Biographie

13 728 résultats

Trier parTitre A - Z

Pertinence Auteur A - Z Auteur Z - A Titre A - Z Titre Z - A Prix croissant Prix décroissant Libraire A - Z Libraire Z - A

Par page25

25 50 100

Filtres

Mary Ida McCormickBiblio.com

1882 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN OPTIMISTIC STUDENT/TEACHER IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA

MInnie L CaywoodBiblio.com

1882 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A STUDENT/TEACHER IN WESTERN NEW YORK STATE UNDER THE THUMB OF A MEAN PRINCIPAL

1882000716Red Creek Clyde New York. Good. 1882. On offer is an 1882 handwritten manuscript diary once belonging to Minnie L. Caywood of Red Creek in Western New York State. On the face of it Minnie's life seems busy but simple and is detailed as such. Basic notations such as getting vaccinated; Minnie's great joy from receiving a valentine's card; her responsibilities as a student and job as a teacher; her part in the Literary Society; death of old schoolmate Clara Meade village of Clyde to name just a few. But then something terrible happens at the school. It is all the more uncomfortable as she boards and teaches. She is forgiven but others are not and the tension and stress creates a situation where the boys and girls are made to turn their backs if they meet in the halls or on the campus. For the most part we understand Professor Baker the principal is terribly mean and is the main conductor directing the investigation and punishment. He is also such a looming presence that there is almost a daily note until the summer regarding his distemper. "Prof. is mean today as usual.There is Prof. walking along the fence. O how I wish I had a stone.In the evening we all went to a concertProf. watched us quite carefully.Prof. gave the boys a fearful lecture for cutting the bell cord." A closer reading may very well reveal answers or even more mystery. Many names and details of travels in the area for supplies are recorded. Cover is in fair shape but the interior is quite good. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES DIARY DIARIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA NEW YORK EDUCATION BOARDING SCHOOL PRE SUFFRAGECAYWOOD RED CREEK CLYDE . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 545,99 $US≈ 1 308,06 €

E MOOREBiblio.com

1882 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN FROM ENGLAND TO HIS NEW EMPLOYMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

18820001933ENGLAND TO CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND CEYLON BOMBAY. Good. 1882. On offer is a super original manuscript travel diary detailing the England to New Zealand trip of Mr. E. Moore. Beginning January 1st 1882 Mr. Moore who is on his way to manage a bank writes in a fine hand rarely if ever missing a day spends 4 months at sea until reaching Australia and then to his final destination of Christchurch when he finally writes: Tuesday June 13th that he 'took charge of Branchtoday.' While some entries are brief recaps of the day at sea or the weather Mr. Moore does a superb job relating all he sees and does in the bigger ports or more interesting and exotic sights like Peking Ceylon Alexandria Venice Turin Bombay. Ceylon for example has 8 days of the 7 1/4" x 4 1/2" page almost overfilled in tiny legible writing. Historians and collectors of 19th Century travel will understand that this was not a 'Grand Tour' diary per se as much as an exciting exotic voyage of this young Englishman to a new life on the other side of the world. The book is in rough shape binding wise and some loose pages but all accounted for and the interior is better overall. G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF TRAVEL ENGLAND TO NEW ZEALAND 19TH CENTURY E. MOORE CHELTENHAM PEKING CEYLON ALEXANDRIA VENICE TURIN BOMBAY AUSTRALIA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 855,99 $US≈ 1 570,35 €

Captain Albert Henry Burwell and Captain Henry Borland TaskerBiblio.com

1882-1884 Captains Log for the First 17 Voyages of the British Warren Lines Steamship Kansas Which Sailed between Liverpool and Boston

0012283AT SEA Liverpool Boston New Brunswick. Very Good. Hardcover. On offer is the handwritten ships log for the first 17 voyages of the Scottish-built British-owned SS Kansas owned by the passenger steamship line George Warren & Company now the Warren Line in Liverpool. The log book contains the Captains handwritten log for the first 17 voyages of the SS Kansas occurring between May 1882 and April 1884. The SS Kansas sailed between Liverpool and Boston sometimes stopping in New Brunswick. It was built by Charles Connell & Company Glasgow Scotland. Its engine was built by John and James Thomson also of Glasgow. Historical records show that the SS Kansas was launched on January 19 1882 and set sail on its first voyage between Liverpool and Boston on May 21 1882. The log shows that the maiden voyage sailed with 100 passengers from Liverpool to Boston from Boston to St. John New Brunswick and then back to Liverpool arriving on July 4 1882. The SS Kansas inaugural captain was Albert Henry A. H. Burwell 1833-1882. Burwell was a Boston native who died of Rheumatic Fever while at sea on September 9 1882 during the third voyage of the SS Kansas. His death is recorded in a handwritten In Memoriam sic box at the bottom of the Remarks page. Burwells first mate Henry Borland Harry Tasker 1846-1889. Tasker was a native of Liverpool married to Mary Ellen Simcock Tasker 1847-1917 whose obituary was found tipped-in to the ships log. SEE BIO NOTES FOR MORE ON CAPTAINS BURWELL AND TASKER. For each of the 17 voyages the captain records their name the locations between which they are sailing daily coordinates course winds and remarks regarding the weather and other details and details on each voyages coal consumption revolutions and distance. This is a fascinating look into the daily record keeping of 19th century mariners and provides insight into the capabilities of the SS Kansas and the daily struggles encountered by 19th century commercial sailors. It may also be of interest to genealogists who are piecing together timelines for those who sailed aboard the SS Kansas. The book contains approximately 70 pages with writing front and back on about 85% of the pages. It appears a number of pages were ripped out of the back of the book though it does not appear voyages were tracked beyond the 17th. The book itself measures approximately 7.5x4.5 inches. The seams are extremely loose and many pages are detached. Strangely the first page of the records for the SS Kansas maiden voyage is out of order and is connected to the first page of the documentation for the 3rd voyage. The pages are all present and only that one appears to be out of order. The hard covers spine and binding are in poor condition though the book is intact. The handwriting is very legible and the pages are all intact aside from those missing at the back. Overall Fair to Poor. BIO NOTES: Albert Henry Burwell 1833-1882 was either born in Boston Massachusetts or was born at sea on a whaler depending on which source you read to Master Mariner Albert Augustus Burwell and Sarah Ellis Hyde. He was raised in Boston Massachusetts where he attended Worcester Academy before becoming a sailor. He visited England and married Elizabeth Rea in 1858. Rhea was the daughter of Captain Gray dockmaster of the Waterloo docks in Liverpool. Burwell captained the ships Autocrat and Sarah Hignett and later became the Commodore of the Warren Line steamships which sailed between Boston and Liverpool. He captained the steamships Minnesota Missouri Iowa and the Kanas where he died of rheumatic fever on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston. He was a member of the Boston Marine Society. Henry Borland Harry Tasker 1846-1889 was born in Liverpool Merseyside England to parents Henry Taker and Anne Elizabeth Goddard. He married Mary Ellen Simcock Tasker 1847-1917 on June 24 1869 in Lancaster. He was a member of the British merchant marine and later captained ships including the SS Minnesota and SS Kansas both of the Warren Line. During an 1879 crossing while he was captain of the SS Minnesota Tasker saved the passengers and crew aboard the shipwrecked vessel Royal Arch. He was awarded a certificate and medal by the Shipwreck and Humane society. Henry and his family moved to America in 1887 and lived in Kansas to work with the Southern Kansas railroad offices. Henry died of stomach cancer only two years later in Topeka.; Manuscripts; Thin 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Signed by Author . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 755,99 $US≈ 1 485,74 €

Cassandra Swasey StevensBiblio.com

1882-1885 Diary of a Rural New Hampshire Matriarch Richly Detailing Daily Life in Belknap County

18820011152<p>Meredith Belknap County New Hampshire United States. Good with no dust jacket. 1882-1885. Softcover. On offer is a fascinating hand-made diary that was written in 1882 in rural New Hampshire by a middle-aged woman from a well-known New Hampshire family who marries a prominent New Hampshire Colonel businessman and politician. Substantial internal context clues clearly indicate that this journal was written by Cassandra Swasey Stevens 1818-1901. Cassandra was the descendant of two important early New Hampshire families. On her fathers side Cassandra was a descendent of Ebenezer Swasey and on her mothers side she was a descendant of Daniel Ladd. In 1846 Cassandra became the second wife of Ebenezer Stevens a prosperous local blacksmith and businessman. Mr. Stevens was a Colonel in the New Hampshire militia and also served as a Justice of the Peace. He was one of New Hampshires electors for Honest Abe Lincoln in the 1860 election. SEE BIO NOTES BELOW FOR MORE ON EBENEZERS BUSINESS MILITARY AND POLITICAL CAREER. The Stevens family lived in the village of Meredith in Belknap County New Hampshire. Cassandra S. Stevens and Ebenezer Stevens were parents to Alice S. Stevens 1849-1935. Ebenezer also had three children from his marriage to his first wife Therina Stevens nee Osgood who died in 1845. At least one of his children from that marriage Celestia lived with Cassandra and Ebenezer. Cassandra kept this diary from 1882 to 1885 when she was 64 to 67 years old. Entries are not made for every day but there is a flow to Cassandras writing and the effect is to give a very good overall sense of life in this northern corner of rural New England. In the opening pages she describes how this little book was made by her uncle. After her uncle passed away she took it and excising several of her uncles pages used it for herself: I have just taken this little blank book made and once used by my dead uncle Tim Ladd as a diary. I had cut out what he had written fearing it would some time meet the eye of those that do not love his memory as I do Mar 14 1882. The opening entries describe her intense worry for her adult daughter Alice who is in the late stages of pregnancy and references Alices husband Henry William Lincoln about whom she only refers to as Mr. Lincoln: Pleasant sunny day though cold and sleighing bad as usual at this season. Mr. Lincoln just called. Says all well at home. I shall feel so relieved when Alice gets through her confinement Mar 14 1882. She recounts an accident with her horse when returning from a visit to Alice: We have just returned from Alices. Went up after meeting. Very bad sleighing half bare ground and Billy fell down and broke the shafts and frightened me very much Mar 19 1882. Alice gives birth to a daughter named Mary Alice on March 23 1882 and Cassandra goes on to enjoy watching Mary Alice and her siblings grow up: Mr. Lincoln brought by Alice Eben her grandsonand dear baby Mary Alice down this afternoon. The first time the dear little one had been down. Cassandra her granddaughter one of Alices older children stayed down last night. It was the annual Rail Road meeting today May 29 1882. She recounts the deaths of many member of family and of the community and it is clear she is affected by these: Received a letter from Mary this morn saying that Mr. Stowell is very sick and the Dr. Feared the worst. Had advised sending for Alice. Oh dear! God help poor Celestia and the girlsHis brother Charles is with them which will be a good help and comfort to Celestia I think Feb 10 1883 BIO NOTE: Mr. Stowell refers to Edward Stowell who was the husband of Cassandras step-daughter Celestia. A day to remember. Mr. Stevens went to Laconia. Came home on the noon train about two o'clock. Mrs. Wiggin called and brought a Telegraph dispatch to him saying "Your brother hung himself today about noon." Fanny was the first to find him hanging in the barn and took him down herself. It had been barely 1/2 an hour since he was out of her sight. It must have been a sudden impulse for him as he ate his dinner and then just went down to the barn and done the awful deedSo much sickness all around us and so much death." Mar 15 1883. BIO NOTE: Paul Stevens was Ebenezers baby brother born in 1818. Fanny was one of his sisters. Cassandra is a staunch Republican which makes sense given her husbands political involvement see BIO NOTE below. She writes of her disappointment when Democrat Grover Cleveland gets elected President. Cassandras last entry recounts a visit from her daughter and grandchildren and also references her husband Col. Ebenezer Stevens: Mr. L. Alice and the children and Stella all came down to church today and stopped to supper. Cass was here came down yesterday. It was her grandfathers birthday 75 years old. She brought him a lamp shade and the other children sent him a cake. Celestia and Mary both sent him handkerchiefs and collars May 10 1885. This is an outstanding piece of local history. For a historian it is rich in detail of life in this small rural New Hampshire community in the late 1800s. It is also a superb resource for genealogists who are researching New England families. Her warmth shines through and her journal is easy pleasant reading. It is no surprise then that the University of New Hampshire has a substantial collection of Ebenezer and Cassandras diaries which cover years not covered by this diary. EBENEZER STEVENS 1810-1901 BIO NOTES: Ebenezer Stevens was an active Republican interested in militia matters. He became a colonel and a brigade and division inspector. He served three years as an elected selectman and held the commission of justice of the peace. He was a Presedential elector for Honest Abe Lincoln in 1860 and a selectman of Meredith New Hampshire during the Rebellion. A devout Baptist he was connected with the Free-Will Baptist Church as a trustee of the New Hampton seminary. He was one of the incorporators and served as president and treasurer of the Meredith Mechanic Association; one of the incorporators and trustees of the Meredith Village Savings-Bank; one of the directors of the Belknap County Bank Laconia and also a trustee of Laconia Savings-Bank. This journal is handmade using trimmed pages and having a cover made out of a larger sheet of heavier paper folded to form a cover. The pages were then stitched through the cover. It measures about 6.25 inches by 4 inches. The diary is in very good condition It contains 88 pages and is 100% complete. The handwriting is quite legible.; Manuscripts; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 88 pages .</p> paperback

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 289,99 $US≈ 1 091,46 €

NOT IDENTIFIEDBiblio.com

1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF THEOLOGY THEOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY AND ESOTERICA HANDWRITTEN BY AN UNKNOWN RECHABITE

18830008160NOT IDENTIFIED. Fair. 1883. On offer is a most unusual and unique volume dating from late 19th century England. It measures about 4.5 inches by 3 inches. The volume contains 104 pages plus numerous Memoranda pages. The cover though worn is intact. The spine has broken and the binding is loose. However all pages are intact. Written in English Greek and Hebrew the handwriting is clear and legible. Some letters and words are written in a very decorative manner and an 'Engraver' style of font is used in many places. The author of the volume is unknown. There is a reference much later in the book to a William Green but no connection to the book can be clearly drawn. The book is a printed diary for the year 1884. It was printed in and used in England. However it was used more as a notebook to record prayers reflections and esoteric thoughts than as a daily diary. Entries are dated in 1884 and as late as 1895 without reference to the printed calendar pages in the book. "THOUGHTS Not a thought can I allow to disturb my peaceful brow! But should any such arise I'll conduct it to the Skies There to see that wondrous sight GOD the Everlasting Light" on Week 8. Some pages are written exclusively in Greek and others in Hebrew. One notation following a long entry in Greek reads: "Chemical elements with which on earth have been distinctly traced on the Sun"on Week 11. From context it seems that the writer is investigating aspects of astronomy as relates to his philosophic speculations: "line obtainable when placed at the focus of the telescope entirely hides the disc of the star" on Week 46. Another entry is an acrostic where in the first letter of each line spells out the title of the piece: "MRS TERNOUTH" Week 32. On Week 48 is written out a detailed Certificate of Candidate certifying that a 6 year old boy is healthy and a fit candidate for the Independent Order of Rechabites Tent# 2227. It is signed by a William Green. The Independent Order of Rechabites also known as the Salford Unity of Rechabites was a fraternal or 'friendly' organization founded in England in 1835. It was part of the overall growth of temperance societies that sprang up across England. It spread to Australia and the United States. It is still active today as The Rechabite Friendly Society as a mutual insurance company and financial services organization that specializes in ethical savings and investment products. Undoubtedly the Greek and Hebrew portions of the book would yield even more information. A student of the esoteric or researcher into esoteric philosophy or theosophy would find this an intriguing look into how these thoughts were developed and expressed. Considering that entries span a period of over 10 years this is a fairly consistent thought structure.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; LATE 19TH CENTURY; 1880s; 1890s; PHILOSOPHY; THEOSOPHY; ESOTERIC WRITING; INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF RECHABITES; IOR; WILLIAM GREEN; SALFORD UNITY OF RECHABITES; 19TH CENTURY THOUGHT; 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

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada2 255,99 $US≈ 1 908,79 €

JW SYKES J WBiblio.com

1884 - 1889 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOKS 2 HANDWRITTEN FROM THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMANDER'S STEWARD OF THE RENOWNED HMS DREADNOUGHT

18840002431ASEA ABOARD HMS DREADNOUGHT and PORTS OF CALL. Good. 1884. On offer is a super pair 2 of original manuscript diaries handwritten by J.W. Sykes of Greenwich Park while on service with the British Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet 1884 to 1889 aboard the HMS DREADNOUGHT. Our writer has a unique perspective of life both aboard ship and ashore being the steward of the ship's senior officer Commander Bourke Captain THE HONOURABLE Maurice Archibald Bourke C.M.G. Royal Navy 22 December 1853 - 16 September 1900 was an officer in the Royal Navy and Captain of the ill-fated HMS Victoria. Sykes at times is a shadow for the Commander as his Steward think Preserved Killick of the Aubrey-Maturin fiction series by Patrick O'Brian traveling in the highest circles of command greeting Admirals Nobles and Royals even serving at their dinners and parties and as a part of the ship's management team he is aware of all that happens with the ship. Even his initial comments on the state of the ship he counts even the number of cutlasses and pistols in the ship's inventory as if her were Purser. He notes almost everything: ships met guests aboard ship movement of the Commander and other note worthies. His own movements those that travel with him all manner of activities from the mundanities of service to the bone chilling three words every fighting seaman knows 'Cleared for action' there are entries of shore parties for supplies watering and coaling the Ship evolutions of practice at manning the boats etc. to a record of the Ship and the Fleet's movements ports observations weather repairs visiting dignitaries and Royalty Naval commanders and social activities; records of drinking parties and balls thrown by the Captain and cricket matches etc etc. The first diary begins June 25th 1884. Sykes joined the noted and 'popular' H.M.S. Dreadnought at Portsmouth dockyard in October after various preparations/trials the ship sailed for the Mediterranean in November visiting Gibraltar Malta Greece Italy and Smyrna Cadiz Corfu Athens Salonika Venice San Remo Adalia just to name a few includes daily entries through to the 8th October 1888. The first 23.5cm x 19.5cm x 2cm book is rather worn; spine is absent the flexible covers worn slightly chipped and rubbed. The diary is ruled throughout. The endpapers and leaf edges are foxed throughout. All but the last 10 leaves are filled with the last leaf torn. Due to the missing spine the contents are beginning to strain/crack in places. The second diary begins October 17th 1884 at Portsmouth has entries through to the 4th December 1890 and also has a number duplicate entries and data regarding The Dreadnought. There is a large loose photograph of the Dreadnought and a tipped in photograph of HMS Surprise. Many more ports noted especially interesting are the Petersburg Moscow Russian entries. This hardback book 33.3cm x 21.2cm x 2.1cm bound in half leather and cloth is rather worn and the corners and edges are bumped chipped and frayed. The spine is heavily chipped with loss and peeling and the headbands are missing. Internally the contents are cracked throughout and thus the endpapers are loosening and the first leaf is detached. The leaves with the photographs laid down are wrinkled to edges. The one which remains bound has diary entries to verso. All but the last 14 leaves are filled. The leaves themselves are in good condition. Overall G. HISTORICAL NOTES: WIKIPEDIA: HMS Dreadnought was an ironclad turret ship built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s. Construction was halted less than a year after it began and she was redesigned to improve her stability and buoyancy. Upon completion in 1879 the ship was placed in reserve until she was commissioned in 1884 for service with the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship was then immediately placed in reserve until 1884 when she was commissioned for service with the Mediterranean Fleet. Dreadnought was fitted with ten 1-inch 25 mm Nordenfelt guns on the hurricane deck when she was commissioned. The ship sailed for the Mediterranean Sea on 14 October and remained there for the next decade. The future King George V served aboard in 1886-88. She returned to British waters in September 1894 and began a refit at Chatham Dockyard that included the replacement of her Nordenfelt guns with six quick-firing QF 6-pounder 2.2 in 57 mm and ten QF 3-pounder 1.5 in 37 mm Hotchkiss guns. Dreadnought became a coast guard ship at Bantry Bay Ireland in March 1895. Two years later in March 1897 she was relieved of that duty and became a depot ship in July at Devonport. The ship was reboilered and had more QF guns installed in 1898. Dreadnought was reclassified as a second-class battleship in 1900 and took part in British fleet manoeuvres in that year and the following one. In June 1902 she was refitted at Chatham to serve as a tender to HMS Defiance torpedo school ship at Devonport and later as a depot ship. She was taken out of service and transferred to the Kyles of Bute in 1905. The ship was sold to T. Wards for scrap for £23000 on 14 July 1908 and was broken up by February 1909.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF J.W. SYKES GREENWICH PARK BRITISH ROYAL NAVY MEDITERRANEAN FLEET CAPTAIN'S STEWARD MAURICE ARCHIBALD BOURKE PRESERVED KILLICK AUBREY-MATURIN PATRICK O'BRIAN HMS DREADNOUGHT HMS VICTORIA MARINE MARITME SEAFARING WAR AT SEA BATTLESHIPS DESTROYERS STEAMERS STEAMSHIPS NAVAL NAUTICAL MEDITERRANEAN NAVAL BRITISH ROYAL NAVY RN ABLE BODIED SEAMEN GREAT BRITAIN 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 . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada5 855,99 $US≈ 4 954,75 €

UNIDENTIFIEDBiblio.com

1884 - 1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CHANNEL ISLANDS BOY DESCRIBING LIFE IN JERSEY AND THEN HIS FAMILY'S EMIGRATION TO SAN LEANDRO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

18840001749MILLBROOK JERSEY ISLAND TO SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA. Good. 1884. On offer is a fascinating unique manuscript relic of the life of a young boy living on the Jersey Islands one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel dated January 1884 through April 1885 and then April 1886. Incredibly the diary then becomes an intriguing description of this family's emigration to the United States of America by way of travel through Canada Boston St. Louis Oregon and finally settling near San Francisco and Oakland in San Leandro. Handwritten by an unidentified young man the diary begins in Millbrook Jersey where the diarist lived. There are many references to playing cricket he obviously loved playing cricket as well as references to football trips to various Jersey towns his daily life on Jersey Island planting potatoes and beans etc. Almost every day has at least a brief notation of the weather and notes of local events such as a two-masted ship has stranded near the station. His family appears to have been somewhat well-to-do the premium leather book lends credence given the youth of the writer perhaps they were land-owners and farmers on Jersey Island. The diary writer was able to travel quite a bit play lots of cricket go to school take Preceptor's Exams travel to France etc. Life did not appear a burden for him. There are many names mentioned in the diary but the diarist almost always used first names and only occasionally surnames. Here are snippets from his life on Jersey in 1884: 27 Fri. Fine rainy. Papa walked to Gorey. 5 Wed. Very fine. Played a foot-ball match against David's but were beaten. 15 Sat. Practiced cricket with Ernest. 20 Thurs. Windy. Played cricket. 29. Sat. Fine. Played cricket after school. Planted potatoes in the conservatory. 4 Fri. Rainy in the evening; played cricket. 8 Tues. Very fine. Ernest received a present from Uncle John. Played Cricket in the "Miles" with the school. 9 Wed. Very fine. Played cricket in "the Sands". 26. Sat. We went to Portelet Bay with Pirchard. Mamie got a prize of one pound. 30. Wed. We are studying history for the examinations. Played cricket in "The Sands". 1. Sun. Very fine. Mr. Nicholson who has just come back from Scotland preached. 2 Mon. We played 8 boys against 22 smaller ones and beat them. At last it has commenced to rain. 26. Thurs. This afternoon I went to the sports events at St. Aubin's School. 30. Mon. Took the train for St. Helier and left Jersey for St. Marlo at 8.30 this morn. I was as sick as I could be although the sea was calm. 8. Tues. Bought some cherries to carry back to Jersey. 17 Thurs. Fine. Papa bought me a half guinea bat for birthday. 24. Thurs. Fine but windy. Planted beans. 27 Fri. Cold wind. Went to be measured for clothes and to see Sadie she had a toothache and could not go with us for a drive but we went to St. Catherine's Bay. 1 Sat. Played a match of football against the 2nd club of Victoria College but were beaten. They got 2 goals and 3 tries we nothing. 20 Wed. Planted potatoes all the afternoon with Ernest and Willie. 22. Fri. I am 5 ft 11 1/2 in. high in stocking feet. The family leaves Jersey Island by steamer ship goes to England then leaves England for Halifax Canada; then to Boston; then by train to Portland Oregon with a lengthy stop in Decatur and other towns in Illinois where they have relatives; they visit a number of towns in Oregon before deciding to stay in Portland where they buy or rent a house; but the father decides he doesn't like it; he visits Santa Rosa California which he likes at first but then doesn't; so they visit the San Francisco Bay Area where they all seem happy and the Father buys 10 acres in San Leandro and that's where they end up. The diary recounts all aspects of the journey - the dirty hotels finding arrowheads in Illinois the changing landscape the cost of eggs and fruit in Oregon the fertility of the land the wildness of the land the trains the sleeping cars and much more. Here are some snippets: "Rough and foggy. Very sea-sick. Ship rolled a great deal. Steamed 190 miles. Still sea-sick. I am not able to sit at the table but the stewardess brings me something on deck. Sailed 240 miles. Wind in our favor. We get in the harbour very early and coming in a doctor boards our ship to see if we were bringing any disease. We waited until 6.30 for a train and got a 1st Class Car. I like the train very much the seats are leather and very comfortable. Arrived at Millie's at 7.30. Went in the woods. Made a fire. Ernest found a nest with brown eggs. Pa went to Boston with Willie and Ernest. Picked huckleberries. Pa Mamie Willie Bessie and I rode in a carriage to Welesley and visited Mr. Hannewell's place. we then went to Welesley College. Went to Millis's farm. He has 85 cows in his stables and a large piggery. Packed. Left Millis at 9 am and arrived at Boston at 10.30 am where we waited till 4 for the train. We got a Pullman Sleeping car and will only change at Decatur Ill. We are now near Niagara Falls - Crossed over the suspension bridge below the Falls. The river is very narrow rapid and water very rough. Capt. Webb was drowned here. Went through Canada - the country wild and barren looking. A ferry took the train over Lake St. Clair. Ernest Willie and I went to the "bluffs" along the Illinois river. We went in the buggy and Willie rode most of the way on horseback. We had dinner at John Brown's he gave me 2 arrow-heads of flint. The valley is very fertile and much corn is raised. Effie Winnie Bessie and I went back with Ma to Jacksonville IL. Went to Mamie Gregory's after tea. We passed over the Illinois the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Country somewhat undulating and not very rich. Arrived at Kansas City at 9 pm and put up at Blossom Hotel. The city looks untidy and unfinished. Went through Wyoming which is dried up. only sage growing. Stopped at Cheyene. Saw some Indians at one of the stations and passed through Rock Springs where many Chinese were massacred a short while ago. We ascended to a great height about 9000 feet. Arrived at East Portland and a steamer took the passengers across the Willamette river to Portland proper and then we went to Quimby House Hotel. This is a large town but the streets are very dirty. Crossed the river in the ferry and went to the house we have taken at the corner of 9th and L Street. Went out for a walk. Pa at Ashland but likes Eugene City best. Rainy day. Read "Stock Gambling". Pa joined the Public Library. I read "Congo" by H.M. Stanley. Went for a walk with Winnie and Bessie. They had their pictures taken. Went to the library and after dinner went towards Mt. Tabor to see a piece of land for sale. Kept Thanksgiving with three fowls for dinner. The roads are extremely muddy even in town. Went with PA to see the California steamer. Pa bought a ticket. He went on board this night. Went to Berkeley and visited the University grounds and museums. During the afternoon walked along lake Merritt. Took the ferry to San Francisco and visited Golden Gate Park and Cliff House. Saw the seals lying on rocks. Ma and Pa came back. They do not like Santa Rosa - it is too warm. Walked along the lake in the direction of Piedmont. Went fishing but caught nothing. Had teeth filled at Gilman's. Skinned a humming-bird. Pa bought 10 acres in San Leandro." Flexible Leather Covers marbled endpapers all gilt edges 4.75" x 7" lined inner pages approximately 140 pages 70 leaves. About half the pages approximately 70 pages are completely filled with manuscript diary entries the rest of the pages are blank. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF PORTELET BAY CHANNEL ISLANDS ENGLISH CHANNEL SAN LEANDRO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JERSEY ISLAND ST. HELIER IMMIGRATION TO THE USA EMIGRATION GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND MILLBROOK AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITING 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada3 485,99 $US≈ 2 949,50 €

UNKNOWNBiblio.com

1884 - 1920s ORIGINAL FOLIO MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND JOURNAL DETAILING THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS IN THE CRITICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF BUILDING FERRY BOATS

18840002232SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MILLERSBERG NEW YORK PENNSYLVANI. Good. 1884. On offer is a super original late 19th Century manuscript technical journal ledger and log book relating to the manufacture and design of Ferry Boats a critical maritime business and industry and a comprehensive record of ships built from the 1880s through to the early 1920s. While we have been unable to identify the author or the company that created this significant and historic record we have no doubt that local historians and researchers will have little difficulty revealing the source. The large 14 x 9 inch folio book is comprised of data regarding the size costs finances and structures of these noted ships. Portraits of the hulls breakdowns of the styles are all part of this detailed 200 page book. The data is both general and specific. Long lists of angle iron strakes reverse bars plates flanges garboard belts stringers butt straps gunwales are all meticulously noted detailed and listed. Some of the pages are cost estimates for inquiries made and other pages the majority deal with actual work orders. The specifics include work for different ferry boat clients: West Shore Ferry Boats Ferry Boat #9 N.B. F.F. East River Ferry Company Hoboken Land and Improvement Co. pontoons for Landing Bridge Fisheries Great Lakes Transit Co. of Chicago and we noted an estimate for a potential South American client. There are also a number of pages detailing employee names and hours worked etc. The book proper shows general signs of ageing but overall is G. ; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WEST SHORE FERRY BOATS L301 NAUTICAL NAVAL SHIPS SHIPBUILDING BOATS BOATBUILDING MARINE MARINERS SAILING OCEAN GOING VESSELS COMMERCE BY SEA BOAT CONSTRUCTION WEST SHORE OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MILLERSBERG NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM RAILROAD FERRY HUDSON RIVER PONTOONS STEAM LIGHTERS INNER COASTAL WATERS TRANSPORTATION 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

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada4 455,99 $US≈ 3 770,21 €

HARRY SWETORS [?]Biblio.com

1884 CHARMING HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ONE LEICESTER FAMILY'S TRAVELS IN NORTH WALES

18840001134Brynmair the Morfa Conway Wales Great Britain UK. Very Good. 1884. On offer is an utterly charming diary of a trip to North Wales by a man and his family in 1884. The journal is approximately 60 pages many with some small and excellent vignette pen and ink drawings and in a cultured and quite nice handwriting. The diary begins as he catches a train at Chester setting the amusing tone: "Caution! When about to travel by rail always give yourself plenty of time - do not leave anything to the last minute - otherwise you may have to rush off with your chin adorned with a stubble of nine and twenty hours growth - your wristbands unfastened and with several absolute necessities left behind." A little drawing of his lodgings Brynmair the Morfa Conway adorns one page. He meets up with some friends. He goes to church St. John's. He watches a cricket match Conway vs Bethesda but thinks the play 'second rate'. He also watches some tennis players noting that 'it is not the completeness of the costume which marks the player'. Some singers offer their services - perhaps 'black face' minstrels judging by the terms he uses. The party decides to 'do' Snowden - possible in one day and there is a long description of the journey and the ascent and they reach the summit hotel where he criticizes the coffee as being little better than dishwater. There are a number of small sketches to accompany the Snowdon venture. There are a number of small comical drawings of the boatman who turns up every day offering his services should they like to hire a boat for rowing - this is something of a standing joke. They take a look onboard the training ship 'Cleo' manned by young boys in training for the navy again a number of sketches illustrate the trip. The diary is written on colored pages in a well bound album with a decorative cover. All in all a lovely and amusing snapshot of Victorian Conway. VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; WALES GREAT BRITAIN CONWAY MORFA CRICKET Social Studies Victorian Era TRAVEL HIGH SOCIETY 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 WALES WELSH GAELIC WELSHMAN CHELTENHAM 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

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada885,99 $US≈ 749,64 €

GEORGE E METCALFEBiblio.com

1884 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING 31 YEAR OLD CONNECTICUT PEDDLER

1884000989Connecticut CT. Good. 1884. Full-Leather. On offer is an original 1884 handwritten diary of a needle peddler George E. Metcalf of Connecticut. George was once a teacher; now he crisscrosses Connecticut as he sells needles then oranges then stationery then back to needles. He zips across the state first on train or "the cars" but thinks nothing of walking ten or more miles between towns peddling his wares. He gets a letter from his wife in early January that their baby is sick so he takes the train home. One minute he's in Bristol then Glastonbury then Windsor Locks then New Haven then Poquonock then Branford then Cheshire and Southington. In March another baby is born. In April it appears his wife Alice has had enough and heads home to Middleton with the babies. In Bristol he stays in a traveler's home "thick with bedbugs." He sells in Waterbury and Millvale Guilford and Middletown. He visits the P.T. Barnum side shows in Hartford. George has an oyster breakfast at Branford and then goes oystering in Guilford on Long Island Sound. Then on to Saybrook and Deep River. Walked to East Lyme then over to New London. He notes that he has turned 31 and is just a peddler! He watches a Republican torchlight parade in New Britain Oct. 16 Democratic procession Oct. 23. On Nov. 26 he's selling stationery in Colchester and reports that he's made the most money today that he's ever made-- $6.48. He spends Christmas at home with his parents in Middleton. He receives a handkerchief for a gift. No more mention of wife or babies but he looks forward to better sales in 1885. Description: ~120 pp. 7.5 x 12 cm. Standard leather diary with closure tab; With weights and measures tables interest laws for all the states tide table distance and time by shortest mail route population of cities etc. Good condition.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; Peddling Peddler Naive Economy Commerce Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera 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 . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada695,99 $US≈ 588,88 €

ELLA C KINGBiblio.com

1884 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN WHO IS FALLING IN LOVE WITH DENVER

18840001301PITTSBURG PENNSYLVANIA DENVER COLORADO. Fair. 1884. On offer is an original charmingly intimate manuscript diary dated 1884 handwritten by Ella C. King from Pittsburg Pennsylvania but as the diary opens up on July 28th 1884 we find Ella in Denver Colorado. While one would classify this as a travel diary in many ways it is more of an homage to the 'Mile-High City' as Ella is in love with the Rocky Mountains and on numerous occasions she mentions how she feels as though she might never visit this beautiful place again and becomes rather depressed at the thought. In fact at one point she is talking about how she is so in love with the mountains and says before she dies she will see them up close and follows that passage with."If I only had one of the children and a horse of my own I would be so happy." In all she spends a little over 2 months in Denver. However while the 170 page narrative begins in the 5 ½" x 7 ½" notebook style journal a few days after her arrival later on the reader will realize this diary is very interesting on yet another level this being a sociological study: Ella is without her husband and children as she talks about them being back in Pittsburg. Why Intriguing clues may make for an interesting research project into her motives. Here is an example in the last entry: "December 31st The last day of the old year and I am all alone and in going over the past there is one little part I would clearly love to undo but as that is impossible it will be something for me to regret.Good bye old year! I wonder where one year hence will find me." After her extended stay in Colorado in the fall she travels back home to Pittsburg. There she's a very busy socialite going to the opera hospital fairs democratic conventions taking her children to dancing school and other social engagements. Historians and researchers of the era in Women's Studies will have an interesting time with Ms. King. The journal was kept in a beautiful marble covered journal which is now falling apart and needs some archival repair. Both the front and back covers have fallen off but are accounted for. But the inside pages are securely attached to the binding and it rather large for its size as diaries are concerned. Here are some snippets: 1884 "July 28th Still very warm but breezy. I did little or nothing till morning. Indeed this is a very lazy life. In the afternoon I went to call on Mrs. Cinnamond an aunt of Alex Morris. She is a widow and keeps boarders. In the evening Harry took us the loveliest drive and we saw the prettiest part of Denver. Beautiful residences and the sweetest cottages covered with vines. From Capital Hill we had a magnificent view of the mountains. They looked so grand and majestic with the snow on them and the sunlight too. Looked as though they were almost at our feet when they are more tan fifty miles away." "August 1st I can write nothing but beautiful weather all the time. Jennie is something better though very sick yet. Harry and I have been with her almost all day. The Dr. has prescribed pretty severe treatment and if carried out I know will prove very beneficial. The fever is broken and she feels better though she would rest tonight." "August 26th Jennie has been more or less amused today watching young Stanchfield who is to be married this evening. I baked and was busy all morning. In the evening me and Mrs. Butler came and took me a lovely drive all over Denver. It looked so pretty with the electric lights all burning. We had the benefit of a sand blow coming up the hill. Mr. and Mrs. Yankee here in the evening." "August 7th Jennie's birthday! I had just finished cleaning up the room when who should arrive but the Dr. He was perfectly furious at finding her in bed but she feels so weak and easily tired. She don't like to make an effort to get up. How ever she will have to rouse herself from this time but.Harry is putting up a tent for her to stay in during the day. Mrs. Kent here this afternoon killing herself over the Kennedy's having nothing to eat at the meeting." "September 1st What a lovely day this will be at home. The children all getting ready for school with the first stroke of the bell they will be off. I am so glad they have all had such a nice summer. Letters will come telling us all about them. This is a big day here the exposition opens with a grand parade. All the neighbors have gone and we were congratulating ourselves that we wouldn't have any callers when Mrs. Jenkin's and Eva appeared." "September 3rd Still very warm. No change in the weather. Jennie wakened this morning with a very sore eye so painful she could not bear the light. It seemed too bad. She is getting stronger and able to go out. Harry took her a little ride this morning and it did her good. In the afternoon she with me and a guide took a little turn around the yard and sat in the tent for a few minutes." "September 5th Was more beautiful than yesterday. Jennie rested better last night than normal and got off without a chill but as soon as she was dressed and ready to go out the old chill came on and lasted until dinner time. In the afternoon we went out and sat in the tent and as usual had one visitor Mrs. Kent Yankee and others. Jennie walked around several times and seemed very lively. A large drive of horses passed here today. Harry went to town and got some marketing and coming home finished the stable." "September 18th & 19th Nothing in the world to write about. No one here. Jennie about the same.A long letter from Maude with a full account of all their proceedings at home. That is all I have to look forward to my letters." "September 22nd Mrs. Kent called and gossiped for awhile. Made Jennie very angry repeating something she ought to have kept to herself" "September 23rd Busy all day. Jennie rode over to the Dr.'s but as usual he was not there. Went to the occultist to see about her eye. Oh these grand mountains! And I cannot see them only at a distance and I do not suppose I shall get to see them. This time but if I live and prosper I am determined to see more of this beautiful country before I die. If I only had one of the children and a horse of my own I would be so happy." "September 25th Little Jim's birthday seven years old. I got up this morning and did a bathing before getting ready for the exposition and had to hurry like everything as I must be ready by twelve o'clock. I went out and Mrs. Stachfield was not quite ready so I came back and got a little lunch and then we started in Mrs. Stachfield's buggy. Stopped at the store for her husband and then proceeded on our way. I had ever such a nice time. The building is very good built of brick and much after the plan of the old Pittsburg building. The display of ore and minerals were very fine but unfortunately I did not understand them. The prettiest thing I saw was the representation of a ranch at Palmer Lake close to the foothills and the scenery was very natural and pretty. It being pioneer day there was a wedding of an old pair of _____ who wanted to make themselves very conspicuousThe ball in the evening took the cake." "October 5th I went to church and walked home with Mr. and Mrs. Mueller. They like myself are going back east. I hope to start the middle of the week. How I do long to see the children." "October 10th A beautiful day. Mrs. Finney and I did up all the work and made our arrangements to go to town. We got all ready and waited on the "Herdic" but it came not so we started and walked all the way to the Union Depot and from there to the "American House" where we dined and afterwards walked all over the principal streets going in any number of stores and made some few purchases and came home in the Herdic very tired." "October 12th Mrs. Finney wrote some letters and afterwards went with me for a drive. We drove to Wolff Lake where we sat in the buggy and watched the sun go down behind the Rocky Mountains. My last view. I ponder if I ever will see them again. When where and with whom." "October 13th My last day in Denver spent the morning packing and finishing up and in the afternoon went to pay some calls and say goodbye to Mrs. Rice Mrs. Mueller and Mrs. Butler Stanchfield the "Yankee's". Started at eight o'clock on my way back to Pittsburgh. The car being full I had to take a state room all to myself and felt like a prisoner all day. Met a very pleasant lady on her way from San Francisco to New York." "October 15th St. Louis. Arrived at this place at seven o'clock. Got off the train and was surrounded with cab men. One came up and wanted me to ride in an affair that looked like the Black Menia which I refused to get into so finally got a carriage and went to the Southern Hotel and had a nice breakfast and after resting for a little while went out to Shaw's Garden. Came back had dinner and went to the exposition where I spent a pleasant afternoon. Went back to the hotel very tired had my supper and left on the Ohio." "November 3rd A very pleasant day. Fred and I took the early train this morning for Washington but did not reach there until twelve o'clock. The children were all getting ready to go to school for the afternoon and wanted Fred to go along but he did not feel so inclined. In the evening George got a buggy and took me up to Trinity Hall." "December 3rd Maud's wedding day and a very pretty one. Florence and Annie went to town and bought them little presents. Mrs. Finney went to town to meet Brady. The children went to dancing school. I went with them as far as the Market House when I got out and walked all the way to Goettmen's to order the ice cream for Maude's wedding. Came home and met the Dr. at the door. He looks quite well. Miss Bissell and Ivie called in the afternoon. Henry Bissell and Daisy went to the cemetery. Mr. Byllesby came in the evening when we had an old fashioned wedding supper with huckleberry pie to please Fred. Will Hersperyer came at eight o'clock in a carriage when everything being ready he and Maude stood up and were married without one bit of fuss or trouble and drove off greatly delighted with each other" Very elegantly written primary content and great entries about Denver in the 1880's and most will find Ella is a rather exceptional writer. Overall Fair.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; DENVER PITTSBURGH COLORADO TRAVEL GENDER STUDIES WOMENS STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel ; Signed by Autograph . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 355,99 $US≈ 1 147,30 €

GEORGE AVERYBiblio.com

1884 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A VERY POLITICAL RHODE ISLAND MACHINIST MERCHANT OYSTERMAN AND BASS HORN PLAYER IN THE TOWN BAND

18840008087WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND LOCUSTVILLE. Good. 1884. On offer is an excellent and detailed diary of a Rhode Island businessman who was very active in his local community. The diary is in good condition. It measures 6 inches by 3 inches. The diary entries are 100% complete. There are several cash account pages partially completed as well as some memoranda notes. His entries are for the most part quite legible. George Washington Avery II was born in Groton CT February 18 1847 and lived in what is now Westerly RI. At the time it was also known as Locustville and there are some references to that later name. He died February 15th 1928 and is buried in what is know known as Hopkinton RI once part of Westerly. He and his wife Marcia had 4 children. Avery was a businessman who ran a machining shop as well as sold items such as oysters as illustrated by these entries: ". sold 17 gallons of oysters ." Feb 16; ". worked today on 15 horse valve case and 8 horse cylinder all day . oysters 13 gallons sold quickly" Feb 23; He is a member of a Lodge - most likely a Masonic Lodge ". Installation of Officers in Subordinate Lodge. Degree work was done . " Jan 14. He also played in a community band: "Band rehearsal tonight it a good one testing big Bass horn it is much larger than all the others". He was a member of the Republican Party and was quite disappointed when Grover Cleveland D defeated the much- vilified James Blaine. "Presidential Election. Came home this morning from Wickford . went to town meeting at hotel a great deal of excitement all over the country today" Nov 4. "Reports today Cleveland is elected other reports coming in later and both Parties claim it. Great excitement in the large cities fears of riots in some its almost as bad here in the county everyone is anxiously waiting the returns" Nov5 ". it is feared the Democrats have whipped us out with the help of the righteous selfish Temperance voters anything to defeat Blaine ." Nov 8. Through his diary a reader can meet a hard-working New Englander who is committed to his family and his community. ". Staid at home tonight. Had a fair practice and bothered Marcia to my hearts content" Dec 2. His entries are rich detail and one can get a very clear look at life in late 19th century Rhode Island. It is an excellent window into the daily life of a small entrepreneur and engineer as it was this type of person who in many ways actually laid the industrial foundations of the United States. This is a terrific resource for a social historian who is focused on life in late 19th century Rhode Island or New England.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1880S "GILDED AGE" GEORGE AVERY WESTERLY RI WASHINGTON COUNTY RHODE ISLAND NEW ENGLAND MACHINING IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY ENGINE DESIGN IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY LOCUSTVILLE RHODE ISLAND'S OYSTER INDUSTRY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1884 PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND'S VICTORY 19TH CENTURY ENTREPRENEURS RHODE ISLAND ECONOMY IN 19TH CENTURY SMALL BUSINESSES IN 19TH CENTURY RHODE ISLAND NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRY NEW ENGLAND ECONOMY 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

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada2 455,99 $US≈ 2 078,01 €

LT F J DAVIESBiblio.com

1885 and 1891 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF BRITISH COLONIAL EXPEDITIONS AND WARFARE FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF KHARTOUM AND GENERAL GORDON IN THE SUDAN AND THEN LATER IN LAGOS NIGERIA

18850001904SUAKIM SUDAN LAGOS NIGERIA AFRICA. Good. 1885. On offer is a superb significant manuscript relic of British military campaigns and expeditions to Africa in the latter half of the 19th Century at Suakim of the Sudan in 1885 and Lagos Nigeria in 1891 being an original diary of the two expeditions handwritten by Lieut. F. J. Davies a member of the distinguished military family based at Elmley Castle Worcestershire and attached to the Grenadier Guards the most elevated being Lt. General Henry Fanshawe Davies most likely F J Davies' father. Davies does a super job relating his life as an officer writing entries some brief others more detailed from the mundane: a cricket match deck football a dance and comments on places en route to Suakim and Lagos to the historically significant eyewitness accounts of Victorian warfare interspersed with lighter moments; descriptions of military engagements and observations on people places and politics with some of the comments being typical of the times but not politically correct today. The first section of the large approximately 9.5 x 8 inch album is related to Suakim the second British expedition following the fall of Khartoum in 1884. The Battle of Hasheen is described in some detail. Davies wrote the account in a different book of over 100 sheets oddly hand numbered starting at page 55 then single digits then through 229 obviously he did not transfer each page he wrote in the earlier book then a newsclipping and photo having been cut and transferred and then glued into this album and it includes a group photograph 200 x 150 mm showing the officers on the expedition. Davies has identified all in pencil below the photo. The Suakim diary dates from February 18th to June 4th and begins when they left England on the SS Australia. Here are some snippets: SUAKIM: Feb 19th "marched up to the Quadrangle at Windsor CastleHer Majesty appeared at a window and was received with a Royal salutewe marched back to the barracks. The Eton fellows cheered us like anything." Feb 27th "African coast in sight played cricket on deckeverybody has left off wearing great coatsmost of us wear our blue patrol jacketsfootball on quarter deck in the afternoon." March 18th "There are rumours we shall go home as soon as Osman Digina is beaten leaving the line regiment to finish the work and cover the railway." March 20th A ten page account of fighting at Hasheen together with a sketch plan. Detailed timings and numbers of casualties. March 29th arrival of SS Iberia with troops from N.S. Wales. "Heard that govt were arming ocean steamers as armed cruisers and that a large number of ships were being commissioned for service in the Baltic." After Suakim and a few blank pages in the album the expedition to Lagos in 1891 begins. This expedition was motivated by action by the Ijeba tribe who were cutting off the residents of the Lagos district from up-country supplies of goods. Lagos had been a British Crown Colony since 1886. The diary runs to about 75 pages and covers the period March 26th to June 28th. The ship used was the British and African Co. SS Cameron. The pages in this sections are somewhat browned around the edges a different paste clearly being used from the Suakim sheets. Here are some snippets: LAGOS: 13th April Sierra Leone "The inhabitants comprise every possible speciesin every possible costume from a state of nature to a black coat and top hat." The officer of Frontier Police tells Davies of a skirmish. Their opponents "did not belong to any particular tribe but were a collection of bad characters and runaway slaves." "We took in 20 Kroo boys to work the ship - their dress is often very funny - the usually have a stiff billycock hat with heir name written on." 20th April arrival in Lagos. "Seems a healthy placeNo official has died here in the last four years." Davies is given charge of a company of Lagos Housas about 40 men. May 16th Preparations for battle - details of force listed. Details of advance terrain and fighting give. The military activity and its aftermath last for about 10 days and are covered in some detail. Accounts of looters being flogged. "I found Col. Scott standing in the courtyard with the 3 Ibadan chiefs lying flat on their stomachs in front of himif the chiefs' men did not give in their arms at once the chiefs would be hung." Contained in an album 240 x 200 x 40 mm the entries are written on sheets about 185 x 100 mm taken from a perforated notebook and pasted onto the thicker pages of the album. The album itself is sound though with varying degrees of wear to edges and corners. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SUAKIM LAGOS BRITISH MILITARY CAMPAIGNS AFRICA BRITISH COLONIAL ERA AFRICAN COLONIZATION F. J. DAVIES LT. GENERAL HENRY FANSHAWE DAVIES KHARTOUM SUDAN NIGERIA WEST AFRICA EAST AFRICA BRITAIN BRITISH EMPIRE BATTLE OF HASHEEN GENERAL GORDON IJEBA TRIBE TRAVEL VICTORIAN WARFARE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada8 455,99 $US≈ 7 154,61 €

Newell Moulton VarneyBiblio.com

1885 Diary of a Maine Farmer Ferrier and Carpenter Sick with a Respiratory Illness Working through the Pain and Travelling West for Relief That Would Not Come

18850011124Maine New England Usa Florida. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Softcover. On offer is an outstanding chronicle of a year in the difficult life of a hardworking husband and father coping with a debilitating lung illness while trying to keep things going for his family. The author of the diary is Newell Moulton Varney 1831-1888. Varney was born in Tamworth New Hampshire and later moved to Sumner Maine. He was the son of Rueben H. Varney and Sophia F Moulton Varney In 1856 he was married to Lydia Cushman Bonney 1831-1922 and they raised a family of nine children though only eight survived infancy. Varney was a farmer a farrier and a carpenter. He worked his farm shod many many oxen and worked at constructing buildings and repairing equipment. Through it all his health was failing. He suffered from lung disease terribly and that is likely what caused his early demise in 1888. Varney was active in his community and often attended town meetings and was a member of the Grange a national farmers organization and secret society structured along the lines of the Masonic Order. Varney kept his diary every day from February 6 1885 to December 31 1885. Tipped into the diary is a letter dated May 1883 and some newspaper cut outs. Varney has noted his financial transactions from Feb to Dec of 1885 in detail at the back of the diary. There is also a funeral home receipt for one of Varneys children Lydia Jennie Heald who died in 1965 indicating that this diary likely came from her estate. Varneys diary depicts his lived experience in well-written detail: Clarra Bonney died this morning. Lydia is over there staid all day the travelling is bad. I worked in the shop a little today Feb 12. I have felt nearly sick all day my lungs are feeling very bad hard work to breath the weather cleared off some time in the night and blew a gale froze up hard blew all day. I have tried to boil sap today but it is a slow job on account of the wind. I have got all of the sap into the pails tonight at ten oclock. Cora and Jennie have been gone all day and have not got home yet the clock gone struck ten P. M. While I am writing W Robinson was here and took dinner today stoped two or three hours Apr 9. I sold my oxen today for one hundred and forty seven dollars to some men by the name of B went up to Bassetts and done 3/4 of a days work it is quite warm today two men here last night and their horse also the same men that bought the oxen I set one shoe on the oxen for them. I saw Asia Riokes up to Bassetts today Sept 4. "Mat and wife were here today. I am nearly used up today. Been spitting blood all day. My lungs are very sore." Nov 11. I carried the children to school and then went over to Ed Boukers and got 60 bricks that belonged to Ford built up the back of the sitting room chimney shod Charles Bonneys horse and mended his wagon spring Dr. Reid took dinner with us today Nov 25. By December his health had failed to the extent that he decided to travel south to see if the warmer climate would help him. His entries during the trip are detailed and paint a very vivid picture of his journey. He was not happy with what he found in the South. Some excerpts: I am waiting for Mat to come and take me to the depot to take the 9 o'clock train to bear me away from home and friends and all that I hold dear on this earth for the purpose of gaining my health in Florida if it is God's will. My heart is sad & can't help the tears from streaming down my cheeks. Got started and got to Portland at eight. Went over to boat and got state room. Went to bed but did not sleep. We started for Boston at night. Got soup and coffee and went up on Fulton St. And I was sick on the boat. Bisbee who went with him vomited some Dec 23. I am not well today. My lungs are feeling bad. Cough nearly as bad as when at home. My boarding place is a dirty place for a northern man. It will do for the southern element. The food is poor and half cooked at that. The tea and coffee muddy & the milk so thin that you could see through it is it was clean. I have travelled the city. Went all over to find a decent place within my means. Have found a room but have got to go out for my meals. I took my supper in a negro restaurant. It appears to be neat but the food is so different from home that it is hard work to eat it Dec 30. He returned home. Three years later Varney passed away of what was possibly tuberculosis. For a historian especially one researching rural life in America in the late 19th century this diary is an excellent window into that world. It is detailed and well-written. For a genealogist it offers many references to local people in this small closely-knit communityMeasuring 6x3.5 inches this diary contains 365 pages. It is about 87% complete. The cover shows some wear but is in otherwise good condition as is the binding and spine. The pages are in good condition as well and the handwriting is quite legible. Overall G. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; Signed by Author . paperback

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 575,99 $US≈ 1 333,45 €

CARVER [?]Biblio.com

1885 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A BOSTON BASED STUDENT COURT REPORTER SERIOUS HIGH WHEEL PENNY FARTHING BICYCLIST AND FUTURE EDUCATOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

18850001035BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK BANGOR MAINE. Very Good. 1885. On offer is a fascinating piece of 1885 handwritten manuscript Americana being a diary by a young man who appears to be the son of a ship owner of increasing commerce and a detailed look at a serious high wheel bicyclist. The diary begins in New York on January 1st when he apparently arrived with the Bark Haydn Brown of Boston which his father had part ownership. He writes about the Bark going into dry-dock being towed to 31st pier in New York and loading oil. He most of his time New York and particularly Brooklyn and attends theatre opera and other events. Watches "100's thousands skating on the ice" at Central Park. From New York he sails on the Fall River Line steamer Providence and arrives in Newport Rhode Island then takes boat for Boston his home. He appears to be grooming himself to be an educated gentleman and athlete. He takes lessons in German from the Berlitz School dancing lessons classes at Tuft's and plays polo. In April he begins work as a court reporter. Our author is keen on keeping fit and begins working out at a gymnasium. In June he goes to work at the W&N RR Co. in Worcester Mass. He also gets involved with going to sports events racing. He begins to intersect shorthand characters in his entries. In August our writer gets into high wheel bicycling. He buys a Royal Mail 58 inch bicycle for $140 another clue to his financial status given the cost of the high wheel is approximately 6 months of the average worker's pay at the time and starts riding all over the Boston area noting some remarkable times. To the Point of Pines in Saugus Chestnut Hill Allston. He rides to Dedham and then all the way to Attleboro. He goes up to Searsport Maine and rides around there as well as going to the skating rink. He and a friend took their high wheel bikes on board the steamer Cambridge bound for Belfast but she ran aground so they rode the rest of the way to Belfast. Watches a baseball game between "The Duffers" and "Muffore Comics". Returned home of the steamer Penobscot. In September at auction his father buys shares in the Bark Abbie Carver of Boston. Our boy seems to spend all his time riding his bicycle over considerable distances. In one entry Sept 17th he records riding: " .Lewis & I started for Waltham at 2:25. Got there at 3:15. Rode back after a little business of ¾ of an hour to City of Waverly Belmont Arlington Cambridge. Turned back & went to Allston and from there in Milton Brighton rode home making Gym at 5:30. Making 28 miles in 2 h 15 minutes". At the end of Sept. He leaves Boston for New York to take charge of teaching at the Gymnasium at Sing Sing. He returns to Boston in mid October via Fall River steamer Pilgrim. He evidently is on a career of being a Gym teacher and he talks about teaching "the apparatus". He goes to other cities in this capacity: Norwalk Conn. and Bangor Maine where he sets up the apparatus and heads up classes. He also meets Congressmen and other higher social strata persons. He ends his daily entries at Bangor where he is employed at the Gymnasium and the last entries most interestingly are written in shorthand. In addition he keeps a detailed record his expenses for the year. At the top of the list is his high wheel bicycle in which he gives detailed description. Also he kept a detailed record of his bicycle rides by date distance and length. This pocket diary lacks its covers but otherwise G overall and measures 4 ¾ almost 3 inches. Written in pencil and quite legible. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HIGHWHEEL BICYCLES HIGH WHEEL PENNY FARTHING HI WHEEL CYCLING VELOCIPEDE TUFTS UNIVERSITY 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 CANADIANA TRAVEL GERMANY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 855,99 $US≈ 1 570,35 €

LEONARD NEWCOMBBiblio.com

1885 HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF LIFE IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND BY A MEMBER OF THE WILLING HELPERS SOCIETY YMCA

1885000016bProvidence Rhode Island RI. Good. 1885. Softcover. This is a "Standard" pocket diary completely filled out for the full year of 1885. The original owner was a "Leonard Newcomb" and although we believe he is in Providence Rhode Island or very near there. In the diary he mentions East Providence Brown University Royce Williams Park Rocky Point and Pine Grove. Also all the addresses in the back of the diary have Providence Rhode Island as their home. Leonard is faithful at keeping his diary writing everyday. He loves skating on the river attends school and on numerous occasions attends the local museum and Opera House. He's also part of a group called "Willing Helpers Society" and the YMCA. He mentions many names such as; Douglas Charlie Baker Daves Hutchinson William Hodges Dr. Green Wheedin Studley C. Kneeland Walter Brown Edward Buffington William Chase Harry Miller Waldo Parrath Christopher Pease Fred Sweet Joseph Frankland and more. His entries are mostly about his daily activities as you will see a few examples in the following paragraph; "I went to work as usual got out at 12 O'clock went to the Comique Theatre in the afternoon and went to the Antique Miners dance in the eveningWent up to the "Feast of the Moon" that was held at the old reform school. Went down to the corner of Brook and Wickenden Streets in the morning then went to Dana's barn in the afternoon and in the evening went to the Lantern Festival. I commenced to go with Lillie Baker the 15th of May 1883 stopped February 23rd 1844.I went to work and got out at 6 O'clock and went to the Providence Opera House in the evening with S. G. Got May pay raised to 80 cents per day. Moved to 99 Williams Street June 12 1885." And much more. Super peek at the life and times of the late 19th century.; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; YMCA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal BROWN UNIVERSITY PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND 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 . paperback

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 185,99 $US≈ 1 003,47 €

ANONYMOUS BRATTLEBORO VERMONT SOCIALITEBiblio.com

1885 LIFE OF A BRATTLEBORO VERMONT SOCIALITE HANDWRITTEN DIARY

1885000015bBrattleboro Vermont VT. Good. 1885. Softcover. A wonderful hand written diary written in 1895 by a very social woman in Brattleboro Vermont. It would appear that the writer unfortunately unnamed in the diary was either the wife of a Church Minister or the Church's Goodwill Ambassador as she spent nearly every day visiting and calling on Church members sometimes 8 or 10 in a single day. She names dozens and dozens of Brattleboro residents that she visited in her Diary often she brought baked goods or hand made articles of clothing to people. She also wrote much about the local Y.M.C.A. the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other Brattleboro organizations that she worked very hard for. She wrote nearly every day most days filling the entire page missing only two days during the year when she was away from home. The diary has one page for each day of the year. Here are some quotes from the actual diary: "Jan. 14 1885 Cold but Fine. Did some ironing in the morning then went to see Mrs. Crowell found her better - borrowed some books. Went to see Mrs. O'Neil and tried to comfort her a little then to see Tina. On reaching home found Mira who staid to dinner. Called on Mrs. Tolles who was not at home. Stopped at Mrs. Smith's to leave Mrs. Mitchell's letter. Spent the evening reading & writing. Wrote to Mrs. Cutting." "Jan. 19 1885 Lovely & Cold washed in the early morning. Went down to Laura's with pie. Called on Mrs. Oaks and tried to call on Mrs. Tower in p.m. George Barrett carried me to see the colored people on the fair ground. Mrs. Streeter not at home. Saw Mrs. C.D. Fuller and Mrs. Amos Parker Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Colman." "Feb 10 1885 Very Cold. Did a little washing a.m. Called on Mrs. Clarkson and Mrs. Reed. P.M. visited Mrs. Rufus Smith Mrs. Ellis s. main st. Mrs. Horton had some conversation with her on personal religion find her anxious to make a profession of her faith in Christ. Miss Amsden not at home. Had some conversation with A.A. Cheny on faith cures. Did some errands." "Friday May 29 1885 Finished ironing and called at the colored folks Mrs. Reed and Clarkson and Mrs. Smith P.M. called at Mrs. Carpenter's and Mrs. Manson's doors - not at home. Called on Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Oneil Mrs. Stearns & Mrs. Horton Canal St. After tea saw Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Smith. Too tired to go to meeting." Thursday Nov. 5 1885 Called on Mrs. Bangs. Mr. Bangs a little more like himself. Called at Mrs. Crowell's and Mrs. Hawley's. Mrs. C. brought me home. In the afternoon carried jelly to Laura & blocks to little boy then went to Estey-ville and called on Mr. heald Mrs. Haskins Mrs. Freeman colored Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Blanchard. Went to parsonage to sociable in the evening. Very very tired." "Thursday Dec. 31 1885 Rainy. Called on Mrs. Stone at Brattleboro House and Mrs. Horton on Canal St. In the afternoon carried aprons to Mrs. Chandlers's and called on Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Stickney. Finished putting my old carpet together. Very rainy evening." All writing is easy to read and this diary is in very nice condition.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS HISTORY OF Brattleboro Vermont Gender Studies Women's Studies Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . paperback

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada989,99 $US≈ 837,63 €

CAROLINE LAURA RICEBiblio.com

1885 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE 3 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF NOTED REVEREND WILLIAM RICE

18850002146SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS. Good. 1885. On offer is an interesting group of three 3 original manuscript diaries for 1885 1886 and 1887 handwritten as identified in two of the three books by C. L. Rice of Springfield Massachusetts. Research leaves little doubt that this was Caroline Laura Rice wife of Reverend William Rice. The noteworthy see the BIO NOTES below Reverend Rice was born on March 10th about 1821 and Caroline born in 1820. While she did not write every day between the three books there are about 373 pages making for them an average of one third full each. Illness may have played a part in this as it seems that Caroline is crippled in a wheel chair and in some way; at least it seems that way during the time these diaries were written. She notes that they carried her up stairs in her new chair. Then through 1885 and 1886 the doctor visits and recommends a "rubber" who is plainly a masseuse who frequently gives her massages. That said she is 65 years old and perhaps her aging is advanced. Here are some snippets: 1885 "Miriam came up with the two boys. Horace is to sit for a crayon picture. They stop at "the other house" but were over to tea.We had Horace's picture home from Mrs. Parmalee's for our criticisms. Mrs. J. and Rachel came over to see it. Had a woman Mrs. Fawcett recommended by Dr. Bowles to give me "Massage.".Mrs. F. for the second time to manipulate my lame legs.Mr. R. at preachers meeting. Miriam was over here in the forenoon and did some errands for me. The children Laura and William stayed to dinner and came again to tea curious to see Grandpa's birthday packages opened. Mrs. Fawcett and rubbing 6Con. adjourned at noon. Several of the company left before dinner. Some of them to attend the funeral of Bro. Braman who died suddenly at Evans House during conference. All our visitors left in afternoon. Charles went to Webster to get ready for his move to Lowell. Went to ride this morning. Called on Millett's again and he finally came this evening and filled the vase but did not finish his work.The Crawford's gone to Cape Porpoise to try change of air for the baby. Ed went at noon to Pittsfield. Will and Lizzie dined with us on their way to Boston and the White Mountains. Eddie came up last evening and went with the Crawford's." 1886 "Mr. Woods came this afternoon on his way to Westfield to the graduating exercises of the Normal. Mr. Bishop in to tea.Mr. R. went to N. York today to attend a meeting of the trustees of the Wesleyan University.Ed went back to Pittsfield this noon. Mr. R. came in before dinner with his throat in a much worse condition and apparently sick every way. Miriam and Laura came in. They have just come to the other house and Horace is with them.Lizzie appeared this forenoon. Charles arrived about noon but stops at the other house. We all went to the library to see the procession the great celebration. I have not been in the library for years before.A telegram says the dear little boy is worse.A telegram that he died last evening. Mr. R. went to M. this morning and returned in the evening to go again with me tomorrow.Middletown. We came here this A.M. Mr. R. not well when we left home. Very ill in the afternoon after we arrived.The little boy was laid away in his narrow bed but we could not follow him or even be present at the services in the house. Mr. R. is sick with dysentery and I stayed with him. All the folks said good bye to us and left but Charlie.Charlie came from Lowell today to spend a few days here before going to the Vineyard.Carrie and Morris went to Springfield to get furniture. A dreadful day rain rain rain. Air close depressing.We have been moved and are settled at Will's this afternoon. Have driven most of the family out of their rooms. Carrie and Morris came this eveningMiddletown. We went down stairs. Mr. R. and myself the first time he has walked down for two months. Carrie and Morris over to dinner." 1887 "Mr. Rice gave his lecture on Milton to a class of ladies this forenoon. Emma came this afternoon just at dinner time.Went to the Miss meeting and read a paper. Emma went with me. Had a dress maker at the house. Mr. R. and E. went to see the Tapestry in the forenoon.Went to Mrs. Alexander's to hear the Pandita Ramabai. She spoke to the "club". Left Laura putting up a picture house. Had the dentist in the afternoon come and take out one of the fillings in my teeth. It caused so much pain.Went to the club at Mrs. Powers. Subject How best to promote the temperance reform now that the no license law is in force. What to do for young men.Mr. Rice gone to the preachers meeting at Northampton. Miss Goeckler his last summer's nurse came to make us a little visit. Had a tooth out this morningPleasant. Remembrances of my birthday from children and grandchildren. The Crawford's left early this morning. Went out to ride. Found flowers from Miss Kueil when I came inMr. R. went to W. again in a great rain to accompany ex. Gov. Robinson to the graduating exercises. He is to make a speech on the occasion the Gov..Ed came down this noon only for a short visit. He has not yet prepared to leave for the summer. Miss R. was taken ill this evening and called the doctor. She was in great pain but soon found relief. Carrie's baby not well. Miss R. better but sick in bed. Ed left at 9 o'clock A.M. Baby Freddie has dysenteric diarrhea. Artie Pease has come in to take care of her aunt.Clara Pease came to care for Miss R. in place of Artie. Means to take her home. She is rather better. Baby Fred quite ill and all his folks anxious. They took him this afternoon to the sea shore.Saturday had some changes made about the beds upstairs and was carried up in my new chair to see the arrangement. Later we all went to ride. It was cold but clear and bright" Many names mentioned: Crawford Mary Scranton Jennie Bishop Dickinson Bishop Foster Strong Dr. Vincent Crowell Fawcett Darling Denslow Dr. Rogers Pease Bogbee Richardson Dr. Cummings Dr. Bates Donovan Northrup Woods Emerson Pillsbury Holburds Dr. Bowles and more. All three diaries measure about 3¼" x 5¾" and are overall G. BIO NOTES: The book "William Rice: A Memorial" tells of his distinguished career as a preacher abolitionist. Later in life he became Springfield's town librarian. In fact the library is now called The William Rice Building. He married Caroline on September 13th 1843. She was the daughter of William North of Lowell Massachusetts. They had two sons William North Rice Professor in Wesleyan University and Charles Francis Rice a member of the New England Conference. Their daughter is Caroline Laura wife of Morris B. Crawford professor in Wesleyan University. Then one of their sons Edward Hyde Rice died at an early age in 1895. Both William and Caroline died before 1900.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CAROLINE LAURA RICE REVEREND WILLIAM RICE C. L. RICE SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM NORTH RICE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY CHARLES FRANCIS RICE WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS 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 PAPEL . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 595,99 $US≈ 1 350,37 €

JAMES SHEERINBiblio.com

1885 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HAND WRITTEN BY A 20 YEAR OLD ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE MAN WELL ON HIS WAY TO HARVARD CAMBRIDGE AND THE PRIESTHOOD

18850008088NEW YORK UNITED STATES. Good. 1885. On offer is a very well-written journal of a young man who went on to play a significant role in the Episcopal Church in New England in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Dating from 1885 the hard-bound journal measures 7 1/2 by 4 ¾ has about 180 pages and is about 50% complete. The binding on the spine is broken but all pages are intact. The writing is legible. James Sheerin was born in Scotland in 1865. Brought to the United States at age five by his parents he enrolled at St. Stephen's College NY now Bard College in 1885. Graduating in 1888 he filled several roles in the Episcopal Church and was ordained a priest in 1892. Sheerin had a varied and successful career. He continued his studies with stints at Harvard and Cambridge and served in several parishes notably in New York City and Cambridge. He passed away in 1933. This journal dates from 1885 when Sheerin entered St. Stephen's College. It does not follow a day-by-day chronology but rather serves as a journal where he recorded thoughts over a period of 2 years. He talks about how he sought work to pay for his education and clearly was no fan of working underground in the mines: ". I had not the money to pay that fifty dollars . and then no decent clothes! I looked everywhere for work but none presented itself except coal mining but I would not take that having vowed when I quit the mines never to return". He did finally agree to work in an open-pit mine. He suffered some injuries but was able to continue and pay for his education. In 1887 he wrote about what he was reading: ". Today I read Gray's Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. It is the first opportunity I have had to read this elegant poem and to speak briefly. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It reminded me so much of Goldsmith's style in the "Deserted Village" and is in every way equal to it in beauty and elegance of diction. ." In commenting on his studies and reading one can see the foundation for his later career being laid down: "In the last year I have read a number of books on oratory extemporaneous speaking Lectures on preaching etc. I read nearly all of the Yale lectures on preaching and enjoyed them thoroughly. John Hall's and Phillip Brook's were very interesting. The later is my ideal as a preacher. . He is such a grand man intellectually and morally ." He also made it clear his attitudes towards certain other characteristics he had obviously seen: ". His referring to Brooks reputation is almost wholly from his power as a pulpit orator and his goodness and charity a contrast with his contemporaries who dabble in politics humourous lectures etc." Toward the end he writes: ". These lectures are splendid things and if I study as I am doing the different styles of oratory used I certainly ought to form a fair judgement of what true oratory is." His last entry is in many ways a synopsis of his professional life: "He always read and studied men and things". This is an excellent insight into the early stages of James Sheerin's formation as a priest and orator. Not only valuable to a researcher delving into the history of the Episcopal Church it also opens a window into liberal arts education in late Victorian America.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1880S UNITED STATES DUTCHESS COUNTY NEW YORK HUDSON VALLEY JAMES SHEERIN EPISCOPAL CHURCH ST. STEPHEN COLLEGE BARD COLLEGE YALE UNIVERSITY HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND SCOTTISH AMERICANS EPISCOPAL CLERGY THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THEOLOGY STUDENTS STUDENT LIFE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA WORK AT MINES HUDSON VALLEY MINES LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IN VICTORIAN AMERICA 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

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada2 255,99 $US≈ 1 908,79 €

BB LE TALL B BBiblio.com

1886 - 1889 ORIGINAL DIARY OF MULTIPLE TOURS AND TRIPS MOSTLY FOR BOTANICAL STUDY OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE ALPS IN SWITZERLAND ITALY AND THE DOLOMITES NORWAY BERLIN AND DRESDEN

18860001223FLORENCE NAPLES DRESDEN BERLIN NORWAY. Good. 1886. On offer is a super original 1886 manuscript travel diary handwritten by Mr. B.B. Le Tall an Englishman and an important railway engineer and surveyor we list separately his travels to the Levant and a Railroad engineering journal of his work in Australia writes a superbly detailed and comprehensive book of his travels to Italy Switzerland Tyrol Dolomites Riviera Norway Berlin Dresden . Over 300 pages Mr. Le Tall writes an unparalleled journal beginning June 1886 as he travels through Europe to study the flora and fauna of the Alps research finds that Le Tall was a botanist and was published in later years and given the copious notes and details this book is assuredly the foundation for his later published writings. He returns to England and then sets off again and the reader will find that the intrepid traveler sets off again and again writing of his adventures studies and observations through the Winter of 1889. Ephemera such a tickets passes news clippings are littered throughout the books adding further depth to this super narrative. Save for some trauma to the spine of the 18 x 12 cm leather book is otherwise G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; BOTANY BOTANICAL FLORA FAUNA EUROPE NORWAY BERLIN THE DOLOMITES TRAVEL ENGINEER ENGINEERING RAILWAYS RAILROADS 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 Als 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

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada2 355,99 $US≈ 1 993,40 €

Biographie

Filtres actifs

Siècle

Langage

Ajouté

Sujets

Catalogues

Filtres actifs

Siècle

Langage

Ajouté

Sujets

Catalogues

Filtres actifs

Siècle

Langage

Ajouté

Sujets

Catalogues