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Archive of material related to Daniel Dunscomb Bradford of New York New York Consul at Paris France and a great-grandson of William Bradford Pennsylvania's first printer 1824-1838

030081Hardcover. Very Good. The archive includes: 16 letters 45 manuscript pages dated 1824-1838 with 11 manuscript pages of documents and papers dated 1827-1836 plus 162 manuscript page genealogy book of the Bradford family dated 1825; and a 76 page manuscript "Friendship Book" of Mary Ann Rodgers Bradford c. 1828-1838. Daniel Dunscomb Bradford 1808-1837 Daniel Dunscomb Bradford was born on 14 May 1808 the son of Jacob Bradford 1771-1816 and Elisa Dunscomb of New York City. He was baptized at Trinity Church New York City. Daniel was the second great grandson of William Bradford 1658-1752 the first printer in Pennsylvania and also the printer of the first book and newspaper in New York City. Daniel's father was first cousin to William Bradford 1755-1795 the second Attorney General of the United States 1794-1795. His grandfather Cornelius Bradford was the brother of the Revolutionary War printer William Bradford 1791-1791 the printer for the first Continental Congress. Daniel was one of five children the other four being: Margaret D. Cornelius died young Cornelius second of this name and David Dickson. At the age of 19 Daniel or "Dunscomb" as he was called commenced studying law and was admitted to the practice of law in 1831. He sailed for Europe after visiting England and proceeded to France where he was appointed the American Vice-Consul at Paris which office he held until his death in Paris on 5 December 1837 at the age of thirty years old. While in Paris as Consul Dunscomb was one of two non-family members present during the burial of General Lafayette in 1834. Bradford was also appointed the secretary of a committee of Americans in Paris who organized an appropriate expression of sorrow by the American people for Lafayette's death. David Dickson Bradford 1806- brother of Daniel Dunscomb married Mary Ann Rogers daughter of Dr. George Rogers of New York City by whom he had at least three children: Margaret Gage George Rogers and Mary Elizabeth. David Dickson Bradford became a seaman and eventually captain of his own vessel. Correspondence: 11 letters 34 pp. of Daniel Dunscomb Bradford written to his brother sea captain David Dickson Bradford and his sister-in-law Mary Ann Bradford dated New York and Paris 29 October 1828 - 6 April 1836. One of the letters is incomplete and two others are torn with loss of text with general browning and wear. These letters mainly concern family matters though bigger issues do intrude. In one letter 2 Jan. 1830 Dunscomb breaks the news of Cornelius Bradford's death in Jerusalem a later letter congratulates Dickson on his forthcoming marriage another discusses the welfare of their mother another writes of the family fortune or rather the lack thereof and their careers and aspirations such as sea-captain employment possibilities for Dickson etc. Dunscomb Bradford enjoyed writing on such subjects as how to behave as a gentleman and how to be happy in love and marriage. Dunscomb Bradford took his brother Cornelius Bradford's place as Consul in Paris on the latter's death in August 1830. Dunscomb too died young on 5 December 1837 and was buried in Pére Lachaise. 5 miscellaneous letters 11 pp. include: 1 letter of Capt. E.M. Donaldson to David Dickson Bradford dated Philadelphia 22 May 1824 discussing travel plans for "Mrs. Hall" and "the children." 1 letter copy of David Dickson Bradford to his brother Dunscomb Bradford dated New York 24 February 1833; 1 letter of David Dickson Bradford to his wife Mary dated 5 March 1834. 2 letters of Robert Dumont to David Dickson Bradford dated New York 3 Sept. 1836 and 16 Jan. 1838 the latter written at the request of Bradford's mother informing Dickson of the death of his brother Dunscomb in Paris. The correspondence generally soiled browned and worn. Some sheets torn at wax seals etc. But it is in generally good legible con hardcover

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Archive of 47 letters from the family of John N Welch of Boston and Billerica Massachusetts dating from 1814 to 1847.

3100346 letters 100 pages some splits and tears along folds some toning and damp staining else in good clean and legible condition. The letters offer a view of one 19th century Massachusetts family and their lives in the state. The Welch's must have been a family of some prominence and privilege at least for a time. John N Welch ran the customs house in Boston and two letters show him being relieved of his position in 1814 and 1829. His sons went to sea and plied the waters of the world with varying degrees of success. Sample quotes: "Lynn July 28th 1816 James Johnson to Lydia H. Welch Boston My dear Sister … My ride here was not very pleasant; it was very dusty & we were obliged to keep the windows shut which produced very disagreeable sensations in your friend. I never spoke a word till we were within half mile of Lynn. No one interrupted the silence; except a gentleman whose frequent sighs proclaimed him over head & ears in love to look at him was enough to make one sentimental why he sighed so deep sometimes he actually made us start & when he found we observed him he made such horrid grimaces that if there had been any one in stage that I had been the least acquainted with I fear I should not have been able to conceal my laughter. I wish you had been with me to witness his agitation which I believe he affected for oddity's sake why he would have made"even thick lipp'd musing Melancholy to gather up her face into a smile before she was aware" I was obliged to interrupt their cogitations by asking for a glass of water. The lovesick swain turned his dove like eyes on me & looked as if he had rather I had been in the Red Sea than broken the silence my request was complied with in defiance of his looks& he condescended to ask if I felt better. I dared not answer in the negative for I really believe he would have advised the stage man to leave me he was quite handsome but appeared like one of Lord Byron's characters"With pleasure drugg'd he almost longed for woe And even for change of scene would seek the shades below" … Do you think if one of my "mortal supporters" should fail me or I should say it did which is the same thing that a certain Gentleman whose name I would not mention on any account but who appears to exert himself to relieve suffering humanity & to lighten the afflictions of his kindred as much as possible by contributing books &c to amuse them & as I am a kind of a cousin I think I have a claim would extend his charity to me if there is a chance that he would pray let me know he is a good fellow …James Johnson" "New York Nov. 15th 1824 James Johnson to Mr. & Mrs. John N. Welch Dear Friends The Stage called for me on Saturday morning at half past seven o'clock and I was backed a bout Town for nearly an hour … but I was tied as fast from the fear of being left as the Horses in the harness - we however at length collected our passengers and proceeded on our journey – we arrived in Providence at 2 o'clock – and at 4 took passage in the Steam Boat for N. York – we had a very pleasant time down the sound and arrived here at half past six o'clock on Sunday evening. Capt Mackey engaged my passage on Board the Packet ship Canada Cap Rogers and I expect to embark on board tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for Liverpool … I was in hope to have recd a line from your advising me of news from Boston and I still hope that pleasure by tomorrows mail which will arrive before we sail – you must write me in the course of a week or two the Packet ships sail every week from here to Liverpool and a letter bag is always to be found at the reading room in Boston or left at our store Mr. Sewall will forward any letters to my address – I again hope to have this pleasure soon after I arrive in Liverpool …" I took lodgings at Bunkers in Broadway where I found several acquaintance among whom was our old friend Marsh – it is seven years since I saw him till now but I do not see that time has made any alteration in him. …""Boston March 8th 1825 James Johnson to John N. Welch Dear friends … I am about migrating – that is in 3 or 4 days – and I am quite busy in the morning my letters must go to Liverpool… All the public places of amusement I have been to is to see Matthews in his trip to America and an Oratorio – indeed there are no public amusements here – we have been cultivating the fine arts – Painting – but not in the school of West or Sir Joshua Reynolds or Sir Thomas Lawrence but painting on Rugs which we have sipped in great abundance – and if the cols do desert too soon I have no doubt will be much admired. I have visited very pleasantly in several families some of them you know or have heard of Saml Goddard & James Grovener are from Boston and Mr Truman and American artist all have American wives are no bad sample of our fair country women … James Johnson""Gloucester April 15th 1825 Susan to Lydia Welch Boston My much beloved friend … The late calamity by fire in the City has given a powerful impulse to my feelings and induce me to inquire of you for information. I was about to start off for Boston but Mary did not like I should leave her with the school… The Sabbath after I left B. I received letters Mary wishing me to come immediately to Gloucester and take the school vacated by the marriage of Miss M. E. Hayes who has gone to the Michigan Territory. Accordingly the Thursday following I came down and on making some enquiries found the prospect very flattering. Uncle D. thought the encouragement sufficient to commence and the next week sister M and myself jointly took upon ourselves the care of a school consisting at present of 30 scholars we have received application for a number more. Some are young ladies considerably advanced in their studies others who require the first rudiments of education they are generally interesting. We have no reason to doubt but our patronage will be sufficient to continue here through this summer. We board with Aunt Dale our school room is in the next building which makes it very pleasant and convenient. Mary is writing to uncle James telling him of our new situation I hope it will meet his approbation which I appreciate very highly… Now I must say something about the fire which has caused us much anxiety when we first heard of it we were led to fear that Uncle James' store was among the number destroyed still we hoped it might not be till a letter from Capt. G. Whittemore convinced us the truth of it. He says he knew that his friends would feel anxious and that we might not be more alarmed than necessary by exaggerated stories which are always in circulation at such times he could tell us that all his goods were saved and conveyed to the houses of his friends and that his loss would be trivial in comparison with that of his neighbors. … Though the deprivation of property is trifling in comparison with that of friends still when I consider how much he has and now is toiling not only for his own happiness but that of his friends also I feel grieved that his prosperity should in the least be impeded…"'Gloucester June 41825 Susan to Lydia Welch Boston Dear good Aunt Do not call us "lazy girls" If you were here and knew how much we had to accomplish … Our school is large and requires all our time we are confined in the room eight hours every day excepting the Sabbath and when not have either work to fit or writing to do for our scholars which prevents us devoting so much time as we wish to our own exercise or the society of our friends. I was indeed much disappointed that none of us did not write a line by Mr. Pearce but we were not apprised of his intention of leaving us more than ten minutes before his departure we were very much surprised for we had no idea but he would pass the Sabbath with us… What do you think as become of Aunt S. the last time we heard from her she was as usual on the wing to Fryburg where she expected to be at the hundredth anniversary of Lovell's fight; in what course she next directed her flight we have not heard. Last week the Steam boat came in here we anxiously watched expecting that she was on board we anxiously watched expecting that she was on board but was disappointed. Sister M and myself accepted an invitation to take a sail in her went out as far as the Island we enjoyed it much it was quite a novelty being the first steam boat I ever saw. …" "Manchester England June 10 1825 James Johnson to Lydia Welch incomplete letter … we took up our quarters at the Hotel Montmorency Rue St Marc – I had not been many days in Paris before I forgot the narrow dirty streets in the enchantments of the promenades the beauty of the public gardens and the number and magnificence of the Public Buildings… I can not but think that the French feel humbled since the allies occupied Paris – the soldiers look disconsolate and that enthusiasm has fled which animated them under Buonaparte – you meet in every direction memorials of his deeds Triumphal Arches Columns Public Fountains and Palaces were with him every day things – many of great extent which he began remain unfinished and probably will till time shall moulder them or another revolution takes place as it it is not likely that the Burbons will finish what Buonaparte began – we remained in Paris about 3 Weeks and then retraced our steps as business required our presence in Manchester… Friend Welch what is now the topic of conversation with you the presidential election is over and I assure you I am quite satisfied with the result. I am confident we have lost nothing in the opinion of Europe by the choice we have made – for my self I should have been mortified if Jackson had been successful to me he was the most objectionable candidate of all …" "New York July 21 1825 Lydia Welch to her husband John Boston My dear husband … Mr. Marsh said he wou'd write you a few lines… yesterday he came up in a carriage and took us down to see the City Hall and Museum which I was much delighted with – you wou'd be astonished to see the immence growth of this since you were here it is wonderful. Marsh shew me where the last dwelling house was – when he first settled here it seemed as if I cou'd hardly credit him in fact it is becoming over grown. I expect this week to go to the steping mill – I don't expect to derive much pleasure from that view … It seems that Boston heat has exceeded N. Y. heat thus far Marsh says that's the way always with Bostonians they will try to exceed the New Yorkers in everything …""Cap-Sing-Moon China April 4th 1826 Benjamin Welch to his parents Boston Dear Parents According to promise I made when I left Home to write every chance that offer'd I have to acknowledge the receipt of the letters sent by the Champion. I have seen to Nickels. He is as hearty as a Buck likes the Sea he says and as I was told by Henry Sturgis has proved himself the smartest boy in the Ship. He is taller than he was when I left America & withal thinner. I sincerely think that he will do better in the profession he has chosen than that of a Counter Jumper! hold your tongue John. I mean no insinuations. As for myself I am pretty nearly in the same state of health that I was when I left Home which I suppose you will say was a very consumptive state at least I used to think so sometime after dinner. Capt. Edes and I argue very well and from what I inadvertently heard he gives me a very good name to those who visit on board. Mr. Sever & I also argue much better than we did. He finds I am not to be fooled. & begins to think as best to let me alone; at any rate there is more cordiality than formerly. Dear Mother the wish expressed in your letter that I would keep in with the officers of the Brig Mr. Tra. and I were like dog & cat together. He was such a drunken contemptible puppy that I did not hesitate to show my opinion of him upon every occasion as also B. Tufts; in fact he had not one friend in the Brig. I really believe if I had gone home with him I should done my best to flog him before he left the wharf. Yea! even before I had eaten any of those good pies & puddings etc. of yours. - Dear Mother you need feel no anxiety on my account with regard to that detested practice of drinking. I have forsworn it long ago in total. My abhorrence of its effects is as strong as ever the feelings of self respect which I entertain the good opinion of my friends and relations which I esteem more than any thing else the regard which I feel for that of the world in general are strong inducements to a strict forbearance from all spirituous liquors. I am hot enough without the use of stimulatives. I am glad to hear that John is getting on so fast as a ladies man. He is well calculated for it and as his Brother Ben is so far from Home and altogether out of the sphere of action with regard to love affairs he will have fair play & plenty of it. I am certain I should supersede him if I was at Home so I think he had better Chop-Chop as the Chinaman says or else I shall make my appearance as I have a peculiar faculty that way. He will have to keep a bright look out ahead for fear of being run down; however 'self praise goes a little ways' so I think it best to stop here. As for his letter I shall keep that a secret he has reposed his confidence in me & I never will betray him till I receive his permission. I shall only say that I do not wish him a better choice than the one he has made; she is just the one I should wish for myself if I was about to enter into a matrimonial noose. I am getting confounded sleepy so I must perforce close this epistle. Remember me kindly to all friends to Aunt Johnson's folks to Cousin Rebecca & Husband to Aunt & Uncle Welch to all my cousins to Frank Welch give a cousin & a Brother Tar's affectionate remembrance to the Howes give an adopted brother's love & to William if at home to Uncle Hovey & partner to E. Jenkins to the Susans & also to Dumpty Diddleday you know who I mean and to her Sisters Mary & Sarah & all the good folks in Harmony Square give my kindest remembrance & regard tell the Pierces their Brothers are still at the Islands and will not be here these 3 years – they are well according to the last accounts – for yourselves Dear Parents accept my best wishes for your health & happiness & believe me when I subscribe myselfYour affectionate Son B.R. Welch" Boston Jany. 2nd 1832 Benjamin Welch to his father Billerica Massachusetts Dear Father I sail tomorrow for Smyrna in the good Brig Mermaid belonging to your old Friend Robert Edes & my old master & have just time to write you a few lines – Augusta goes with me as Capt Edes has politely offer'd to let her accompany – there is everything to make her comfortable & I anticipate a great deal of pleasure …" "Smyrna May 3d 1834 Augusta Welch to her father-in-law John Welch Billerica My dear Father As Ben is full of business he has commissioned me to write and I consider it a pleasant duty I am going to fulfill it forthwith. He expects to sail either to-night or in the morning for Hivoli a small port about a day's sail from here to be gone three or four weeks taking in oil for a part of the Mermaid's cargo & then to return here for the rest myself the most valuable part the specie. We had 58 days out and I was not sea sick at all I think I am getting to be quite a sailor. Yesterday we had a fine donkey ride about 16 miles to a hot-spring which is quite a curiosity here & considered quite medicinal – But such roads never were seen – Some part of the way it is scarcely wide enough for the animal to walk ion & up hill & down precipices the olive groves & between mountains enough to shake the breath of life out of you – However it was a ludicrous scrape & I enjoyed it mightily – We shall not get away under six weeks & it will be quite August before we get home … Gus" "Havanna Cuba Decr 23d 1834 Henry Welch to his father Boston Dear Father I arrd here about a week or little over ago in good health… we shall leave here in about 3 weeks for Matanzas & New York I expect … who will write me in N Yk if I arrive there for we are going to war with France & I may be captured before I arrive. We have all been busy here talking about the Message & we have whipped France nicely two or three times over …""Hallowell Maine February 25th 1836 Henry Blanchard to John Welch Billerica My Dear Sir … Mr. Welch were you ever down this way If not I advise you to – never come. The whole country here seems to be characterized by its very rugged un-broken surface – the severity of its climate - & the miserly & selfish disposition of its inhabitants. You may judge if I enjoy myself much here. I of course make some exceptions to my description of the people – I speak of them in general - & certainly they are misers & speculators for the most part whose whole object of worship is money. Society with some few exceptions in this town is very bad. There is here a good deal of wealth & of course there will be pretensions to refinement & good manners. But through it all there shows prominently an extreme degree of coarseness & vulgarity. The men are by far the better part of the society than the women' for if they are unlettered & rather rough in their exterior they have generally much shrewdness & some knowledge of the world. They show their shrewdness best perhaps in a bargain; & in your dealings with them you would be rather likely to come off second best. A bad place this for parsons – a strictly honest man here would not probably be long in starving to death. The Capitol of the state is close by me & the Legislature is now in session. I have been to look at the members once – They are as a whole I think rather a more decent looking mess than I have been in the habit of seeing in the Massachusetts Legislature. Of course its political complexion is Jackson – though its most eminent members are Whigs. Among these we see old Mr. Holmes – the greatest man probably the state has ever produced. Augusta – the capitol – is one of the most thrifty towns in appearance I have ever seen. It is I think remarkable for its well built dwelling houses. You will not see a house in the whole village that seems at all the abode of poverty. On the contrary the inhabitants seemed to have vied with each other in erecting elegant edifices. It is very easy to find however that the elegance is mostly outside – very little inside. …""Boston May 30 1837 John Welch to his father Billerica Dear Father … The business community are in a bad state and a great many people are out of business owing to this state of things five of the clerks in our store have been discharged & more are to follow perhaps myself for one. … Henry is nearly loaded for St. Petersburg & I presume will sail tomorrow or next day. Benj. Is daily expected at Darien Georgia – his wife gas got a daughter …" Charlestown Dec. 21 1838 John Welch to his father Billerica Dear Father I have intended to have been up to Billerica to have seen you before I leave for New Orleans. I am going to that place to establish myself in business if possible as I find it impossible to remain here & lay up any money. I have been so much pressed with business for some time that I hardly know which way to turn. I should have been up to see you last month but I have been bothered with Edward Stetson who is a very wild boy …" "New York July 17th 1840 George E. Welch to his father Billerica Dear Father I am aware that you may think strange that I should write to you after so long a silence the reason for that silence is not because I had forgotten you but merely because I thought it would afford you more pain than pleasure to read a doleful account of my miseries misfortunes and mishaps. Father my course through life has been an eventful one and I doubt much if there are many of my age who have seen more trouble more sickness or more cruel unrelenting persecution since I have been going to sea I have had eight attacks of fever of all the different kinds and those attacks of the most malignant nature I have had also seven attacks of cramp the last of which deprived me of my intellect for some time after it had passed away I have been laying on my back with bleeding of the lungs and cough in fact for seven years I have not been to sea without being laid on my beam ends and what is worse midst the burning horrors of those fevers I have heard the cry of persecution midst the racking agonies of the cramp I have heard the most cruel taunts coming from the mouths of my nearest and dearest kin and while laying almost at death door I have awakened to the sheriff setting by my side impatiently waiting for my recovery and then do you think it tended to my recovery to hear that man affirm that he was acting as the agent of my brother and then when the glow of health had scarce begun to tinge my cheek to be dragged to prison and from the windows of a felons dungeon to look upon the very house where I had in common with my brothers received my mother's parting blessing. And father did it become those whose duty it was as Christians relative and as men look passively on and see the wreck of your once noble and high spirited boy if I had done wrong was that the way to reform My is it not strange that mid this wilderness of wo the intoxicating cup has never been raised to my lips and dissipation and pleasure have not been the god of my idolatry… I am now recovering from a severe attack of the Yellow fever it was intimated to me that my life was but short and the chaplain on his own responsibility wrote to Gardner to inform of my situation subsequently when letters were written by Y N Reynolds and Albert Cutler and as yet no answer has been returned since I arrived in the city fever sores have broken out on my body and made a perfect scab of me so much so as so as to make me an object of disgust to myself and of pity to those around while at the Hospital my vessel loaded and sailed without leaving me any order for my wages and for the present I must go without them by the kindness of Albert Cutter Y N Reynolds Esq and the Charterers I have had the means of paying my board that is now expended and God only knows where I shall lay my poor aching head. I can not apply to them when I see no means of repaying them but my cup of misery has long been full and I must put my trust in that God whose inscrutable ways … George E. Allen"

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[Filipino American Photographica]: [Acosta Family]Biblio.com

Collection of Original Vernacular Photographs Documenting the Life and Family of Rafael and Teresa Acosta a Filipino-American Family

4981Various locations in the United States the Philippines Puerto Rico and others 1995. Very good. 290 original vernacular photographs some with manuscript captions measuring between 2.5 x 1.75 inches and 8 x 10 inches plus two partially-printed certificates completed in manuscript. Overall general wear. A unique collection of original vernacular photographs documenting the life and family of Rafael Ralph and Teresa Teresing Acosta Filipino immigrants to the United States in the mid-20th century. Ralph Sison Acosta 1917-1996 was born in Mangatarem in the Philippines. He is listed as the Filipino Third Mate on the manifest of a ship arriving in New York in 1940 having engaged the ship in Manila; this may represent Rafael's initial arrival in the United States. Later as evidenced by the present photographs he served as a personnel officer in the United States Army in the 1950s and beyond. Little is known about his wife Teresa Acosta 1917-2023. Both are buried at the Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Wheat Ridge Colorado. The present collection of almost 300 photographs capture Rafael and Teresa their children relatives friends colleagues and others in a variety of settings in various locations over the course of several decades. Fifty-five of the images are captioned in ink in the front margins or on the verso; along with signage and other clues within the photographs the images were taken in Colorado Oregon Manila St. Thomas Puerto Rico Camp Atterbury and Fort Benjamin Harrison both in Indiana and likely other locations. The photographs seem to emanate from the various locations where Rafael was stationed during his long career in the Army. Interestingly among the annotated images a couple of the captions are written in the Filipino mother tongue of Tagalog. One small portrait of Teresa is inscribed by her to Rafael "Dearest Just a reminder that I love you and always will." Other annotated images identify people places situations and more important to the Acostas and their larger circle of family and friends. The other photographs most of which are not annotated include portraits of Ralph and his family at various ages plus images at home graduations family vacations portraits of family friends funerals and more. A group of about a dozen photos capture the Acosta family and some colleagues in Puerto Rico in 1956. A great deal of the images picture Ralph at work in the armed forces showing him as well as his colleagues at work posed outside barracks and other buildings and more. A handful of the images from 1967 are stamped on the verso as official photos of the U.S. Army's Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver. A vein of Catholicism runs through the photographs with images of churches church signs ceremonies a group shot with a priest and the like. One image of a ceremony inside a church is captioned: "Picture taken during the blessing ceremony of Sacred Heart of Jesus with all the spouses holding the ribbons from the crown of Jesus." These images stand to reason as the Acostas were Catholic themselves. In addition to the photographs the collection includes two certificates of appreciation from the Filipino American Community of Colorado -- one each given to Rafael and Teresa in 1995. The certificates acknowledge their "commitment and effort to support" the Filipino-American community in Colorado apparently where the Acostas retired once Rafael's military career was over. An excellent visual primary source collection memorializing the lives of a Filipino-American immigrant family whose patriarch served in the United States military in the decades following the Second World War. unknown

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[HOLY BIBLE IN DUTCH] [LOTT FAMILY BIBLE] [STATENBIJBEL]Biblio.com

Biblia dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture vervattende alle de Canonycke Boecken des Ouden on des Nieuwen Testaments.

174179120Dordrecht:: Jacob en Hendrik Keur 1741. old full diced and blind-embossed calf over beveled wooden boards with brass corners and one of two brass clasps. . A few old genealogical notes on flyleaves. The text is age-toned; one brass clasp lacking; cracked at joints and chipped at the bottom of the spine;. Folio. Engraved illustrated title page; six folding engraved double-page maps/views and 13 engraved plates. . Jacob en Hendrik Keur, hardcover

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[Lebanese-American Photographica]: [Habib Family]Biblio.com

Elaborate Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Experiences of Lebanese-American James Habib and His Family While Serving in the U.S. Military in Germany

196312677Germany 1963. 24 leaves illustrated with 192 tissue-guarded photographs including over a dozen large-format images with the first 112 photos captioned in ink manuscript in the margins and a few scattered captions thereafter. Oblong large folio. Contemporary presentation photograph album bound in cream leather with leather belt-strap on spine with gilt titles on front board reading "Germany 1956-1959 Kaiserslautern Mannheim Memories of Europe The Habib Family." Minor soiling to boards. Light occasional soiling to album leaves. A handsome album in very good condition. An extraordinary annotated vernacular photograph album recording the experiences of James "Jim" Habib his wife Mae their son Paul and James's mother Rose while James served in the 533rd Ordnance Company at the American military bases at Kaiserslautern and Mannheim Germany in the Eisenhower years. Both Jim and Mae Habib were second-generation Lebanese Americans born to immigrant parents in Fall River and Boston Massachusetts respectively. The album records a wide variety of activities on base centering on family and community life including images of the Vogelweh Housing Area in Kaiserslautern the company Christmas party given for military children at which Jim a Christian dressed up as Santa Claus the company bowling team volunteer work at the local "Kinderheim" orphanage weddings parties sightseeing around Germany and so forth. The final eighty-or-so images reflect more intimate family settings for the Habibs with numerous images of newborn Vanessa Habib. Laid-into the album is a color portrait of Jim Habib in his olive green utility uniform. A captivating peek into the lives of a Lebanese-American family serving faithfully in the U.S. Army in midcentury Germany. unknown

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[Western Travel]. [Royse Family]Biblio.com

Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Travels of the Royse Family Across the American West With Much Content on Early Automobile Culture and Industry in the Far West

19312702Various locations including Montana Wyoming Missouri California 1931. Very good. 45 leaves illustrated with 185 original photographs from 2.75 x 2 inches to 6.5 x 4 inches the great majority measuring 5.75 x 3.5 inches and a few postcards most with manuscript annotations on the borders of the images or on the album pages. Oblong folio. Contemporary textured black cloth gilt title on front cover string tied. Moderate rubbing to covers bottom edge worn corners creased. Internally clean photographs in very nice shape. A well-annotated vernacular photograph album chronicling about two decades of the travels and experiences of Ray Royse and his family as they trekked from Illinois to California through the Upper West in the first quarter of the 20th century. The Royse family started in Aledo Illinois and numerous photographs feature various family members here. They then traveled through Casper Wyoming Great Falls and Butte Montana and other locations before settling in Long Beach where Ray and his brother-in-law worked at the shipyards. The images here document Ray's training at the Sweeney Automobile & Tractor School in Kansas City driving Harley-Davidson motorcycles attempting to repair a nearly destroyed family sedan visiting the Custer Battlefield and the monument to Buffalo Bill Cody among other western sites scenes in Yellowstone Park and a family drive up Pike's Peak among many others. Ray's efforts to move West reflect the expansion and increasingly wide availability of automobiles and the growing industry in the West following the First World War. The photographs here record numerous locations in the American West to which Ray Royse along with his family and friends traveled or worked in in a 1922 Nash and later a Ford Model T. They traveled across the Continental Divide Ray worked for a time at the Anaconda Mines near Great Falls and Butte Montana and later the Standard Oil Refinery at Shelby Montana. Many images show a wrecked Ford Model T with Roy diligently at work trying to repair it before finally resigning his efforts by attaching a sign reading "Rest in Pieces" on the radiator. Another picture shows another Ford weighed down with a huge sack of wool in Bear Creek Wyoming. There are also images emanating from Dublin Gulch near Butte; Livingston Montana; Wind River Canyon in Thermopolis Wyoming; Salt Creek Wyoming; ; and several park scenes in Kansas City. A handful of images feature the Warren family in Butte. Several photographs memorialize the Royse family trip to Yellowstone Park in 1923 with many of the geysers and surrounding landscapes the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone and more. There are also interesting photos from a Royse family drive to the top of Pike's Peak with views from the peak with additional shots from the Garden of the Gods cliff dwellings near Colorado Springs scenes in New Mexico and Arizona in 1929 dams near Great Falls the Beaver Dam in Wyoming a picture of the "Million Dollar Fire" in Casper in 1921 and a beached fifty-five-foot whale in Long Beach dated December 28 1929. Altogether the images clearly illustrate the wandering nature of the Royse family across several states in the American West. Ray Royse 1903-1942 was an automobile mechanic metal worker and sheet metal specialist who worked in the Long Beach shipyards from 1929 until 1942 when he was killed in a shipyard accident. He also worked as a coal miner in Wyoming and on the Douglas Sheep Ranch in Wyoming both of which are chronicled in photographs in the present album. He met and married Sylvia Lambert in 1934 in South Dakota before returning to California. A wide-ranging and eclectic mixture of original and unique photographs of the West documenting an interesting family who began in Illinois and eventually settled in California. unknown

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis1 750,00 $US≈ 1 480,68 €

Bradford FamilyABAA

Archive of material related to Daniel Dunscomb Bradford of New York New York Consul at Paris France and a great-grandson of William Bradford Pennsylvania's first printer 1824-1838

030081Hardcover. Very Good. The archive includes: 16 letters 45 manuscript pages dated 1824-1838 with 11 manuscript pages of documents and papers dated 1827-1836 plus 162 manuscript page genealogy book of the Bradford family dated 1825; and a 76 page manuscript "Friendship Book" of Mary Ann Rodgers Bradford c. 1828-1838. Daniel Dunscomb Bradford 1808-1837 Daniel Dunscomb Bradford was born on 14 May 1808 the son of Jacob Bradford 1771-1816 and Elisa Dunscomb of New York City. He was baptized at Trinity Church New York City. Daniel was the second great grandson of William Bradford 1658-1752 the first printer in Pennsylvania and also the printer of the first book and newspaper in New York City. Daniel's father was first cousin to William Bradford 1755-1795 the second Attorney General of the United States 1794-1795. His grandfather Cornelius Bradford was the brother of the Revolutionary War printer William Bradford 1791-1791 the printer for the first Continental Congress. Daniel was one of five children the other four being: Margaret D. Cornelius died young Cornelius second of this name and David Dickson. At the age of 19 Daniel or "Dunscomb" as he was called commenced studying law and was admitted to the practice of law in 1831. He sailed for Europe after visiting England and proceeded to France where he was appointed the American Vice-Consul at Paris which office he held until his death in Paris on 5 December 1837 at the age of thirty years old. While in Paris as Consul Dunscomb was one of two non-family members present during the burial of General Lafayette in 1834. Bradford was also appointed the secretary of a committee of Americans in Paris who organized an appropriate expression of sorrow by the American people for Lafayette's death. David Dickson Bradford 1806- brother of Daniel Dunscomb married Mary Ann Rogers daughter of Dr. George Rogers of New York City by whom he had at least three children: Margaret Gage George Rogers and Mary Elizabeth. David Dickson Bradford became a seaman and eventually captain of his own vessel. Correspondence: 11 letters 34 pp. of Daniel Dunscomb Bradford written to his brother sea captain David Dickson Bradford and his sister-in-law Mary Ann Bradford dated New York and Paris 29 October 1828 - 6 April 1836. One of the letters is incomplete and two others are torn with loss of text with general browning and wear. These letters mainly concern family matters though bigger issues do intrude. In one letter 2 Jan. 1830 Dunscomb breaks the news of Cornelius Bradford's death in Jerusalem a later letter congratulates Dickson on his forthcoming marriage another discusses the welfare of their mother another writes of the family fortune or rather the lack thereof and their careers and aspirations such as sea-captain employment possibilities for Dickson etc. Dunscomb Bradford enjoyed writing on such subjects as how to behave as a gentleman and how to be happy in love and marriage. Dunscomb Bradford took his brother Cornelius Bradford's place as Consul in Paris on the latter's death in August 1830. Dunscomb too died young on 5 December 1837 and was buried in PÃ©re Lachaise. 5 miscellaneous letters 11 pp. include: 1 letter of Capt. E.M. Donaldson to David Dickson Bradford dated Philadelphia 22 May 1824 discussing travel plans for "Mrs. Hall" and "the children." 1 letter copy of David Dickson Bradford to his brother Dunscomb Bradford dated New York 24 February 1833; 1 letter of David Dickson Bradford to his wife Mary dated 5 March 1834. 2 letters of Robert Dumont to David Dickson Bradford dated New York 3 Sept. 1836 and 16 Jan. 1838 the latter written at the request of Bradford's mother informing Dickson of the death of his brother Dunscomb in Paris. The correspondence generally soiled browned and worn. Some sheets torn at wax seals etc. But it is in generally good legible con hardcover books

Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC · États-Unis1 750,00 $US≈ 1 480,68 €

Signis Kaelin, Kaelin Family, et alBiblio.com

Album of Prescott Arizona mining photos and postcards.

7377Arizona Territory 1908â€“1914. 8vo 9.25â€ x 8â€ faux brown leather embossed with gilt title. 53 photographs and postcards 3.5â€ x 5.5â€; 31 mounted one image per leaf 22 loose. Images include 4 original photographs 14 real photo postcards 35 photomechanical postcards including 13 color 3 embossed color greeting pcs and 19 b&w. Versos include notes written in ink in German canceled stamps and later notes written in two hands in pencil. One used card with note written in English. 26 items have been used 15 with additional notes on the image side. The majority of the cards were sent to Mr. Sig. Kaelin in Mayer Arizona San Diego and Long Beach CA; also to Miss Bertha Ochsner in Prescott Arizona. CONDITION: Very good most images with strong tonality others with some fading. An engaging album of photos and postcards documenting the activities of a community of Swiss immigrant miners in Prescott Arizona. In 1912 the newly established state of Arizona supported some 445 active mines seventy-two concentrating facilities and eleven smelters. This album documents the activities of a group of Swiss immigrants in Arizona during the first two decades of the twentieth century centering on the Kaelin family and their claims in the Blue Bell Mine located near Mayer Arizona in Yavapai County. One image shows a group of couples identified as â€œthe clan from Switzerland.â€ Swiss miners are known to have prospected the Swastika Mine Claim and the Prescott area. Two images capture a Swiss Immigrant Orchestra: a group of six individuals playing music together outside a building and another group of six miners shown in 1917 posing with their instruments. One of these images is captioned â€œSwiss Immigrant orchestra ca. 1906 Yavapai Co. Negative Printed in Switzerland. Mayer Arizona. Territory. Paula Schrader Plays the Fiddle 2nd from right.â€ Included here are scenes of miners at work and posed with businessmen; mountain and valley views; a man and a woman panning for gold; a group of women hunting their guns drawn; two women cooking outdoors on a makeshift stove; three cowgirls posing beside a horse smoking cigars and wearing guns; a milk-delivery man next to a Kaelin & Co. coach; the Santa Fe Prescott & Phoenix Depot in Prescott; a photomontage of Prescott residences; elevated views of Prescott and underground mining scenes. Other subjects and Arizona locations pictured include the Swastika Claim Gurley St. in Prescott Stamp Mill-Tiger Cold Co. in Kingman Roosevelt Dam in Globe Granite Creek and Fort Whipple. A range of color postcards picture Prescott Arizona; the Pima people; a Pima camp; an Indian School in Phoenix and more. Identified photographers include W. H. Timerhoff; M. Rieder; H. M. McNeil and Corbin & Bork. Several names mentioned in the annotations include Bertha Ochsner Signis Kaelin and Paula Schrader providing clues for future researchers. The Kaelin family is believed to have later settled in San Diego in the 1920s. One annotation here suggests the family may have lived and mined in Bisbee AZ before moving to the Prescott Arizona area. A revealing accumulation of images documenting the mining experiences of a Swiss immigrant family in Arizona in the early twentieth century. [Arizona Territory, 1908–1914] unknown

James Arsenault & Company · États-Unis1 750,00 $US≈ 1 480,68 €

[DALZEL (Andrew)]MareMagnum

A Short Genealogy of the Family of Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale.

Small oblong 4to, 24pp., some light staining, orig. marbled paper boards. An extremely rare family history which Martin, Privately Printed Books, p 99, remarks "The following note is written at the beginning of the copy, which belonged to the late Mr. Archibald Constable:- "This account of the Lauderdale family was drawn up, as I have been informed, by the late Professor Dalzel, who was preceptor of James Earl of Lauderdale. It was only printed for use of the family, and is extremely rarely met with. A.C. June, 1821."". ESTC and Copac locating the British Library copy only.

Forest Books William Laywood · Grantham, GB1 467,16 €

DURRELL GeraldMareMagnum

My Family and other Animals [with] Birds, Beasts and Relatives [with] The Garden of the Gods.. [The Corfu trilogy complete.] THE ORIGINAL CORFU TRILOGY IN DUSTWRAPPERS

3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (green/red tweed/blue respectively), backstrips lettered in silver/gilt/gilt, tops and fore-edges faintly spotted else a very good, bright, clean set in lightly worn dustwrapper, one small nick at headband of first volume. The set comprises 'My Family and other Animals' (first edition, 1956); 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' (first edition, 1969); 'The Garden of the Gods' (first edition, 1978). Durrell's Corfu trilogy, now widely recognised as a modern classic, recounts the hilarious adventures of the Durrell family on the island of Corfu during the 1930s. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB1 455,79 €

HOWLE FAMILY et alBiblio.com

1897 - 1910 ORIGINAL MODEST ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA TO AND FROM THE HOWLE FAMILY OF WETUMPKA AND ECLECTIC ALABAMA

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 .

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 655,99 $US≈ 1 401,13 €

[Collectif]Livre Rare Book

DE DOTE, TRACTATUS EX VARIIS IURIS CIVILIS INTERPRETIBUS DECERPTI. HIS, QUAE AD DOTIUM pertinent iura, & priuilegia enucleantur. NUNC RECENS IMPRESSI, ET EXACTIORI CURA, QUAM ALII, RECOGNITI, ET REPURGATI. Auctorum nomina sequens pagina indicabit. CUM INDICE LOCUPLETISSIMO RERUM omnium memorabilium.

52674, Venetiis [Venise], Mauritium Rubinum 1571, in-folio, demi-vélin à coins beige, tit. manuscrit sur dos lisse et sur les tr., lettrines ornées, impression en double colonne, (qq. épidermures et tâches sur les plats, coupes inf. frottées, rares trous de vers non traversants, rares et légères mouillures à l’int., une annotation à l’encre), int. très frais , [Index]-685p.

La Mémoire du Droit (Librairie - Edition - Expertise) · Paris, France1 400,00 €

Tokugawa family storehouse versionBiblio.com

Dai Nihonshi 13 Volumes Index 2 Volumes Complete 15 Volumes Western Printed

19182090502130300377Yoshikawa Kobunkan Ikueisha 1918. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Yoshikawa Kobunkan Ikueisha paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour1 605,00 $US≈ 1 357,99 €

VAN FLEET, [CORP] Elmer Hover (Student at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. from 1913/14-1917; *Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa, USA, 1896 - + 1Antiquariat.de

The University of Cincinnati 1870: MEMORY AND SCHOLARSHIP BOOK of ELMER HOVER VAN FLEET. - COMPLETE AND RICHLY TRUFFLED UNIVERSITY SCRAPBOOK WITH 100s OF TIPPED-IN PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL EPHEMERA covering his study and cultural Life in- and outside the Campus from 1913 to 1917.

1912c2102050054xbvkThe College Memory Book Company, Chicago, Illinois (c. 1912). Titlepage, 2 pages illustrated introductory doublesheet designed by [Elvina, 1891-1939, Ohio, USA?] Wharton Clay (c. 1915); 8 pages 'Friends' (with 6 entries on p. 1*), a total of 14 sheets to fill for 'Comparative Athletic Record', 'Calendar'; 'School Functions'; 'Clubs and Societies'; 'Memorable trips'; 'Entertainment, Lectures, Plays'; 'My Favorites'; 'Professors i have met' (all empty). - 29 cardboard-sheets, with hundreds of ephemera tipped-on to both sides, illustrating the intensive study-, sport- and cultural-activities of van Fleet; with schedules, and proofs; letters in envelopes, programs, photographs, even cloth-pieces with numbers he was given for track-racing, Phi Delta Phi membership, a cinema program of 1915 for 'Joan the Woman' by Lassky, a photograph of Woodrow Wilson during car-ride in Cinc. and invitation with rules for dinner with the President, detailed documentation of his run for Oxford Rhodes Scholarship which he became the first ever to be awarded in Virginia; all kinds of official documents of the University regarding his study and around, newspaper articles mentioning him for various achievements, all kind of namecards, many musical and theatre programs, small newspaper-article and entrance ticket to Sarah Bernards Farewell Tour, photopraphs of the Campus, membership-cards and fee-invoices, many sport activity proofs, programs for graduation exercises, pins, etc. pp.; few empty sheets. - White-leather-string-bound dark-rose- colour cloth College Memory Book with the University's gilt 'coat-of-arm' at frontpanel; oblong-Folio (ca. 31,5 x 42,5 x 6,5 cm; ca. 5 kg.!).

CO-LIBRI, Sebastian Schuck · DE - Berlin1 350,00 €

(White Family Correspondence)Biblio.com

Group of family correspondence written mainly by female members of the White Family Quakers from Wilmington Delaware and Philadelphia Pennsylvania dated between 1842 and 1858.

3129431 Letters 80 manuscript pages three pages of manuscript poetry in very good clean and legible condition.This group of correspondence was mainly written by members of the White Family Quakers from Wilmington and elsewhere in Delaware and Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The letters are mainly sisterly letters between the White sisters Ruth Ann Amelia Sarah Jane to each other and other sisters including one Deborah who emigrated to Illinois. The letters contain family news discussions of social and domestic life current events in Wilmington Philadelphia and Illinois amongst other topics.The White family were Quakers and were engaged in farming manual labor storekeeping and school teaching in Wilmington and in Kent County Delaware and in Philadelphia. Deborah White Alphonso and later Amelia White later moved to Jacksonville Morgan County Illinois where they established a farm.Sample Quotes:Philadelphia 3d Mo. 15th 1842 to Amelia H. White Wilmington Del."My dear Sister… you would oftener receive a letter from me but the same duties are gone through day after day but this is one of more interest because long anticipated Alphonso is once more a dweller under his mother's roof after dinner today he bid adieu to W. C. Betts and has launched upon the world I hope his may be a prosperous voyage that no adverse gale make shipwreck of his and our hopes and such will be my desires for thee if thy life should be prolonged until that day and I would like to impress upon thy mind my dear Sister that unless thee makes good resolutions and abides by them thee will instead of being lov'd by all thy friends and happy in thy own mind will be disliked by them and unhappy because the stings of a guilty conscience will be felt disobedience to the commands of those who have the care of thee will always be punish'd and that is one sting easily evaded if thee will only use a little exertion it is just as easy to obey as to disobey I expect thee will think my letter now it has come is not very palatable but oh my anxiety for thee increases for each day must I tell that I was disappointed when I was down I had anticipated seeing thee very much changed how sorry was I to perceive thee wasa the same and yet not exactly I thought I could trace some improvement and such might be the case in every instance if thee would exert thyself and that but little thy Heavenly Father has endors'd thee with gifts which if thee will take pains to cultivate will make thee a pleasure and a comfort I will here close with this subject although it is one I could wish to impress upon thy mind with an indelible hand let it sink deep into thgy heart and ever remember it is always open to the searching eye of him who never slumbers bring all thy thoughts and actions to this test and I will have no fears for thee…I have received four more squares from Jersey they must like me better than my Wilmington friends do not forget to give my square to Bassetts and ask them each to make me one also Aunt Eliza Jane Eliza John Alphonso and James.Now I will speak of our family concerns for I suppose they will have some interest Alphonso because the most recent comes first and I will say of him what I guess few sisters can that instead of going off on an excursion the day he was twenty one he went and commenced work for himself for my part I think it very much to his credit William had no work for him so he has commenced with his brother Richard. W – told Rebecca that if he had work he would have kept him for five years and that is recommendation enough Father has got work in W – we are very glad to hear it and hope it may continue all summer… Ruth Ann""Philadelphia 2nd Mo 21st 1843 Amelia H. White Wilmington Del.My dear Sister… I often think of you sometimes sadly and would that it were in my power to aid all hands in some way or other but I know not what to do however I hope you may succeed in getting a house and thee must do all in thy power to assist Aunt and thee can do a great deal without neglecting any of thy studies they are very essential for thy welfare for unless things take a sudden and mighty change thee will have to make thy own living as all thy family has and if thee continues to improve we may all sometime join and success I sometimes think of Esops fable of the bundle of sticks by which to represent a family united cannot be broken but once let a single stick be taken out it requires very little to snap it into pieces so let us be like the bundle…Last sixth day I went to see the funeral of Commodore Hull it was a very solemn and imposing spectacle the tramp of soldiers the muffled drums and the tears of the sailors as they bore him to his lat narrow home was a most touching sight and now I must say adieu… Ruth Ann…"1st mo 31st 1846 to Amelia H. White No 3 Crown Street Philadelphia"My dear Sister… I suppose you have not heard of a situation for me oh dear me that is a draw back to all my enjoyments I often wonder where my lot will be cast next and among what kind of people but away with this or my letter will be doleful I suppose thee would like to hear how I am passing my time at present I am at David Bassetts and have been since last fourth day there is not much outdoor enjoyment at present for the roads are in a most deplorable condition so that the society of our friends is the pleasure we now have last week we had some delightful sleighing the first evening we spent with a friend at Sharptown when we started for home they drove us around by Woodstown which lengthened our ride some for or five miles… the next day which was sixth day we started about 9 o'clock … for Samuel Allens at Mullica hill and a more delightful sight I never beheld every blade of grass or stubble glittered in the sun like so many diamonds for everything was covered with sleet … we reached our destination about 12 o'clock remained until about 4 when two other sleigh loads joined us as we went to a glass works we went a round about way and by that means had a long drive through the pines or rather at the side of them while we were riding there the sun set and it was truly a glorious sight … blowing glass was a curiosity to me and at the same time I could not help commiserating the poor fellows whose lot it was to stand before such a fire enough to burn them crisp I don't know how they stand it but use is indeed second nature they did not appear to mind it any more or indeed as much as we do baking by a hot fire the gentlemen of our party purchased glass horns singing glasses and several things for us but as is generally the case they got broken long before we got home we arrived at our starting place Elisha Bassetts at half past two oclock after riding more than 50 miles … Ruth Ann"Wilmington 4th mo 26th 1846 to Amelia H. White No 3 Crown Street Philadelphia"My dear Sister… I think it is now probable I shall have to return on 7th day for E. W. will want to go up to the meeting and thee knows that is the day they always go as things have turned up for me the time is not as convenient as it would have been at any other season for my visit will have to be curtailed I regret it exceedingly for I should like to go to Meeting but I suppose what cant be cured must be endured tell Rebeca that I priced bonnets according to her wish they are the same prices here as there Thee says thee is thinking I am so well suited that I have given out the idea of a place of my own there thee is mistaken it is what I would most desire if I had the means or was well assured of my success but I reckon I need never expect to get the little spot I spoke of for Aunt R will hang on to it I expect well so be it perhaps there will some place turn up for us yet I should like us to be fixed together as we once were thee strive hard for what thee is after for I know not where thee would get a situation it appears to me times are exceedingly dull and I fear from what I can gather they will be worse before they are better Uncle told me that one of the houses or the house had passed a bill prohibiting specie payments and he very much feared it would the senate if so farewell to business in general today is coloured quarterly meeting so we could not expect anything else than rain while we ought indeed to be thankful for it was very much wanted I suppose… Ruth Ann"Wilmington 6th mo 28th 1846 to Amelia H. White No 3 Crown St Philadelphia"My Dear Sister… I know not how it is but of all dull places W – goes ahead or rather the people the people. I expect if I was to stay here for twenty years to come not one of my friends or acquaintances would come and say lets take a walk if I go drum them up they go but of themselves they seem to take no interest in you I have never been up the Brandywine yet and no place do I want to go more As G was saying the other day she had never been up since we were all up there together the time that Jim and all hands were down from the city so we are going to make an attempt some of these times … I should be glad to see thee here but the civility must be returned and thee knows how it is at home thee will have to consult those who are better able to give advice than I feel in that case I am I know not what kind of a girl she is now but as a child I never thee well knows I approved of her for a very intimate acquaintance yet youth must have friendships and I am the last one to wish thee or anyone else to be debarred from forming suitable ones thee know what I wish thee to be and my earnest desire is that thy conduct thro life may be such as to insure they comfort and happiness here and thy eternal happiness in the land of spirits …""Wilmington 9th mo 27th 1846My dear Sister… I have fully made up my mind that as I have to be confined in a store and have the charge of other people I may as well enter into the whole business and reap whatever benefit there may be derived from it and that heaven may prosper my undertaking I most fervently desire I have said nothing to the folks here about it and I expect when I do it will be quite a surprise and indeed I know not what E – will do for between thee and me she does not spend half her time in the store leaves it all to those around her I hope she may always have honest folks about here or else she may be somewhat the poorer a many a dollar I could take and she be none the wiser if I was so disposed but I hope ever to be preserved from the temptation. I take the greater part through the day fix it at night and so on it is easy to be seen how any one disposed to do that that was many could succeed this in confidence. …Ruth Ann `Mantua ville Philadelphia 11th mo 15th 1848 to Deborah White Jacksonville Illinois"My own Dear Mother… I do not suppose you had much to do with Politicks in your travils our bricklayers were minus a lime barrel and I suppose Old Zack is to fill the chair honourable at the White house may his presiding be of peace and happiness to himself the people and the Country and bring better times for they are hard just now. There has been some excitement in consequence of the baisin of the spring garden waterworks cracking and the water rushing out carrying every thing before it including some 50 feet on 2 sides of the wall of Girard Colledge so you may judge of the force of the water to carry away walls 3 ft thick and the people of spring Garden and the libertys were with out water till it was attached from the City a lucky chance the old pipes were not removed. … Time has seemed long since thee left us the house felt desolate enough and … they affectionate daughter Rebec""Prairie Cottage Illinois June 17th 1850Dear SarahAs I have just washed and curled my two children's heads and they are quietly amusing themselves by looking at the chickens and goslings I thought I would improve the time by writing a few lines to you I have looked in vain for a letter from the Eden of the world and begin to think that you have forgotten these western wilds & that we dwell there … it is dismal enough out here it rains about 5 days out of the week and then the ground is so saturated with water that the farmers cannot work the remainder many of them have had to replant several times and a number have not got all their ground broke up yet and that they have given up entirely our folks have ploughed one day this week and went to try again to day but had to give it up this being Friday too however Alphons is better of than most others in our neighborhood he had his corn planted very early and it had time to be up before the heavy rains came on and consequently had very little to replant considering his corn looks as well if not better than it has ever done before there was a great prospect of wheat but I have heard some say that it is getting spoiled and if the wet weather continues it will all be ruined down on the Illinois river and through the American and Magoupin Macoupin bottoms the wheat fields are 10 feet under water poor prospect that of good flour the water the last we heard was within a few feet of being as high as it was the last great freshet at St Louis they cannot approach the levee in the steam boats but have to go in small boats and flats. …The cholera is approaching very near to us there has been several cases in Jacksonville and generally fatal we have not heard from there since last Saturday when it was on the increase then a lady in our neighbourhood was taken with it or something very near it was not expected to recover but I hear she is getting better she had just came home from a visit to Kentucky and suppose she contracted the disease on board of the boat her husbands uncle was travelling with her and he died the next day after he reached home from cholera it is the general opinion that we shall have a great deal of sickness this summer … the fruit in this country is all killed I do not think we have a dozen peaches or Apples in our orchard we shall miss them sadly but perhaps it is better as it is might have been worse for the Cholera had there been plenty of fruit. We had a terrible hurricane passed over here a short time ago which done a vast deal of damage blowing down houses and barns I think there was 8 houses that we heard of that was laid level with the earth but we did not hear of any person being killed we seen the hurricane but did not fel the effects of it it just passed us by there was large trees carried the distance of 2 and 3 mile and some persons have lost part of their furniture which they have not heard of yet I do not think I ever heard so much thunder and accompanied with such vivid lightning the storms this summer is truly awful and so many of them too I dread to see a cloud coming up for I think we are going to have a storm … Harvest commences next week when we expect to have our wheat cut by the machine I and Ferguson Tindall have purchased one and they are to cut ours … A L White""Wilmington August 23d 1851My Dear Sister… Mrs Sloan the two Masters Sloan and their respective Nurses are all at the Lawyers she has been in town a week and has never yet called on Aunt Ruth but it is just like her the nurses brought the children here yesterday a little while the oldest is quite a pretty child and the younger is the exact counterpart of its Mama so of its beauty I leave thee to judge it looks as though is might be Jane's own face put on it it seems like quite a good natured child… Joe A is also here from Indiana on a visit and Jim has got a situation as purser on board a steamship to sail between New York and England the salary is sixty dollars pr month …Well I suppose the road down there is alive today with people going to Camp I do not wish myself among them for Camp meeting to me is a most detestable place; however every one to their liking I expect Janey was off among the first although she stood to it she did not expect to go. The Darkies have one today at Chester I think theirs must be very amusing.Tell Mother her deeds and papers of the Orange Street property are all in safe keeping so she can give her mind repose on that subject give my love to her and tell her Janey Rice says she supposes she Mother has to remain during thy absence so keep Old Cadwallader in his right position. I suppose he and Friend John went to the Camp in company they ought to doubt Friend John as Minister… Amelia""Geo Town X Roads Jany 26 1855Dear AmeliaAs you seem to have concluded not to write any more I am just going to say to you that after this effort you need expect no more from us 'till you write again You have nothing that I can think of to prevent you from writing to us every week … but I suppose you are so happy now in the west and are so intent in the pursuit of pleasure that you do not like to bring your fancy back to the contemplation of the common place things and people of Kent Co … We are moved and have a large good and comfortable house 120 acres to till in corn 60 to put in oats and any quantity for pasture so you see we have room indoors and out… Lawrence"Seconday 29thMy Dear SisterI will endeavour to finish the letter although L has left very little for me to say … I have a nice large house with passage parlor sitting room and kitchen I have use for my stair carpet and I have all furnished except the Parlor it is full of emptiness I would like to quilt some tis such a nice room for such work there is a nice garret and seller a milk house with brick floor and a place to pump the watter around the pans a porch at the back part of the sitting room is an elegant place for styock we have about 30 head of hogs 14 head of cattle 15 of sheep tow nigger woman four nig children Henry Elias Goler and a boy named Martin Emaline calls hers Louin so thee sees we are well supllyd with two and four legged stock there is an apple orchard at Stullville so we will still have plenty … I bought a pare of mules yesterday price $ 200.30 so now I can get a Horse when I want one Randolph will be kept for carriage and saddle …""Near George Town X Roads 4th mo 1855My Dear SisterI am seated once more with the determination of answering thy letter little Alponah as he calls himself is asleep Miss Prissy has her tin plates filld with nutts on a chair playing George is in the kitchen with the Nigs L is in the Barn. Bis has a paper reading tis a dull whet Sabbath and I have a fire up in thy room where I now am… tell mother there is to be a great Circus next fifth day week to set all the niggers crazy and drain their pocketts… Sarah Jane""Wilmington 5th Month 2d 1858Dear Sister… Many of our store keepers experienced a trying time last fall and some even had to make assignments and G. Buzby who we used to think was so well off in the world settled with his creditors at 50 cents to the dollar I think that is paying debts easy some did not pay even that much Smith & Brother who I named when West as owing us 470 dollars has not yet made any payment to this day what part we are to get is unknown we fear it will not be much but Hillary and I still hold up and Joseph is with us as heretofore… Abraham Allardice"

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[California – Texas – Illinois – Family Archives] Beauman, Kittie Woodruff; Regan, Edwin J; Beauman, Carrie; et alBiblio.com

Archive of Correspondence of the Beauman Family and Friends Concerning Their Daily Lives and Family Affairs in Early 20th-Century Texas Illinois and Northern California

1935List2835California Texas Illinois and others 1935. 369 pieces: fourteen empty envelopes 108 pieces of unsorted ephemera and 247 letters. Of the letters twenty-one are undated; three date from 1851â€“1909; nineteen from 1910â€“11; thirty-five from 1912; thirteen from 1913â€“17; forty-two from 1921; thirteen from 1922â€“24; sixty-eight from 1934; and thirty-three from 1935. Overall very good to near fine. The Beaumans were a family from southern Texas who relocated to East St. Louis Illinois some time before 1908 and some of whom would later live in California. Captain Loui Beauman 1868â€“1921 was a military engineer Mason and member of the Society of American Military Engineers. He and his wife Kittie Woodruff 1867â€“1959 had three children survive to adulthood: Carrie Beauman 1893â€“1982 Second Lieutenant Loui Beauman 1894â€“1918â€”a Marine killed at 23 in a seaplane accidentâ€”and Julia Frances â€œGallyâ€ Beauman 1908â€“1974. Offered here is a large correspondence archive belonging to the Beaumans; mainly addressed to Gally 119 letters the younger Loui seventy letters and Kitty fifty-two letters; and written by a wide variety of friends and family including Kitty fifty-one letters Carrie eighteen letters Katharyn Owen of San Antonio sixteen letters and Gallyâ€™s future husband Edwin J. Regan of Weaverville California twenty-three letters. Regan 1906â€“1996 was at the time running for District Attorney of Trinity County and would go on to hold that position before resigning in 1948 in favor of a State Senatorship followed by a judgeship on the Third Appellate Court of Appeal. Most of the early letters in the group are addressed to the younger Loui Beauman and their concerns include his friendsâ€™ jobs constructing railroads hiding their controversial â€œraggingâ€ dancing from chaperones and which fraternity Beauman should join at the University of California. The fraternity issue is particularly contentious within the family; the elder Beauman tells his son that â€œI will not be pleased to hear that you have joined any of the fraternitiesâ€ September 20 1912. The younger Beauman settled on Zeta Psi. After the passing of both father and son most of the letters are addressed to Kitty and Gally Beauman. Edwin Regan writes to Gally about his campaign for District Attorney which made him â€œworried and discouraged and down on the worldâ€ August 3 1934; Regan felt that â€œability means nothing to the voters the sole issue is whether or not I am a â€˜city guyâ€™ or notâ€ July 30 1934. Another common topic is the familyâ€™s concern for Carrie Beauman whose marriage to Arthur Levefre Jr. was becoming increasingly abusive. The couple lived in Houston far from the remaining family who were now in Berkeley and Weaverville. Though the family very rarely commented on politicsâ€”even including the Great Depression which was in full swing during the writing of nearly half of these lettersâ€”there is one event that enthused Carrie Beauman too much for her not to mention. This was the suppression by the KKK of alleged brewing race riots in Houston: â€œWe came near a bad race riot last week. All the militia residents Light Guards ex-soldiers were called out. There were over 5000 armed white men on the main streets negro sections. Arthur slept with his clothes on 4 loaded guns. We all piled in one room. Believe me the Ku Klux Klan is doing efficient work. Thatâ€™s twice in the last 10 days that theyâ€™ve â€˜operated onâ€™ the beasts. Iâ€™m tickled to death to know that there are a few fearless just honorable men left to meet sic out justice to these criminals. By the time this happens half a dozen times some of this crime wave will subside. If the paid officers of the law wont meet the emergency â€“ then itâ€™s time for the upright citizens to take a hand. I am tickled to death over this!â€ May 1 1921 Overall an intimate look at the lives and affairs of an ordinary American family in the early twentieth century. unknown

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Ashley JA. and Family of Michigan J. A.ABAA

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING MORE THAN 80 SIGNATURES INCLUDING PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS WILLIAM H. SEWARD JOHN A. DIX HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW PRESTON KING CHARLES SUMNER AND OTHERS; ABOUT 40 SIGNATURES OF MEMBERS OF THE 36TH AND 37TH U.S. CONGRESS AND CABINET MEMBERS DATED ABOUT 1861; SOME PROMINENT MEN FROM TEHE MONTANTA TERRITORY; AND ABOUT TWENTY-TWO SIGNATURES FROM THE AREA AROUND EUREKA CALIFORNIA DATED 1908-1909 MANY OF WHICH ARE U.S. ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS

1900366431900. 5-1/4" x 7-3/4". Approx. 160 pp. Autograph album with red gilt decorated covers worn boards detached but present spine missing. Pages have been removed and the remaining pages are mostly loosened. Signatures are written both directly on the book's pages and also on separate pieces of paper tipped in. Some toning and staining of the occasional page. While the binding is in in fair condition the pages that remain are Good to Very Good. Autographs include in part: "Auburn Nov. 14 1860 Dear Sir I comply very cheerfully with the request contain in your courteous note and remain Respectfully your obednt servant William H. Seward" U.S. Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 Governor of New York and U.S. Senator from New York. "Washington 11 Feb 1861 Sir I have the pleasure of complying with your request. Respectfully yours John A. Dix". Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. "Yours truly Henry W. Longfellow" Famous poet and author of "Paul Revere's Ride". "Washington Dec. 16 1860/ Mr. T.A. Ashley/ Dear Sir Your letter of Dec. 10 is recd. Respectfully Preston King." Early free soil politician. "Dear Sir Faithfully Yours Charles Sumner" Massachusetts senator and Radical Republican. "Very truly yours Schuyler Colfax member from Indiana" "Washington Feb. 25 1861 to F.A. Ashley Esq. Dear Sir Yours of the 21st received and I hereby comply with your request Respectfully yours & c. Owen Lovejoy/ F.A. Ashley Esq. Detroit Mich." U.S. Representative from Illinois conductor on the Underground Railroad brother of Elijah Lovejoy friend of Abraham Lincoln. "Washington D.C. August 24 1890 J.B.Cheadle Frankfort Indiana/ Represented the 9th Indiana District in the 50th & 51st Congresses. Elected in 1886 by 3416 majority and in 1888 by 4450 majority." "Very truly your friend W.H. Coffron North Baruch Mich. Washington D.C. 11/30/'84" with cartoon face. Michigan physician; graduate treasurer secretary and professor of Georgetown University. "With best wishes J. N. Gillette Governor of California Sept. 9th 1909". "House of Representatives Washington Feb. 21st 1861/ G.A. Ashley Esq. Detroit Mich. Sir Yours of the 19th came to hand this evening. Very respectfully your obedt. Servant Cyrus Aldrich" Minnesota; "Yours truly Jas. Harlan" Early Free Soil politician federal judge U.S. Cabinet Secretary of the Department of the Interior under President Johnson; "Mason W. Tappan Ho. Reps. Washington 2/14/1861 Sir I am making a hand somewhere; and I prefer to make it before I start to run at all" New Hampshire "I'll try it and let you know Sam Gordon Miles City Aug. 17 83" New York native later settled in Montana where he established the Yellowstone Journal. "Albany April 10 1861 Dear Sir If you think my humble name written with my own hand will add anything to the value of your collection it gives me pleasure to make this small contribution. Yours with respect Ira Harris/ To F.A. Ashley Esq." New York senator and friend of Abraham Lincoln. "My Dear Bill Yours Truly J. Guthrie Asst. U.S. Inspector Hulls San Francisco CA Eureka Ca. March 2 1905" H. Winter Davis "James R. Doolittle "Louis Kerrsft Rear Admiral U.S. Navy 2nd March 1905"; "Yours very truly/ Alex. W. Buel"Michigan; B.F. Magee M.C. Michigan; "Truly Yours John T. Shurtleff Sept. 25 1909" H.P. Baldwin'; A.A. Burnham CT; Chas. A. Mack Jr.; Kinsley S. Bingham MI; Frank Higham Detroit M.; R.E. Trowbridge MI; W.K. Sebastian AR; John A. Gilmer NC a member of the Confederate Congress; JesseD. Bright IN owned plantation in KY with slaves and was the only person from a Northern State expelled from the Senate for his Confederate sympathies; J. Morrison Harris MD; Wm. Bigler PA 12th governor of PA ; John Cochrane NY; Zachariah Chandler Michigan leading abolitionist in Congress; M.S. Latham MI; Alex. W. Buell MI; John J. Perry Oxford Maine; Kit Adams; Emerson Etheridge TN; Edgar Cowan U.S.S. PA; Jno Goode PA; Miss T.C. Ashley; Loren C. Caddell; USMP Maj. Samuel Ruggles prominent New Yorker ; W.J. Thorne M; Alfred Ely; Katie Lackey; "Eureka July 23 1908 Hit the bear hard! Charles Ausyl Clarke U.S. Navy with much affection for Mr. Bell"; "Washington City D.C. Feby. 14 1861/ I am Truly Yours J. Markley" Ohio; Milton S. Davis Lieut. U.S.S.; C. Case IN; Harry C. Frankenfield DC 11/30/84; W.B. Holland; Sedley Chaplin supt. Construction Supervising Architects Office Treasury Deptt. Sept. 21 1909: Edward J Morris PA; William Pennington NJ; Neal Delano; Miriam F. Richmond; "A of Michigan" followed by signatures of Frank Johnson Charles B. Wood Gore Porter R.E. Frazer Aaron C. Jewett George Kingsley James A. Brown Dept. of Medicine; "Edwin Z. Pritchett 1st Lieut. 1st Field Artillery June 24 1909"; Walter S. Sturgill; Edgar H. Towar Detroit; 4/30/1861; B. Stanton Ohio; J Stout Oregon; H.H. Munds 1883 Billings MT; Senator from California R.L. Edwards; R.F. Woolfield and WH. Coory Montana; and others. unknown books

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CIRCUS Cooke FamilyABAA

Disbound albums of photographs relating mostly to members of the Cooke family depicting circus performances around the world as well as portraits and other travel photographs

192038961Various places 1920. Two oblong albums or portions of albums with many detached images. In all approx. 300 photographs. Many trimmed and mounted mostly 2x3 inches or smaller. A fascinating archive of photographs relating to the famous family of Cooke's Royal Circus. The Cooke family was one of several notable families during their time of circus performers and owners that spanned several generations. In circus families family members were taught and trained in the necessary skills of various acts in the circus from a young age and then integrated into the family business. Cooke's Royal Circus was started by Thomas Cooke in Scotland around 1780 after which he and his extended family members traveled around Scotland and England doing performances. They were especially noted for their equestrian acts and continued to gain in popularity and grow to around forty participating family members by the 1830s. In 1836 Thomas Cooke's son brought the show to America where they performed in cities including New York Boston and Philadelphia before returning to Britain following a mixed reception. They continued to perform throughout the rest of the 19th century and the 20th century in both travelling shows and various "permanent" locations. Images include animal acts with elephants and horses as well as clowns stunts and other acts. Many images are captioned detailing locations including Great Britain including performances at Wembley Stadium France Italy and India. Although mostly from the 1920s the album includes a loose carte-de-visite of John Henry Cooke autographed by him on verso and dated 1874. unknown books

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Henning FamilyBiblio.com

Henning Family Archive.

01-069219th & 20th Century. England USA and Trinidad. Archive of photographs and art including oil painting. English Family members resided in Westcliff and Brixton England. Amilia Ann Henning born 1861 art work; Annie Henning her daughter and Lucy Henning living in 1918; Phylllis Eleanor born 1911; Gusav Henning military commission from King George in 1910; USA members resided in Providence RI Florence Henning Attleboro MA Toledo Ohio T.G. Henning; Grammar school pictures in San Francisco from 1923. Family members also resided in Port of Spain Trinidad. 19th & 20th Century. England, USA, and Trinidad. unknown

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Pitts Family PapersABAA

Group of Papers and other materials of Esek Pitts his son Amos Wood Pitts and family of Mendon Worcester County Massachusetts includes papers on Abolition Slavery History and Genealogy 1819-1909

03015613 letters 35 manuscript pp plus various papers 266 manuscript pp. on Abolition and Slavery and History and Genealogy; plus other printed and manuscript paper ephemera and photographs all dated 1819-1909. Esek Pitts 1775-1834 Amos Wood Pitts 1804-1858 and Esek B. Pitts 1837-1888Esek Pitts was born about 1775. He learned the trade of hatter but became a pioneering wool manufacturer in the Mendon area of the Blackstone River Valley in Massachusetts. He was chosen as captain of a military company and was for many years a Justice of the Peace. He also served for many years as a selectman in the town of Mendon Massachusetts and for a couple of terms as a state legislator during the period of Andrew Jackson's presidency.Esek married Abigail Wood on 5 April 1803 at Uxbridge Massachusetts. Together the couple had at least eight children: Maria Pitts Fairbanks1803-; Amos Wood Pitts born 14 February 1804; Louisa Pitts Buffum 1805-; Esek Brown Pitts d. 1837; Fanny Willard Pitts Munyan 1810-; Abigail Pitts Capron 1813-; Job Pitts 1815-1891; and Emeline Pitts Wallis 1819-1857. Esek died 12 September 1834 his wife died shortly thereafter on 7 October 1834.The present collection of papers seems to have descended through the family of Amos Wood Pitts 1804-1858 as several items have his name or his son's name on them. Amos Wood Pitts was born 14 February 1804 at Uxbridge Worcester County Massachusetts and died 16 November 1858. He had a good education in the higher English branches of scholarship and was a school committeeman and town clerk of Mendon at one time. Amos was also a skilled accountant and served in his youth as a sub-manager of a woolen manufacturer presumably his father's company.Amos Wood Pitts married Mary Ann Ballou. She was born about 8 June 1806 and died 12 January 1875. Together Amos and Mary Ann Ballou had at least four children: Esek Brown Pitts 1837-1888; Seth Simmons Pitts 1838-; Joseph Pitts 1842-; and Flora Abigail Pitts 1847-1848.Amos' son Esek Brown Pitts was born 8 Nov 1837 at Mendon Worcester County Massachusetts. He served as a private in Company H 15th Mass Infantry from at least 25 May 1861 to 28 November 1862. He died on 22 May 1888. He made a living in the manufacture of boots and moved to Chicago. The Bible that he kept with him during the Civil War is present in this collection. Esek B. married Lizzie M. Gleason 1854- on 15 June 1874. Esek and Lizzie had at least one daughter Flora May Pitts who was born in 1875 at Northbridge Massachusetts.The archive includes the following letters papers photographs and ephemera:Correspondence:13 letters 35 manuscript pages dated 4 May 1819 to 10 May 1909. There are 2 letters addressed to Esek Pitts and 2 letters written by him the other letters are by later family members. Four of the letters appear to be retained copies a couple of which are possibly incomplete.Manuscript Papers on Abolition:60 manuscript pp. address on Abolition "Whether the proceedings of the Abolitionists are or are not justifiable was stated by us in the affirmative to depend very much upon the question whether slavery was or was not an evil which ought to be abolished."The piece compares the North and South and it mentions Calhoun and the fact that the South is waking up to the fact that the North was winning this argument in their state legislatures. It appears the talk may have been given to a society or organization as the writer addresses "Mr. President." Not dated but John Calhoun is cited and he died in 1850 thus circa 1830s-1850s. The authorship is unclear but is likely one of the Pitts men either Esek or his son Amos.41 manuscript pp. address on Abolition "There is a proposition while I believe may be safely predicated; and that is that the system of American slavery is either right or wrong. And if so it follows of course that it ought to be either sustained or abolished. If the latter then of course the object which the abolitionists have in view is a good one."Not dated circa 1830s-1850s. The author is likely one of the Pitts men either Esek or his son Amos.6 miscellaneous manuscripts on the subject of Abolition and Slavery 20 manuscript pp. includes 3 items: "Letters to the Editor" pieces meant for publication in the local newspaper Woonsocket Patriot plus 2 other pieces titled "Beauties of South Slavery" numbered 1 & 2 with the subtitle "By their fruits ye shall know them." The sixth piece dated 1838 and is perhaps notes for an address written for the Lyceum about Abolition. Five of the six pieces are not dated circa 1830s-1850s. The author is likely either Esek or Amos Pitts.1 volume 14 manuscript pp. plus blanks bound in marbled paper wrappers not dated c.1835-1836.Includes several pieces of verse and prose by E.B. Pitts dated 1835 on first page then 6 pages on Abolition appears to have been written for the newspaper Woonsocket Patriot plus a letter to the editor and miscellaneous notes about Abolition also presumably by Esek B. Pitts.Other Manuscript Papers on History Genealogy and Restorationist Society:1 volume 10 manuscript pp. plus blanks measures 7 Â½" x 12" bound in marbled paper wrappers includes: "Records of the First Restorationist Society Millville Book No.1" dated 23 April 1837 - 17 May 1841. Manuscript meeting minutes for this society of which Amos Wood Pitts and Esek B. Pitts were members. Amos W. Pitts was the clerk for the society.28 manuscript pp. various topics some political some appear to be pieces written and/or rewritten for submission to newspaper Woonsocket Patriot etc not dated circa 1830s-1850s. Author is likely either Esek or Amos Pitts.26 manuscript pp. a historical paper on early American exploration Cabot to the Puritans not dated circa 1830s-1840s authorship is unclear but likely either Esek or Amos Pitts.13 page manuscript on the importance of history worn at edges some tears at folds likely by one of the Pitts men not dated circa 1830s-1840s54 manuscript pages of genealogical and historical notes on the Pitts family not dated circa late 19th Century.Printed and Manuscript Ephemeral Material:1 oversize certificate torn and in pieces for Esek Pitts 1775-1834 his appointment as a Justice of the Peace dated 20 January 1826 partially printed and completed in manuscript.1 U.S. Treasury Department form for $100.00 payable to Esek B. Pitts for his discharge bounty from military service with Company H 15th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War dated 22 April 1872 partially printed and completed in manuscript.Photographs:3 photographs one tintype 5 Â½" x 7 Â½" of a woman one cabinet card 4 Â¼" X 6 Â½" of two small children one cabinet card of young man none are dated or signed two taken by Albee photographer of Athol Mass.Books Pamphlets and Printed Ephemera:1 pocket Bible with signature of Esek B. Pitts 15th Regt. Massachusetts Volunteers presented to Pitts by a member of the 20th Mass Regiment dated 9 March 1862. Esek B. Pitts was the son of Amos Wood Pitts and the grandson of Esek Pitts 1775-1834."Northbridge in the Rebellion. An Address Delivered by George L. Gibbs before Jesse L. Reno Post 167 G.A.R. Memorial Day May 30 1889 at Whitinsville Mass. with an Appendix Containing Statistics Concerning the Town of Northbridge in the Rebellion" Published by Request. Uxbridge Mass L.H. Balcome Steam Printer 1889. Wrappers 40 pages lacks rear wrapper."Anti-Slavery Tracts. No. 9. New Series. The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal to the Legislators of Massachusetts" By L. Maria Child. Boston: Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society 1860. 36 pages."An Address to the People of Massachusetts by the Friends of Temperance and of the Statute of 1838 'For Regulation of the Sale of Spirituous Liquors'" Boston: Printed by Perkins & Marvin 1838. 24 pages.1 volume containing: "Literary Port Folio" No. 1-5 Jan 7-Feb 4 1830 pages 1-34; No. 9-26 March 4 - July 1 1830 pages 65-202 207-208 published in Philadelphia includes 2 plates lacks pages 35-64 203-206 possibly others after 208 dis-bound very worn."Historical Facts and Stray Thoughts from The Old Elder Ballou Meeting House in the town of Cumberland R.I." by Anna M. Whipple 1897. 15 pages 3 plates good."Fourteenth Annual Commencement of the Women's Medical College Chicago Hershey Music Hall April 22 1884" Maria Louis Pitts was a member of the Class of 1884.1 card announcing death of "James G. Herd" of Clark Herd Manufacturing Co. who died on 2 Nov 1913 sons to take over business.1 copy Worcester Daily Spy newspaper dated April 11 1863 worn at edges and folds some tears 4 oversize pages has account of the "Battle of Ball's Bluff."Miscellaneous Ephemera Items:1 folding leather wallet worn name of "Amos Wood Pitts Mendon" inside flap. books

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Goodwin, Nathaniel and Various Members of the Brown FamilyBiblio.com

Fruit GrowingFarmingEducation Mid-nineteenth Century Correspondence Between Honorable Nathaniel Goodwin of Hartford Connecticut and the Extended Brown Family of Henderson Jefferson County New York 1849-1855

1554Fruit GrowingFarmingEducation Mid-nineteenth Century Correspondence Between Honorable Nathaniel Goodwin of Hartford Connecticut and the Extended Brown Family of Henderson Jefferson County New York 1849-1855 Archives consists of 58 autograph letters signed. Each letter ranges from 1 to 6 pages. Collection written on all types of paper stock and sizes but generally range from about 6 x 8 to 8 x 10 inches. Overall the collection is more legible than usual for this period even though written by 5 or 6 different hands. No envelopes; no stamped or stampless letters. Very Good Condition. Collection of letters from 1849 to 1855 written to the Honorable Nathaniel Goodwin of Hartford Connecticut from his nephews nieces and brother-in-law--all members of the Brown family of Henderson Jefferson County New York. Great archive through letters of the lives of an extended up-state New York family of farmers and fruit growers plus a sibling in college. The collection provides us with six years of struggle hardship and success of rural Americans in the mid-nineteenth century. Nathaniel Goodwin 1782-1855 was a surveyor city and county treasurer and probate judge for the Hartford region. He was a student of history and genealogy and authored three books on genealogy of Connecticut and Massachusetts settlers. He clearly was also a benefactor to his nephews and nieces supporting their education and various farming endeavors. The extended Brown families from Jefferson County New York consisted of at least four siblings Thomas Arthur Sarah and James plus we have several letters from their father Amasa Brown. We can infer from the letters that the Browns were not well-off. One additional letter is from Sarah Brown's daughter Catherine L. Brown-Dwight. Both Thomas Brown and James Brown were farmers and beneficiaries of land purchased by Nathaniel Goodwin for their use. Many of the letters provide detailed information of crop harvests yields and prices. There are also numerous mentions of their various types of livestock. Thomas Brown mentions that he has invested in a local rail spur due to arrive in Henderson in 20 days with construction proceeding 1/2 mile per day. Henderson is in up-state New York near Lake Ontario. Like farmers of today crop prices and weather dominate conversation. Through these letters we have a solid understanding of crop prices for upstate New York in the early 1850's. Thomas Brown writes in October 1852 "I have been in a hurry about threshing and drawing off my wheat and I wished to do it before I wrote as I thought you would be pleased to know how it turned out. The season take it together has been a very lean one for farmers generally. From a third to one half the hay crop with me and the rest of the farmers has generally failed the pastures also in the same proportion. Corn has fell short from a quarter to a third. It will be expensive with me and others to winter stock this winter as so much grain will have to be fed. I have 10 acres of corn this season. From 50 to 75 bushels is my usual crop but I have as good corn as any of my neighbors and I think it will not go 40 per acre. My wheat crop of 10 acres went 28 bushels per acre. I sold to Watertown 211 bushels - 1l lbs at $1.08 per bushel. Two acres of potatoes $35.00 per acre sold." In addition we learn the exact mix of fruit and ornamental trees planted by James Brown from a January 1853 letter. "I set out two or three years ago 50 apple trees and this last fall I got the balance of the old orchard in what I call first rate order for filling out the whole lot. I done so. I bought 75 young trees that seemed very healthy and quite large natural fruit which I intend to graft in a year or two. 22 I bought of a Rochester nurseryman in order to get specimens of their fruit the Newtown Pippin Baldwin Roxbury Russet &c. I also bought 10 pear trees 2 quince trees 2 cherry trees 2 apricot trees. Some others I set of my own raising making over 100 apple trees. I set out 7 elms from 2 to 4 inches through. They were as good as I could procure but hardly as good as I would have liked. I also set out maple trees a few. I would like your advice as to whether it would be best to fill out the new orchard or not." Rochester was the fruit tree capital of the United States in the 19th century with numerous nurseries setting up shop employing a large force of traveling salesmen to sell trees. These nurseries produced beautiful chromolithographic salesmen's books to market their goods. Henderson New York is about 145 miles east of Rochester. The two older Brown brothers in 1854 were hired by Nathaniel Goodwin to graft apple trees in a Goodwin/Brown orchard. In total the two brothers grafted 46 trees using 1700 scions. James Brown writes to his uncle in April 1854 "we intended to put enough scions in each tree as to form a good top the number of scions varying from 30 to 65 or 70 according to the size of the tree.the grafts were very nice and fresh and we endeavored to take the utmost pains." Thomas Brown notes in May 1854 "I set four trees of Pippins 10 of the Russet 15 of the Baldwin 12 of the Greening & 5 of the Swar in total 46." Arthur Brown was a student at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts. The majority of his letters are either requesting funds from Nathaniel Goodwin or thanking Goodwin for sending money. Several notes refer to Goodwin's pledge to support Arthur's education. Uncle Nat apparently was keen to quiz Arthur on his studies as noted in this April 1853 letter. "You ask me what I consider to be the motive power of Mr. Ericsson's engine. If I rightly understand it it is simply heated air which is employed instead of steam. This air has to be raised to the temperature of 480 degrees of heat to equal the pressure of one atmosphere or 15 pounds to the square inch. After being employed to raise the piston it passes through a fine wire gauze which takes away 200 degrees of heat & thus allows the piston to descend. I have never seen a drawing of the Engine so as to understand completely its parts." Arthur must have been a good student as he was appointed speaker of his graduating class in June 1854. However to save money Arthur apparently left Williams College before the graduation ceremony. He would go on to teach at the Academy School at Fort Covington New York and later serve as a judge appointed to the Jefferson County Court by Governor DeWitt Clinton. The letters from Amasa Brown are largely devoted to the purchase of a tract of land financed by Nathaniel Goodwin. One letter includes a manuscript map detailing outbuildings and locations of orchards etc. A January 1st 1853 letter from Amasa describes 90 acres for sale "The one that stands the highest in my estimation according to the price is a lot of ninety acres all cleared up except about an acre surrounded with a good cedar stake and cat ferns on three sides of it and the other side lying on the broad Lake Ontario where the cattle can go and drink at their leisure on the beautiful gravel shore and in hot weather in fly time are often seen standing in the water up to their backs and when the dew is on will go and fill themselves with the richest grass in the world. The owner of the land told me that on account of the severity of the last winter that his cattle came out rather thin of flesh last spring but this fall there was no fatter cattle in the county. He sold his two-year-old steers for thirty dollars a head and was able to keep 30 head in the pasture notwithstanding the drought and let a poor man go and cut about a ton of surplus grass in the pasture." Twenty days later Nathaniel Goodwin replies "To your letter of January 1 1853 relative to the purchase of a ninety acre pasture lot on the Point at 12.50 per acre or less I have given more consideration - and upon the whole have decided that I will buy the lot should you be of opinion that it is worth the money and that the interest of your boys as farmers will be promoted by the purchase; - and that the lot can readily be converted into cash again should occasion be found to dispose of it." Sarah Brown's letters are newsy affairs about her family but she also speaks of their land. "Forest and fruit trees have put on their most beautiful verdure and we are hoping for warm weather soon." A second letter details the wedding of her daughter Catherine to Mr. Dwight who is planning on attending Hamilton College in Clinton New York. "He is very industrious and prudent what he has is by his own industry." The sole letter from Catherine Brown signed C.L. Brown-Dwight is dated April 28th1855. "Considering your feeble state of health and probable poor appetite my husband and myself thought some maple molasses might be acceptable to you." Later in the letter she notes "Please allow me at this time to make a grateful acknowledgement for the present of money sent me last autumn." This gift was likely a wedding present. "My husband is preparing his ground for crops. He writes with me in sending much love to our respected uncle." Nathaniel Goodwin would pass away 31 days later. A fine collection of letters detailing 6 years of an extended family's life as they grow fruit ranch farm and in upstate New York from the mundane to the hard labor. Full transcripts of nine letters included. unknown

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Japanese American Soldier Reuniting with Family At The Gila River Incarceration Directly After W.W.II Arizona 1940s

1945235201945. Japanese American family photo archive documenting the intersection of Nisei military service and wartime incarceration through a postwar visit to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona circa 1945-1948. Executive Order 9066 signed on February 19 1942 authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Gila River opened on the Gila River Indian Reservation in July 1942 eventually confining more than 13000 people. These photographs capture the striking contrast at the center of the Japanese American wartime experience: a U.S. Army serviceman in uniform returning to relatives whose lives had been shaped by incarceration under the same government he served. Photo archive of 9 silver gelatin photographs each approximately 3" x 4" Gila River Relocation Center Rivers Arizona circa 1945-1948. A Japanese American soldier wearing his U.S. Army uniform and peaked cap stands beside an older Japanese American woman with an older couple and two younger women in family group portraits and at a picnic where fruit bottles and papers rest on a blanket beneath desert trees. Three Japanese American women stand before the Gila River Servicemen's Monument the memorial dedicated in 1944 to honor Japanese American men serving in the armed forces while many of their parents siblings and relatives remained confined within relocation centers. Other photographs show a young child seated on a wooden porch outside a plain building and a woman standing in the Arizona desert beside a towering saguaro cactus. Together the photographs place military service family reunion and memory within the landscape of one of the largest Japanese American incarceration sites in the United States. This photo archive documents the family's visit to the Gila River center after the war. By the time these photographs were taken the camp was closing or had recently closed transforming a site of confinement into a place of remembrance and reunion. The Servicemen's Monument serves as the archive's symbolic centerpiece linking the soldier's wartime service to the incarceration experience of his family. Rather than depicting combat or military life the photographs show a serviceman returning to relatives and revisiting a landscape defined by wartime exclusion. The resulting images document one of the central paradoxes of Japanese American history during the Second World War: loyal military service performed alongside the mass confinement of family members whose constitutional rights had been suspended. Light edgewear and toning with printed decorative "Elko" borders; overall in very good condition. unknown

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