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1957 - 1962 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND HISTORY OF THE CRESTLINE CALIFORNIA ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CHAPTER FOUNDED BY FARRIS HALEY NOTED WEST COAST AA FOUNDER AND LEADER

GEORGE H PRINCEBiblio.com

1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 71 YEAR OLD GOLD MINER ORCHARD OWNER AND FISHING GUIDE WHO LIVES TO PAN FOR GOLD

19350002180PLACERVILLE SOUTH SALMON RIVER CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1935. On offer is an interesting original 1935 manuscript diary handwritten by early San Fernando resident Los Angeles school teacher and gold miner George H. Prince. Born sometime in 1864 thusly 71 years old at this writing the hugely energetic ambitious gold miner fills the diary with his work successes usually using sluice boxes as George his family and associates find numerous gold nuggets with super detail from January 1 1935 through to March 11th when he returns to San Fernando Valley. April to July he works taking fishing parties out of Huntington Beach and by July 27th they move their gold mining operation to the forks of the South Salmon River in Siskiyou County. George returns to Burbank August 25 1935. His final entry reads "144 days spent in the mountains helping gold mining for which I received $130.95 and board." George H. Prince was also a successful fruit grower in the San Fernando Valley perhaps the gold mining was an attempt to find more income during the depression or perhaps he was driven by the gold bug. The cover of the 370 page 3½ x 6 inch book is weathered and stained otherwise overall G; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GOLD MINER SISKIYOU COUNTY CALIFORNIA GEORGE H. PRINCE PLACER PLACERVILLE SOUTH SALMON RIVER PANNING FOR GOLD GOLD RUSH 20TH CENTURY MAUDE PRINCE GOLD BUGS SLUICE BOXES EL DORADO COUNTY OLD DRY DIGGINGS DRY DIGGINGS HANGTOWN COLOMA AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN 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

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GEORGE KERR, ROYAL ARMOURED CORPSBiblio.com

1941 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES DOCUMENTS LETTERS AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN BY A GLASGOW MAN SERVING KING AND COUNTRY ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WITH THE 26TH HUSSARS AND THE 3RD CARABINERS

19410001603KOHIMA IMPHAL INDIA. Good. 1941. On offer is a substantial archive of manuscript diaries letters documents photographs and ephemera handwritten and accumulated by George Kerr of Aikenhead Road Gorbals Glasgow who served in India Burma and Germany in the Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War. There are over 160 pieces in this grouping beginning with his call up to the Armoured Corps at Catterick in 1941 and following Kerr to India where he served with the 26th Hussars and 3rd Carabiners and in various tanks including the Grant and the Sherman. The 3rd Carabiners served in their M3 tanks at Kohima and Imphal; "B" Squadron in particular was in heavy fighting up the steep slopes at Imphal - Kerr was "B" squadron as there are two handwritten chits for "Disposition of Armament" for Tank 25814 'Balmoral'; it was common practice for all tanks in a squadron to be given call signs with the initial letter of that squadron. The chits mention both 75mm and 37mm ammunition which corresponds with the M3 tank. His theatre-made 14th Army patch is included. The archive includes: two "Jotter" notepads used as a diary during his long troopship voyage from England via South Africa to arrival in Bombay and the first week or so in India; a small leather pocketbook contains names and addresses of dozens of other tankers and soldiers clearly friends and comrades of Kerr a few girls mixed in as well as a list of letters he has written to each; photos believed to be of Kerr two in the 14th Army slouch hat; a letter certificate for "His Britannic Majesty's Transport X5" crossing the equator; there are 15 letters to Kerr some immediately postwar from what appears to be a girlfriend in Prince Albert Saskatchewan whom research suggest he married and moved to Canada; ENSA programs handwritten songs poem and comedy routines by Kerr for entertainment "smokers" in India; ticket stubs from India and also Germany Luneburg theatre; three 3 "Airgraph" letters sent to Kerr while in the 26th Hussars in "Prohibited Area Colaba India"; an apparently silver pin with Chinese characters pinback broken; a "Health Memoranda for British Soldiers in the Tropics" covering topics such as VD malaria sandfly fever worms and somewhat surprisingly denouncing cigarette smoking - but pipes are OK!; two 2 prewar sports annuals from Strathbungo School Pollokshaws; Indian railway chits including overnight berths three SEAC South East Asia Command Military Newspapers from 1945; an intriguing billfold wallet taken from a Japanese soldier. It is a rather cheaply made accordion folder with garish cover featuring Tiger Balm advertising. The interior is lined or made from documents in English but referring to identity of Malayans which we suspect that this "wallet" is something that the Japanese soldier picked up or bought in Malaya possibly after the fall of Singapore. In the sections of the wallet are several photos showing a Japanese couple in wedding clothes photo from a studio in Amoy China a very western-looking Japanese young man in plus-four pants with kanji on the reverse an attractive woman in kimono an older couple parents and three men in uniform one navy two army. There is also a business card in Japanese. Also in the wallet is a selection of Chinese and Japanese paper money including Occupation money from the Philippines and other places. One photo of the Japanese men in uniform has a pencil note on the back apparently in Kerr's writing: "This Jap never saw the rising sun set" and has the address of a trooper in Manchester. Extremely interesting and unusual lot; about 85% of the items are wartime there are some immediate postwar items from Kerr's period in the BAOR a 1954 Coal Ration book from Glasgow etc. Condition varies--cheap wartime paper especially the Indian paper is somewhat wrinkled from years of storage but overall G. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GEORGE KERR GORBALS GLASGOW 14TH ARMY ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS RAC 3RD CARABINERS KOHIMA IMPHAL 26TH HUSSARS COLABA WORLD WAR II WW2 WWII BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCES BEF ARMY INFANTRY TANKS INDIA SOUTHEAST ASIA THE SUBCONTINENT 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 HISTORYantiquité 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

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HATTIE CARNESBiblio.com

1869 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT YOUNG GIRL WHO IS THE NIECE AND WARD OF HER FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTIST UNCLE

18690008150Italy. Good. 1869. On offer is an original manuscript travel journal of a young woman who is closely related to two of America's significant art figures of the 19th Century. Measuring 6 inches by 3.5 inches the journal contains 60 pages. It is approximately 66 percent complete. The covers and pages are in good condition. However several pages are loose within the journal. The handwriting is legible. The journal is a record of Hattie Carne's trip to Italy in 1869. Hattie Carnes was born in 1858. She and her brother were orphaned after her father died in 1860 and her mother in 1863. She was raised by her uncle and aunt Henry Grant DeForest and his wife Julia. They were a very prosperous New York family. Both her uncle Frederic Edwin Church and de Forest's son Lockwood de Forest were prominent artists. In 1868 de Forest took his family on an extended tour of Europe. On that tour they were frequently joined by Hattie's uncle Frederic Church. Hattie was 11 at the time and has obviously been well-schooled. This is the journal she kept. The journal is chock full of the details of each day's exploring. The diary begins Mar 15th 1869 after they have been in Europe for several months. Keep in mind these are the words and descriptions of an 11 year old. Describing a museum she visited she wrote: ". we went to the room where they keep their most precious things. There were necklaces earrings bracelets and perfume bottles. And beautiful silver mirrors. Ivory images covered with gold and painted. . " Mar 20. As they tour she visits galleries and museums soaking up the aesthetic delights that served her uncle Frederic and her cousin Lockwood so very well. "I think I have seen and done quite enough today. In the morning I stayed at home and in the afternoon I went to the museum with Aunt Julia. We saw the statues and frescoes but it would be impossible to tell about each 1 only. " Mar 22. She then goes on to try to enumerate them in detail. "Went in the morning to church & in the afternoon to the tomb of philopapus" Apr 11. For an art historian this is an excellent view of what were considered 'must see' cultural / artistic exhibits. Considering that she was living in and amongst two of America's great artists this also offers an insight into what was considered important within their artistic circle. A social historian would certainly be able to compare the lifestyle and quality of life of this girl relative to that experienced by the vast majority of girls her age in the United States at this time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; HATTIE CARNES; HARRIET CARNES; FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH LOCKWOOD DE FOREST; HENRY GRANT DE FOREST; TRAVEL JOURNALS; TRAVELOGUES; AMERICAN TRAVELERS IN ITALY; ITALY IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; YOUNG GIRL'S DIARY; AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY; TRAVEL DIARIES; ITALIAN MUSEUMS; EUROPEAN TRIPS IN 19TH CENTURY; AMERICAN ARTISTS IN EUROPE; EUROPE IN 1860TH; HUDSON RIVER SCJHOOL ARTISTS PERSONAL LIFE; 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

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HERBERT ARSCOTTBiblio.com

C1915 ORIGINAL GROUP of DOCUMENTS PERTAINING to the MILITARY SERVICE of a LANCE CORPORAL in the 5TH BATTALION of the CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 2ND BRIGADE A. K. a "TUXFORD'S DANDIES" WHO WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED and SPENT over a YEAR AT MILITARY HOSPITA

19360008003Good. 1936. On offer is a collection of 19 historically significant documents pertaining to military service of Herbert Arscott including a war-time photo a booklet with handwritten notes an active service pay book and post-war correspondence from the Board of Pension Commissioners for Canada. These documents represent milestones of his wartime experience and also of many Canadians fighting in the Great War. As the majority of Canadian soldiers at that time Herbert Arscott was born in Britain in the town of Wellington and enlisted almost immediately after the war was declared. He served at the 5th battalion of the 2nd infantry brigade hailed from western Canada and known as "Tuxford's Dandies" after the name of its first commander. Arscott made a few notes of dates and locations in a small book titled "Diary and memoranda": on September 17th he arrived at Quebec spent two days in smaller camps on the 22nd started training at Valcartier a training base for over 32000 volunteers from across Canada who were formed into the Canadian Expeditionary Force and eight days later boarded the SS Laplandia the largest in the transport convoy of the 31 ships set to cross the Atlantics. They arrived in Plymouth on October 14th and in early November he already was in Bailleul in Northern France which is the last note in the diary. The diary also contains a poem from George Cary Eggleston's "Rebel's collection" starting: "I was frightened for a wind crept along the grass" Arscott's battalion entered the war theater in February 2015 participating in the Second Battle of Ypres from April 15th to May 25th it is not mentioned if Arscott was involved in that battle but the documents show that in the middle of May he was wounded. It is clear from his pay book and passes that he spent spring and summer of 1916 at the Granville Canadian Special Hospital in Ramsgate a seaside town in Kent a photograph showing him in a wheelchair most likely was taken in front of that hospital and then in Folkestone - a note on his pass says: "Recuperation. Excused wearing puttees" because of the leg wound. While in England he probably got married - in 1915 he named as his next of kin Mrs. Arscott C. N who lived in West Indies but later a line was added in his pay book with the name and address of his wife in Surrey. In 1918 he returned to Canada where he was taken to the Civil Service for six months but since 1920 all correspondence was addressed to the U. S. first to Brooklyn and later to Ohio. The post-war documents cover the period until 1952 and are related to his pension and insurance policy. The collection includes the following documents: 1. A red booklet titled "Diary and memoranda for 1914-1915: information relating to the wealth and population of the nations engaged and the strengths of their respective Armies and Navies Armaments etc. ; published by the Union Bank of Canada Valcartier Military Camp Branch. Contains hand-written notes. 31 pages size: 3'2x6'; condition: good 2. A booklet titled: Canadian Expeditionary Force 2nd infantry brigade headquarters and 5th Battalion : nominal roll of officers non-commissioned officers and men issued with militia orders 1915 25 p. size: 8'2x13'; condition: creases loose slight tears on the cover3. Pay book for use on active service containing records for 1915 - 1917. Size: 3.5'x5'' condition: good regular wear slight tears at edges4.3 passes dated May June and August 19165. A photo of a man in a wheelchair in front of what looks like a military hospital size: 3.2'x3.2' 6. Discharge certificate from Canadian Expeditionary Force slightly soiled at creases7. Certificate of qualification for temporary employment from Civil Service Commission of Canada dated October 25 1918. Condition: tears at creases slightly soiled size: 7.5'x11'8. A printed letter from the Board of Pension Commissioners for Canada in London on a letterheaded paper dated December 6 1918 containing 2 pages size: 8'x13'9. A printed letter addressed to Paymaster Casualties in Toronto dated August 31 1918 and signed by a representative of the Whitby Military Hospital condition: good size 6.5'x8'10. Adjustment of pension from the Board of Pension Commissioners for Canada and Authority for pension payment dated February 20th 1920 addressed to Mr. Herbert Arscott in Brooklyn N. Y. 2 pages 8'x13'11. A booklet titled: Information of former members of the Canadian and British Forces resident in the United States of America published in Ottawa in 1921 16 pages size 6.6'x10'; condition: tears at edges and creases water stains.12. Authority for pension payments from the Board of Pension Commissioners for Canada dated November 26 1923; size: 8'x13'13. A letter from the Canadian Pension Commission about policy reviewing dated March 9 1940 and addressed to Berea Ohio. Size 8.5'x10.5'; condition: tears on creases 14.3 letters from the Canadian Pension Commission dated July and November 1946 and June 1947; size: 8.5'x11' condition: very good 15. A letter from the Department of Veteran affairs in Canada regarding a returned soldiers insurance dated April 8 1952 size: 8'x13'; condition: very good; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HERBERT ARSCOTT FIRST WORLD WAR WW1 GREAT WAR CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE CEF 2ND BRIGADE 5TH BATTALION OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE "TUXFORD'S DANDIES" WESTERN FRONT SS LAPLANDIA VALCARTIER CAMP THE BOARD OF PENSION COMMISSIONERS FOR CANADA MILITARY HOSPITALS MILITARY DOCUMENTS WOUNDED SOLDIERS GRANVILLE CANADIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL CHATHAM WHITBY MILITARY HOSPITAL FOLKSTONE KENT CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL CANADIAN WWI VETERANS VETERANS BENEFITS IN CANADA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY WAR DIARIES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF CANADA CIVIL SERVICE ACR 1918 WARTIME PHOTOGRAPHS WARTIME PHOTOS CANADIANA DEPARTMENT OF SOLDIER'S CIVIL RE-ESTABLISHMENT WAR PENSION HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS 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

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ISAAC J MEADBiblio.com

1878 THROUGH 1889 ARCHIVE OF 5 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES AND POLITICS OF A CIRCUIT RIDING UNIVERSALIST PREACHER

18780001064AUGUSTA MAINE ME. Good. 1878. On offer is a super original archive of five 5 handwritten manuscript diaries authored by Reverend Isaac J. Mead of Augusta Maine. He was the son of Albert Manley Read who died in 1861 fighting in the Civil War. Research finds that Mead is listed in the Universalist Register of 1895 as editor of THE GOSPEL BANNER. His handwritten diaries are for 1878 he is 37 years old 1882 1887 1888 and 1889 when he is 48. Mead is an enthusiastic prolific writer rarely failing to write a diary entry rarely failing to detail his visits his works his travels and to set these writings apart Isaac Mead proves to be a rather political churchman who rarely fails to press the Universalist Church's approach. His daily entries include the weather his work on the Banner Universalist meetings conferences Sunday services his preaching funeral duties etc. He makes many 'insider' remarks on Church doings and of other Church communities' doings. Historians and collectors of Maine and the neighboring states will have a treasure trove of information on religious matters of the day plus Mead also details: politics of the day; the Blaine and Harrison presidential contest local news like the Dexter Bank case Stain-Cromwell were defendants stabbing on the mail train soldier jumps fight leads to death collision of ocean steamers muster week-encamped on Leonard Farm Glencarin finished race faster etc. Took trip to New York City-Coleman House Coney Island "great playground of this city" Fleetwood Park Eden Museum wax Madison Square - 2 plays. Mr. Fairburn got him his Remington rifle -"a very pretty gun". Mead mentions many hundreds of names of his colleagues visitors family et al. Many entries about gun club target practice etc. Reverend Mead does not provide holographic ownership markings but this archive of diaries came from a larger archive of his estate ephemera. Some nibbling to the books but overall G.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; MAINE ME RELIGION UNIVERSALISM CHRISTIANITY EVANGELISM EVANGELICAL CIRCUIT RIDER 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; Signed by Autograph . unknown

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ISAAC S PEARBiblio.com

1862 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY OF AN OBSERVANT MANUFACTURER OF COTS AND BEDS FOR THE UNION SIDE WHO WOULD ONE DAY BECOME A NOTED MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATOR

18620009086CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1862. On offer is the 1862 diary of Isaac S. Pear owner of a Massachusetts factory and business manufacturing spring and cot beds and specialties in folding furniture. Pear speaks often of his day-to-day activities and his business which he writes have been negatively affected by the ongoing and bloody Civil War. The entries range from short concise entries of the weather to longer ones directly related to his business activities at the time. There are also reports of the Civil War battles won and lost and the general feeling of the people around him usually a mixture of exhaustion and anxiety. He obviously keeps tabs on the war especially as it reflects the effect on regiments and people from Massachusetts and his entries reflect this often. It seems about the middle of the year Pears factory begins making cots and beds for the Union Army. A call goes out in August for men to volunteer for the Union. For a few weeks Pear closes his store and factory at 2pm in aid of recruiting. He mentions that stores that did not close early were shut down by a mob. There also seems to be a dour attitude about the situation as Pear often reports the amount who have died in the war and the despondent look of the soldiers who return. The situation does not look good at all through Pears eyes. He also mentions people he knew by name who have died in the war. The Memoranda and Cash Accounts section of the diary contain a number of pages of detailed lists of items bought and paid for money received from clients at the store and money paid out to employees many of whom seem to be family. The book is approximately 380 pages of which there is writing in 300 or so. The cover is soft black leather with a wrap around portion meant to slide into a little loop however the loop no longer exists. It says Diary 1862 on the front. It shows a good bit of wear throughout. The pages show some discoloration and wear especially near the front and back but nothing that affects legibility. Pear wrote in pencil throughout the book and there is some smudging on certain pages that can affect legibility however these entries can be read with a bit of effort made easier under direct light. His handwriting is easy to read and legible throughout. The book is in overall good condition. Sample entries: Friday February 7 1862. Quite and warm all day. The snow thawed considerably. News of the taking of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River read to-day. People feel elated. This evening took tea at Mrs. Williams.; February 8. Comes in pleasant but colder than yesterday. A little trade at store though still poor. The war affects business very much and all are anxious for a short but honorable termination.; March 19. Pleasant all day. The taking of Newberne N.C. continued. The 21st 23rd 24th 25th Mass. Regts were in the action. Our cas. About ninety killed and 400 wounded.; June 19. Warm and pleasant all day. Busy at factory making spring cots for Army use.; August 5. Talk of a draft to fill the quota for 600000 more men for the army. Cities and towns offering bounties for volunteers for $100 to $200.; August 10. Visited Camp Cameron today.A large number of troops there under the new call of 300000 by President Lincoln.; September 3. All account go to show that the Rebels have an overwhelming Army and are determined to get into Washington and Maryland or die in the attempt.; December 13. John E. Noone was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg this day aged 27 years. Background: In 1852 Mr. Pear went to California. He traded in San Francisco three years and worked in the mines one year and then returned to Cambridge in 1857. The same year he entered his present business as manufacturer of spring and cot beds and specialties in folding furniture his factory being situated on Brattle street Boston. In the presidential campaign of 1856 Mr. Pear cast his vote in California for the free soil candidate John C. Fremont. In 1860 he voted the Bell and Everett ticket in 18564 for Lincoln and has been a republican ever since. Mr. Pear was a member of the common council with William E. Russell and in the board of aldermen the next two years. In 1887-88 he was a member of the legislature serving upon the committee on elections and giving valuable aid upon the committee on water supply in the taking of land around Fresh pond. He worked for the Australian ballot which was then secured. During his legislative career he was an intimate of the late Chester F. Sanger who occupied the adjoining seat in the house. Mr. Pear has been on the Republican City committee for the past dozen years. He is to-day a director in the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance company and also in the Colombian Cooperative bank. He is also an esteemed member of the California Pioneers of New England.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ISAAC S. PEAR CIVIL WAR ERA BRATTLE STREET CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS OWNER COT AND BED MANUFACTURING UNION ARMY SUPPLIER REPORTS OF THE CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN LIFE ON THE UNION SIDE RECRUITMENT OF SOLDIERS EFFECT OF THE CIVIL WAR ON CIVILIANS WAR TIME COMMERCE ECONOMY SUPPLIERS TO THE UNION ARMY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS 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 . hardcover

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MAISIE SHEPHERD KINGSLEY, MRS HARRY NORMAN SHEPHERDBiblio.com

1924 - 1953 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 15 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A FASHION FORWARD SUFFRAGE ERA BRIGHTON GIRL WHO EVOLVES INTO A DUTIFUL 1950s WIFE

19350002427BRIGHTON HOVE ENGLAND BRITAIN. Good. 1935. On offer is a super group of 15 original manuscript diaries begun in 1924 by a young Brighton woman who writes as a student on the heels of British suffrage in the 1920s to her as dutiful housewife in the 1950s these diaries offer a superb opportunity to witness the evolution through the self made narrative of a young English woman. From the slingshot of World War I rationing to the exuberant fashionable empowering 'Roaring 20s' to her later life as a respectable conservative '50s housewife. Maisie lives for fashion as even a casual reader notes as she records her school and then work life. The earlier years shows that interest and her travels in fashionable circles evident in the numerous drawings and pencil sketches as she explores couture hairstyles and headdress. We count at least 70 pages with her illustration likely garnered whilst attending fashionable soirées. We learn she is apparently of a well off family Maisie she mentions the 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom which lasted nine days; at the time she was working at some type of a studio but during the strike she was selling flags. Aside from fashion she makes no effort to hide the fact Cupid's arrow has struck her heart with regard to a charming young man Harry Norman Shepherd who she would later marry. Fascinatingly we note Harry was involved in the fashion industry with a 1959 news reference easily found online naming him the master of ceremonies for a fashion show put on by Marks & Spencers designed to attract "an attentive and fashion-conscious audience." Other entries from the mundanities and details of travels Italy France Switzerland throughout England and Dublin we believe married life occasional expenditures books read etc. We also learn as an extension of her fashion proclivities she sews a great deal perhaps having gained the 'bug' and experience in her fashion oriented younger years. The books proper cover the years 1924 - 1927; 1930; 1944 - 1953. There are a small number of ephemeral pieces in the diaries. Various pocket book sizes. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MAISIE SHEPHERD KINGSLEY MRS. HARRY NORMAN SHEPHERD ROARING TWENTIES WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES FLAPPERS ERA SUFFRAGE BRITISH SUFFRAGE JAZZ ERA POST WORLD WAR I BRIGHTON HOVE BRITAIN ENGLAND HANDWRITTEN 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

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MAJOR GEORGE LYNEDOCH CARMICHAEL [SMYTHE]Biblio.com

1865 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARMY 95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT DERBYSHIRE WHILE IN KURRACHEE

18650001057KURRACHEE KARACHI PAKISTAN. Good. 1865. On offer is a super handwritten manuscript 1865 diary of a Major George Lynedoch Carmichael Smythe b. December 8 1831 - d. January 29 1903 of the 95th Regiment of Foot Derbyshire serving in Kurrachee Karachi Pakistan as evidence by the holograph entry to the calendar at the front. A slip of ephemera being a loose slip relating to "Major Carmichael 95th Regiment" being further confirmation. This is an amazing relic of British Colonial times at a superbly interesting time in Pakistan for an Officer of the famed Regiment. Various manuscript entries largely of a financial nature eg "Paid Fatigue Party for Porter - £2-1" "Drew for Company Pds. 400" but a number of other notes including an alphabet translation of an unidentified language but most probably local to Karachi and one particular section full page section written in another language we are not able to decipher. Married to Eva Saunders. BIO NOTES: Lt.-Col. George Lynedoch Carmichael was baptised with the name of George Lynedoch Carmichael Smythe. He was educated at Harrow School Harrow on the Hill London England. His name was legally changed to George Lynedoch Carmichael by Royal Licence. He fought in the Crimean War. He was decorated with the award of Order of Medjidie 5th Class. He was decorated with the award of Chevalier Legion of Honour. He fought in the Indian Mutiny where he was mentioned in despatches. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 95th Regiment. He held the office of Chief Constable of Worcestershire between 1871 and 1903. Thin card covers good illustrated advertisement for Ransomes & Sims Agricultural Machinery Ipswich to the back. With the original advertising inserts 8pp Thurston & Co. Billiard Tables Hobb's Locks etc. & 4pp Royal Insurance Company. Some losses to the backstrip some soiling marks & rubs to the covers creases & losses to two corners. The contents are slightly toned with light foxing small creases to the corners. Thirty two pages have handwritten entries from simple notes of finance or wages to more detailed weeks. Some losses to the blotting paper leaves which have been well used. Otherwise clean & complete. Size: 24.5cm by 19cm. Overall G.; English; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; PAKISTAN KARACHI KURRACHEE DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT RIFLES MILITARY MILITARIA BRITISH ARMY 95TH REGIMENT SCOTLAND IRELAND 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 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

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MARGARET (MARDI) BURNHAMBiblio.com

1931 - 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ILLINOIS WOMAN GRAND DAUGHTER OF AMERICA'S MOST PROMINENT ARCHITECT AND AFFLUENT MEMBER OF CHICAGO'S CULTURAL AND BUSINESS ELITE UNAFFECTED BY THE GRINDING YEARS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

19310008147EVANSTON IL. Good. 1931. On offer is an original fascinating and rather chatty diary of the granddaughter of the most prominent architect in the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century. Measuring 5.5 inches by 3.75 inches this 5-year diary contains 365 pages. It is essentially 100% complete. The leatherette cover is in good condition with a slight water stain on the back cover. All pages are intact. The handwriting is legible. Margaret Burnham was born in 1914 and grew up in Evanston IL. Her diary covers the years 1932 through 1936. Her father Hubert Burnham was the oldest son of Daniel H. Burnham the most prominent architect in the United States during his professional career 1872-1912. The impact that Daniel Burnham had on cityscapes across America and overseas cannot by overstated. Burnham essentially created the profession of Urban Planner and brought architecture from a drafting job to a fully-recognized profession. He was a member of the "Chicago School" of architecture. Together with his partner John Root they built the largest architectural firm in the world. His buildings include the first skyscraper - the Montauk Block in Chicago. Other famous buildings followed including such as the Masonic Temple the Rookery Building and the Field Museum Chicago Ellicott Square Buffalo Union Station Washington DC Selfridges London and the famous triangular-shaped Flatiron Building in New York City. He was appointed Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Chicago World's Fair Burnham had responsibility for overseeing and completing construction for some 150 buildings on more than 600 acres 240 hectares of land. In little more than two years Burnham created America's most spectacular world's fair of the 19th century. He led a workforce numbering as many as 10000 reviewed guidelines for the many state buildings and supervised the fair's infrastructure including transportation sewage and clean water delivery systems. Nicknamed the "White City" the fair's grand Neoclassical buildings were planned as a cohesive whole in a landscaped setting; they made a lasting impression on millions of visitors. Often noted as the inspiration for the City Beautiful movement the fair was a turning point both for Burnham and for the development of the modern American city. Margaret's father Hubert studied at the U.S. Naval Academy earning a degree in Science. He served in WWI and was in charge of construction of naval bases in France. Prior to the war he worked alongside his brother Daniel Jr. in their fathers firm as architects. After their father's death they left and set up their own architectural firm - Burnham Brothers. This was the creative and dynamic family that Margaret grew up in and where she enjoyed a life of affluence. She attended boarding schools in Switzerland and Paris and made her debut in Chicago in the late 1920s. She then moved to New York City where she became a model She later married Neil Williams had two sons and moved to Palm Springs California. She was divorced and later married Peter Legrow. Margaret Burnham passed away in 2009 at the age of 95. This diary covers her life from age 18-22. Her diary begins in 1932 with her enjoying activities with her family and friends: "Church A.M. and again to a mystery play at St. Lukes. Enjoyed New York Symphony concert - Horowitz playing Rachmaninoff symphony." Jan 3 1932. "School reopened. Errand in town - to mama's for dinner - to mass meeting at Stadium on tax situation" Jan 4 1932. "Downtown A.M on errands. Home rest of day listening to music etc. Gordon John Suite" Mar 26 1932. "Went to board room with Miss Haff for our checks. With Matie this evening." June 25 1932. In the summer of 1933 she and a group of friends took a trip 6 week from Evanston IL down into the deep South. She makes a number of observations in her daily entries: "Left La Grange GA early. Negro women with baskets of laundry on heads walking roads. West Point GA for breakfast. Through Alabama plantations - negros & watermelons - unpainted cabins and crepe Visited Montgomery home of Jeff Davis Jefferson Davis was the first and only President of the Confederacy. Sat afternoon negro market - rickety" July 22 1933. The entries continue in this vein over the entire 5 years. She has a busy social life as a result of her family's business success. In addition to her active social life she records her interests as well as various family doings. A social historian would see this as an excellent window into the world of the affluent professional/business class in America during the grinding years of the Great Depression. There are many specific references to cultural activities such as concerts plays literature and social events which give an insight into how people who had the money could add to the quality of their lives. There are many names mentioned which can assist in making links across the social web in Chicago during this time.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; MID-20TH CENTURY; 1930s; GREAT DEPRESSION; MARGARET MARDI BURNHAM; DANIEL H. BURNHAM; HUBERT BURNHAM; BURNHAM AND ROOT; DH BURNHAM AND COMPANY; WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION FLATIRON BUILDING MARSHALL FIELD AND COMPANY; SELFRIDGES; PLAN OF CHICAGO; CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT; EVANSTON; IL; ILLINOIS; COOK COUNTY; CHICAGO IN THE EARLY AND MID-1930s; CULTURAL LIFE IN CHICAGO IN THE 1930s; FINANCIAL CRISIS OF THE EARLY 1932; AMERICAN SOUTH IN THE EARLY 1930S; AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE EARLY 1930s; LIFE DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION; MASS MEETING OF THE CHICAGO TEACHER'S FEDERATION IN 1932; POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF WOMEN IN ILLINOIS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION; AMERICAN WOMEN IN 1930s; YOUNG WOMEN AND LEISURE IN 1930s; SOCIAL LIFE OF WOMEN IN 1930s; 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

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MR ET MYERS E TBiblio.com

1895 - 1900 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRUIT FARMER AND ORCHARD OWNER NEAR RANCHO CUCAMONGA CALIFORNIA

18950002141ETIWANDA CALIFORNIA RANCHO CUCAMONGA SAN BERNADINO. Good. 1895. On offer is a super original 1895 through 1900 manuscript personal and work diary and ledger handwritten by E.T. Myers of Etiwanda California near Rancho Cucamonga. Beginning June 24 1895 ending on Dec 31 1900 Mr. Myers owned and lived with his wife and son on their vineyard and orchard growing all kinds of fruit including apricots figs peaches raisins etc. details the family's personal and work related activities. Mr Myers and his family were very active in their community too attending the Ladies Aid Society church activities temperance lectures etc. Mr Myers was appointed Assistant Postmaster was involved with the water commission and active in the election process. Even 100 years ago water and irrigation were a major California concern and he wrote of digging trenches and ditches. In the margin of the journal he would note any significant rainfall. It is also a personal journal and daily Mr Myers recorded the activities of his family and any local events - trips visits and visitors illness deaths accidents etc. Remarkably this dedicated diarist did not miss a day in the 4½ years of this journal. The 12½ x 8¼ inch has 194 handwritten pages. Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF E.T. MYERS ETIWANDA CALIFORNIA LLOYD MYERS WINERY VINEYARDS GRAPE GROWING ORCHARDS RURAL LIFE FARMING LIFE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SAN BERNADINO LOS ANGELES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER SHORTAGES IRRIGATION DROUGHT TURN OF THE CENTURY FARMING 19TH CENTURY LIFE IN CALIFORNIA 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 PAPEL . unknown

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NINA MILLER [?]Biblio.com

1960s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DREAM AND THERAPY JOURNAL AND INTIMATE PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S PSYCHO SEXUAL ISSUES OF NYMPHOMANIA MARITAL RELATIONS AND CHILDHOOD ABANDONMENT WITH THE BACK DROP OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND HIPPIE ERA

19620001917FIRE ISLAND NEW YORK FLATBUSH BROOKLYN NYC. Good. 1962. On offer is a fascinating and sometimes very sad peek into the mind and soul of a 1960s Hippie Era woman who details her dreams her therapy sessions and her deepest darkest and most personal revealing thoughts on her psycho sexual problems within this original handwritten and typed manuscript archive. A rather beautiful woman included are approximately 12 photos of her and her cat Nina as she refers to herself married name is likely Miller as her husband is Chuck Miller is very much the beatnik bohemian and hippie who reveals and extraordinarily intimate personal history following almost a clichéd life: writing originally we believe from either Flatbush or Brooklyn New York she settled in Fire Island in the 1950s and remained through most of the 1960s. She seems to be of a European background likely French mentioning many friends in England and France her husband is a writer addicted to pornography. In her notes she mentions it was her ability and love of talking 'sexy-dirty' that netted him back when they first met but the origin of her problems begin with childhood and abandonment issues. As per her therapist she records many of her dreams experiments with marijuana as part of her treatment and within the pages of the archive we read of her desires and intimacies with her therapist though we are unsure how much of it was real or imagined. While some of the reading is entertaining funny and insightful more often it is manic often very racy and straight talking but also tinged with sadness melancholy a lack of fulfillment and emotionally disturbing. She has some very major issues as to why she seems to desire 'negro' men her inability to have sex with Jewish men her father was Jewish and her parents who went from 'torturing' her by kissing each other in front of her yet them denying her any affection - her father would tell he she was his 3rd cousin and to stop calling him Daddy. At one point she writes that she watched a little girl sit on her own father's lap and being affectionate which causes Nina to begin a crying jag. Researchers and historians of psychosexual problems would be hard pressed to find a more intimate and revealing personal account. There are approximately 135 all told many pages being written or typed on both sides some age toning and or yellowing etc. and overall the archive is G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES NYMPHO NINA MILLER CHUCK MILLER PSYCHOTHERAPY DREAM DIARY DREAM THERAPY THERAPISTS FIRE ISLAND PSYCHO SEXUALITY NYMPHOMANIA PSYCHIATRISTS SLEEPING WITH PATIENTS NYMPHOMANIAC SEXUAL REVOLUTION SEXUAL ADDICTION SEX ADDICTS MANIA SEX MANIAC CHILDHOOD AND ABANDONMENT ISSUES MENTAL ILLNESS DRUGS EXPERIMENT WITH MARIJUANA PORN PORNOGRAPHY 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

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ROLAND W MYERSBiblio.com

1948 - 1949 Original Handwritten Diary by an Attentive but Homesick United States Air Force Pilot Brought over to Japan to Assist in the Administration of the Post-World War Two American Occupation of Japan

19480009137TOKYO HONSHU ISLAND AMERICAN OCCUPIED JAPAN. Very Good. 1948. On offer is a diary kept by United States Air Force Pilot on assignment to occupied Japan only a few years after the end of World War 2. The diary begins in September 1948 and continues till March 1949. The authors name was Roland W. Myers a member of the 385th Bombardment Group/549th Bomb Squadron. Myers would stay in the Air Force from 1948 till 1964 retiring as a Major. Myers leaves his home and wife in San Rafael California and sails for Japan on the USAT Hope. On the ship he gets his assignment. In my orders I am being sent to the 13th Air Depot Honshu Island Japan. Arriving in Japan Myers is assigned to Air Control man power section which is headed by Lt. Col. Greck who real seem like a nice guy though I dont know much about it now. Anyhow I have a nice desk job with good possibilities. In Japan Myers has a good bit of trouble adjusting and comments often on is observations of the Japanese people and their customs especially when it comes to his experiences at church. His job in Tokyo seems to be mostly filing and processing requests. Though being a trained Air Force pilot he does occasionally go on long flights around Japan. In November he is transferred to the Far East Air Force base in Tokyo. He writes my job will be TI & E Troop Information and Education officer. The job turns out to be quite a lot of work and he has a good deal of trouble at first. Myers keeps a somewhat detailed account of each and every single day. Occasionally it is little more than a sentence stating he worked and how it went but more often than not the entries contain a number of sentences about the days events who he met what he did at work how long and where he flew etc. He also writes that he acts as a Defense Council for soldiers being court martialled. In mid-January Myers writes the his wife and children will be sailing to Japan to join him permanently. When she arrives about two weeks later the diary ends: March 5 1948. Met Doris on the Sultan. Quite a boat. This line finishes this story for my life begins again with her and the childrens arrival. In the back of the book are monthly tallies of cash expenditures that show exactly what Myers brought in on income what he spent on food clothes pleasure dentist etc. and the balance at the end of the month. It seems that his goal was to save $5000. The cash accounts go beyond the scope of the diary entries themselves keeping stock of income and expenditures up until October 1953. There are also a few pages where Myers has recorded information about his flying habits. It shows the date aircraft flown station left from number of landings and time of flight. From 1948 to 1950 Myers flew dozens and dozens of times. The covers and spine are in good condition showing only small amounts of wear on the soft black leather binding. The book is approximately 250 pages long with roughly 90 pages of writing. The pages themselves are in good condition showing little wear or discoloration throughout. The handwriting is clear and legible throughout in a combination of blue and black ink and occasionally pencil which has not faded. OVERALL: VG. Text: Sept. 4 1948. Left the most wonderful wife in the world at 8:35 A.M. Not too bad for I tried to arrange to get there at the last min so the good-by would not drag out. Got on a bus and went into San Francisco where we got on the ship at Fort Mason USAT HS Hope is its name. Not too big a ship I am afraid to say. Our quarters are not too good. This ship is set up for Hospital patients and no room for luggage. Left the dock at 1200 noon. Had a fire drill at 1:00 and got under way about 2:00. The sea became choppy almost immediately. Had 2 good meals. Went to an outdoor show and finally to bed at 11:30 - Many sick. felt rather good 2 or 3 times but nothing happen so far. It really got rough tonight.; Sept. 19. Saw land about 10:00 in the morning on the western side of Honshu the main island of Japan. Later on some fishing boats with High Bows Dragon. Entered Tokyo Bay about 3:00 in the afternoon or 1500 where we picked up a pilot who took the ship in near the break water where we anchored overnight. Lots of lights from Yokohama. Spent quite a bit of the day getting straightened around clothes put away polish bras shoes shine etc. Sixteen days aboard ship. Gosh what a long time.; Oct. 12. Went out to Haneda and took off in a C47 for a 3hr. Flight. Saw Fuji and Tokyo Bay Yokohama and a few more cities. Up to 7000. Capt Weaver was giving an instrument check to someone else. They made 4 landings. The last of which was a GCA they can bring you right down to the run way just a matter of flying instruments. In the afternoon I had a ride of 1hr in AT6 which is a single engine job. That the one I am going to learn they say to fly. Went up and looked around.; January 19 1949. Today is the day for Doris to get on the boat. Hope everything is alright. Well 13 days from now should be the time. Not much doing today look like.; January 20. Went to the office around 9:00 work till 10. The church and then back to work and left there at 1200. Got ready to present the Welfare Fund and 3 or 4 things to the Col. at a meeting at 10:30 in the morning. I am going to ask to spend close to $600.00. Wonder if I will get it anyway I am prepared. Had dinner at TE and found a Columbus Ohio newspaper in the hall which I was reading when a boyson brought me a radiogram which read Leaving Friday Eighteenth USAT Sultan. Love Doris. Its funny I got a terrific thrill although I know the boat had left. Indulged in my old hobby or habit of collecting coins and paper money.Also went through the P.X. they had from Siam. Also saw lots of beautiful good suppose to be a rent buy but will wait and let Doris get what she wants. Background: Roland W. Myers was born in 1918 and passed away January 21 2010 in Sun Lakes Arizona. He was born in Dayton Ohio and as a young man he joined the Army Air Corp. After college he taught high school and also coached basketball. In 1948 he went back into the Air Force retiring in 1964 as a Major and returned to teaching and coaching at Central HS in Phoenix. He was preceded in death by his wife Doris in 2003.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ROLAND W. MYERS POST WW2 OCCUPATION OF JAPAN OPERATION BLACKLIST UNITED STATES AIR FORCE USAF 385TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP 549TH BOMB SQUADRON 13TH AIR DEPOT HONSHU ISLAND JAPAN POST WORLD WAR TWO TROOP INFORMATION AND EDUCATION FAR EAST AIR FORCE FEAF USAT HOPE DESCRIPTIONS OF JAPAN FOREIGN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN WW2 AIR FORCE PILOT 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

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SGT ARTHUR J HANTSCHELBiblio.com

1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I DIARY INTIMATELY DETAILING ONE WISCONSIN SERGEANT'S SERVICE DUTY TO HIS FAIRY PRINCESS BACK HOME

19180001492France. Good. 1918. On offer is an interesting exciting and intimately detailed manuscript relic into the personal life and war service of a WWI soldier for all of 1918. The diary was handwritten by Arthur J. Hantschel from 920 So.Div. St. Appleton Wisconsin a Sergeant in Truck Co. D. Of the 107th supply train regiment. Attached to div. Brigade Division 32nd Division U.S.N.G. US National Guard his remarks are "In memory of Texas" on the inside cover he wrote; "in case of loss or in case of my death return this diary to Miss Cordell Freiburger Cook St. New London Wisconsin U.S.A." and then "from Cordell to Art Jan. E 1918 Waco Texas. With luck and good wishes." The diary is written as one long letter by the alternating tough to sentimental and then back again Sergeant Hantschel who writes in a tiny precise script covering the entire surface available to him in the small book. Always pushing at the front lines Art shares everything with his 'fairy princess'. Jan. 1 starts off with shaking hands with his girlfriend and her mother and stating that he overstayed his pass by 2 hours with no side effects. Art talks about writing this diary for her and is faithful to write down every day for a year the events of 1918 while in France and overseas. Talks about his trip on the S.S. Tuscania and later about it being torpedoed by the Germans and sunk. Collectors of rare ephemera will be thrilled with his old ticket to the ship enclosed in the book along with other papers. Here are some snippets: "Another night of work for the troops of our Div. They are going to prove to the world what Wisconsin stands for. Was directly behind the first lines and this makes the third continuous work without sleep since the 26th. America is in the War now for sure. "Much artillery activity. Activities that mean more danger to us than to the infantry for our trucks must go through it regardless of its weight." "Received letters today. They are sweeter than ever and I take so much courage from them. Wrote one to my fairy princess today. Golly you look sweet in those snaps." A number of ephemera pieces add depth to Art's handwritten narrative including his S.S. Tuscania boarding pass no. 935 to his quarters in no. 5 upper deck; receipt for victory medal; release form from office of surgeon stating he is free of contagious disease venereal disease and lice; pass on April 3 1918 for wood detail and names under 3rd. Section sergeant Arthur J. Hantschel; newspaper clipping on Eddie Rickenbacker becoming an American ace and a small calendar of months with information on the backs one stating being torpedoed on Tuscania on feb. 5th 1918. Also photos of dead soldier American grave overseas with draped flag and cross and more. Overall G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: S.S. TUSCANIA CORDELL FREIBURGER APPLETON WISCONSIN ARTHUR J. HANTSCHEL U.S.N.G. US NATIONAL GUARD WWI WW I WORLD WAR I 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 . unknown

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SGT JOHN REED, 316 INFANTRY BANDBiblio.com

1917 ORIGINAL SENSATIONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ARMY BAND SERGEANT WHO LOOKS FOR FRIENDS AND FOES ON THE FRONTLINES BETWEEN CONCERTS A REVOLVER HIS ONLY COMPANION

19170001391Camp MEADE USS AGAMEMNON EUROPEAN THEATER. Good. 1917. Hardcover. On offer is an original and simply sensational manuscript relic of World War I being the handwritten diary of Sgt. John Reed of the 316 Infantry Band. Over 120 pages fully written in neat dense hand Reed details his experiences 'To Whom It May Concern'. He begins July 5th retrospectively explaining his being drafted November 3rd 1917 and then spending an easy 8 months at Camp Meade for him it was an easy transition into the Army life as he had already served in the US Regulars. From July 5th on he writes with dedication to a very abrupt end June 8th 1918. Reed is a super diarist has a great personality and is a dedicated American. One cannot help admire this soldier. The very first writings on the free endpaper states: Advance into Germany Millions of trained fighters Eagerness to crush Prussianism Righteousness and readiness to serve Immense Resources Crushing blows delivered to Huns Army unconquerable Navy superb Safety for Democracy for World spelling out the word AMERICANS. Here is a snippet: 'Sept 29th Our infantry was still advancing and fighting like tigers it wasn't interesting for me to stay in the supply loo so I started all alone for the front my revolver and lots of ammunition was my only friend. I walked until I got to a town that we had just captured but 'Bosh' still bombarding it heavily while looking around for wounded friends I found out that by this time Charlie Miller was still ahead of me and well and fighting like an old regular. I also met my old friend Hal Anderson working day and night as a stretcher bearer he was tired out and hungry as I send a man back after food for him and seven others as I am writing this 'Bosh' are still bombarding with monster bullets bursting all around us.' 'Sept 30th I only crawled out of a hole twice all day and that was at mess time. This day the Germans bombarded our field hospital killing many of the hospital wounded lads. Hospital had been put to close too the front.' near Verdun. Of course there is the mundane - but it is never really mundane - dinner in the rough is described as a rabbit with its neck broken the French woman cutting out the eyes the house they waited in during a bombardment the rain the mud and the waiting. Being in the band there are many concerts but they seem secondary to the action and the observations. Oblong flipbook style in this 5.25"x 2.5" also includes an actual photograph not a copy of his 316 Infantry Band Unit. Also included: a First Edition copy of the U.S. official issued song book entitled "Songs of the Soldiers and Sailors. Issued by the Commissions on Training Camp Activities of the Army and Navy departments. First Printing 1917. Also included is a newspaper clipping that Sgt. Reed had tucked away in his journal. It includes information about his company's orders to go to France.; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: CAMP MEADE USS AGAMEMNON ARMY BAND EUROPEAN THEATER VIMY VERDUN BOSH WORLD WAR I WWI WORLD WAR ONE WORLD WAR 1 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 AMERICANAAls 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

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W K WalkerBiblio.com

1941 Diary of a World War Two WWII Pilot Officer for the Royal Air Force Serving on the Middle East Command in Cairo Egypt

19410010319Cairo Egypt Killay Swansea Wales. Fair with no dust jacket. 1941. Softcover. On offer is a wonderful personal record of a Royal Air Force officer serving in North Africa during the first half of WWII. This diary belonged to Pilot Officer W. K. Walker RAF. Walker was born in Killay Swansea Wales. Unfortunately research has not turned up any additional information on Walker. The diary covers the year 1941 with most of the entries in the first 8 months of the year. Walker was commissioned as a Pilot Officer the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force. When his diary begins he is beginning a leave. A day later Jan 2 he receives a wire informing him that his father had passed away. After the funeral he returns to his base and a week later received instructions to prepare to ship out overseas. His destination is Cairo home to the Royal Air Forces Middle East Command. As he waits to begin his journey he reports that his hometown Swansea was the target of a bad air raid. Jan 17. He receives 7 days leave to return home. He returns from leave on Jan 26 kitted out for the middle east Jan 27. Granted another 13 day leave he returns home again. While home he records another bad air raid bombs very close on Feb 19. He returns to base to complete final preparations and once again receives a pass to go home. While home Swansea again is heavily bombed. He notes that a friend of his was injured in the bombing. On March 20 Walker finally travels to Liverpool where he boards the Viceroy of India bound for Cairo by way of Capetown South Africa. On May 6 he arrives in Port Said Egypt. PT at 0715 very hot sun with nice cool breeze. Sighted land 11: 30 hr. Approached Freetown Harbour passing glorious palm groves lagoons and gorgeous tropical coast with hills rising sharply to 3000 covered with trees and small bungalows. Anchored about 1815. Native sampams bumboats came alongside trying to see fruit baskets etc. Apr 4. Watched troops disembark in lighters during this morning after dressing in all equipment May 9. For the next several months attached to RAF Middle East Command he carries out a variety of tasks commenting on people he encounters and places he visits. As a Pilot Officer not assigned to an air crew his duties were ground-based. In addition to his daily entries the diary contains a good deal of interesting handwritten memoranda by Walker and printed RAF information. Of interest as well is a silhouette chart of British / Allied and German aircraft for visual identification. For anyone interested in the RAF in the Second World War or the Middle East Command this is a fine record of a junior officer's experience at one of the RASFs major command centres during WWII. This small diary measures 2.75 inches by 4.75 inches and contains 92 pages plus extensive memoranda. The cover is in good condition with evidence of wear along the edges and at the corners. The binding has been wrapped in a strip of tape to secure it. The pages are in good condition. The handwriting is very tight but fairly legible.; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 92 pages; Signed by Author . paperback

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Sarah Jane Nevins HyerBiblio.com

1901-1903 & 1909-1912 Diaries of the Widow of a Prominent Jefferson County Wisconsin Pioneer Family with Familial Ties to the Man Who Named Aztalan

0012282Aztalan Jefferson County Wisconsin. Poor with no dust jacket. Hardcover. On offer are two fine journals kept for a total of six years by a member of the Hyer family by marriage who was related to the Wisconsin pioneer credited with giving the town of Aztalan its name. Our author is Sarah Jane Nevins Hyer 1844-1923. She was born in Genesee New York to Jacob Nevins 1817-1874 and Elizabeth Green 1811-1883 both from Vermont. They settled in Jefferson County WI in 1846 when Sarah was a toddler. Sarah married Julius Caesar Hyer 1828-1902 on October 15 1866 in Jefferson. Julius was born in New York and came to Wisconsin as a young man. He was a pioneering farmer of the Aztalan region purchasing 120 acres of land and transforming it into a crop-rich farm. Together Sarah and Julius Hyer would have three children but only one would survive to old age. Lille Hyer 1867-1868 died in infancy and Henry B. Hyer 1868-1889 died at 21 due to epilepsy. Edward Julius Hyer 1872-1952 would live his entire life in Aztalan on the family farm with his wife Myrtle Hathaway and their children Hazel and Edward Hyer. He was a member of the Jefferson county board Aztalan district school board and county fair board and Equitable Reserve Association. The Hyers are among Aztalans prominent pioneering families. Notably Nathaniel Fisher Hyer 1807-1866 Julius cousin is the man credited with naming Aztalan SEE BIO NOTES. Julius father Frederick Hyer 1793-1847 and Nathaniels father David Roscoe Hyer 1774-1835 were half brothers. Both were sons of Walter E. Hyer Sr. 1744-1797. David was born to Walter and Elizabeth Rusco 1723-1778 After Elizabeth died Walter and his second wife Abigail Rowe 1745-1799 had more children including Frederick. When Sarah begins her first diary Julius is nearing the end of his days. He remains somewhat active in his business though he is mostly unwell and home. Sarah herself is confined to a wheelchair according to historical records and she references her chair occasionally. Her diary entries are filled with discussion about her immediate and extended family neighbours the farm and farm labor the larger community and reminiscences of her youth and those who have passed on. Some excerpts: .Eddie fixing up the henhouse. Elsie ironing. Myrtle sewing. Jule feeling much better. Eddie brought me 4 letters this morning when he came home from the factory. Hebners Auction. Walter very busyCarrie and Gertie drove up. Mrs. Harvey Foster is very sick and Mrs. McAddams Myrtle and Walter went to Mrs. Jeninks . Dandelions in bloom out in the yard. Walter brought me one Nov 6 1901. .received a letter from Eliza Hyer wife of David Roscoe Hyer Jr. sister-in-law of Nathaniel Fisher Hyer saying Walters folks have a Baby Girl Esther Hyer born March 16th. Eddie went to the Creek in the afternoon. Henry Tyler came in the evening March 19 1902. .Jule failing fast the house full off sic kind neighbors and relatives. Dr Reed came every one so kind and good to us. Our Dear Husband Father and Brother passed away at 625PM May 15th 1902. Minna went for the undertaker and telegraphed to the relatives and friends it is very hard for Eddie and my self to bear he has been a great sufferer for the last year and a half and has borne it all as patiently but now he is at rest May 15 1902. Sarah enjoys recounting her early days in Jefferson County. For example shortly after Julius death she accompanied family to visit her childhood town and she describes stopping by her log schoolhouse: .8 weeks since Jules funeral. We borrowed Mr. Tylers Surrey and all went down to Brother Charles Eddie Myrtle Ethel Beatris Walter and myself went in the Surreyand took my Chair along. We had such a good night with Brother Henry Nevins came to Charles and Minas folks came as well had supper together and Jenners folks were there too Charley Nevins came home with us we went around by Mrs. McAddams place it had been years since I was around that way we saw the old place where our first log schoolhouse was built one of the bottom logs are are still there grown over with grass and all around where it stood and where there were nothing but little bushes and sprouts were growing they are grown to large trees I saw where the path was across the fields where I yousto sic trudge to school when I was 5 years old and Charles was older Ann and Corneha fellows went to the same school at that time and they are both gone and Cousins Varamer Jesse and Frank attended school Varamer has been gone for 45 years there were Charley Fuller and Daniel Washburn too both gone now. Mary Turner was not going at that time but when I was eleven years Mary was going to our school and now after 47 years Charles Turner is the only one living that was a parent and sending Scholars to our school at that time I saw the marsh where we yousto slide on the ice in winter the hill where we yousto slide down with hand sleds and get tipped over and the soft water pond long since dry where I yousto go with Charles hunting frogs for fish bait oh those were glorious days when I thought Pa Ma Charles and Myself were all there were in the world how few are left that were here then they are almost all on the other side where we shall soon join them July 12 1902. The second diary is filled with lengthy entries as well as pressed flowers letters flyers little drawings likely by Sarahs grandchildren and other ephemera. A 65th birthday gift from her family Sarah keeps the diary from July 1909-July 1912. She describes the comings and goings of the Hyers Nevins and other community members the family farming business and her grandchildrens activities. Confined to a wheelchair Sarah has ample time to observe and reminisce. Some excerpts: .Myrtie and Ellen busy getting ready for Mrs. Henkes birthday party this evening and Hazeleys this afternoon. They had supper ready for the children when School was out the table looked fine 16 bright little faces sit down to the table little Carley sit with them at the table his mama fed him they had a fine Supper bananas apples peanuts and candy for dessert. They brought Hazel many little presentsa gold chain and locketthen in the evening Albert Emma and little Carley and Eddie Myrtle Walter and Hazel went to Mrs. Hankes party. They had a good time and a big crowd. Ellen and Grandma Brotts stayed with me. Mr. John Harbie wife and grand daughter and Mr. And Mrs. Hathaway stoped sic a while on their way to the party October 26 1909. .Myrtie washed. Lightning struck and burnt a barn a mile from the Creek between 2 and 3 am this morning. Dave David working on the road for Eddie. Children at school. Received Lauria Nevins graduating card to day. Eddie went to Lake everything looks just grand will soon have Strawberries of our own. Eddie brought some from the Lake and we had a Strawberry Shortcake for supper May 31 1910. Town Meeting DayThere was no opposition the Republicans had no ticket so the Democrat ticket is the same as last year. Brother Charles was down to dinner. 35th anniversary of Charless wedding day Hattie Heyer came after Allen last evening April 2 1912; Note The Democratic ticket is tipped into the diary. Sarahs son E. J. Hyer is Chairman and Allen Hyer is clerk other locals about whom Sarah writes regularly are also on the ticket including Charles Oestreich. .Eddie and Albert drawed our hay in the Orchard this morning. PM Eddie Walter and Hazel took Lauria and Rhoda to Milford to visit Charley and Jennie Shroeder. They stopped at Crandals to talk over fixing up the church. Mr. And Mrs. John Whiting and Mrs. Harbie were there they will commence on the Church as soon as possiblePeople came in evening after School meeting July 1 1912. Taken together these two diaries encompass six years in the life of a pioneering Wisconsin family and offer a peek into the world of a woman who used a wheelchair in the very early 20th century. As the Hyers were well-off Sarah did not seem to struggle as some may have but the world through her eyes is often one of observation rather than direct engagement. The connection to Nathan Fisher Hyer is worth mentioning again See BIO NOTES. A treasure trove of early Jefferson County history. The first journal is a ledger book in which daily entries were made beginning in November 1901 until December 31 1903. The long ledger pages allow her to write 4-5 entries per page and she writes nearly daily with entries ranging from a few lines to a longer paragraph. It measures 11.5 inches by 5.5 inches and contains 176 pages. The back cover of the book is missing. The front cover is cloth and is stained. The book is stitched and binding is intact. The pages are in good condition with the exception of the last few pages which have been damaged due to lack of protective cover. The handwriting is legible. The diary is about 85% complete. Overall Fair. The second journal is a large hard cover volume. It measures 10x7.25 inches. Hyer began it on her 65th birthday July 28 1909 and kept it daily until she runs out of pages on July 27 1912. The hard covers are intact but stained from wear and use. The spine has broken and the sewn binding is very loose with some pages detached. While all signatures are present they are very loose. All pages are intact although several have been damaged by wear on the edges and folding though this does not interfere with legibility. The book contains 300 pages and is 100% complete. Overall Fair to Poor. BIO NOTES - THE HYERS: The Hyer family name is associated with the earliest days of Aztalan Jefferson County Wisconsin. Specifically Judge Nathaniel Hyer who had settled in Milwaukee visited the area after Timothy Johnson of Watertown discovered the region. Hyer drew a basic map of the Aztalan area and published a written account of the place in the Milwaukee Advertiser in 1837. Hyer named the region Aztalan based on the incorrect idea that the Aztecs of Mexico originated there. Hyer found mounds in the Aztalan WI region and connected them to images of Aztec pyramids. While Hyers rationale for naming the place Aztalan has been proven false the name itself remains. Milwaukee Public Museum Aztalan Site History 2022. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . hardcover

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HARRY GRANT PEARSONBiblio.com

1911 - 1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF EXOTIC TRAVEL LOVE TRIANGLES SECRET ROMANCE HANDWRITTEN BY A FASCINATING EMOTIVE DEEPLY INTROSPECTIVE MAN FROM AN ARTISTIC FAMILY AND MARRIED TO AN ARTIST AND IN LAW TO A FRIEND OF BUFFALO BILL CODY

19110002099GERMANTOWN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA BUENOS AIRES. Fair. 1911. On offer is a simply super original 1911 - 1913 manuscript diary handwritten by as stated in his own hand: "Harry Grant Pearson Manheim and Newhall St. Germantown Philadelphia. Private. c/o London and Brazilian Bank. Buenos Aires Argentina S. A." A very interesting man Harry was born into and married to a family of artists. His brother the famous painter Joseph Thurman Pearson Jr. his wife Jane Jarvis Mumford were both artists and his father in law was another rare character and friend of Wild Bill Cody. The diary is remarkable on a number of levels. On the one hand the narrative details a fascinating man's desperate love life and his time spent being torn between two women - one he marries and the other who remains a secret love throughout. Also noteworthy is the depth of emotion and intimate thoughts this man shares with his diary and as it states 'private' he means private as he shares his deepest and darkest feelings. This is very rare in men's diaries. Lastly this is a super travel diary wherein Harry writes of the six months he traveled to Argentina. The largish 5¼ x 8½ inch book covers 71 full pages of writing. While he is not the kind of diarist who writes daily but when he has something to express or what he has observed. He really is a wonderful diarist. Here are some snippets: "March 5th 1911 A few days ago I finished reading "The Dairy of a Lost One." In many ways this book appealed to me and is really the origins of my present idea. To from time to time transfer my thoughts feelings and varied emotions into this book; that I may at some future time know what I lived at the present time. That it will hold no possible interest to any other than myself. I am sure and it is with the fixed idea that it is to be a thing my very own that I start the inking of my pages. Even at the beginning I find myself in my probably most embarrassing predicament which is my little ability to give expression to my stupid and sometimes some how interesting thoughts. It is true I have no brilliant mind nor overwhelming attractiveness to the mob but so far I have managed to bring through life without bringing upon myself any great or influencing dislikes or habits which sometimes surprises and at others amuses for I have a decided indifference to the opinions of herd of humanity. I am indeed happy and fortunate in the few friends I have taken into my life." "March 8th 1911 Again I am alone but for my book and so I turn to it for a few minutes association. But little of interest has happened to me during the past few days. On Monday night I had the pleasure of seeing Isadora Duncan dance to music by the New York Orchestra. Walter Amrost leading. The music was quite on a level with the dancing which was indeed quite wonderful. The rhythm and poetry of her work made me feel that she was indeed an artist. " "March 9th 1911 It is getting late but I am not tired and so I turn again to my book. I believe this little recreation is going to be a real happiness to me. It is so good to have someone something to turn to and give your thoughts or your impressions in life.At present Albert Laessle is about to put into plaster a portrait bust of myself which I think is a good strongly modeled head and quite worthy of the effort of its making. I hope soon to have it put into bronze and then I think I shall be quite content. I spend too many hours in my brother's studio watching him paint that I think he is one of my greatest delights. To me it is a great privilege to watch the development of a picture from the beginning to its finish and off it goes to an exhibition and I am happy to say usually receives favorable reviews. Two pictures are now at the Academy of Design in New York. The awards are made tomorrow and the exhibition opens to the public on Sunday. I am so anxious to hear of the awards and read the criticisms. If he could but get a medal! I should be happy for a month! What great happiness is sometimes given to us unknown to the giver." There is one more entry for March and then he skips now to September which is only on entry and then on to November "September 8th 1911 Long have I stayed away from my scribble. Long because I have feared to convey my feelings to paper because fear has entered into me and torn into my fear my soul my very life my conscious. Tumbles and turns my whole existence into turmoil in which there is no peace no seeming power to reconstruct." "November 1st 1911 Today has certainly been the most insulting day I have ever lived. To have stood there before two _______and hear myself called vile the vilest of vile names to feel that my very soul was being dragged in the dust and not be able to defend myself or crush the hideous fool who gushed forth his vile filthy stuff. I can not understand how I possible restrained myself. It seems incredible that I who so little fear physical hurt should have tolerated such a scene. What force was it in me that held my hand that controlled me under such horrible insults. At this time I cannot believe it was I who stood apparently undisturbed and strong enough to resist for the sake of a woman's honor and have gained nothing nothing but the disrespect of those who know of it and now surely believe me to be a coward or worse than nothing a fool." "November 11th 1911 A depression beyond my controls has seized me. I am as a bird wind tossed in the clouds at the mercy of the elements. The hope in life seems to be suddenly taken from me the strength to struggle and rise above the cause of my melancholy misfortune is gone. O what a mess I have made of my life. And in my sinking I grasped others and pulled them down with me into the darkness of despair. If I had not done that I think I might go on and hope and fight and win for myself a victory of some sort; but to have torn the very soul of another and wounded it to its very death. It is too much and I feel that my whole strength and struggles will be of no avail and the sense of faring a crime against a human soul will be upon me today tomorrow and for all time. It is indeed true that in life we pay for all things and I am but paying in this hour of discontent and despair for the happiness of yesterdays." "November 17th 1911 .Oh the horror of it all the horrors of my evil touch. I have felt it always and have so far as I have been able lived within myself and striven to hold my "different state of being" from the nearness of others. Especially from those who seemed to be influenced by it. For I realize that there are those who are attracted by my difference." "December 5th 1911 I think the pages of my book must shudder when it's transcribed to it the feelings of the past few days. Whew! What a physical young person I have been. I think I have never found myself so possessed by physical desire. It is alarming and brings fear; but I am fortunate in being the possessor of a mere bit of mental strength that holds me from committing an act of folly which I should never cease to regret. The possession of two friends is surely a thing to rejoice in. Times seem to have a tremendous power for pressing me into a weariness these days from which I am weak in freeing myself. It is best but it seems years since I have seen---today and in that instant I felt her weariness in some mental way transmitted to me. I am almost positive---was feeling the touch of the "blue devils" today and that the remembrances of other days was dwelling within and burning---and I must exist and hope and be of little use---small consolation." At this time he takes trip to Mohawk to stay with family for a while. The first trip was wonderful but the second trip he finds the depression sinking in "January 1912 .She is ever in my mind just as ever present as the morning and the evening time. Without her spiritual presence I should feel a deep depression of my whole being in which I should struggle and war against an ongoing and tortuous force incessantly. And yet I cannot be sometimes feel that such a condition would be preferable if by its presence it was certain that she had ceased to suffer through me. The relationship is impossible to me. I am blind and dumb when I strive to see or think of any solution in which peace happiness or contentment is to be found. I am sometimes forced to wonder what force it is stirring in me." The above entry is longer and then there is one more before his next entry which is in December of 1912. He tore out some pages but explains why in this next passage "December 17 1912 on board S. S. Oceanic I am sorry I have destroyed certain pages of my ___book. How amusing it is going to be for me to read some day that day when I have found myself in Arcadia. It's going to come! I am wandering again friend book to Paris we go first. I think I am going to have many things to tell you before we go from Paris then we go traveling down to South America where God knows what awaits us. It seems friend book that love is driving us on most of our wanderings. But you know I do love her so I don't so much mind going on my little journey if in doing so I am helping her and I am certain that I am helping her in her very _____battles by coming away. If she doesn't win book it's going to hurt a lot for I love her more than anything in life---and which she is far from the land of contentment. I cannot possibly enter in myself. I don't want to go into that land without her. O if we might go together. The first thing at morn the last thing at night you are in my thoughts. I know you are going to prove to others that you are what I think you to be you must!" "December 23rd 1912 We are in Paris! But we find Paris not the Paris we had expected to; for woman has entered in again and controls my riotous thoughts. I had thought many stupidly wild things were going to entertain you; but instead you find me leading a most conservative existence.I am going to be something more to her than a torture machine." This above entry is actually 3 pages long. Now he writes on January 23rd 1913 while on the S. S. Amazon heading for South America. He uses about 1 ½ pages talking about his time in Paris and says "Remember the great amount of affection that took place in the Pension #14 Rue de Brea' Yes Paris was good and helped much." Then talks about the captain on the ship reaching South America; Vigo Lisbon and St. Vincent. This is about 7 pages long "January 28th 1913 The boat has run along quite beautifully in quiet seas beneath hot sun. The thermometer has reached 93 in the shade and possibly more. I have played cricket twice and as a result am sore from head to foot. The foolish side seems to behave itself and here I hope that it continues to do so. Some of the people have been amusing on board. One poor girl South American is in need of an operation my roommate has found a "Consolation and bedmate" and a few are trying hard to fall in toe. And myself I am the most virtuous individual the world has ever seen." Bahia Corcovado Rio Santos -6 full pages ".Yes sometimes weaving a thousand times a day my thoughts turn to----I can reach no conclusion----If it weren't for the kiddies it could be worked out so simply but with the children it seems impossible that we may ever be together. And then the horrible thought that possibly the emotion is quite one-sided comes and tortures and sickens my heart and makes the journey difficult. O! Its quite impossible that such a condition is possible!" in Buenos Aries Feb. 23rd eight pages long describing his time in B.A. in part: "February 23rd 1913.I wonder whether in the living of her days a thought is ever sent out to me. She seems so far so very far away that I am often very much alone. She owns my life but even so she is not near me. My thoughts are of each morn each night----my hopes for her great happiness and contentment." "March 7th 1913 .Have recently heard of Stanley's his brother going forth fighting for his lady love. It doesn't sound like the action of a Pearson; but noting could please me better than what he has done and I have great hopes for his ultimate happiness. I wonder when love is going to hit me in that way. It has more than once driven me from a woman but more in pursuit of the illusive creature. But life is young and possibly I have much in store for the big future of which I know nothing" He's now in San Louis and there are 8 pages devoted to his time there describing the place etc. "March 22nd 1913 Still loafing in the country what an oasis it is proving to be! I feel the bigness of out-doors stirring up within me a sober sense of contentment and health. Only one regret is within me the rain and probably foolish regret that I am the possessor of a very weak and unfit body." He is staying with a man by the name of Moore in his country home. There are 19 pages devoted to his time in the country outside of B.A. He also returns to Boca La Boca and finds work there. "July 20th 1913 B.A. In the past few weeks I have been quite filled with a desire to be married and through with this wandering existence that has become mine. Dear good Jane has taunted my thoughts and I had decided that we must be married whether we had nothing in this world and must expect poverty to be our companion through the rest of our lives. But it has suddenly come to nothing. My misfortunate conscious will not allow me to forget all that has gone before and especially not the past three years in which I gave my body and soul to another. And she I allow myself to believe was absolutely sincere in giving herself to me. I simply can not take another into my life while the old influences clings to me as it does and feels the old fascination will still be there when I am home again and who knows the tread of her lips now Possibly she is to be cast from her old life possibly she needs me. I must not allow myself to come into such a position that I cannot go to her if she ever calls me. She owns my life and so I may not give it to another. Jane good and perfect Jane how I wish I might have her in my life even more intimately than she has been in the past. Ten years she has been the really great influence and I have given her small happiness for all she has given me. I wish she would marry and attain what she so greatly desires. For no one more deserves the attainment of desires than she. I have made rather a mess of things and I don't see much hope of ever being married but who knows but what happiness is to be given me in some other form."; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HARRY GRANT PEARSON MANHEIM JOSEPH THURMAN PEARSON JR. BUENOS ARIES ARGENTINA LOVE TRIANGLES LOVE LOST REAL ROMANCE TRAVEL GERMANTOWN GENDER STUDIES MEN'S STUDIES PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA JANE JARVIS MUMFORD WILD BILL CODY AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN 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

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JAMES GREY TURNERBiblio.com

1909 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A VOYAGE TO ITALY NAPLES AND TUNIS BY A BANKER WHO WOULD ONE DAY BE THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY OF FAMOUS DOCTORS

19090002041ITALY NAPLES TUNIS NORTH AFRICA TUNISIA. Good. 1909. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript diary handwritten by James Grey Turner of London England. James besides writing an extraordinary 94 page travel diary with ephemera mostly postcards 90 of his trip through the Middle East and Mediterranean including Naples then Tunis was married to Evelyn and together they birthed a very famous son; George Grey Turner bio info to follow. Turner explains the trip on the first page: "The 30th Sept. 1909 was the date fixed upon which I was to cease work with the firm Lloyd's Bank Limited the successors of Lambton and Company "The Bank in Newcastle upon Tyne and elsewhere." My wife and I had often built "Castles in the Air" when looking forward in past years to such a time actually arriving. We had after grave thought and considerations decided to give up housekeeping and in future for a time at least to "live in our boxes." We did so with greater confidence seeing that Jim was the only one left to us at home and he being to all appearances in capital health and well able to look after himself in "digs" of the most comfortable kind that we thought we had found for him. So on the 8th October 1909 we left No. 1 Queen's Road in the company of Lily bound for London which was to be the first stage of our trip to Naples where we quite hoped to stay the winter that both my wife and I might benefit by change of climate and the sunny shores of Italy." Things do not work out the way they wanted and much of the diary is spent in Tunis. One of the highlights is their meeting with the famous painter Louis Gage Mason and his wife and tucked in are two photo postcards of each. It seems that the diary has been handed down by James Grey Turner to his son George Grey Turner and then it was handed down to his son Elston as evidenced by the handwritten inscription on the first page that says "To Elston from Grammie Xmas 1930." BIO NOTES: George Grey Turner was born in 1877 and was an English Surgeon. He received a Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1903 and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War. As a young surgeon he travelled around the world being received by the Pope Mussolini the King of Italy and King Alfonso of Spain. Five years before his death Grey Turner was made President of the International Society of Surgeons. After the war Grey Turner was briefly famous for performing one of the earliest operations to attempt the removal of a bullet from a soldier's heart. The bullet was never removed but Grey Turner's surgery saved the patient's life. During the following decades Grey Turner worked with early cancer research and anticipated the development of Chemotherapy. A type of bruising Grey-Turner's sign was named after the surgeon. His name plate is pasted to the inside front cover of the journal. The 7" x 9" x 1 ½" book's binding is cracked some pages excised and overall fairly worn but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JAMES GREY TURNER ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEON ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS LOUIS GAGE MASON GEORGE GREY TURNER LONDON ENGLAND TUNIS AFRICA MEDITERRANEAN MIDDLE EAST TUNISIA NORTH AFRICAHANDWRITTEN 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

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1957 - 1962 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND HISTORY OF THE CRESTLINE CALIFORNIA ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CHAPTER FOUNDED BY FARRIS HALEY NOTED WEST COAST AA FOUNDER AND LEADER

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1957 - 1962 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND HISTORY OF THE CRESTLINE CALIFORNIA ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CHAPTER FOUNDED BY FARRIS HALEY NOTED WEST COAST AA FOUNDER AND LEADER

1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 71 YEAR OLD GOLD MINER ORCHARD OWNER AND FISHING GUIDE WHO LIVES TO PAN FOR GOLD

1941 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES DOCUMENTS LETTERS AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN BY A GLASGOW MAN SERVING KING AND COUNTRY ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WITH THE 26TH HUSSARS AND THE 3RD CARABINERS

1869 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT YOUNG GIRL WHO IS THE NIECE AND WARD OF HER FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTIST UNCLE

C1915 ORIGINAL GROUP of DOCUMENTS PERTAINING to the MILITARY SERVICE of a LANCE CORPORAL in the 5TH BATTALION of the CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 2ND BRIGADE A. K. a "TUXFORD'S DANDIES" WHO WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED and SPENT over a YEAR AT MILITARY HOSPITA

1878 THROUGH 1889 ARCHIVE OF 5 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES AND POLITICS OF A CIRCUIT RIDING UNIVERSALIST PREACHER

1862 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY OF AN OBSERVANT MANUFACTURER OF COTS AND BEDS FOR THE UNION SIDE WHO WOULD ONE DAY BECOME A NOTED MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATOR

1924 - 1953 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 15 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A FASHION FORWARD SUFFRAGE ERA BRIGHTON GIRL WHO EVOLVES INTO A DUTIFUL 1950s WIFE

1865 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARMY 95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT DERBYSHIRE WHILE IN KURRACHEE

1931 - 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ILLINOIS WOMAN GRAND DAUGHTER OF AMERICA'S MOST PROMINENT ARCHITECT AND AFFLUENT MEMBER OF CHICAGO'S CULTURAL AND BUSINESS ELITE UNAFFECTED BY THE GRINDING YEARS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

1895 - 1900 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRUIT FARMER AND ORCHARD OWNER NEAR RANCHO CUCAMONGA CALIFORNIA

1960s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DREAM AND THERAPY JOURNAL AND INTIMATE PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S PSYCHO SEXUAL ISSUES OF NYMPHOMANIA MARITAL RELATIONS AND CHILDHOOD ABANDONMENT WITH THE BACK DROP OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND HIPPIE ERA

1948 - 1949 Original Handwritten Diary by an Attentive but Homesick United States Air Force Pilot Brought over to Japan to Assist in the Administration of the Post-World War Two American Occupation of Japan

1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I DIARY INTIMATELY DETAILING ONE WISCONSIN SERGEANT'S SERVICE DUTY TO HIS FAIRY PRINCESS BACK HOME

1917 ORIGINAL SENSATIONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ARMY BAND SERGEANT WHO LOOKS FOR FRIENDS AND FOES ON THE FRONTLINES BETWEEN CONCERTS A REVOLVER HIS ONLY COMPANION

1941 Diary of a World War Two WWII Pilot Officer for the Royal Air Force Serving on the Middle East Command in Cairo Egypt

1901-1903 & 1909-1912 Diaries of the Widow of a Prominent Jefferson County Wisconsin Pioneer Family with Familial Ties to the Man Who Named Aztalan

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Faith and Compassion: The Life and Work of Mother Teresa Autographed

The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle in Five Volumes to which is prefixed The Life of the Author - Complete Five Volumes I II III IV V 1 2 3 4 5

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1911 - 1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF EXOTIC TRAVEL LOVE TRIANGLES SECRET ROMANCE HANDWRITTEN BY A FASCINATING EMOTIVE DEEPLY INTROSPECTIVE MAN FROM AN ARTISTIC FAMILY AND MARRIED TO AN ARTIST AND IN LAW TO A FRIEND OF BUFFALO BILL CODY

1909 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A VOYAGE TO ITALY NAPLES AND TUNIS BY A BANKER WHO WOULD ONE DAY BE THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY OF FAMOUS DOCTORS

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