard 1.1 pom pom guns The DE was in the lead Lassen next and the tanker last. . the tanker fired on it. . it appeared off our starboard side. . we and the tanker opened fire on it. It went aft of our fantail turned and went back over the tanker some said it dropped several bombs then . I had a good view from the bridge." Nov 13 1944 ; ". the largest unit of the fleet we had serviced appeared about daylight - several major carriers 3 battleships of the South Dakota class escort carriers cruisers and cans destroyers. We took the Washington alongside and she took 900 5" projectiles and powder. " July 28 1945. Gray also listed the ships in some of the Task Forces of which he was part. He also included the text of a message received from Task Force Commander Admiral Bill Halsey "after three record-breaking days of reaming". His last entries are from August 1945: ". We continued loading and at 8 AM August 15th learned that the Japs had accepted our counter proposals. Finished loading thinking we were leaving the 20th . Waiting for orders." Aug 20 1945. The USS Lassen departed for the United States on Oct 25th and arrived at Port Discovery Nov 20th 1945. This is an excellent description of life at sea in the midst of some of the greatest naval actions. Gray's notes are replete with details of ships serviced and rearmed types of ammunition transferred etc. For a naval historian this is a valuable piece of source documentation. It can serve to paint a picture of a little-celebrated but vital part of naval operations - replenishment at sea and provide a different perspective on the war in the Pacific. Gray writes well and his words bring to life the events so often related in the pages of history books or on movie screens.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY; 1940S; WW2; SECOND WORLD WAR; AMERICAN NAVY; AMERICANS IN WW2; WILLIAM J. GRAY; USS LASSEN; ADMIRAL WILLIAM 'BILL' HALSLEY; WAR IN THE PACIFIC; ATOMIC BOMB; AMMUNITION SHIPS; US NAVY; 7TH FORCE PACIFIC FLEET; NAVAL HISTORY; PACIFIC THEATER; WAR HISTORY; MILITARY HISTORY; AMERICAN SHIPS; AMERICAN VESSELS; MARITIME HISTORY; UNITED STATES NAVY; US NAVAL HISTORY; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19150007030NORTH ATLANTIC TO MOMBASA. Fair. 1915. On offer is a fascinating journal written by a Royal Navy sailor during WWI. The journal measures 7 inches by 4.5 inches and contains 144 pages. It is about 65% complete. There is damage to the front cover and several pages have also been damaged. The spine of the journal is broken and the front cover is partially separated. However the writings are intact and the handwriting is legible. The SS Armadale Castle began life as a passenger cruiser. Laid down in 1909 she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914 and taken into service. Converted to an armed merchant cruiser she sailed under the name HMS Armadale Castle. Her voyages mostly took her down the west coast of Africa sometimes rounding the Cape of Good Hope to sail as far north as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. One voyage took her across the Atlantic to Halifax Canada and a second one to New York City. She also sailed regularly along the west coast of England as far north as the Faroe Islands. The cruise described in this journal sees the Armadale Castle leaving her home port of Devonport and sailing south as far as Sierra Leone and then returning to her home port. After coaling and replenishing she sailed unescorted to New York City to load cargo for England. She sailed back in convoy along with the SS Canopic SS Vauban and several others escorted by the USS Montana. Following the war she was returned to commercial service in 1919. She was laid up in 1935 and scrapped in 1936. The author of the journal is Arthur Fenton a signalman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. His journal details the day-to-day events of life on board. 'Today we were up before reveille and set off from the Palace after farewells at 9.0 o.c The band played us to the station and we said goodbye to the Devonport Draft. We got to Portsmouth at 2:30 and did nothing much besides changing and lashing hammocks . Feb 11 . I'm getting more used to the routine now & every duty done & learned takes away some heaviness of heart. The worst of it is I'm lonely . Feb 13 The watch in the telephone box passed off all right yesterday . A signalman from the "Motagua" HMS Motagua another armed merchant cruiser was in the box with me and he told me some things about her. She's had three accidents - first with ice then a mine & this time in drydock through fouling a Yankee destroyer. The depth charges and some torpedoes in the destroyer went off & blew half her stern away. . Mar 5 In New York City he anted to see some of the sights but his pay papers got left behind in England. With a sailor's customary ingenuity he devised a plan: . In the afternoon I wrote to Gertie and made a lot of the fact of no pay for the benefit of the censor which had the desired effect though unexpectedly yesterday. The Paybob sent down for me asked me what I thought was owning & gave me a quid. .Apr 11 With money in his pocket he takes his shore leave and explores central New York. Among the many places he visits is the Hippodrome theatre: . The Hippodrome was a great show a revue "Cheer Up". Its an enormous place and the stage had hundreds on at a time. . In the last scene there was a tank of water on the stage into which girls were diving & a man Houdini got himself out of a bound box in the water. . Apr 15 Back at sea life was all business again. A few weeks later they were being stalked by a U-boat: . I was in the wheelhouse when I heard the destroyer ahead of us sound her siren and rushed out to see the B flag up & the destroyer rushing round at full speed across our bows. . I stood at the port end of the bridge and saw something come up & down about thirty yards away which I think must have been a periscope. Things quieted down after that except for some shots at a submarine on the port wing of the convoy. .May 7 Also included are two undated black and white photograph - one of a young boy and the other of a man. The picture of the boy was taken in Swinton which is his home town. The 2nd picture noted that it was taken in 1924 in Kent. Context suggests that these may be pictures of Fenton. This is an outstanding piece of history from WWI. It is well-written and describes the life of a merchant seaman in wartime. A historian can use this journal not only as a record of this ship's movement but also to cross-reference other ships mentioned in the book. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ARTHUR FENTON; ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE; HMS ARMADALE CASTLE; ROYAL NAVY; SS CANOPIC; SS VAUBAN; ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER WWI WW1 WORLD WAR ONE NAVAL MARINE MARINERS SAILORS BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC BRITISH ROYAL NAVY GREAT BRITAIN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
18670008019MONTREAL QUEBEC TORONTO HAMILTON ONTARIO. Good. 1867. On offer is a manuscript travel journal of a sea voyage from Plymouth England to Quebec and an overland tour to Toronto and Hamilton made in the month following the Confederation authored by an Englishman identified by his own inscription as A. W. Row. It gives a fabulous opportunity to see Canada through the eyes of an early traveller. He travelled by boat rail and horse-car comparing the sights to England and expressing especial liking towards Hamilton Ontario. On July 11 1867 he boarded a brig named "Eliza" commanded by Captain Barrett: "Arrived on board the Eliza at noon got on first rate eat drank and slept well" but due to weather conditions they were not able to get to sea until July 15: "Started at 4 a.m. enjoying myself jolly leaving the Princess Royal and Countess all astern about 9 or 10 miles off the Lizard". In his voyage account he mentions seeing a whale and catching cod and a shark writes about strong head winds and gale: "One of the heaviest gales the crew ever recollects in the month of July. While at dinner the rudder ropes parted nearly throwing the man over the wheel obliged to heave to under close reefed main topsail only. I never saw anything so awfully grand in my life. I had three falls but escaped with two nasty bruises". On August 10 he writes about Dead Horse celebration the day when sailors paid off their debt to the ship according to a naval tradition: "Had rare fun about the Dead Horse had to stand grog around". On August 30 they arrived in Quebec: " arrived at Montreal at 6AM. Next morning had a drive around the city was very much pleased at noon started by cars to Lachine & through to Hamilton. that travelling much more pleasant than what I have seen there in England should like to live in C.W. very much." In Hamilton he was staying at the Royal Hotel the only first class hotel in the city built in 1857 by Thomas Davidson and meeting with several people: "Still at Hamilton the folks very kind.wish me to stay longer very sorry i can't. E. T. Very jolly nice gal no humbugging stiffness that some gals have". Then he started his return trip first by rail to Toronto which he found nice but not as pleasant as Hamilton and then by boat to Montreal was riding around with captain Barrett on business and regretted not having time to visit the Montmorency Falls . On September 13 they set sail to go back to England. The journal covers a two month period written in a fine colonial hand on blue lined leafs with marbled edges 11 pages are densely filled but most left blank. Unique wallet-style binding brown roan with wrap around closure internal pocket to front board.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF A.W. ROW CANADA EASTERN ONTARIO QUEBEC MONTREAL TORONTO HAMILTON SEA TRAVEL SEA VOYAGES CAPTAIN BARRETT BRIG ELIZA ATLANTIC OCEAN NAVAL TRADITIONS SAILS SAILBOATS 19TH CENTURY CANADA CONFEDERATION 1867 BRITAIN VICTORIAN ERA 1860S CONFEDERATION CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19140012252Ohio United States. Fair with no dust jacket. 1914. Softcover. On offer is the college diary of a young man from a very influential Ohio family who would go on to become Chairman of the Dawes Arboretum owner of Eureka Fire and Marine Insurance Company and a Lieutenant Colonel in WWII. The author of the diary is Beman Gates B. G. Dawes Jr. called Gates by his contemporaries 1895-1968. Gates was the eldest son of Beman Sr. And Bertie Dawes. Beman Sr. Was the founding president of the Ohio Cities Gas Company later Pure Oil Company and an Ohio Congressman from 1905-1909. Gates uncle Charles G. Dawes was Vice President of the United States under Coolidge 1925-1929. Beman Sr. And Bertie founded the Dawes Arboretum. Gates was himself a prominent figure in Ohio. Born in Lincoln Nebraska Gates graduated from Marietta College where there was once a Dawes Memorial Library named for his family. Gates married Janet Newton in 1919 and they had three daughters. During the First World War he enlisted in 1917 and served with the Army Engineers. He was an Air Force Major during WWII. A devoted Republican Gates was an active member of the Charter Committee in Cincinnati. He spent 20 years on the Board of Trustees at his alma matter including a decade as Chairman of the Board at Marietta College. When his father died in 1953 Gates. Became Chairman of the Board of Directors at his familys Dawes Arboretum. Gates kept this diary in 1914 when he was 19 years old and attending Marietta College. His entries are detailed and offer a picture of a young man and his life in these early days of 20th century America. His entries focus around school sports and his social life with no references to events outside his own life. The following excerpts will give a sense of his life and times: Down to school and had a little Math test which I flunked with the greatest ease. Over to gym in afternoon and monkeyed around a little. Tried to pole vault but was exceedingly rotten. Aunt Betty called me over in the evening and I went over there to call on Miss Knight of N. E. Who goes to Oberlin and stayed there for 1 hour & ½ then over to gym to dancing class for a very short time. Too muddy for any baseball practice so got a couple of ads only a few more to get. In evening took E Sweeney to Junior Prom. Not exactly the same kind of affair as last year . Wrights has a good program danced til about 2: 15 and got in bed about 3 AM tired but happy May 13. Most other peoples diaries serve as a repository of what they think of other people. Such is twaddle. A fine line of comment on current events may be written without personal observations on the character of the innocent bystander. Remember Rusty Van Punts book which he kept under lock and key. With these as notes later when time is offered I can return and make enlargements. This is Vol. 4 July 10. Chemistry is now becoming a little more intricate and not so easy. Watched football practice and played a little tennis with Syd but didnt get along well. Took Ethel to movie after a little encounter with Freshmen. Pasted them with flour as they left chapel this morning. Was pretty well done but not as well as expected Sept 23. Gates has used the back of the dairy as both an address book and to record his monthly expenditures. This diary gives an excellent look into the life of a college student born to a significant family before he makes his mark on his state and country. A terrific piece to add to the collection of those interested in the Dawes Family Marietta College and the great state of Ohio as a whole. Diary measures 5.5x3.5 inches. It contains 365 pages and is 80% complete. The leather cover shows signs of wear due to age. The cover and spine have completely separated from the book and a couple pages have also come loose. The handwriting is legible. Overall Fair to Good. ; Manuscripts; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 365 pages; Signed by Author . paperback
18900009159BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1890. On offer is a rare and one-of-a-kind love song of sorts a scrapbook of the people places and vessels that make up the allure of the sea and the life of a steamboat Captain. The book is question is a fantastic scrapbook featuring roughly 400 illustrations spread out of over 145 pages. There are also hundreds of clippings from newspapers magazines and books and over 20 photographs pasted onto thick paper. The owner of the book and creator of this wholly unique book is the Steamboat Captain Charles Edwin Good captain of the steamer Rose Standish. Charles E. Good was a steamboat Captain for the Boston & Hingham Steamboat Company and the Rose Standish was a passenger steamer that carried passengers between Boston Hull and Hingham Massachusetts. The frontispiece shows a sepia-toned photograph of the steamer in question the Rose Standish along with a name is all capital letters C. E. GOOD. The title page states him as Married to things pertaining to the ocean. What he is married to are all the illustrations photographs and clippings that make up this extraordinary book: various cultures and people; exotic places; shipwrecks and petulant weather; deserted isles; ports of call around the world; steamers sloops-of-war ferries ironclads frigates and all manners of sailing vessel; naval battles contemporary and classic; canals docks and harbors; rivers and oceans; Leviathans and other sea monsters; and so much more relating to the sea and all that comes with it. This is truly a scrapbook created by a man who loves the ocean and the sea and the extraordinary range of human activities that come with the sailing life. Near the end of the book come the photographs black and white and split evenly between photographs of beautiful masted sailing vessels and of shorelines and harbors and Capes. The photographers name is visible on one of the photographs: Charles L. Hovey. The author photographs have no name attributed to them but the style of the photographs is so similar it would seem most likely that they are Hoveys work as well. The illustrations and such date from the late 1880s to the early 1890s so it is likely that this was scrapbook was put together after Charles Good had retired from the Boston & Hingham Steamboat Company and the sailing life. He would die in 1894. The front cover also has the name of his son Charles Morse Good and the date 1896 possibly when he inherited the book from the estate of his recently deceased father. There is also written in pencil provenancial information stating the book was purchased in 1973 from the author Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston and written by a man named John P. Richardson. This is a brilliant and exceptionally unique scrapbook of one mans lifelong love to the sailing the ocean. It is a treasure that deserves to be cherished and preserved. The book is 7 ½ x 9 ¾ inches in hardcover. There are worn marbled boards with what is left of leather corners and spine and the spines entire leather backstrips gone. The binding is still tight however. There are about 3 or 4 pages that have detached from the binding. There is light to moderate foxing on some of the photograph plates but overall the pages are still in good condition. background: Charles Edwin Good was born at Hallowell Maine Oct. 4 1836; married in Hingham Elizabeth J. Easterbrook a daughter of shipmaster Samuel Easterbrook 1810-1883;; resided on Cottage Street. Good died on Aug. 27 1894 of consumption better known today as Tuberculosis. The steamer Rose Standish carried passengers between Boston Hull and Hingham about eleven miles down Boston Bay. She had a saloon on the upper deck. Built in 1863 at Brooklyn NY; was sunk by a collision with a tugboat in the Boston harbor on Aug. 28 1884; was raised and repaired. She seems to have lasted until at least 1920. After that I could find no more information on her. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORD: HISTORY OF CAPTAIN CHARLES EDWIN GOOD STEAMER ROSE STANDISH BOSTON HULL HINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON AND HINGHAM STEAMBOAT COMPANY PASSENGER STEAMER 19TH CENTURY SAILING VESSELS LOVE LETTER TO THE SEA HISTORY OF THE GAY NINETIES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS LITHOGRAPHS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1800s CHARLES L. HOVEY SCRAPBOOK OF THE OCEAN ELIZABETH COATSWORTH BESTON MARRIED TO THE SEA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
19440009027PORT-AUX-BASCUE NEWFOUNDLAND NL CANADA. Good. 1944. On offer is the wartime diary of David Meyerowitz a Jewish cadet aboard the USCGC Sassafras. The diary is entitled by Meyerowitz Newfoundland Diary and details his time spent onboard the Sassafras performing Aid to Navigation ATON duties throughout. It begins: On october 24 1944 the Coast Guard ship SASSAFRASS pulled into the harbor of Port-aux-basque in Newfoundland. Aboard her were the regular crew and construction unit 192 which she had brought there and which I was a member of. This was that part of the world where I was going to spend six months or even more. We had come from Sydney Nova Scotia where we had been housed by the Royal Canadian Air Force for a period of two days. Sydney to me was like any other small town in the States - a main street - local prostitutes - familiar characters etc. I was surprised to find that most Canadians were quite similar to Americans in mannerisms speech and general demeanors; They differed in one aspect - their attitude or outlook seemed to contain an air of indifference and unenthusiasm but not to a great extent.From here it begins my diary of daily accounts of incidents observations and such. He keeps to his word. The diary is a faithful account of his life in Newfoundland first very interesting and curious then settling into a steady rhythm of short descriptions of work and longer entries devoted to off-time. He often comments on the locals near Port aux Basques and the rural and rugged life they live living off the harsh land. In Newfoundland the Sassafras mission was to install and maintain the powerful radio transmitters and receivers used to determine the position of a ship or aircraft. Called LORAN short for Long Range Navigation these radio-navigation devices were established at Mouse Island near Port aux Basques. The primary mission of all LORAN stations was to monitor U-boat activity and provide navigational aid to Allied vessels. Their operation was classified and the equipment was under 24-hour guard. November 7 1944. Tonight I have the watch in a lonely shack on a desolate hill overlooking the ocean. This has been one of my off-days which seems to occur at infrequent intervals.Being here is just the tonic to forget the whole damn crap. Other than the watch over the LORAN station it does not seem like Meyerowitz does much work. Often entries read like such: November 26 1944. A little work a little play. IN the evening - lounge around in the canteen.; December 13 1944. The usual day of work. A movie at nite. Uneventful.; 5 January 1945. Just another day again. The bad weather has started in again - snow rain and sleet. Stuck again tonight with the Dock Watch. There are also plenty of important days recorded. 7 December 1944. Today is Pearl Harbor Day - three years of war - although the unrestrained impatience about the war ending which was with me during my first year when I came into the service has subsided still I want again to get back into civilian life.; 12 April 1945. Tonight all of us were deeply shocked and overcome when we learned that President Franklin Roosevelt pass away. Just when we thought it was a winner - the radio reassured us that this terrible tragedy had taken place 10 minutes to 6 in Warm Springs Ga - 20 minutes after 7 here. A deep loss and affected me a great deal - Ill always relive the night when the universal calamity occurred - & at the same time news that Germany was on the verge of collapse - at intervals I am compelled to stop & concentrate on this tragedy. On April 23 Meyerowitz writes the final entry Well this is it - we have today - tonight - bursting with anxiety to get home - It has been a bad stay - And this ends my Newfoundland experience & diary - The end. The book is a small octavo format. It has held up very well with age. The cover is leather cover reads NCG 2105 / U.S. Coast Guard and is slightly curling in at the edges. The book is roughly 200 pages long with about 170 with writing. Almost all of the writing is in ink but there is very little smudging and Myerowitz writes usually in a clear and legible way. Background - The Sassafras was a C-Class 180 ft seagoing buoy tender constructed for the USCG by Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Corp. of Duluth Minnesota. The Sass was one of 39 tenders commissioned for duties that would include aids-to-navigation ice breaking search-and-rescue fire fighting law enforcement providing fuel and potable water and assistance to the National Oceanographic and Seismographic Survey.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS:HISTORY OF DAVID MEYEROWITZ USCGC SASSAFRAS PORT-AUX-BASQUE SYDNEY NOVA SCOTIA NEWFOUNDLAND UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WORLD WAR 2 IN NORTH AMERICA AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN CANADA AID TO NAVIGATION ATON DUTIES ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE LORAN LONG RANGE NAVIGATION STATION U-BOAT MONITOR LAST YEAR OF WW2 USCG C-CLASS BUOY TENDER JEWISH SOLDIERS IN WW2 JEWISH CADET DEATH OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND SEISMOGRAPHIC SURVEY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
19170008016BALTIMORE MARYLAND. Very Good. 1917. On offer is the original manuscript diary that details and documents two years in the career of John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill 1879-1941 a noted lawyer and politician from Baltimore MD graduate from John Hopkins University 1900 and Harward law department 1903 who served as U.S. Attorney for the district of Maryland from 1910 to 1915 as judge advocate for the 15th Division attached to the 14th Cavalry Mexican border service and as Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army during the World War I. At the time the diary was written he was running a law practice in Maryland - the diary contains a printed card dated May 1915 about expiration of the Law firm Hill Ross & Hill and continuation of general law practice by John Philip Hill: "John Philip Hill recently United States Attorney for Maryland will continue the general practice of law specializing in inter-state commerce and federal departmental matters and in the trial of causes in federal and state courts". The diary covers the first seven month in 1917 before Hill started his army service the last entry for that year made on July 25th:: "Ordered for war duty in office of the Adjutant General of Maryland"; the next entry was made on October 1 1919: "Returned from France April 29 1919. Discharged from Army May 9 1919. Resumed practice today" followed by a newspaper clipping and a printed advertisement about forming partnership with Daniel R. Randall and Oscar Leser "for the general practice of the law under the firm name of Hill Randall & Leser" with offices in Washington and Baltimore. The diary documents his law practice and political activity mentioning the cases he worked on places and events he attended meetings with other lawyers clients politicians. The diary mentions his meetings with many prominent persons lawyers judges politicians generals and senators such as William Phillips assistant secretary of state at that time senators Peter Gerry Hale and McKellar generals McCaine and Mann famous financier and art collector Clarence Mackay whom he was visiting at his Harbor Hill residence and many other. Entry of April 17 1917: "Went to Washington at 12 with S. and lunched with Senator P.G Peter Galley.Saw senators Fred Hale France McKellar and sat at the Senate Gallery for a time to hear debate on the 7 billion dollar war bill". Most prominent subjects include Special Session of Congress on April 2 1917 where President Wilson delivered his "War Message" Senate debates Republican Party events second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson and some law cases. Some records reflect events of his personal life three entries in Aril 1917 are about death of Charles Ebenezer Hill: "Charles E. Hill died at Temple N.H. at 4 a.m. this morning. his death was unexpected and a shock to me for which I was not prepared. He was 69." The records about cases are mostly brief mentioning client's name and time of meeting sometimes providing a judge name details about the stage of the case and the aspect on which Hill was working. In 1917 among other cases many entries are mentioning Headley Chocolate Factory in 1919 he actively worked on a case involving Baugh Chemical. There are two collections of John Philip Hill papers currently held by the Library of Congress and by the Historical Society of Maryland. The book has maroon hard cover with black letters "JPH" John Philip Hill stamped on the front cover and on the spine. It contains 368 numbered pages some of them blank. There is a large gap between page 200 containing the last entry for 1917 and page 267 with the first entry for the year of 1919. Condition: Very good very moderate wear at cover and spine edges.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HILL JOHN PHILIP 1879-1941 BALTIMORE MARYLAND 1917 1919 BALTIMORE LAWYERS LAW FIRMS IN MARYLAND UNITED STATES. ARMY OFFICERS UNITED STATES. ATTORNEY MARYLAND UNITED STATES CONGRESS. UNITED STATES SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY PRACTICE OF LAW IN MARYLAND 1917-1919 FIRST WORLD WAR WW1 U.S. CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVES FROM MARYLAND JOHN PHILIP HILL PAPERS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES ORLEANS COUNTY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
18950009175CHICAGO ILLINOIS IL. Good. 1895. On offer is a fantastic group of notebook journals that belonged to Horace R. Hobart. Hobart led a long and illustrious life in newspapers gazettes and magazines. Born in 1839 he was a Wisconsin Cavalry Quartermaster in the Civil War starting in 1861 until being wounded in Arkansas. Beginning in 1866 he wrote for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter than was Editor of Chicago Evening Post 1867-1870 Co-founder of the Chicago Evening Mail 1871-1873 Editor of Chicago Evening Post 1873 again editor and 1/2 owner of Daily Journal in Jacksonville IL 1874-1875 editor of the Chicago Morning Courier 1875 and finally one of the Founding Editor of Railway Age 1875 onwards which continues to be published to this very day. The notebooks range from the year 1895 - 1912. Many entries are related to expenses including other personal expenses when in Chicago Hyde Park and Evanston IL plus personal notes regarding the train trips his house construction a few jokes people he writes many names. Also included are notes regarding his work at Railway Age. This is extremely interesting as it documents his trips down the block to his trips to Europe Mexico and around the United States. For the most part Hobart seems to have used these notebooks as records of his finances He documents his expenses what he ate and did on the trips costs of tickets comments on rooms at hotels costs of various items for example: 50 cent haircuts to his Vassar College tuition payment of $300 for his daughter Helen and $10 to his wife to pay the maid. But there are plenty of more personal notes that read like more traditional diary entries especially the death of his brother. Many rail lines are mentioned; Chicago Railway Philadelphia Electric and others. He also is proud of his service and documents his service as seen below. He also discusses "pedigree" and some potential pre-revolutionary relatives. He fishes in FL and golfs in Augusta GA and FL Mexico. Each journal is completely or mostly filled with entries. Most of the entries are done in pencil and written in fairly tiny script. I would estimate that there are at least 20 pages of diary entries some fill a page others while others are brief yet many like his lists of expenses or of the train timetables. His writing can occasionally be a challenge to decipher especially in some of the earlier notebooks where the pencil has smudged. All journals are on the very small side measuring 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches with the smallest being 3 1/2 x 2 inches. The covers are in various states of wear but are still structurally sound. One journal 1902 - 1906 is without a front or back cover and one journal 1911 - 1912 has a cover that reads: G. Kollbrunner. Papeterie. Bern. Marktgasse 14. All the journals have Hobarts name and the years in which they represent. Mostly it documents his rail trip in Geneva Switzerland to Belgium. Text: Sunday March 24/1907. Taken with chills and fever. Several chills. Foot swollen and bothersome. Saw Dr. Webster. Said I had rheumatic gout. Went back to house and have stayed home with prospect of staying more.; Friday April 12. Went out of the house and to city for first time since Mar. 24. The 19th day of confinement. Foot still a little swollen but otherwise seem to be well.; Mar. 16 1911. Took Mrs. H. to nursing home to be treated for bronchial cough. 5 guineas a week. Attending physician Dr. Chalmers.;; Aug 25 1912. Left for Santa Fe b/c sickness of brother.; Aug. 31 1912. Edward F. Hobart died. Age 78 years 10 months. OVERALL: G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HORACE R. HOBART WISCONSIN CAVALRY QUARTERMASTER CHICAGO EVENING POST CHICAGO EVENING MAIL JACKSONVILLE DAILY JOURNAL CHICAGO MORNING COURIER RAILWAY AGE MAGAZINE CHICAGO ILLINOIS PERSONAL FINANCES TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY CHICAGO JOURNALISM AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19680009188SIERRA MADRE CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1968. On offer is the interesting original 1943 manuscript diary of Maybelle Caley Barker. A treasure trove of narrative making for a fascinating look at gender or women's' issues and the changing roles and perceptions of women in the mid-20th Century a time of unprecedented change and the backdrop of a world at war. For a social historian the diary opens a window of insight into the issues she thought were important and worthy of commenting upon. She didn't shy away from social issues either; although how she tempered her actions reflected a wider social view of women in society. When a male friend published an article in a local newspaper critical of women she joined other women in writing letter of complaint we girls are writing Stan "letters of protest re his column sending them from other towns under assumed names . I signed it "Irate Husband". Sept 23 She went on to quote the following rhyme - even though my wife's heels are high and her seams are crooked she makes swell pie and I love her - so what are you going to do about it." The diary also recounts the day-to-day activities in Barker's life throughout 1943. These focused on personal issues health matters status of family and friends and social gossip. Here are some snippets: "Got Gov check and Pension chk May 31 her husband an Army Captain in WWI was deceased; "went after meat - stood in line a half hour. Sliced bread has come back - thank goodness. Wrote H her sister Hilda and N her niece Nadine a letter Mar 13; Rained steady all day Am glad I have a stew on hand so I do not have to look for food Letter from Hilda Jan 22." However she wasn't unmindful of great events swirling around her. Attending Hollywood Bowl appearance of Madame Chiang Kai-shek she notes: Surrounding the Bowl was heavily guarded by soldiers as they looked for a Jap invasion Apr 4. She goes on to record that Spencer Tracy opened the program. introducing Henry Fonda USN in sailors uniform . Mary Pickford dressed in yellow presented flowers. Many other individuals are noted such as Gov Earl Warren later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and principal author of the Warren Report concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It appears there is a Caley Family Papers collection at the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary Williamsburg VA. The diary is in good condition. The entries a combination of pencil and pen are legible and easy to read. The diary is hard-bound and the binding is in good condition. Included in the diary is a newspaper clipping from the Sierra Madre News of the last editorial written by Perley Poore Sheehan - a film writer 17 films novelist 13 novels and former New York Times Paris correspondent.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MAYBELLE CALEY BARKER CALEY FAMILY PAPERS COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL HISTORY SIERRA MADRE EARL GREGG SWEM LIBRARY CALIFORNIA WWII WORLD WAR II ERA HOMEFRONT DIARY WAR WIDOW CALIFORNIA WWII AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19180008199MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA. Good. 1918. On offer is an interesting diary of a cadet attending a military academy during the First World War. Measuring 4.5 inches by 3 inches the diary contains 365 pages plus memoranda. It is approximately 50% complete. The cover is intact but the binding shows wear. There is 1 loose page but otherwise all are intact. The diary belongs to Thomas J. Craven. At the time of writing Craven is 16 years old. Craven was the son of David and Annette Craven. He has two siblings; D. Steward Jr. and Anne. Craven married Josephine Russell Wales in 1930 and it lists him as living in Delaware at the time of the marriage. His father was a glass manufacturer along with other members of the family. In fact they were one of the oldest glass manufacturers in the United States. The company opened in 1863 as Hall Pancoast and Craven. The Craven brothers purchased all of the shares in 1885 and the name changed to Craven Brother's. At some point they sold the firm and it was renamed Salem Glass Works. It subsequently changed hands and name again before being purchased in 2013 by Ardagh Glass one of the largest such firms in the world. In 2015 Ardagh closed the plant ending a glass making tradition in Salem NJ that went back to the 1700's. The Cravens were a prominent and wealthy family in New Jersey. A hint of that can be seen on the diary identification page where he notes the make of his automobile as a Cadillac - a car most 16 yearolds would not be driving. In 1918 Craven is a student at the Georgia Military College. Georgia Military College was established in 1879 as a military-focused middle and secondary school institution. It continues as such today. There is a swaggering air about him and he enjoys an active social life. This certainly comes through in his entries: "Went to Bab's to a dance last night and had an awfully dull time. None of the fellows would dance. Took Martha to the pictures in the afternoon and it was some Vaudeville that they had too. At night I went to Delworth's to supper and then took Martha and Betty to the dance at Dr. Hirse's. We also had a very dull time here. Edith Owens certainly gave me a lot of compliments" Jan 1; "Left in Mr. Carpenter's car and caught the 12:20 out of Phila. Caught the 7:30 S. A. L. out of Wash. Drove around Wash. and took a few pictures. There wasn't any good light. Have met up with a fellow from the V.G. Pretty bum too. There is a car in the rear filled with prisoners and guards for each" Jan 5; "Nothing but sit around today. There are 2 cars of corpses in the front of the train and 2 prisoners in the cars. Playing cards all day."Jan 6; "Stayed at the Terrace all night. Came out to this God forsaken place after breakfast. Saw Col. but mother don't like him very much his is so far away won't answer any questions directly. Took my girl to the criterion in the afternoon. It was fine. But I am getting tired of her. She was very affectionate as usual tho and I ought not to complain. Took supper at Louise's and left my dear mother at 8:30. She left for Sav. At 10 " Feb 4; "Inspection. Atlanta. Appointed Corporal and assigned to the 1st Squad Co. A. Sure got a lot of B. B.'s and paid for it but will stick to it" Mar 11; "That Roe isn't a bit appreciative. He sat up with that damned Glen tonight and ragged me for about an hour. These hell cats around here don't show any appreciation at all. Roe also ragged me at Stringfellow's Sunday about the fraternity that I wanted to join. I am rooming in another room now with Geothe. He is a hell of a shit. I wish to hell that I was home where I could eat." Mar 19; "Full dress parade and escort of the colors. Lieut. Clayton is in charge now shipped from West Point and G. M. A. too. He is getting "hard" is all of the time wanting us to salute him. The parade was in full dress coats and white duck pants and it was very nice looking. M. Wilson has an album of snap shots. I think I will start one. Fatty Henderson asked me to Miami this summer. Received a fine letter from Grandfather Cann" May 2; "I went to the Park for the mail without being authorized and tonight Col. informed me that I was under arrest until my orders were read out to reduce me to ranks. However I think that I shall see Col. Woodward and try to make him beat me or give me demerits or anything but "bust" me. I would certainly hate to take that news home to my parents. We had a game with Boy's High and won 10-0. We hired a goat and painted B. H. S. on it and had a parade at the park." May 10; "Owen's gave me a farewell dance at the club. ROTTEN TIME" June 15. His second last entry has him back home with his grandfather enjoying the family's business success: "Went out to look over the plant. It is not very large but empty. 1700 men and is well equipped. Granddad left for Washington and I basked around in the car. ." June 19. For a social historian this is a very good glimpse into the world of privileged American youth at the end of WWI. It not only paints a picture of their daily life but also gives an insight into the attitudes that shape them.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 1910s; WW1; SALEM NY; NEW YORK; WASHINGTON COUNTY; MILLEDGEVILLE; BALDWIN COUNTY; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; THOMAS CRAVEN; CRAVEN BROTHER GLASS WORKS; ARDAGH GLASS; GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE; MILITARY ACADEMIES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; YOUTH SOCIAL LIFE; LIFESTYLE OF THE YOUTH IN THE 1910s; COL. WOODWARD; BOY'S EDUCATION IN THE LATE 1910s; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19430001178ISHIURA JAPAN SHANGHAI CHINA NAGASAKI. Good. 1943. On offer is an exceptional rare Japanese language sailor's diary. Dated December 31st 1942 through June 25th 1943 the 22 year old writer begins in Ishiura Japan then to Shanghai and ends at Sasebo Nagasaki Japan. This diary gives a one of a kind insight into a sensitive Japanese man who finds love during the War with a Shanghai girl writes poetry and strives to be an excellent soldier for his superiors. Here are some snippets: "December 31st 1942 I'm thinking about 1942 passing by. I'll never forget this year that I joined the navy. This strict army life; this must be a real man's life. I swear to myself that I'll do my best to be a good soldier next year. January 14th 1943 The characteristics of a sailor 1. Protect the life of superiors without question 2. Cheerful and simple all times 3. Tough but friendly. January 15th man's life how to cultivate / train man's mind There is sadness about parting. We have to bare some insults. Sometimes we can't say or do when we want to. It's regretful and frustrating. . We have to embrace these pains and that is how to cultivate our mind. Feb 5th Leaving for Shanghai I've been longing. Feb 12th It's nice to stand on the ground and breathe the fresh air. Feb 22nd I'm filled with faith of winning. Feb 28th I can't get rid of ---he doesn't write girl's name's image. Languages are different but hearts are same. I miss her when I'm away from her. I thought I would want to love her as much as I can I am allowed to. February of 1943 passed by like a dream I'll try my best on March too. March 6th I hurried to ---some place's name. I miss even the sweet name Rose. We don't understand words but understand our hearts each other. March 12th I received a comfort bag. A sweet comfort letter. A cute doll. March 13th The letter from Fumio-san. I'm so glad hear that he became a father. March 30th A mother and soldier A plum tree and soldier Heartless dreams Katakana faith Parting Ship Nights in China Streets in Shanghai April 6th Noriko san's letter I've been waiting for so long was finally delivered. I think of the memories and I swear once again that I will love her forever. That's what man does. May 19th It's been boring without any landing. That's one kind of order Hahaha May 22nd There is no news no radio newspaper. Meaningless life June 15th It's been very hot. It's decided to leave Shanghai on 18th. Good bye Shanghai my second home country. June 17th I went to ---- to tell permanent bye to sweet ---. Our countries are different but hearts are same. June 23rd Our country's mountains and lands I haven't seen for an year. It's great to see a fighter Japan. My mother land that gave birth to me. We have to win for our country. I'll give up my life any time for my country. We are landing at Sasebo port at 2:00. June 23rd The enemy ship appeared. June 24th We left the port and anchored inshore. June 25th We left a port sea is calm. We are planning to anchor inshore of Roku-island." A more than casual reading by a fluent reader will we surmise reveal even more interesting writings. Overall G.; Japanese Language; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; SHANGHAI JAPANESE NAVAL MARINE WARSHIPS BATTLESHIPS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA WORLD WAR II WWII RED SUN HIROSHIMA ATOMIC WARFARE ATOMIC BOMB A-BOMB NUCLEAR BOMB JAPAN NAGASAKI HIROSHIMA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown
19440002355WADI NATRUN EGYPT 1944. On offer is a sensational historically significant 25 page manuscript diary handwritten by an unidentified British soldier likely an Officer during WWII while on leave. He was in Egypt and spent several days touring a number of Coptic Monasteries in the Wadi Natrun area and does a super job detailing the tour he and his friend Arthur Helm who we believe became a noted New Zealand explorer and author and was also a hero to the nation of Greece for his contribution to the war effort there in 1941 and the failed Crete campaign. A massive memorial in New Zealand was inspired by Mr. Helm's efforts and their camel 'George' took. Readers whether historians or researchers will treasure his narrative style and his descriptions of all he saw especially given the fact that there were once as many as 300 Coptic monasteries in Egypt and now there are but a handful. That said we note a homophobic slur that reflects the times and attitudes of many. Here are some snippets: "A Night in a Coptic Monastery: Friday 31st March 1944. I am writing these notes by the light of a candle in the guest room of the Coptic Monastery of Deir Syrins in the desert depression of Wadi Natrun half way between Cairo and Alexandria Egypt. It is 7 o'clock and everything is still except for the low moaning of some monks chanting in the Eastern fashion at the other side of the monastery. There is a half moon and from the window of the guest room the monastic buildings present a fine scene with their white walls bathed in the silver light." "With my New Zealand friend Arthur Helm I left Cairo at 9 o'clock this morning. We were quite lucky in getting lifts and by 11 o'clock we had hitch hiked to the Halfway House half way to Alexandria. From here a road leads down to the Wadi Natrun Salt and Soda factory and here again we were fortunate as we had only been walking for about five minutes when factory lorry overtook us and gave us a lift." "The lorry dropped us at the Egyptian Frontiers Administration Police Post and here we changed from our battledress and blue uniforms which we are still compelled to wear in town and changed into K.D. shorts and open neck shirts. We were armed with a "guide" by the police to show us the best way through the sinking sand of the Wadi and carry our rucksack in the form of an old and withered old native. So we loaded the rucksack on to "George's" back and set off without further delay as fast as possible in the direction of the monasteries of Anba Bishoy and Deir el-Surian which stand together about five miles from the Police Post. The rucksack incidentally was fairly heavy as it contained my three cameras and a tripod as well as a pair of pajamas and a toothbrush!" At the Anba Bishoy monastery they are taken to the guest house. "The monk who took us round spoke a little English. He was an awful "sissy" and an obvious homosexualist which probably explains why he went into a monastery." "After spending about two hours looking round and taking photographs we returned to the guest house for our meal. We were somewhat dubious what sort of food it would be but we had decided to try as much as possible. It consisted of Halawa olives and coarse bread. Halawa which is made out of a certain seed and oil. I am very partial to but the olives we both found pretty difficult to get down. However we made a good hole in the pile in the dish so not offend our guests and entered it bravely all in the cause of science. The meal over we packed the cameras into the rucksack. Woke our native George from his slumbers and prepared to move on to the next monastery Deir Syrianus. This is only about quarter of a mile from Bishoy and a walk of five minutes brought us to the door. There was a pitcher of water in front for the benefit of the Bedouin which two monks were in the process of filling so they took us straight inside the monastery and the lengthy bell ringing process was eliminated. Here again we were ushered straight to the guest room and went through the usual coffee drinking process. Syrianus is rather more opulent than Bishoy and the guest house is more pretentious. Opening from the central reception ball were four rooms each with a large four poster bed two of which were offered us for the night." "In a small room in the Kasr I came across a pile of old books all hand written in Coptic and Arabic. They were all in a heap and did not appear to be wanted but the monks would not let me take any away!" "I am just completing these notes now before trying the bed. This looks good enough in itself although I expect a few visitors. I have just opened a widow in the room and judging from the effect on the hinges it is the first time it has been opened for years." They set out on foot to the Deir Baramus Monastery an hour and forty minutes away a good meal later and back to Cairo to the Frontiers Police Post. "We reached the Police Post at 3:15 doing it in an hour and 25 minutes. We changed into our official clothes had some tea with the Egyptian police which we could not refuse but which we were reluctant to take as our time was getting short and then began the last part of our trek from the police post to the Halfway House on the Alex-Cairo Road. This we reached at 4 and within five minutes we had got a lift on an American Cairo bound lorry. We did the journey sitting on a pile of packing cases in just under two hours; we reached Cairo at 10 to 6 and I was just in time to get on duty at 6 o'clock although in a somewhat hot and dusty condition!" The 5" x 8" pages are overall in Good condition save some turned corners. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. hardcover
19120008211BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS. Good. 1912. On offer is a small original diary of a young man in the early years of the 20th Century. Measuring 4.75 inches by 3 inches it contains 365 pages. It is approximately 33% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is legible. EDITOR'S NOTE: While there is nothing in this diary to identify the author the item came from an archive related to Wesley Abell who graduated from the University of Vermont was inducted into their Football Hall of Fame and after graduating built a career in the municipal service of Burlington VT eventually becoming City Clerk. In 1912 he is a young man living with relatives and working in Boston MA in 1912. He has secured work as a driver/conductor for the Boston Elevated Street Railway. This is not his long term future goal for in September of 1912 he leaves home to attend the University of Vermont. The entries are fairly straightforward: "Jan 1 '12 finds me working for the Boston Elevated Street Railroad Co. I am staying with Uncle .wn in morning and done my a/ 521 .45 530 .30 Total .75 Excused until 4 o'clock b/ done a 531 .45 & 525 .30 Total .75 c met cars from 6 o'c til 7 o'c Total for day $1.80" Jan 1 1912; "For my A.M. this morn I had 2 534 .60. Was then excused until 4 o'c when I went and done a half for 4 th consisting of 504 and 520 Pay for the day - $1.75" Feb 24 1912; "Today I had a swing beginning at 8:27. Done four trips and then layed off til 6:07. Earl Sunderl was over to see me. Total $2.30 Paid." Mar 3 1913; "After April 5th there are no entries until June. On June 7th it apears that he is running a union picket line - with expected consequences! This morn I went down to run a trip at 5 o'c. On starting out on trip I was met by a bunch of strikers who threw eggs at me. Worked all day mid yells of scab and all sorts of other names. The strikers tried their best to get me to leave my car but I stuck it out". June 7 1912; This entry is significant because it refers to the Boston Elevated Street Railway strike of 1912. This was a serious labour dispute over the organizing of a union there and the demand for better wages. The strike began on June 7th and soon spiraled into violence. Court crack downs were draconian and the strike seemed poised to spread to other cities. The major turning point in the strike however came as a result of charges filed with the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. The Board released a report which upheld the Union's charges and placed the blame for the strike on the Management. The Board found that the Management had discharged employees solely for their Union activities had brought in strike breakers such as our author and convicted felons who were employed as strong-arm men and had coerced employees against joining the Union. After the Board's report The Governor and the Mayor of Boston became actively involved in settling the strike. The Mayor of Boston in 1912 was John F. Fitzgerald affectionately referred to as "Honey Fitz". Fitzgerald was the maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy and great grandfather of Congressman Joe Kennedy. In September he is off to university: "This morn I packed my trunks and papa carried me to St. A to take train for college. Earle A and F Stevens went down with me. Met lots of nice fellows in B and spent time with Hayden and Wesley Sturgis at Converse Hall". Sept 24. This diary offers an interesting look into one of the urban transport companies from the point of view of an ordinary worker. For a social historian it provides a flavour and a sense of what work was like in industrialized Boston at the turn of the last century. It also touches on a very key time in labour organizing in the United States. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; PROGRESSIVE ERA; UNITED STATES; BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; VERMONT; BOSTON ELEVATED STREET RAILROAD; UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT; CONVERSE HALL; JOHN F. FITZGERALD; HONEY FITZ; JOHN F. KENNEDY; EDWARD M KENNEDY; STRIKES IN BOSTON; CONDUCTORS AND MOTORMEN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; STRIKES IN 1912; BOSTON ELEVATED COMPANY EMPLOYEES; CARMEN STRIKE IN BOSTON; LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; UNIONS IN 1910S AMERICA; UNION VIOLENCE IN 1910S; UVM ALUMNI; BOULDER SOCIETY MEMBERS; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19290001955CHINA. Very Good. 1929. On offer is a super significant photograph album detailing an important 1929 through 1930 'Oriental Study Expedition' requested and underwritten by the well known Durfee Foundation wherein ten Pomona College students traveled on a one-year expedition to China. Some later pictures show them in Mongolia in 1931 and Bulgaria in 1934. The book was kept and we assume compiled by Oliver H. Haskell b.1908 who later served as director of the China Aid Council of the American League for Peace and Democracy and traveled through the Soviet Union. He reflected on relations between China and Russia and the impact of the 1930 expedition on his adult life. There are approximately 112 snapshot photographs contained in old disbound album. The photos are for the most part good but it must be noted that the album proper is a wreck. Casual research finds that in a series of interviews in 1989 Mr. Haskell discussed his family background and early life his initial career objectives and political views his relationship with Avery and Tsui his involvement in the Expedition despite his own initial rejection of the idea. He discussed his prior knowledge of China and Japan his first impressions and he relates the social activities of the group the attitudes of the Chinese students and famine relief work. Other interviews record the recollections of these men as to: planning the expedition; the year of travel in China; and their reflections on the impact the trip had on their lives. The interviews are part of an Oriental Study Expedition Archive housed in Special Collections of the Honnold Library at Claremont Graduate University. Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college in Claremont California. The founding member of the Claremont Colleges Pomona is a non-sectarian coeducational school. Since 1925 the Claremont Colleges which have grown to include five undergraduate and two graduate institutions have provided Pomona's student body with the resources of a larger university while preserving the closeness of a small college.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF POMONA COLLEGE ORIENTAL STUDY EXPEDITION OLIVER H. HASKELL HONNOLD LIBRARY CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY CLAREMONT CALIFORNIA CHINA AID COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY DURFEE FOUNDATION STUDENT TRAVEL FAMINE RELIEF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE ORIENT MISSIONS TO ASIA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
19450008213FORT CROWDER MISSOURI - WINNIPEG CANADA. Good. 1945. On offer is an excellent collection of letters written by a U.S. soldier in WWII to his parents. The collection contains 84 letters. They are in good condition and the handwriting is legible. Arno Edgar Wallace Maurer was 23 years old when he enlisted in the U.S. army. Entering as a Private he finished the war as a Staff Sergeant. Born in 1921 in Winnipeg Canada he lived until 2015 passing away at the age of 94. After the war he received B.A. and M.A. from the University of Manitoba and PhD from the University of Wisconsin and was teaching English literature at the Ohio State University for over 50 years specializing in the 18th century literature. He published extensively on John Dryden and was one of the editors of The Works of John Dryden published in 1989. The letters were written to his parents. His father Carl Dietrich Wallace was an American pastor who had been appointed to a Canadian church congregation in Winnipeg MB. The letters cover the period Jan 1945 to June 1946. They offer a detailed look into the day-to-day life of a soldier posted to a domestic base. Maurer was posted to a Signals Training Battalion and stationed first in Missouri and later in New Jersey. The letters begin in January 1945 right after he enlisted. "Dear Mama and Papa It's like a night in late summer out here now. I moved today to another section of the Camp where I will be taking 6 weeks of basic training as they tell me. Most of this letter is going to be made up of asking for things. I wonder whether you could send me two locks with keys not quite the size of my bicycle lock. One of them is for the big sack in which I tote my clothes and equipment about and the other is for the footlocker in which I keep my stuff in the barracks. Then I should have about 1/2 doz wire clothes hangers which are not to be gotten around here. . At the earliest moment now I mean to send home the suitcase . My new address to which you can write fast now is Pvt A.E.W. Maurer 19193912 Co "A" 28th Sig Tng Bn Camp Crowder Missouri USA . Wallace" Jan 24 1945; "Dear Ma & Pa No mail from you yesterday Yesterday I was called into the Orderly Room and told to report to the Classification and Assignment Section. When I got there I found that "they" were taking down a list of musicians in the camp. I don't know what will come of it but I want music now if it isn't too much trouble to send it. In another letter I asked for the Rhapsody in Blue . If one should develop a toehold in entertainment here one might get into Special Service though I'm not gunning for anything except to be as active and employed as possible and the piano is as good as the next thing. ." Feb 6 1945. He writes almost daily. Some letters are long others quite short. But they always offer a tidbit of information about life in Camp Crowder: "Had your letter of 22nd today. . This morning we went into the prison compound and searched it for tools knives unauthorized letters etc. A periodic search. The "Strength For Service" book is alright. Is Derrick in the army now Believe I will stay here. I'm not sure when we'll be called out this noon. Wallace" Mar 23 1945. By May 1946 he has been promoted to Staff Sergeant and posted to Fort Dix NJ. "Dear Ma and Pa Got home alright late yesterday afternoon. It was certainly a nice trip. I left on Thursday morning with 87 men in my charge in 3 cars . I registered a compartment for my office and travelled like a little big shot all the way. We travelled down via Trenton Cincinnati and Louisville to Fort Knox. ." May 5 1946. This collection gives a very good look at the daily life of an American soldier stationed within the United States during WWII. The many details recounted offer a researcher or historian an excellent way to cross-reference and or corroborate information garnered from other sources. A social historian would also find this a first-rate look at the lives of Americans in the service during this period.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY; 1940s; UNITED STATES; WWII; U.S. ARMY SIGNAL TRAINING BATTALION; CAMP CROWDER MO; FORT DIX NJ; OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS; UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ALUMNI; SECOND WORLD WAR; WINNIPEG; CANADA; MANITOBA; CARL DIETRICH MAURER; WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE; SOLDIERS' LETTERS IN WW2; TRAINING CAMPS IN AMERICA DURING WW2; FORTS IN MISSOURI; FORTS IN NEW JERSEY: A.E. WALLACE WALLY MAURER; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ALUMNI; AMERICAN SOLDIERS DURING WW2; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
