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c1860s CIVIL WAR SOLDIER'S IVORY POCKET DIARY MOUNTED WITH SILVER SHIELD
1863 Good+ 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
Very scarce collectible from a number of viewpoints this being an soldier's ivory six day diary as per Lord's Civil War Collector's Enclyclopedia, Volume III, page 94. A Civil War ivory pocket diary mounted with silver shield and catch. The soldier wrote his notes in pencil, traces can still be seen, then erased them when no longer needed. Monday through Saturday, 3 1/8" long x 1 5/8" wide, precisely the measurements in the Encylopedia. The inital R has been engraved into the silver shield and functional latch. Saturday has a blackish blotch on the back, Wednesday has a tiny edge missing. Very beautifully aged overall. Superb Civil War collectible.
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1859 - 1860 HAMASAEF: The Hebrew Review and Magazine for Jewish Literature: The journal of Hebrew Enlightenment and the First Modern Hebrew Periodical
London 1859 Hard Cover Good Hebrew, English 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer the famed HEBREW PERIODICAL: HAMASAEF: The Hebrew Review, and Magazine for Jewish Literature. HaMasaef was the journal of Hebrew Enlightenment and the First Modern Hebrew Periodical New Series; Vol. 1, No. 1 - 48. London, 1859-1860. (i.e., October 1859 to September 1860.) 8vo. An extended run of 48 numbered issues bound in one volume. Individual issues in VERY GOOD condition, original boards, loose and shaken, spine replaced with crude tape. VERY RARE. Copac records only the British Library copy which contains only the first 10 issues [Ref: "Hameasef Breakthrough in Hebrew Periodical Literature: the History, Way and Essence of the First Modern Hebrew Periodical," Hadoar, 79].
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The Customs and Manners of The Bedouin Arabs: Designed especially to illustrate the Early Scripture History, written for The American Sunday School Union - PERSONAL COPY OF FAMED CIVIL WAR ARMY CHAPLAIN REV. B.W. CHIDLAW
PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA PA American Sunday School Union 1837 Leather Spine Good English 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
The Customs and Manners of The Bedouin Arabs: Designed especially to illustrate the Early Scripture History, written for The American Sunday School Union, revised by the committee of publication. Published by the Philadelphia American Sunday School Union, 1837, 6 1/8 x 3 3/4" with 160 pages has marbled end boards. The words 'Cherry Valley S. School' are inscribed first free endpaper. This book is in original condition with the spine cap being leather and gilt title treatment. There is a lengthy Contents page beginning with the Description of the Country, Climate, Hurricanes to the Government, Laws, Theft and Robbery and the Capture of Mr. Carne, Libertarian party+++. There's an Arabia map and an Introduction. Provenance: Personal copy of Rev. B.W. Chidlaw, Civil War Army Chaplain and member of the American Sunday School Union. Condition: Nicks and bumps along the outer edges/corners, light foxing, a couple of corners turned, and a nick out of the last page. Overall G.
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Machzor - A Cycle: A prayer book for Shavuot with Yiddish Translation
Bazultzbach 1895 Fair+ Hebrew 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer: Machzor - A Cycle, being a reference used for seforim containing prayers for unique days in the annual calendar cycle. [Today we only use this term for the High Holiday prayer book, since all other holidays are fit into the regular daily prayer book, but back in those days they used to publish a separate book for every holiday.] This is a prayer book for the Shavuot holiday with Yiddish translation. It also boasts of it's uniqueness due to insertions of laws pertaining to Holidays, and descriptive intentions imparted by the authors of the liturgical works. Published: 1895, Bazultzbach. Well used, well rubbed and generally soiled, leather covers loose, interior text age-toned. Overall F+.
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Seder Tefilos - Order of Prayers
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Poor Hebrew 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer: Seder Tefilos - Order of Prayers. This is an early 19th century Sephardic prayer book to be used on Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh (first day of Hebrew month), Chanukah, and Purim. Hebrew. Covers present but detached, loose pages. P.
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Haggadah Shel Pesach : PASSOVER HAGGADAH WITH COMMENTARY OF RABBI SHABBTAI COHEN
Warsaw, Poland 1870 Original Wraps Poor Hebrew, Judaica 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ,
1870 Warsaw HAGGADAH. Rare. No copies in American auction records. Last similar book was 1868 Warsaw Haggadah sold in 1982. The Book: Haggadah Shel Pesach, Warsaw, 1870. 8vo. One must be more forgiving of the condition of Haggadot than other books. This is a very worn copy with 1/2 loss to rear board, partial loss to last leaf, partial loss to upper title, some fraying. However, it is a still a nice rare example of a Polish 19th century Haggadah.
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"LADY" and MARY 1906 ENIGMATIC HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY IN TWO HANDS DETAILING PREPARATIONS FOR A WEDDING, THE HONEYMOON AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK REIDSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA 1913 Good Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is a rather intriguing 1906 manuscript diary handwritten for the most part by 'Lady' [as identified by the other part time writer who is 'Mary']. Lady is a woman of means, having a number of members in her household who tend to and for her. Mary seems to do most of the writing in the first few weeks of the diary and then Lady takes over. It seems Lady is to marry shortly and is all consumed with preparations. Mary writes: 'sat in library and sewed while Estelle read the papers'; 'Lady' went places'. The diary begins in Staten Island and then for the wedding and thereafter identified as 'Home' in Reidsville North Carolina. We speculate that perhaps Lady is purchasing her trousseau or closing her home. Lady writes: 'Ned and I stamped 1000 announcements; Estelle read to me, Julia watered plants, Louise played; saw Caruso in Pagliacci; Delmonico's for lunch; Capt. Hjortsberg visited; April 24 1906 My Wedding Day'. Lady is tremendously busy and popular having many dozens of visits, appointments and workers and she is attended to by a number of doctors quite closely visiting her at all hours for the least sniffles. Many are named including: Charlie and Laura Gore, Gordon Watt, Dora Sharp, Mrs. Davies Coxe, Mrs. La Montague, Mr. Schwerine, Dr. Bryan, Dr. Armstrong, Nellie Barry ['sewing for me'], Aunt Jane Bierne, Fletcher the Palmist, Margret and Mel Fillman, Mrs. Eugene Watts, Lindsey Ellington, Eva Pasteur, Anna Montgomery, Mag Richardson, Rosa Macgruder, Lottie Pendleton, Olga Violett++++. She also goes on an extended honeymoon by train traveling from North Carolina through the south to Los Angeles up through Vancouver Canada to Winnipeg, Chicago and then back to North Carolina all detailed in this super diary. VG.
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"TEX" [?] 1946 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF THE NUREMBERG [NURNBERG] NAZI TRIALS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY
NURNBERG NUREMBERG GERMANY 1946 Very Good Manuscript Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
On offer is a very interesting relic of World War II being a scrapbook kept by a guard at Nurnberg [Nuremberg] Germany at the war crime trials. Appears to have been put together circa 1946. The main item included [laid in] is a sheet printed on both sides, reading at the top "THE 21 WAR CRIMINALS AND HERE DUTY." Then it lists the 21 prisoners and who they were. Begins with Hermann Goering, Reichsmarschall, Reichsminister of the Prussia, Chief of The Four Years Plan. Next name is Rudolf Hess, Formerly Deputy of Hitler As Chief of the Nazi-Party and Reichsminister. Goes on listing Ribbentrop, Speer, Funk, Frank, Schacht, Seyss-Inquardt, Keitel, Raeder, Doenitz, Frick, Rosenberg, Neurath, Von Papen, Jodl, Von Schirach, Saukel, Streicher, Kaltenbrunner, and Fritzsche. This page is from the prison! The rest are pages of newspaper & magazines clippings [in English] about the trials and especially the executions of Nazi criminals. One clipping titled GERMANY'S FAVORITE PIN UPS 1932-1945" of 22 prisoners to which have been added nicknames. On one of the last pages is a small clipping "JUST MARRIED" Tex and Flo. Since this clipping is the only one not about the trials/prisoners we assume that a GI called Tex [from Texas] was the prisoner guard to kept this. 25 pp. Approx. 15 x 11.5 in. Overall G+.
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A YOUNG VICTORIAN GIRL - JO RARE WEST TO EAST TO WEST COAST TRAVEL DIARY BY JO AND HER THREE SISTERS
On The Road America USA 1908 Hard Cover Good+ No Jacket Manuscript 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
On offer is a really wonderful diary of a young Victorian woman during the year of 1908 as she travels aboard a train from the West to the East coast and then back to the West coast again. As the diary starts out she is leaving her home in California on January 7th and spends most of 1908 traveling with her three sisters and parents. In fact Jo does most of the writing but there are also many times when her sisters write. Jo gets sick at one point then the sisters take over writing and they talk about family being sick and some are quarantined. Her entries are descriptively written telling all about the sights and sounds along the way. In fact the first two entries really capture what this journal is all about. On the cover page is written; "Best wishes always to Jo from Marie, A line or two will quite suffice for the every day of life. Jot down things of interest while you think of it, lest you should forget." Then on January 1st Jo writes a small summary of what you can expect in the pages following: "This little book shall mostly tell of my trip to the dear "east" among people I know and love. I hope it will remind me of "feelings" more then of special events, of the things that are really living." The diary measures about 4 ¼" x 6 ¾" and is a "page a day" type diary which gives you lots of handwritten entries. She starts on January 7th and ends on August 7th and writes every day between those dates with most of the entries taking up the entire page. One could easily quote everyday as she has a wonderful way of writing. Here are some snippets: "The family rose early and we three girls walked to the train. I always feel unhappy enough when the time comes to say good-bye. Wallie rode as far as Napa with me and we saw a beautiful sunrise……Sidney and I were up in time for Los Angles things looked familiar. Rush was at the train but I could not tell him how glad I was to seem him, or how forlorn I was when he left. Such a feeling as the dingy tourist car gave me but Mr. Schnell he was fine. Kept the upper berth and talked to me through Banning, my first disappointment. We spent the evening in the observation car and saw Yuma…..Today we found the country varied everglades and swamps, cotton, rice, lumber and sugar cane with cabins and Negroes. Mrs. DuBoss and I enjoyed the most gorgeous Texan sunset and we and the Warrums stopped at San Antonio. Saw the Alamo the narrow streets and enjoyed the sight of a southern city. Coffee and sandwiches on revolving stools…..We were up early and had a poor breakfast, then I went to meet the Warrums. We took the "St. Charles" ride and the "Canal Belt" ride then out to Lake______. Had dinner at Fabecker's and then went to the wharf where we stayed and stayed. …..The sun was so warm that the eves dripped and the icicles melted. In the evening Roy and I went to see the people roller skate, caps and furs and ice skates look like the winters of old and the jingle bells gives me a queer longing. Wonder if I'll get a ride….We went to the concert that evening where I saw a good many friends. Mr. Hawthorne had already "squeezed my hand"……12:30 am, behold a figure with bare feet and bushy hair dressed in bathrobe, going up a stairway. Also three wet and most excited girls. Scenes in the sitting room in the morning told the tale…..I sat with Aunt Ella and made a few button holes but came home to supper, she was so tired from washing. Uncle Jim sold the blacks…..Such a beautiful day! People were able to wear white dresses and new hats and every one seemed to be having a ride in the afternoon. I was mostly new but my hide and Aunt Nell looked so well in her white suit….Drove across Still Water Bridge. Saw tobacco beds covered with cloth and the fields ready for the little plants and we saw tobacco barns. O these beautiful hills! And the wild flowers are appearing. Came home through the old historic town of Deerfield. The houses are old with barns attached. One had 1698 on the chimney. It was too cold for comfort but we'll remember the ride….My new dress promises to fade. Sadness…..Were up early for our Westfield trip. The weather was some doubtful. The lively high school girls were so entertaining and the trolley ride was entirely beautiful but long. Mountains and streams everywhere. Orchards in white bloom, onion fields being weeded on the knee and tobacco fields, level and clean as well as beautiful clean, clean homes. Saw the logs on the river at Holyoke and the lumber yards and dams in the Connecticut with trees growing down to the water's edge…..About a dozen Poles left for the old country on our train-tears….Were horribly hot when we went to bed but found morning damp and cold and we brought no warm garments. He took us on an auto sight seeing trip all historic Boston was shown to us from the huge car driven with such skill though the narrow winding streets…..(she then goes on for the next couple of pages describing Boston)…Sailed down Narragansett Bay to Newport with Norma. It takes two hours. The shores were very green and the weather and the weather very fine. We took the ten mile shore drive and saw many great "cottages". Ate lunch on the beach in sight of the "cliffs". Returned by electric cars up the island of Rhode Island, across to mainland by ferry to Bristol and thence by electric train to Providence through Warren and Barrington…..Shall not forget the view from Washington Monument. We're tired but have had a fine day. Band played "Abide with me" and the bell was tolled as we sailed past Mt. V. It and the tomb gave a very solemn feeling…..Mrs. Sheffield and I had a delightful day, Mts., glaciers, snow rivers and torrents, also Jack from England and Mr. Seattle. Had a good storm at Glacier. Many got off at Banff but more got on. Wish it was full moon. I have a book that tells it all so won't attempt to write if the scenery but I've never seen the like before and shalln't soon forget the wonder of it…..I went fishing down to the forks of the Skykomish. Fished without success for an hour then sat down and told stories awhile. It proved to be my first experience through the jungles. It's too deep to explain but worth your while to take the trip…..We went up to Lena's (Index Washington). She has such a fine cozy spot on the river. After dinner we went up the train into the big timber and wonderful ferns. Sat in the shade of the house and I told about the East…..The day passed quickly and very pleasantly. Read Hesper and sat on the upper deck. Mr. Allen, purser, and offers to send a wireless…." This diary goes on and on and you really get a great feeling of what it's like traveling during the Victorian era. She mentions tons of names, some of which are; John Warner, Bowie, Doyl, Gardiner, Hawthorne, Hirschy, Charley Ware, Robinson, Ed Childs, Hittabrand, Grossman, Upper, Hershaw, Rowbottom, Scheiffer, Morrison, Hopkins, Wilson, Packingham, Bertha Fox, Maggie Franceway, Katherine Brando, McGee, Whitaker, Dr. Love, Letha Watts, Dickerson and more. Places mentioned are; Washington D.C., Lancaster PA, Buffalo, Oberlin, St. Paul, Glacier, Banff, Mission Junction, Everett, Snomish, Index, Startup, Seattle, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, El Paso, San Antonio, New Orleans, Memphis, Chicago, Granville, Tonica Minonk, Rotterdam, Conway, Westfield, Holyoke, Claremont, Cambridge, Mt. Auburn, Wesley, Providence, Newport, Nantucket, Narragansett, and much much more.
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A. GULHNER 1861 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF MID 19TH CENTURY GERMAN MILITARY ARTILLERY AND GUNNERY SKILL AND TECHNIQUE
ULM GERMANY 1861 Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is a superb relic of mid-19th Century militaria and German artillery and gunnery skills and technique being a manuscript book titled 'Portie-Tafeln nebst Ertäuterungen für sämmtliche Geschütze der Bundesfestung Ulm'. The 85 page handwritten book is a technically detailed manual with many tables, charts, graphs with explanations of the guns at the Federal fortress at Ulm in a beautiful calligraphic hand in German. Dated 1861 and with the name of 'A Gulhner' inscribed on the front page, one finds part of the Appendix (pages 75-85) which relates to gunnery at Berlin. A few blank leaves at the end, bound in the original grey-brown cloth, the ink slightly browned but very clean and sound (160 by 110mm). Some of the contents and guns detailed include: 24lb short cannon (kurze kanon); 18lb battery cannon (batterie kanon); 12lb battery cannon; 6lb battery cannon; 12lb field cannon (feld kanon); 6lb field cannon; 25lb long howitzer (lange haubitz); 25lb short howitzer (kurze haubitz); 10lb long howitzer; 10lb short howitzer; 7lb long heavy iron howitzer (lange schwert eiserne haubitz); 7lb long heavy bronze howitzer (lange schwere bronzene haubitz); 7lb short howitzer; Ricochets with 18lb battery cannon (rikoschetiren); Ricochets with 12lb battery cannon; Ricochets with 25lb short howitzer; Ricochets with 10lb long howitzer; Ricochets with 10lb short howitzer; Range under 60 deg elevation (bombenwerfen unter 60° elevation); Range under 45 deg elevation; Range under 30 deg elevation; Shell throw for 7lb mortar; Shell throw for 12lb mortar; Appendix (Anhang); (tempirung der Lundrohre); Shot Tables for the pulled fortress cannons at Berlin in the year 1861; (Schuss Tafeln für die gezogenen Festungs Geschütze Berlin im Jahr 1861); further reference to Berlin, January 1861+++. HISTORICAL NOTES: One online source provides: The Confederation Fortress of Ulm (built 1842-1859) was the central point and main training area for the defence of southern Germany and was one of five federal fortresses of the German Confederation. With its 9 km main circumvallation, Ulm was the biggest fortress in Germany in the 19th century and it is still one of the biggest in Europe. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the Treaty of Paris, the victorious powers agreed to defend the German Confederation states. The fortresses were one of the few realised projects of the Confederation. The fortress at Ulm was planned as a closed, polygonal wall system by the Prussian construction manager Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron and built under his supervision. It straddled the Danube and surrounded the cities of Ulm in Württemberg and Neu-Ulm in Bavaria and had 16 detached forts and an extensive moat system. In war it was planned to place 20,000 men in the fortress (Ulm had at this time 16,000 citizens) and an expansion to hold 100,000 men was planned. In peace it was mostly occupied by 5,000 men of the federal army and the double-headed eagle, symbol of the Confederation, was embossed on all artillery. Today, about two thirds of the fortifications are preserved. Overall VG.
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A. PONDS ORLANDO 1974 EXPOSE SCREENPLAY MANUSCRIPT: WITNESS TO MURDER ALLEGES HISTORY OF INVESTIGATIVE ERROR, DUPLICITY AND CORRUPTION IN PRE WAR NEW JERSEY INCLUDING THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING AND TRIAL
BERNARDSVILLE NEW JERSEY NJ 1974 Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is an original manuscript by A. Ponds Orlando, personally inscribed to Erwin Richardt [noted anti government activist] in pencil - 'To Erwin, from Ponds'. In 1931 A. Ponds Orlando was an eyewitness to the Charles Cavanaugh murder on Sept 8, 1931, and this work recounts those events in detail, including how the state police chose an innocent scapegoat to pin the crime on, used third-degree tactics to force a false 'confession', fabricated false evidence, paid 'witnesses' to lie on the stand during the trial, hide and destroy actual and true evidence found at the crime scene, and disregarded the testimony of true witnesses. The scapegoat, Edward Kettering, was found guilty, sentenced to 20 years in prison, and died in jail. [Both men were lifelong crusaders for justice and right, as well as residents of the Bernardsville, New Jersey area and this book having come from the Irwin Richardt Estate, Sons of Liberty Farm.] This manuscript is Ponds' fascinating expose of how the New Jersey State Police and Somerset County prosecutors fabricated evidence, paid witnesses, and suppressed the truth in several highly-publicized cases during the early 1930, notably the murder of Bernardsville Police Chief Charles Cavanaugh in 1931, and the framing and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptman for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Somerset County NJ cases also examined are the 1928 torch murder near Bernardsville, and the 1922 murder of Reverend Edward Hall and his mistress, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, a choir singer, near New Brunswick, NJ. The manuscript was written in 1974, and was intended to be published and produced as a television movie originally titled 'Why I Shot Cholly - The Truth of the Cavanaugh Case, The Lindbergh Case, The Orlando Case, The Misuse of Forensic Evidence and An Expose of Science vs. Justice'. Orlando later re-titled the manuscript to simply 'Framed Forensic'. Orlando fought for years to right this injustice, even under threat of harm and the murderous poisoning of his own family in 1935 - his father, grandfather, and sister died, his mother and another sister recovered and survived. The same officials involved in the Cavanaugh frame-up, were also directly involved in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and Orlando postulates with good cause that Bruno Richard Hauptman was also framed, had never been to the Lindbergh home, and was tried, convicted, and executed with false, manufactured evidence. Bound in a blue loose-leaf binder, the manuscript is over one hundred 8 1/2" by 11" pages of photo-static copies of typewritten pages - many with notes, corrections and edits in pencil or pen by the author. Also included are photo-stat copies of newspaper clippings, original and published 'letters to the editor' penned by Orlando regarding the frame-ups, copies of maps and photos showing the crime scenes. Also a published letter to Governor Kean implicating his father, Congressman Robert W. Kean, in forcing Governor Harold Hoffman to embezzle state funds, and then preventing him from giving pardon to Bruno Richard Hauptman on death row, in spite of the fact that Governor Hoffman believed that Hauptman was innocent, and that Robert Kean was in part responsible for Hauptman's execution and Governor Hoffman's suicide. Also included are copies of complaints filed by Orlando charging Detective Samuel Leon and Assistant Prosecutor T. Gerard Wharton with the felony murder of Edward Kettering and the poisoning murder of his father, grandfather and sister. VG.
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A.J. BRISTOW 1912 - 1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 20 YR. OLD BRITISH MAN THAT SEEKS ADVENTURE AND EXCITEMENT IN CANADA'S WILD WEST AND THEN RETURNS TO ENGLAND TO FIGHT FOR BRITAIN IN WORLD WAR I
EDMONTON STRATHCONA ALBERTA AB ENGLAND 1912 Cloth Very Good+ 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is an original manuscript being a sensational, unique 151 pp diary handwritten by the amazing Mr. A.J. Bristow [b. April 30, 1892]. Dated 1912 - 1913, Mr. Bristow details his travels from Great Britain to Alberta Canada for a new life and adventure in the wilderness. The diary is titled "Accounts of Travel 1912-1913 In The Great West" for about 148 pp and then there are notes through 1918 of his World War I service. Formerly of Plumstead and then Blackheath England, Bristow with a great deal of charm and personality describes his experiences beginning with his goodbyes in the UK, his voyage to Canada [chilling to see his pen entry over his fountain pen writings that 'the Titanic sank this morning' and their own sightings of icebergs] and the journey across Canada to Alberta and a ranch in Islay and then work in Edmonton and Strathcona. There are many dozens of adventures and tales of this young man's new life including while working on a new bridge being built in winter, he fell into the Saskatchewan River and almost froze to death; he also broke horses at Ponoka; bought a homestead and built a cabin at Tola. At the outbreak of World War One, Bristow returned to England joining the 218th Battery Irish Guards and fought in France. The diary ends on November 11, 1918 when the armistice was signed ending the war. The diary measures 4-1/2 inches by 7 inches in size. Overall VG.
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A.K. JACOBS 1862 ORIGINAL INTRIGUING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ENGINEER AND SCHOOL TEACHER WHO INSISTS HE IS "INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES"
ELMIRA WILLIAMSPORT LUZERNE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 1862 Fair+ 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
On offer is an original rather enigmatic and very intriguing 1862 manuscript diary handwritten by A. K. Jacobs a 22 year old man [he is 23 years old on December 23rd] who at the beginning of the diary was a teacher at Eckley School and going to White Haven in Luzerne County. Soon he tires of teaching, a Mr. Tarbox takes over, and Mr. Jacobs heads to Philadelphia, then to Harrisburg, Williamsport, Elmira and finally ends up on the shores of Lake Erie where starts an engineering/surveying job [research finds a civil engineer, A. K. Jacobs, in the 1880 census, living in Lock Haven Pennsylvania, born in 1840 and married to a Mary and no doubt the same author of this book]. Historians and researchers of the era and the region will find a number of intrigues. In one case he seems to be caught up in some kind of scandal or legal troubles. He writes: "August 9th, Received a letter from L. Hyndman. Heard what the people at Eckley think of me. Have from all accounts a pretty hard name but am innocent of all the charges." In another circumstance that while there is hardly mention of the Civil War but Jacobs left drafts of two different letters in the back of the book on the blanks, one to a women he loves named Emma and the other, a 'Letter to the Editor' and in part it reads: "…..The last battle before Richmond has caused the people in this (Erie) and adjoining counties to mourn for friends and relatives who laid down their lives for their country. They were principally of the 83rd Reg. Pvt. Col. McLane who was a citizen of Erie, I believe, was pretty badly cut up when he returned to camp……" Here are other snippets: 1862 "January 1st, Had a good crowd all day at the bar. Fell very tired at night." "April 9th, Wrote to J. L. Hyndman. Spent a very unpleasant day in school. Scholars very troublesome and mischievous. Felt bad because Jane did not give me an answer when I wanted to go up with her to Mary's." "April 12th, Went to White Haven in the afternoon. Brought a horse wagon over. Took Jane out to the valley. Had quite a happy time. Got back at 4 o'clock. Stayed with her till two." "April 23rd, Taught as usual. Made arrangements to stay with Jane. Attended church at the Episcopal Church. Had quite an exciting time with Jane. She got excited and got a fit." "May 23rd, Lieut. C. Straw and Jack Durst visited me this forenoon. School small today." "May 28th, Came back to Eckley this morning. I am going to quit teaching and am going into Engineering. Leave next Monday. Went to Jeddo after school. Engaged Mr. Tarbox to take my school next week." "May 31st, Came back to Eckley, ran around and settled my business. Stayed with Jane. Had a good time. Retired about 3 o'clock. Took Jane out riding, had a nice time." "June 4th, (in Philadelphia) Spent the day in visiting the Navy Yard. Evening went to the theatre. Welch arrived today." "June 6th, Looking up some records to assist us in the survey. Left Williamsport at 6 in the evening for Elmira. Arrived there at 4 in the morning. The train being detained by the freight train running off track." "June 7th, Ran around Elmira, visited the Water Cure. E. is quite a city. Left E. for Erie at 5 in the afternoon. Arrived in Erie at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Went to bed at 3. Slept very sound." "June 15th, Went to church in the morning. Afternoon went down to the Lake. Went aboard a vessel there. Welch sketched Presque Island." (in Belle Valley) "July 20th, Spent the day at Stranahan. Had a good time with Jennie in the evening. Am going to take her to the ball on Friday next." "July 21st & 22nd, Moved our boarding place to Concord. Worked on the line and distributed stakes. Ran up to Corry…..Worked on Hu Line. Did a good says work after which went to Huron for supper then to Stranahan's intending to come back but being prevailed upon to stay. We did. Stranahan and family are fine folks." "July 25th, Worked all day. Evening took Jennie Stanahan to a ball. Had a good time. Kept it up till day light." "July 27th, Arose at 8 o'clock. Took breakfast and went down to Stranahan's. Heard of some remarks made about my being "Light" at the ball last Friday night. Not true." "August 10th, Went to Corry to a war meeting held there. Saw quite a crowd. Took dinner at the Boston House with George McBride, engineer on the passenger train." "September 2nd, Welch and I went to Spring Creek. I had a good time with Miss Emma and we had a glorious time all around. Am going to correspond with her, Miss Emma. She is a mighty fine girl." "October 22nd & 23rd, Met Emack Davison. Garden party on the train. Came down with them and had a time with them…..Stopped at the boarding house all day. Made drafts of bridges." "November 6th, Received a letter from Beisel. Run levels. Weather quite cold. Fire feels comfortable. David Tate, I am to pay 25 cents. Attended an apple cut in the evening at Capt. Graham's. Had a nice time." "November 21st, Spent the day at the boarding house. Attended a performance by Rivers Troupe in the evening. Very good performance." "December 19th, Went to Pittsfield and stopped all night. Attended a ball at Warner's Hotel. Met Emma there. Spent an hour pleasantly with her. Retired about 3 o'clock." Much of the diary was written in pencil and a few of the entries are a bit faded and smudged. There are a total of 227 days worth of entries and the back is also filled up with expense entries and additional notes. Much of those blank pages are from January 2nd to March 30th and then the entries become more regular. The diary measures about 3 ¼" x 5 ¾" and although all the pages are accounted for the binding is loose as are some of the pages so it does need some archival repair but overall the book is Fair+.
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A.S. OBERLY 1884 SUPERB ORIGINAL 14 PAGE MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY NOTED SURGEON TO HIS WIFE DETAILING US NAVAL POLICY IN ASIA AND THE DISMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ADMIRALS HE SERVES UNDER
ASEA ABOARD THE USS RICHARDSON 1884 Very Good Manuscript 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is a superb, very interesting, original 14 page manuscript diary-like letter dated March 1884 Canton, China, handwritten by A. S. Oberly [signed Papa] aboard the U.S.S. Richardson to his wife in Avon, Connecticut. The content is significant as Oberly provides an insider's view of top level US naval matters and policy in Asian waters as he confides to his wife that he is delighted to be on his way home and he describes Admiral Davis' willingness to 'do any dirty work the Secretary of the Navy wants done and the Asiatic station during his regime will be a modern hell.' He goes on to describe the admiral in less than admirable terms. The Admiral lacks many social graces required for diplomacy and basically shuns his hosts. He goes on to describe a number of admirals; the best of them was Admiral Clitz even though he drank too freely; Crosby was a coldblooded aristocrat; Davis a Commodore gilded into Admiral and 'as children would say he is a make believer.' Oberly does not provide a title to allow the reader to know his duties but he mentions he walks the quarterdeck and has direct conversations with the Admiral. Research suggests he was the ship's surgeon and given the intimacy he shows for the workings of the Officers and the ship but also his distance from them and basic seamanship we believe this is correct. We also note that an A.S. Oberly cited in an edition of Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy & Marine Corps had a storied career during the Civil War and was aboard the US Gunboat Kineo in 1862 in the role of assistant surgeon. He was born in 1837 thusly 47 years old at this writing. Includes a cut-up envelop. Overall VG.
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AARON GLASSBERG [LATER VOLPE] 1911 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A RUSSIAN BORN, TORONTO EMIGREE AND ZIONIST 16 YEAR OLD JARVIS COLLEGIATE STUDENT AND FUTURE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY OF DOCTORS
TORONTO ONTARIO ON ROSTOV RUSSIA 1911 Very Good Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is a remarkable original 1911 handwritten manuscript diary by a young Jewish boy named Aaron Glassberg [later Aaron Glassberg Volpe] living in Toronto Canada. All the more remarkable is the clear, articulate and fluent manner this 16 year old, who born in Rostov Russia in 1895, writes after having only lived in Canada for 5 years. Our writer is a smart, tough, mannered kid who experiences a young raw Toronto. Anti-semitism is a reality of the time and the city and this young Zionist is not a stranger to it. He so identifies with his Jewishness he identifies all his contacts by religion either by fact or intuition. He talks of many meetings of the Zionist Club. His family rents rooms and he bitterly complains of the sweet talking tenant who absconded owing $10. From Elizabeth Street near Kensington Market he travels across town daily to attend Jarvis Collegiate. Collectors and historians of early 20th century Toronto would be hard pressed to find a more explicit look at the times than this journal. On a biographical note the author goes on to become a chemist, pharmacist and successful business man and doctor who was the patriarch of a family of doctors. A full length photograph of the young Glassberg is pasted to the fep. Along with the diary, a large 6 x 7 inch journal style book, are a large number of ephemera pieces from 1906 through 1969 relating to Aaron Glassberg and his family. Overall G+.
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ABBE (ABBOTT) DUCARME FROM THE FILE OF FAMED BIBLIOPHILE SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS: 1753 HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO ANTOINE LE CAMUS, DOCTOR OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, PARIS REGARDING HIS LATEST WRITINGS "LA MEDECINE DE L'ESPRIT"
Paris 1753 Manuscript Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Autograph
ALS dated March 9th 1753, Abbe Ducarme writes a reassuring letter to Antoine Le Camus (1722 - 1772 physician, poet also noted for warning the women of his day against the use of cosmetics having mercury). A Monsieur Fueron has loudly criticized Camus' latest work entitled "La Medecine de l'Espirit" (The Spirit's Medicine). The Abbot insists on telling Camus his ideas are excellent explaining that he has noticed people inflicted with ailments and symptoms as desrcibed in Camus' work further attesting to the truths as printed by Camus. In very good shape save for slight fault to the at the top edge and where the letter was sealed. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS (1792-1872). Born in 1792, Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper, including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world," he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100,000 books and at least 60,000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases, Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars, driven to distraction, would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire, most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too, by the presence of numerous logs, a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion, the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate, however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life, James Halliwell, had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was, in Sir Thomas' eyes, the worst kind of criminal, a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons, Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value, Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men, 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses, the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death, his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales, the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales, many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964, part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College, Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper, this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time.
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Abbot Giuseppe Calandrelli 1807 HANDWRITTEN LATIN BOOK OF MATHEMATICS AS STUDIED IN THE COLLEGIO ROMANO UNDER THE FAMED ABBOT CALANDRELLI
Collegio Romano ROME ITALY 1807 Original Vellum Good+ Latin 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is an original handwritten Latin mathematics manuscript detailing the instruction and works of Abbot Giuseppe Calandrelli (1749 - 1827) who was a famous Italian astronomer and mathematician. After the Jesuit order was suppressed, after the direction of the Collegio Romano was given over to priests from other orders, young Calandrelli perfected his scientific studies and became the substitute for his maestro, Father François Jacquier. He earned many prestigious titles: giving physics lessons after the professor died; director of the Accademia di Fisica, entrusted by the Pope to bring electricity to the Papal Palace on the Quirinal Hill, among others. He founded a school of astronomy in Rome. This manuscript dated 1807 is divided in IX books and is adorned with 24 original folding drawings in the end. On the frontispiece there is a Masonic drawing. Ex libris of Andrae Belli, surgeon, official and doctor at the hospital of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Rome. This manuscript is assuredly the geometry textbook Andrea Belli used for his mathematics lessons in Rome at the Collegio Romano with Giuseppe Calandrelli. Original full vellum binding. Pages: 4 + 166 + 24 folding drawings. Complete. Size: 20 cm x 13,50 cm; 7.80 in. x 5.50 in. G+
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ABBY ANNE JEPSON [later HINCKLEY] 1820 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF 'SUNDAY RECOLLECTIONS', RECIPES AND LETTERS HANDWRITTEN WITH SUPER CALLIGRAPHY
NORWICH CONNECTICUT CONN CT 1820 Very Good English 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is an original, early 1820, handwritten journal belonging to Abby Anne Jepson of Norwich Connecticut [she married Asa I. Hinckley on May 16th, 1833]. This is an exquisite manuscript journal with super period calligraphic handwriting over 25 leaves, 50 handwritten pages, with a homemade paper cover that says "Abby Ann Jepson's Book." The books contains a number of "Sunday Recollections", being recitations and commentary relating to the sermons preached by the local Norwich pastors, Rev. Strong and Rev. Ludovicus Weld. There is much more than religious entries there are copies of letters; one to Frances about history; definitions of telescopes, microscopes, barometers, elopile, thermometers, chronometers, and the like. There is an entry of a few pages devoted to Norway; the Ocean and then some amazing recipes on how to make Pot Ash, Rubber, Indigo and more. There are also detailed essays on the Seven Wonders of the World; The pyramids, Temple of Diana, walls and hanging gardens of Babylon, statue of Jupiter Olympus, the light tower on the island of Thera and more. Then towards the back there is a handwritten reward of merit type inscription. It talks about how diligent Miss Jepson was with the use of her time and school work. It is signed "Frances M. Caulkins." Research suggests this is Frances Caulkins (1795-1869) who published an exhaustive history of Norwich Connecticut in 1845. The pages are oddly numbered by Abby Ann and it appears that she might have taken different pages from different journals and put them together by her. The journal measures about 6 ½" x 8" and some pages are loose, general foxing and the cover is lightly stained but overall G.
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ABEL BROWN 1813 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR, PROTEST OF LAND TRANSFERS AND SCHOOL POLICIES OF EARLY NEW HAMPSHIRE
SOUTH HAMPTON SEABROOK NEW HAMPSHIRE 1813 Good English 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is a super manuscript relic of early 19th century New Hampshire government and judicial proceedings and some legislative acts and even a protest being the original manuscript daybook of Abel Brown of Southampton, New Hampshire. He identifies himself as a witness to proceeding and recorder of such. There are a number of signatures and initials of other witnesses, signers to Abel's writings etc. Handwritten notes dating from 1813 through 1824 over 24 pages of writings includes military matters, building roads, an apprenticeship agreement, a protest over land taken from the town of South-Hampton to the town of Seabrook, letters to the Governor and more. Handmade book with paper covers, 7" x 8", overall VG.
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ABLE SEAMAN REGINALD SANDS 1928 - 1930 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCRAPBOOK OF A BRITISH SEAMAN DETAILING THE HMS SUFFOLK ON IT'S IMPORTANT MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE CHINA STATION AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THE REGION'S HISTORY
ASEA ABOARD THE HMS SUFFOLK CHINA STATION JAPAN 1928 Good Manuscript 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer is a significant, original 1928 through 1930 manuscript diary and scrapbook created, maintained and handwritten by British seaman Reginald Sands who provides a super almost day-by-day account of the maiden voyage of the storied British warship HMS Suffolk and its critical deployment to the China Station patrol covering the period Feb 7th 1928 to July 19th 1930. Adding tremendous depth to the narrative there are numerous original photographs, newspaper cuttings, postcards, stamps, other ephemera and hand drawn maps that record everything from the mundane routine of daily exercises and manoeuvres at sea but also activities ashore such as visits to the Union Jack Club in Shanghai, diplomatic calls, visits from important political and military and naval persons and much, much more all the more compelling with the backdrop of region's political and military turmoil brewing in China, Japan, the new Soviet Republic and the myriad of other regional problems and events at the time. Using a school-style exercise book Sands begins on Friday June 1st 1928 when HMS Suffolk leaves Portsmouth after completing several months of trials and over approximately 129 pages details a history of the ship and its duties and events of import. He notes events such as: Suffolk's orders to proceed to Nanking to protect and evacuate British residents in the revolt of troops on the Shanghai - Nanking railway. Suffolk Responding to an SOS for the liner 'Jervis Bay'. Visits from and Chinese Government officials and the British Minister Sir Miles Locker-Lampson. Visit from the Japanese Admiral at T'singtao. Accommodating HRH Duke of Gloucester and transporting him on diplomatic mission to Japan. Suffolk's part in the commemoration marking the re-burial of the Chinese political leader Sun Yat-Sen. Participation in a football match on 15th August 1929 in aid of dependants of HMS Devonshire victims [we believe this refers to the death of 17 seamen on board Devonshire the month before in a firing accident]. Suffolk, with HRH Duke of Gloucester onboard, is escorted into Yokohama where Prince Chichibu comes aboard and later escorts the Duke to Tokyo to meet the Emperor. Sands aboard Japanese warship KAKO [with his breakdown of the KAKO's qualities], Suffolk called to assist with fire at the King Edward Hotel in Hong-Kong. Suffolk's attendance at the Review held by Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on his departure as Commander in Chief of the China Station. Inspection by Emperor of Japan [presumed Hirohito]. Suffolk's part in [Hirohito's] 'Coronation Review'. Illumination of the ship at Nagasaki as part of celebrations of Hirohito's coronation - photo taken and pasted-in. The diary also recounts numerous rendezvous with other ships including: the Kent, the Berwick, Hermes, and Cornwall, and events such as Suffolk winning the sports cup on Sat 7th Sept 1929 at Wei Hai Wei, participation in the Regatta at Wei Hai Wei in August 1929 and Sand's visits to the Shanghai Union Jack - a 5 cents credit has been pasted in. Stamps pasted onto the pages are: WEI HAI WEI - George V One Cent revenue Stamp; Japanese 10 Sen Entronement Hall [Hirohito] stamp; Nagoya Castle 10 Sen stamp; Hong Kong / CHINA - King George V - Four Cents; Egypte brown 5 Cinq Mills; Malta 1 1/2 d George V. The page edges are worn and a little browned and the cover has detached at the staples and there is a faint musty smell but overall G.
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ABRAHAM CALDWELL and FAMILY 1867 - 1900 ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES BELONGING TO THE ABRAHAM CALDWELL FAMILY OF IPSWICH MASSACHUSETTS
IPSWICH MASSACHUSETTS MA 1867 Good Manuscript 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
On offer are five handwritten manuscript journals all having belonged to the Caldwell family who lived in Massachusetts, [one of the diaries, 1870, has the name Ezra S. Vieyes written in it. A casual reading does not determine where Ezra fits in with the Caldwell family but a more detailed reading will hopefully flesh out the relationship.] Two of the diaries have the name of the family scion being Abraham Caldwell, of Ipswich Massachusetts. Other towns mentioned include Westminster, Fitchburg, Northborough and Worcester. The diaries represent the years 1867 (full of entries), 1870 (a quarter full), 1875 (a half filled), 1887 (fully written) and the 1890's. Though not all fully written and the entries suggest illiterate writers these diaries represent a true piece of Americana with a treasure trove of local historical detail and genealogical information. For the medical collector there is an interesting thread running throughout - Mr. Caldwell is quite aged and he catalogues his daily ailments certainly a medical professional may assess his health from his writings. Here are some snippets: 1867 - "February 26th, Went to examination. Lizzie Rawson teach good." "March 4th, Went to town meeting. Another trial of Shemp, decided as it should be." "May 10th, Surveyed road to town, distance of about 2 ¾ miles 15 ft." "June 17th, Golden wedding, 75-100 people persons present." "September 13th, Took Templers Degrees. Went to town to lecture. Carried B.M. Balch." "October 13th, On euqaduct to town meeting for roads. Was chosen on committee." 1887 "January 9th, 7 Below. Very cold. Snow flakes flying all day. Ben out very little today. Louitah Lord, little more comfortable but very sick." "February 9th, Sick all day. From Salem paper I see Mr. Joseph Pusfer died in Salem, Oct. 19th, 1886. Born July 18th, 1798." "March 14th, Today I hav made a grait mistak in being two positive when in fact I was rong. My mind is faking me." "June 22nd and 23rd, Stage coach below belonged to Appleton farm…. Boiled out sink, cess pool very hard job. Had nummness in my arm and shoulder. Stage coach passed to day for Salem." "July 25th, Hot and sultry. A young lady came to Mrs. Batysons. Sang for House Benefit." "August 9th, Went marsh with North Harris and Negro. Went to Beverly. Stayed at Edwards over night." "August 21st, Fine and pleasant. John Billy's mother and sister here. Conrad G to made round Cape Ann." "October 6th, Tryed to make some wine. Caried my grapes to Capt. Wilcomb and he pressed them for me." "October 19th, Finished pounding the beans then went to Georgetown. Went in to Noisas Shoe factory. Was kindly received and shown from basement up. Felt interest and enjoyed it muh." "December 14th, Very warm and Pleasant. Went over to south side river to Mrs. Dolls with Edy B. Escamined his stock." "December 16th, Cooler. Gave notice to Mrs. Campbell that I should want the tenement she now ocupies for my own use the first of April next." "December 19th, Mrs. Smith at the Invenational House, left and fell and broke both arms. Slippery this morn. Bought turkey of Perkins." The 1893-1900 journal in the lot is a handwritten financial journal which has about 100 pages of expense type entries. I believe most of the entries have to do with rentals and money collected for the rentals. This journal has the name John Caldwell written on the inside. The front cover has fallen off of this journal and some of the pages are torn. The first 20 pages have also been torn out and are not accounted for. Overall G+.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN SECRETARY 1861 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN ON STATIONARY ADDRESSED FROM THE "EXECUTIVE MANSION"
Washington DC 1861 Very Good Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is a very mysterious, enigmatic, perhaps incomplete as it is an unsigned, letter dated July 12, 1861 from the Executive Mansion. As evidenced on the first page in the hand of an old archivist or perhaps auction house this letter is written "During Lincoln's administration the man writing this was Lincoln's Secretary." This would have been written within months of Lincoln taking the Presidential office and moving into the White House. Lincoln had several secretaries including Hay, Nicolay, Stoddard and others. This letter we safely assume must have been written by one of them. This is a 4 page letter begins with "My Dear Child" but the recipient is also unidentified. There is mention in the letter of Clara Matteson and a gentleman named Charlie. Research suggests that Ms. Matteson is the daughter of Joel A. Matteson was Governor of Illinois. The letter is a very personal missive with the writer alluding to an intimacy with recipient and that she has reacted badly to information from outside sources: My Dear Child: What shall I do with you? How long will it be before you learn to trust your best friends quietly and not torture yourself and them with all kinds of strange surmises and fancies! I wish you could understand once and for all that I am your friend and cannot by any human possibility be otherwise...When every pleasant day I have spent at home for many years has been made pleasant by you; when the only house, besides my mother's, where I felt that I was welcome, has been your mother's...As to Clara Matteson, I own to a little surprise. I like her very much. My acquaintance with her, though very slight, convinced me that she was of a sweet and amiable disposition. I have many times spoken about you to her. She has often expressed a desire to know you....But you say you have never seen Clara. I am not responsible for what Clara's dear friends, say, nor is she." Lastly is an after-thought note in the upper left corner of the first page reads: "If you gave Charlie ammunition to have hit ___ then you are the one to blame not P." VG.
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ADELE 1912 - 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING, AMBITIOUS AND PLUCKY ZENITH NORTH DAKOTA TEENAGER
ZENITH DICKINSON TAYLOR NORTH DAKOTA ND 1912 Good 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
On offer is an interesting, enigmatic, original 1912 through 1915 [and then extended entries for June 1918] manuscript diary by a young Zenith North Dakota woman named, we believe, Adele. We note an entry where she mentions her cousin turning nineteen and Adele looks forward to when she is nineteen also. Beginning each entry 'Dear ?' she occasionally signs the dated entries Adele. She is a part time school teacher determined to succeed and the daughter of a farming family but 'Papa' has a job and others tend to his ploughing and milking. We get the impression they are new to North Dakota as she seems uncertain of many things and refers to being there for just 2 years. She also dates some of the entries Dickinson and Taylor North Dakota and over the 70 pages one reads eclectic entries describing her students, visitors, the family's and her activities. In 1915 she is in Glendive Montana. Here are some snippets: "Patrick helped papa home with some things and stayed for coffee. He certainly is the glummest personality no wonder the call him 'the Iceberg'." "Hal was over last night. He seems to think we can live without sleep because he always stays so late. But hints don't do no good." "Thursday again!" "It's 'teacher' every way I turn and that little girl will not leave me alone but I shall and must make the best of it." An undated entry states "Dear Charlie, I love you dear. Won't you come home." In 1918 there are references to the War including a troop train where she talked to some officers of 131 Artillery Co., mention of the aviator's school and attending a friend's wedding and the Little Missouri National Grassland. The back of the diary has some handwritten recipes. 4" x 6" with some general ageing a loose page but over G..
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Adelia M. Whitecomb 1857 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY A WISCONSIN GIRL BOARDING IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND THEN THE TRIP BACK TO ELK GROVE
Otego, Otsego County, New York NY 1857 Leatherette Good 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
On offer is a very full handwritten diary of a young girl named Adelia M. Whitecomb. Adelia hails originally from Wisconsin but is boarding in what appears to be a religious enclave or convent of some sort in central New York state, specifically she states "5 miles from Otego and 5 miles from Gilbertsville". Besides naming each and every person she comes in contact with through visits and social events, Adelia gives us a unique perspective of a humble, innocent girl who works very hard, travels to school and chores very far but never complains and is of even temper. We estimate she is 16 or 17 years old. One of the features of this diary is her return to Wisconsin in September along with 8 children. We are uncertain if the children were her siblings also boarding out or there was a group of children from other Wisconsin families. Assuredly a closer reading will provide a great deal of historical, genealogical and societal for both the Wisconsin portion and the New York portion. Here is a small sampling of names: Elder Jo. Cook, George Browne, Jacob Couse, Lucious Eamon, Cornelius Judson, King Hathaway, Carlton Lowes, Mr. Thorpe, teacher, Legrand Brown, Editha Hodge, Uncle Lovett Perks, Sister Burdick, Angeline Hathaway. VG save for the odd page that Adelia seems to have removed.
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Adell Jones 1869 + 1873 + 1889 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF A YOUNG UPSTATE NEW YORK GIRL FROM CHILDHOOD TO WOMANHOOD
Pulaski Oswego New York 1869 Good+ 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Autograph
Excellent archive of three [3] handwritten Victorian era diaries from a school girl, Adell Jones, who lived in Pulaski and Oswego, NY. Two are 1869 and 73, written in pencil, among many things, she tells of fellow student Nellie Burt, age 12 died etc. Third book is from 1889, now she’s married and includes local names from Pulaski - friends, family members etc. Some normal exterior wear, these diaries make for interesting look at 19th century life pioneer life and from a women's studies perspective it is charming to see this young woman grow up.
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ADMIRAL THOMAS COCHRANE, 10th EARL OF DUNDONALD, a.k.a. LE LOUP DES MERS [THE WOLF OF THE SEA] 1823 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF ENGLAND'S GREATEST NAVAL HEROES - THE MODEL FOR HORATIO HORNBLOWER AND 'LUCKY' CAPTAIN JACK AUBREY BUT KNOWN TO THE FRENCH NAVY AS THE 'WOLF OF THE SEAS'
BRAZIL [?] 1823 Very Good Manuscript 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
On offer is a super, original 1823 manuscript letter handwritten by Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM (Chile) (1775-1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a senior British naval flag officer and radical politician. He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading the French to nickname him 'Le Loup des Mers' ('The Sea Wolf' or 'The Wolf of the Seas'). Cochrane was the model for Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' Captain Jack Aubrey Series of books. He was also believed to be the model for Horatio Hornblower. Written in the third person, signed 'Tho. Cochrane', dated March 7th, 1823, the place hard to distinguish, this short letter is dated a mere two weeks before taking command of the Brazilian Navy, Cochrane writes regarding his compliments to Captain Porter, thanking him for furnishing information of Pirate activity, having not the means to pursue the pirates and his mention of English merchants in the port. This superb 2pp., 4.25" x 7" relic of British naval and marine history in the hand of one of the most exciting, successful and decorated men that ever captained a ship will be a treasure for the right collector. Signed in ink. Fine. BIO NOTES: Thomas Cochrane was born at Annsfield, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald and Anna Gilchrist. Cochrane joined the navy in 1793, and spent his first months at Sheerness in a Sixth-rate frigate, the 28-gun HMS Hind, commanded by his uncle, Captain Alexander Cochrane, then transferred to the 38-gun Fifth-rate HMS Thetis, also under his uncle's command. In Thetis he visited Norway then served on the North America station. There, in 1795, he was appointed acting lieutenant . The following year he was commissioned in the rank of lieutenant on 27 May 1796, after passing the examination. After several transfers in America and a return home, he found himself as 8th Lieutenant on Lord Keith's flagship HMS Barfleur in the Mediterranean Sea in 1798. In February 1800, Cochrane commanded the prize crew taking the captured French vessel Généreux to the British base at Mahón. The ship was almost lost in a storm, with Cochrane and his brother Archibald going aloft in place of a crew that were mostly ill. On 28 March 1800, Cochrane, having been promoted to commander, took command of the brig sloop HMS Speedy. Later that year, a Spanish warship disguised as a merchant ship almost captured him. He escaped by flying a Danish flag and fending off a boarding by claiming his ship was plague-ridden. Chased by an enemy frigate, and knowing it would follow him in the night by any glimmer of light from the Speedy, he placed a lantern on a barrel and let it float away. The enemy frigate followed the light and Speedy escaped. In February 1801, at Malta, he got into an argument with a French Royalist officer at a fancy dress ball. Cochrane came dressed as a common sailor, and the Royalist mistook him for one. This argument led to Cochrane's only duel. Cochrane wounded the French officer with a pistol shot but was himself unharmed. One of his most notable exploits was the capture of the Spanish xebec frigate El Gamo, on 6 May 1801. El Gamo carried 32 guns and 319 men, compared with Speedy's 14 guns and 54 men. Cochrane flew an American flag to approach so closely to El Gamo that its guns could not depress to fire on the Speedy's hull. This left the Spanish with no option but to board. However, whenever the Spanish were about to board, Cochrane would pull away briefly, and fire on the concentrated boarding parties with his ship's guns. Eventually, Cochrane boarded the Gamo, despite still being outnumbered about five to one, and captured her. In Speedy's 13-month cruise, Cochrane captured, burned, or drove ashore 53 ships before three French ships of the line under Admiral Charles-Alexandre Linois captured him on 3 July 1801. During his time as a prisoner Linois often asked him for advice and Cochrane later referred to how polite he was in his autobiography. A few days later he was exchanged for the second captain of another French ship. Then, on 8 August 1801, he received a promotion to the rank of post-captain. After the Peace of Amiens, Cochrane attended the University of Edinburgh. Upon the resumption of war in 1803, St Vincent assigned him in October 1803 to command of a Sixth Rate ship which was the 22-gun HMS Arab. Cochrane alleged that the ship had poor handling, colliding with Royal Navy ships on two occasions (the Bloodhound and the Abundance), and afforded Cochrane no opportunities. In his autobiography he would compare the Arab to a collier and his first thoughts on seeing Arab being repaired at Plymouth were that she would "sail like a haystack. Despite this, he still managed to intercept and board an American merchant ship, the Chatham, and create an international incident, leading to the consignment of HMS Arab and her commander to protect Britain's important whaling fleet beyond Orkney in the North Sea. In 1804, St Vincent stood aside for the incoming new government led by William Pitt the Younger and Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville took office. In December of that year Cochrane received an appointment to command of the new 32-gun frigate HMS Pallas, in which he undertook a series of notable exploits over the following eighteen months. In August 1806, he took command of the 38-gun frigate HMS Imperieuse, formerly the Spanish frigate Medea. One of his midshipmen was Frederick Marryat, who later wrote fictionalized accounts of his adventures with Cochrane. In Imperieuse Cochrane raided the Mediterranean coast of France. In 1808, Cochrane and a Spanish guerrilla force captured the fortress of Mongat, which sat astride the road between Gerona and Barcelona. This delayed General Duhesme's French army for a month. On another raid Cochrane copied code books from a signal station, leaving behind the originals so the French would believe them uncompromised. When Imperieuse ran short of water, she sailed up the estuary of the Rhone to replenish. When a French army marched into Catalonia and besieged Rosas, Cochrane took part in the defence of the town by occupying and defending Fort Trinidad ('Castell de la Trinitat') for a number of weeks before the fall of the city forced him to leave; Cochrane was one of the last two men to quit the fort. While captain of Speedy, Pallas, and Imperieuse, Cochrane became arguably the most effective practitioner of coastal warfare during the period. Not only did he attack shore installations such as the Martello tower at Son Bou on Minorca, but captured enemy ships in harbor by leading his men in boats in "cutting out" operations. He was a meticulous planner of every operation, which limited casualties among his men and maximized the chances of success. In 1809, he commanded the attack by a flotilla of fire ships on Rochefort, as part of the Battle of the Basque Roads. The attack did considerable damage, but Cochrane blamed Admiral Gambier, the fleet commander, for missing the opportunity to destroy the French fleet. In June 1806, Cochrane stood for the House of Commons on a ticket of parliamentary reform (a movement which would later bring about the Reform Acts) for the potwalloper borough of Honiton. This was exactly the kind of borough Cochrane wished to abolish; votes were mostly sold to the highest bidder. Cochrane offered nothing and lost the election. In October 1806, he again ran for Parliament in Honiton and won. Cochrane initially denied that he paid any bribes, but Cochrane himself revealed in a Parliamentary debate ten years afterward that he had paid ten guineas (£10 10s) per voter through Mr. Townshend, local headman and banker. In May 1807, Cochrane was elected by Westminster in a more democratic election. Cochrane campaigned for parliamentary reform, allied with such Radicals as William Cobbett, Sir Francis Burdett and Henry Hunt. His outspoken criticism of the conduct of the war and the corruption in the navy made him powerful enemies in the government. His criticism of Admiral Gambier's conduct at the Battle of the Basque Roads was so severe that Gambier demanded a court-martial to clear his name. This made Cochrane important enemies in the Admiralty. Cochrane, though popular with the public, was unable to get along with his colleagues in the House of Commons, let alone the government. Usually, he had little success in promoting his causes, though there were exceptions: in 1812 he successfully confronted the Admiralty's prize court. His conviction in the Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814, resulted in Parliament expelling him on 5 July 1814. However, his constituents in the seat of Westminster re-elected him at the resulting by-election on 16 July. He held this seat until 1818. In 1818, Cochrane last speech in Parliament advocated parliamentary reform. Cochrane left the UK in official disgrace, but that did not end his naval career. In May 1817, at the request of Chilean leader Bernardo O'Higgins, he took command of the Chilean Navy in Chile's war of independence against Spain. He was the first Vice Admiral of Chile and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy. Accompanied by Lady Cochrane and their two children, he reached Valparaiso on 28 November 1818. Named a vice admiral, Cochrane reorganized the Chilean navy, introducing British naval customs. He took command in the frigate O'Higgins and blockaded and raided the coasts of Peru as he had those of France and Spain. On his own initiative he organized and led the capture of Valdivia, despite only having 300 men and two ships to deploy against seven large forts. However, he failed in his attempt to capture the Chiloé Archipelago for Chile. In 1820, O'Higgins ordered him to convoy the Liberation Army of General Jose de San Martin to Peru, blockade the coast and support the campaign for independence. Later, forces under Cochrane's personal command cut out and captured the frigate Esmeralda, the most powerful Spanish ship in South America. All this led to Peruvian independence, which O'Higgins considered indispensable to Chile's independence and security. Cochrane's victories in the Pacific were spectacular and important but the euphoria was almost immediately marred by accusations that he had been plotted against by subordinates and treated with contempt and denied adequate financial reward by his superiors. It is clear from the evidence that none of these accusations is true and that the root of the problem lay in Cochrane's own suspicious and uneasy personality. Cochrane is alleged to have made plans to free Napoleon from his exile on Saint Helena and make him ruler of a unified South American state.[citation needed] Before he could carry out his plan, Napoleon died in 1821. Cochrane left the service of the Chilean Navy on 29 November 1822. Brazil was fighting its own war of independence against Portugal. Excepting Montevideo (in today Uruguay, then Cisplatina), along the 1822, the southern provinces fell under the control of the patriots led by the Prince Regent, later Emperor Pedro I, but Portugal still controlled some north important capitals, with major garrisons and naval bases like Belém do Pará, Salvador da Bahia and São Luís do Maranhão. Cochrane took command of the Brazilian Navy on 21 March 1823 and its flagship, the 'Pedro I'. He blockaded the Portuguese in Bahia, confronted them at the Battle of May 4, and forced them to evacuate the province in a vast convoy of ships which Cochrane's men attacked as they crossed the Atlantic. Cochrane then sailed to Maranhão (then called Maranham) on his own initiative and bluffed the garrison into surrender by claiming that a vast (and mythical) Brazilian fleet and army were over the horizon. He then sent a subordinate, Captain John Pascoe Grenfell, to Belem do Pará to use the same bluff and extract a Portuguese surrender. As a result of Cochrane's efforts, Brazil was now totally de facto independent and free from any Portuguese troops. On his return to Rio de Janeiro, the Emperor Pedro I of Brazil rewarded him by making him the Marquês do Maranhão (Marquis of Maranhão). Unfortunately, as in Chile, Cochrane's joy at these successes was rapidly replaced by quarrels over pay and prize money and a totally imaginary accusation that the Brazilian authorities were plotting against him. In mid- 1824, Cochrane sailed north with a squadron to assist the Brazilian army, under General Francisco Lima e Silva, suppress a republican rebellion in the state of Pernambuco which had begun to spread to Maranhão and other northern states. The rebellion was rapidly extinguished. Cochrane then proceeded to Maranhão where he took over the administration and demanded the payment of a vast sum of prize money which he claimed was owing to himself and the squadron as a result of the recapture of the province in 1823. He took all money from the public funds and sacked all merchant ships anchored in São Luís do Maranhão. Then, defying orders to return to Rio de Janeiro, Cochrane transferred to a captured Brazilian frigate, left Brazil on 10 November 1825 and returned to Britain. Cochrane then went to Europe, where between March 1827 and December 1828 he took an active role in the campaign to secure Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had deployed an army raised in Egypt to suppress the Greek rebellion. Cochrane's efforts generally met with limited success due to the poor discipline of the Greek soldiers and seamen. Still, one of his subordinates, Captain Hastings, attacked Ottoman forces at the Gulf of Lepanto, which indirectly led to intervention by Great Britain, France and Russia, the destruction of the Turko-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino, and the end of the war under mediation of the Great Powers. Greece was probably the only campaign in Cochrane's naval career in which the results of his efforts were disappointingly slight. At the end of the war he resigned and returned to England. For the first time since he was convicted for the 1814 Stock Exchange Scandal his lively nature was brought to a standstill. Despite reports to the contrary, there is little evidence to suggest that he experienced a nervous breakdown. Cochrane inherited his peerage following his father's death on 1 July 1831, becoming the 10th Earl of Dundonald. He was restored to the Royal Navy list on 2 May 1832 as a Rear Admiral of the Blue, but Cochrane's return to Royal Navy service was delayed by his refusal to take a command until his knighthood had been restored. Nevertheless, he was further promoted up the list of flag officers, as follows: Rear Admiral of the Blue on 2 May 1832; Rear Admiral of the White on 10 January 1837; Rear Admiral of the Red on 28 June 1838; Vice Admiral of the Blue on 23 November 1841; Vice Admiral of the White on 9 November 1846; Vice Admiral of the Red on 3 January 1848; Admiral of the Blue on 21 March 1851; Admiral of the White on 2 April 1853 and Admiral of the Red on 8 December 1857. On 22 May 1847 Queen Victoria reinstated him as a knight in the Order of the Bath. He then served as Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station from 1848 to 1851. During the Crimean War, the government considered him for a command in the Baltic, but decided that there was too high a chance that he would lose his fleet in a risky attack. On 6 November 1854, he was appointed to the honorary office of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, an office that he would retain until his death.
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AGNES EMILIE LEMPRIERE 1881 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG VICTORIAN ERA WOMAN OF A WEALTHY FAMILY, OF PRESTIGE AND PRIVILEGE
REIGATE SURREY JERSEY CHANNEL ISLES ENGLAND UK 1881 Good+ Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is a super look at the life of Victorian Era 23 year old woman named Agnes Emily Lempriere (b.1858, m. James Murray) who over 150+ pages in a neat tight script using about half of the notebook style journal she used as a diary details her life and times. She is obviously from a wealthy, privileged family and casual research finds a great deal of genealogical information. Dated Reigate, Surrey and Jersey, Channel Isles she writes from March 29th 1881 to Dec 31st 1881 and does a fine job providing a real life picture naming her friends, family and visitors. The book proper is in great shape save for rubbing to the edges and spine. Overall G+.
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Aharon Heiman Haksuvah V'hamesorah - The Written Torah and The Tradition: 3 Volumes
Tel Aviv Israel [British Mandated Palestine] DVIR Co. 1936 Original Cloth Good Hebrew, Judaica 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer: Torah Haksuvah V'hamesorah - The Written Torah and The Tradition. Written and compiled by Aharon Heiman. Every verse in the Torah is related bibliographically from many, many various sources as per a long list of books the author has referenced. Published in Tel Aviv 1937. All three books have loose bindings and cracked hinges but otherwise G+.
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Aher Nissan L'kutei Shoshanim - A Compilation of Roses
Vilnius Lithuania 1875 Fair+ Hebrew 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ,
On offer: L'kutei Shoshanim - A Compilation of Roses by Aher Nissan son of Yehudah Leib (son of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Eidel, a famed teacher in the Chassidic town of Slonim) being a collection of his sermons. Published: 1875, Vilnius. Well used, well rubbed and generally soiled but interior text is better than good. Overall G.
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ALAN E. MAURER 1930 - 1941 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF TWELVE [12] DEPRESSION ERA AND PRE WORLD WAR II DIARIES OFFERING A RARE DAILY LOOK AT THE PERSONAL, LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND POLITICS OF THE DAY AFFECTING A DOWN TO EARTH PENNSYLVANIA MAN
ORWIGSBURG PA PENNSYLVANIA 1930 Leather Very Good Manuscript 64mo - up to 3" tall
On offer is a remarkable archive of twelve [12] handwritten manuscript diaries beginning in 1930 until the author's death in 1941. This archive chronicles the Depression Era and pre- World War Two era in superb fashion - the author Alan E. Maurer [1892-1941 son of William R. and Anna L. Maurer] was a meticulous, near obsessive diarist observing the world from a personal, local and national and international level as if he had a front row seat and never failing to present the details of the day. In a very neat manner of printing with a near calligraphic style the author notes everything - trials, weather, births, deaths, automobile purchases, WPA checks ++++ Rarely will one find as comprehensive a retelling of such an important era of American history as this for the Depression. Here are some examples: worst Blizzard in years, Johnstown Flood, 1700 WPA county workers laid off, Hardware Store explodes kills two, Democratic Parade in Pottsville. National/World: Hitler sends troops to Rhine, Hauptmann executed, Louis upset by Schmelling, Louis vs Sharkey fight, Roosevelt wins 46 of 48 states, strike at Shirt Factory, Alex Meyers to Rockview for execution, 1st Stainless Steel Train by Budd Co. at Rail Road Station. National/World events: Ohio Valley Floods, Jean Harlow 26 dies, Braddock looses to Joe Louis, Amelia Earhart lost in Pacific, Louis vs Farr, Japan sinks US Gunn Boat and 2 Oil Tankers, fire at Mahanoy High School, Police Move out. National/World events: Radio Scare War of Worlds broadcast, Braddock vs Farr Fight, Hitler Takes Austria, R. Whitney goes to Sing Sing, Max Baer vs Farr, Joe Louis beats Schmeling in first round, 75th Ann of Gettysburg, Howard Hughes record Flight, Hitler and War, Auburn Brick plant fire, Regular Thanks Giving day not celebrated in PA., Thanks Giving day by Roosevelt, 8 lb Capon cost $1.60, Fire at Arcadia Hotel. National/World events: Pope Pius XI dies, New Pope elected, 14 democracts indited, Hitler Takes Checo-Slovakia, NY Word Fair opens w/President, Sub Squal sinks, Men rescused with diving bell, Louis vs Galento, War Loams in Europe, Hitler attacks Poland, Al Capone released today 71/2 years, Mussolini, purchased 3 ton of bootleg pea coal $15.00, 16 Block Cave In at Shenandoah,PA worst in history of Antracite Fields, In Warne Hospital, Pottsville, Bill $28.00, Razing old court house. National/World events: Germany Invades Norway, Hitler invades Belgium, Holland & Luxenburg, Germans start Air Raid in Paris, France Surrenders, Roosevelt Wins 3rd term. Many hundreds maybe 1000s of names will provide a wealth of genealogical info. VG.
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ALBERT E. GEORGE 1914 - 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF A RELIGIOUS MASSACHUSETTS MAN DETAILING THE BAD ECONOMY, SPIRITUAL MATTERS, SOCIETAL CONDITIONS AND SUFFRAGE EFFORTS WITHIN HIS CHURCH
WELLESLEY MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA BOSTON 1914 Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is an original 1914 - 1918 manuscript journal handwritten by Albert E. George of Wellesley, Massachusetts. It appears that Mr. George was a clergyman as he writes about many religious topics, mentions giving sermons and speaks of others as "other clergyman". Entries paint a detailed picture of the times as he writes about many topics including the bad economy, poor living conditions, socialism, insane hospitals and he mentions the women in the church being involved in suffrage plus much, much more. Albert also does a good job as a diarist outlining his visits: Jamaica Plains, Lincoln School, S.J.C.D, Parker House, Harvard +++. Names mentioned include Judge Michael J. Murray, Mayor Curley, Dr. E.H. Bradford, Jack Rese, plus many others. There are approximately 100 pages and save for rubbing and the spine cap missing the book is overall G.
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ALBERT H. BARROW 1883-1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF FOURTEEN [14] LETTERS DETAILING EARLY HOMESTEADING IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE FOUNDING OF ROLLINS COLLEGE AND BUILDING THE RAILROADS LEADING TO ESTABLISHING MODERN DAY ORLANDO
PREVATT LAKE HELEN ORANGE CITY ORLANDO FLORIDA FL 1883 Manuscript Very Good+ 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
On offer is an original archive of fourteen [14] handwritten manuscript letters by Albert H. Barrows, 16 years old in 1883, of Prevatt Florida, 7 miles east of Orange City and near Lake Helen, writes, over a period of March 1883 through November 1887, his dear friend super letters filled with family genealogy, details of their new homestead and surroundings and even the inner workings of the new mill's machine where he works making mouldings. Other events include balloon ascensions on July 4th, caring for the lemon tree, guava bushes, teaching his scholars, mentions there is no saloon in Orange City, he is growing a moustache and hopes to have a heavy beard one day, a fair bit of talk of meetings of their 'Society' and a Congregational College [to be named Rollins College; his father is a Trustee], he does attend the College and is the first President of the Athletic association, playing baseball [he predicts "we will be the best nine in the state!!!"], railroads mentioned many times as it is an important issue, the Seminole Hotel opening, starting huge orange groves, buying land from the US Government, yellow fever scare. Quite a charmer Albert discusses visiting his friend's school and 'speachifying for the edification of the pupils' and as 'speachifying is mi fort' he also ends a letter: "My thinker is about thunk out and hence I will stop right here." This archive will prove a treasure trove for Central Florida collectors and historians of Rollins College and area. VG+.
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ALBERT M. MEAD 1859 - 1860 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL WITH DETAILED ENTRIES ON THE LOCAL HISTORY, POLITICS - INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE'S PRO SLAVERY STANCE - AND PRE CIVIL WAR BACKGROUND OF A SAD, FAILED, UNHAPPY MAN WHO WANTS SO MUCH MORE
LAWRENCE MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX COUNTY 1859 Hard Cover Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Autograph
On offer is a super relic of pre Civil War Americana that collector and historians will appreciate on a number of levels: a mere six years after incorporation of Lawrence he writes detailed descriptions of local events, names recorded of visitors and then his own life experience: a young, deeply introspective man whose life is one of failure and illness, injury and desire. The 188 hand-numbered pages are handwritten by Albert M Mead of Lawrence Massachusetts a 20 year old whose large 10.25 x 7.5 inch journal is densely written and covers the period of January 1859 through 1860. Albert starts retrospectively, recounting his early life: father from Canandaigua New York who was killed by his brother when Albert was two; moved to Norwidgewock Maine to his 'mother's people' who were from Vermont. He was run over by a carriage "and was injured somewhere about my head -which I think has its effects to this day, with other thrumps." As a testament to his sincerity he signs the 'forward' at the bottom of page seven. We learn he went to Provincetown to work in Uncle's jewelry store and studied to be a dentist but was unsuccessful at both. He worries that he is too cautious to succeed. Had three phrenologists check his head and they all said his caution bump is predominant. "This is one grand reason of my not succeeding in becoming a good dentist a good printer or of learning any trade or becoming a public speaker…". Albert worked as a printer and early on in the narrative he is told he is no longer needed but he's still working far into the journal. [for a Mr Hayes?]. Each work day page lists what he worked on i.e.: "working the fast & card presses, helping with the printing of the Sentinel paper, striking bill heads, circulars for fire co, Pemberton [Mill] labels, any entertainment that came to town needed tickets/circulars, etc. His pay was given erratically by his boss. Life for him and of the times: he lives in a rooming house, has a fire in his room, goes to meetings on Spiritualism, Mesmerism, Universalism, Skepticism, the "Davenport Boys give manifestations of Spirit Power" with a long paragraph of how they work. City going to try and close all rum & beer houses, Circus with "Steam Caliope" comes to town, sold his ticket to the circus in order to see the 7ft 8 in French giant, large block of buildings burned down killing an Irishman he worked with, several other fires including at one of the mills, runaway horses etc. He's taking a "Liver Invigorator" for his digestive health, meets girls [especially Annie] from the mills but is not very successful in dating - says he is lonesome. Takes the train to Boston & catches a boat to Provincetown [which took 5 hours], trip into Boston - saw Boston Light Infantry in full uniform & Aquarial Garden [described fully], buildings at Harvard etc, temperance lectures, bank embezzlement, Daniel Sickles trial, 1.5 page description of types of celebrations on 4th of July, Mr. Martin "colored preacher" who escaped slavery gives several lectures which Albert attends, "Ben Butler Democratic nominee for Gov. made a speech in Charlestown .. opened the campaign. It was a spicy and witty effort. Ben is shrewd on the stump as at the bar. He says pigs are just the same and as much property as Negroes are, under the Constitution. Why should they not be represented in Congress then? 5 pigs ought to be able to cast 5 votes if they are the equal of Black men. I think Northern mens property should be represented if Southern property is thus privileged. What is the Democratic Party coming to with such a creed before a civilized nation like America. It will …. its own condemnation in time." "Insurrection in Harpers Ferry Virginia with Negroes and some white men." "Tonight the Pemberton Mill fell down burying many hundreds in it's fall. …..in general it surpasses all former scenes recorded in the annals of present archives" and he goes on for a whole page of description. A super period piece of the times and the era. The marble covered boards are slightly bowed but the contents are in very good condition
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ALBERT SMITH 1895 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY OF A CHARMING YOUNG BOY FROM TROY NEW YORK VISITING HIS BELGIAN RELATIVES AND SEEING THE SIGHTS
BELGIUM FRANCE LONDON ENGLAND EUROPE TROY NEW YORK 1895 Fair Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is a super, original 1895 manuscript diary handwritten by the very young, very charming Albert Smith of Troy New York who over 48 pages describes his travels to Belgium, France, and England. Not quite a 'Grand Tour', more of a family reunion with sight seeing Albert describes playing in puddles, building a bridge with his cousins it seems, going to a restaurant for cheap eats and much more from July 31st to August 25th. [A note in a different hand explains that paper from the book was used for another reason.] He visits his uncles' factory in Wettern, Belgium. Of the Louvre in Paris he says: "it is a very big place and would take a week to look at it at all and see everything good." Of the famous Pere Lachais Cemetary Albert says "if you want to see a pretty cemetary do not visit this one." The book is in awful shape with the pages apart from the only cover present being the front. Otherwise the book is quite legible even in Albert's youthful somewhat wild hand. He includes a couple of drawings too. Overall Fair.
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Alex P. Olsson, Rose Herminghaus [Olsson] 1916 THROUGH 1940 LARGE ARCHIVE OF 100+ HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO AND FROM A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST, HIS WIFE AND SISTER
1916 Very Good Manuscript 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer is a large archive of handwritten letters of particular interest to Christian Science historians and collectors. The writers were devoted believers and faithful followers which is obvious from even a casual reading. The grouping consists of 105 handwritten letters of which 100 date from 1916-1924. The last 5 are around the 1930's and 1940's. Most of them are addressed to Alex P. Olsson who lived in Junction City, Oregon and are from his girl friend and eventually his wife, Rose Herminghaus of Portland, Oregon. A goodly number of them are also from Alex to his sister in Central Point, Oregon while he was away at war. Alex was a Naval Band member during the war, which gives a rather different and highly interesting perspective. Here are just a few snippets: 1917 "February 21st, Dear Alex……Last Wednesday mother and I spent the day in Salem. We visited the legislature at the state capitol both morning and afternoon. Then we went through the blind school and met two Christian Scientist inmates. We met several of the Scientists in Salem. Did you ever see Mr. Burt, the tenor again? I had the privilege of reading Mr. Wilson's letter from you telling of your demonstration. That certainly was fine Alex. Isn't it joyful to know we have the truth ever present. I had a most wonderful visit with mother. I feel that so much more time must be given to C.S. study……Your Friend Rose Herminghaus" "May 28th, Dear Alex……Mr. Reed a Scientist, knowing of me wrote and asked if I would consider a book keeping position with the Pacific States Fire Insurance Co. The minute I read the letter I knew that Love was opening the way for me…….I rode over to Vancouver over the new Interstate Bridge and we walked around the barracks. We go to some good movies once in awhile. The young folks crowd from the church have planned a big picnic at Lake Oswego on Decoration Day. I have not decided whether I will go or not. Some of the boys have enlisted so it will perhaps be their last picnic with the crowd…..Most Sincerely, Rose." "Sept. 30th, Dear Alex…..I hope you are having nice sunny weather like we are, having to live out in a tent. Some of the C.S. boys from here who joined Company A Oregon Engineers and are in North Carolina, write home that they are so busy they hardly have a minute to themselves. Last Sunday I spent the day out on Columbia Highway in a Ford machine. At Multnomah Falls we left the car and hiked up in the mts. We climbed higher then the source of the falls. It was a beautiful trip…Most Sincerely Rose" 1918 "May 30th, Dear Sister Betta…..Has any of the girls besides Sadie Beebe entered the government service? Rosa is preparing herself for a wireless job. Before I left Frisco I started to study radio, so she got interested. I got a sounder and key and we use to practice sending messages. She said she wants to get in the Navy but I thought it was a passing whim. …Her parents have consented to let her enlist if she can stay on the west coast which is near a thing impossible…..Lovingly your brother Alex." "June 27th, Dear Betta, ……That little clipping telling of Albert Forgey's marriage was sure a surprise. I met the girl when I was home xmas but I never thought he would get married until he was out of the service. I don't approve of those kind of marriage, do you? But they seem to be marrying wild through, "everybody is doing it". Our bandmaster was married a few weeks ago to a girl he met since we came here. Seems to be a very nice girl. He gave me a dandy big photo of himself and I'm the only one in the band he gave to……We have a man in the band who has been in the circus and show business since he was seven years old and he is about thirty now. He was in the Chatanque business before he enlisted and his brother is manager of several big companies now in the east. I told him about Sells Floto Circus and he told me about how they use to do. They would send an advance agent to arrange it with the mayor to not allow the show to enter the town. Of course there would be an extra big write up in the paper and in this way it would be put more forcibly before they eyes of the public. But when time come for the show they mayor would change his mind and in that way they always had bumper crowds….Lovingly your brother, Alex." Overall VG.
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ALEXANDER FORBES 1912 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY FAMED NEUROBIOLOGIST
WOODS HOLE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA 1912 Soft Cover Good Manuscript 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer is an original manuscript letter dated July 17, 1912 Wood's Hole handwritten by Alexander Forbes to Mr. C W Estabrook saying there is NO Boat available for his client. Alexander Forbes was a Famous Neurobiologist.. Normal wear and light folds but overall VG.
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ALEXANDER MACFARLANE 1904 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST MATHEMATICIANS AND PROMINENT CANADIANS
GOWRIE GROVE CHATHAM ONTARIO CANADA 1904 Very Good+ Manuscript 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is a super, boldly handwritten ALS, autograph letter signed, by Alexander Macfarlane (1851-1913) Scottish-Canadian logician, physicist, and mathematician. During his life, Macfarlane played a prominent role in research and education. He was, at various times in his life, physics professor at the University of Texas, professor of Advanced Electricity, and later of mathematical physics, at Lehigh University, and co-founder and president of the International Association for Promoting the Study of Quaternions and Allied Systems of Mathematics until his death. He was also the author of a popular 1916 collection of mathematical biographies (Ten British Mathematicians), a similar work on physicists (Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century, 1919), and he compiled a bibliography on quaternions in 1904. Significantly, he invented of hyperbolic quaternions, precursor to Minkowski space. He actively participated in several International Congresses of Mathematicians including the Paris meeting of 1900 where he described the counter-sphere in the topological ring of coquaternions. Dated, Chatham Ontario, Canada, December 21, 1904, 1p, 4to; to Prof. Woodward congratulating Woodward on his election as President of the Carnegie Institution.
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Alfred Buckingham Cuspley c1850 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT APOTHECARY'S BOOK OF PERSONAL, HOUSEHOLD AND FARM CURES, SALVES, RECIPES AND REMEDIES
ENGLAND UK GREAT BRITAIN 1850 Good Manuscript 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer is a British Apothecary's handwritten manuscript book, 5 x 8 inches with approximately 98 pages of recipes [receipts], remedies, cures, salves, potions, oils etc. for household and personal needs, plus a handwritten index and a list of suppliers. The name Alfred Buckingham Cuspley is written on the first page. While undated the book most certainly pre-dates 1858 as evidenced by a currency converter pasted into the back of the book which refers to Canadian £ Sterling which was replaced in 1858. The majority of recipes are for medicinal cures, health and beauty products and perfumes. There are also a few wine recipes, cures for horses etc. Some examples: Bears Grease, Violet Powder, Cholera Mixture, Sun Burn Lotion, Milk of Roses, Horse Cough Ball, Myrhh Gargle, Sir Charles Clarke's Digestive Dinner Pills, Sea Sick Pills, Face Rouge, Bug Poison, Arsenical Soap, Bay Rum, Hendrie's Perfumes (3 pages), Poultry Spice, Volatile Essence, Pepsine Wine +++.Split to spine covering. Remains of metal clasp. Marks to a few pages but good clean condition overall.
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ALFRED C. JOHNSON 1872 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN RUSSIA TRAVEL DIARY, GENEALOGICAL REFERENCE OF EUROPE'S ROYALTY AND HEADS OF STATE AND INTIMATE LOOK INTO THE WINDER, JOHNSON AND LAWRIE FAMILIES
Philadelphia PA Denmark Sweden Germany Russia 1872 Very Good+ Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is the amazing 1872 handwritten manuscript diary of the young Alfred C. Johnson of 727 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Research suggests this is the same man that becomes Consul of the United States at Stuttgart, Germany in the future and as late as 1896. Mr. Johnson is a literate, observant diarist who details a very interesting life [just one year out of school but he writes and shows interests of a middle aged man] of going to the theatre [Walnut Street is a favorite] and opera, lectures and speeches and he never fails to mentions both birthdays, anniversaries, deaths and other important events of his intimate and extended family [almost compulsively as in one example of new family member 'Molly' - "Molly is one week old; Molly is two weeks old; Molly is three weeks old" and after one month Molly graduates to monthly notations] and European Royalty and other well known, historically important European figures for many of whom he has, it seems, a deep interest and it appears a peripheral relationship. He consistently relates the birthdays of heads of State and their offspring and even makes comments on the character of the individuals. In one fascinating observation he notes a person being born on a specific day in 1801 that he considered a good day and indicative of the man's character. We also deduce that he is likely a much younger sibling of quite a large family as he notes the day his sister Sarah who died at 40 would have been 46 and his brother Theodore is 2 years younger than Sarah. During the year, he takes a train to Washington DC for a visit, also New York City and later he crosses the Atlantic and visits Hamburg [he sees the Emperor of Germany and the King of Prussia, the Dutchess of Genoa etc.], Denmark, Stockholm and Moscow, Russia, among other places. At one point around Thanksgiving, he writes of being glad he is away from home, because he is so ashamed of a disgraced family member. At the back of the diary in the memorandum area he notes 20 separate people he needs to bring presents back to America. Here are some snippets: "January 11 - Nellie married that hateful stitch of a James Chester Norris two years ago today, and will have her second child about 1st of March. April 29 - Went to see Miss Nilson in Opera of Hamlet with Miss Cary and Brignote music by Thomas. Very fine but does not compare with Mignon. May 24 - Rufus Lawrie came up for first time. Birthday of Queen Victoria, born 1819, is 53. June 13 - Sailed in Steamer Hollandia for Hamburg at 2:30. Some very pleasant people on board, especially Miss Hearns, and some very unpleasant people. Feel a little uncomfortable tonight. Moon light. June 28 - Weather cloudy, rain. Took a drive. saw a funeral .... and a house covered with black with a a double string of hired mourners in long cloaks and furs. Took train at Albona (a small town out of Hamburg) at 9:45 pm. Arrived to Thiel at 12 night. Took boat after walking a number of blocks ..... and she fell on one knee too, but did not hurt much. Aug 2 - Arrived in Moscow 11 am, Hotel Chevrier. Miserable place. The exposition and largest room without pillows in the world. Afternoon drove for Sparrow Hill where a view of the city is had..........Road terrible, nearly upset. November 12 - Weather damp, rain, chilly. Heard of another dreadful fire in Boston this time loss estimated at $1,250,000. What shall become of us? Nothing is sure in this world. Next spring there will be one in Philadelphia and everything we have will be lost." Further research finds his father is Lawrence Johnson b. 1801, his grandfather was Aaron Winder b. 1763. Overall VG.
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ALFRED FREDERICK BELL WOODHOUSE, COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY 1911 + 1914 - 1915 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEENLY OBSERVANT AND DEDICATED DIARIST OF THIS BRITISH NAVAL COMMANDER'S SERVICE IN THE EARLY YEARS OF WORLD WAR I
ASEA 1911 Good+ 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is the original pre-World War I and early commencement of the War manuscript diary of Commander Alfred Frederick Bell "AFB" Woodhouse Royal Navy. Entries date from June - August 1911 and May 1914 - April 1915 providing a unique pre-War commentary and then leading up to the actual conflict. Woodhouse begins on HMS Fantome off north west coast of Australia surveying: "...Shifted camp to Byron Islands for 4 days. Got there by 11am. Comber went away sounding in steamboat. I first saw the camp rigged up & then went away coastlining in 2 whaler......Away coastlining again at 7am nearly finished Byron Islands by evening. Enormous number of small islands had to be put in.......Coastlining longcreek about 5 miles in & then small mangrove swamp...Dozens of flies about appallingly stung....Practically no sleep last night owing to bites. Away 7am, started near Beehive. Fixed one point & when turning found myself in whirlpool pass. Went down with flood... Whaler hole in side. Camp - no rum, no sugar, no flour, no tea, very little water...". Then HMS Research (May 1914) off Ireland and Scotland: "...Weighed at 9.30 after the first mail had come on board & proceeded to the entrance to Wexford. Picked up tide pole & then to Blackwater Bank. Went away in motor boat with Hazlefoot but too misty to see anything. Returned at 3.30 & ship started for Larne. Then HMS King Alfred (August 1914): "...After dinner joined King Alfred from Research as my war appointment.....We are at present ammunitioning & getting ready as quickly as possible. Invincible in harbour. (List of officers).....12 Midnight War declared against Germany...My first gun crew do not appear to know much about their drill but they are enthusiastic which is something & I have an excellent gun-layer...Submarine gun crews told off & stationed...Everyone pleased we are getting away but do not know where we are to go. Azores seems popular.....Received orders to proceed to Scapa Flow...Ships here are all King Edwards 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. Drake & 2 Edgar Cyclops & a good number of scouts, light cruisers & destroyer. All are painted light grey in different parts & black elsewhere so as to be difficult to take ranges on & also distinguishes them very well.......We are painting our funnels & masts light grey & are chipping as much paint as possible off the ship.....proceeded round west of Orkneys. At about 11.30 the Drake stopped a Russian barquentine but allowed her to proceed later. We stood by for firing practise.....The Drake stopped & boarded a Norweigan steamer but let her proceed afterwards. Sighted a battle cruiser in evening. Heard that a German submarine had been sighted....Received news that German ships were in Norweigan fjords. Ordered by c-in-c to support Alsatian who is to patrol 20 miles from coast...Sighted Alsatian an enormous liner carrying as far as I could see only 8 4.7in or 6in. One shell would probably finish her....In afternoon intercepted signal from c-in-c to destroyers to attack enemies submarines which were apparently sheltering in Linza Sound Stronsea (Orkney Is).....Our army according to Poldhu message has held its own in Belgium but has had 2000 casualties, German losses unknown but believed to be very heavy....Heard the Monarch had a torpedo fired at her which only just missed......Sighted Drake in dog watches she told us that 1 BCS had had a scrap on friday morning with a good deal of success. Light cruisers, destroyers & 1 BCS raided near Heligoland & intercepted German cruisers & destroyers returning on friday early. Result 2 German L cruisers & 2 destroyers sunk, 1 L cruiser & several destroyers badly damaged...At 6.30 suddenly sounded off night defence stations. Falmouth had seen a submarine following the G??? into harbour & had waited till her conning tower came up & then fired at her. She says she hit her twice....Superb fired twice at supposed submarine....First shots fired in earnest today.....We have received orders to convoy floating dock from Pentland Firth to Cromarty....The Pathfinder & Speedy have been blown up by mines but little loss of life...Got news that the Aboukir was sunk by submarine & that the Hague & Cressy going to her assistance were also sunk. It appears that a flotilla of submarines attacked them. 21 is the first score to their submarines. Ships are not much but loss of life was heavy I believe....Ships company & officers warned by captain about spreading any information about movements of ships or anything else.....Proceeding to the HMS Devonshire (October 1914) "....Drove to Scabster in a motor lorry, got the mail packet at 4am to go to Scapa Flow. Arrived 7am got on board at 9am The Anglia one of the LNWR steamers which is acting as a fleet ??????....There was a big submarine scare during the day & all ships have left. Destroyers were hunting the submarines & say they got 3 but I rather doubt it....Went to a funeral in charge.....Received orders to proceed on board Cyclops for passage to Devonshire in the Dryad.....At 7pm the Dryad ran on to the rocks near Stromness....By 6pm I was on board the Devonshire after a week trying to get to her.....I am to be tanky & prize officer & keep 4 watches.....Proceeded on 24th 4pm & swept down to Heligoland way. Our aeroplanes bombed Cushaven & ships there on christmas day....Rear Admiral Pakenham hoisted his flag in Devonshire....Rendezvous with grand fleet & proceeded southward. Battle cruisers & light cruisers fought an action with German B Cruisers sinking the Blucher & severely damaging Deiflinger & Molke. We chased after them...The Lion was badly damaged by mine or torpedo as well as gun fire. The ships hit were only Lion 18 times Tiger 3 times the rest not at all.....There are some dummy ships in harbour (Liverpool) with wooden turrets & superstructures, they are very good imitations from a little distance.....Left Scapa Flow & joined 3rd CS at sea. While proceeding into harbour on afternoon of 14th we passed down a whole line of submarines each one near a sailing ship painted white. We opened fire at them all but I dont think hit. They did not seem to fire at us but one cannot be sure....". Covers measure approx 7 1/4" x 4 3/4" (18cm x 12cm) Cloth bound with 91 sides of entries. Covers heavily marked, with some ink staining and wear, some minor marking inside, about fair condition. Overall G.
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ALFRED WILLIAM LAFONE 1909 - 1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOK OF A YOUNG BRITISH MAN SENT BY HIS FATHER TO SOUTHEAST ASIA TO ANALYZE AND PURCHASE RUBBER AND TEA PLANTATIONS
CEYLON SRI LANKA MALAYA MALAYSIA SUMATRA JAVA 1909 Good Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
On offer is an original, sensational October 14th 1909 through April 2nd 1910 manuscript diary detailing a six month visit to Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Malaya [Malaysia], Sumatra, Java, Singapore and Calcutta, India. Of great significance are detailed reports on twenty-nine tea, rubber and sugar plantations handwritten by the author Alfred William Lafone (b. 1853) wherein he writes on 68 pp of the 85 pp folio notebook. The first sixteen pages consist of a businesslike diary of the trip, starting at Charing Cross Station, London, on 14 October 1909, and ending with Lafone's return 'home' on 2 April 1910, to be 'met by Father' (i.e. the one-time Conservative MP for Bermondsey Alfred Lafone (1821-1911) of Hanworth Park, Hounslow). It would appear that the younger Lafone has been sent out to report on plantations with a view to the purchase of one by his father. He writes on May 25th 1910: 'Handed cable from home by Huttenbacks "If Title Good, labour sufficient 500 yearly 1000 if required on good properties."' Lafone records his travels from place to place by boat, train, motor car and on horseback. He notes down the names of fellow travellers (for example, on 14 November 1909: 'Mr & Mrs Tate [of Tate and Lyle?] also on board. Also Douglas Osborne tin miner who put me down for the Club. Davie Bishop of Singapore, Davison who stopped at E & Ott with me. Josselyn.') He swims, plays tennis, and golf (at the course of the Grand Hotel, Newra Elya [Nuwara Eliya], and at Penang). At a tobacco factory at Paya Djamboe he sees 'the Chinese stapling & sorting the leaf'. The references to India and Singapore are brief, and the main body of the item is devoted to the plantations. Each of the thirty estates has its own entry, the whole covering forty-nine pages. Those visited are as follows. In Ceylon: Troy Estate (Ceylon Proprietary Co.); Sunnycroft (Sunnygama Tea & Rubber Cos.); Kiribatgalla; Ambadeniya; Edinborough [sic] Tea Estate; Culloden Rubber Estate; R. P. K. (Kalubara district). In Malaya: Caledonia (Penang Sugar Co.); Prye (rubber, sugar, coconut); Batukawan; Straits (Bertams); Jebong (Perak); Linggi Plantations (Bukit Nanas Estate); Sungei Buloh; Ledbury Co. (Estate Sione); Batu Caves; Consolidated Malay; Lallang Estate; Mallacca Estates. In Sumatra: Simpang Sumatra Rubber Estate; Mr. Pinckneys Estate (private, rubber only); Lang Kat (Sumatra) Rubber Co.; Deli Sumatra (Laut Tador); Tandjong (Kassau). In Malaya again: United Serdang; United Langkat Tobacco Co.; Late British Deli & Langkat; Sealing Rubber Estates (Tebbi Tingi). In Java: Tjiseroe Estate. In India: Bokel Estate (tea). With each entry Lafone notes the proprietor of the estate, its manager, and location, as well as salient facts such as altitude, acreage, drainage, nature and price of labour, rainfall, altitude, tapping. Each entry has a final paragraph summing up his view. Of the Late British Deli & Langkat: 'Placing an Englishman in charge when all the assistants were Dutch was a mistake'. Of the Batu Kawan: 'The policy to follow on this Estate is to either plant cocoa nuts only This is a safe or sound investment. The alternative is to reconstruct the factory & utilise say 2000 acres for cane & the rest for cocoanuts but no rubber | [the following added in pencil] To put it briefly this is a wretched estate - [signed] A. W. Lafone | 23/11/09'. Following an account (with brief chronology and statistics) of the way in which, on the Bokel Tea Estate, India, the 'old tea is being abandoned & new tea being put out at rate of about 25 acres per acre': 'The mistake in the past has been to take everything out of the garden & put nothing into it. There should be at least 10% renewals or additional clearances every year'. The entry for the Linggi Plantations contains a diagram headed '1/4 of tree', showing the process of tapping. The last three pages carry names and addresses. A few entries in another hand; perhaps Lafone's son? 32 x 20 cm. 36 lines to the page. Text clear and complete. Internally tight and sound, on lightly spotted and aged paper. Worn marbled boards and enpapers, with loss and splitting to red leather spine. Overall
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Alice M. Preston 1916 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL TEACHER DURING WORLD WAR I
New Hampshire/Massachusetts 1916 Very Good Manuscript 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
On offer is the handwritten diary of Alice M. Preston during the year 1916. We are not certain as to the town Alice lives in, but we believe it is either in Massachusetts or New Hampshire, because she mentions the following places; Peabody, Windham, White Plains, Salem, Laconia, Danvers, Northfield, Jackson, Beverly, Plattsburg, Ashfield and Nashua. Alice is a schoolteacher and a fairly dedicated diarist and this diary is over two thirds full having over 250 entries with many very interesting and historical entries. Here are some snippets: "Still warm. Ice nearly all gone from ponds. Grace Noble came to teach grade 3... Parliament buildings in Ottawa blown up by German bomb.... Big blizzard. Began about 2. A howler. Home at 4:10. Struggled up home in the teeth of it, a fearful night….. Walls and fences covered. Went to 8:20 car on my snowshoes. Men could hardly keep the road open. Home at 4:20. Walked up on snowshoes... Parent’s day at school. Had 4 in the morning and 12 or 15 in the p.m. Pupils lovely... School again. Cool and clear. Miss Sergeant wearing her diamond. Went to ride with Ruth after tea... washed my hair. Sewed in the p.m. Mrs. Edwin Appleton died very suddenly at 10 o'clock. Heart failure... Mother and I went up to Mrs. Drury’s after tea. Foster left for Plattsburgh for a month of soldiering... Flag Day. Big parade in Salem. Clear in the p.m., but rainy in the evening. Strawberry festivals... Everything all war excitement. Boys went to Framingham….. A trifle warmer. Professors and teachers had our supper at Hospital Point. Ruth brought me home later. Militia left for Mexico….. Yellow day caused by forest fires in Canada. Heat wave in Chicago. Went to church. Cloudy all day. Sultry at night. Up street after tea. Heard that Bessie Choat had a boy…. Fixed a dress. To Peabody with Grace and Marion. Came back to House of Seven Gables. Marion here at night. She was poisoned by cedar…. Northfield. Went on an auto trip over the Mohawk Trail and to a lumber camp in Ashfield…. Poured. Schools did not open on account of another case of infantile paralysis. To building to report. Home at 10. Lovely in p.m….. Our building opened. Medical inspection by 8 doctors. All teachers back. I have 41….. Mr. Chase came up. When for an auto ride with Ruth. In evening I fainted away, while mother was tying my mole. Ethel Dodge died… early reports reported; Hughes elected president. Evening returns in doubt…. Election returns not all in. Still uncertain…. Wilson declared elected president...and more. Names mentioned in this diary are; Abby Rose, Lillian Smith, Mackay, Louisa Riva, Edwards, Plumber, Forbes, Read, King, Haskell, Pembroke, Dury, Lawrence, Obear, Dexler, Wales, Ruth Woodbury, Effie Lindsay, Susan Todd, Una Elliot, Sue Sinnell, Harold Dodge, Loom, and more. The diary measures 3" x 5", is in wonderful condition, and Alice has very beautiful hand writing.
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ALIXANDRO OF GNANOA 1505 - 500+ YEAR OLD HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, LEDGER AND DIARY OF A WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN OF GENOA
GENOA, ITALY 1505 Original Vellum Good+ None Italian, Spanish, Latin 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
One hundred and eighty four hand numbered pages in this remarkable, 501 year old, handwritten manuscript ledger, journal and diary : " 1505 Gendenze di Saviz - gnano" as stated on the cover. The first page begins: "Libro de tuto _____ quale so tato asan__giano ala venuta mia. [T]o Alexandro salueto schrise e soto schrise de mia gnovia mar...." Not written by a scribe, this is a working journal and ledger containing hundreds of business entries, purchases, loans and repayments. There are long lists of foods and prices for what is assuredly shopping lists for parties and feasts. There are also what appears to be observations and business maxims and poetry in a number of entries. Certainly this fascinating book requires more research. The original vellum cover is in somewhat rough shape with tears, rubbing and bumping and is barely attached to the text block though still held by the rear binding cords. Interior is in excellent shape save for the odd and to be expected ink blot, age-toning and light soiling. Please email for pictures of this rare manuscript.
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ALLEN, NAPOLEON 1839 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARITHMETIC SUMS DONE IN FINE CALLIGRAPHY - BEGINNING OF THE VICTORIAN ERA
England, United Kingdom, Great Britain 1839 Good+ Manuscript 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is an 1839 school copy book is done in black ink with red accents a mere year and a half into Queen Victoria's reign. The three-quarter page, very fine and fancy calligraphy and penmanship, penned title is "Questions to exercise. Multiplication & Division." About 14 pages of the estimated 60 pages are covered in neat math exercises of figures and text. On the front free endpaper is written Napoleon Allen's Book February 21st 1839. There is also an unattached name plate (7 x 5.5 inches) with name Napoleon Allen done in elaborately patterned lettering. The original covers are of stiff, but flexible stock which is toned and spotted with age. The interior is bright and clean. 8 x 11 inches.
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Alsheich, Moshe Shoshanat Ha-Amakim : COMPOSED BY THE GREAT RABBI OF THE HOLY CITY OF SAFED IN ISRAEL, THE GREAT PUPIL OF THE RABBI YOSEF CARO
Offenbach, Zeligman-Reiss 1717 Original Wraps Fair Hebrew, Judaica Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Original Printing in 1717. RARE AND IMPORTANT BOOK COMPOSED BY THE GREAT RABBI OF THE HOLY CITY OF SAFED IN ISRAEL, THE GREAT PUPIL OF THE RABBI YOSEF CARO. OVER 288 YEARS Old. The Book: Alsheich, Moshe. Shoshanat Ha-Amakim. Offenbach, Zeligman-Reiss, 1717. Folio. Title page torn with some loss, early original boards. Several Rabbis signatures. Alshich Hakadosh (1508-1593). Popularly referred to by his family name, and an individual whose great holiness is reflected by the title "Hakadosh" (the holy) which history has appended to his name, Rabbi Moshe Alshich was one of the leading members of the great beit din (Jewish court) of Safed, Israel. He had moved to the holy city of Safed from Turkey with his teacher Rabbi Yosef Caro the author of the Shulchan Aruch) while still a young man." (Ref: "Torah from Dixie: Recompilation of Rabbinic Giants").
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AMANDA F. KELSEY 1846 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER REGARDING THE SHIPWRECK OF THE SCHOONER LYDIA
Westbrook, Ct 1846 Manuscript Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Autograph
1846 AMANDA F. KELSEY - ALS [STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER], Westbrook, Ct., 1846, 3 pages, 4to, plus integral address leaf. Writing to her nephew about the family's concern that he was on board the Shipwreck of the Schooner Lydia. Ms. Kelsey writes of the many nights of missed sleep by her mother, sick with worry over the reports of the Lydia's sinking. Very touching description and familial connection. Manuscript PAID postal marking. Overall in good shape though a bit fragile and some creases to the folds in one or two spots but still quite legible.
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AMELIA MARIA [ELY] HOWE 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF A NOTED BOSTON SURGEON DETAILING A LIFE OF CULTURE AND WEALTH
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA 1928 Very Good+ Manuscript 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
On offer is a absolutely super original 1928 diary handwritten by Amelia Maria (Ely) Howe who was the wife of noted Boston surgeon, Dr. Walter C. Howe [who would die 1931]. The diary offers up an amazing intimate look into the life of a prominent and wealthy family during the 1920's. This diary offers up some amazing historical reading including many high society events such as the theatre, fancy dinners, traveling, and several social functions around Boston; most taking place at some of the prominent "hot spots" during the 1920's. She also talks about their annual trip to their summer cabin in Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Right before they leave for Canada, their daughter Emily leaves on an ocean voyage to Europe before returning home for her "Debutante coming out party", which took place on November 16th, 1928. Emily eventually marries a surgeon by the name of George Aaron Marks. Frederick, their son, had Epilepsy because on several occasions Amelia mentions his "Attacks" or "Sickness" which sometimes last for an hour. There are also several newspaper clippings pasted inside an one photo of a man standing by a car with a long fur coat on. She also mentions on different occasions that her husband is working on writing a prescription book. Here are snippets: 1928 "January 13th, To Ritz Carlton with Mary Guild and Mrs. Humphries to hear Louis Brownfield talk on "How Characters in Fiction are Born." Then to tea at Brittany Coffee Shop. Found Cliff Bragdon here when I got home. He got Joe and brought her back to dinner. E. dinning at State Door with Pill, Jimmie Cosgrove and Dorothy Buchard. Then to Staller to dance. W., Cliff, Joe and I to Copley Theatre to see "Clean Hands." "February 4th, Packing & sewing. Pill to lunch. Train for Springfield with E. Jo and Isabella Grandin arrived Springfield. Met by Wallace Backus, Cliff & Jim Haig. Drove to Amherst. Lord Jeffery Inn. Rooms 26 and 27. Isabella in 107. Had tea in our rooms and dressed for dance. Dinner and dance in College hall. Cocktails first in So College. Dance closed at 12. Back to inn then to So. College, then to inn and so to bed." "February 25th, Cards with Jim and F. Bridge problems &c. E. lunching with Pill. E., F., Jim and I to Sheppard's for tea and dancing. E. dinning at Sam Chard's and to track meet and Eliot Hall. F. Jim and I to Copley Theatre to se "Yellow Sands". W. could not go. Had to see patients out of town." "March 22nd, Sewing. Lunch at 12:30 and Dr. Taft's. Downtown. Met E. and went with her to select costume for Eliot Hall masquerade. With Blanch Payne to tea for Harriet Whittier at Mrs. McEwen's. Type writing 98 notices." "March 24th, F. and I downtown then to Horticultural Hall to flower show. Met W. there. Helen Guild showed us around. F. and I working on 98 notices. E. dancing with Tom Chard Mrs. Kennedy to dinner. F. and E. to Wilbur Theatre then to Staller with Pill. Mrs. Kennedy left about 9:30. W. went home with her then to Harvard Club. I to bed. Did not really sleep till after 3." "April 10th, to the Ritz to hear Robert Hillyer read his own poems. Reading and at my desk." "April 18th, Downtown bought silk for blouse for grey ensemble. Lying down 3-4. Miss Walley here to tea. John and Margery Buchard and Pill here to dinner. Oyster Cocktails, Oysterettes, Cream of mushroom soup, Croutons, Celery, Olives, Broiled chickens, Lattice potatoes, Asparagus, Bird rolls, Nectar salad, Lace wafers, Ice cream, Chocolate cake, coffee. Cocktails, caviar canapés and Italian wine." "May 21st, W. and I took the 8 o'clock train to White River Junction. Arrived 1:25. Mr. Stickney and Mary met us there and drove us to the Lakota Club in Barnard. Met Mr. Gleason and Mr. Jones. Hospitality extended. Fished all afternoon. Cloudy and foggy. Few fish, very small. Talking by fire. Bed 8:30. "June 22nd, Helping Emily pack. Left for N.Y. on 1:05 train. Jane Cool went over with us. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin and Richard had seats right across the isle. Arrived N.Y. 6:46 Pill met us. To Prince George Hotel, got our rooms 272 and 273. Pill took us to dinner at "Tony's". Back to hotel. Mac Smith came to see me. Pill and Emily out dancing." "June 23rd, Breakfast 7:30. Pill drove us to Hoboken. Emily sailed on the New Amsterdam at 11. Pill and I back to New York. Lunch at Alice Foote McDougall's, 57th Street. Left New York at 12:45. Home at 11:30. Pill's chauffer met him here and drove him down to the cape." Newspaper clippings pasted in state: "Miss Howe sails for summer in Europe. Miss Emily Howe, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. Howe of 303 Beacon Street, sailed yesterday on the New Amsterdam for Boulogne. She will spend July and August on the continent, and expects to visit Mrs. William H. Sheppard (Elizabeth Paine) in England before returning for her debut in the fall. Dr. and Mrs. Howe and their son, Mr. Frederick E. Howe will be at Cape Breton for the summer as usual." "June 25th, Finished packing and closed the house. 2:30 sailed on the S. S. Yarmouth. Sally Doyle came down to see us off. Very calm passage. Listening to music in the Veranda. Capt. Boyd and Catherine aboard." "June 27th, Left Truro 9:10. Bridge with two bank men on way to Sherbrooke, bank examiners. Arrived Point Tupper about 3:30. St. Peter's at 6. Radio Hotel. Shopping and bed early. Mr. Tryder, fight promoter on train, Truro to New Glasgow." "July 8th, W., George and Colin to lake. Fished from 9 to 12. Got 22 fish. Colin rowed al over lake. Dead Water, round the rocks, old Hill place, M. E. Brook. W. took 13 ¼" fish on Parmachenee Belle up Dead Water. Windy, clear, bright sunshine. F. and I housework and cards. Watching sunset. Bed early." "July 13th, Colin came and called W. He had fallen over the fence and ruptured a cartilage. W. up with him 12:30-4:30. F. had an attack while at chair. W. with him and brought him in on his shoulder. Round house all morning. W. and F. to lake, 2:30-6:30. Three fish…….taking list of things wanted in St. Peter's for Mr. B to get for us." Starting on July 24th to the 28th there is different handwriting and we believe Walter has written these entries. "July 25th, W (and there is a circle around W) starts 8:10 a.m., walks to station in 40 minutes. Met Tom Morrison, started fishing at bridge near station and went up the river. Good pool below Tom Morrison's house and one in Alder's ca abreast of his house where found Dan Morrison's boy fishing with bait. Other good water between Tom and Danny Morrison's house. Went up as far as Danny Morrison's and returned same way. At 10:30 a.m. entertained by Tom M. at his house. Then down river as far as the falls, nothing but falls, but above and above culvert, old road leads to good pool also good pool by old crib work. Brought home 14 fish; 4 large; put back more than a dozen small ones. Walked up to Bissonette's for bread and he drives me home." "July 31st, W. and I left Halifax on the Blue ___ at 9:30. Mac and Luderick left by motor soon after. We spent nearly all day on the observation platform. Saw the boys at Digby and once or twice later. Arrived at Yarmouth at 5:30. Saw Capt. Boyd. Sailed on the "Prince George" at 6:30. I went to bed very early. Mac and W. talking till 11. Mac shared F.'s stateroom. Rooms 10 and 12. Mr. Whitehall is the conductor from Halifax to Kentville. Wrote to Emily at Brussels." "August, 8th, W. called out at 5:30 this a.m. to Mrs. Wyman. At 6:30 Mr. MacDonald telephoned that Mrs. Mac D. was starting in labor. W. home to breakfast then to Phillips house. Home to lunch. Went to Phillips house and delivered Mrs. Mac D. Home to dinner then to Mrs. Wyman's. Home about 9:30." "September 17th, Percy took me down to the dock. Arrived there at 8:30. The "Arabic" docked at 9:45. E. got through customs about 12. Mac came down to see her. Afterwards met us at the Grand Central and rode to 125th Street with us. Lunch on train. Arrived Back Bay at 6:40. W. and Jim Hague met us there. Talking and seeing the things E. brought." "October 2nd, E. not well. Nausea &c. Dot Buchard here to see E. She is feeling better. Went to Park Sq. Bldg. with E. to return her brown hat. Then she went to a Debutante lunch at the Longwood Cricket Club. Sewing. Jo Davenport called. E. home to tea. Henry came to dinner. E. out with Pill." "October 10th, Downtown with W. Lunch at Republican Club. Jane Cool, Elizabeth Kingsley, Edith Orr and Jessie Degan. Henry Howe here to dinner. W. dined at Copley Plaza, Surgical Society. E. out with Bobbie Blake. Henry and I to Copley Plaza to presentation of Bigelow medal to Dr. Chevalier Jackson." Another newspaper clipping on November 3rd reads: "Invitations have gone out from Dr. and Mrs. Walter Clarke Howe of 303 Beacon Street for a tea which they are to give on Friday Nov. 16, at the Algonquin Club, in honor of their daughter Miss Emily Howe, one of this season's debutantes. The hours are from four until seven and there will be dancing." "November 16th, Emily's coming out tea at the Algonquin Club 4-7, a great success. Gerturde, Harry, and "Winks" Williston and Dr. and Mrs. Hoye came back here for cocktails and stayed to supper. Emily to dinner at Laura's and then to Cora Lefman's dance." "December 31st, Gertrude and Mrs. Burrell here playing bridge with F. and me. Mrs. Burrell took the prize; a pack of cards. Had frozen fruit salad, sandwiches, choc. cake and coffee. Dr. Johnson called and brought us a bottle of wine. James Tower dined here. F. to Sheppard Stores Colonial Restaurant to watch old year out with Al and Dot Hagar and two other girls. Home about 3:50. W. and I watched old year out together." As with many diaries, there are many names mentioned, some of which are: Dr. Green, Buchard, McDonald, Guild, Percy Brown, Pillsbury, Blanch Payne, Mathews, Hopkins, Tom chard, Kathleen Hartwell, Deborah Leary, Chapman, Bassett, Stickney, Pricilla White, Dr. Loft, Kennedy Halifax, Thorndike, Whitmore, Alice Childs, Frieda Moore, Elizabeth Kingsley, Charlotte Marshall, Jessie Degan, Dr. Edwin Leonard and many more. BIO NOTE: Dr. Howe's obituary in the 1931 New York Times: "Dr. Walter C. Howe, Noted Surgeon, Dies. Practiced in Boston for 29 years, Reserve Medical Officer in World War. August 21st, 1931, Dr. Walter Clarke Howe, noted surgeon, died suddenly tonight. He was born at Dedham fifty nine years ago, son of Elijah and Julia Ann Hunt Howe. His family was of Colonial ancestry. Hew was graduated from Phillips Andover Academy, from Amherst College, class of 94, and Harvard medical School, 98. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He had been engaged in practice in Boston since 1902. In the World War he was a reserve medical officer. He was on the visiting surgical staff of the Boston City Hospital for fourteen years and for seven years on the staff of the Boston Dispensary. He married Miss Amelia Ely, daughter of Judge Frederick D. Ely of Dedham, in 1906. Dr. Howe was a member of the4 American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Surgical Society, Natural History Society and the Harvard Club." BIO NOTES: From the Amherst College Biographical Record; Class of 1894, and it states: "3625. Howe, Walter Clarke. S. of Elijah (A. C. 1849) and Julia A. (Hunt), b. Dedham, Je. 21, 1872. M. D., Harvard, 1898; M. A., A. C., 1899. Alpha Delta Phi. Prepared Dedham H. S. and Phillips Acad., Andover. Harvard M. S., 1894-98; house surgeon Children's Hospital Boston, 1898-99; Boston City Hospital, 1899-1901; house physician Boston Lying-In-Hospital, 1901-02; in Europe, 1902; on surgical visiting staff Boston City Hospital, 1903-17; surgeon Boston, 1903-. Visiting surgeon Boston Dispensary; sec. Grad. School of Med., Harvard, several yrs.; fellow Amer. Coll. of Surgeons." Amelia and Walter had two children, Frederick and Emily." The diary is a good size measuring about 5" x 7 ½" and there is a stain on the outside spine and a small portion of the front cover but the pages are not affected and look great. Cover a bit loose at the binding. Overall G+.
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AMOS B. GEORGE 1862 - 1863 SMALL ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A 48th REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER
WENHAM MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA CAMP BANKS LOUISIANA 1862 Manuscript Very Good+ 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is a small archive of 3 manuscript letters handwritten by Amos B. George, Co. A 48th Regt. Mass. Volunteers, two written in 1862 from Camp Lander in Wenham, Mass. and one written in 1863 from Camp Banks, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 5 x 8 (folded sheets), 10 pages total; with two original transmittal envelopes (postal cancel/ stamp removed from one envelope), with fine Civil War era content: [10/8/1862] "... We have got our uniforms now so that we are all ready for visitors, and I want you to be sure and come... I hope that we shall come down to Newburyport as a company, before we go, but it depends greatly on the officers...," [11/19/1862] "... We are not sure of having a furlough, although we expect it and shall probably get it... I staid four days over my [last] furlough but on account of good behavior, and the fact of its being my first offence, I escaped without punishment...," [2/18/1863] "... After being on the water thirty seven days, our Regt. landed at Baton Rouge on Wednesday Feb. 4th, two weeks ago to-day, an marching through the city to our camp-ground, which is two miles out from the river, we pitched our shelter tents... We are camped on what was the battle ground of Baton Rouge, and we have drilled day after day on ground in which the rebels who fell in that battle are buried, and this forenoon our company marched over one of the mounds, little thinking, I suppose, of the hopes which are buried in that heap of earth. Well, the soldier's life is a careless one in many respects and it is well it is so... Our Brigade is commanded by Col. Chapin of the 116th N.Y. Regt. a three years Regt. He is acting Brig-Gen. Our Brigade is the 1st in Augurs Division and is composed of the 116th N.Y. 21st Maine and 48th Mass. Reg'ts... Our Reg't has not received a cent of pay yet, but we expect to be paid off soon. Milk here is 10 cts a pint, Mollasses ditto and Apples 6 or 8 cts apiece, so you see that we cant get these little things for nothing in this country..." Folds, two letters in ink and one in pencil, overall VG.
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ANDRE GIDE IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS
Alfred A. Knopf 1944 First American Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author
Super copy, of Gide's comments and observations of France immediately after the country's fall to the German Army. Unclipped, would be very fine save for the lightest of pencil notes in a small area at the rear endpapers. D/j is the lesser with some chipping to the extremities but professionally under mylar now. Scarce title with scarcer autograph. Translated by Malcolm Cowley. Signed on first title page by the author.
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ANDREW C. WALCH 1892 - 1897 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED KANSAS NEWSPAPERMAN
MANKATO MANAWA KANSAS KS SEYMOUR WISCONSIN WI 1892 Very Good Manuscript 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is an archive of six [6] original manuscript diaries handwritten by Andrew C. Walch a newspaper man who worked mostly in Mankato Kansas in the 1890s. The diaries represent 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897. The early diary begins with Andrew living in Seymour Wisconsin, in the fall he moves to Mankato Kansas. The next four diaries, 1893-1896 show him still in Mankato and finally in the 1897 diary he's in Manawa Wisconsin. Andrew is an unstinting diarist rarely failing to write and all the diaries are full save for 1897 which is about ¼ full. Historians and collectors of late 19th Century Kansas and journalism will find an open book in Walch. Here are snippets: "March 18th, 1892 Seymour Wisconsin, Got up at 4:45 a.m. Helped do the chores and then walked to town and took the train for Black Creek to attend District Lodge. At the depot Edith Standard met us and Charles and I went off with Alfred Holz. We saw John Heintz and his two pretty sisters. At 8:30 met Mr. Burgogne and we went to school until recess then went to lodge. I was appointed press reporter. At 5 o'clock Mary Tubbs, Charles, Flora Stevenson and I took in the town and at 6:56 took the train for home. Saw Mary to Merehl's store and then went to Mr. Conner's to practice for the church. Afterwards met Chief Fuller, Bert Flint and Lafey Sherman and went home. Retired at 11 o'clock." "October 5th, 1892 Seymour Wisconsin, Got up at 8 o'clock. Went to call on Ella Raw, Mrs. Flint and then home to dinner and at 11 o'clock after bidding al the folks "Good Bye" started on my journey. Arrived at Oshkosh at 4 o'clock and put up at the Tremont. Went to the city hall where the G. L. was being held and met all my Good Templar friends. In the evening took the R.W. G. L. degree with 23 others. Frank McKinny and I caught Ruth Willia and Myrtle Thresher and went for a walk and then took them home. Went back to the Tremont and wrote to mother and at 12:50 left for Chicago. Truth one." "November 1st, 1893 Mankato Kansas (on a trip) Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin. Got up at 7:30 and Otto and I took in the town and the High School buildings and then drove over to Whitewater to see Emma, Will and George. Took dinner with them and then we drove back to the Fort and at 2:30 took the train for Beloit arriving there at 7:00. Charles met me at the depot and we took in the town a little and went to the salvation army barracks and then went back to the house and had a chat with some of the college boys and Charles and I rolled in about 11:45." "November 13th, 1893 Got up at 7 o'clock and after breakfast Charles and I went downtown and up to see the water works and at 10 o'clock I left for Chicago. Went immediately to Simmons and then went down on Wabash Ave. to see Dr. George Westcott. Had a good visit and went to supper with him and met Mrs. Westcott. About 9 'clock went back to Simmons and Maud was the only one home. Visited an hour and at 10:23 left for Mankato. The train was crowed and I had to spend the night in the smoker. Did not get much sleep." "July 15th, 1894 Mankato Kansas, Got up at 6 o'clock. At 8 Clifford and I stared for Esbon. Went to the U. B. Church and afterwards went out to White Mound and got the girls and drove to Burr Oak. We went to Roger's and had a fine time. About 8 o'clock we went downtown and had some cream and then started back to White Mound. Yum Yum. After bidding Minnie goodnight, drove to Esbon where Clifford soon joined me and we rolled in at the Mallory House at 1:15 a.m." "July 4th, 1895, Mankato Kansas, Worked a little while in the a.m. at the office. Received a letter from mother. Took a bath and then went down and played tennis awhile. At 10 o'clock took Lillie Allen and we went to the picnic in Black's grove. A shower came up and we took refuge in Grundy's granary and had our lunch there. At 6 o'clock it cleared off and about 6:30 14 of us went to Montrose to see the fireworks. Left Montrose about 8:45 and got caught in a terrible storm but we were well protected and did not get wet. Arrived in Mankato at 11:15. Tony Chapman rolled in with me at 12 o'clock. All in all it was one of the most enjoyable fourths I ever spent.""June 27th, 1896 Mankato Kansas, Got up at 6 o'clock and walked up to Joe Harrison's and got my washing. Worked at the office in the forenoon and in the afternoon went to Concordia. Frank Thompson, Bertha Fuson and Nettie Lindgrove were on the train going to Jewell. Lillian and Pearl Allen met me at the depot and I went up with them to supper and spent the evening. Met Billie O'Reilly and rolled in at the Barons House at 11:30. A man was shot on the pavement directly under my window about one o'clock but got away and no one knew how bad he was hurt." "August 24th, 1896 Mankato Kansas, Worked at the office. In the evening Clifford, Lynn and I called on the girls at Dr. Spencer's and we all went to the depot to let the train in and then to the Medicine Show and afterwards for a walk. Viva and I went down to the house and hid the hammock and then went for a stroll and did not get back until 12 o'clock. Cliff and Mara had disappeared so we swung the hammock and had a time until 1 o'clock and I was about to leave when Cliff and Mara showed up. They had been eaves dropping on us. We all had a good laugh and then Cliff and I left." "December 27th, 1897 Manawa Wisconsin, Worked at the office. Went to Green Bay to attend the Masonic Installation of officers in the evening, it being St. John's Day. Had a pleasant time and good supper. Prosser and Dittmer went down from Seymour. Nat Stewart's wife was on the train and Charles and I went over to supper with her. Rolled in at the Commercial Hotel at 12:30." BIO NOTES: Online research finds a biography on Andrew in "Pioneers of Little Wolf, Wisconsin" and in part it says: "The first printing office in Manawa was located in a small building back of the old Central House Hotel that is now Peterson's Tavern. From here the Advocate office moved to rooms facing Second Street in the First National Bank which today is the Eastling Building. Mr. Andrew C. Walch came to Manawa from Mankato, Kansas in 1896 to take over the Advocate. He began his career in the newspaper field while still a student at Seymour High School. After graduation in 1890 with the first class to finish four years of study at Seymour High School, Mr. Walch went to Mankato, Kansas where he helped an uncle put out a weekly newspaper, continuing there until he purchased The Advocate. Following the Christmas rush of 1898, Mr. Walch locked his print shop and returned to Kansas where he was married on December 27, to Lillian Allen, daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. E. W. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Walch established their home in Manawa and observed their Golden Wedding Anniversary here in 1948. Three years prior to this, Mr. Walch had marked his 50th year in newspaper publishing. Around 1915 The Advocate office was moved from the bank building to its present location on Union Street. This building had previously housed a general store and at one time the Diehl sisters operated a millinery store and dress making shop there. For a number of years Mr. Walch was assisted in the business by his eldest son, Allen "Pete" Walch. Later the ownership passed to another son, James Walch who continued as editor and publisher until February 1956, when he sold the business to Francis Byers of Marion, plus other stockholders who formed a corporation." Adding further depth to this broad look at Kansas in the 1890s we find numerous newspaper clippings between the pages. Each diary, other then the early one, is a nice "Standard" diary, hard cover and a good size measuring about 4" x 6 ¾". The 1892 diary has a soft cover and is in good shape measuring about 3 ½" x 5 ¾". Overall VG.
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ANGELA A. 1986 - 2007 SUPER ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES & ONE [1] PHOTO ALBUM DETAILING THE LIFE, LOVES AND SINGING CAREER OF A DRUG TAKING, SEXUALLY CONFUSED WOMAN WHO INTIMATELY DETAILS HER HIGHS, LOWS AND CONSTANT CRAVINGS FOR TRUE HAPPINESS
DUBLIN IRELAND 1986 Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer is a super, very intimate archive of five [5] original 1986 - 2007 manuscript diaries and one [1] circa 2007 photo album detailing the life, loves, career and sexuality of a late 20th, early 21st Century young woman who experiences the almost typical 'Sex, drugs, rock and roll' lifestyle. We read the diaries as a fascinating epic soap opera: lesbian relationships and dalliances include a very loving and secure lesbian relationship with her companion Monna [only to find out later that the author is actually married], smoking pot, losing her virginity [heterosexually], interest in Tony Robbins, new age exploration, religious exploration, an attempt [somewhat successfully] at a singing career are all tangential as we follow Angela A. [we withhold the last name here for privacy concerns] from 1986 through 2007. Angela also details much of her life retrospectively: parental issues, sexual abuse by an uncle, her religious devotions etc. A great deal of time is spent in Dublin Ireland and some in the United States. Collectors, researchers and historians of women's studies, drug abuse and gender/sexual issues will find the archive a treasure trove. Here are snippets: Diary 1 "July 30TH 1986 - Hi My name is ANGI ... cum N2 my world.... I have 2 worlds ... this is the 1st ...PERSONAL U will C that the 2 intertwine themselves N2 1 ... 2gether they make me WHOLE.... I shall only write in ink because words cannot B erased .... EVER...." "AUGUST 26TH, 1986 - Hola! Boy do I have alot to tell...I was on the road last weekend and I sort of got myself in a bad position. Actually, its a good position... but I am unable 2 deal with how good it really is. U see ...Louie is a friend of my BAND and he is so sweet. I like him alot....I often thought it would b neat 2 go out with him...The band was performing at this wedding and Louis came up 2 me ...and as he always does ... offered words of praise and encouragement. I guess that kind of drew me 2 him 2 ... he was so kind and helpful 2 me. Anyway... I had a friend at the wedding ...her name is Sandy. She had a crush on Louis 2. We were both calling TINA a BITCH cause she was born lucky. ..Anyway...Sandy told Louis. Louis told Sandy that he liked me 2. I was overjoyed. But then..... I feel though as he expected 2 much... He's a wonderful man, and he started kissing me... my heart began beating faster and faster, but so did my insecurities. I was XXXXX (omitted for privacy) for 3 years XXXXX. XXXXXXX (omitted for privacy), and I haven't really been with anyone....He told TINA 2 go home, and she didn't. So he got another room and invited me over. I was supposed to stay with Wayne and Betty Anne. I kept saying I had to go and he kept persuading me not 2. ...I like Louis but not enough 4 SEX. I am ashamed I slept all nite with him. I did nothing "wrong" - except what I did not feel right for me yet..." "September 10TH 1986 - Well I sort of got myself out of the mess. I told Louis my feelings and he still cares 4 me and I like him as a good friend...Now however...I find myself in a ridiculous situation. BOBBY, a bass player in the band, is the main heart throb in my life....I dont want him 2 be going back 2 LOUIS and telling him all the things I do. If I should kiss him its none of LOUIS business right? Anyway, he's the biggest sex freak in the world. Rumour has it HE''S SCREWED 12 DIFFERENT GIRLS in 14 DAYS. So thats strike 2. I need a man who loves me. And I will go 2 bed with him ...I need to know he'll treat me even better the next day. I want a long term relationship...Strike 3 - he's in the band. That's a major No-No in business. But whenever I am around him....I cant help it. Theres something in his eyes that makes me feel a way that I've never felt B4. I could just throw myself at his mercy. Its scary." "September 24TH, 1986 - Today I became a woman. I closed the doors 2 my past and made room 4 my future." "JUNE 27, 1991 - ...Sometimes out of a group of men, I single one out in my brain as the one I want to want me. If they do - my confidence soars and Im great in the studio and am all happy and cheerful. But if they dont show me proper interest, I get bummed out and dont sing as well. I know Im weird...I have a wonderful man at home who loves me more than anything, but I cant help it. I get bummed. POCKET. Weird name....WEIRD GUY...and so blunt and unreachable. He probably doesn't have the slightest idea of WHAT TO DO WITH HIS DICK OR HIS TONGUE. ...but he doesnt even notice me, which drives me crazy. I'd NEVER EVER HAD AN AFFAIR on Mark, but these thoughts constantly permeate my brain, EVERYTHING IS SEXUAL to me..." Diary 2 (120+ pages) "October 30, 1995 - Dublin, Ireland - I awake this morning feeling quietly refreshed and rejuvenated ... in the mood to create, in the spirit to explore... in the will to take everything that is imperfect to my perceptions and make it perfect. Last night was one of the most wonderful nights I have had in a long while. I thoroughly enjoyed myself as I read aloud for hours to the attentive and sometimes slumbering Monna. I enjoyed sharing thoughts with her and talking about some of the things we have read. I also enjoyed her reading of 2 lines of BLAKE to me. At first she would not read a word aloud to me....and finally when I begged for one line and then another I delightfully thought how wonderfully romantic and dramatic just those two lines had sounded and I felt inwardly... that she hadn't a right to keep that from me any longer. I think I will enjoy hearing Blake and Shelby and Byron and anyone else that cross our literary path..." "1995 - Continued ...Monna and I just got back from the Dublin Mountains. At first thought we were journeying there to visit the piece of land I am hoping to purchase in about six months. However, we wound up finding the perfect album cover location in a place known as Sally's Gap...There was an old man on this road with a cane and a couple of dogs ...I longed to interact with him...just be there to see what this man was about. Did he live alone? Had he lived in Dublin Mountains all his life? Did he have children? He was obviously OLD IRELAND and I found his personna quite fascinating as I do most of the elderly people I observe here. There is a spirit within them that no young person can possible exude...their presence demands a smile of respect. In AMERICA OLD PEOPLE ARE HIDDEN and less spirited - here their EYES DANCE with 'I'VE SEEN IT ALL, I'VE LIVED IT ALL ...and I CAN LIVE A LITTLE MORE..." "November 4, 1995 - Dublin, Ireland - Monna took me on an outing today. We were originally going to do more test shots but we were both so P.M.S.'d I dont think it could have happened - besides it was a bit too dreary outside. At any rate MONNA loaned me her overcoat and it FELT SO WARM and COMFORTABLE and like I HAD HER RIGHT NEXT TO MY SKIN. IT REALLY FELT SO GOOD... I really really love her and I am so lucky to have her in my life. I have needed her for so long and am glad that we are both finally together..." "November 5, 1995 - Dublin, Ireland - ...Today my fears ran the gamut. You name it I felt it. BEVERLY WILSHIRE ATTACKS ...HAGGARD ATTACKS...CLAUSTROPHOBIC FEELINGS...people phobias...every single fear knocking hard on my doors and throwing pebbles at my windows allowing me no rest in my sanctuary... I look down at my legs and I see huge, huge, huge...and I instantly think OH MY GOD...How did that happen? and I mind F____K myself and bwgin the mental ..." "1995 - Dublin, Ireland - ...I literally become paralyzed in bed and dont want to come out and die if I hear footsteps coming toward my room. I always ask myself "What will happen if I come out?" I always answer "I will feel uncomfortable and rejected." There is nothing more PAINFUL than sitting in the LIVING ROOM WITH MY LOVER and not being comfortable to SIT ON THE COUCH DRAPED OVER HER and having to sit in a chair far away as possible because her ..." November 8 , 1995 - Dublin, Ireland - ...This probably sounds like a massive mental masturbation attack...so let me stop here... and say...The next three months must be spent on MAKING THE ALBUM A BIG SUCCESS. I have waited nearly 20 YEARS to be successful...lets not make it 21 or 22 and so on. Lets end the waiting now. I am not daunted by fame now. I have the MOST LOVING FRIEND AND PARTNER in MONNA and I live in a manic but tranquil place and I am so willing and able to be at my best NOW - in a way that I never was before..." "November 18 or 20, 1995 - Dublin, Ireland ...Last night MONNA and I made some new rules for ourselves. ALWAYS AVAILABLE unless otherwise stated ...TEA TOGETHER in the morning ... I must pursue my interests while she cannot spend time with me instead of wallowing in sadness...and the new sleeping at eleven and waking at four...and well....after the argument a brilliant bond emerged stronger and closer than the one before and the MOST INTIMATE AND PASSIONATE EXPRESSION FOLLOWED. All is well...." Diary 3 (200+ pages) details include family life, men, life on the road as a singer, money, life in the band as a singer, her life as a virgin which is described in the beginning pages, the loss of her virginity on September 24, 1986 and the days leading up to it and actually how she felt at that very moment and the days afterwards, her addiction to sex as she later states that everything is sexual to her. Further entries include reference to her marriage to a guy named Pocket or Mark and then the diary skips from 1986 to 1991. Her colorful life is filled with fun, love, sex, rock and roll mixed with a triple dip of emotions and feelings that are sure to make Dr. Phil blush. Diary 3 (100+ pages) Dublin "October 22, 1995 - "Monna really needs to relax. I really need to spend time with her as strictly my lover and friend without my concern over interruptions and being caught..." "August 27, 1995 - Am I wrong to be irritated sometimes? Is it so bad for me to desire physical expression at certain times and have a pregnant longing to express it when I want? I find it difficult to adjust to a planned sex life ... and find the plans falling through loads of times. Anyway...I'm done moaning. It just feels weird sometimes and sometimes it hurts. And sometimes all the rallying and longing and competing and rallying and longing and not winning at the end of the day really takes its toll on my head. This is the frame of mind I've been most challenged by...As I was writing Monna woke up and she asked me to read this and we laughed. She beautifully remedied my frustration and I felt better..." "August 31, 1995 - ...I am married now - but really have a best friend that I get to plunk whenever its allowed...which I wouldn't mind as much if everything else was cool. (Monna called me an asshole for writing that) Maybe I am - I don't know everything seems in disarray..." "September 18, 1995 - ...The guy downstairs brought over some pot on Friday - no Saturday. I've had a lot of fun smoking over the weekend. It was interesting being near Sarah in an altered state and listening to her vocal inflections. She is not what I have made her out to be. I would take the ultimate care of her if ever it was needed, but I find her very very ridiculously arrogant and spoiled. The spoiled part is alright because all kids should be spoiled but the arrogance is quite annoying. I suppose not if she were mine - but because of the constant competition for Monna's affections - I find it unbearable..." Diary 3 helps one to understand why, as described in the other diaries, during her days in Dublin Ireland (1995) why she became first in love with men to making a transition in life whereby she was in love with Monna and Sarah. A few quotations from the other diaries just to illustrate: Excerpt: "October 22, 1995 - "...Monna really needs to relax. I really need to spend time with her as strictly my lover and friend without my concern over interruptions and being caught..." "August 27, 1985 - Am I wrong to be irritated sometimes? Is it so bad for me to desire physical expression at certain times and have a pregnant longing to express it when I want? I find it difficult to adjust to a planned sex life ... and find the plans falling through loads of times. Anyway...I'm done moaning. It just feels weird sometimes and sometimes it hurts. And sometimes all the rallying and longing and competing and rallying and longing and not winning at the end of the day really takes its toll on my head. This is the frame of mind I've been most challenged by...As I was writing Monna woke up and she asked me to read this and we laughed. She beautifully remedied my frustration and I felt better..." Diary 4 (300+ pages) "MAY 23, 2005 - Anyway - had my first predator dream in a long time. I woke up this morning in absolute terror. I think I even cried. I murdered my predator - brutally...and boy was I affected. Monna and Sarah were in the dream and they were behaving as if it was no big deal. I on the other hand was thinking I had fled the crime scene, etc...It was weird the predator turned out to be Etair in the end - even though throughout the dream it was a "Irae Type." After I retaliated as the predator was dying - the hair started growing and he turned into Etair. It was terrible when I realized the predator was her and I had actually killed her. Jesus - it ranks as probably the third scariest dream I've ever had." "JUNE 7, 2005 - ...Who the hell is Sarah to hurl any kind of insult or bad feeling my way? And what kind of idiot am I to fall into the trap of it? She's just an arrogant spoiled "I love you - No - I hate you" kind of person. I mean just fuck off. And as for me... I need to get my shit together...because this petty nonsense is an insult to my existence. Fuck all the politics under my roof - at the studio - and under the stars. Just fuck off to every stupid asshole in existence." "September 14, 2005 - Yesterday was awesome - Mand I went to DUN LAOGHAIRE and just had a really relaxing time together to celebrate the commitment of 80,000 euro to our record fundraising." "September 18, 2005 - ...Monna is spending the night at Mary's .I don't exactly know why we all could not go. - but she wanted to go alone. I wonder how she is doing. It feels weird her not being here. - but curiously enough I feel so solid in knowing she will be back and that all is well. ...I felt so happy that I'm not in a conventional relationship..." Diary 5 (140+ pages) "I start this journal as I start a new journey.... last evening I had 1000 euro's to squander... all to my little self. I spent 92 euro's and got a pair of DOC MARTINS. Cool ones Red with zippers. It was weird....Sarah's grown - we're leaving IRELAND for awhile. My dreams in tact... I'm in tact - better than ever... unscathed by life - only enlightened...Today got a great guitar...cherry red...beautiful already started a new song on it. I'm in awe. ...I was thinking about getting a new YORKEE... I still am....but realistically it has to wait until after we are done working MY RECORD...I am looking forward to putting in so much work on the album ." "MARCH 31, 2007 - OLIVER AND BRIAN WENT THROUGH FINAL BREAK-UP. I feel bad for Oliver in the short term and really good for him long term. Brian would be nothing but a futile burden at the end of the day...Brian told Monna that he didn't want to be in a relationship - that he wanted to be a free agent. Well Brian - Free you are! I know Oliver must be devastated. He really, really likes Brian. Personally I am glad its over. The finale was quite scary. Oliver had to leave his apartment last night and Monna arranged for Jimmy to get Brian out of Ollie's apartment this morning. Monna and Jimmy felt sorry for Brian until Monna had the free agent conversation. Then she realized that BRIAN HAD STOPPED LOVING OLLIE - IF he ever did at all. Poor Ollie - He deserves to be loved ....He deserves to find that perfect relationship - LIKE MONS AND I HAVE - NO NONSENSE - TRUST (EVEN IN PMS!!)." "SEPTEMBER 10, 2006 - ...An hour ago my XXX (Intentionally omitted for privacy) called me to tell me my XXXX (Intentionally omitted for privacy) shot himself last week. He had been XXXX (Intentionally omitted for privacy) since 1976 and had been experiencing a pain in his right arm and apparently he left a note for his XXXX (Intentionally omitted for privacy) explaining he didnt want to burden him anymore. He SHOT HIMSELF THROUGH THE HEART. I feel guilty for not feeling very much. I suppose I feel that all of the men in my XXXX (Intentionally omitted for privacy) were/are stains on this earth - even though those stains are part of my blood. I just feel that the XXXXXX (Intentionally omitted for privacy) turned the women in their lives into EMOTIONAL PRETZELS ...twisted, soft, and convoluted. Scarred by their fists ... scarred by their words....scarred by their stupid actions..." "SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 - I am very happy I suppose. We PAID FOR THE ALBUM yesterday... [MELODIES OF 547] and that deems it officially finished from where I am sitting. There is nothing more that I can do creatively. It is born...and now the job of rearing this album must begin. Getting it out there... doing it justice in the best possible way ... while making a difference ...which is the point of the album...." "JANUARY 17, 2007 - Well I have found my work footing and I actually finished our BALLYDOWD plan. I think Jimmy is going to end up buying Ballydowd for a million. That means Monna and I will have about a hundred grand at the end of the day... Not as much as we thought intially, but we can do everything we need to. Buy a house, do the record - just not as much to play with as we thought ...." "JANUARY 26, 2007 - The Ballydowd guys are asking until next thursday. Funnily enough Jimmy asked until next friday. We have 2 weeks to put some kind of deal for Glenmore House together. As of today there is an offer for 2.4 MILLION which she is ready to take..." "MARCH 9, 2007 - I love Sinn Fein ... and Sinn Fein is becoming more popular in IRELAND which makes me feel excited because to me they are the one hopeful party that would work to create a United North and South. I would love to see the UK out of the North someday - and all counties - (the 6 in the North) gone back to the South... the HEAD OF THE TEDDY BEAR REUNITED TO ITS BODY." An undated photo album, though showing a youngish woman we estimate in her early 20s frolicking with her intimate circle of friends. Overall VG.
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Anna Hollister 1859 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY AN OBSERVANT YOUNG WESTERN NEW YORK STATE WOMAN - A TREASURE FOR GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY
Tompkins County New York State 1859 Leather Good 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
On offer is the handwritten manuscript diary of the young Anna Hollister of Tompkins County New York. Last four days of December missing, otherwise complete and densely written. Miss Hollister provides interesting reading giving accounts of day to day living in pre-Civil War New York State. An excellent diarist Anna provides details of positive and negative accounts of the town's people and family in her circle. In one passage Anna mentions going to a funeral - "An instance of the sad effect of a depraved and indulgent appetite." Another passage discussing the relations of a particular brother and sister reveals - " Frank…sent a sister's love back with chilling coldness to a heart which once beat with the warmest affection in me for that brother. May God cast out whatever is wrong." Many names are mentioned and events of the local area make this a treasure for Tompkins County historians and collectors. Also included is her 1859 teacher's license to teach common school. License is for Tompkins County. Good.
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ANNA M. GETHINGS 1874 ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH AND MEMORY ALBUM FILLED WITH LOVE, ROMANCE AND YEARNING OF A YOUNG QUEBEC GIRL
Quebec, Canada 1874 Fair+ 7 x 4.25 OBLONG Autograph
On offer is the original 1874-75 autograph, poetry and memory album of a 13 year old Quebec girl "Anna Gethings / Quebec / '74" as stated on the inside front cover. In all there are about 27 pages with manuscript writing, most filled in completely. Most of the writing is romantic poetry: love, kissing, constancy, autumn, love, yearning and more kissing. The poetry is most likely hand copied from other books but collectors and historians of the era will nonetheless appreciate what was in the heart of this young French-Canadian girl of 1874. Here are some snippets: "The double Pain / My heart doth own a double fear, / A double pain, a double sigh; / The one when you are absent, dear / The other when you're by..." "An Autumn Memory / I love to dream again, when Autumn dresses / All the foliage in purple, brown, and gold / Of those merry laughing eyes and golden tresses, / That were mine, all mine, in happy days of old..." "When the kiss which thou / gavest so frankly to me / Was yet warm on the lips / where its birth had been fated..." "Love's Good Night / The hour is growing late, love, / The moon is out of sight; / Perhaps, my dear, I'd better go; / And so, good night, good night..." Most appear to be in Anna's hand though there are a few inscriptions to this girl, one such: "LOUIS BRUNEAU / Quebec / 1st July 1874 / Cakes & Wine". There are five pages that have color illustrations pasted on to them. The covers are worn through at the corners and spine ends; binding is shaky; the first page (with a pasted on picture and no writing) has a 2" closed tear, a stiff crease, and edge chipping; the hinges are split at several places but the pages are holding; there are a few stains and finger marks; the writing is very clear and fully legible throughout. Overall Fair+.
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ANNA REED [?] 1881 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE GIRL'S UNHAPPY UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRST FEMALE COLLEGE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN AMERICA ONLY TO BE DISSOLVED 11 YEARS LATER
LE ROY NEW YORK 1881 Good 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
On offer is the original manuscript diary of a young woman going to school in Le Roy New York but who heads back to her home near Hemlock in Livingston County in the summer. While her name is not present we suggest her name is Anna Reed based on ephemeral evidence being a beautiful Victorian valentine with the name in the back pocket. We are certain local historians and collectors will no doubt confirm the identity with the many other clues in the writings. Dated 1881, a full entry for every day, Miss Reed proves a super diarist detailing all aspects of her life from local happening to intimate personal feelings: during October, she writes, there seems to be quite the threat of fire in the school and they are always sleeping with their clothes on and packed and ready to go in case of fire; she is not very happy young lady, at school or at home. Much of the reason behind her unhappiness has to do with her self esteem and how she seems to feel that "everyone is so good and I am not", as she puts it. It seems to be a common theme throughout her writings. Here are some snippets: 1881 "January 1st, Last night I went to a concert at Honeoye with Carl Blackmer and getting home so late, sit up and watched the new year come in. At night Frank and I went to Mr. Steers with a load. Carl and I in one cutter, the rest in a sleigh. Had a splendid time." "January 4th, I did not get up to breakfast and school did not go on very well because the girls were not there. In the afternoon most of them came back. Mrs. Hooper said if I took my old room I might have to have a new roommate. I cried over that and don't know whether to go back or not." "February 22nd, As it was Washington's birthday we did not have school but went sleighing in the afternoon and to a social at the church in the evening. Had a splendid time. Got acquainted with several and enjoyed the evening very much. Went with Lllie Nobles." "March 2nd, It was some warmer today although it was cold and a miserable day to me. I felt like crying all day and at night had my cry out. I hope it will last till next examinations time. Some of the girls had regrets today but I did not." "March 27th, Went to church in the morning and had a splendid sermon. Carl Blackmer came over here in the afternoon and I took a ride which is so against my will. Would have been glad if he had not come out. I had to make the best of it." "April 12th, It is snowing again this morning and I am just as cross as I can be. If I did turn over a new leaf yesterday not to get cross, it is discouraging work but the trouble must be that I did not try hard enough. Oh well, try again." "April 18th, Lillie Nobles came back this morning but some way it does not satisfy me. I long to go home and yet do not wish to. So I have had a long cry tonight and felt much better now it has been a lovely day." "May 29th, Went to church both morning and evening. Finished writing a letter to mother. In the afternoon a man was drowned in the River this side of Lodi. It was warm and very pleasant but did not rain as expected." "June 13th, Went downtown, east Main Street with Lillie Nobles to sell tickets to the concert and went to Altona. Tried to work some but did not make it out and awfully disgusted with some people there and am mad." "June 15th, Today were the commencement exercises and they were good. Most of the girls went home but I packed and took a farewell walk in Le Roy. Phoebe and Lill went so it was lonesome and did not do anything." "June 26th, We all went to church and locked up the house. John, Gussie and I went in the single carriage and had the supper nearly ready when the others came. Read the Kings Daughter in the afternoon." "July 13th, Made plans to sleep in the hammock and at night six of us went out and had a jolly time. Eddie and Jennie were up in the evening. Mat and I went to Charles Reed's to call." "August 7th, I have been home all day and sick. I feel like crying now because every one is so good. If I could only be so myself but when I try I get discouraged because things do not go to suit me and that is the end of it." "August 24th, I came up and it was warm and we have not had any rain in a long time. It is almost time to go back to Le Roy and I hate to go. Shall be glad when I am through going to school." "September 4th, Went to church and said good bye to all. After dinner, read to the children in the carriage house when Carl Blackmer came and we went riding up the lake. He staid a little while in the evening." "September 21st, School went on as usual. I finished my flowers in drawing. Belle had three letters. It was quite cold. Prof. Stanton read about President Garfield's death in chapel." "October 17th - 20th, Went to school in forenoon and was studying when west hall was on fire and we all had to pack up but put my things back again in place in the afternoon. It rained….We had one fire before breakfast in the trunk room, another about 11 o'clock in Miss Heath's room. Belle came back. Mother and father went through here at night but I did not go to see them. Received a letter from Bessie Blackmer….We were free from fire today but still keep our things packed ready for anything that may come. Wrote to father and Mollie and sleep with my clothes on…..We were free from fire today but had the alarm give and all rushed from the school room but had a good laugh over it afterwards. The art exhibition was today. School was excused." "November 9th & 10th, Went to school. Dr. has resigned and things are all in confusion. Mr. and Mrs. Rowley were here and I went down the street with them and Belle came back and had a great deal to do. They went home…..Went to school. Prof. Stanton told us about the Dr. going in the morning. The Dr's told us about it in the afternoon and Mr. Stanton at night. All went to the parlor to meet the Dr. at night." "December 31st, This is the last day that I must write here but soon will have to write in another. I was at home and had a nice time. Herm was here and we sat up and saw the new year come in but did not enjoy it as much as I did the year before." Many names are also mentioned: Lucy Whitney, Hooker, Burns, Hamilton, Parsons, Graves, Prof. Stanton, Sherwood, Gilbert, Dr. Taylor, Platt, Dr. Schmitz, Hookey, Helen Abell, Lillie Nobel, Prof. Wilds, Agnew, Prof. Woodruff, Lucy Dexter, Mollie Pierce, May Wilder, Clara Huff, Will Bostwick, Louisa Reed, Ed Rowley, Nellie Wilbur, Ward, Lola Townsend and more. The diaries cover is very worn and torn. The binding is still good as are the pages. It measures about 2 ½" x 3 ¾". Overall G.
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ANNE BERNSTEIN [MRS. BEN BRADLEY later] 1930 THROUGH 1955 ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY OF A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL FROM REBELLIOUS HITCHHIKER TO A MATURE MIDDLE AGED MOTHER OF TWINS
DETROIT FLORIDA CALIFORNIA 1930 Good+ Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
On offer is the fascinating original manuscript diary of Miss Anne Bernstein [b. May 28, 1914] of Michigan [the diary starts out with her first living in Dryden and then a year later the family moves to Detroit]. This is a very unique diary inasmuch it is a travel diary of the many, many trips Anne made from her teens as a high spirited young woman on road trips or hitchhiking on numerous short and long distance trips in 1930 to vacation trips, holiday excursions, hospital stays, weekned visits etc., a mature and sometimes married woman would take over the next 25 years until 1955. Through Anne's travel lists and narrative we are in truth documenting her adult life. The first page lists 12 different trips in the summer through to Thanksgiving. In 1931 the entries become somewhat more detailed and the 'Ran away from home' makes for an ominous entry in green ink. But with all her rebelliousness and running around, partying and boys Anne is at heart a very nice Jewish girl who gets married to Benjamin Bradley at the Heights Temple in Cleveland by Rabbi Rosenthal. Over 88 pages of entries we see a life and get an intimate look at what Anne was like and her experiences including her single years hitchhiking all over the place, her marriage to Ben Bradley, the birth of her children, including twins, the family's move to Florida, living in California with her husband because he's in the Navy, her horse racing, and everything in between. Plus, she seems to love to drink and smoke and on numerous occasions "swears off of both" but that promise to herself doesn't last too long. Here are some snippets of this super diary: "July 5th, 1930 Hitch hiked to Almont, Imlay, Romeo, Clifford, North Branch and Kingstom. 160 miles." "September 5th, 1931 Labor day. To parade at Romeo with mother, father, Sammy, Lily, Niki and I. Then to Detroit and new home at 16161 Roselawn." "July 30th, 1932 To Lakeville to swim with mailman. Also back with him on his afternoon route." "July 4th, 1933 Race at Dryden. I came in first. Beat Allison and Higbee's horses." "Labor Day, 1933 Spent weekend at farm with family. Horse races at Race Track. Sam won Farmer's race. I won the heavy pong race." "October 7th & 10th, 1934 With Morrey, Lily, mother and me to Florida. Lower Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida. Miami Beach. 1665 James Ave…..Arrived in Florida, nice trip. Stayed at Villa D'este Hotel on Biscayne Blvd." "November 15th, 1934 Got a job at "Petrie's" Flagler St. Miami Florida. Met Esther Weinberg and Mrs. Petrie." "February 14th, 1935 Valentines Day. Met Allen Serlin and swore off smoking forever. Not for Allen, for Sammy……Broke resolution June, 1935. See New Year's eve, 1936." "December 31st, 1935 New Year's eve. Lily, Harold, mother and I quietly saw the new year in at our apt. at 642 Michigan Ave. Miami Beach Florida. Went swimming today also." "January 7th, 1937 Thursday. Arrived in Miami 11:00 a.m. Rented an apt with Sherman's at Seville Plaza at 642 Michigan, Miami Beach. Saw William's, Fish, Kaplain's, Sangerman's, Neham's, George and Stacey." "February 6th, 1937 Saturday. Decided to leave Sherman's at 642 Michigan. Saw Mrs. Titelbaum at Blackstone. Engaged as governess for Arline, 8 years old and Carol 4 ½ years old. Room, board and salary." "March 27th, 1937 Friday. Moved to our new flat at 3200 W. Philadelphia. Good luck and happiness I hope." "November 18th, 1938 Left for Cleveland with Lily via Mercury. Dinner on train. Ben and Harvey met us at the station. Checked in to Hollender Hotel. To Ohio Villa. Saw Marian and Cal Smith." "April 22nd, 1939 5:30 Mercury to Cleveland. Ben gave me a gorgeous engagement ring, Tuesday April 25th." "August 30th, 1939 To bed at 11:30. Spent an absolutely sleepless night. Heard war declared over radio by Hitler. Sept. 1st, 5:00 Det. time." "September 25th & 26th, 1939 New York. Ben Bradley and I were married at Heights Temple Cleveland by Rabbi Rosenthal." "October 1st, 1939 Took cab to Lakeview Rd. Rented an apartment at Sovereign Hotel. Married life is marvelous. I have a wonderful Husband. Now: Mrs. Ben Bradley!" "November 25th, 1942 Ben enlisted in U.S. Navy, 1st class petty officer." "February 25th, 1943 Arrived in Los Angeles after a perfect trip. Took a bus to Oxnard and cab to Port Hueneme, Ben's C. B. Camp. Finally met Ben at USO at Oxnard. Spent night at home of Ben Rich." "February 24th, 1945 Hitch hiked to Van Nuys Cal. To Helen Cole's "Golden Egg Ranch". The diary was kept in a 3 ½" x 5 ¾" journal titled "My Travels" which really describes Anne's life the best. She doesn't seem to stay in one place for very long. The cover is worn and pulling away a bit from the binding and a few pages are torn out but overall G+.
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ANNIE C. MEAD 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE BRIDE TO BE IN AN INTERESTING DECEMBER - MAY MARRIAGE
CHATHAM NEW YORK NY 1894 Good+ Manuscript 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
On offer is an original, manuscript diary and fascinating late 19th Century look at love and relationships and most interestingly a May-December pairing of 33 year old Annie C. Mead [b. 1861] of Chatham New York to 21 year old Sherman [b.1873]. Handwritten by the bride in 1894 we learn that Annie marries Sherman [an undertaker as per the 1930 census] on March 14th of 1894. She writes every day from January 1st to October 8th with only 14 days missed between those months. After October 8th the diary has no entries other then in the back memoranda where she's filled out two pages showing what they received for wedding presents. Annie's does a great job as a diarist providing names, genealogical information, local events and insight into her life. Another interesting item we note from her writings is that Sherman suffers from constant headaches. They are so bad at times that he has to stay in bed all day. Of further interest to researchers of women studies and gender issues is that Sherman is under the care of Dr. Hattie Van Buren. Here are some snippets: 1894 "January 6th, Powder well exploded at Rosendale. Shook our house like an earthquake. I cleaned the parlor and dining room in the morning. Sewed until 4 P.M. Went up street and paid bills. Spent the evening playing hymns and studying S. S. lesson." "January 15th, Mary Washed. I did the house work. Sewed until noon. About 2 o'clock Sherman came for me to go to Valatie for my watch. We saw where Kendall's building had burned the night before. Went to Mrs. Mead's for tea. Walt Pears lost his baby that morning. Mr. M. brought us home. Rained so stayed in." "February 23rd, Sarah, mamma and I sewed all day. I went to bank, jewelry store, Rogweski's and Hattie Wheeler's in the afternoon. Mamma was taken sick with colic in afternoon. Was sick all night. Sherman came about seven and went to lecture. He stayed all night." "March 14th, (Wedding Day) Worked all the morning clearing the rooms. Helen and Clara went to Roller's (?) for flowers to decorate the rooms. We were married at half past two by Reverend William F. Compton. Left for Albany at 5:08 P.M. Stayed at the Globe Hotel." "March 17th, Packed our bag in the morning. Spent the time from there until three o'clock talking to Mr. and Mrs. Ketchwick. Took the three o'clock horse car for Mechanicville. Took train for Albany and 5 o'clock train for home. Found mamma much better." "March 22nd, Sherman too sick to go to the farm. His father came to see him. Got him some medicine which he took. Was quite sick in the afternoon. I had to go up street. Hart Johns shot himself." "April 2nd, Mrs. Mead and I went to Albany at 11:40. Brought carpet, shades and curtains and some cups and saucers. Got home at six o'clock. Sherman had been home. He met us at the train. He and I went up street in the evening." "May 3rd, Sherman so sick with his head that we went to Dr. Hattie Van Buren. She told him not to work for a few days. Mrs. Mead cleaned the setting room. Sherman put up shades in the parlor and helped dust wall paper." "May 30th, Went to Chatham about 10 o'clock. Mamma and I left for N. Y. on 12:15 train. Sherman came home and went to work in Mr. Waugh's garden. Mamma and I reached North Haven 20 minutes late. Charles and Reni met us." "June 16th & 17th, Sherman too dizzy to get up. About nine o'clock we went to Chatham to the doctor. Then to mama's. S. spent most of afternoon in bed. Went up street for few minutes in the afternoon….Sherman some better. Went to hear Mr. Brown preach the Baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class. S. felt sick in church. Did not go out at night but came home. S. sick with stomach trouble." "July 21st, Sherman up at 5:00. Helped with chores. Helped me look for bed bugs then helped unload two loads of hay. Went to lot, helped with the loads of hay, brought in two before dinner. At 12:10 they all went back to the lot. Stopped drawing hay at about three. S., Mr. and Mrs. I. went to Chatham and staid all night." "August 14th, Sherman up at 4:20 helped with chores. We went for the Chatham folks and all went to Queechy Lake. Got there at a little after eleven. Left at four. Reached home at 7:50. Had supper and went to bed." "August 17th, Sherman up at 5:25. Helped with chores. Had a hard headache. Got ready to go to the lot to plow but was taken with bowel trouble and vomiting. Could not work all day. Mr. Mead finished the lot by the barn and began the R.R. lot." "September 17th, Sherman wakened with a hard headache then was taken with pain in his back. Could hardly move. Stayed in bed all day. His father up in the morning. We did not go back with him." "September 21st, Sherman still in lots of pain. I stayed in bed until about ten o'clock. Sat up nearly all day. Felt pretty sick. Sherman went for Dr. Hattie in evening. She gave me some medicine for my liver." The diary entries stop on October 8th. She does write on the last entry that they are both sick with colds. Some of the many names mentioned in her diary are: Homer Decker, Wright, Harry and Nathan Ambler, Hawley, Annie Peck, Willard Sparks, Finch, Bright, Jas. Smith, Compton, Mary O'Neil, Mary Rodgers, Dr. Wheeler, Bassett, Blanch Pratt, Bright, Gott, Gifford, Edna Angell, Waugh, Dr. Hattie Van Buren, McCleary, Rev. Miller, Sarah Flanagan, Haskill, Cornish and more. The 3" x 5" book's cover has a few small tears and worn but the pages and binding look good. Overall G+.
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ANNIE F. TOWLE 1870 EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ANNIE F. TOWLE
SS WISCONSIN 1870 Hard Cover Good+ Manuscript 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Wonderful antique travel journal / diary commences July 1870 through June 1871. Travels around Europe. Set sail from USA to England aboard the Steamer Wisconsin. This Journal was written by 37 years old Annie F. Towle while she was living and traveling in Europe. She is a very observant person and writes vivid descriptions. She also includes a small variety of plant samples gathered along her travels. This journal, written in mostly black ink, is a wonderful glimpse into the past from a gifted observer. A RARE 8.5" x 7" Journal of 100 plus pages.
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ANNIE M. BLACKWELL 1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DESCRIBING POST CIVIL WAR NORTH CAROLINA AND LIFE WHILE A STUDENT IN THE FINAL YEAR OF THE CAROLINA FEMALE ACADEMY BY AN ANSONVILLE BELLE
ANSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA 1866 Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is an original manuscript journal handwritten by a young college girl named Annie M. Blackwell, a student at ''C.F. College N. Carolina''. [Research suggests that there was an Annie M. Blackwell who lived in North Carolina and was from a historically prominent family and we believe it is the same one but are unable to confirm. Local historians and researchers though should have little problem confirming.] This journal is a standout for a number of reasons: it provides a fascinating window into war torn North Carolina and researchers and historians of Ansonville or the Carolina Female College will find the narrative a rare treasure given the school was only in existence from 1850 to 1867 founded by a group of planters near the town to provide a college close to home for their daughters. It provided a solid education by the standards of the day, and it drew quite a few students, but it was a victim of the times. First there was an outbreak of Typhoid Fever, and then quarrels among the founders and shareholders - one problem was that some were for Secession and some were not. Financial problems followed, and they were unable to pay their debt of $10,000 for the expansion of a building. In 1861 they affiliated with the Methodist Church, which had agreed to help with the debt. In the end, likely because of the Civil War which started in 1861, and the difficult years that followed, the church could not raise all of the funds, and the school closed in 1867. The journal comes from the last year of the school's existence. On the first page Annie lists her classes and the names of her classmates. She took junior arithmetic, rhetoric, and junior algebra. Her classmates names include; Kate Abercrombie, Neil Gains, Ellen Christian, Julia Tyson (?), Lizzie Clarke, Hattie Edwards, Ida Smith, and Emma Cox. The journal is dated in the front Sept 24, 1866. A note from a classmate was signed ''Ansonville, NC June 4th, 1867'', plus at the top of the page listing her classmates it also says Ansonville N.C. This provided the clue to identify the school. It was Carolina Female College in Ansonville, North Carolina. Her journal reflects the religious affiliation of the school - there are pages titled Lecture 1st through 14th, which are all Bible stories. Annie appears to be summarizing lectures that she heard and commenting on them. Some have correction in pencil and one has a critical comment from a teacher. There are also short essays on weighty subjects like ''Riches and Poverty, Friendship, A Happy Life and Wherein it Entails and Labor." There are also poems on a number of subjects which appear to have been copied but many are signed by different people; H. J. Woodman, E. S. Smith, Lawrence Labrees, and Charles H. Brainerd. Paper was scarce during the years of Reconstruction, and the notebook was put to other uses after Annie left college so you'll find some pages torn out and others cut. There are still 73 handwritten pages in this journal. There are also recipes which appear to be in her hand, for cakes and Tomato catsup. There are also accounts - one for W.P. Moore with Mrs. P.M. Hearon is for things like bacon and bushels of peas and corn, some marked as ''lent''. Another against J.W. Stukey includes rent of land, sharpening gin and repairing wagon, saddle and lock. One line notes that $1.00 was paid to a fortune teller! Remember a few pages have been torn out and other pages have 1/4 or 1/2 cut from the bottom. The notebook measures 6 by 7 1/2 inches and the cover is very worn and the first page which lists her name is torn at the bottom but her name and the name of the college is not torn.
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ANONYMOUS AMERICAN SAILOR THE LONDON RIDDLER c1825 VERY EARLY BOOK ON RIDDLES, PUZZLES, MIND GAMES, ENIGMAS, CHARADES, REBUSSES & CONUNDRUMS
London 1825 Disbound Very Good English Language 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
On offer one of the earliest books devoted to riddles, puzzles and mind-games. Circa 1825. Highly unusual with no copy in the British Library and as such very rare. The Book: The London Riddler or, 'The art of teasing made easy: consisting of enigmas, charades, rebusses, conundrums, and transpositions: original, and selected from the most approved sources, and classically arranged according to an entirely new plan.' London : Hodgson and Co, [1825?] 198 p., [1] illustrated folded leaf of various plates: 60 ill.; 16 cm. Original brown boards and paper spine label present but off, interiors generally clean with only the occasional spot. There is a variant edition in the Library of Congress exactly matching this save for the imprint of William Cole with no mention of Hodgson. Riddles, while today perhaps more associated with children's games, did occupy an important and esteemed place in literature and history. They served not only as an amusement, but to cultivate the intellect and memory. Voltaire, Cervantes, Goethe and Dickens all conceived riddles and their more modern appearance in literature can be found in the Hobbit and, of course Harry Potter. Certainly, this unusual and rare book collects many fine lost riddles and puzzles and serves as testament to 19th century leisure, education, and perhaps most of all, British wit. The Library of Congress copy (LC Control Number: 91156584) is found in the The McManus-Young Collection which "provides a rich survey of the literature of what Dr. Young terms "illusion practices," the magician's manipulation of the imagination of others, and includes works on conjuring, ventriloquism, fortune-telling, spiritualism, witchcraft, gambling, hypnotism, automata, and mind reading." It appears in fact as perhaps the earliest book of its type in the collection. It should be noted that this anonymous work may be by a female writer. The British Library does contain a later 1838 volume entitled "Teasing made easy; a new pocket manual for all who would excel in this fashionable accomplishment and most important branch of the fine arts by a popular female practitioner." That volume appears to be based on or perhaps a later edition of the work for sale here. NOTE: There is a solution provided to all the puzzles in the book.
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ANONYMOUS AMERICAN SAILOR 1907 DETAILED HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A KEEN EYED AMERICAN SAILOR - GUAM, MANILA, HONG KONG - SUPER CONTENT
Hong Kong, China, Southeast Asia, Phillippines, 1907 Good+ Manuscript 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
This is an early diary, thin leather covers, measuring approx. (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"). It is written in very easy to read period brown ink. There are a total of (66) pages filled out. The diary was kept by a U.S. sailor, who made entries from his departure date in San Fransisco on July 1, 1907 to Nov. 10, 1907 when he arrived in Hong Kong. The first page reads "DIARY OF MY TOUR AROUND THE WORLD". The sailor first writes "JULY 1, 1907 - SIGNED ON U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT SHERMAN AS AN OILER". The following pages are headed "AT SEA - HONOLULU - MIDWAY ISLAND - GUAM - MANILA - CAVITTE - HONG KONG". His voyage continues, ending in Hong Kong. His descriptions of the voyage, other sailors, experiences, native people, sights, points of interest, etc. are very interersting and quite descriptive. Much of the diary is concerned with his time in Manila. Once there, he takes a job as a stock clerk with Castle Bros. He then goes to work for the government and describes bossing approx. 200 men. After working in Manila for a month or two, he then sails to Hong Kong. During his trip, he describes: EVERYBODY BEING EXTREMELY HOT, HOMESICK AND SEASICK - DESCRIBES RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN MANILA - HAVING A JAPANESE MASSAGE THAT HE WILL NEVER FORGET - GETTING A TATTOO - STAYING ON A STEAMER AND BOSSING (200) MEN REPAIRING BARGES - SNEAKING INTO AN INVITATION ONLY HIGH LEVEL MEETING WITH WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT SETTING UP THE PARLIAMENT OF MANILA AFTER THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR (HE DESCRIBES THE SPEECH AND DECORATIONS) - TELLS OF ENTERING AN ATHLETIC RACE DURING A LARGE CELEBRATION FOR TAFT - FAKING A FEVER TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN SICK BAY, ONLY TO BE FOUND OUT BY THE DOCTOR AND BEING KICKED OUT OF THE INFIRMARY PERMENANTLY - DESCRIBES GUAM - DESCRIBES MANILA HARBOR, PEOPLE, SIGHTS - MUCH MORE ABOUT MANILA: PARTYING, DANCING, ENGLISH, CHINESE, AMERICAN RESIDENTS, SIGHTSEEING - DETAILED AND GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A COCK FIGHT - MEETS MANY 1898 AND 1899 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS LIVING IN MANILA AFTER THE WAR - DESCRIBES HONG KONG AND IT'S PEOPLE - etc. There are too many stories, descriptions and anecdotes to list! He peppers some of his descriptions with racial slurs (n----r, c---k). Some of his exact entries include "TROOPS HAVE ARRIVED, 30TH INFANTRY, MUCH EXCITEMENT AND CONFUSION (description of leaving on his voyage) - BIG CROWD, FAREWELL, BAND PLAYING, LARGE CROWD - PARTNER OILER SMASHED TWO FINGERS - PHILIPPINO STUDENTS, AMERICAN EDUCATED, ON BOARD FOR MANILA - (HONOLULU) KANKA BOYS SWAM TO MEET US, DIVING FOR COINS - ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND PLAYING, FAREWELL, MANY SOLDIERS WEEPING - MIDWAY ISLAND, LONG NARROW, SANDY REEF WITH NO POINT HIGHER THAN 10 FEET ABOVE THE OCEAN, ONLY GOVT. OFFICIALS ARE THE INHABITANTS - COMPLETED 1ST. MONTH IN GOVT. EMPLOY, HARDEST WORK IS HOLLERING "SIGI" AT ANY N-----R WHOM I SEE SOLDERING - FOUND MYSELF IN A "C---K (Chinese)" THEATER TONIGHT - THOUSANDS OF CHINESE SAMPANS HAVE SURROUNDED THE BOAT - etc. Overall, very nice condition. Very clean with no damage. The writing is colorful and very easy to read. The covers are well attached and the interior pages are tight. The edge of the spine is covered with a piece of cloth tape.
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ANONYMOUS BRATTLEBORO VERMONT SOCIALITE 1895 LIFE OF A BRATTLEBORO VERMONT SOCIALITE HANDWRITTEN DIARY
Brattleboro Vermont VT 1895 Soft Cover Good+ Manuscript 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
A wonderful, hand written diary written in 1895 by a very social woman in Brattleboro, Vermont. It would appear that the writer, unfortunately unnamed in the diary, was either the wife of a Church Minister or the Church's Goodwill Ambassador, as she spent nearly every day visiting and calling on Church members, sometimes 8 or 10 in a single day. She names dozens and dozens of Brattleboro residents that she visited in her Diary, often she brought baked goods or hand made articles of clothing to people. She also wrote much about the local Y.M.C.A., the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other Brattleboro organizations that she worked very hard for. She wrote nearly every day, most days filling the entire page, missing only two days during the year when she was away from home. The diary has one page for each day of the year. Here are some quotes from the actual diary: "Jan. 14, 1885 Cold but Fine. Did some ironing in the morning then went to see Mrs. Crowell, found her better - borrowed some books. Went to see Mrs. O'Neil and tried to comfort her a little, then to see Tina. On reaching home found Mira who staid to dinner. Called on Mrs. Tolles who was not at home. Stopped at Mrs. Smith's to leave Mrs. Mitchell's letter. Spent the evening reading & writing. Wrote to Mrs. Cutting." "Jan. 19, 1885 Lovely & Cold washed in the early morning. Went down to Laura's with pie. Called on Mrs. Oaks and tried to call on Mrs. Tower in p.m. George Barrett carried me to see the colored people on the fair ground. Mrs. Streeter not at home. Saw Mrs. C.D. Fuller and Mrs. Amos Parker, Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Colman." "Feb 10, 1885 Very Cold. Did a little washing a.m. Called on Mrs. Clarkson and Mrs. Reed. P.M. visited Mrs. Rufus Smith, Mrs. Ellis (s. main st.), Mrs. Horton, had some conversation with her on personal religion, find her anxious to make a profession of her faith in Christ. Miss Amsden not at home. Had some conversation with A.A. Cheny on faith cures. Did some errands." "Friday May 29, 1885 Finished ironing and called at the colored folks, Mrs. Reed and Clarkson and Mrs. Smith P.M. called at Mrs. Carpenter's and Mrs. Manson's doors - not at home. Called on Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Oneil, Mrs. Stearns & Mrs. Horton, Canal St. After tea saw Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Smith. Too tired to go to meeting." Thursday Nov. 5, 1885 Called on Mrs. Bangs. Mr. Bangs a little more like himself. Called at Mrs. Crowell's and Mrs. Hawley's. Mrs. C. brought me home. In the afternoon carried jelly to Laura & blocks to little boy, then went to Estey-ville and called on Mr. heald, Mrs. Haskins, Mrs. Freeman (colored), Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Blanchard. Went to parsonage to sociable in the evening. Very, very tired." "Thursday Dec. 31, 1885 Rainy. Called on Mrs. Stone at Brattleboro House and Mrs. Horton on Canal St. In the afternoon carried aprons to Mrs. Chandlers's and called on Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Stickney. Finished putting my old carpet together. Very rainy evening." All writing is easy to read and this diary is in very nice condition.
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ANONYMOUS FULTON COUNTY INDIANA WOMAN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF PIONEER LIFE IN INDIANA
Indiana None 1878 Full-Leather Good+ No Jacket Manuscript 64mo - up to 3" tall
A leather bound wrap around type diary for the year of 1878. The measurement when closed is approx. 2 3/4 x 4 x 1 inch. A well kept detailed manuscript of an Indiana pioneer woman's life. Easily read. Entries throughout are in pencil. Here are examples of several: "THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1878. Some cloudy in the morn but cleared off very fine frose a little but very fine day. they killed a turkey . did not cook it did not have any company to eat it so we had chicken that we had already cooked. Heather & Willie Divelbiss came a white in the afternoon FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1878. 38 dgs above zero clear and pleasant I finished looping towels Sarah sewed on her dress Kate. The men hauled wood in forenoon Went to Tiosa after the mail got a tub of sugar a man came home with them the blacksmith FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 8, 1878. 40 deg above this morn after the girls went to school it began to rain all forenoon then snowed all the afternoon. Sarah baked bread then sewed on her wrapper. I sewed on my night dresses Kate on pillow cases the men sawed wood in the timber a while I called them to see some men that wanted to buy calves & pigs but did not buy any WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1878. 42 above thundered in the morn no rain here but after a while about noon they sewed oats & peas. H. cut potatoes to plant Theo shaved shingles Kate put on a quilt I set quill together Sarah sewed on Jennies dress they drove the old sow in the pen It is very smoky. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1878. 42 above some cloudy girls ironed H went to Osborns to get hens eggs to set I raked yard back of house H planting potatoes in old garden Theo went to school meeting Kate went part way Theo commenced shingeling the barn they elected Kate to teach our school MONDAY, MAY 6, 1878. 42 above some clouds no rain the girls was tired I washed the breakfast dishes then had the Ague was sick all day Theo cultivated in forenoon then came in with Ague. H. went dragging the ground Lilly had a calf southwest wind blows hard all day Kate done her ironing FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1878. rainy they took lilly to Mr. Balls then H. started for Tiosa it finished up with a cold rain & windy day. they moved the parlor stove in the sitting room THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1878. cloudy until 11 am broke away sun shone hot the men worked in harvest all day we preserved six & half pounds of cirrants Sarah canned six quarts of currants & three of raspberries H.S. Kate went a berrying after supper Kate left Theo staid we had green peas for supper Kate took up bed & board at Devilbisses FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1878. alittle cooler & cloudy looks like rain H fixes the hedge Sarah & the girls set quilt together we had ripe tomatoes for dinner SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1878. temp at 38 quite pleasant & warm in the middle of the day had a frost this morn but not hurt any thing cool at night Sarah canned 9 quarts of peaches and done her baking pumpkin & apple pie cakes and bread I done up house work we have plenty of peaches and watermellons Sam Brubaker commenced drilling in wheat on our 20 acre piece THURSADY, OCTOBER 3, 1878. warm and very pleasant all day H. & Theo. went to Si Bowers to make amber cane molasses they did not get it done Sarah & I cleaned the pantry had a big days work H. & Theo went to Tiosa in the evening to get more jars for storageTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1878. the ground is all covered with snow & is snowing it is quite cold winter like I still knit on stockings Annie sews on pants had oysters for supper TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1878. cloudy in forenoon MR Sanders came to help husk they finished husking their corn cleared off very fair in the afternoon I took up part of our dahlia WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1878. rained but the girls went to school rain all of the forenoon & part of the afternoon then commenced to snowing the girls came home in the snow H. cleaned out the chicken coops & roost I riped my brown dress Sarah backed & churned in the forenoon made husk matress in the afternoon my throat is not well yet is better WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1878. 10 below in the morning clear as a bell all day 2 above zero at sunset we had roast turkey Hattie & Willie Devilbliss was here all day H & Sarah got the big chickens out of the little coop & put them in the big coop they found one dead in the coop I finished one wristlet this eve commenced another". Towns & Cities mentioned are Tiosa, Plymouth, Germany, Chicago etc.. It is my opinion the gal who wrote this is from near Tiosa, Fulton County, Indiana. A real insight into the type of life that took place in the 19th Century there.
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ANTHONY BUTLER 1839 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY A ROGUE, SCAMP AND HERO OF THE SINKING OF THE STEAMBOAT ANTHONY WAYNE
NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LA 1839 Good English 4to - over 9¾
On offer is an original handwritten autograph letter, ALS, by Anthony Butler (1787?-1849?) lawyer, soldier, politician and rogue. This is a stampless cover, no postal marks dated New Orleans, 1839, 1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/2 in. To Lewis Daniell at New Orleans. Penned above the letter is a signed promissory note promising to pay Daniell $1060. The letter that follows illuminates the scheming nature of the man: "If you could only find it convenient to receive Land in payment. I would give a Tract that in a very short time would be worth Twenty thousand dollars, and as one only makes money for his children it seems to me that you could not make so good a bargain with a view to their future interest by any other mode...In the meantime all the money necessary for completing your surveys in Texas shall be paid as in part of the sum due you..." Signed A.Butler. Generally in very good condition save for starting to separate at the folds. Butler was born in South Carolina, probably in 1787 in Clarendon County, and established a sizable plantation in Russellville, Kentucky. At the outbreak of the War of 1812 he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-eighth United States Infantry, on March 11, 1813. On February 21, 1814, he was promoted to colonel of the Second Rifle Regiment. After discharge he served as a member of the Kentucky legislature for two terms, 1818-19, but failed in a run for governor of that state in 1820. Butler was a resident of Mississippi in 1829 when his friend President Andrew Jackson, appointed him to succeed Joel Poinsett as United States chargé d'affaires in Mexico City. Historian Justin H. Smith commented that Butler's only qualifications for the post "were an acquaintance with Texas and a strong desire to see the United States obtain it." He had been through bankruptcy more than once, spoke no Spanish, was ignorant of the forms of diplomacy, and "was personally a bully and a swashbuckler." Further, Smith maintained, Butler was "shamefully careless," unprincipled in his methods, and "openly scandalous in his conduct...In brief, he was a national disgrace." Sam Houston wrote of Butler in 1832, "Such men as he is, would destroy a country, but take my word for it, he will never gain one!" Butler was recalled to Washington early in January 1836 but remained in Mexico on his own authority and continued to report to Jackson on the actions and intentions of the Mexican government toward Texas. He at last returned to the United States in May 1836. He then took residence in Washington County, Texas, and in September 1838 was elected to the House of Representatives of the Third Texas Legislature. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he offered his services to Gen. Zachary Taylor, believing that his knowledge of the country would be useful. Butler moved to the North in 1847 or 1848. As a Mason he was grand master of Kentucky in 1812-13 and of Texas in 1840-41. In 1849 or 1850 he died on the Mississippi River attempting to save his fellow passengers from the burning wreck of the steamboat Anthony Wayne. His papers are preserved at the Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin
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ANTI-WAR COMMUNE SUPERB COMMUNE POSTER 1870-1871 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR POSTER CALLING FOR 'L'HUMANITE'
France 1871 Manuscript Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Autograph
Incredible, anti-patriotic French document calling for an end to violence and calling for "L'Humanite". France was considered by most Prussians as being very aggressive regarding the loose coalition of states prior to the formation of the German Empire. The conflict led to the end of the Nalpoleonic era and to France becoming the only republican great power. The document is headed - TUER EST TOUJOURS UN CRIME! - To Kill is Always A Crime.
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ANTON HUGH SYREE, M.R.C.S., L.S.A. 1893 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TWO [2] JOURNALS DETAILING LIFE AND DUTIES ABOARD A CABLE LAYING SHIP PLYING THE MEDITERRANEAN
C.S. ELECTRA et al 1893 Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is an interesting pair of 1893 and 1895 manuscript journals handwritten by Anton Hugh Syree, Syree (1859-1924), M.R.C.S., L.S.A., surgeon on two cable laying ships (the `Electra` and another unnamed), describing his activities while plying the Mediterranean from home base in England then from Portugal, Gibraltar, Malta, Bona, Greece, Alexandria and more. The diaries consist of short, businesslike entries, describing Syree's duties (not onerous), the ship's activities (repairing and testing cable), leisure activities (shooting in Egypt, bicycling, sightseeing, cricket, poker), socialising and corresponding (Lady King-Hall is an acquaintance), his health (often 'very seedy'), the weather. Historians and researchers will find insight to the difficulties and duties of the ship as it deals constantly with the weather conditions, repairs to the ship and a basic lethargy in the operation at no fault to the ship and its crew. The first diary has Syree's ownership inscription on the front cover: 'A. H. Syree | Lisbon | January 1st. 1892 [sic]'. At the beginning of 1893 Syree's unnamed ship is anchored off Cascais, Portugal; the ship will travel to Syra, Tenedos, Alexandria, Zante, Messina and Malta. Entry for 6 January: 'Find day - fresh - At 10 a.m. went out 3 miles in Gib[ralta]r. Bay to repair the Gib. Lisbon cable - finished at 8 p:m: About 8 p:m: our little Monkey died - thro' taking some Carbolic Acid it seems - foul play suspected.' 20 January: 'Wretched day - raining - blowing - very dull - Lack invited me to "High Tea" and then "The Theatre" (amateur - military) - so rough couldn't get away from the Ship - Gifford made himself obnoxious - I was much upset - very seedy all day.' The diary resumes on 5 October 1893: 'Received letter from Pater enclosing letter fr. London Office, asking if I will accept post as Surgeon on "The Electra" - Their letter was dated Decr. 3rd. - Will my pay begin from then - or fr. day of my acceptance -'. At this point Syree is in Cannock, Staffordshire (in the English Midlands). He packs and travels to Chartham in Kent. 17 October 1893: 'Went to the Ship and was signed on "The Articles" - lunched aboard. Had Supper at Scott's in the evening.' On 22 October the ship leaves Falmouth for Gibraltar; arriving in Malta on 2 November, and Alexandria four days later. In Zante at the end of the month. Entry for 2 December typical: '4225 + 390 = 4615 m | Anchored in Bay (Terra Nuova) about 8 a.m - Electrical staff went off at once testing - very isolated place - only the Cable House and Station anywhere near. Payton & I went shooting in morning - got nothing -'. Working off Greece at end of year. The Electra is at Malta at the beginning of 1895, as the year progresses it continues to do its work around the mediterranean. On 28 April 1895 Syree writes: 'The Anniversary of my Wedding Day. 9 years ago, on a Wednesday - I little thought what was in store for me - mine was a very short innings of happiness.' Description of pleasant 'extended' stays: in Patras in May (including one entry in French, regarding a 'promenade avec M. Corus'), Malta in June and in Gibraltar - where he has a long walks with 'darling' Edie Spratt, whom he buys 'a gold Curb bracelet, with Padlock' - in July. On 18 July he writes: 'feeling very miserable at leaving Gib - or rather the people who are there - I have had a very happy time at Gib, and now have to pay for that, in being miserable at leaving'. Back in London at the end of July he writes: 'Edie will receive my letter today. I wonder what she will think and what she will say.' Edie's answer, 4 August 1895, is 'Yes, if we can fight the good fight together', and the entries for the rest of the month contain further positive comments about their relationship. In the last entry, 30 August 1895, Syree writes 'to Dr. Cormack about partnership at Bournemouth'. Loosely inserted in the first volume are Autograph Letters Signed from Edward W. Simmons, Frederick H. Saunders and W. F. Webster, all dated 7 May 1897, regarding a medical practice advertised by Syree in the Lancet. Also an Autograph Letter Signed from 'Alice' of East Mosely, 12 May 1897, of a personal nature. Also two receipts by Syree, written out on a Memorandum slip of the Eastern Telegraph Company, Limited, C.S. "Electra." The books proper: 1 January to 20 February 1893; 5 October to 31 December 1893; 1 January to 30 August 1895. 4to, 87 pp, including 3 pp of accounts. In two diaries: the first ('Letts's Rough Diary, with a week on a page, for 1893') with 23 pp (including 2 pp of 'Expenditures'; the second ('T. J. & J. Smith's Large Quarto Manuscript Diary for 1895') with 64 pp, including a page of accounts. All texts clear, complete, and legible. The books have rubbing and some general ageing and light soiling but internally sound on lightly-aged paper, in worn and discoloured covers. Overall G.
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ARCHIBALD MANNING BROWN 1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL AND TRIP DIARY OF A KEEN, INTELLIGENT 15 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WILL SOON BE A FAMOUS ARCHITECT AND MAN WHO BUILDS TREASURED NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS
London England 1896 Half-Leather Very Good+ Manuscript 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is an interesting 1896 manuscript peek into the early years of the important American architect Archibald Manning Brown, [b. May 23, 1881 in New York City]. He is the noted designer of the Heinz Dome, the 1939 World's Fair and The Harlem River Houses. [The Harlem River Houses, a designated landmark in New York, was the nation's first federally funded public housing project built in the wake of the 1935 Harlem riots.] Inscribed Archibald M. Brown, Groton School June 24, 1896 [he would have been attending Groton with Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a classmate]. Even the diary book is stylish; a stunning half leather, 5 bands, and personalized gilt name treatment and date on the spine. The diary details a trip the 15 year old Archibald took to England from July 1st 1896 through August 19th beginning with their steamship arrival in England. He writes wonderful, personality filled, descriptive entries and he finds delights almost everywhere. Besides his visits; Uncle Charlie Barnes, Grandma Barnes, he also relates much of the day to day occurrences of the trip; seeing the Oxford Cambridge cricket match: "[cricket] is very interesting to watch. We felt so queer walking with caps and sweaters in among the flock-coated swells and 'ladies of a high degree'." Lots of golfing [his mother, Lucy Barnes Brown, was a renowned amateur golfer], shopping, a side trip to Paris, a trip alone to the tailors (his underlining) and shirtmakers, St. James Church, Westminster Abbey where his interest in architecture is apparent as he writes delightedly of the place, Hyde Park where he notes the 'numberless men lying flat on the grass in the hot sun all very contented to lie there most of them flat on their backs', St. Malo and so much, much more in approximately 83 pages. Very interestingly we note he worked at Peabody, Wilson and Brown and intriguingly a chance meeting with J. Peabody is mentioned in this diary. Very light wear, some sunning to the spine but overall VG+.
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ARNOLD DAGHANI c1950s HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, SKETCHBOOK AND PERSONAL DIARY OF NOTED ARTIST, POET, AUTHOR AND SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST INCLUDING TWO [2] SELF PORTRAITS
SUSSEX ENGLAND ROMANIA ISRAEL 1955 Good+ Good English 4to - over 9¾
On offer is a remarkable original handwritten personal diary, workbook and artist sketch book of Arnold Daghani. The green leather book is written in long hand English and contains original literary works; poems, short stories, musings and references to his works plus much, much more with most of them dated 1955 through 1958. At the end a story titled "Noodles and Buttons in Cakes of Soap", it says this story was in 1946 awarded the one and only prize for stories then under the title of the "Yellow Bridge". On the two first pages there is an ink self portrait of a young Daghani and another in the abstract style. Born into a Jewish family in Suceava, Romania (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), Daghani and his wife were imprisoned in and escaped from an Ukrainian labour-camp, in the 1950s left Romania to live in Israel, France, Switzerland and finally England, settling in Hove in 1977. Many of Daghani's works document his experiences in the slave-labour camp of Mikhailowka (1942-3) and in the ghetto of Bershad. His works from the 1960s and 1970s relate to broader themes of contemporary life, including music, literature, religion, politics and the circus, as well as the difficulties of being an artist. Daghani has become well known in his native Romania and major collections of his works are to be found in the National Gallery, Romania and the Museum of Modern Art, Bucharest and at Sussex University as part of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies. He has been collected widely in England and abroad. A large 4to measuring approx. 29 x 22 x 4 cm. 402 pp, 55 blank. The clasp lock is broken, no key. Some rubbing on the leather covers otherwise G+.
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ARTHUR B. CREAGH and OTHER MEMBERS OF ADMIRAL BYRD'S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS 1928-1930s ARCHIVE OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT AND TYPED ITEMS, MAPS AND CLIPPINGS RELATING TO ADMIRAL BYRD'S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS
SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA CA 1928 Good+ English 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is a fascinating vintage collection autograph materials, an ALS, clippings and maps of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Admiral Richard Byrd's First Antarctic Expedition (1928-30). Included are original newspaper clippings from The New York Times, including a full page from, May 19 1929, headline "What Byrd's Men Do In The Antarctic Night" with photographs of one of Byrd's planes, his two ships, the Headquarters Hut, the setting sun and radio equipment and antennas. Also included; an 8pp rotogravure section from May 4, 1930 illustrating "Admiral Byrd's Great Adventure in the Antarctic" with numerous photographs of Little America including the expedition members, landscapes, polar life and much more; also a column-length article relating to his second expedition headlined "Byrd's Ship Bear To Sail Tomorrow" (1933-35); two color maps, approx 28"x20", one a 1930 Geographic Society detailed lithograph of the "Antarctic Regions" with insets of "Byrd's South Pole Flight", "King Edward VII Land", "Part of Marie Byrd Land" and "Antarctic Archipelago" indicating routes of various explorers including Admunsen and Shackleton; and the other a 1933 "Little America Aviation and Exploration Club Map Used by Admiral Byrd exclusively on both of his Antarctic Expeditions" courtesy of "The Tide Water Oil Co." Also present is letterhead of the Freeport, NY, Order of Elks signed by eight members of both the first and second expeditions with second page penned in another hand adding further information; plus an ALS by expedition member ARTHUR B. CREAGH, San Pedro, CA, Sep 28, 1930 to Albin Johnson "Part Exalted Ruler" of the Order of Elks in Freeport. Creagh thanks him "for the wonderful time you and your brother Elks gave us that night at Freeport, Long Island on our return from the Byrd's South Pole Expedition…" accompanied by original mailing envelope. Lastly, a lengthy printed Washington Bureau biographical printed pamphlet, 4pp, 7"x8½", by Ruth Robertson entitled "A Brief Account of Read Admiral Byrd's Flights Over the North and South Poles and Other Achievements". The newspaper clippings are generally toned and brittle, the photogravure in particular is fragile. All evidence usual folds with occasional partial fold separations with only small paper loss. Letter is in excellent condition. All have been preserved in large vintage envelope. This period collection of historic content remains an important reflection of the early exploration of Antarctica by America's foremost explorer of the time. G+.
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ARTHUR BLACKMAN 1880 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DOUBLE TRIP TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING, VERY WELL WRITTEN YOUNG BOSTON MAN IN MAINE
FORT POINT PORT KITTERY MAINE ME 1880 Good Manuscript 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is an amazing, original manuscript travel journal handwritten by Arthur Blackman a young Boston man who took a trip to Fort Point Maine in the summer of 1880 and then another trip to Kittery Point Maine in 1881. The young Mr. Blackman, research suggests he may have been born in 1861, is staying at the very historical hotel called "Fort Point Hotel". Not only does he write an exciting journal about life at the hotel [he writes about a man coming off the steamer who had "Swamp Fever"] but also swimming, boating, saluting steamers and schooners on the bay, evening entertainment, girl trouble, excursion to Stockton Springs, Castine and Fort Knox and so much more. He has an absolutely super way of expressing himself on paper. The diary consists of 55 handwritten pages and his entries are detailed. He notes the Hotel's owner Mr. Porter also owns a noted yacht called "The Alpha". Adding further depth he drawn a map of Fort Knox in Bucksport Maine during his visit and tour there. Here are some snippets: 1880 "August 6th & 7th, Started with Fred Lathe in the Steamer Cambridge for Fort Point, Stockton at 5:20 P.M. Eat apples, was not sick and went in at about night. Had a hard time getting to sleep, the boat rumbled and thumped so…..Arrived at about 10 o'clock. Was conducted to our rooms and immediately went in bathing. The water was as cold as I could imagine. Some girls in two boats sat and laughed and told Fred there was an undertow, he replied that his toes were under them, they hollered. We got a little acquainted with our situation and engaged a boat for the next week for $1.50. In the evening there was a hop and we sat and looked on. A man who looked like Joshua Whitcome asked us to dance and when we declined he asked if we were sick. Had a boss dinner and supper. Will describe here after. The man's name was Rawson from Bangor." "August 8th, A very pleasant day, it being Sunday. The people did not seem to notice the fact to any great extent. We went down on the rocks and in the tent and read. Pretty soon Mr. Porter let a seal out that they had caught in a salmon net when he was little. They had kept him in a little artificial pond with a rustic fence but it was too much trouble to keep him supplied with salt water so the whole crowd came out to see him go. They had a hard time but he got away at last. We sat on the rocks and saw the ships go by and wrote a letter home sending an bill of fare in it. I do not see how Mr. Porter can make enough money to pay expenses. They have about 30 servants including colored waiters, chamber maids, bell boys, cooks, stablemen, boat men and clerks, porters &c……" "August 9th, We, Fred and I, (who by the way dress, act and eat and look alike) eat breakfast early and went out in our boat with Mr. C. (Chamberlain) over to the village of Stockton. We rowed about a mile and then walked 3 miles and I bought a tooth brush for 15 cents and this blank book for 15 cents (more on their trip in town and heading back)……..In the evening the girls had a sort of an entertainment or what-ever-you-call-it, composed of shadow pictures from Mother Goose. Duck as Fred proposed. When out in the bay we saluted the Steamer, City of Bangor, and she answered by returning the three whistles then we saluted a schooner and she dipped her top sail." "August 11th & 12th, Rose late and went out to a yacht and met Mr. Savage who was in my class in the Conservatory, the second term. He was in the Forward from Bristol, a sloop with six other fellows who did not know enough to answer a salute. They loafed around all day with the large girls and danced in the evening. I took a lesson in dancing, the Racquette, from Misses Hilton, Rawson and Lincoln. Played cards and retired…….Arose late and beat Mr. Chamberlain and papa at bowling. Saw the steamer come in from Boston and a man from Stockton who had just come from the South, got off. He had swamp fever and could not move his leg. He twitched all over and looked as though he was dying. They carried him off in a wagon……." "August 18th, The Jameson Guards and the Old Town Guards came over on an excursion and paraded. They walked crooked and kept their knees bent and did not keep step. The Old Town Guards were the better. Eight of them went through the drill splendidly and as I was about the only and was the first one that stopped, one of them took off his cap to me….." "August 24th, Rose early at 6:25 and read until the girls came down at 7:10 and 7:50 which was too late to go down into the woods for bush bark. While the girls were eating breakfast, Claude and I played billiards. After the steamers came in we all went in bathing. After dinner I made a bush bark basket for Miss Hilton and wrote a letter to Fred. Read until supper time. In the evening the colored waiters had a concert. Contributions. They got about $20.00." "August 25th, Went down on the rocks with two girls by the old bath houses near the pier while they sketched and read. Stayed there until dinner time and saw the sketches of the Captain of the Steam yacht who is quite an artist. After diner we three and Claude Porter sat on the piazza and talked. Then the girls went down on the rocks with Miss Clapp of South Boston sketching……" "August 27th, Claude slept with me and we arose late, very near 9. The girls rose later and we saw the steamer come in from Boston. I made a bush bark basket for Miss Sampson from Melrose and showed Mr. and Miss Clapp and Miss Phoebe a little about tennis. Sat in the parlor and had dinner. Bid good-bye all around and exchanged pictures with form. Two are to send me theirs when they get home. Waved my nose rag until I was out of sight of the hotel and then sat on the aft deck with the crowd and ate apples, read and looked at scenery…….." TO KITTERY PT. MAINE: "July 19th, 1881 Day Book Revised. A general schedule of summer adventures at Kittery Pt. Maine between July 19th, 1881 and August 1881. Left Boston by Eastern R.R. at 8:30 A.M. with friend of Chester's and arrived at Portsmouth at 10:45 A.M. where he left me and I took Mr. Keen's stage for the Pepperrell Hotel Kittery Pt. Me. I had an hour and a half stage ride on top which would have been very pleasant but for the many stops. I arrived at the house at about twelve o'clock having taken one and one half hours to ride four miles…..The landlady was quite loquacious and asked my mother's age. No one else spoke to me. I tried the boat called the Dutch for the first and last time and hired the Ann Hutchinson for a week." "July 20th & 21st, I played bagatelle considerable and rowed around in general. Ate my meals in silence and saw lots of mute girls……. I wrote full descriptions of the place and inhabitants to several people and played hermit because I could not help it. In the time after supper I was introduced to a boy in a peculiar manner….." "July 23rd, Clam Bake. I was politely told to go around to the creek and carry my boat to the pier for transportation. There I met a midshipman and a friend who had another boat into which two of the best looking girls immediately jumped and much to my disgust and confusion left more for my boat but a homely, disagreeable one and a young little one and the panic fellow who had the cramps and would not row. I of course rowed like a sucker to catch up with the other boat which had a huge head start……" "August 10th, Did about the same as usual. Jeannie and Cora went in bathing with us, including Chester, Harry Rand and Gertrude Wall. Went to ride Saturday to York Beach and had a good three hours ride and had a general good time. We, Harry, Gertrude, Jennie, Cora, Fred and I all went to Portsmouth in the steamer and ____went in the row boat to see Mrs. Foster and family and mama started for the Isle of Shoals. We then went up town and got some jolly candy…..Papa came today and Harry, Gert., Cora, Jennie and Fred and I went to Portsmouth to meet him and came home on the top of the stage road blowing two fish horns. All serene. Evening moonlight, boat ride and waltz." The first trip consists of 36 handwritten pages and the second trip 17. The 4" x 6 ½"diary has a marbled cover and is overall.
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ARTHUR F. RALL 1969 ORIGINAL VIETNAM ERA MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE WRITTEN BY A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE AND LONG TIME SERVANT OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY TELLS HIS STORY
SAIGON VIETNAM HONG KONG CHINA SOUTHEAST ASIA 1969 Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is a sensational archive of original, typed 1974 manuscript and original handwritten notes, manuscript and other related ephemeral relics of the Vietnam War, the Central Intelligence Agency, covert operations and espionage as told by Arthur F. Rall who wrote this manuscript retrospectively after working for the CIA as a 'spook'. He begins Chapter I: "At the beginning of 1969 when I was 53 years old, the CIA sent me to Saigon". Rall had a long history working for the US Government as far back as the 1940s when he was initially employed by The Panama Canal but from August 1941 to October 1942, he was placed on detached duty with the American Embassy in Panama and traveled extensively through South America. During World War II, Rall served as confidential secretary to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson at the Potsdam Conference in Berlin, Germany, and toured Europe as private secretary to John J. McCloy when he was High Commissioner of Germany. In September 1945, Rall accompanied McCloy and noted historian Douglas Freeman on a world tour. After the war, Mr. Wall served in many intelligence and diplomatic capacities throughout the world, for the US Government. This neatly typed on lined loose-leaf notebook paper manuscript of 72 pages is a super relic of the era and a totally unique primary content of one warrior's covert work. Overall VG.
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ARTHUR F. RALL 1945 ORIGINAL DIARY, ARCHIVE AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF A WORLD DIPLOMATIC TOUR AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II FROM THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE TO TOGO HANDWRITTEN AND OBSERVED BY THE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER OF GERMANY
POTSDAM CONFERENCE GERMANY 1945 Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
On offer is a superb, historically significant archive of typed and handwritten diary, letters, reports, photo album pages and observation notes of Frederick Arthur Rall [mostly he went by Arthur (Art) Frederick Rall] an American citizen who prior to World War II resided and worked in Panama and then throughout South America. When the War began Rall, employed by The Panama Canal, was placed on detached duty with the American Embassy in Panama and then later as the War ended Rall was picked to serve as confidential secretary to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson at the Potsdam Conference in Berlin, Germany, and then he toured Europe as private secretary to John J. McCloy when he was High Commissioner of Germany. In September 1945, Rall accompanied McCloy and noted historian Douglas Freeman on a world tour. After the war, Mr. Rall served in many intelligence and diplomatic capacities throughout the world, for the US Government. This archive relates directly to Mr. Rall's world tour experiences and superbly and intimately detailed. Mr. Rall comments on his superiors, the tour procedures and reports on many aspects of the tour in each of the many, many places they visited. Historians, researchers and collectors of World War II and its ending, the Potsdam Conference, Yalta and more will be thrilled by the first person content of this man who was the right hand of a key player. We know from later archives that Rall was an intelligent agent and as late as 1969 he was working for the CIA in Vietnam and it is almost a certainty that he was involved in intelligence activities in all his 'stations'. Included in the archive is a report on Dr. Freeman who created a report for the American government regading the trip and Rall reports on the doctor and his report to his superiors. Besides the manuscript content there are photos of the Potsdam Conference, related meetings, and all stops along the way. There are approximately 40 folio sized pages of the photo album with some large format pictures and smaller ones, all named or tagged for the most part. Some of the fascinating subjects include 2 photos of General George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Stalin, Molotov, Truman and many more. Some of the photos are Army generated but for the most part these are private photos taken by Rall or a pal. Simply amazing primary content as one reads as when in September 27, 1945, then Staff Sergeant Arthur F. Rall accompanied the then Asst. Sec. of War (USA) on a trip that began in New York, and ended back in New York on Nov. 1, 1945. There were other members of this delegation, of course, and they (and their experiences) are detailed in an unusual and well-kept, hand-written, diary. Each stop is described and there is much detail: the first page of the diary lists the nine (9) people in the party topping the list of course is Mr. McCloy. The plane they used was a C-54. Here are some snippets: "Wednesday, Oct. 17: Lv Chunking 1030. Ar Shanghai 1430. Drive to Cathay Mansions. Room with Stuch. 4p & Japanese settlement with MacDougall. Astor House. Stuch party at Astor. Dr. Dis& Arcadiawith me. Exchange in Shanghai 900 to 1. More sailors than soldiers, Most GI's here for short time only, Kiang Wan Fld. Cathay Mansions Hotel, French District, Rm 1211. Friday, Oct. 19: Lv Shanghai at 1000. Ar Peking 1345-Lunch at Peking Club! Grand Hotel Wagon Lits. Rm 28. Jap Embassy pays for food and lodging in hotel. Less Noisy city -no main street-marines tour cityin Rickshaw. Prices ridiculous, one place asks $45 for two rings bought later for $1. Not much to do at night, Crowds cheering autos as we pass thru streets. Ting Huo. FRB money." The archive overstuffs a standard manilla envelope. Overall G+.
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Arthur Lelliot 1906 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK OF A DETROIT AREA MUSICIAN'S CLUB - P.R.O.S.T.
DETROIT MICHIGAN 1906 Good Manuscript 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
On offer is a very unique, funny and rather curious handwritten log book from a musicians club beginning in 1906 and up to about 1915 but it was after their fifth anniversary that there was less writing and more ephemera. The theme was nautical and under the guise of characters in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. The members were all musicians from leading theatre orchestras. The club was started by Arthur Lelliot, B.S. Tomlinson and James Thompson. Also 'aboard' were members of the Detroit Federation of Musicians and the Detroit Musicians Union. Two blank letter heads, one from each union are folded up in the book along with a number of other ephemera pieces. The club was called P.R.O.S.T and there is a typed Constitution. The book is loaded with names of musicians from that era plus menus from all the major banquets and cruises. There are 5 or 6 pages of handwritten script of a play which they performed. There is a Katz and Jammers Kids cartoon, we believe, pasted on the front cover though it is rather rough and there is loss followed by a few more Katz and Jammers Kids in nautical situations pasted in. The 8 x 10.5 inch book is in good very good shape save for the loss of the spine cap and the inner hinge is loose.
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ARTHUR NOBLE MOULTON 1863 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY WRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING MAINE MAN THAT BATTLES TO JOIN THE FIGHT
GREENE MAINE 1863 Very Good Manuscript 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
On offer is an interestin original handwritten Civil War era pocket diary kept by Arthur Noble Moulton of Greene, Maine, who served in the U. S. Navy during the Civil War. The diary contains entries beginning in January 1863 through September 1864, with later entries for January 1866 ending December of that year. Research finds that Arthur was born in 1843 to Joel and Elizabeth Moulton. He died at age 32 in 1875, and is buried in Peare Cemetery in Greene, Maine. Though small in format, 3 x 4 inches, there is a remarkable amount of content on the fully written pages and most uniquely this is a diary of many parts - a diary of local Maine historical record, a genealogical record, a Civil War home-front diary and the diary of a young man determined to serve his country and even when rebuffed he eventually does so in the US Navy. Arthur records and details personal, regional and national moments in time: that his brother Alden returned home from the war after serving 21 months, fighting in battles in Port Hudson, Donaldsonville, and skirmishing on the Mississippi. May 28, 1863 "Rebels entered Portland". On July 4th, 1863, "Vicksburg taken". Arthur engaged in farming during these months, and also attended Bates College. He was a member of the Literary Fraternity and the Soldier's Aid Society. He attends church regularly, often in Sabattusville, and often records the minister's name and theme of the sermon. In Sept. 1864 he decided to leave Bates College and enlist in the Navy, so he travelled to Kittery (with several named colleagues), however, his attempt to enlist "did not succeed." Later that month, he went to Portland and did enlist in the U. S. Navy for one year. He was put on the U. S. Frigate Sabine, taken to Charleston, MA and put on the "U.S. Rec. Ship Ohio". Other notes include; the "Unionists" won all the votes at the town meeting; on July 3rd, 1863 the 23rd Regiment came home; July 9, 1863, "Port Hudson surrendered"; records the return home of the 10th Maine regiment, and lists several names, including Wright, Knowles, Bond, Richardson, and Dwelley; he attended a lecture at Bates by E.B. Fairfield (one of the founders of the Republican Party); July 1866, he went to Portland to view the ruins of the great fire; Feb. 21, 1866 he mentioned that the President vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Act. The diary is full of notable Maine names, including Lowell, Chadbourne, Longley, Farnham, Pratt, Lord, Libby, Wright, Given, Pratt, and more. Place names include Greene, Sabattus, Boothbay, Litchfield, Wales, Auburn, Lewiston, Pittsfield, Mechanic Falls, among others. The diary gives an interesting account of farming in the mid-ninteenth century. Sheep's wool brought 75 cents per pound in 1863. Arthur worked hoeing potatoes, sowing buckwheat, haying, and "killing caterpillars", when he was not studying at Bates College or attending church services, often at the Free Baptist Church. The diary is in very good condition, and is fairly easy to read. Entries are in pencil or brown ink and generally legible.
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ARTHUR OTIS GRANGER 1914 ALS HANDWRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY GENERAL W.T. SHERMAN'S MILITARY SECRETARY AND CONFIDANT
Cartersville Georgia 1914 Manuscript Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Autograph
[CIVIL WAR INTEREST - GENERAL SHERMAN] Arthur Otis GRANGER [b.1846] During the Civil War, Private Granger had been General W. T. Sherman's military secretary and confidant. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the 15th Penn. Cavalry. ALS, 1914, 1p, 4to. To Wm. Hayes Ward, Editor of The Independent, dated New York City Feb. 9/14; "I want to congratulate you upon your admirable statement: 'How old is the Universe?' It is most interestingly and kindly put." One brown stain touching one letter o/w VG.
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As acquired by GEORGE NAPIER TOMLIN, RN REAR ADMIRAL c1914 ORIGINAL BRITISH ROYAL NAVY RELIC: SILVER PLATED MATCH HOLDER AND TRAY FROM THE HMS IRON DUKE TAKEN ABOARD THE HMS AGINCOURT
HMS IRON DUKE Then HMS AGINCOURT THE NORTH SEA 1914 Very Good Manuscript 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
On offer is a remarkable maritime relic of the Royal Navy and one of Britain's most famous battleships being the HMS IRON DUKE. The Duke was Admiral Jellicoe's, Commander of the Grand Fleet, flagship destroyer. The item, a silver plated match holder and tray, came from one of the smoking tables on the ship that was the Headquarters of the Commander of the Grand Fleet and then brought aboard the HMS AGINCOURT by George Napier Tomlin who routinely visited HMS IRON DUKE as described multiple times in Tomlin's journal. The Agincourt was equally famed as a notorious ship taken from the Turks and turned into a British battleship. Tomlin was also well known coming from a long line of British seamen and officers who becomes an Admiral. Overall VG.
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ASHBEL STEELE 1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA WRITING TO HIS WIFE
LAFAYETTE INDIANA IN 1840 Good Manuscript 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
On offer is a great, original stampless/folded autographed letter [ALS] handwritten by Ashbel Steele an early Episcopal minister and missionary to Indiana. Dated July 9, 1840 Lafayette, Indiana and sent to his wife Clarissa Steele in New Albany, Indiana. In this letter, he describes his stage coach journey from New Albany via Terre Haute - having just arrived in Lafayette. The Bishop of their church is also in Lafayette on a trip and soon heading to Chicago. Ashbel is contemplating a trip to the Chicago area to visit relatives. The postmark is a red Lafayette, Ia (Indiana, not Iowa) CDS with a black 18 3/4 cents manuscript rate mark. Overall VG.
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Attorney of the Real Audiencia for the Viceroy of New Spain EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST HAND TEXT OF MEXICAN HISTORY 1794 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK
New Spain, Mexico 1794 Full-Leather Fine None Spanish Language 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Handsome Folio Manuscript in early calf with gilt written by the Attorney of the Real Audiencia (see Bibliografia Mexicana, 220) and prepared for the Viceroy. Lengthy stipulations of taxes for the freed mestizos, mulattoes, and negroes as well as exemptions for Indians of the repartimientos even when married to Spanish women. These taxes were the root of the perceived injustice that explains why freed men formed the core of the Revolution when it came. EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST HAND TEXT OF MEXICAN HISTORY. (see Archivo General de la Nation, "Los Precursores Ideologicos della Guerra de Independencia (1929) pgs 137.139." LAID IN NOTE: Arce Y Echeagary, J. Yinstruction para que los Administradores de Aduanas del Reyno de Nueva Espana hagan la legitima exaccion de los dros. de Alcabalas y Pulques en los casos que por lo regular se ofrecen en las propias Aduanas. Mexico, 1794. ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND: In 1519 the Spaniards conquered Mexico. This led to the formation of a new state called New Spain and later into a new hybrid culture. Several military expeditions were led to extend 'New Spain'. The whole of Central America, West Indies, Philippines, and parts of the current Texas and California were later conquered to become part of New Spain. The Spanish political control over Mexico lasted for three centuries. The entire region was formed into a viceroyalty in 1535. The colony was divided into provinces ruled by governors. These provinces were divided into departments and subdivided into districts. Magistrates controlled the districts and mayors led smaller villages. The parliament court handled all political matters and the Council of Indies controlled the other administrative matters. Off course the supreme authority over the Spanish empire belonged to the king. This system was pretty inefficient as it took several years for directives from the king to be implemented at the lower levels. During the initial administration, grants called Encomiendas were given to colonists, which controlled Indian labor and produce. This led to the misuse of power and atrocities against the Indians increased. The Indians revolted against the Spaniards in 1541 but were easily subdued. The Spanish emperor Charles V, initiated the decline of the Encomienda system in 1542. This decline saw the emmergence of the Roman Catholic Church. The church was successful in carrying out mass conversions. The Spaniards protected the Indians that converted. Missions and monasteries dominated much of the land. The Spaniards thrived by the new found wealth in the colonies. They amassed huge wealth by controlling silver mining, large ranches and estates that grew wheat, sugarcane, and indigo for export. Spanish merchants exported such goods as cotton, silk, and dye that were produced by the Indians. The prosperity of New Spain began to decline in the 17th century. Disease and natural disasters destroyed most of the Indian population. Most others migrated slowly to remote parts. Mines were abandoned and large areas of farmland were destroyed. The economy of New Spain collapsed. In 1810, a catholic priest named Miguel Hidalgo called upon Mexicans to rise up and fight the Spanish. Although father Hidalgo was killed, another priest Jose Morelos continued to lead the fighting. New Spain finally won its independence from Spain in 1810 and came to be called Mexico.
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AUBIN, JOURDAIRE 1795 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE OF A 68 YEAR OLD MAN FROM THE INFAMOUS AND NOTORIOUS PRISON AND LUNATIC ASYLUM 'THE BICETRE'
Paris FRANCE 1795 Manuscript Very Good French Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
On offer is a superb, unique circa 1795, Year 4 of the Revolution, manuscript document relating to the liberation from prison of a 68 year old man. [Almost an extraordinary age for a man in prison conditions of the era.] The prison was the famous Bicetre and this is a detailed account of the affair. The man had a fake passport and had been arrested by soldiers. This is all the more an exceptional document given the 150+ year history of the Bicetre which in its ay was an orphanage, military hospital and lunatic asylum. The Bicêtre is most famous as the Asylum de Bicêtre where in 1793 Superintendent Philippe Pinel is credited as being the first to introduce humane methods into the treatment of the mentally ill and this letter and its content may well be a rare exhibit of those new policies. Signed Aubin and Jourdaire. 2pp, 7-3/4 x 12". VG.
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AUDOUIN DOLLFUS DECEMBER 31 1959 AVEC LES VOEUX DE CHARLES ET AUDOUIN DOLLFUS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH PHOTO OF DOLLFUS ASCENDING 42,000' USING 105 BALLOONS
1959 Manuscript Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Autograph
AUDOUIN DOLLFUS - French Physicist/Astronomer/Discoverer. In 1950, it was thought the planet Mercury, because of its small size, had probably lost its atmosphere through the escape of the molecules into space. Dollfus announced that he had detected a very faint atmosphere from polarization measurements carried out at the Pic-du-Midi Observatory in the French Pyrenees. He also investigated the possibility of an atmosphere around the Moon. The rate of thermal dissipation into space of all but the heavier gases (which are cosmically very scarce) from the Moon is so high that an atmosphere cannot be expected.In 1966 Dollfus discovered JANUS, the innermost moon of Saturn, at a time when the rings to which it is very close were seen edge on from Earth (and practically invisible). SIGNED printed picture of him as an Aeronaut in a balloon with ANS on verso identifies the photo as to when Dollfus using 105 balloons ascended to 42,000 feet for several hours to observe Mars and the Moon. Superb collectible.
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Auerbach, Meyer An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore together with a Narrative of Forty Days' Sojourn in the Holy Land - INCLUDING A SIGNED 3 PAGE ALS BY SIR MOSES
London WERTHEIMER, LEA 1875 Decorative Cloth Good+ None Hebrew, English 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
1875. SIGNED BY SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE. THE VERY BOOK AND LETTER SENT BY SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE TO A DONOR TO HIS PALESTINE FUND. This is an original and valuable book - it is not a reproduction. The Book: Auerbach, Meyer. An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore together with a Narrative of Forty Days' Sojourn in the Holy Land 9 Ellul, 5635-Sept 9, 1875. Auerbach, Meyer. An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore together with a Narrative of Forty Days' Sojourn in the Holy Land, 9 Ellul, 5635 - Sept 9, 1875. 8 vo, blue boards, gilt ruled, slight peeling to head of spine and bumping, some soiling to boards, traces of foxing affect some leaves, but overall a VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY of a increasingly rare book that is very difficult to find in good condition with its fragile spine intact, with printed embossed armorial bookplate of Moses Montefiore. Including, most importantly an ALS on Ramsgate stationery, 3 pages, signed by Moses Montefiore himself. The letter is guaranteed to be genuine as well as Montefiore's signature. The letter thanks Mr. G. Startin for a contribution of £5/5 for the Montefiore Testimonial Fund. As a token of gratitude and for the man's expressed interest in his voyage to the Holy Land. Sir Montefiore sends his book for his kind donation. Sir Moses Montefiore was the the great English philanthropist of paramount importance to the Zionist cause and the eventual re-establishment of the Jewish State in the Holy Land. Sir Moses Montefiore visited Palestine seven times, his last voyage being in 1875 and recorded in this book. His personal generosity was unsurpassed and he also administered public and private funds such as the Montefiore Testimonial, which the letter refers directly to, which was aimed at bettering the condition of the Jews of Palestine through industry and agriculture. Thus it is clear that this important and rare book, the very book sent by Montefiore to a donor to his Palestine fund, possesses a deep and tangible connection to early Zionism, Israel, and Judaism. As a price guide for potential buyers, I may advise that the book alone (without letter) has sold only 1 time in 25 years of American auction Records, at Sothebys's Nov 18, 1993 lot 803 for £200.00 Naturally, a letter of Montefiore is quite valuable . A similar 1 page (the one for sale here is 3 pages) LS, also involving a contribution to to a Montefiore Foundation sold last at auction for $1600.00 at June 12, 1997. In my opinion, this book may merit a premium to the combined value since it nicely preserves the letter and the original book together.
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AUGUSTA MARIE WATZLAWIK [stage name GUSTY RAINHOFF] [later HART] 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GERMAN WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY OPERA STAR AND THEN GERMAN-AMERICAN WAR BRIDE FROM THE CITY THAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL HEART OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH
MUNICH MUNCHEN GERMANY GDR 1942 Very Good German Language 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
On offer is the remarkable, original World War II manuscript German home front diary handwritten by renowned European Opera star Augusta [Gusty Rainhoff] Marie Watzlawik [later then Hart]. The 6 ¼ x 7 ¼"diary, written in German, is dated 1942 through 1945 with over 67 ½ pp handwritten entries pages Gusty provides a riveting and intimate narrative. Culture and love, fate and practicality with the backdrop of war collide as the writer has to deal with the realities of war, the tangled web of her personal life as well as concern about her career if she should become pregnant. Intimate and a rather unique perspective on the war from within Germany makes for what collectors and researchers of the era will agree is quite rare coming from the heart of Hitler's favored city of Munich, the city known as Hauptstadt der Bewegung "Capital of the Movement". The diary begins with her personal conflict. Here are some snippets: "May 14 This book shall capture my experiences after my parting with Clemmens. I'll be alone, I hope...we want to be good friends and help each other in dismal Munich. May 15 Today is a new beginning in my life. I said my farewells with Clemmens, and it's serious, he's being posted to Africa. These two last days with Clemmens were not so nice, they perhaps made me unhappy... in spite of the fact that he said he loves me.... but I know and feel it, that I love him much more. It is after all a farewell for ever or so I suspect, and it's probably for the best. I pray for him, that he remains healthy .... I tell ... I am engaged, that my husband is.... This is the role I will play now. I'm much more enthusiastic, I will write him letters, because in hot Africa, he will need me.... God grant that I don't have a child, I don't want one. I want to be free for the Theatre. I was too happy, now I have to pay. That's how life is. June 3. Rehearsals....I sing Elixsir. Mr ??? leads .... he was nice and very courteous. The men are interested, an officer.... the work gives me pleasure. June 7. Work and more work. It all works. Often I am lonely... I love him so, I pray every evening for him. June 15. The premiere is over. All went well and I am satisfied. ... Flowers..I am just tired because of the rehearsals. June 16 .... God give me strength. July 23.... the intrigues of Margot Adam have they backfired. August 8 Soon I will be 27 years old. I can't give up my career.... What's the matter with Clemmens? I love him. August 12. A letter came back. Lord God, what is the matter? I love him.. yes, I don't know anything, it's enough to make me crazy. What is my life without Clemmens? There can't be anything, I can't stand it. Lord God, love him and keep him safe for me. August 17. Clemmens is wounded. I hope he'll be okay. ... I can't work, how is he?" Along with the diary is an autograph letter, postmarked Beuthen 1944 addressed to her in Munchen [Munich], 4 pp written front and back for total of 8 pp. Overall VG. BIO NOTES: Originally from Austria she was a rather famous operetta soubrette soprano in Nürnberg in the late 40's and early 50's. She married an American officer, Major Charles J. Hart in 1951, and lived in Texas.
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AURORA AND NED 1860s - 1870s CORRESPONDENCE ARCHIVE LOT OF SEVENTY-SEVEN [77] HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FOLLOWING THE ROMANCE AND LOVE OF AURORA AND NED IN CIVIL WAR ERA BOSTON AND MAINE
Boston, MA 1868 Very Good+ Manuscript 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
Very large archive of approx. 77 letters from Aurora to Ned, 1860s & 70s but mostly written from 1868 through 1872, from Boston with a few from Maine. A very interesting peek at the post Civil War era times with Aurora being very emotive. Aurora writes of travels with family, fattening up in the country during a visit (she tries to convince Edward to leave the stressful city and enjoy the countryside with her). Aurora also discusses local elections, tax matters and of course the gossip of family and within her large social circle. She also makes mention of a popular book of the times 'Darryl Gap' that she read and recommended to him. There are a few letters from her mother and some to a niece. From a human interest perspective readers will be delighted to watch the relationship grow as Aurora's letters begin 'Dear Edward' then after a while 'Dear Ned' and then 'Dearest Husband' and such sometime in 1872 as hey were married by that time. Overall these are in great shape and quite legible.
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