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Gladys CasteelBiblio.com

1905 High School Composition Book of a Young Creative Writer with Fictional Stories and Real-Life Accounts of Life in Francisville Indiana

19050011024Francisville Indiana: Francisville Indiana 1905. Good. 1905. Softcover. On offer is an excellent example of English composition writing in early 20th century America. The author of this notebook is Gladys Casteel. She was born Mabel Gladys Casteel in 1888 in Redmon IL and lived in several communities in Illinois and Indiana. She was married at age 22 to Silas Kopka in 1910. Gladys Casteel Kopka passed away in Francisville IN 1965 at the age of 76. Our informal research has not turned up any additional biographical information. However she helpfully includes an autobiographical story that covers her early life. This notebook is entitles "Compositions" and signed by her. It contains a number of stories. From a comment made in her "My Biography" this was written while she was high school. Some stories refer to Francisville others to general themes such as "Our Flag" while another makes indirect reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of The Seven Gables" published in 1851 a book that was popular in America. Her stories are well-written showing a very good command of language and grammar and an ability to turn a good phrase: "Being the youngest of four children & they all grown I expect I was what they called spoilt - well not exactly that but greatly humoured" My Biography; ".I had just returned from a visit to Indiana in the Summer of intentially blank. My return was on the 14th of July & Barnum & Bailey Circus was to entertain the people of Kankakee Illinois. Much to my delight papa decided to go and take my two nephews and myself. As you can imagine we did not sleep much that night ." Circus Day. She goes on to give an excellent description of the arrival of Barnum & Baily's world-famous circus and the main performance 'under the big top' Other stories are clearly fiction although some may be loosely based on life and experiences in her community. She also mentions a number of people and places by name. However it is quite possible that these individuals are fictional creations for her stories. They could however offer a genealogist a possible starting point in research of this are. For a social or education historian this composition notebook offers an excellent look into the quality of language and writing education that was being taught in small high schools across the United States at that time. It is certainly a benchmark for education historians and those interested in comparing education today vs that of nearly a century ago. Measuring 8.25 inches by 7.0 inches this soft-covered notebook contains 96 pages and is 100% complete. The covers are in good condition the binding intact and the pages also in good condition. The handwriting is quite legible. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; Signed by Author . Francisville, Indiana, 1905 paperback

HELEN BROOKE HERFORDBiblio.com

1905 MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG WOMAN LIVING A FUN SOCIAL AND LIBERAL TEENAGE SCHOOLING LIFE HANDWRITTEN BY THE FUTURE FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH UNITARIAN WOMENS LEAGUE

19050009140CAMBRIDGE COUNTY SCHOOL WATERTOWN MASS. MA. Very Good. 1905. On offer is a historically significant diary from the main founder of the British League of Unitarian and Other Liberal Christian Women commonly known as the British Unitarian Womens League Helen Brooke Herford. In addition to founding the organization Herford worked as Secretary from the League's inception in 1908 until 1929 accomplished a tremendous amount of good due to her tireless effort and enthusiasm. She helped set up the Correspondence Bureau during the First World War oversaw the publication of many pamphlets and help set up District Leagues establish the organizations Monthly Letter and the League Annual Meeting and much more. By the time of Herfords death 171 Branches 11 District Leagues and 2 Neighbourhood Leagues were in existence. This diary is from 1905 three years before she would found the organization when Herford was only 19 years living in Watertown Massachusetts and attending the Cambridge County School. It details the parties dances gossip crushes concerts church visits and many other aspects of the life of a liberal 19 year old female student. It certainly shows a different and very formative side of a woman who would go on to do so much good in her life. In addition to the normal entries of student life Herford also spends a significant amount of time traveling by train across America from Massachusetts to Portland Oregon stopping in Billings Montana for two weeks to stay with family. Helen goes to church often but does not speak too much on her personal beliefs. Like many young women her age she is more concerned with friends boys and school than she is with her religious beliefs. This diary contains approx 70 pages of handwritten entries some pages of which are full and double sided others just a few lines or paragraphs. Also included is a hand drawn floor plan of her house in Watertown Massachusetts. Her enthusiasm for the landscape of Montana would be realized when later in life she ended up owning a dude ranch near Limestone Stillwater County Montana. The book's leather cover shows some wear but is generally in good condition. All pages are intact and free of any major damage or discoloration. The diary is not full but does contain some interesting background information about her early life. TEXT: Jan 1 1905. Went to bed this morning very early after Nannies party. Nannie and L went back with Whitney & Scott to sleep at the Henderson's because there were so many to sleep at the Whitneys. We decided we would not go in the any house again until next year so as it was only 15 past eleven we walked slowly to the station sat there for awhile that went to Hs and sat on the door step unit 12 Saturday 31 was Nannies birthday.; Jan 5 1905. School begun today and most of the girls are back but Edith Stor hasn't come yet and I wish she would come. We played around after noon and at dinner I had my presents Crawford from the four Rodgers Pride and Prejudice from Alice and Patty Sense & Sensibility from miss Hays and Miss Holbrook.; Jan. 13 1905. Went to Cambridge to see Rose with Elizabeth Mabel was there and we had tea. At the square waiting for a car Mr R. Moot came up and spoke to Elizabeth. Nell Murphy was here for the dance when we got back. Dressed after dinner Helen was here for the first one she has been down to only two of all the boys.; July 19 1905. Arrived in Billings Stayed in Billings for two weeks then started West for Portland Tacoma. The scenery from Livingston is very good some places in the mountains we could see three tracks below us where we had been. The prettiest scenery at Livingston and Bozeman and along the Green River. From Livingston we had two engines in front of and one behind part of the way. Spent the night in Tacoma and then took a train to Centralia and changed there for Hoquiam where we took the boat off to West Port Had met mother Mrs. Armstrong - Brooke & Jack half way there from West Port Edina visited on going through to life saving station. Backround: Helen Brooke Herford was the main founder of the British Unitarian Women's League. Helen Brooke Herford worked as Secretary from the League's inception in 1908 until 1929 and much had been accomplished due to her tireless effort and enthusiasm - the setting up of the Correspondence Bureau during the First World War the publication of pamphlets the setting up of District Leagues establishing the Monthly Letter and the League Annual Meeting and much more. 171 Branches 11 District Leagues and 2 Neighbourhood Leagues were in existence and the Executive Committee had become the Central Committee. Members were encouraged to keep in touch with voting women who left home to take up work firstly in this country and then isolated women overseas. Work developed in many directions including the issuing of a monthly newsletter. With the advent of World War I branches rose to the special needs of the time including necessary articles made and distributed serving men welcomed into homes or visited in hospital. She was also the granddaughter of Unitarian minister and noted preacher and author who served several important churches in Great Britain and America. Her younger brother Oliver 1860-1935 a poet writer and illustrator in the USA was popularly known as the American Oscar Wilde. Her sons John Jack Herford and William Herford were sheep ranchers in New Mexico and later ran a dude ranch in Yellowstone County Montana. Beatrice Herford 18671952 a daughter became a Broadway actress. Following her education in Germany and Boston Massachusetts Helen Herford returned to Montana where she taught school in Carbon County and worked on her parents' ranch. Herford gained much of her experience in the Alliance of Unitarian Women in the USA. In 1929 she and a cousin Helen Underwood Wellington entered into a partnership to establish a dude ranch near Limestone in Stillwater County Mont. The Swinging H Ranch operated until 1937 when financial pressures forced Helen Herford to suspend operations and sell. She returned to teaching afterwards and died in Columbus Montana in 1972. Her archive of papers and correspondence is held at the Montana State University Library. OVERALL: VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HELEN BROOKE HERFORD BRITISH LEAGUE OF UNITARIAN AND OTHER LIBERAL CHRISTIAN WOMEN BRITISH UNITARIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE UNITARIANISM CAMBRIDGE COUNTY SCHOOL WATERTOWN MASSACHUSETTS GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES BILLINGS MONTANA FORMATIVE YEARS OF A TEENAGE GIRL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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Bessie TownsendBiblio.com

1905 Original Handwritten Diary by a Vermont Student Who Would Become the Matriarch of a Multigenerational British Columbia Lumber Dynasty

19050010016On offer is a fine diary by Bessie Townsend a young high school student turned teacher working at the turn of the 20th century in rural Vermont. Bessie Townsend kept this diary throughout 1905. At the time of writing she was completing high school at the Black River Academy located in Ludlow Vermont and embarking on a teaching career. The diary contains numerous short daily entries that describe life on the farm and at school: "About 30 pupils in school. Everyone has German measles" March 20. "Went to school. My eyes are bloodshot and my face rough and I don't feel well. Hope I shant have German measles" March 23. "Dr. Bates cleared me said I didn't have measles. I have got them all the same. Doused tonight" March 24. "Mama walked to Tyson to get her valise check. Rain tonight. Ma and I had a fight she don't hardly speak to me" July 18. "Washed and folded the clothes and got supper then Will took me to Tyson. I had offers from 4 schools. All give about $4.50 clear per week" August 21. "Like my school work but there isn't a decent scholar in school" September 5. "Awful day. Kids mean as dirt" October 31. "On the whole I think I have gone pretty well this year. I have graduated from B. R. A. Taught school with success. Did nothing I am ashamed of. Saved about as much money as I have spent. Passed teachers examination and made some of my clothes" Dec 31. This book measures 5 inches by 3.25 inches contains 60 pages plus memoranda and is 100 percent complete. The cloth cover is in fair condition: there are some stains and wear marks and the closure clasp is missing. The spine and binding of the book are intact though a few pages at the front have partially separated from the spine. All other pages are intact and in good condition and the handwriting is legible. Bessie Townsend was born in Windsor County Vermont in 1887. At some point after she completed this diary she married Henry Clemons Meeker of Connecticut and they moved to the town of Merritt in British Columbia Canada. In British Columbia Henry became manager of the Nicola Valley Pine Lumber Company. The company was an important institution in the community providing many jobs and even responsible for generating power for the town of Merritt. Bessie was active in her community as well and the local newspaper the Nicola Valley News often chronicled her appearance as host or guest at society events. Bessie and Henry had a large family and some of their children went to work in the family business. This is an outstanding diary written by a young woman who would in time help lay the foundation for a very successful and prosperous multi-generational family business. Her diary gives a clear idea of what life was like at the beginning of the 20th century in rural Vermont. Replete with names and places from Bessie's small Windsor County community it is an excellent resource for genealogical researchers. Anyone looking at the role of women at the turn of the century in America will find that Bessie paints a distinct picture of the social bounds with which women had to contend. hardcover

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CHARLES S SKINNER, FREDERICK CEASAR DE SUMICHRAST, FRANK H JACKSONBiblio.com

1905 ORIGINAL OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN CLUB OF BOSTON

19050001971BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Very Good. 1905. On offer s a superb original 1905 - 1906 manuscript trip back in time being the official handwritten journal of the Victorian Club of Boston. The unpaginated book is about 80% full and has approximately 100 pages of handwritten meeting minutes election nominating ballots banquet menus published meeting reports and other related ephemera. For the most part the writer is Club Secretary Charles S. Skinner and later Secretary Frank H. Jackson. Changes to the handwriting indicate we believe additional notes by Club President Frederick C. de Sumichrast an esteemed author and renowned Anglophile. There are numerous tipped in items including 1906 Empire Day Banquet ephemera notes of talks on Russia Australia etc. The premium 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" book is missing the spine cap but is otherwise VG. HISTORICAL NOTES: The Victorian Club organized in 1897 was considered the representative of the English people in Boston. Frederick C. de Sumichrast was a Harvard Professor specializing in French. He was the president of the Boston-based Victorian Club. He was conspicuously pro-British-Empire as can be seen by his writings 'Americans and Briton' and 'Why Britain Is Great'. He was also well known in his time for his works on yachting.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CHARLES S. SKINNER FREDERICK CEASAR DE SUMICHRAST FRANK H. JACKSON THE VICTORIAN CLUB OF BOSTON PRO BRITISH PRO ENGLAND PRO BRITAIN ANGLOPHILES EMPIRE DAY VICTORIANA AMERICANA SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONSSOCIAL CLUBS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown

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FMB[UETTNER?] F M BBiblio.com

1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL ON HER WAY TO STUDY PIANO AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC CONSERVATORIES

19050001938BERLIN GERMANY. Good. 1905. On offer is an interesting original 1905 manuscript diary handwritten by a young woman identified on the inside cover by the initials F.M.B. We believe the 'B' stands for Buettner the surname name of her uncle. Researchers and historians will have many many clues to use to confirm or deny as she is prodigious mentioning the names of all she comes in contact with. The diary starts off with our author and her friend Gertrude in the States heading to St. Louis through Burlington on board the train. They are heading to New York to catch the ocean liner Kronprinz Wilhelm which takes them to Berlin Germany. The reason our author is heading to Europe is because she is to study piano we believe at the famed Stern Conservatory in Berlin under the tutorship of Professor Gustav Hollaender. There are 109 well filed handwritten pages and the first 13 pages have to do with her trip to New York and on the ship and the rest have to do with her time in Germany. She is a wonderful writer - here are some snippets: 1905 "It has always been my ambition to make a trip to Europe for a combined visit for pleasure and study. How often have I longed for a time when everyday would be a holiday. Now in the year 1905 it seems that my dream is to come true for Thursday July 27th finds me leaving home and dear one for a year beyond the deep blue sea. Gertrude and I leave at 10 in the morning and go to St. Louis via Burlington. The day is cool and rainy. Paul met us at the depot at 5:50 and we took the Suburban RR for his home. I had to wear a white handkerchief tied around my arm so he would recognize us. It began to pour and we had a terrible experience walking at least 8 blocks in mud and high weeds. Our arms and hands were nearly out of joint carrying so many thingsshe goes on to talk about her nights stay at Paul's home until they left the next morning at 8:20 on the "Big Four".Indianapolis Indiana has a large depot. Ate supper on the dining car $1.00. Train went so fast that a swell colored waiter lost his balance and nearly fell on me. Changed trains at Cleveland Ohio at 11 o'clock at night." "August 1st We got up on this memorable day at 5 o'clock and managed to dress very nicely. I wore a short black skirt a plaid silk waist a white cap white gloves and a light blue veil. The night before we had a shower of letters from our loved ones. Another surprise was that Ger---name was put on the door slate as Elsie. When we entered our cabin we saw 2 steamer chairs which had been sent to us by Mr. Wallace. The steamer left the pier at 8 o'clock and I had a bad spell of crying. But I tried to be brave and soon felt fine. We passed the beautiful Statue of Liberty. We have a fine place on deck for our chairs also a fine place at `1st table. No land in sight at 9 o'clock. Saw the pilot leave the ship. My number at the table is 163. Gertrude is on one side and a young man on other. The napkins at the table are about 1 mile square. There is no drinking water anywhere last night and Ger and I took two good swallows of "schnapps". I was the only woman at the table." "August 3rd Very damp in the morning. Spent day with Mr. and Mrs. Noel. In the eve Mr. Tarr took me to the first cabin to hear the concert. I saw the beautiful parlors library dining room etc. we promenaded for a while and then sat on upper deck and talked. At 9 o'clock I went to the eve concert in our cabin with Mr. and Mrs. Noel and had a fine time." "August 5th Took pictures. The dog "Noble" sat on my lap what a wonder! Remember the "slop barrel". A case of small pox in 1st cabin reported. Ma Tarr brought me some peanuts. The fellow we call "The Anarchist" and who is looking for a wife makes great efforts to cultivate my acquaintances. Went to the eve concert with Mr. and Mrs. Noel." In Bremerhaven they take a few weeks I believe to see the sights and on August 30th she writes: "The day started in with a heavy rain. Went to the Conservatory and were ushered into a waiting room. Then the director Prof. Gustav Hollander examined us and told me I have such talent that he would have me take of Prof. Bohlmann instead of Prof. Dreyschock. Price 450 mks. We wrote out our programs at home. In the afternoon Uncle Franz Buettner came over in the eve." HISTORICAL NOTES: "It was a private school in Berlin with many notable tutors and alumni. It was originally founded in 1850 at the Berliner Musikschule by Julius Stern Theodor Kullak and Adolf Bernhard Marx. It was originally founded in 1850 as the Berliner Musikschule by Julius Stern Theodor Kullak and Adolf Bernhard Marx. Kullak withdrew from the conservatory in 1855 in order to create a new academy of sculpture and three-dimensional art. With Marx's withdrawal in 1856 the conservatory came exclusively under the Stern family and adopted its name. In 1894 it was taken over by Gustav Hollaender the uncle of film composer Friedrich Hollaender who moved the school's location to the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall on Bernburger Strasse in Berlin-Kreuzberg. In the course of the Gleichschaltung process the Stern Academy in 1936 was renamed Konservatorium der Reichshauptstadt Berlin controlled by the Nazi regime. Gustav Hollaender's heirs were diseased but for a few years they were able to run a "Jewish Private Music School Hollaender" until they were deported and murdered in 1941. After the end of the Second World War in 1945 the school was again renamed as the Städtisches Konservatorium City Conservatory in what was to become West Berlin. In 1966 it was merged with the public Akademische Hochschule für Musik into the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Berlin State School of Music and the Performing Arts since 2001 the Berlin." The 3¼" x 8" diary's first page has a small tear and a worn cover but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF F.M. BUETTNER STERN CONSERVATORY BERLIN PIANO PIANIST MUSICAL EDUCATION GUSTAV HOLLAENDER MUSIC STUDY GRAND TOUR EUROPE BERLINER MUSIKSCHULE JEWISH PRIVATE MUSIC SCHOOL HOLLAENDER KONSERVATORIUM DER REICHSHAUPTSTADT STÄDTISCHES KONSERVATORIUM HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown

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HELEN G ATWATERBiblio.com

1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CONNECTICUT GIRL WHO MAKES NEW YORK CITY HER PLAYGROUND

19050001232NEW YORK. Good. 1905. On offer is a super original manuscript diary handwritten by Helen G Atwater a young girl who was living in Connecticut at the time and spent most of her time in New York City. While she does not identify herself in this diary we have listed separately a later 1913 travel diary providing ownership. Helen takes the reader back to a life of privilege and entertainments early in the 20th century long before World War I and pre suffrage and details a life of socializing and physical entertainments: she writes of playing tennis and ping pong; going to see shows; shopping . Here are some snippets: "Went to the dressmakers read with Jean and Annie and played Ping Pong with Annie. Played tennis at the Lawn Club with Hattie. Sat on the Piazza afterwards and watched the tournament. Clopp and Coleton talked with Lily and Hattie for a while then they played Dr Nettleton and Dr Landford in doubles and beat them. Hattie and I went up to Country Club to play tennis but it poured just as we were about to play so we come home walking part way. Said goodbye to Dey who went home to make preparations for going out to CaliforniaStopped at Lawn Club with Mildred and Mabel Butler on the way back and watched Clapp and Colston play in doubles and Bear and LeRoy in singles. Perfect day the Kipling girls went to Baccalaureate sermon with Cousin Hill. Girls climbed Mt Carmel. Ernest and Aubrey in for a minute to see about going canoeing. It rained however and we sat on the piazza and talked and ate candy. Reid William while Hat Read tess. Escorted the Kiplings over to grandma's where they are going to stay a week. Read and sat with the Kiplings the boys on the piazza next door in the evening. The girls and Hat Papa and I walked up Mt Carmel had lunch on top and lay around on the rocks where we had a splendid view. Walked to Uncle Jack's spring and then home by car. We all went up to the Country Club and had Lemonade. Played tennis with Marri went in bathing. Mrs Almay read to us and we Them Helen and Mary played Anna and me at tennis. Played tennis with Junior against Emily and Mary and Helen and Anna. Read while Helen and Emily played violin and piano. Junior and I played tennis against KW and Mary. Read while the others played tennis. Went down and say by the brook with Papa. First went down to see the rapids which were very full then sat on our favorite boulder and talked and read a little. Had a pillow fight and general nonsense when we went to our rooms. Met Beth and Clara at the grove and Clara and I played tennis at Miss Bowditch's. The girls stayed to lunch and we all went to the ball game in the afternoon. Got caught in a perfect down pour and everyone soaked. Had our photos taken afterwards. Played bridge with Mr and Mrs Stokes and Miss Packard in the evening. Had a letter from Telling me her engagement was broken. Walked up to the sandy beach with papa and sat there awhile. Went to the baseball game between boys and girls. Boys wore long shirts. Had lunch at a farm then watched a procession of decorated carriages very funny. We had a carriage there covered with ground pine and golden rod. Then went to the game between Freedom and Read. Coburn pitched for Freedom and they won. Carl won 40 yard dash very exciting. Papa had bad news from Aunt Sally and decided to go home on Friday. Telephoned to Doctor from Mrs Benedict's and then went in to his office with Mother. Read in the evening Finished Call of the Wild. Went out to Mt Carmel with the Seymours and a friend of their's. Lovely views through the treesA thunderstorm came up and we hurried back to the car got there just in time to escape a very heavy storm. Lightening struck near car. Went to the Symphony music and recitation by Mr Riddle of Midsummer Nights Dream very good great crowd there. Did the marketing and took a walk in Central Park and saw the menagerie. Walked up fifth avenue with Jean. Found Mother and Pap here when I got back. Went to a concert at the Metropolitan with Papa. Very good Pol Plancon and Mme Acte sang. Olive Frenstad had a wonderful alto voice. Went down and saw Phoebe off on the Princess Irene then went right over to the Republic and saw Uncle Jack off. Awful crowd on the Republic. Very nice looking people on both boats but specially on Phoebe's. Went to the Union League Club art exhibition. Walked down Fifth Ave heard of Rosamund Swan's engagement to Mr Hammer. Went to NY Symphony Concert at Carnegie with the whole family. Heard Mme Blawelt sing. Went to Philharmonic Concert alone. Da Netta played and there was also delicious Beethoven and Tchaikovsky symphonies. Audience stood out of respect for the Russian leader through part of Tchaikovsky. Sue came down and told us about the dance. Went skating with her in Central Park." Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; NEW YORK CONNECTICUT NYC TURN OF THE CENTURY ATWATER WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PRE WORLD WAR I WWI TRAVEL AUTOMOBILE CAR 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 . unknown

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HIPPOLYTE JOSEPH VIALBiblio.com

1905 ORIGINAL SUPERB FRENCH NAVY FUTURE LEGION OF HONOUR WINNER MIDSHIPMAN'S LOGBOOK IN A CONFIDENT HAND AND BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED WITH HAND DRAWN AND COLOURED MAPS

19050002580Good. 1905. On offer is a superb unique original 1905 French midshipman's manuscript logbook handwritten by 24 year old Hippolyte Joseph Vial. While in many ways this French Frigate's log is a classic midshipman's journal filled with the technical data compiled for centuries by eager men who served aboard a ship of War but the depth and breadth of the well filled journal represents and throughout iterates the talent and 'old salt' nature of Vial who is on the verge of his Lieutenancy and a mere four years from his own command has for the naval life; the 142 page folio book contains 24 hand drawn maps in colored pencil done and further littered with drawing and illustrations with a super eye of a man that will serve his country for nearly 40 years at sea and one day win the Legion of Honour. EDITOR'S NOTE: In our years of handling many 100s of nautical logbooks this is the first time we have seen a French Naval manuscript book. BIO NOTES: One online source: Officiers/Hors EN - Hippolyte Joseph VIAL 1881 - 19. Né le 3 janvier 1881 à CAGNES-sur-Mer - Décédé. Fils de Victor et de Claire ARBIN Marié le 7 octobre 1911 avec Marguerite PUVEREL. Entre dans la Marine en 1898. Promu Enseigne de vaisseau le 1er octobre 1906 Port Toulon. Au 1er janvier 1908 sur le transport "SHAMROCK" détaché au MAROC Cdt Étienne RAFFIER-DUFOUR. Le 11 mars 1908 affecté au Service central de la Flottille de torpilleurs des mers de CHINE. Idem au 1er janvier 1909. Au 1er janvier 1911 port TOULON. Au 1er janvier 1912 sur le cuirassé "SUFFREN" 2ème Escadre Cdt Maurice MERCIER de LOSTENDE. Au 1er janvier 1914 port TOULON. Lieutenant de vaisseau le 8 mai 1915. Au 1er janvier 1917 port TOULON. Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Au 1er janvier 1918 port TOULON. Au 1er janvier 1921 Commandant la canonnière "GRACIEUSE" Escadrille de dragage du 5ème arrondissement maritime à TOULON. Capitaine de corvette le 10 septembre 1922. Capitaine de frégate le 22 septembre 1927. Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. Le 23 septembre 1931 Commandant les compagnies de formation de marins indigènes à BIZERTE. Versé dans le cadre de réserve le 3 janvier 1935 port TOULON. ; French Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HIPPOLYTE JOSEPH VIAL JOURNAL DE BORD HAND DRAWN MAPS FRIGATE FREGATE NAVAL NAUTICAL MARINE MARINER SAILOR SEAMAN OFFICER MIDSHIPMAN FRANCE FRENCH CADET GARDE MARINE GUARDIA MARINA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS A ST______Biblio.com

1905 ORIGINAL BRITISH ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY LIEUTENANT OF THE HMS CORNWALL

19050001954ABOARD THE HMS CORNWALL. Good. 1905. On offer is a super early 20th Century original manuscript Royal Navy Ship's Log handwritten and kept by a Lieutenant Douglas A. St______his signature inscription on the endpaper is hard to decipher. The log book is part statistical and part diary as Douglas begins the book August 5th 1905 through December 1906. There are some anecdotal remarks and some clippings tipped in but for the most part this details the Ship's position and condition on 34 pages. Then there are 20 pages of handwritten diary like notes clippings and anecdotal details of the Ship's cruise Aug 1st 1905 to last entry July 22 'the Home Fleet mobilized I took up my war appointment to HMS Canopus Battleship.' The Ship goes from Spithead to Torbay. He describes the Fleet thusly: '11 battleships; 14 1st Class Cruisers;4 2nd ;8 Scouts; 10 Gun Boats; 8 Parents Ships etc etc; 14 Destroyers; 12 T.B.; 15 Submarines.' Near the back in a separate section are other notes on the Ship some financial and statistical and the on two pages he describes his naval career in detail at the back beginning as a Cadet on HMS Camperdown and many other notable and storied ships such as HMS Boadicea HMS Benbow HMS Hotspur and HMS Theseus to name a few. Sadly his last entry on his career is a Half Pay Lieutenant. The approximately 9½ x 7¼ inch book save for the spine cap missing is G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS A. ST______ HMS CORNWALL ROYAL NAVY BRITISH NAVY MARINE NAVAL NAUTICAL SHIPS LOG NAVAL LOG BOOKS ATLANTIC FLEET HOME FLEET CHANNEL FLEET BATTLESHIPS DESTROYERS HMS CANOPUS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown

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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE MOWRYBiblio.com

1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF PROMINENT RHODE ISLAND LAWYER

19050001358PROVIDENCE SMITHFIELD RHODE ISLAND RI. Good. 1905. On offer is a super relic of Rhode Island Americana being a manuscript diary handwritten by Marquis De Lafayette Mowry of the historical Rhode Island family by the same name. Dated 1905 Mowry provides a wealth of local commerce and genealogy of the Smithfield and Providence Rhode Island area as he has overfilled many days in this 3" x 6" x 1" thick "page-a-day" book with his small precise scrawl that will detail for local collectors historians and researchers well informed of the early 20th Century. Every day is filled in - the temperatures and weather is noted for each day of the year - he fills out his entire day's activities and who he saw with any legal notes. One of the pages copied notes the death of Arlon Mory on March 8 1905 at 1:00 am and Arlon was born on February 23 1833. While ownership is not precisely stated there are many notes and his signature is written many times in the back pages of this book after December 31st page. His signature is verified in a Genealogy History of the Mowry family found in the book entitled "The Descendants of John Mowry of Rhode Island by William A. Mowry Providence RI: Preston & Rounds Co.1909. Copy is kept at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Here is a random snippet: August 20th 1905 "Very fair all day and warm all day. Thermometer 56 about 6 o'clock then 80 about 2 o'clock P.M. 70 after sunset. I remained at my home all night last night and slept in the parlor bedroom. Sarah and Winfred slept in the chamber over the parlor Richard slept in the chamber over the kitchen. Edwin H. Mowry slept in the large back bedroom upstairs. Richard and Edwin H. and myself went up to the _____spring this morning and cleaned it. Returned to the house and I started about 10 o'clock and went up the road to Frank Mowry's. Heard his wife had gone to Greenville to see the ____ his wife's father told me and I went up to Fred Carpenters and talked with him under the ash tree. He said Wonton Harris went home yesterday from there to ____. He had been boarding there 3 weeks. I then went to ____Mowry's and talked with him and his folks." BIO NOTES: Marquis D L Mowry was b. September 17 1838 - d. December 11 1914 in Smithfield Rhode Island. He attended the public schools in Smithfield now Woonsocket until he was 12 years old and then the district school number 10 until about 18 years of age. He then attended the Institute in the town of Bernardston Massachusetts for several years. Here he was under the instruction of the famous professor L. F. Ward. Later he attended school in Westminster Vt. under the same professor and subsequently the Institute at New London N.H. He taught school in Vermont later he entered the law office of Col. George H. Browne who at one time was a member of Congress and during the Civil War was colonel of the 12th R.I. Regiment of Infantry. Here he spent three years in the study of the law and was then admitted a member of the R. I. bar. Marquis Mowry's law business was located at 13 Market Square Room 6. Copy of the directory page will be included. He married 1 Laura J. Kimball and 2 Sarah Arnold died on December 11 1914. His father and mother were Richard Mowry 1809-1870 and Lavina ____ 1803-1842. Marquis' great grandfather was Arnold Mowry 1784- and great grandmother was Mercy Barnes. His great-great grandfather was Richard Mowry 1749-1835 married to Hannah Arnold. Mowry does a good job naming his visitors and meetings: A. J. Curley Martha E. Laurence Clarence A. Smith Niles H. Arnold Bert Smith Walter L. Brin Wilson Miss Pry Mr. Boyles Mr. Cornell many many more. The cover is worn but the binding and pages look good. Overall G.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE SMITHFIELD RI TURN OF THE CENTURY GENEALOGY MOWRY LAWYERS LEGAL 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 . unknown

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THEODORE JANSEN, MATTHEW JANSENBiblio.com

1905 SUPERB ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RETROSPECTIVE JOURNAL OF THE DETAILED AND ENGROSSING BIOGRAPHY OF CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN MATTHEW JANSEN BY HIS LOVING BROTHER AND COMRADE IN ARMS WHO SERVED AND FOUGHT IN OVER 100 BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES WITH HIM

19190009030QUINCY ILLINOIS. Fair. 1919. On offer is a truly remarkable Civil War document: A deeply detailed and fascinating retrospective journal of Matthew Jansen Captain of the Union Army's 27th Illinois Regiment during the Civil War. It was handwritten in 1905 by one of Jansen's brothers Theodore who served alongside of him. It is over 60 over sized pages long and very densly filled with original content some of which was published in "The Biography and Reminiscences of Matthew Jansen 1905". The manuscript was oddly created; some portions in a cardboard folio some sewn and otherwise attached forming double sheets. The brittleness of the paper resulted in some loss to the edge and joins but since we received the item a master conservator has made repairs and stopped the losses. It gives significant first hand details about the life he lived and the many battles fought with the 27 Illinois Regiment. It begins the years before the War in Quincy Illinois where Jansen and his brother were from to the enlistment of Jansen as a private until 1865 all the way to fighting with General Sherman in Atlanta. It is an incredible piece of American history with in depth and vivid descriptions of battles fought lives lived and sights seen. Theodore writes lovingly and engrossingly about his brother constantly praising his skills and acumen in battle and in life. Much of the diary are the facts of battle but there are also passages that speak of why the brother's are fighting the war in the first place. They seem staunchly anti-slavery. Speaking on the Emancipation Proclamation the journal reads: "no thank God its dead yes slavery now from this day over is dead Lincoln's Proclamation killed itone an undivided Democrat and Republican Volunteer Soldiers who are now going to give a backbone to the Emancipation Proclamation by going on Picket Guard" There are also passages that describe in horrid detail the horrors of war death hunger and disease. There are harrowing passes of the suffering brought up all soldier civilian and even the horses during the bloodiest war in U.S. history. Here is a very small portion of what is in this incredible journal: "Kansas border ruffianism was republished daily and constantly inferred to either for or against both political parties until October 13th 1859 the great political orators Abraham Lincoln and Steven A Douglas arrived in Quincy and next day they engaged in a joint debate which attracted thousands of both parties from far and near and the amount of light their joint debate defusedsubject was certainly of the greatest value to all who heard it understandingly as it clearly defined the position of the south and the northBrother Matthew had the advantage of most young men of that age as his experience at the P House at Leavenworth Kansas had taught him many thingsand when abruptly after the Lincoln and Douglas debate a polished club known as the 'Wide Awakers' was organized become one of the principal aids in formation and was thereafter elected by a large majority as its First Lieutenant" The Wide Awakes was a teen and young adult organization cultivated by the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election in the United States. "The Captain of this Wide Awake Company was Joshua R Wood son of Gov John Wood of Illinois a man of fine military training and almost daily did he drill his military company during the spring and summer of 1860 The election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency did not at all quite the public of the South nor a very large number of our people here in Quincy" The Civil War begins shortly after: "three days later came the Proclamation of the President calling for Seventy Five thousand volunteer soldiers and at once the Old Mexican War hero Captain B.M. Prentiss of Quincy began the work of enrolling young able bodied men on that same Saturday afternoonThousands of people accompanied our march to the train and the city of Quincy seemed aflame with patriotism cheer after cheer was given for the first company of soldiers starting out for the war" Matthew and his brother Theodor enlist as privates and are mustered into the 27th Illinois Regiment Company A. "we began our first march to Camp Butler" Here the Regiment would be mustered into Federal Service on August 10 1861. "Captain Prentiss remarked It would be strange indeed if in a military company as large as this one or two cooks could not be found but remember boys that Uncle Sam is not running a hotel at 6 o'clock awaking us for roll call and on looking Eastward the Ohio River disclosed to us the heavily timbered western front of Kentucky while directly westward across the broad expanse of the Mississippi River we could plainly see the Confederate Camp on Birds Point Missouri just established there with the intention of crossing over and fortifying Cairo Illinois had not our little army been sent here before they could do so" And so begins the lead up to and the actual 'Battle of Belmont' in early November 1861 in Mississippi County Missouri. In addition to this being the Jansen Brother's first combat it was also the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant the future Union Army General in Chief and eventual U.S. president." Jansen writes detailed and engrossingly of the battle and no action is taken without being remarked up: "we Plainly could see several large rebel flags floating over their camp and then out past our Picket Guards extended fully a mile up and down the riverAt 9 o'clock the bugles sounded the Guard for both Camp and Picket guards as soldiers must not be allowed to stray away into the many saloons and other demoralizing places Expedition to Cape Girardeau Missouri Regiment was sent out under command of Col Tilson on an expedition up the Mississippi River on the Steamer Alex Scott left Cairo at 6 AM passing the Rebel garrison on Birch Point which never as much as hailed us evidently under strict military orders as ourselvesarrived at P Landing on the Missouri Side disembarked and deployed as skirmishers hiding behind bushes rocks and trees and had not waited long before we heard approaching quite a body of rebel cavalry some 200 or more were allowed to come quite into our semi-circled net spread for their receptionthey were disarmed and put on board the Alex Scott guards placed over themshot being fired another complete surprise.these prisoners were also taken on board the Alex Scottwith these prisoners we decided our three days rations when it became supper time which was only appreciated by all these unfortunate confederate boys" "Evacuation of Birds Point Missouri by the Confederates Accordingly a reconnaissance from both above and below Birds Point that the enemy had departed and immediately General sent 8000 troops from Cairo to the place and also on the Kentucky side opposite of Cairo was placed of 5000 around Fort holtMeanwhile twenty four gunboats and several monitors had been built at St Louis and were sent to Cairo was soon as complete Commodore Foot in command of this naval squadron kindly insisted all the troops at Cairo Fort Holt and Birds Point to visit"; "November 1st 1861 while on Picket Guard our boys spied a small white flag being waved across the Ohio River on the Kentucky side. they met a in Confederate uniform who proved to be a deserter from the rebel army at Columbus KY this deserter asked in broken english if any of their number could speak. Sherman requested to be taken to General Grant's headquarters. he was not tell why but insisted on seeing General Grant firston being conducted to General Grant the remained there about half an hour when he emerged with one of our corporal with a written order from General Grant to be conducted to Capt Schmitts Company A 27th Illinois and then questioned more definitelyHe stated his name was William Allie and he had deserted from the rebel army at Columbus Kentucky and now wanted to enlist in the Union Army and asked for the proper officer to administer the oath. This being down a uniform and rifle was furnished himfor at least ten days he would tell us anything about the rebel army at Columbus but simply said General Grant knows all and commanded me not to tell others for at least ten daysComrade Allie proved to be a good soldier" "Battle of Belmont Missouri. November 6th our entire brigade suddenly received marching ordersat 6 o'clc came the call in undertones Fall In and off we marched directly to the wharf where lay the Alex ScottCol Buford saying twenty seven Illinois Rise! Fall in take arms shoulder arms prepare to loadAttention Battalion Soldiers we are about to attack the enemy your Colonel hopes that you have prepared your minds and hearts for the worst if this day slain in battlenow commend your souls to God because we are less than two miles from the enemy at BelmontGeneral Grant is our commander but the Lord of Hosts is our leader and our GuideBattalion! Attention! Soldier Arms! Right Face! Forward March!about half a mile from our landing a halt was ordered as it was still too dark to make the attackwe are commanded to crouch behind bushes to avoid being seen by their camp or picket guards. No our Colonel is in our midst and gives instructions to our captains to keep the men all together Just at this moment on our right our battery of six cannons opens fire with shells.we now see the rebel guards retreating and though fleeing for their line we catch up with them and overtake them they throw away their guns and surrenderwe can see the shells from our battery burst directly in their campbetween the line of battle and the rebel camp is a deep hollow of considerable width we rush down the sides and quickly cross and up the steep east sideare met with terrific rifle fire from the enemy who though taken on a surprise and had not even time to dress yet make a determined stand and load and fire as the fall backhundreds of the rebel soldiers rush on board the boat to escape our rifle balls others unable to get aboard jump down the river banks and open fireCol Buford mounted on his horse leads the charge and in about five minutes the batter is oursVast sheets of flame forth from the Confederate batteries General Grant dashes forward with cigar in mouth and sword in hand calling out follow men brave boys we'll take those rebel batteries and down through the deep hobos and over to the other side we go. under General Logan is being charged by a larger rebel army camped below Belmont and soon our entire rear is threatened.despite all warnings our Brigade was at this time badly beaten. Now a large body of rebel Cavalry is seen approaching from the woods" After the victory Grant ordered the camp set on fire. In the confusion and blinding smoke wounded Confederate soldiers in some of the tents were accidentally burned to death. This is referenced when Jansen writes "On Return to Cairo Illinoisthe entire city was illuminated in honor of our little victory at Belmont." Stock is taken of the battle and specifically of the 27th Illinois: "of the entire company only William Allie the rebel deserter and Fred Worman slightly wounded our entire 27th Illinois had only 5 killed and 28 wounded of the entire brigade and cavalry killed 26 wounded 219 while some 65 men were missing" "Battle of Stone River at Tennessee Friday afternoon the onslaught of the confederate became simply furious and their attempt to break through our center where over three hundred cannons were massed the slaughter was awful again and again did these trusty brave men chargeterrible indeed was the slaughter for the space of three hours when at last darkness closed the scene it was quite evident to our commanding officers that they had exhausted their greatest strength in these successive charges and would now seek to retreatthe order came from General Sheridan's headquarters to double our picket line to guard against a surprise or night attack. The order fell upon the 27th Illinois and at once we moved from Company A filing to the right Captain Jansen was seeking to protect his men against the hundreds of minnie balls still flying from the rebel lines he placed a squad of ten men being in the darkness" "Battle of Chickamauga Tennessee Our line of march extended along the Lookout Mountain chain for 4 milesMeantime General N had been sent from Bridgeport Alabama to attack Braggs Army at Chattanooga from the north keeping the enemy busy while our army corps made this flank movement in the rear to draw the rebel army after us into the open Chickamauga valley where both armies would have an gun showOn Thursday Sept 17th our advance reached R Georgia within 30 miles of the rebel rearAccordingly General Sheridan ordered Captain Jansen to take his reliable Company A and scant well and carefully along the river bank. We had not proceeded over half a mile when we heard splashing in the river and land talking of negroes nearer by. Our Corporal as usual several steps in advance carefully crept in the bushes to within forty or fifty feet and plainly saw a group of negro cooks engaged in cooking dinner or supperthe poor negro cooks some twenty in number were so badly frightened and surprised most of them turned almost white with fearIn the river battling some 75 or 100 rebel soldiers officers and alltoo late their arms were in our possession and all they could do was to surrender in the nude conditionThis company of high toned Georgia Soldiers had been sent out several miles in advance of the main rebel army to watch for the approaching Union Army but the day being warm they could not resist the temptation of a bath which of course led to their capture Lieut V with about 25 of company A boys now took charge of these prisoners and conducted them to Sheridan's HeadquartersNext Day Friday Sept 18th our advance reached Ringgold Georgia and there met the enemy's heavy skirmish line soon our field artillery was brought forward and engaged the rebel artillery in duel which continued for hours. Now was begun the stubbornly contested Battle of Chickamauga which continued with unabated furry from Friday afternoon till Sunday night On Monday Oct 10 our first Lieut Joseph Voelinger died from the effects of his wounds greatly lamented by his comrades and all the officers of the regiment.the boys would drink double quantities of Tennessee River Water with many of them becoming quite sick from its ill effects. Our poor horses starved to death by hundredstheir emaciated bodies swaying to and from for hours Despite these sad surroundings and the fierce bombardment from Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge our brave boys generally sought to amuse one another in various ways Arrival of Shipment from Vicksburgthe advance of Sherman's army arrived from Vicksburg Mississippi and crossing the Tennessee river immediately behind us at once took position on our left The coldest day was January 1st 1864 when seven of our picket guard were found frozen to death scant clothing only half rations for several months had greatly us all" "Atlanta Campaign or Sherman's march through GeorgiaThe deadly carnage followed the onslaught of a great army under General WT Sherman of more than 100000 soldiers and the rich army of fully equal in numbers under the campaign of General Joseph Johnstonfought the battle of Dalton Big Shanty Kennesaw Peachtree Creek and Atlanta each of these were genuine battles in which hundreds yes thousands were slainRight manfully did the confederate army contend with us every step of our advance to the Chattahoochee River but our right and left flanks were under the able management of General Kilpatrick and General Stoneman compelled the enemy to fall back or be captured On leaving the city of Atlanta the force battle of Peachtree Creek occurredmade one more desperate move to break our army in two since Thursday June 21st our Captain Jansen had been acting Commander in place of Col Schmitt who was overcome by the intense heat and was the commander of the 27th Illinois Regiment at the Battle of Peachtree Creek ten miles north of Atlanta. The great fight began at 2 o'clock the 27th Illinois was the first to cross the long covered bridge spanning the deep creek which at once gave rise to our suspicion that the enemy had set a trap for us. Soon as our regiment crossed Captain Jansen gave orders to deploy as skirmishers and filed to the right closely followed by the 22nd 42nd and 51st Illinoiswe heard the Rebel Yell making the full bayonet charge. Instantly Captain Jansen commanded lie down and the advancing rebel columns were met withstill on they came charging and yelling determined to drive us into Peach Tree CreekOur losses were also great" "Bombardment of Atlanta.Active preparations for the destruction of the rebel strongholdbefore a single shot from our heavy ordnance was fired into the great city full of non-combatants helpless women and children the aged and feeble and ever considerate human commander in chief General Sherman sent notice to General Johnston commander of the confederate evacuate all non combatants in 10 days offering free transportation to all desiring to go north but these offered at first were rejected This order from General Sherman brought the desired result and in short notice and in a day or two our railway trains became quite busy carrying these unfortunate families northwardBombardment did not begin until Tuesday August 6th 1864 when suddenly after sunrise our four hundred cannon hurled their missiles of death into the doomed citycharge after charge with bayonets was made unto our line with determination to dislodge us only to be repulsed with terrible slaughter. Meanwhile the enemy flanks were driven back and communication with his interrupted heavy explosions of their magazines could be distinctly heard followed by immense balloon like clouds of smoke as the result of our vigorous bombardment and on September 4th the order was given for our general advance over the rebel works into Atlanta we met with only slight resistance as most of the rebel army had fallen back to Jonesboro GeorgiaSoon we marched to the W and A Depot and running northward now had a better view of the many battlefields on which we had contended with the rebel hostshad lost so many of our comrades whose graves were now covered with reminders of the awful battle." Background: Matthew Jansen and his brother enlisted on August 20th 1861. Theodore was commissioned as a corporal and Matthew as a 1st sergeant in the 27th IL Co. A. The promotion would not be the last. Theodore was promoted to sergeant while Matthew rose in the ranks to captain by April 16 1862. Together they fought in over 17 battles and 100 skirmishes. The 27th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 27th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler Illinois and mustered into Federal service 10 August 1861. The regiment fought in the Battles of Belmont Missouri Island No. 10 Corinth Farmington LaVerne Stone's River and the Tullahoma Campaign; at Chickamauga the Battles for Chattanooga the Relief of Knoxville and in the Atlanta Campaign including the Battles of Buzzards Roost New Hope Church and Kennesaw Mountain where the 27th Illinois spearheaded the uphill assault. Pulled out of the line at Atlanta 24 August 1864 the regiment was sent via Nashville to Springfield Illinois where 20 September 1864 it was mustered out. However 90 reenlistees most reenlisted 1 January 1864 at Blain's Cross Road today Blaine Tennessee of the 27th Illinois Infantry were kept together at Atlanta as the 27th Illinois Veteran Detachment under the command of Capt. William B. Young 1st Lt. Isreal Heaps adjutant and were attached for logistic purposes to the 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment as Company I. Armed with 20 new Henry repeating rifles the 27th Illinois Veteran Detachment distinguished itself at the Battles of Spring Hill Franklin Heaps was captured in the debacle of Wagner's Advance Line and Nashville Young was killed in the impromptu and successful IV Corps charge up Overton Hill. The 27th Illinois Veteran Detachment was disbanded 26 May 1865 with its survivors assigned to Company G 9th Illinois Consolidated Mounted Infantry essentially dragoons. A few of the 27th Illinois Veterans elected to remain with the 79th Illinois Infantry. Most were discharged in June 1865.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF THEODORE JANSEN MATTHEW JANSEN RETROSPECTIVE BIOGRAPHY CIVIL WAR ERA UNION ARMY CAPTAIN 27TH ILLINOIS REGIMENT COMPANY A QUINCY ILLINOIS GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN MARCH TO ATLANTA CIVIL WAR ATLANTA CAMPAIGN ILLINOIS DURING THE CIVIL WAR WIDE AWAKES JOSHUA R. WOOD CAPTAIN B.M. PRENTISS BATTLE OF BELMONT BIRD'S POINT MISSOURI CAIRO ILLINOIS BATTLE OF STONE RIVER TENNESSEE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA CIVIL WAR IN GEORGIA BOMBARDMENT OF ATLANTA BATTLE OF KENNESAW MOUNTAIN LIEUTENANT JOSEPH VOELLINGER BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR UNION OFFICER BIOGRAPHY HORRORS OF WAR ILLINOIS HISTORY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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CAROLYN R MOOREBiblio.com

1905-06 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TRAVEL JOURNAL OF A YOUNG WOMAN OF MEANS AND THE PREJUDICES OF THE DAY - EARLY DESCRIPTION OF THE DAYTONA CAR RACE

1905000780PLAINFIELD NEW JERSEY NJ DAYTONA FLORIDA FL. Good. 1905. On offer is the very interesting travel journal and diary of Carolyn R. Moore from Plainfield New Jersey. She is a young woman of means her family owns a hotel where Carolyn works very hard but uncomplainingly and possesses the common prejudices of the day writes from 1905 - 1906. This is a densely written diary wherein Carolyn writes intense detailed accounts of family friends daily activities local gossip and various trips via ship road and train from Daytona Florida to St. Augustine a stop at Sandy Hook during a storm at sea a trip to Atlantic City NJ New York and others but this is also a portrait of the times for good and bad. Main portions appear to be written while in Daytona Florida with some time spent enjoying the beach. Carolyn has a keen and observant eye which provides for super passages about one of the early races and the large crowds in Daytona Florida viewing the auto "races" on the beach. Carolyn also has an eye for nuance - she writes of particular hat; "it's not pretty but it is fetching." She also writes vivid descriptions of an automobile accident with injuries and a chauffeur being killed social outings/dances shopping for the latest woman's fashion including abandoning her "corset" for a chemise reading cooking pies and making candy sewing music lessons various local accommodations dinners with family and friends and her snobbish opinions of the people she meets aboard ship. On the bad side we read several comments that reflect racial attitudes including casual references to "the black church" "dark skin" or seeing "some coon do stunts." Here are more snippets: "Mr Wooley called and ate a plate of my cake. Went over to the beach by the south bridge & I came home on my wheel with Eleanor Gordon and Miss Anderson. Saw several racers among them Vanderbilts winners of last year. An awful accident up toward Ormond - Richard Croker's son injured his chaffeur killed & man on motorcycle legs broken." "Mr. Sharb came over at 10 with the horses. Mine is a great black brute. Cath's a cute pony. He made us mount & we tore off. It was fierce." "The cottage is cute with 2 bedrooms 2 parlors & a basement kitchen and dining room combined. Finished my leaf and holly pillow. Aunt Mag's 7th wedding anniversary." "Great crowds on the beach. We saw Mr & Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt at close range. Very young. The Ormond is packed - the racing didn't seem to be fully underway yet. Letter from ." "Went to Sunnyside for dinner as usual and all walked to the foot washing over in Midway at the colored church. Great time & a big crowd of white people. Ma came home after 9 & didn't see the great event. But the preaching was really funny. Glorious night." "Pleasant day - I started to hemstitch a white waist. Letters from Chanters." "Quite cool. I made a pair of unmentionables & walked downtown at 3" "I took a walk along the river - went to Grant's Tomb & strolled on down. Picked up a couple of cute fellow - exchanged cards." "Left on the 841 - spent the day shopping. Went over to Roseville at 4." "He wanted me to go to Coney with him - said he'd come down to Pat in his "Cadillac" sometime. Very pleasant but quite old - at least 40." "Letter from Puss. She spoke of looking for an apartment downtown - none fit to live in less than $180 or $200 a month." "Next to slave mart - old city gates. Fort Marion & the stores - had a bath in the swimming pool at the Alcazar - Cute office clerk here & another rubberneck. I got some postals. Took the 10 to Jacksonville.went to the boat I stayed up til 11:30 waiting for the trunks." "Sailed at 6 - Spent the day on the decks - couple of men talked to me. The porter is very decent." "Fine day. Met nice girls from N.Y. Talked to them.Very good looking high class Germans. We walked the decks a good deal - played cards etc. A bum crowd on the boat. Hotel help going north etc. Very few decent people." "Several orange trees in the back yard but we are only allowed to pick the sour ones." "This morning I baked a 4 layer chocolate cake and a cherry pie. Latter especially good.I made fudge - best in a long while." "Rode around a good deal - made two cakes.Went down to see some coon do stunts. Saw some of the racing machines too." "Lovely day. We didn't go to the beach as they said the real racing didn't start today. Rode around some on my wheel." "Made 2 cherry pies and got drivers for Aunt M's family - Ma & I went to the train to see them all off. Aunt Ida goes north & the rest to Braidentown.Letters from Puss Curley Jim Moore and L.R. Brown. Hurrah!" Diary is leather bound with pencil holder on the inside. Small strap slides through band on cover to hold closed. Written in ink in a legible hand on almost all pages with very little fading.G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; 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 DAYTONA FLORIDA AUTO RACES RACING AUTOMOBILE RACING NEW JERSEY NJ FL RACISM RACIAL NEGROES BLACK STUDIES FEMINISM FEMINIST PRE SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE SUFFERAGE WOMEN STUDIES TURN OF THE CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover

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"LADY" and MARYBiblio.com

1906 ENIGMATIC HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY IN TWO HANDS DETAILING PREPARATIONS FOR A WEDDING THE HONEYMOON AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

19130001143STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK REIDSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. Good. 1913. On offer is a rather intriguing 1906 manuscript diary handwritten for the most part by 'Lady' as identified by the other part time writer who is 'Mary'. Lady is a woman of means having a number of members in her household who tend to and for her. Mary seems to do most of the writing in the first few weeks of the diary and then Lady takes over. It seems Lady is to marry shortly and is all consumed with preparations. Mary writes: 'sat in library and sewed while Estelle read the papers'; 'Lady' went places'. The diary begins in Staten Island and then for the wedding and thereafter identified as 'Home' in Reidsville North Carolina. We speculate that perhaps Lady is purchasing her trousseau or closing her home. Lady writes: 'Ned and I stamped 1000 announcements; Estelle read to me Julia watered plants Louise played; saw Caruso in Pagliacci; Delmonico's for lunch; Capt. Hjortsberg visited; April 24 1906 My Wedding Day'. Lady is tremendously busy and popular having many dozens of visits appointments and workers and she is attended to by a number of doctors quite closely visiting her at all hours for the least sniffles. Many are named including: Charlie and Laura Gore Gordon Watt Dora Sharp Mrs. Davies Coxe Mrs. La Montague Mr. Schwerine Dr. Bryan Dr. Armstrong Nellie Barry 'sewing for me' Aunt Jane Bierne Fletcher the Palmist Margret and Mel Fillman Mrs. Eugene Watts Lindsey Ellington Eva Pasteur Anna Montgomery Mag Richardson Rosa Macgruder Lottie Pendleton Olga Violett. She also goes on an extended honeymoon by train traveling from North Carolina through the south to Los Angeles up through Vancouver Canada to Winnipeg Chicago and then back to North Carolina all detailed in this super diary. VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; TRAVEL WEDDING MATRIMONY HONEYMOON GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SUFFRAGE 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 . unknown

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Amasa Maynard HolcombeBiblio.com

1906 Manuscript Diary of a Cool MIT Grad Transportation Enthusiast and Future Lawyer Working and Living it Up in New England

0011067Hartford Connecticut CT: MIT Graduate Patent Lawyer Hartford Washington. Good with no dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. On offer is the well-kept 1906 diary of bright 23-year-old Amasa Maynard Holcombe 1882-1971 who is coming of age as he works socializes and dates in the interval between his graduation from MIT class of 1904 and his return to law school. In the years after this diary was written he would attend George Washington Universitys law school class of 1910 become a patent lawyer serve as a Major in the US Army in WWI marry and remarry repeatedly and become a pillar of the community as a member of many respected organizations. At this diarys writing Holcombe was working as the assistant to the treasurer at Pope Manufacturing Company in Hartford Connecticut. He was also dating by the end of the year hes getting serious about Miss Ella Knapp working on his motorcycle attending auto club meetings and socializing up a storm. When he does comment on his work it is clear to see that he is sharp as a pin and focused on his future success. SEE FULL BIO NOTES AT THE END OF THE LISTING. Some excerpts from this excellent diary follow. Amasa M. Holcombe is such a solid diarist that these excerpts only scratch the surface of his year. Typical of a gentleman in his early 20s Holcombe writes much more about his social encounters than his work life but the diary as a whole provides many insights into his career and the broad New England landscape. Cold Fine. Office routine. Saw Mr. Jenkins about patent application Recd letter from Geo. Fayban. Went to Waterbury to costume party in Friendly League Hall. Made up as Bro. Jonathan. Put up at the Connecticut. Recd celluloid scale from Clarence E. Whitney Jan 25. Office routine. Sent mother $15.00. Put $20.00 in the bank. Bought tie socks etc. Took Miss Woods to the bowling club at Y. M. C. A. 136-103. She invited me to play bridge some evening Feb 23. "Office routine. Ground new exhaust valve into motor. Ordered new summer suit at Gemmel Burnhams. Called at Mr. Jenkins office with two applications. Met Stevens on the street. Went over to Ella Knapps and had a little food. Had lunch downtown. Bought pair of tan low shoes. Recs whist invitation from Hattie Legett. Accepted" May 3. Cold. Cloudy. Office till 9: 30. Went to the Hartford Club to a meeting of the Mechanical Branch of the A. L. A. M. Subject - tires. Lunched there. Visited the Hartford Rubber Works and Henry Southers laboratory with the crowd. Had my first ride in a Pope-Hartford Mod. 7. Went over to Ella Knapps. Sent Elsie five dollars June 8. Showers in PM. Went to Svelles camp on motorcycle arriving at 12: 20. Left Htfd 10: 05. Had dinner and played 3rd base in game against the Albers. They won 8-7. Hard and fast game. Made two runs. Went swimming with the boys. Went canoeing with Marie. Teresa Clara and Miss Baker were out also Dan. Sprinkled a little. Hot night July 22. Office routine. Took out commission as Notary Public. The Toledo racing care came up for repairs. Looked it over. Pretty well smashed up. Mr. Russell called to talk insurance. Recd letter from BG Wilson. Went over to Ella Knapps. Took a walk. Wrote postals Sept 25. Holcombes diary provides a detailed precise description of what it was to be motorcycle-riding popular and successful white man in 1906 America. This diary is an absolute treat for social scientists and New England collectors. His diary is simply replete with names and places which makes it a goldmine for genealogical researchers. BIO NOTES: Amasa Maynard Holcombe 1882- was born in Winchester Massachusetts to Frank Gibbons and Inez Norman Maynard. He completed a BSc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology class of 1904. Immediately after graduation he worked in machine design at Farrell Foundry & Machine Co in Waterbury Connecticut and as assistant to the treasurer at Pope Manufacturing. Holcombe returned to school in 1908 attending George Washington University to earn his law degree class of 1910. While in school in Washington he worked as an assistant examiner at the US Patent Office. Holcombe was called to the DC bar in 1910 and the Missouri bar in 1913. He became a respected patent lawyer working with many prestigious firms around the US and becoming partner. Later in his career Holcombe worked as the Director of Kistner Lock & Appliance Co and as Special Assistant to the Attorney General 1920-1924 and as a consultant in the Department of Justice 1946-1950. His personal life was almost as interesting as his career. In 1909 Amasa married Eleanor Pearl Marshall 1885-1932. Together they had two children Priscilla and Marshall. After Eleanors untimely passing Amasa remarried Violet Strong Gillett in 1934. They divorced in 1946 and Holcombe married his third wife Martha Ellcott Ramey in 1952. Holcombe was known to have been a member of the following clubs societies and associations: American Bar Association American Patent Law Association Patent Institute of Canada Association International Protection Industrial Property American section American Society Military Engineers Washington Society Engineers American Ordnance Association American Society of Mechanical Engineers Washington Board Trade Sons of the American Revolution Clubs: Rotary University Washington. Measuring 4.75 inches by 3.0 inches the diary contains 365 pages plus memoranda. It is 100% complete. The diary is in good condition. The covers are intact with little evidence of wear. The spine and binding are in good condition as are the pages. The handwriting is exceedingly neat and legible. Overall Good.; Manuscripts; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 365 pages; Signed by Author . MIT Graduate, Patent Lawyer, Hartford, Washington hardcover

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AR SHOUSE [to Mr Lawrence Mossby] A RBiblio.com

1906 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER CONCERNING THE CHARTERING AND PILOTING OF A SHIP AND THE MANY DETAILS TO TO BE DISCUSSED AND IRONED OUT IN THE PROCESS

19060009042FORT SANDERS KNOXVILLE TN TENNESSEE 1906. On offer is a letter from a Mr. A.R. Shouse to a Mr. Lawrence Mossby concerning the hiring of of Mr. Shouse to charter and pilot a ship to haul cargo for Mr. Mossby. The letter is written from Fort Sanders spelled Saunders in Tennessee and was written in 1906. The ship appears to be hauling cargo to Port-aux-Basque in Newfoundland. Mr. Shouse answers a number of questions posed by Mr. Mossby in his last letter giving 9 answers to his questions. It seems Mr. Shouse is a ship captain being recruited by Mr. Mossby to pilot a ship that he has chartered. Your letter of March 6th which I told you of my last I now endeavour to answer in detail.I have answered the recent and will be wary of most on the 15th of June. Answer 2. The price is $200. Could not do better. Answer 3. According to the account I have heard she is comfortable roomy and clean. The letter proceeds in this form seeming to disagree with the price Mr. Mossby wants to pay for his ship Vessel is about 35 tons about 15 tons larger than and as a vessel of 35 tons cannot be had at a price unless for a longer time. I chartered her for one 1/2 months. He goes on to say Answer 5. I will settle the price when you come I will not be too hard on you. He also says he will arrange the men to work on the crew. As you have altered your plan coming to Port au Basque I will not take any men from here. We can get them where we to and returning here will pick up our men here thus saving expense. I will have them June 3rd for Port au Basque as I little time to look after the vessel as I have not seen her having accepted her on recommendation. The men I take from here will get $2.00 a day. The Captain provisions his crew as you desired. He then writes discouraging Mr. Mossby from bringing his canoe on board as my boat will do and if we need one.we can have one. I am arranging to save expense but as far as the canoe is concerned it is certainly a matter of your own choice. The letter is one double-sided page long handwritten in black ink. The writing is legible but the script can be a bit difficult at times to decipher. The letter shows signs of wear and there is some small discoloration around the folded crease marks. The crease marks also make the words around them slightly more difficult to decipher. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Manuscript. unknown

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JASPER W O'FARRELLBiblio.com

1906 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SAN FRANCISCO BOY WHO CHRONICLES HIS LIVING THROUGH THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1906 INCLUDING THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS HOME

19060001861SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1906. On offer is a sensational original 1906 manuscript diary handwritten by a young man named Jasper W. O'Farrell who we believe was the son or grandson of Jasper O'Farrell a famed early San Francisco resident surveyor land holder and Senator. There are streets in San Francisco named after him and a chain of eateries! All the more fascinating is the narrative by the young O'Farrell who lived through the notorious earthquake of 1906. Writing in fits and spurts throughout about a third of the book he does a good job detailing the tragedy of the earthquake and the wreckage it caused even the destruction of his own home. An interesting counterpoint to his entries on the massive earthquake are his writings of trips including going to Yosemite for several days. Here are some snippets: "Today we all went to the Cliff Hose and had refreshments at the M&M Hotel. In the evening we all went to Mrs Moffats and spent the eveningJohn B and I went across the bay with them. While on the boat the little chicken that Garneau got at Mrs Deyoung's got out of the basket and ran around the boat. The maid finally caught itWas awakened by the dreadful shaking of the house and found that it was an earthquake. The house is an awful wreck everything is broken. House will have to be torn down. Left at 6:30 AM and got to the city at 9PM. Had to walk home from the ferrysaw the St Francis burningTook another walk downtown at 2 AM saw the Hopkins Institute and Mrs Stanford's home catch on fire. The city is just one great big mass of flamesThe city looks awful. The people are cooking on the streets. Tante was at the house when we got there. Walked all over and took photos of different placesWe had lunch at some place on Fillmore St we will leave tonight for Sacramento. We walked around and later on went over to Oakland to see Evelyn. We came home early and packed our grips. We rode down to the ferry in a coal wagon. Got to Sacramento at 10:30 PM all the hotels were crowded and we had to go to the Hamand Bath House for the nightYosemiteWe got up early today put on my walking clothes and we started out for the Vernaland Nevada Falls with our lunch. It is a walk of about 14 odd miles. We arrived at Vernal Falls first. We then went through the spray of the Vernal Falls and walked on to the top of the Nevada Falls. They are perfectly grand. The scenery up here is elegantAfter lunch we walked to the Lost Arrow Trail while there it began to rain. We paid no attention to that and sat and watched a man fishing for troutYosemite started out for Glacier Point. We arrived at Union Pt at 10:30 AM here we rested awhile in a cabin we built a fire in the stove and melted snow for drinking waterWe went over to the Glacier Point Hotel but it was closed no one was in it we broke down one of the windows got in the hotel and got a stack of provisions which we brought back to the cabin. On our way back we sat on our coats and coasted down the sides of the snow covered hillsWe passed the Bridal Veil Falls and saw the rainbow which was perfectly beautiful. In the eve we all sat and listened to Mr Hancock relate his different experiencesThis AM we took a walk to the foot of Yosemite Falls. They like everything else in the valley are beautifulI took a horseback ride to the Cascades and then to the power houseToday we took a walk up to Mirror Lake and had our photos taken. Later we walked to the happy Isles and had an early lunch" The 9 x 6 inch cloth cover book has some damage but insides are much better. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE YOSEMITE JASPER W. O'FARRELL CALIFORNIA BAY AREA NATURAL DISASTERS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover

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UNIDENTIFIEDBiblio.com

1906 ORIGINAL SUPERBLY DETAILED UNUSUAL ENGLAND TO CANADA OVERLAND TO THE PACIFIC ON TO JAPAN AND CHINA EARLY 20TH CENTURY TRAVEL DIARY

19060002019ENGLAND TO CANADA JAPAN CHINA MALAYSIA. Very Good. 1906. On offer is an original early 20th Century superbly detailed 33 page travel diary titled "My Notes on Canada Japan & China 1906-7." of an unusual east to west world voyage with succinct descriptive entries handwritten by an unknown diarist. Our traveller is an Englishman who begins by crossing the Atlantic to America and then an almost 3000 mile train crossing the width of Canada via Canadian Pacific Railway then a further two months in Japan a mere year after the Russo-Japanese War then one month in Shanghai's International Settlement a short stop in Hong Kong then a British Crown colony and a week in Malaysia. The 67¼ day tour is minutely logged and a factual treasure trove of travel and adventure details making for a unique telling of this England through Canada and then the Far East trip from 10 August 1906 to 22 January 1907 without missing a day. The exceptional attention to numerical detail even noting room numbers arrival times and minutes delayed temperatures and distances by the 70 year old traveller whose his birthday is the day before they land in Québec includes an itinerary of the journey on front endpaper and concludes with the total distance travelled 22507 miles noting of course that the latter does not include extracurricular excursions. The 7 x 4½ inch brown cloth book is slight fraying to front lower edge otherwise very good condition and internally clean. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WORLD VOYAGE TRANS CANADA COAST TO COAST TRAVEL OVERLAND CROSS CONTINENT CHINA JAPAN TRAVEL SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT HONG KONG GRAND TOUR VOYAGES OCEAN TRAVEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover

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UnknownBiblio.com

1906 Original Travel Diary of a Young Englishwoman Touring Europe

19060010042Europe. Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. Handwritten 1906 travel diary offering a fascinating look at Europe through the eyes of a young Englishwoman exploring the continent with her mother sister and a Catholic priest. The author of the journal is unknown but from context we guess that she is a young woman. She travels with her uncle who is a Roman Catholic priest her mother and her sister. The family appears to be financially comfortable and clearly conscious of class distinctions. The diary is printed as a ledger book. It begins with 12 thumb or cut-in index leaves each labeled alphabetically with two letters AB CD etc. . Those are followed by 234 pages with vertical columns lined with red. The author however ignores the layout of the book and simply uses it as a written journal. The books sturdy hardboard cover is in fairly good condition with wear and some scuff marks on the corners and spine. The pages are in good condition and the endpapers and fore-edges of the book have a beautiful multi-colour decorative design. The handwriting is quite legible. The diary begins on Sept 8 1906 as the author and her family board a train in Leeds. She is painstaking in noting details as she travels: . We had not gone very far before we saw a child fall off a railway & then a horse down and a crowd around it also some men were throwing buckets full of water over the poor animal. By the time we reached Harwich it was very dark and as the train stopped our carriage was invaded by four filthy-looking men in still dirtier blue smocks. They all wanted to carry our four bags but we made two of them take it it was ridiculous. The authors party sails from Harwich to Antwerp where her month-long adventure in Europe begins. From Antwerp they travel to major cities including Brussels Cologne Bonn Basel and Zurich before ending up in Milan. The diary abruptly ends while they are in Milan. The descriptions of travel by train across Europe and by boat up the Rhine are detailed and colorful: At nearly every place the engine driver and all the men got off the train and went into the Estaminet for a drink. The number of Estaminets inns was astonishing. The residences on the banks of the river were magnificent. Like young palaces a lot of them. Now it was that we saw the first of the vines growing wild. Most of the buildings are white to keep the heat off not stone but plaster. Konigswinter the famous health resort lies embedded in the trees & mountains a beautiful sight from the boat. A principal focus of their travels is to visit religious sites associated with the Catholic Church. The author gives detailed descriptions of the many churches and cathedrals that she visits. This journal offers a wonderful first-hand glimpse of life across Europe only a few short years before the outbreak of the Great War that changed the face of the continent. It also grants a look at the attitudes of well-off English women in a highly class-conscious society. Details: Size: 9.25" x 6.25" Number of pages: 258 Condition: Good ; Manuscripts; 9.25" x 6.25"; 258 pages . hardcover

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MR AND MRS GRANT AND LELAH SHANKBiblio.com

1907 - 1926 ARCHIVE OF EIGHT 8 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND ONE 1 ADDRESS BOOK BY A HARD WORKING INDIANA FARMING FAMILY

1907000735Lagrange Angola Indiana IN. Very Good. 1907. Manuscript. On offer is an amazing family archive of eight 8 handwritten manuscript diaries and one 1 address book. Remarkably and very uniquely the diaries are written by both Mr. Grant b. July 7th 1887 and his wife Lelah Shank b. Sept. 3rd 1886. Living in Lagrange Indiana we find the first entry of the first diary proclaims that on January 1st 1908 they have been married one year. They are dedicated diarists who record their daily financials - earnings costs purchases etc. local events and even historical moments in time such as Jefferson's birthday Monroe's birthday and so on. Place names family and friends and clients and daily events are all recorded. Most days they both write their separate activities but if only the one of them writes they always detail the other's actions. Overall Lelah writes about two-thirds to three-quarters. Here are some specifics: Place Names include: Brighton Lima Briton Mongo Brighton Angola Flint and Ft. Wayne. Events include: rabbit hunting pitched quoits hauling wood bad weather and the mail carrier did not come entertained a boil birthing sows and sheep called our home on the telephone '08 paid off the mortgage of $2400.00 '08 paid dog tax Old Settlers Day cutting rye picking whortleberries going to the cider mill working on car a fire that lasted 4-5 days Grant votes for Taft went to Red Cross. Names Mentioned: Arthur Berner Earl. Seaman Fred Kilpatrick Chas. Ernsberger J. Hains Willie and Bessie Sison Miss Gage Clyde McKenzie Dan Ely Professor Bailey Preacher N.C. Fair Grandpa Davis Sherman Williamson A. Merifield Rollo Kilpatrick Andrew Rauk Fream Ingle Mr. May B. McAlly Mr. Marfield Grandpa Whalen Dale Stayner John Heffer Amos Long Sherman Williamson Frank Libby Mrs. Caspar George Graff. Please note that this was a large family farm with many many hundreds of contacts and family and business dealings. There are hundreds of names and events mentioned and this is merely a smattering. Overall VG.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GRANT FAMILY GENEALOGY PRE SUFFRAGE LAGRANGE ANGOLA INDIANA FARMING WOMEN STUDIES GENDER STUDIES Hand Written Personal Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Indiana World War I WWI ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown

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MS WALKER [perhaps MABLE] M SBiblio.com

1907 - 1920 ORIGINAL CHARMING SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MANUSCRIPT DIARY THAT BEGINS WITH SAD LOSS THEN CONTINUES TO HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT

19070002018GUELPH ONTARIO SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO CANADA. Fair. 1907. On offer is a charming somewhat sad and enigmatic original manuscript diary handwritten by a young south western Ontario Canada woman named M. S. Walker b. August 10th 1879 of Guelph Ontario which in July 1907 the month and year of the diary was a small but fast growing community of under 15000 persons. The flip style book begins with a loose page and we note two entries that bring the humanity of the book to light: "Ian Walker Born March 25th 1907 Died March 25th 1907" and then in another hand: "To Mable from Mother May the G. and Rec. unite someday in singing the new new song". Then the diary begins in what one would assume was Mable's hand a later entry refers to "Mable and I" leading us to conclude either Mable gave her sister the book after the death or perhaps both sisters wrote with her numbered page 1 dated June 22 '07. However above this is an entry dated March 25 1907: Our baby came today and went to heaven the same day. 3/26/07 I took the little fellow's body out to Forest Lawn Cemetery to God's Acres His name was to have been Ian so we buried him by that name. 'Tis a little blossom in heaven." We feel that the book was likely a gift taken up quickly to record the sad event and then picked up and begun in earnest 3 months later. The book begins and appears to show her recovered from her tragedy: "Left Detroit with Aunt H. on 2-35 G.T.R. for Guelph. Arrived about 10 p.m. and found all well. It is good to be able to be at home with father and mother again and I am thankful to God that mother and father have been spared & that I am able to see them well and happy in their home again. I pray that they may be spared to us many years and that their latter years be bright and happy." What follows are 115 pages through to her last entry October 29th 1920 and besides the regular day to day recording there are more births more deaths trips and work at a busy bank in a bustling community with a far ranging family business in the background making for a super look at an early 20th Century Ontario woman's life. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MABLE S. WALKER GUELPH ONTARIO CANADA CANADIANA SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO RURAL COMMUNITIES SMALL TOWN ONTARIO FARMING COMMUNITIES THE ROYAL CITY GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES KITCHENER WATERLOO INGERSOLL LONDON WOMEN'S STUDIES CANADIANA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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CROSS, STANLEY THOMASBiblio.com

1907 - 1950 AWESOME ARCHIVE OF 35 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN INSIDER AT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND THE UNITED NATIONS WORKING UNDER THE NOTED NORWEGIAN EDVARD HAMBRO

19070001420PURNODE BELGIUM THE HAGUE NETHERLANDS GENEVA. Very Good. 1907. On offer is a sensational archive of historically significant original manuscript diaries of Stanley Thomas Cross an well placed employee of the BBC British Broadcasting Company acting as a 'switch-censor' at the League of Nations Permanent Court of International Justice and United Nations International Court of Justice at The Hague under Edvard Isak Hambro b.1911 - d.1977; was a Norwegian politician; the 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly 1970 - 1971 and also served on the UN's International Law Commission from 1972 to 1977. The historical significance of the diaries is inestimable as they provide primary information on the day-to-day inner workings of the Court of Justice over a period of 25 years spanning the Second World War as well as of the activities of a wartime BBC 'switch censor'. Cross does a super job of describing his employment at the League of Nations 'jet-setting' for the BBC between London England; Geneva Switzerland; The Hague Holland and Purnode Belgium plus other exotic locales. By diarizing his own life he also captures much of the work he does for Edvard Hambro providing an almost parallel `biography` of Hambro`s work. Over 35 volumes from 1907 - 1950 lacking 1914-1919 1940 1945 1946 Cross over writes most days misses some but collector's researchers and historians of the era International law and post-World War I Europe will find a treasure trove of insider details. The diaries are written by a cultured educated individual in international affairs though he is not afraid to let his prejudices` show: on November 15th Cross is present at the first session of the General Assembly at its new headquarters in Geneva 'I wore the old tail coat got for H T Cs wedding for the third time in my life'. On 12 May 1936: 'Council met 1700-1800 re Ethiopian affair. Ital delegation left Geneva!!' On 3 September 1924: 'Exciting day at Court. Election of President for 1925-7. Loder to be reelected & was exceedingly upset with result & in my opinion behaved in a contemptible & undignified manner. Moore was the best candidate but there were always 4 votes stoutly opposed to him I suspect coming from the Jap & the 2 S. American Dagos. . To day Thursday morning Loder who had been talked to by Finlay announced that he withdrew his candidature; Moore did the same that being the bargain between them. After several more ballots & another adjournment Huber was elected President much against his wishes.' He describes the effects on London of German bombing. On 11 May 1941: 'Left Blackheath 1630 had to take several trams & buses to get to town because of results of Blitz. Crossed Lambeth Bridge on foot. Most of London Bridges closed. Ho of Commons Westmr Abbey Deanery & other buildings have been hit. Also Big Ben but it still functions.' 13 May 1941: 'Had to do a Belgian transmission 9am Then for a walk to see results of blitz. Ludgate hill lower part S. Side K. William Street Gt Tower St Gresham St & Newgate especially. Old Bailey & "Divisions" blitzed. Also Bartlett's Buildings.' BIO NOTES: Stanley Thomas Cross c.1884 - 1950 was educated at Christ's Hospital London and Pembroke College Oxford. After a period as a schoolmaster and service in the Great War he worked as a translator at the League of Nations Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was employed at the BBC in London as a 'switch censor'; at the end of 1944. By 1947 he was back translating at The Hague where he worked closely with Edvard Isak Hambro later President of the U.N. by whom he was held in high regard. Thereafter he returned to the Hague where he worked at the Registry of the United Nations International Court of Justice until his retirement in 1949. In August 1949 Cross retired to Purnode where beset with money worries he died six months later. Loosely inserted in the last volume is a manuscript account 4to 1 p by Cross's wife Alice of his last day and death after an attack of angina. Mostly 12mo the first six are uniform by W. Straker Ltd of Ludgate Hill; the rest 'Boot's Home Diary' in various colours and slightly larger format from 1939. All in good condition: lightly-aged and with a few preliminary leaves not containing diary entries torn out by Cross from the volumes for 1920 and 1921. Later volumes with accounts at end. Overall VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF STANLEY CROSS LEAGUE OF NATIONS THE UNITED NATIONS BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY EDVARD ISAK HAMBRO UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY NORWEGIAN NORWAY CINEY-PURNODE BELGIUM THE HAGUE INTERNATIONAL COURTS GENEVA SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL LAW UN WORLD COURTS HOLLAND THE NETHERLANDS POST WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR ONE WWI WW1 WWII WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR TWO WW2 VADE MECUM 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 TRAVEL 20TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown

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GORDON E HAYESBiblio.com

1907 and 1942 ORIGINAL UNIQUE ARCHIVE OF TWO 2 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN 18 YEAR OLD BOY AND THE 53 YEAR OLD MAN HE BECAME

19070001562WATERTOWN BARNES CORNERS NEW YORK. Good. 1907. On offer is an unusual pair 2 of manuscript diaries remarkable for the fact that they literally 'bookend' the life of Gordon E. Hayes of Watertown and Barnes Corners New York. The diaries are from two very different times in Gordon's life. The first being 1907 when Gordon when he was just 18 years old and the second being 1942 when he is 53. The first diary has a handwritten entry for every day of the year and the later diary has a full entry until May 24th and at this time Gordon is very sick. The early diary is so amusing and a typical diary of an 18 year old boy. Here are some snippets: 1907 "January 5th Real cloudy but did not storm today. Did chores. Papa read today. Coon Getman came today about 4 and is here tonight." "February 1st Cloudy and warmer. I went back to Uncle Wills and Clint and I came home today. I bought a gun loading set and belt and rooster $1.00." "March 3rd Cold partly cloudy. Papa and I went to put board on out house and start fire at school house. We went to Aunt Helen's too and cleaned her stove pipes." "March 24th Cloudy and rains. I came home this morning from Aunt Helen's. Big fire some where last night towards Barnes Corners." "April 15th Changeable. Cold most all the time. We boilt and catched up with sap. Had 3 pails tonight. A white owl set up here on the fence. I chased him over to Clarence Potters." "April 26th Stormed and rained and snow. Just done chores. Mr. Murtin came. Wanted one of us to go to Watertown with our milk wagon but did not have safe box. He has got to go and have operation." "June 22nd Pleasant. Lora I mama and papa all went to the picnic. 3 or 4 schools went in together. Lora and I went in the load. Clarence Todd and family came." "July 4th Pleasant celebration. Was great Elks and Canadian soldiers were all here. The Kingston and Ganoctway boys here in La Cross game. Fireworks fine." "August 22nd Pleasant. Papa and I drew hay. Fred Bostwick Elma and mother here to supper. Bryan Allen died today. Heart trouble." "August 29th Pleasant. Papa and I went to the fair and Lora went with Stones. Had a dandy time. A man looped the loop on a wheel." "September 16th Pleasant. Uncle Charley here. He's sick yet. Aunt Lene went to Montague to see if someone would do their chores. We finished grain in upper meadow." "November 27th Cold and about inch snow. Papa mama and Aunt Helen and all went to school today to hear the speaking. It was fine. Cady and Harry Stone and I slid down hill." "December 21st Pleasant. I drew manure. F. Bostwick borrowed our light bobbs. Lora Harry Cady Vivian and all went to Barnes Corners tonight. Papa mama to Murtins. Good time." 1942 "January 2nd Lionel went to work. Lois went with him and came home. Frank Thayer came tonight. Lionel took his car and Lois took Frank and Marjorie to Black River to see doctor. I at home. I done dishes. I got grip. Lionel got me a box of Hills Cold Tablets." "January 8th Cold tonight. Snow blowing. Lionel phoned in can not get home. Frank called Marjorie on phone. Marjorie and I alone. Lloyd O'Dell here in the evening. We got State Police and Death Valley days on radio. Good. Lots of headaches." "January 14th Windy and stormy. Lionel got up early. I got up 20 to 2 but he did not go till six or after. Lois went out with him. They had to walk to Elton Green's. I had a slight hemorrhage this afternoon. Felt awful for awhile but feel better tonight. Some weak." "March 5th Warmer. Snow packed. Lionel stayed out. A card party to night to South Rut Grange. Frank came tonight. I walked to Simmon's on snowshoes. Got a pound of coffee and coca. Got papers. Got Bert Green's. I took them up." "March 25th & 26th Pleasant. Lionel and I went in our woods this forenoon. Sawed sugar wood in afternoon. Took team in. Lionel drew some wood to Arch and gathered what sap. Did not run good tonight. Got a phone call from Watertown Marjorie is bad. Lionel and Lois went. Marjorie in hospital. I went to Jay Merrill's and got milk.Sap run good. I boilt. Lionel gathered sap. We syruped down. Had a good batch today. Marjorie was operated on in Sister's Hospital about one. We went down to see her. Did not see her she is real bad." "March 31st Frank Thayer came up with his car took his batry put in Lionel's car. Lionel Lois Thelma and Frank and I went to see Marjorie to Watertown. She was in pain. I got me a bottle of dope." "April 1st Lionel came in with team then and drew up wood to Arch. We syruped down tonight. I boilt till after nine had wax tonight. 8 years tonight Mildred passed away in Lowville Hospital." "April 24th Lionel and I gathered the buckets. I washed all in afternoon. 243 tonight. Jay Thelma Merrill Lionel Lois and Lewey Fuller and I went to Watertown Hospital. Saw Marjorie a little while. She is real bad. Frank did not want us to go in to see her so we won't disobey his Lordship." "May 18th Lionel Lois Thelma Merrill and I went to Lowville. Lionel took me to doctors. He sent me to hospital. He tapped my spine and took blood just red tape. Hospital $4.50. I feel worse." "May 23rd & 24th His last two entries Lionel had Lora come over. I got worse. She gave me hot lard turpentine. Lionel fussed with me. Lora stayed with Lois. Lionel took me to Dr. Douglass. Got some thing new. Helps but not good. Frank Thayer and Marjorie came tonight. Stayed all night. Lionel Lois Thelma and them went to Watertown tonight. I bad.Frank and Marjorie went away. Came back. Left tonight. Jay Merrill's folks over for dinner. I real bad no bowl movement. I took 6 tablespoons of castor oil. Lora gave with grape juice tonight. Lionel had Dr. Douglass up. First no relief oil gave me great pain. I got some relief." He does make mention of many of the people he is in contact with: Addie Cory Harry Stone Murton Clinton Young Lamont Overton William Burk Jell Lamphor Lloyd Waterman Fred Woodward Holloway C. Greenly Mabel and Etheline Baker Elma Bostwick Clinton and Lula Young Bert Parker G. Dryer Herman Woodworth Ethel Green Dora Hart Conrad Getman Frank Thayer Pickard Lew Curtis L. O'Dell C. B. Hubbard and more. The 1907 diary is a black pocket type diary that measures about3" x 5 ¾" and the 1942 diary measures about 3 ½" x 6". Both are in fair to good condition.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WATERTOWN BARNES CORNERS NEW YORK STATE UPSTATE NEW YORK MEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES MEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PRE WORLD WAR I HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORYantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown

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ANONYMOUS AMERICAN SAILORBiblio.com

1907 DETAILED HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A KEEN EYED AMERICAN SAILOR - GUAM MANILA HONG KONG - SUPER CONTENT

1907000013bHong Kong China Southeast Asia Phillippines. Good. 1907. This is an early diary thin leather covers measuring approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". It is written in very easy to read period brown ink. There are a total of 66 pages filled out. The diary was kept by a U.S. sailor who made entries from his departure date in San Fransisco on July 1 1907 to Nov. 10 1907 when he arrived in Hong Kong. The first page reads "DIARY OF MY TOUR AROUND THE WORLD". The sailor first writes "JULY 1 1907 - SIGNED ON U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT SHERMAN AS AN OILER". The following pages are headed "AT SEA - HONOLULU - MIDWAY ISLAND - GUAM - MANILA - CAVITTE - HONG KONG". His voyage continues ending in Hong Kong. His descriptions of the voyage other sailors experiences native people sights points of interest etc. are very interersting and quite descriptive. Much of the diary is concerned with his time in Manila. Once there he takes a job as a stock clerk with Castle Bros. He then goes to work for the government and describes bossing approx. 200 men. After working in Manila for a month or two he then sails to Hong Kong. During his trip he describes: EVERYBODY BEING EXTREMELY HOT HOMESICK AND SEASICK - DESCRIBES RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN MANILA - HAVING A JAPANESE MASSAGE THAT HE WILL NEVER FORGET - GETTING A TATTOO - STAYING ON A STEAMER AND BOSSING 200 MEN REPAIRING BARGES - SNEAKING INTO AN INVITATION ONLY HIGH LEVEL MEETING WITH WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT SETTING UP THE PARLIAMENT OF MANILA AFTER THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HE DESCRIBES THE SPEECH AND DECORATIONS - TELLS OF ENTERING AN ATHLETIC RACE DURING A LARGE CELEBRATION FOR TAFT - FAKING A FEVER TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN SICK BAY ONLY TO BE FOUND OUT BY THE DOCTOR AND BEING KICKED OUT OF THE INFIRMARY PERMENANTLY - DESCRIBES GUAM - DESCRIBES MANILA HARBOR PEOPLE SIGHTS - MUCH MORE ABOUT MANILA: PARTYING DANCING ENGLISH CHINESE AMERICAN RESIDENTS SIGHTSEEING - DETAILED AND GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A COCK FIGHT - MEETS MANY 1898 AND 1899 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS LIVING IN MANILA AFTER THE WAR - DESCRIBES HONG KONG AND IT'S PEOPLE - etc. There are too many stories descriptions and anecdotes to list! He peppers some of his descriptions with racial slurs n----r c---k. Some of his exact entries include "TROOPS HAVE ARRIVED 30TH INFANTRY MUCH EXCITEMENT AND CONFUSION description of leaving on his voyage - BIG CROWD FAREWELL BAND PLAYING LARGE CROWD - PARTNER OILER SMASHED TWO FINGERS - PHILIPPINO STUDENTS AMERICAN EDUCATED ON BOARD FOR MANILA - HONOLULU KANKA BOYS SWAM TO MEET US DIVING FOR COINS - ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND PLAYING FAREWELL MANY SOLDIERS WEEPING - MIDWAY ISLAND LONG NARROW SANDY REEF WITH NO POINT HIGHER THAN 10 FEET ABOVE THE OCEAN ONLY GOVT. OFFICIALS ARE THE INHABITANTS - COMPLETED 1ST. MONTH IN GOVT. EMPLOY HARDEST WORK IS HOLLERING "SIGI" AT ANY N-----R WHOM I SEE SOLDERING - FOUND MYSELF IN A "C---K Chinese" THEATER TONIGHT - THOUSANDS OF CHINESE SAMPANS HAVE SURROUNDED THE BOAT - etc. Overall very nice condition. Very clean with no damage. The writing is colorful and very easy to read. The covers are well attached and the interior pages are tight. The edge of the spine is covered with a piece of cloth tape. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF Pre World War I Travel Navy Naval Seafaring Orient Phillippines China Japan 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 . hardcover

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