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18025001018Exeter 1802. Group of 20 legal documents on paper and vellum relating to a property in Exeter including as the centrepiece a vellum manuscript indenture 630 x 790 mm. with the signatures of William and Elizabeth Bligh and many other members of his family Bligh himself having signed the indenture a second time in relation to a coda to the indenture; all in fine condition with original wax and paper seals present. <p><p>A remarkable group of manuscripts regarding the ownership of a property in Exeter over a period of a century and involving William Bligh and numerous close family members. The collection includes a rare example of the signatures of both William Bligh and his wife Elizabeth on the same manuscript document together with the signatures of Bligh's nephews Thomas and Francis Godolphin Bond both of whom had long careers in the Royal Navy and the latter of whom went on Bligh's second breadfruit voyage and kept up an important and revealing correspondence with his uncle. </p> <p>The group of documents relates to a family-owned house at 13 St. Martin's Lane Exeter a narrow street between Exeter High Street and the Cathedral Yard which is incidentally also the location of the historic Ship Inn said to have been frequented by Sir Francis Drake. The earliest material present here dates from 1702 while the other manuscripts trace the later history of the property throughout the eighteenth century.</p> <p>The signatures are attached to a legal indenture which is the last in a substantial group of documents relating to this property a group which also includes a detailed abstract of ownership prepared for the Blighs and the Bonds. </p> <p>The series of manuscripts culminates in an indenture dated 27 July 1802 conveying for a fee of £50 the rights of the Bligh family to one-sixth of a dwelling in St. Martin's Lane to one William Floyde. The property was evidently owned by Bligh in conjunction with his nephews and nieces in the Bond family: Bligh's half-sister Catherine married John Bond and Bligh and his wife were very close to the whole family in particular Francis Godolphin Bond 1765-1839 a distinguished sailor and First Lieutenant under Bligh on the second breadfruit voyage on HMS Providence. Attractively the present document includes the signatures of the entire Bond family notably that of Francis Godolphin Bond but also those of his brothers and sisters: Thomas Bond Rebecca Bond Sophia Bond Samuel Hookey husband of Catharine Elizabeth Hookey née Bond and Jenny C. Bond. A coda to the indenture is a receipt for payment of fifty pounds sterling which is also witnessed by all of the key signatories meaning that William Bligh's signature is actually present here twice.</p> <p>Equally interesting is the August 1801 "Abstract of the Title of Messrs. William Bligh et al" prepared for the transaction which records their interest in the property. This abstract notes that 'William Bligh is a Captain in the Navy and lives at Durham Place Lambeth but is now on board the Irresistable in the North Sea Fleet.' Of the other signatories it is also noted that at the time Thomas Bond was serving on the Raisonable while Francis Godolphin Bond was residing in London.</p> </p> . unknown
1870ABC_47579Australia and England and India 1870. Contemporary maroon cloth embroidered with yellow flowers. Comes in a custom-made black-cloth clamshell box internally covered in burgundy cloth with a black morocco title-label on the spine lettered in gold and a folding liner of the same burgundy cloth. Oblong album ca. 23 x 30 cm. With 36 albumen prints including 14 photographs of Australia. These include houses churches buildings in Springsure Queensland around 1870 photos of Charles with his horse a wonderful picture of an "Alligator killed in the Mackay River" and "bottle trees near Taroon" 5 photographs of India: Bengal Camp Delhi multiple group photos in Darjeeling a group photo in front of the government house in Calcutta and the crew of the H.M.S. Narcissus 17 photographs of Gibraltar America Switserland art pieces and the Dicken family. Further with 24 watercolour paintings of flowers landscapes and people including two of the Taj Mahal and 17 coloured pencil and ink drawings of people. The drawings and paintings are almost all signed S. P. D. or F. E. D. who were likely members of the Dicken family. Most photographs and art pieces are captioned in pencil or brown ink several leaves are decorated with additional drawings or dried plants. Album amicorum of a settler in Australia and his family with rare photographs of Queensland Australia and India in the 1870s.The photographs in the album are extraordinary especially those of the small town of Springsure. In 1841 the first photograph was taken in Australia of Bridge Street in Sydney. While explorers and early colonists quickly became a subject of interest for Australian photographers photographs of early settlements are quite rare. The photographs of the government house in Calcutta and the crew of the H.M.S. Narcissus in the album are also of historical interest. Together with the numerous drawings paintings and poems the album offers a fascinating insight into life in Queensland in the late 19th century.Charles Shortt Dicken 1841-1902 was born in India. He was a lieutenant for the Royal Irish Fusiliers before he settled in Queensland in 1864. He entered the mounted police in 1866 and worked as a police magistrate until he was appointed secretary in the office of the Agent-General for Queensland in London in 1880. When he retired from this position in 1891 he received the title C.M.G Companion in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. This is awarded to those who render extraordinary or important non-military service to the United Kingdom in a foreign or Commonwealth country. In the final years of his life he contributed to The British Empire series a series of four volumes which aimed to offer trusthworthy information about the colonies and settlement of the British Empire. Dicken was a co-author of volume IV - Australasia published in 1900.The cloth is worn at the head of the spine and shows a few small holes on the boards revealing the leather album beneath. The illustration of the "execution of Mary Queen of Scots" is missing on leaf 12. Some of the dried plants are falling off. The edges and corners of the leaves show some signs of wear the leaves slightly browned. Overall in good condition the photographs artworks and other decorations are very well preserved.l Mennel P. Dictionary of Australasian biography p. 132; The Daily Telegraph november 15 1902 p. 4. hardcover
1867000060Colebrook Connecticut CT 1867. On offer is a superb archive of 59 original manuscript multi-generational family of diaries spanning the civil war era through the early 20th century. The Carrington Family Diaries 1867 - 1913. All 59 diaries from members of the Carrington Family of Colebrook Connecticut. The patriarch Edward Sr. wife Sarah Ann Terry Carrington sons Edward C. Jr. died in the Civil War and Edwin T. and daughters Sarah and Kate. Edward Sr. died in 1878 and Sarah Ann Terry Carrington died in 1881. Both are buried in the Colebrook Center Cemetery in Colebrook Connecticut. Sarah Ann Terry Carrington mother was the daughter of Eliphalet Terry of New York. The group breaks down as follows: Sarah Terry matriarch wife of Edwin: 11 diaries: 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877. typical diary entries; Edward Carrington Snr father of Edwin: 8 diaries: 1857 1867 1868 1869 1870 1872 1873 1874. sporadic point form entries for the most part business like records of day to day business and some personal content.; Edward Carrington Jnr: 4 diaries: 1855 1855 1857 1860. typical diary entries of an obviously young man.; Katherine Carrington a daughter: 2 diaries: 1868 1872. typical diary entries. Edwin Carrington patriarch after Edward Snr: 34 diaries: 1875 1876 1878 1879 1880 1881 1883 1884 1885 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1903 1904 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913. like the father sporadic at tmes point form entries for the most part business like records of day to day business interspersed with personal content. ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND: Lieut. Edward Carrington son was killed in the Civil War in St. Marks Florida in the Natural Bridge Conflict on March 6 1865 but the family did not get the news until March 22 1865. In 1871 the son Edwin was married to Charlotte nicknamed Lottie born April 9. 1847 and the couple moved to Scio NY. Edwin then moved to Bay City Michigan it appears in 1875. His wife and son Winny born in 1873 did not move with him to Michigan but rather stayed in Scio NY. Edwin traveled extensively on business by train and then in the later years by automobile and visited his family about every two months coupled with his business trips. Edwin was Secretary and Treasurer of the Bay City Building Company Rifle Room Company and Ausable Lumber Company in Michigan. Edwin and Lottie's son Winny died at the age of two years and eights months on 2/15/1876 and father did not make it home in time. A daughter Sarah was born in 1876; a son Eddy was born in 1877 and a daughter Gracie in 1882. Some of the earlier years have diaries from more than one member of the family. Edwin's diaries of 1875 - 1913 are both diaries as well as his business day planners. All have notations at the back of expenses and costs. As a hobby he enjoyed duck hunting. In 1901 Edwin and Lottie became grandparents by Sarah. The diaries mention both the deaths of Lincoln and McKinley. Several diaries have newspaper articles tucked at the back. One is an article about Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. There are two articles about how the Edward Carrington Sr. family made their "fortune" in 1874. THIS IS A SENSATIONAL AND UNIQUE MULTI GENERATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY THAT WOULD BE THE PRIDE AND CENTERPIECE OF ANY SERIOUS DIARY COLLECTOR. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1839101827<p>Different papers different sizes but all from the Engelmann family archives.</p><p>Includes:</p><p>1839. One plate for the year sheet size 31 x 24 cm.</p><p>1840. One plate for the year sheet size 555 x 36 cm.</p><p>1841. Two plates each depicting 6 months on a sheet sheet size 32 x 49 cm.</p><p>1842. One plate for the year sheet size 49 x 325 cm.</p><p>1842. a different calendar Two plates each depicting 6 months on a sheet sheet size 32 x 49 cm.</p><p>1843. Two plates each depicting 6 months on a sheet sheet size 575 x 215 cm.</p><p>1844. Two plates each depicting 6 months on a sheet sheet size 275 x 41 cm.</p><p>1844. a different calendar Two plates each depicting 6 months on a sheet sheet size 32 x 485 cm.</p><p>1848. Two plates each depicting 6 months on a sheet sheet size 47 x 17 cm.</p><p>Fine examples of early chromolithography a technique invented in France by Godefroy Engelmann who received his patent in 1837 only three years before the present calendar was printed. The patent was given to him for printing colour lithographs from four stones using just black blue yellow and red in a version of the technique perfected by French intaglio colour printers in the eighteenth century. Engelmann who had been a leading pioneer of monochrome lithography in France was now poised for showing the way forward for commercial colour printing. The success of chromolithography depends on the immensely skilful process of separating each image into its four constituent colours. These calendars clearly show the style of this new technique.</p>
1820305224Edo 1820. 200 woodblock illustrations of crests some light soiling to margins. 208 pp. small oblong 8vo 110 x 155 mm. blue paper wrappers worn stitched. 200 woodblock illustrations of crests some light soiling to margins. 208 pp. small oblong 8vo 110 x 155 mm. Japanese woodcut book on the crests and symbols of the Samurai families.<br /> <br /> WITH: <br /> A series of 99 small manuscript information cards on for ceremonial use for Samurai families denoting their crests and banners pen ink and colors. First half of 19th century each card 70 x 55 mm some affected by worm tracks. unknown
18070001802ALLONBY ENGLAND. Fair. 1807. On offer is a superb early 19th Century mathematics and complex arithmetic ciphering book. There are over 320 pages of text and titles in a lovely calligraphic hand including a folding table all in pen and ink. Identified as having belonged to the Costin Family of Allonby England this is believed to be a school book from the highly noted Quaker School at Wigton dated by paper watermarked 1807. This book was a massive effort by the unidentified Costin Family member but unique for the breadth and depth of the mathematical equations and complexity of the problems. The book stands as a testament to the quality of education at the Wigton School. The school book is in a very well handled state detached from the worn binding the contents are now loose the sections although individually sewn are coming away from each other. Some of the 8 x 10 inch initial pages maybe missing there is old damp/water staining to some but not all of the pages but overall Fair. BACKGROUND NOTES: Wikipedia: Wigton School also called Brookfield School or Friends' School was a private boarding school on the outskirts of Wigton Cumbria. The school was opened on 4 September 1815 by the Society of Friends Quakers for Cumberland and Northumberland. The initial student intake was 9 boys and 8 girls in premises at Highmoor in existing buildings. These first buildings were leased at an annual rent of 27 guineas. In 1826 the main school site opened at Brookfield commissioned by the Society of Friends. A London architect designed the buildings in classic Georgian style. The school motto was "We seek the truth." The school badge comprised a shield with a green background and diagonal river to represent the school's rural location with a beck small brook running through the grounds. One one side of the diagonal was a lamp to represent knowledge. On the other side was a set of scales to represent fairness and tolerance key Quaker virtues. The school expanded over the years. Student numbers peaked in the mid-1970s at around 210. Following the peak student numbers declined and in 1984 the school closed. The school's historic main building was destroyed by fire in 1989.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BROOKFIELD SCHOOL FRIENDS' SCHOOL COSTIN FAMILY ALLONBY ENGLAND BRITISH EDUCATION QUAKER EDUCATION WIGTON SCHOOL GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS CYPHERING TRIGONOMETRY CALLIGRAPHY MATHEMATICS HANDWRITING PENMANSHIP ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS STATISTICS COMPLEX EQUATIONS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY 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
19002090502130301032Hanshichi Yoshikawa Yoshikawa Kobunkan 1900. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hanshichi Yoshikawa (Yoshikawa Kobunkan) paperback
18760MV212Medford MASSACHUSETTS St. Louis Missouri MO. Very Good. 1876. On offer: ADAMS FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE: 1876-1920. Substantive archive of handwritten manuscript letters and postal cards by members of the Adams family. In all seven letters with covers nine letters without covers; 13 autograph postal cards signed by Edward Adams from various locations; plus several miscellaneous pieces. Most are addressed to Mrs. John Q. Adams at Medford Mass. from her children are as far flung as St. Louis Missouri. This is an intimate look at a close family who are spread far and wide but are devoted to writing the matriarch of the family. Some of the many many names and places mentioned include; The Mary Institute; C.L.S.C.; Fanny Perkins; Emeline Sparrel; Le Comte Jeuerinon ; orations by Blake Woodbury; the Milk Street Post Office Cottage City; Robert Hutchins bookbinder; a four hour baseball game in 1876 score 21 to 21; detailed letter regarding the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis; sighting US gunboats and caravels and the mystery of sister Kate losing 41 lbs. VG. ; Manuscript; 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 Post Civil war ADAMS ADDAMS ST. LOUIS MISSOURI MO MASSACHUSETTS MA MEDFORD PIONEER ARCHIVE CORRESPONDENCE . unknown
18800009056LYONS CLINTON IOWA IA. Good. 1880. On offer is the personal home and business accounting log book of a man John Fegan patriarch of a family Masonry company living in Lyons Iowa from 1880 all the way to 1895. The book is a fascinating mix of both professional and personal expenses over the years. This is a fascinating piece of history. At the beginning of the book January 5th 1880 Daniel Fegan is employed seemingly as a Mason by the Clinton & Lyons Horse Railway Company. The accounts of 1880 and 1881 are included almost exclusively on the first 8 pages. On these pages under the entries for 1880 and 1881 are entries for 1885 and 1886 as well. Later in the book around page 31 there are a number of pages devoted to the living expenses for 1880 written down. Jan 5th - To 1 bottle of ink and 5 pens - $.15; 6th - To Tobacco and cigars - $.60; 7th - To candies and nuts - $.40.9th - To 12 photographs part pay - $2.00. These living expenses continue throughout the entire year. It can be inferred that by 1885 Fegan has his own masonry company though it is possible he already had this company in 1880 and 81 and just contracted out to the Clinton & Lyons Horse Railway Co. September 25th 1885. Charles Phillips Sr. 4 1/2 days masoning at $2.30 per day - $11.25. His accounts for 1885 and 1886 show much more detail the entries of 1880/1881 and show quite a bit of complexity in the costs incurred and bills charged. As well they show the personal expenses that Fegan occurred as well. August 1885. The Bill or Cost of Building a porch on west side of the house. For all kinds of lumber - $18.00; For Mr. Boid for Carpenter work - $11.00; David Mitty for spouting - $6.34; Nails and paints of Snider - $6.00; John Anthony for a Load of Stone - $1.25. There are also entries under the titles Money paid out for housekeeping and living expenses account of Money Layed out for the House and Money Layed out for the use of House. It can be seen from these passages that the patriarch of the family was Daniel D. Fegan and that he had his three sons Joseph G. John R. and Daniel B. Fegan working for him. There is a page with the title John Fegan Money earned myself seemingly showing that the ledger would have been used by more than just one person at a time not just the father. In the pages solely devoted to 1886 the ledger book contains mostly living expenses such as Tobacco salt soap ivory 1/2 bushel of apples butter as well as others such as Paid for Clinton County Album church collection and Goose for Thanksgiving. For each day of the year the expenses are written on one or two lines. There are also pages titled Money Received of the Boys which pays opposite each name showing the money that each son paid to their father and mother usually $10 and $5 respectively. This might imply that the boys were somewhat independent contractors and paid their father and mother a monthly fee. The father John Fegan is very methodical throughout even writing down the expenses that his children occurred through buying him presents on his 70th birthday. These presents included a small handkerchief - $.10 2 pair socks $.20 each and a neck bough - $.25. For the years of 1890 and onwards there are no expenses related to the costs of the family business in the ledger. By this time its assumed that the ledger has become solely for personal expenses for the father John Fegan. One of his children most probably took over the company business ledger book possibly the oldest child Daniel B. The latest entry is for April 1st 1895. John Fegan would die later that month. Though this is the latest entry it is not the end of the book. However the entries that follow are few and far between. On the 77th page there is an attempt to use the book as a diary though only two days are recorded. October 18th 1880. The wind was blowing very hard Saturday and turned cold and we had a little freeze but it is very pleasant today. December 17th 1880. It has been snowing this morning but has slowed up some at 11 Oclock a.m. There are also a number of pages under the title Rent paid each month that begins in 1903 and go until 1907. The though the author of this section is unknown. It could be one of the children. The rent goes to Rands House Corner 3rd & Exchange. Beginning on page 132 there are a number of pages that begin in 1895 of the living expenses of Catherine Fegan the late John Fegans wife. The pages show her living expenses as well as the money received from her children. It lasts only a couple pages. There are a few diary entries from 1886 on a page as well as many other pages of notes and expenses and some calculations. The entries stop after around page 150. The book is in fair shape. Both front and back cover detached as well as a number of pages on the inside. The writing inside is very legible and clear and is in great shape.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF FEGAN FAMILY JOHN FEGAN DANIEL B. FEGAN MASONRY COMPANY LYONS IOWA CLINTON & LYONS HORSE RAILWAY COMPANY END OF THE 19TH CENTURY CASH ACCOUNTS DETAILED LIVING EXPENSES PERSONAL FINANCES BUSINESS EXPENSES FAMILY BUSINESS TAY COHN BOOKKEEPER AMERICAN PATRIARCH LIFE IN THE MIDDLE WEST MID-WEST AMERICA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19002090502130301419Hanshichi Yoshikawa 1900. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hanshichi Yoshikawa paperback
1872000877Boston Massachusetts MA 1872. On offer is a remarkable very intriguing grouping of handwritten letters drawings and covers from the William Tudor family of Boston Massachusetts. There are twelve 12 letters with their envelopes the five letters are from 1872 and 1873 when William was in Paris to marry his wife Elizabeth Whitwell three empty covers and two slips of paper with drawings. The letters date from 1873-1915 and curiously one last letter from 1961. The drawings don't have dates but look like late 1800's. The three remaining empty envelopes are from 1879 1894 and one has no date. William Tudor was born to Frederic "The Ice King" Tudor and Euphemia Fenno Tudor on September 27 1848. He was the fourth of six children. He attended Harvard University and graduated in 1871. He married Elizabeth Whitwell b. 1851 daughter of William Scollay Whitwell and Mary Hubbard in Paris France on May 24 1873. Together they had five children: Henry Dubois William Elizabeth Delia Aimee and Mary. William Tudor had an intense interest in his own genealogy and collected information on his Tudor ancestry. In 1896 he edited and published the diary of his great-great-grandfather Deacon John Tudor as Deacon Tudor's Diary. His primary occupation however was investing in mines. He served on the Boards of Trustees of many of the mining companies he invested in and held positions as an officer in many of them. In 1908 Tudor became the treasurer of the Salida Copper Company in which he held a very large share. In July 1909 Salida Copper Company bought out Sedalia Copper Company. In October Tudor traveled to Salida Colorado to inspect the companies' mines. In 1910 the Mountain Mining Company a spin-off of the Salida Copper Company was formed and in January 1911 Tudor became its president. In 1913 Tudor became treasurer of the Shawmut Consolidated Copper Company. Although Tudor owned homes in Hancock New Hampshire and Auburndale Massachusetts his primary business address was the St. Botolph Club in Boston. He did a great deal of traveling inspecting mines in Juneau Alaska and Salida Colorado and he was married and had his first child in Paris France. He painted for relaxation. William Tudor died in 1923. There is a lot of extraordinary content; one written by William Sturgis Bigelow a famous collector and historian of Japanese culture writes of mediums and speaking to the dead: "My Dear Mrs. Tudor Katy told me a little of your late adventures. Will you pardon a friendly suggestion You had better let the whole thing alone for a while. Put it out of your mind as if you had never heard of it. You cannot find out by seeing such things how and why they exist. .The forms of people you saw are not the real people but reflections from the minds of the spectators or mediums Just how they "Materialize" you would not now understand if you were told. It would be harmless enough apart from the excitement incidental to "seeing ghosts" if the medium were a person so good and pure as yourself. But she is not as you can see by the class of "spirits" especially connected with her. The last thing for you to do would be to establish a connection with such entities .But at any rate put the whole thing out of your head for a while. And when you feel quieter let me know. It is just possible I may be able to help you a little .Keep this letter to yourself W. S. Bigelow." Another letter in which William is writing to his wife and it date April 25th 1893. He's writing from Jacksonville Florida on "Everett Hotel" letterhead. Says he's having a difficult time with the railroad people and says he doesn't mind Florida too much but prefers a small French village." There are also letters written to Bessie from her father and mother after her marriage to William. Here is a delightful example: My Dear baby Bessie A good big baby but my baby still Your life seems full of excitement and events compared to ours. Nothing can be quieter if rest is to make me well. I ought soon to be in perfect health. The bathing is the main event of the day and you would enjoy it very much. The water is not very cold and the more pleasant for swimmers. I have been sorry to be obliged to give it up these few past days on account of severe head ache which I thought the bathing increased but they are better now .There are some fine views in the neighborhood but it is a hard climb to reach them. Last evening May and I walked to the top of a high hill where there is a large private house with extensive grounds magnificently situated commanding a view far out to sea The owner of the house is proud to show our little room with it's fine sea view it balcony its unpainted shell lac'd wooden furniture and little bright rugs on the bare floor is very comfortable and pretty. Leoni our devoted femme de chambre he's brought us a large bunch of flowers You see what quiet lives we lead . Always your loving mother that you know if nothing else." Her mother is not in very good health and has decided to take on the healing waters of the European spas and bathhouses. Bessie and William are still in France one assumes on their honeymoon or perhaps William is working because some are addressed "in care of Monroe & Co. Paris France." Each letter is packed with interesting content from this eclectic family. They are all in a variety of conditions from Fair to VG. . Autograph. Good. 8 x 11 Inches Approx. hardcover
18404910Philadelphia: W. S. Martien 1840. First edition. bound with The Petition of Henry C. De Rham to the General Assembly of Rhode Island To Except Paul Daniel Gonsalve Grand d'Hauteville From the Operation of the Law 'To Secure the Fulfillment of Certain Contracts and for the Relief of Married Women in Certain Cases.' Together with a Remonstrance of Ellen S. d'Hauteville.Providence: Knowles & Vose 1841. First edition. <br /> <br /> bound with Review of the d'Hauteville Case: Recently Argued and Determined in the Court of General Sessions.Boston: Weeks Jordan and Co. 1841. First edition.<br /> <br /> Three volumes bound in one. Finely bound by Bradstreet's in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Samuel F. Barger to front pastedown. Measuring 225 x 135mm and collating complete including titles: 295 1 blank; 124 2 errata; 2 44. A just about Fine copy with some inoffensive pencil annotations and corrections to volume I and occasional faint foxing; overall a pleasing copy of three scarce legal works related to women's custody rights according to international and interstate law. <br /> <br /> Three scarce tracts documenting the international custody battle that became highly publicized and debated in its time. In 1837 American citizen Ellen Sears married Daniel Gonsalve d'Hauteville a member of the Swiss nobility. During their brief union Ellen survived emotional neglect and mental cruelty from her husband whose "self-image as paterfamilias conflicted with Ellen's growing sense of herself as a mother tormented by an unfeeling spouse" DiFonzo. Pregnant and unhappy she left her husband for the U.S. giving birth to her son after her arrival. Under Common law doctrine d'Hauteville demanded that his wife and child return to his household in Switzerland. "But Sears and her Philadelphia lawyers devised a strategy that would challenge the accepted legal formulation along its emerging cultural fault line.leveraging mental cruelty into an accusation that d'Hauteville had violated the standards of the changing American family" DiFonzo. This strategy combined with gains that the women's movement had made in the U.S. and Europe marital property laws within the century helped bolster her position and win her custodial rights.<br /> <br /> "The d'Hauteville case was not a single event in a courtroom but a set of multiple legal experiences that exposed timebound and timeless realities of American legal culture. The case began in an insular way as a domestic drama must with the rapid rise and equally rapid fall of the d'Hauteville marriage. But as the fight for the son Frederick displaced their marriage as the central focus of Ellen and Gonsalve's relationship the law assumed a greater and greater presence in their lives. The pair not only confronted contradictions between their own ideas about justice and the legal rules they had to learn they also experienced the transformation of their domestic tragedy into a legal event with innumberable participants from lawyers judges and legislators to courtroom spectators newspaper reporters and diarists" Grossberg. <br /> <br /> The present tracts trace d'Hauteville's initial petition for Habeas Corpus followed by his petition to be exempted from a Rhode Island law protecting the rights of mothers. The final title tracks the case's conclusion providing a review. W. S. Martien unknown
18630002007Baltimore Maryland MD 1863. On offer is a fascinating historic original manuscript letter written by an unknown elderly Baltimore man and likely a member of the Adams family and related to Thomas Boylston Adams September 15 1772 - March 13 1832 the third and youngest son of John and Abigail Smith Adams in response to a request he write of his life and times in New York City. The letter was part of a greater group from the Thomas Boylston Adams papers. The writer relates what an active involved and intelligent teenager and young man experienced in the heady historic days of New York City from 1791 to the turn of the Century. The author gives a real person's view of the French Revolution from the American perspective the feeling of the 'street' to Jacobin views and much more of the politics of the era. The 87 year old man begins "You wish me to communicate for publication such facts and information in regard to Men and things in the City & State of New York as I may from my residence in that City have been connected with or acquired a knowledge of in the early period of my long life." It goes on in part: "Having an ardent desire to see General Washington I soon found my way to Cherry Steer and the Franklin House near Pearl Street where he resided." "It was I think in 1793 or certainly soon after that Francis who had been General Washington's Steward established on or near the Battery his celebrated Ice Cream & Cake house probably the first public house of its kind in the United States." "In his speech at the opening of Congress 1795 the President General Washington.said "Government founded upon the genuine principles of rational liberty and with mild and wholesome laws was it too much to say that our Country exhibited a spectacle of National Happiness never surpassed if ever before equalled." Dated Baltimore March 1863 15 pages on 15 leaves recto side only 8vo 25 x 21 cm. VG. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown
18970002448WETUMPKA ECLECTIC MOBILE ALABAMA AL. Good. 1897. On offer is a super modest archive of manuscript letters ledger/invoice sheets and poetry relating to the Howle family of Wetumpka Alabama. The small but fascinating group is an interesting peek at life in rural Alabama from the late part of the 19th Century to early in the 20th. All told there are five letters: three postmarked Eclectic Alabama 1897 - 1898 to Mr. Howle one from Mobile 1910 to Mrs. Howle from her sister and the fifth letter Oct. 1901 being a forlorn multipage letter from a bereft Mrs. Howle to her husband in El Paso. She is incredibly lonely and wonders why her husband can enjoy El Paso but refuses to let her to join him as she will not have fun. There is a rather interesting undercurrent in her beseeching tone that Women's Studies students might find of interest running between the lines. There is a 4 page handwritten invoice for many many items written out on a Howle Brothers store printed billhead. It is dated 1918. There are two multi-page manuscript "love" poems or "courting" poems found with the Howle papers. One of them is signed we believe with the initials: St. B. Perhaps these were sent to a Howle daughter as one is addressed "Miss". Then there is a single page pencil genealogy table beginning with Colonel Thomas Marshall family noted as Grandmother's Father whose biography was as noted in pencil written by Senator Aldrich this note is confused as the Senator was named Albert Beveridge. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF J. M. HOWLE WETUMPKA ECLECTIC MOBILE RURAL ALABAMA EL PASO TEXAS SOUTHERN AMERICANA DEEP SOUTH WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE MONTGOMERY BLUE RIDGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES .
19000001895BELLVIEW BELLEVUE TENNESSEE. Good. 1900. On offer is an original unique circa 1900 -1908 archive of a young college aged woman Frances Harding from Bellview Bellevue Tennessee. She attended Soule College and the Memphis Conference Female Institute. The archive includes letters 23 from her family and friends and some notes 9 from college friends and school mates. Some seem to be from young men who are trying to court her; others are from her friends telling Frances not to flirt! Here is a good example "Yield not to flirtation For flirting is serious each sister will help you her brother to fight advances Don't flirt with the boys girls let the boys girls flirt with you!" Also included: 4 receipts relating to college; a Soule College Recital program; five photos four mounted on cardboard one of Miss Smiths class; and one Wedding invitation. BACKGROUND NOTES: Soule College was named for Bishop Joshua Soule of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Thomas Madden pastor of the Murfreesboro Methodist Church organized it in 1851 and offered one to two years of college education. "The goals of the college were to provide a thorough education of the mind and heart and to impart sound and useful knowledge. Throughout the history of the school the pupils were supervised closely in all matters of a moral and religious nature." Soule College after its building was damaged closed during the Civil War but reopened soon afterwards remaining in Methodist control until 1892. Lambuth University was a liberal arts university located in Jackson Tennessee and active from 1843 to 2011. It was supported by the Memphis Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Lambuth's athletic teams participated in the NAIA's TranSouth and Mid-South Conferences. The university began as the Memphis Conference Female Institute in 1843 and was later renamed in honor of Walter Russell Lambuth 1854-1921 a Methodist missionary who traveled globally during his lifetime.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF FRANCES HARDING BELLVIEW BELLEVUE TENNESSEE SOULE COLLEGE MEMPHIS CONFERENCE FEMALE INSTITUTE PRE SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL HISTORY GENDER STUDIES EARLY 20TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
1867000793IPSWICH MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1867. On offer are five handwritten manuscript journals all having belonged to the Caldwell family who lived in Massachusetts one of the diaries 1870 has the name Ezra S. Vieyes written in it. A casual reading does not determine where Ezra fits in with the Caldwell family but a more detailed reading will hopefully flesh out the relationship. Two of the diaries have the name of the family scion being Abraham Caldwell of Ipswich Massachusetts. Other towns mentioned include Westminster Fitchburg Northborough and Worcester. The diaries represent the years 1867 full of entries 1870 a quarter full 1875 a half filled 1887 fully written and the 1890's. Though not all fully written and the entries suggest illiterate writers these diaries represent a true piece of Americana with a treasure trove of local historical detail and genealogical information. For the medical collector there is an interesting thread running throughout - Mr. Caldwell is quite aged and he catalogues his daily ailments certainly a medical professional may assess his health from his writings. Here are some snippets: 1867 - "February 26th Went to examination. Lizzie Rawson teach good." "March 4th Went to town meeting. Another trial of Shemp decided as it should be." "May 10th Surveyed road to town distance of about 2 ¾ miles 15 ft." "June 17th Golden wedding 75-100 people persons present." "September 13th Took Templers Degrees. Went to town to lecture. Carried B.M. Balch." "October 13th On euqaduct to town meeting for roads. Was chosen on committee." 1887 "January 9th 7 Below. Very cold. Snow flakes flying all day. Ben out very little today. Louitah Lord little more comfortable but very sick." "February 9th Sick all day. From Salem paper I see Mr. Joseph Pusfer died in Salem Oct. 19th 1886. Born July 18th 1798." "March 14th Today I hav made a grait mistak in being two positive when in fact I was rong. My mind is faking me." "June 22nd and 23rd Stage coach below belonged to Appleton farm . Boiled out sink cess pool very hard job. Had nummness in my arm and shoulder. Stage coach passed to day for Salem." "July 25th Hot and sultry. A young lady came to Mrs. Batysons. Sang for House Benefit." "August 9th Went marsh with North Harris and Negro. Went to Beverly. Stayed at Edwards over night." "August 21st Fine and pleasant. John Billy's mother and sister here. Conrad G to made round Cape Ann." "October 6th Tryed to make some wine. Caried my grapes to Capt. Wilcomb and he pressed them for me." "October 19th Finished pounding the beans then went to Georgetown. Went in to Noisas Shoe factory. Was kindly received and shown from basement up. Felt interest and enjoyed it muh." "December 14th Very warm and Pleasant. Went over to south side river to Mrs. Dolls with Edy B. Escamined his stock." "December 16th Cooler. Gave notice to Mrs. Campbell that I should want the tenement she now ocupies for my own use the first of April next." "December 19th Mrs. Smith at the Invenational House left and fell and broke both arms. Slippery this morn. Bought turkey of Perkins." The 1893-1900 journal in the lot is a handwritten financial journal which has about 100 pages of expense type entries. I believe most of the entries have to do with rentals and money collected for the rentals. This journal has the name John Caldwell written on the inside. The front cover has fallen off of this journal and some of the pages are torn. The first 20 pages have also been torn out and are not accounted for. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" 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 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 HISTORY MASSACHUSETTS MA FARMING ECONOMICS GENEALOGICAL . unknown
1890List1620Mostly New England: Various Photographers 1890. Cabinet cards measuring 6 ½ x 4 ¼ inches. Various settings showing the band members posed with their instruments including banjos violins trumpets drum and tubas. Varying wear but generally very good with some normal age-related fading. Very Good. Originally from Lawrenceville New York the Shepard Family Band toured throughout the Northeast in the 1880s and 1890s eventually settling in South Royalton Vermont. All members of the family were apparently musically inclined: “In addition to Minnie mother and matriarch Mary “Minnie†Shepard and her husband patriarch James Monroe Shepard all of the children were pressed into service. Daughter Laura Belle the ‘violiniste’ was getting better all the time under the instruction of a ‘competent master.’ Her fans “will be astonished at the improvement in style tone and expression.†It was said of little Lessie that ‘Among lady cornetists she has no equal.’ The darling little son of the family Master Burtie could not help but please for he was well-known to be ‘The youngest Tuba soloist in the world; only nine years of age; scarcely larger than the instrument he plays.’ He was also a ‘clever comedian singer and character artist.†The baby little Flossie “a sweet little miss of four summers’ was said to be a “wonderful mimic and impersonator…a veritable little fairy.’ Daughters Kittie and Georgia were also part of the troupe.†- Henry Sheldon Museum. A very nice collection. Various Photographers unknown
1871List3241Rhode Island Massachusetts and New York 1871. Thirty-two letters two apparently missing final pages; with fifteen pages of incomplete letter material. Excellent to Near Fine. Letters from some of the young ladies of the Hazard family primarily Gertrude Minturn 1843–1877 Anna Peace 1845–1868 and Esther Robinson 1848–d. Hazard with some from other family and friends. The family was descended from Thomas Hazard one of the founding settlers of Newport Rhode Island.1<br /> <br /> The girls were educated and often write from school; Anna and Esther attend the ‘Friends School’ in Providence which is probably the Moses Brown School and Gertrude attends Dr. Dio Lewis’s School for Young Ladies in Lexington Massachusetts. Founded by Diocletian Lewis a temperance and physical culture advocate the school incorporated his exercise system developed to condition weaker individuals. Gertrude describes a regimen of thirty minutes of walking plus an hour and a half of exercise and discusses Dr. Lewis:<br /> <br /> “Dr Lewis gives familiar lectures on any subject which the scholars propose. He is a very pleasant genial man and takes part in the games & dancing with the greatest spirit. There are about 20 scholars. Some of them board in the village but are subject to the rules of the school. This building is very large and is mostly occupied by the patients of Dr Lewis’ ‘Movement Cures’ to whom most of his time is devoted. The scholars and patients associate together. Indeed we are under very little constraint the teachers leaving our actions to be regulated by our own sense of propriety; and they seldom find occasion to reprove the scholars for misdemeanors.†November 23 1864<br /> <br /> Meanwhile Anna and Esther’s education is more on the religious side; Esther writes:<br /> <br /> “We have not been to meeting very often since we returned from our lovely visit to Newport but the first Sunday morning I did think all the time of it as I said I was going to. We were edified this morning by a sermon from Elizabeth Meader or rather a torrent of noise so that I am nearly deafened now. I don’t think I ever heard a more horrible combination of sounds from the mouth of any human being.†January 8 1865<br /> <br /> Though speaking in tongues is most strongly associated with Pentecostalism it is not unheard of in Quakerism. In his book of genealogy and reflections the girls’ father Thomas Hazard 1797–1886 connects the family’s “strong religious tendencies†to his own interest in spiritualism.2 This interest in mediumship comes up several times in the letters first in 1864 when one of the girls reports that “Pa writes us that at a circle which he attended a few days ago a clairvoyant medium described our house at Vaucluse perfectly†February 24 1864 and later when one of the girls attends a circle with their father in Philadelphia:<br /> <br /> “Yesterday morning Pa & I had a sitting with a Mrs. Robinson a trance speaking medium. The communication from mother was the most beautiful I ever heard. She spoke to us just as she used to on earth using the same expressions. It seemed as if I could almost see her – we are going again on Monday.†February 8 1867<br /> <br /> That is the pair spoke to Frances Minturn Hazard who had died in 1854.<br /> <br /> Of interest to researchers of the Hazard family and Rhode Island Quakers.<br /> <br /> 1 Caroline Elizabeth Robinson The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635–1894 Printed for the Author 1896.<br /> 2 Thomas R. Hazard Recollections of Olden Times Sanborn 1879 228. unknown
1887318333Privately Printed 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in all aspects and loosely housed/collected in an elaborately blind tooled contemporary book binding. Various pages remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 23 various paper items. Subjects; Almshouses. Poor Law. Abbot Family Token House Westminster. Charitable Institutions. Charities - UK and Ireland 19th century. Cemetery Administration - UK & Ireland 19th century. Genealogy. Topography. Mount Jerome Cemetery Dublin. Privately Printed hardcover
1899144972London: Mitchell and Hughes 1899. Rare first and sole edition evidently produced in a very small number of copies; volume III in the series of three books on the Carr family complete in itself preceded by The History of the Family of Carr of Dunston Hill 1893 and of Hetton Ford Castle and St. Helen's Auckland 1894. This although unmarked as such is a familial copy. A handsomely produced family history overseen by Ralph Edward Carr 1833-1892 colonel of the Worcestershire Regiment from 1877 to 1881. This branch of the Carr family prominent in the north east of England were based at Hebburn Hall also known as Ellison Hall situated near a bend of the River Tyne east of Newcastle. An online search of institutional copies finds just 13 locations 6 in the UK the remainder in the US. Quarto. Chromolithograph frontispiece with tissue guard 12 plates and 11 letterpress pedigrees some folding title page printed in red and black. Original maroon morocco-grain cloth designed in emulation of a half morocco binding smooth spine divided by black and gilt bans sides and corners trimmed in the same manner front cover with large gilt stamp of the standard of Sir John Carre taken from plate at p. 104 black coated endpapers. Short closed-tear a head of spine extremities just a little rubbed lower corners bumped a few old marks to covers binding a little shaken dribbled staining to recto of frontispiece not affecting verso nor image manuscript not in the margi at p. 79 yet this remains a very good copy bright and clean. hardcover
187012808New York: Matthews 1870. Unique. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong duodecimo embossed brown cloth gilt. Unpaginated. Professionally rebacked;. Commercially produced album to be sold to individuals to house a collection. Minnie O'Shea Fortescue was the mistress of Robert B. Roosevelt TR's notorious uncle. He later married her. Minnie has collected approx. 350 monograms from family members government officials other dignitaries and friends. TR is of course represented. Minnie's B. Roosevelt's ownership signature in ink is on the front free fly leaf. Matthews hardcover
18512111902160201412Kawauchiya Shinjiro 1851. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 5 Kawauchiya Shinjiro paperback
1876000835ST. JOHNSBURY VERMONT VT. Good. 1876. On offer is an archive of handwritten manuscript letters that belonged to Helen Wood of St. Johnsbury Vermont. The letters which date circa 1876 - 1888 interestingly are both to and from Helen. In all there are 15 letters and 7 of those still have their envelopes. Then there are 9 empty covers. These letters will be of particular interest to historians of the era as the correspondents were detailed in their writings. One letter written to Helen by a friend living in Brooklyn New York dated 1887 relates over 4 pages a fascinating account of the way Brooklyn is changing especially 5th avenue. Here are some snippets: "N.H. College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts Letterhead Hanover N.H. March 7th 1886 Dear Sister I received a letter from you last Tuesday. I do not feel much older than I did last year. We had some rough weather here a little less than a week ago and since Harvey was away I was very busy keeping Culver Hall and myself warm. It was so cold here in my room that both radiators were frozen up a large part of the time. It was pretty cold boarding myself those days or in fact doing anything. It is quite comfortable now however and my ink etc. is thawed out .Sincerely Yours George P. Wood." "St. Johsbury Vt. March 20th 1886 Dear Folks It is almost eight o'clock and I am just up. My sleep was disturbed in the night and I woke up about four and heard a queer kind of noise under my window. It sounded some like some one crying fire then like two or three men fighting and then I happened to remember that the freshman class from Hanover had their class supper at one at one of the Hotels last night. It must have been lots of fun to run round this building in a snowstorm at that time of day. After they got round they sang two or three songs gave two or three war whoops and tore themselves away. Judging from their songs they hated to leave us Love to all Mary K.Wood." "New York May 11th 1887 Dear Helen Many thanks for your good letter and the beautiful collection of early flowers from the Old Lebanon Hills. They reached here safely though somewhat wilted from the close confinement and the loss of their pure mountain air. They embellished the mantle piece of the dining room for several days. While we all took several refreshing whiffs as we passed by If you were to take a ride down 5th avenue you would not know the place. On the East Side there is but 1 block but what is either filled up or has been commenced upon. Even the old Polhemus Mansion cor. 5th Ave. and Carrol St. on that high bluff has been torn down and the Hill graded down and now covered with brick buildings mostly flats 4 stories high with stores underneath. Flat old Mansions on 1st & _______streets with all those beautiful shade trees in front have fallen victim to the march of improvement. The old house has been moved down to 3rd Ave. and converted into a Tenement House. "How art thou Fallen" The entire block is either covered with dwellings mostly 2 story and basements or cellars .South of 7th St. every vacant lot is being filled up. Across the street from us they are putting up 6.3. stores and basement houses. Above 6th Ave. below the Episcopal Church there are 5 more going up. So it is all about us 5th 6th 7th & 8th Aves .Saw the account of your disastrous fire in the evening papers with more particulars this morning. What a severe blow to the village and to so many people that have lost their homes with the savings of years. It will be long years before the place will recover from it's loss if ever your friend E. Eldridge 356 7th St. So. Brooklyn." VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" 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 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 HISTORY VERMONT GENEALOGY PRE SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES ; Signed by Autograph . unknown
18780001257COLERAINE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Very Good. 1878. On offer is an original manuscript diary handwritten by a young woman who with her pencil and her words paints a picture of toil and hardship. Dated Coleraine in Franklin County Massachusetts near Greenfield and Deerfield River which are frequently mentioned collectors and researchers of the area will delight in the specific and detailed genealogical information as our author does a superb job in her entries. A casual reading suggests this woman is married to the 27 year old Charlie and they are part of the Miner 'clan' with mention of many many Miners in their daily life. A washerwoman for the most part everyday she says whose sheets whose pillowcase whose other articles are washed along with her own family's duties food preparation travels to church visitors who frequently stay over and other domestic chores the reader will wonder at her strength and her grit. Throughout the 5 x 4.5 inch 'chunk' of what was obviously a larger note pad roughly cut in half she writes clearly in tight script a gem of Massachusetts Americana. She mentions many dozens of names including: Uncle Wash Frankie Jerre N. and D. Brown Elder Whittaker Miss Rug Willie Richardson Baldwin Miner his singing school Carrie and Marilla Shearer Payson Flagg Charlie Miner. Sam Miner 'his whole conversation show him to be a true Christian whom it always gives me pleasure to find' Ed Coombs Atta Barber Clarence Brigham Charlie Denison. Besides the work the family information and local news and events she will make a particular entry as with Sam Miner and sometimes incredibly personal intimate revelations when tragedy strikes: Timmie died this forenoon about nine. G___G___G___ How grievous this affair I am very sorrowful today for one more grief is fresh and will leave its mark on my mind through all time '. 'I washed for us. Mr. M. and D.B. came. I did not shed tears til evening. Memories are so unpleasant when they are of suffering.'; 'perhaps my self reproach is unjust that I know it was'. Cover is absent but text block is clean and overall VG.; English; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; MASSACHUSETTS COLERAINE FARMING WASHERWOMAN LABOR STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES 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 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 GENEALOGY . unknown
18712437Charterhouse School 1871. Hardcover. Very good. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff. mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides 4 ff. in manuscript "Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910. Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few of the stubs appear fragmentary MS notations suggesting that the notebook may have once been divided alphabetically. We find on certain stubs "Ai" followed immediately by "Ao" and then several leaves later: "Her. - Hes" followed by "Io." Binding rebacked with smooth calf. In very good condition. Highly interesting homemade album of Cricket Scores available nowhere else specifically documenting the triumphs of three young members of the Blomfield family namely: E.G. Edward George C.J. Charles James and R.T. Reginald Theodore. One wonders if the present album was created in order to promote friendly competition between the brothers two of whom went to Haileybury School and one went to Charterhouse; all three went up to Oxford. There are scores and game synopsis of matches were between Haileybury Charterhouse Marylebone Cricket Club MCC Westminster Trinity College Oxon. Exeter Oxon. and more. One of the more interesting features about the album is that it provides a fascinating record of one family's love of the game:<br /> <br /> ¶ Edward George 1853-1885 entered Charterhouse School London in 1865 and transfer upon the School's removal to Godalming in 1872; in 1873 he went to Trinity College Oxon. where he earned a B.A. in 1877 and M.A. in 1879; thereafter he served as Curate of St. Mary's Portsea until 1883 and then Vicar of St. Mark's Woolston until his death in London in 1885.<br /> <br /> ¶ Charles James 1855-1928 went to Haileybury School; he underwent military training at Sandhurst and served as an army officer in India Sudan and Natal. He attained the rank of Major General before his retirement in 1917. NB: this individual is not to be confused with a noted architect of the same name b. 1862 d. 1932. <br /> <br /> ¶ Reginald Theodore 1856-1942 also went to Haileybury School; he earned his B.A. from Exeter Oxon. in 1880 and M.A. in 1884. He became an architect and was knighted in 1919. He is remembered mainly for his work designing British war memorials. <br /> <br /> ¶ The parents of the three young men were Rev. George John and his first cousin Isabella Blomfield of Bow Devonshire whose own father Charles James Blomfield was Bishop of London. <br /> <br /> ¶ At the end is a "Summary of Scores" for the years 1871-1877. Following this in a different hand is the year 1910; although the initial of the last name "Blomfield" remains the same the other initials belong to Reginald Thomas and his two sons Henry George and Austin. <br /> <br /> ¶ See Stedman Charterhouse Register 1872-1900 passim. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We are grateful to Catherine Smith Archivist of Charterhouse School for much useful information concerning the Blomfield Family. hardcover
