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‎WILL [?]‎

‎1904 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING AN EXCITING TRIP TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION IN ST. LOUIS MARRED BY THE MANY AILMENTS OF THE AUTHOR‎

‎ST. LOUIS MISSOURI MI. Good. 1904. On offer is a unique and very interesting from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis Missouri. It is written by a man signed only as “Will” who relates to a “A. Osburn Esq” of Rochester New York of his recent trip to the St. Louis World’s Fair. “It is the biggest 4th of July I have seen for a good while. 4-6 Pounder Cannon 1 Gatling and 1 machine gun going while about 700 cavalrymen and Infantry are all popping away together.” He spends much of his time in St. Louis fighting Piles hemorrhoids and headaches. “Have been bust up ever since I got here with Piles and headache. I had to go to closet on train from Chicago to St. Louis after they got started and Monday when I went to the Fair I had to lay down all day on The Grass to get the damn things into place. He heads back to his lodge and writes “I told the fellow in charge of the Red War of my headache and.he took me in and gave me headache tablets.” He complains about the size of the whole Expo having to walk a mile “from the center of the grounds” to his lodgings.” He continues: “Have been taking in the Slate Buildings this P.M. The Iow is the finest I have seen in. It has 3 Pianos.” He finishes the evening by going to a whiskey distillery and learning about the fermentation process and the “secret of the colouring.” He finishes by writing that “Frisk probably his son would like to see the big engines in machinery hall.” The whole time during the trip the author complains of his many ailments marring his enjoyment of the trip. The letter is in good shape easily legible and showing little wear from age or use. It is not bound together but there are handwritten page numbers on top of the pages. The writing is a bit sloppy but still very legible.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES WORLD’S FAIRS 1904 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION ST. LOUIS MISSOURI EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXPOSITIONS ENTERTAINMENT IN THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009083

‎GUSTAVUS RAMSPERGER‎

‎ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE 1845 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF PHARMACY KEPT BY ONE OF ITS MOST NOTED AND TALENTED MEMBERS A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO MADE GOOD IN AMERICA‎

‎UNIVERSITY PLACE WAVERLY PLACE NEW YORK CITY NY. Good. 1845. On offer is a unique and very interesting document in the history of pharmacology. It is the 1845 rules regulations and bylaws for the New York City Board of Pharmacy. The book appears to belong to a man named ‘Gustavus Ramsperger.” The first page gives the title as the “Rules and Regulations of the Board of Pharmacy of the City and County of New York.” In the 10 pages that follow the rules and regulations are expounded in eight articles detailing the duties of the executive board and its members the examinations for potential pharmacologists and the order of business for the board members to follow going forward. The eight articles are as follows “Art. i - president and his duties; Art. ii - The Secretary and his duties; Art. iii - Meetings of the Board; Art. iv - Sessions for Examinations; Art. v - Conducting the Examinations includes 7 subjects; Art. vi - Degrees or Marks in Examinations e.g. ‘10 meaning Excellent’; Art. vii - Secretary’s Office hours for Registration; Art. viii - Order of Business.” Of particular interest under Article 5 there are 7 subjects for which the pharmacology examination tests. These subjects include Pharmaceutical Chemistry Materia Medica therapeutic properties of substances used for healing Toxicology Practical Pharmacy Adulterations of Drugs Reading compounding of Prescriptions and “Doses and such other subjects as may be seen fit to be examined.” An examination fee of 5 dollars roughly equivalent to $150 today was charged for the examination. The rules and regulations were approved on June 15th 1845. This booklet is 3 3/4’ by 5 3/4’ with 10 pages of writing. The rest of the pages roughly 20 or so are blank. The front cover is detached and there is no back cover. Front cover reads: “Board of Pharmacy. University Building. University Place Cor. Waverly Place N.Y. By-Laws.” Pages show some discoloration from age but nothing that affects the legibility of the handwriting. Text is in black ink and easily readable. The exact date of the book cannot be determined. The rules and regulations are from 1845 but Ramsperger did not come to America from Germany until years later. This is his copy kept sometime after his arrival in America in 1851. Background: Gustavus Ramsperger was the dean of German pharmacists in America by the time of his death. Mr. Ramsperger was born in Germany in 1834 and was educated as a pharmacist at the University of Tubingen. He came to America in 1851 and purchased a drug store at 62 Oliver street which had for sixteen years. In 1867 he became a partner in the Faber-Balluff store at the corner of Thirty-eighth street and Sixth avenue and in 1873 sold out his interest and in 1875 re-entered the business in Brooklyn; and in 1884 sold this store to his nephew. Ramsperger founded the German Apothecaries Society of New York sixty years ago and was honorary vice-president of it at the time of his death; and was also honorary vice-president of the New York College of Pharmacy of which he was one of the founders. He was a life member of the American Pharmaceutical Association which he joined in 1860. He was unusually well-informed in matters pharmaceutical and took a deep interest in the New York College of Pharmacy in the German Apothecaries Society and in the New York Branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association. He died in 1912.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GUSTAVUS RAMSPERGER NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF PHARMACY RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF PHARMACY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK PRE CIVIL WAR ERA PHARMACOLOGICAL SUBJECTS PHARMACOLOGY GOVERNING BOARD UNIVERSITY PLACE WAVERLY PLACE NEW YORK CITY NYC PHARMACY IN NEW YORK GERMAN IMMIGRATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY GERMANS IN AMERICA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009093

‎CYRUS E JOY, Midshipman‎

‎1837 - 1840 EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL PRIVATE JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A MIDSHIPMAN AS THE SHIP TRAVELS TO RUSSIA TO MEET THE EMPEROR THEN MOVES ON TO SOUTH AMERICA TASKED WITH PROTECTING AMERICAN COMMERCE AT ALL COSTS AS FLAGSHIP OF THE BRAZIL STATION‎

‎BOSTON TO KRONSTADT TO BRAZIL STATION. Good. 1837. On offer is a journal recorded during a fascinating time in General American and U.S. Naval History. The journal is written on the U.S.S. Independence as she travels from Boston to Portsmouth England onto Copenhagen and Kronstadt to receive a visit from Russian Emperor Nicholas I. The ‘Independence’ then leaves Russia for Rio de Janeiro where she becomes the Flagship of the Brazil Station tasked with the duty to guard American commerce along the eastern seaboard of South America during the war between France and Argentina. A page in the very beginning of the book states “Private Journal of A Cruise in U.S. Ship Independence During the years 1837 1838 1839 and 1840 Under Commo. John B. Nicolson On the Brazilian Station.” Another a bit later states “Cyrus E. Joy. U.S. Ship Independence.” Cyrus Joy is presumably the author of the journal. The ship leaves Boston on May 20th 1837 “in presence of thousands of spectators who crowded the adjacent wharves to witness our departure.” On board the ship is the Honorable George M. Dallas who at that time had served as Mayor of Philadelphia U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1831–33 and would eventually become the 11th Vice President of the United States in 1845 under President James K. Polk. According to the journal author he “is said to be a man of exalting talents sound discriminating judgements.” At the time Mr. Dallas had been recently appointed Minister to Russia. The ship crosses the Atlantic “in what a soldier would call ‘quickest time’” and the ship reaches Portsmouth England after 22 days. On the 20th of June the King of England William IV dies and the next day Queen Victoria his niece ascends the throne. “All colours in the harbors and most likely in the kingdom were displayed at half mast and we fired guns in honour of the deceased. Soon after this firing ceased we manned the rigging cheered ship and fired a “Royal Salute” on the occasion of Queen Victoria's daughter of the Duke of Kent and niece to the late Sovereign.” The ship moves on to Copenhagen then Kronstadt “situated at the head of the gulf of Finland.” The ship is ‘visited by the Emperor Nicholas and wife. We were by no means in condition for such a visit. We had been up the greater part of the preceding night and after coming to anchor pulling sail &c. We proceeded to holy-stone the decks washed and dried them down in the neatest manner. After this we ___ our topmast rigging in afresh and the utmost exertions were used by all hands to put the ship in the best order for the expected visit though she was after all very far from being in first-rate condition.” The author describes the Emperor as a “tall stout well made man with light reddish hair blue eyes high forehead and high cheek bones and has a remarkably loft and commanding appearance.” The author speaks very highly of Nicholas and the visit goes smoothly and enjoyably. The whole event is a thoroughly enjoyable portion of the journal. The author spends time comparing the Danes and the Russians before the ship leaves again this time heading for Rio de Janeiro. This section of the journal ends as the ship reaches Portsmouth England again. The journal begins again in 1839 as the ship is in South America protecting American commerce. “Feb. 9th 1839. Here we found our presence much needed for the protection of American property. When we left the first time the French had nothing like a respectable force on the station.Their forces however have been increased but are also too weak for the a blockade of more than the port of Buenos Aires. The entries in this portion are spread out with long periods in between each entry. The ship seems to go between Rio and Montevideo providing protection of American trading ships in the area. The author also speaks of the reasons for the war and the Independence’s role in helping mediate the conflict as well as thoughts on the role of the American Navy in “the formations of a character abroad as well as at home.” The soldiers also seem fairly unhappy on the ship after a while. “Jan 1st 1840. At Montevideo and little prospect of leaving soon. More than 100 of the men have completed the full term for which they entered the services and are clamorous to be sent home.Under these circumstances no ship can hardly be deemed fit for actual service.” The ship finally leaves the Brazil Station “after being thirty five months on this cruise. I think I shall stop at home a few months at least.” The journal continues with the next entry explaining that after three months of doing nothing Mr. Joy joins the “Montezuma Capt. Christiansen bound to Liverpool.” Having heard of “such a thing as ‘Happy England’” he is “struck all aback to see the number of prostitutes beggars ballad singers &c. I do believe that in this single place there is more persons of the above description than in the whole of the U.S. You can not walk from the docks up in the city without being accosted every two or three minutes by a female with ‘I say Jack won’t you treat us’ or ‘Shipmate give us a chew tobacco will ye’ or ‘God bless your honour you hav’nt got never a penny for a poor fellow have ye’”. The entry ends with a list entitled “U.S. Ship Independence. List of Officers 20th May 1837. John B. Nicolson.” The list contains more than 3 dozen names of all the men on board including midshipman on the ship. There is also a list of “Salutes fired during the years 1837 38 39 & 40.” with the columns “Date” “No. of guns” “Quantity of powder” and “When” and on the opposite page “On What occasion.” The list is 12 pages long and provides a fantastic and comprehensive list of where the ‘Independence’ was during the years of the author’s journal and the special occasions on which it fired salutes. The journal also contains a hand drawn portrait of the face of Emperor Nicholas I with the date “July 29th 1837” written underneath. The drawing is amateur but very well done in a number of colors. The book is roughly 220 pages in which there is writing in approximately 70 or 80 pages. The handwriting is easy to read and legible throughout in black ink which is rarely faded. The pages show some discoloration and wear but nothing that affects the legibility of the writing. The cover shows a good deal of wear and age damage but is still very structurally sound. A number of the pages with writing have come loose from the binding but are still gathered together so they are not loose from each other. There are two major gatherings detached and the rest of the book is still in the binding. Overall: G. Sample Text: “May 19th 1837. All ready for sea and people in crowds visiting our ship. Some probably to see and be seen but many very many to take leave of ‘friends and comrades dear’ bound on a long and tiresome cruise. Such numbers came off in boats that it was impossible to admit all and numbers were compelled to return without bidding their friends farewell as gratifying their curiosity by inspecting our kindly beautiful ship.”; “July 4th. We fired a National Salute but had no merry making on the occasion. It was in fact the dullest Fourth I have ever witnessed.”; “June 23rd 1839. We have been nearly 18 months from Boston before we were allowed to go on shore and many of us have been almost two years on board without having been out of the ship.I am of opinion the men should have had liberty much oftener: and I believe they might have had it without detriment to the service or themselves.” Background: The ‘USS Independence’ was a wooden-hulled three-masted ship originally a ship of the line and the first to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Originally a 90-gun ship in 1836 she was cut down by one deck and re-rated as a 54-gun frigate. Independence recommissioned on 26 March 1837 and sailed from Boston on 20 May 1837 as flagship of Commodore John B. Nicholson. On board for her record passage across the Atlantic Ocean to England was the Honorable George Dallas Minister to Russia. She arrived at Portsmouth England 13 June called at Copenhagen; then proceeded into Kronstadt 29 July 1837 to receive a visit from the Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Two days later a steam boat arrived to transport Mr. Dallas and his family to St. Petersburg. Having received marked social courtesies from the Russian government Independence departed Kronstadt on 13 August 1837 for Rio de Janeiro where she became flagship of the Brazil Squadron to guard American commerce along the eastern seaboard of South America. This duty continued into the spring of 1839 when Commodore Nicholson attempted mediation to end the war between France and Argentina. The Independence returned north to New York on 30 March 1840. She was laid up in ordinary until 14 May 1842 when she became flagship of Commodore Charles Stewart in the Home Squadron. Based at Boston and New York she continued as his flagship until laid up in ordinary on 3 December 1845.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CYRUS E. JOY U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE FLAGSHIP THREE MASTED SHIP SHIP OF THE LINE UNITED STATES NAVY U.S. NAVAL HISTORY RUSSIAN EMPEROR NICHOLAS I COMMANDANT JOHN B. NICHOLSON HONORABLE GEORGE M. DALLAS MINISTER TO RUSSIA DEATH OF WILLIAM IV KING OF ENGLAND DIPLOMACY FOREIGN SERVICE ASCENSION TO THE THRONE OF QUEEN VICTORIA PRE CIVIL WAR ERA UNITED STATES U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FLAGSHIP BRAZIL STATION WAR OF THE CONFEDERATION FRENCH BLOCKADE OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA AMERICAN COMMERCE IN THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009111

‎ALEXANDER C CHRISHOLY [to Allan McLean]‎

‎1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LETTER OF A MEMBER OF THE GLENDALE RIVER INHABITANTS MISSION AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ISOLATED IN THE DEEP WOODS OF CAPE BRETON ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA‎

‎GLENDALE RIVER INHABITANTS CAPE BRETON NS. Good. 1886. On offer is a letter from an isolated and small community in 19th Century Nova Scotia. From the Catholic Glendale River Inhabitants mission this letter is dated January 11th 1886 and details the recent events in the life of one of its members. The author of the letter is one “Alexander C. Chrisholy” to his friend “Allan McLean”. The letter concerns Mr. Chrisholy and the events leading up to the holidays and New Year of 1886. “I would have written two you long since” Alexander writes “only Christopher was taken sick the day ou was over yourself and I was four weeks with him at the strate before I got him home and you may defend that I was nervous enough in that time.He is getting little better but very slowly.” He moves on to news of people they both know. Mr. Isaac coming home from the Rocky Mountains who gives Alexander a very poor account of the hard times there; John McInnis who writes to let Alexander he has no plans on returning home from Winnipeg; John McMaster who has just come home from Montreal and tells Alexander that he has seen a friend in Montreal working on a contract “of that big Bridge in Montreal” most probably the Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge and a few other stories of characters from Glendale. The letter ends with Alexander thanking Allan for “ the paper you sent me” and for encourages his friend to “let me no all the news you can. I must come two an end by sending you and George and Mary my best wishes of the New Years.” The letter itself is 4 pages long on one piece of folded paper. The paper itself is in good shape showing only creases and no rips or tears. The handwriting is done in blue ink that has faded to a purple color. It does not affect the legibility of the script. The content itself is occasionally difficult to read because of the handwriting and the common misspelling of words. This is a lovely document of a small and fascinating part of Nova Scotia’s history. Overall. G Background: In 1854 Glendale River Inhabitants was a mission of Creignish located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island near the mouth of the Strait of Canso and with one short period when it was a mission of McNair’s Cove/Mulgrave fall of 1857 it continued as a mission of Creignish until 1875 when it got its first resident priest. Almost 100 percent Catholic Glendale was isolated. A direct route from Creignish was a long and hard trek through forested black bear country “Indian Hunting Country” c. 1767.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GLENDALE RIVER INHABITANTS NOVA SCOTIA 19TH CENTURY CANADA MARITIME PROVINCES AFTER CONFEDERATION CAPE BRETON ISLAND ATLANTIC CANADA CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA ALEXANDER C. CHRISHOLY ALLAN MCLEAN SAINT-LAURENT RAILWAY BRIDGE MONTREAL QUEBEC CREIGNISH MISSION ISOLATED MARITIME COMMUNITIES CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY JOURNAL PERSONAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009115

‎WASHINGTON TEASDALE‎

‎1860 - 1865 THREE 3 ORIGINAL LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED ENGLISH ENGINEER SCIENTIST AND PIONEERING PHOTOGRAPHER AS HE TRAVELS AROUND INDIA WORKING FOR THE MONUMENTAL PROJECT CONNECTING BOMBAY TO OTHER EAST INDIAN CITIES‎

‎BOMBAY INDIA BRITISH EAST INDIA LEEDS ENGLAND. Good. 1860. On offer are three 3 letters from a noted but oft forgotten astronomer engineer photographic pioneer and scientist from Leeds England Washington Teasdale. The letters are from the years 1860 1864 and 1865 and cover a time in which Teasdale had taken up a post in India working on the development of the first railways linking Bombay with other cities a major engineering project initiated by Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson of the East India Railway in British India. The first letter written in March of 1860 is addressed to “My dear Sister.” After apologizing for not writing the last week “you cannot possibly imagine how difficult it is to write sometimes in this country and my omissions are always quite a distressing time” he goes into a terrifying incident that happened recently “.how my Gents escaped total destruction is quite a miracle for the flames appeared to have been 50 to 60 feet high and have burnt away half the larger Banyan tree under which I am pitched had the tent caught fire.my drawers and boxes would have been blown to pieces by ___ and canisters of gunpowder all nearly filled up and put in different places.” The letter continues and discusses a little news of his life but mostly concerns itself with responding to the previous letter received from his sister and the people they know in common. The letter ends with “the latest news of Baby.” Teasdale had a 1 year old child at that point the daughter of his late wife who had died giving birth to her. “She is quite well as we had thought.She seems passing from Babyhood into little girlhood she sits up and plays with sticks and bits of wood.no attempt at walking or even creeping about yet. She seems particularly sharp intelligently tunes quickly round when spoken to and looks inquiringly about with her large expressive blue eyes. I fancy she begins to know me at any rate. The next letter is dated November 10th 1864 and is addressed to “My dear James George.” He is James George Chadwick Esq of Leeds England. The letter begins “I am presently travelling about the Country and cannot for some time return to my Head Quarters at Bombay to consult and arrange matters with my Brother and consequently find some difficulty in directing my affairs to the best advantage. Money.has ever since I came out again commanded a high rate of Interest to say nothing of its greater value in the vast field for speculation which Bombay affords.” The letter continues for a short while discussing Teasdale’s finances and the power of attorney his brother has over many of his accounts back in Leeds. He then goes on to discuss the difficulty in receiving letters in Bombay. “The Telegraph Electric! is absolutely worse.it is slower than the Past. John tried it once when I was at ____ I got his message in a fortnight.John’s letter and telegram started together. The former around at 4 p.m. the latter at 1 p.m. the day following!” He continues discussing news of back of home in Leeds particularly the news that the Leeds Bank has failed and what that might mean for his shares in the bank. He finishes the letter with “the particulars of the money my Mother owes me” and lists a number of items owed to him coming out to a total of over 1000 pounds. The final letter is dated April 13 1865. It is again addressed to James George Chadwick and details a journey recently taken from Jodhpur to Mumbai a distance of nearly 300 miles without stopping. “I quite enjoyed the journey from Pandua.the country was all burnt up a now dreary wilderness than any one in Europe could possibly conceive. For the first time I travelled down the ____ incline in a Railway Carriage as the line has been open for traffic since I ascended the ____ fifteen months ago.” It was a pleasant journey he explains and he writes of it in fantastic detail. He then backtracks and discusses a recent trek he took that he enjoyed very much “in spite of the heat”. He discusses a recent funeral for a noted member of the Brahmin caste that he recently witnessed and describes the ceremony and the way in which Teasdale himself took part in it. He finishes the letter by writing that he has arrived back at his headquarters in Bombay. “I take everything cooly and cheerfully and don’t get nervous or excited about anything” he writes. Finally he gives his pleasantries to his friend and family asking James George that he write more about his new Baby. He signs the letter “Your Affectionate Brother Washington Teasdale.” The three letters are in good shape. They all display a good bit of discoloration from age but nothing that affects the legibility of the content. The handwriting is dense but can be easily read especially under magnification. The blank ink has not faded significantly. Overall G. Background: In the great Victorian age of scientific discovery innovation and exploration Leeds did not lag behind. New societies were formed to bring local people together to discuss research and experiment with the new ideas and technologies of the time. Prominent in this bubbling cauldron of ideas and activities was an engineer and amateur scientist Washington Teasdale. After years working far away in India he returned to his hometown of Leeds in the 1870s and threw himself enthusiastically into the rich life of the town joining all the forward-thinking groups and playing his part in local initiatives and research particularly in photography microscopy and astronomy. He was born in Brunswick Place Leeds in 1830 in the house of his maternal grandfather Christopher Heaps. His own father John Teasdale was a London commercial agent who died when he was only eight so he and his two younger siblings were brought up by their mother Mary in their grandfather’s comfortable home. Christopher Heaps a Leeds Councillor ran a prosperous plumbing and glazing business and had shares in the major project to provide Leeds with fresh water. By the 1840s he could afford to move his family away from the smoke and grime of town to a fine new mansion in beautiful grounds on Headingley Hill – ‘Rosehurst’ in Grosvenor Road. This became Washington Teasdale’s home and early in the next century was briefly the home of the Nobel Prize-winning physicists William Henry and Lawrence Bragg. From boyhood Washington was fascinated by science and technology and in this age of great public works he decided to train as a civil engineer though he still found time for his scientific hobbies. One of his early passions was photography. When he was only 22 he presented a carefully tabulated paper to the Philosophical Society on one of the new experimental photographic processes. He joined the fledgling Photographic Society and was briefly active in photographic publishing. But as a civil engineer he looked for other challenges. Around 1855 he took up a post in India working on the development of the first railways linking Bombay with other cities a major engineering project initiated by the Stephensons. He immersed himself in the culture and language – it was said that he went on thinking in Hindustani for the rest of his life! But his years in India were marked by personal tragedy. In 1857 his fiancée from Leeds Elizabeth Fretwell the daughter of a Leeds grocer embarked on the long voyage to India to join him and they married in Bombay Cathedral. A year later she died in childbirth and his little daughter brought back to Leeds by his brother died here aged two. He never remarried. Around 1870 he retired and returned to Leeds to Rosehurst. Now he had wealth and leisure to pursue his personal passions across the sciences – microscopy meteorology geology geometry mechanics and especially photography and astronomy. All were explored with enthusiasm and delight. He belonged to all the learned societies in Leeds and travelled often to London where he was a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. He gave lectures illustrated by his own slides using his innovative equipment; presented learned papers; experimented and investigated; and was regarded in Leeds as the expert on everything scientific. He enjoyed the company of a wide circle of like-minded friends active in art and music as well as the sciences and the natural world. In later years he moved to a smaller house 255 Hyde Park Road where he collected a treasure-trove of scientific apparatus curios and works of art. He continued his pioneering work in photography some of his work features in the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford and was the driving force behind the reestablishment of the Leeds Astronomical Society in 1892. Under his presidency the Society was revived its telescope originally constructed under Sir John Herschel’s supervision set up on the roof of the Higher Grade School in Woodhouse Lane and regular meetings established with papers discussions observations. The Society remains active today after more than a century. He died in 1903 while away at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science aged 73. He has been described as the archetypal Victorian scientific amateur: Leeds was all the richer for his contribution to its intellectual life.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WASHINGTON TEASDALE 19TH CENTURY SCIENTISTS LEEDS ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL ENGINEER PIONEERING PHOTOGRAPHERS ASTRONOMER EAST INDIA RAILWAY BRITISH INDIA INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE BRITISH RAJ BOMBAY JODHPUR RAILROADS IN INDIA SIR ROWLAND MACDONALD STEPHENSON RAILROAD LINKING BOMBAY TO OTHER CITIES JAMES GEORGE CHADWICK VICTORIAN ERA AMATEUR SCIENTISTS BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009116

‎AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT [translated by GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM]‎

‎1788 An Essay Towards A System of Mineralogy Translated From The Original Swedish 2nd Edition Printed for Charles Dilly WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTES‎

‎THE POULTRY LONDON ENGLAND UK: CHARLES DILLY. Good. 1788. On offer is an original hardcover handprinted book from 1788 regarding the Natural Science of Mineralogy the scientific study of chemistry crystal structure and physical properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. The book comes at the end of the Scientific Revolution in the Western World roughly from 1600-1800 and is a translation of a book written by Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt the famous Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered nickel in 1751 and is regarded as one of the founders of modern mineralogy. The title page reads like many in the 17th and 18th century long and with much information: “An ESSAY Towards A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY By AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT Mine-Master Or Superintendent Of Mines In Sweden. Translated From The Original Swedish With Annotations And An Additional Treatise On The Blow-Pipe. By GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM Counsellor Of The College Of Mines In Sweden. THE SECOND EDITION Greatly Enlarged And Improved By The Addition Of THe Modern Discoveries; And By A New Arrangement of the Articles By JOHN HYACINTHE de MAGELLAN.IN TWO VOLUMES. Printed For Charles Dilly In The Poultry M DCC LXXXVIII.” In short this the title explains that the book is of the second edition of a translation by Gustav von Engestrom of a work by the Superintendent of Swedish Mines and Baron Axel Frederic Cronstadt with a “new arrangement of the articles” by Portuguese Natural Philosopher John Hyacinthe de Magellan. There are 5 lines of Latin text under Magellan's name in the title explaining that he was a fellow of the London Royal Society as well as a member of the academies of science in Brussels Madrid Philadelphia Manchester and Paris. The next page contains a dedication “To Count LOUIS de BARBIANO de BELGIOIOSO Knight of the Order of Malta Actual Chamberlain and Privy Counsellor of State to His Imperial and Royal Majesty Lieutenant General of His Armies and Proprietor of a Regiment of Infantry in the Imperial Troops &c. &c. &c.By his Much Obliged and Very Humble Servant J. H. De MAGELLAN.” A lengthy preface includes a 30 page essay by the Cronstadt a table of contents a “TABLE showing the original Order of the Sections in the First Edition and the Place each of them now occupies in the present Publication” and a section entitled “Corrections and Additions” with directions to expunge change or add words or phrases in the ensuing volume sections like this were extremely common in the time before the Industrial Revolution when type was still set by human hand the books were printed on a mechanical printing press. The book divides the sections into overarching 4 “Classes” Earths Salts Inflammables Metals with subordinated “Orders” and sections within each order. Besides for the text there are two engraved pages in between the two volumes. The first plate is of drawings of tools used in a “Dry Laboratory” setting while the second plate is of tools in the “Humid Laboratory.” All of the tools related to mineralogical analysis and experimentation. Interestingly the back of the book contains a number of pages of handwritten notes by an unknown author. The content is just notes on the book’s topics of minerals. They almost look like study notes from a student as they reiterate the main topics of the book. The last page shows some original content: “The daily paper of Feb’y 20 1790 mentions the Death of Mr. Magellan the Editor of these volumes. Another paper of this day says he died at Islington. He was a Portuguese Man.” This is then followed by the hebrew word for “Sefardi” a branch of Judaism originating in Spain and Portugal. Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan was in fact Sefardi Jewish. The book is approximately 1080 pages long. The cover is a full leather binding and red endbands. The front and back cover have a good bit of wear but the spine is in very good shape showing a small embossing over red leather that reads “System of Mineralogy Von Engestrom”. The pages have held up very well showing little discoloration except for the first few and last few pages. The two pages of engravings themselves also show some discoloration on the outside but not on the actual drawing plate. The printed ink is still doing very good as well. The handwriting in the back is easily legible. The ink is faded that make it slightly difficult to read at points. Overall: VG. Background: Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt 23 December 1722 – 19 August 1765 was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered Nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt described it as kupfernickel. This name arises because the ore has a similar appearance to copper kupfer and a mischievous sprite nickel was supposed by miners to be the cause of their failure to extract copper from it. Cronstedt named it nickel in 1754. He was a pupil of Georg Brandt the discoverer of cobalt. Cronstedt is one of the founders of modern mineralogy and is described as the founder by John Griffin in his 1827 “A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Blowpipe”. He remains to this day to be an outstanding idol for young swedes; Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan 1723–1790 was a Portuguese natural philosopher. He was also a lineal descendant of the great Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan who discovered in 1520 the passage to the Pacific Ocean through the straits bearing his name. Magellan was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1774 and was a corresponding member of the academies of science in Paris Madrid and St. Petersburg. His book on English reflecting instruments published in Paris and London 1775 was declared to be the most complete work on the subject at that period.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MINERALOGY AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT FOUNDER OF NICKEL GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM JOHN HYACINTH de MAGELLAN AN ESSAY TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY CHARLES DILLY PRINTER THE POULTON LONDON ENGLAND BRITAIN COUNT LOUIS de BARBIANAO . CHARLES DILLY hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0009117

‎RG HURLBUT (?) R G‎

‎1889 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A STUDENT OF RENOWNED CHEMIST CHARLES AVERY DOREMUS A PIONEER OF VICTORIAN ERA CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCE‎

‎COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK NYC NY. Good. 1889. On offer is a fascinating piece of American scientific history. The handwritten book is a rare and unique notebook from a Chemistry course taught by the renowned scientist and Professor Dr. Charles Avery Doremus in 1889. The book is approximately 150 pages of which all but one are filled with notes. Beginning in October and ending in December the course deals overwhelming with various elements of Chemistry composition reactions stoichiometry solutions etc. but also with a variety of scientific topics such as electricity astronomy radiation and others. The book contains a tremendous amount of information all given by Professor Doremus to the young author. The book also contains some small drawings scattered throughout the book usually of simple diagrams of chemistry lab equipment e.g. bunsen burner bell jars volumetric flasks etc. The student’s name appears to be written under the Professor Doremus’s name on the front cover. It is very faded but appears to be R. G. Hurlbut. This has not been verified however. The binding has some interior cracks but the binding is still holding well. The last few pages in the book were started on the opposite side of the book and are therefore upside down. The handwriting is occasionally sloppy but is overall quite legible and readable throughout. The book was bought at the “Harvard Co-operative Society” bookstore in Boston Massachusetts. Charles Avery Doremus was never known to have taught a course in Boston so it is more likely that the book was bought in Boston and brought down to the College of the City of New York where Doremus taught. This is an excellent and unique antique science notebook. Overall: G. Background: Charles Avery Doremus 6 September 1851 in New York City – 2 December 1925 in New York City was a United States chemist. He was the son of chemist and physician Robert Ogden Doremus. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1870 and subsequently studied in the universities of Leipzig and Heidelberg receiving the degree of Ph.D. from Heidelberg in 1872. In 1877 he became professor of chemistry and toxicology in the medical department of the University at Buffalo which office he held until 1882 when he became assistant to the chair of chemistry and physics in the College of the City of New York. Meanwhile he had received the appointments in New York City of lecturer on practical chemistry and toxicology in Bellevue Hospital Medical College and professor of chemistry in the American Veterinary College. The chemical laboratories in these institutions excepting Bellevue were organized under his direction. Doremus made a specialty of medical chemistry and toxicology and was frequently called into courts as an expert in such matters. He was chemist to the Medico-Legal Society and a member of the chemical societies of Berlin Paris and New York City and for some time edited the journal of the latter society. He wrote frequent papers on sanitary chemistry and methods of analysis which appeared in the proceedings of the societies to which he belonged and he is the author of a “Report on Photography” contributed to the U. S. government reports on the Exhibition held in Vienna in 1873. He was a holder of patents for a process for softening water for a gas furnace for producing hydrofluoric acid for extracting alumina from clay and for the extraction of potash from feldspar.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DOCTOR CHARLES AVERY DOREMUS VICTORIAN SCIENTISTS PIONEERS OF CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COURSE NOTEBOOK UNITED STATES CHEMIST EDUCATION IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY GAY NINETIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009126

‎CHARLES O'KEEFE and RE CLABBY R E‎

‎1911 - 1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LOGBOOK KEPT BY THREE SUCCESSIVE FOREST RANGERS AS THEY KEPT TABS ON THE CLAIMS OF THE MANY HOMESTEADERS WHO POPULATED THE WILDERNESS OF THE BOISE NATIONAL FOREST‎

‎BOISE NATIONAL FOREST IDAHO IO. Good. 1911. On offer is a fascinating leather bound journal kept by Forest Rangers in the Danskin District of the Boise National Forest in the early part of the 20th century. The book is a record of the homestead claims in the area from 1911 to 1916. Under the Homestead Acts eligible American citizens were given ownership of land called a "homestead" at no cost. The book’s claims are alphabetized by last name. In order to be granted a homestead an applicant had to be the head of the household or at least twenty-one years old and they had to live on the designated land build a home make improvements and farm it for a minimum of five years. The entries in the book keep track of the homesteader’s claim and remark on whether or not they are doing the necessary requirements. The rangers would visit the properties on a semi regular basis to note if it was being used and improved how many acres under cultivation number of buildings built animals kept etc. For example: “Howell Butler. 1914 - 160 acres all in Section 8. Built house about 14 x 24 of lumber. Worth $75.00. Plowed some and lived on claim during summer to get children to school. Went out for winter. Mr. Howell never went away just the family. 1915 - Returned in April. Put about 20 acres into ____.Received about 8 tons of hay. Family lived in place all summer. Mr. Howell is away to work at times. All are home all the time. 1916 - Put in about 9 acres more grain. Fenced all.Has a cellar 10 x 14 and small chicken house about 8 x 8.”; “Rasmus Hausen. Filed May-8-1916. Land applied for under application #121. Danskin Dist. Started to build house of logs on Nov. 20 1916. Residence established April 28 1917. The residence of the applicant has been intermittent as he has been working for neighboring ranches to get money to improve his homestead. He has cleaned a small piece of ground of brush probably 5 acres. He has not plowed or made any cultivation this year. The only stock he has is a saddle horse. Sept. 17 1917. Claimant at home - residing in tent. He is clearing sage brush off from a track.” There seem to have been 3 different rangers in the time period that the book was used as three different handwritings sometimes appear under a single name. The names Charles O’Keefe and R. E. Clabby appear on the front page. The third name is unidentified. The first page states: “Boise National Forest. Danskin District. Charles O’Keefe Ranger in Charge 1912. R.E.Clabby In charge of Danskin Dist. from April 17-1916 to.” The book has a few dozen pages of writing in it but the book itself has roughly 150 pages. The book gives the impression that homestead claims in this part of the forest were seemingly rare. Not many people wanted to live in the wilderness of Idaho it seems. Even today the population of the towns within the forest are only a few thousand total. The book measures 5 1/2' x 8 1/2". The front and back cardboards are leather bound with a title written in ink “June.11.Claims. Danskin District”. The spine shows a good bit of wear and is fairly loose. This is a unique part of Idaho history and an interesting document in the history of American Homesteading as well. Overall: G; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CHARLES O'KEEFE R.E. CLABBY BOISE NATIONAL FOREST DANSKIN DISTRICT HOMESTEADERS HOMESTEAD ACT IDAHO UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE 20TH CENTURY WESTERN SETTLEMENT HOMESTEADING REQUIREMENTS TURN OF THE CENTURY AMERICA PRE WORLD WAR 1 AMERICAN LAND OWNERSHIP NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0009124

‎MARIA A TUTTLE‎

‎1856 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN MATURING GROWING AND FACING THE ALL-TOO-COMMON DIFFICULTIES OF YOUTH: MEAN BOYS HURTFUL GOSSIP AND DIFFICULT FAMILY‎

‎LAKE CAZENOVIA CAZENOVIA NEW YORK NY. Good. 1856. On offer is an 1856 handwritten diary originally belonging to an 18 year old girl Maria A. Tuttle of Cazenovia near Syracuse New York The diary is a fascinating look into the life of a young girl as she matures and grows into herself and as she endures the kind of bullying and difficulties faced by so many young people still. Young Maria is plagued by boys calling her ugly and she mentions it many times throughout the diary. Other than that Maria attends church faithfully goes dancing with friends receives the occasional gentleman caller sews and darns clothing and spends much time around the Lake where she and her family live most probably Cazenovia Lake. There is a full handwritten entry for 280 out of the 365 days in 1856. At the time of the diary Maria is 18 years old. She would die only 8 years later at the young age of 26 and only two years into her marriage to a man named Edward Lowrie. After the daily entries end there is very interesting letter written. The background for the letter is unknown and it is addressed to a “Brother and Sister Blackman” who are only discussed briefly in the diary. On May 1st a day before the letter was written Maria writes that she “gave them a piece of my mind.” The diary does not say what offense the Blackman’s gave the Tuttles but in the letter it appears they attempted to slander the Tuttles and “censuring us beyond all reason.” The letter is copied at the bottom of this listing. Many many names are mentioned of the folks in the area some of which are: Maria Lefft Will Colwell Elder Howlett Edwin Hewes Nell Raleigh Mate Hunt Elder Tukes Henry Stannard Willis Mitchell Martha Morse Phillips Charlie Jackson Elinore Matie Cook McConnell Brown Reynolds Levi Tillosten Lovejoy Britton Whiting Truax Dr. Mitchell James Beckwith Jane White and more. The front cover and part of the spine has a notable spot on it from water damage and this stain carries on through the pages until about the end of April but it does not affect any of the writing. The binding is still in good condition. The pages within show little signs of wear or discoloration. Maria wrote the diary in a combination of black pen and pencil. Both have faded at parts but the writing is legible and readable throughout. The diary measures about 3” x 5”. Text: “January 1st 1856. In the forenoon I assisted in arranging the store for the festival. I went to store about two o’clock afternoon. Maria Lefft and myself attended to the grab bag. Had lots of fun. Coz Henry went to the Hall with me staid till 12. I saw Will Colwell had a long chat. Father mother and Carrie came to meeting in the evening.”; “January 18th Prof. Hyde lectured at the free church. Adda and myself attended. Coz. Henry came home with us. We walked up Lincklaen Street and back. Henry came in and we had a real time reading scrapbook.”; “February 22nd & 24th Mr. McConnell and Adda and Mr. Brown and myself went to Wheeler Tilloston in the evening to see Eliza. She was not there she was in Pitson. We went to the flats stopped to Weaver’s to dance had a very good time….I went to meeting to Universalist in the evening. McConnell came home with me. Adda had come from home in a few minutes H. D. Brown came and apologized for going home with Hellen Gilson. We all went serenading then the boys staid all the evening.”; “Friday March 7th I met Mr. Howry D. Brown at the Cazenovia House at 7 o’clock in the evening. He had been in Mr. Bannistor’s office and had a talk with him in relation to our going to Nelson Flats. We had a long talk about it. We bid farewell no more to meet on this earth.”; “April 27th Father mother Philemon and Hannah went to Caz. to meeting. I was so sick while they were gone I sent for Mrs. Colwell. She came up and give me some spearmint tea then I felt better. Louisa Colwell came to sea ma a little while towards night.”; “May 16th Father and Philemon went to Caz. Mother and myself went to Mrs. Buttons to quilting Lucinda Mrs. Whiting and Hannah Bacens were there. Martha Norse came after Hellen. Hannah B. and I rode to our house with them. They took tea then we rowed across the lake. Alfred rowed for us. I staid to Levi’s all night with H. Levi went fishing with Jerry Mentee.”; “June 22nd I staid at home all day with Hannah and Eddie and Charlie. Mother Phil Cassins went to Caz. to meeting. Will Colwell came about five o’clock and staid till after eleven. He said I was ugly. I got kinda mad at him and I guess he went home a little miffed but do not know for certain.”; “August 10th Went to Caz. to meeting. Father and mother staid to five o’clock meeting. Cassins went after them. Will came here about five. We went to the lake and sit under the elm tree. Had a good time. Will said I was ugly.”; “October 16th I finished Lucinda’s dress today. William Colwell here in the evening. Played checkers. Had a glorious time. I thinkin he said I was hateful. He said I was afraid he would tell the reason why I would not tell him something.”; “May 2nd 1856. To Brother and Sister Blackman. After long meditation and much consideration I can no longer do injustice to my own inclinations and such ingratitude to the high station you possess in the nation to extend my extreme thanks to you for your pains in reporting us. I do sincerely hope that you enjoy the happiness of a clear conscience. I will venture to say you will be richly rewarded for your trouble in going to different persons with skins of slander that never were twisted. Besides censuring us beyond all reason doubtless you are aware what persons I refer to. I dare say if we were Methodists then we should be considered perfect then of course it would be right but as we are not we do not prefer to be perfect. I thank fortune that I do not belong to the number however I do not consider your tongue any slander whatever you have my best wishes for your future welfare. May you prove an honor in whatever society you move and in whatever situation you are placed. May you go on faithful always doing your duty and continually live so that your daily walks will show that you possess what you profess. I suppose Mrs. P. feels as much relieved of her anxieties after having her patience but to such an extent and her house so disgraced as she terms it. I should think it would make her sick poor woman. I am afraid she will not survive. I fear her situation is very alarming however she has my most tender sympathy. I close hoping you will al prosper and much happiness will be your lot. And when time with you shall be no more may you tread the heavenly shore and reign in constant bliss. Maria A. Tuttle.” OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARIA A. TUTTLE EDWARD LOWRIE CAZENOVIA PAINTED POST LAKE CAZENOVIA NEW YORK PRE CIVIL WAR ERA LIFE OF A TEENAGE 19TH CENTURY GIRL'S LIFE GOSSIP AND BOYS YOUNG WOMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0009129

‎B C NIELSEN‎

‎1880s “REPORT UPON THE MANUFACTURE OF GUN COTTON” A DETAILED DESCRIPTION FROM PLANT TO WEAPON WITH EXCELLENT DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF 19th CENTURY MACHINERY PROCESSES AND MILITARY SCIENCE‎

‎ROSE ISLAND PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND RI. Good. 1885. On offer is a unique and interesting document from the history of war weaponry and the United States Navy. It is the “Report upon the Manufacture of Gun Cotton” produced by a seaman B. C. Nielsen. The 16-page handwritten report goes over a wide range of the creation processing and use of gun cotton. It begins by defining gun cotton as “an explosive made from cotton; and is composed of Carbon hydrogen nitrogen and oxygen and is made by acting on cotton with nitric and sulphuric acids. It is only necessary to immerse pure dry cotton in a mixture of the purest and strongest nitric and sulphuric acids to convert cotton into gun cotton.” Gun cotton comes from cotton known as “weavers or cop waste the tangled clippings from the spinning room.” The cotton is boiled then dried and passed through “a centrifugal wringer”. This is just one of the many late-Industrial Revolution era machines that the cotton will pass through before it is gun-cotton. Others include “the picker” “wrought iron cylindrical tanks each holding about 1300 lbs of mixed acid” “the acid wringer” “the Immersion Tub” “the pulper” “the poacher” “the stuff chest” “the wagon” and “the moulding press.” Each one of these machines is described in the report and exactly what it does and how is also explained. This report is exceptionally detailed from start to finish from cotton field to the ships carrying it to war. The cotton also goes through tests to make sure it is stable and usable including a “heat test” and a “solubility test.” Considering the flammability of gun cotton it makes perfect sense that the Navy would be so thorough in their examination of its manufacturing. Finally “The gun cotton after manufacture is sent to Rose Island where it is stored in pockets provided for that purpose in a bomb proof building where it is inspected frequently. When issued to ships some of the older lots are packed in torpedo cases.” The U. S. Navy began using Rose Island off the coast of Providence R. I. in the early 1880's to store gun cotton for torpedoes. It continues “A sufficient proportion of dry primers are sent with it in the outfit dry gun-cotton is packed in glass jars and placed one jar in a white painted wooden box made for that purpose and marked dry primers.” The report finishes by stating how often the gun cotton is inspected and tested and what to do if it is becomes too dry. The report ends “Respectfully Submitted Benj. C. Nielsen. Seaman U.S. Navy.” The report was examined by a Lieutenant Commander of the U. S. Navy who was also Assistant Inspector of Ordnance. The name is illegible but the chief Assistant Inspector of Ordnance at the time was G. A. Converse. The first page of the Report has “Circa 1865” written in pencil. This is incorrect and was most probably added later. The U.S. Navy did not start using Rose Island to store gun-cotton until the early 1880s. This report was most probably written around that time probably in the mid- to late-1880s. The overall condition of the report is fair to good. The cover are two plain brown paper wrappers held together at the top of the page with three brass grommets. These covers are fairly well ripped and torn. The pages within are in better shape showing some age-toning and wear on the first page but none on any of the others. The handwriting is clear and legible throughout without fading or smudging. The whole thing can be read very easily. It’s size is 9” x 13”. OVERALL: G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF REPORT UPON THE MANUFACTURE OF GUN COTTON B. C. NIELSEN LATE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MACHINERY UNITED STATES NAVY USN NAVAL ENGINEERING WEAPONS OF WAR NITROCELLULOSE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER OF THE U.S. NAVY ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF ORDNANCE G. A. CONVERSE MILITARY SCIENCE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009142

‎JOHN D INGRAHAM, JR‎

‎1863 1873 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LOGBOOK OF ONE MAN’S LIFE ABOARD TWO DIFFERENT NEW ENGLAND SCHOONERS THE ‘FREDERICK HALL’ AND THE ‘HENRIETTA’ WITH DETAILED ENTRIES OF CARGO LISTS SHIPPING COSTS AND DAILY ONBOARD OBSERVATIONS‎

‎ABOARD THE SCHOONERS 'FREDERICK HALL' & 'HARRIET'. Good. 1863. On offer is a wildly interesting personal journal from Civil War and post-Civil War Era America. It is the logbook of John D. Ingraham Jr. of Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut while onboard the schooner "Frederick Hall " in 1863-1864 as well as Accounts for the schooner "Henrietta" in 1873. The volume includes three sections. The first of which is a 14 page logbook for the schooner Frederick Hall written in ink and dated 26 February 1863 to 26 July 1864. It is titled “A log commenced by John D. Ingraham Jr on board Sch. Frederick Hall Feb. 26 1863.” Second is a section of 18 pages of accounts for the schooner Henrietta dated 8 March - 26 November 1873. These accounts include the amounts of freight costs charges and disbursements. This section is written in ink as well as pencil. The third and final section is unsigned and undated and consists of a 36 page piece entitled ”A Letter from Heaven New Jerusalem Kingdom of Heaven Now & Eternity - Rev. 111-12.” This is written in pencil. There are also a couple pages of memoranda notes and calculations. The log book for the ’Frederick Hall’ records several trips that were made to Boston New York City Hartford and Philadelphia to pick up coal at Philadelphia's Port Richmond coal terminal. The log includes meteorology and weather conditions various observations and sightings notes on the cargo being either loaded or unloaded plus other occurrences of shipboard life such as receiving letters from home the common drunkenness of crew members and notes on Ingraham's personal life and potential problems with alcohol abuse himself. Some examples: “March 1 1863. Sunrise. Wind NE. Gaining a number of vessels in the harbord. 5 P.M. Wind SW. Blowing heavy.”; “March 6. Wind SSW. Snowing commenced. Discharging stone evening.”; ”July 24 1864. Wind light to the North all day - 4 PM finished loading at pier 18. Port Richmond. With coal bound to Bar Harbor. Cook Charles McKinney run away leaving one months wages due him. 6 PM hauled out of the slick and anchored.”; In 1864 Ingraham writes: "1864 On Board Schr Fred Hall. A Journal kept by J. D. Ingraham Jr. commencing July 23d 1864. After looking at 25 years & six months misspent time am resolved to do very different the rest of my life." He continues on the next page "Saybrook Point. May 3 1866. John D. Ingraham promises not to drink any more Liquor. Not one drop.” The section of the log book on the schooner ’Henrietta’ records the amounts of freight charges for various items transported such as: “Apr. 23 1873 145 tons Coal - $188.50”; "May 30 1873 Freight on Stove facing $ 150.00"; “Nov. 13 1873 Freight on Apples - $362.66.” There are also accounts of other charges such as commission loading tonnage bills etc. Then there are accounts for disbursements chandlery charges repairs rigging bills port charges etc. A couple of pages have various calculations. This section is about 15 pages long. Finally the “Letter from Heaven” begins on the other end of the book and seems to be a sermon given by Ingraham. It begins “My dear Audience Sisters and Bros.: Whom I have taught through the Great Bible Drama of Human Life from San Francisco Cal. to N.Y. City and Boston. Since I left yr. City I have seen all the gr. Cities of America and very near all the wonderful works of man.But what are all these things for I am told that ‘In the presence of Eternity the mntns. Are as transient as the clouds.’” I have not been able to find the resulting 36 pages in any publication so it is likely that the essay is original. The essay intersects with the Schooner ‘Harriet’ calculations for about 10 pages. The covers and spine have some noticeable wear the binding is worn at extremities there is some scuffing and rubbing as well and the back cover is only about 3/4ths attached to the spine. The book is bound in quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards. There are approximately 70 manuscript pages in good condition. The handwriting is legible throughout and mostly unfaded and unsmudged. The pencil is a bit fainter and can be occasionally slightly more difficult to read. Background: John D. Ingraham Jr. 1839-1875 was born on 6 May 1839 the son of John Dickinson Ingraham and his wife Almira Whittlesey Mother of Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut. In the 1860 and 1870 Census John Jr. is found as a single man living at home with his parents. In both census records he was listed as a "pilot" with his father listed as a "mariner." OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOHN D. INGRAHAM JR. SAYBROOK MIDDLESEX COUNTY CONNECTICUT SCHOONER FREDERICK HALL SCHOONER HENRIETTA CIVIL WAR ERA AMERICA POST CIVIL WAR ERA UNITED STATES CARGO SHIPS NEW ENGLAND SAILING VESSELS 19TH CENTURY CARGO LISTS ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG SAILORS PORTS OF AMERICA DURING THE CIVIL WAR AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0009145

‎CAPTAIN CHARLES EDWIN GOOD‎

‎LATE 1880s EARLY 1890s ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF OVER 400 ILLUSTRATIONS CUT OUTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ALL PERTAINING TO THE AUTHOR’S DEEP AND WILDLY PASSIONATE ‘MARRIAGE’ TO ALL ‘THINGS PERTAINING TO THE OCEAN’‎

‎BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1890. On offer is a rare and one-of-a-kind love song of sorts a scrapbook of the people places and vessels that make up the allure of the sea and the life of a steamboat Captain. The book is question is a fantastic scrapbook featuring roughly 400 illustrations spread out of over 145 pages. There are also hundreds of clippings from newspapers magazines and books and over 20 photographs pasted onto thick paper. The owner of the book and creator of this wholly unique book is the Steamboat Captain Charles Edwin Good captain of the steamer ‘Rose Standish’. Charles E. Good was a steamboat Captain for the Boston & Hingham Steamboat Company and the ‘Rose Standish’ was a passenger steamer that carried passengers between Boston Hull and Hingham Massachusetts. The frontispiece shows a sepia-toned photograph of the steamer in question the ‘Rose Standish’ along with a name is all capital letters “C. E. GOOD”. The title page states him as “Married to things pertaining to the ocean”. What he is married to are all the illustrations photographs and clippings that make up this extraordinary book: various cultures and people; exotic places; shipwrecks and petulant weather; deserted isles; ports of call around the world; steamers sloops-of-war ferries ironclads frigates and all manners of sailing vessel; naval battles contemporary and classic; canals docks and harbors; rivers and oceans; Leviathans and other sea monsters; and so much more relating to the sea and all that comes with it. This is truly a scrapbook created by a man who loves the ocean and the sea and the extraordinary range of human activities that come with the sailing life. Near the end of the book come the photographs black and white and split evenly between photographs of beautiful masted sailing vessels and of shorelines and harbors and Capes. The photographer’s name is visible on one of the photographs: Charles L. Hovey. The author photographs have no name attributed to them but the style of the photographs is so similar it would seem most likely that they are Hovey’s work as well. The illustrations and such date from the late 1880s to the early 1890s so it is likely that this was scrapbook was put together after Charles Good had retired from the Boston & Hingham Steamboat Company and the sailing life. He would die in 1894. The front cover also has the name of his son Charles Morse Good and the date 1896 possibly when he inherited the book from the estate of his recently deceased father. There is also written in pencil provenancial information stating the book was purchased in 1973 from the author Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston and written by a man named John P. Richardson. This is a brilliant and exceptionally unique scrapbook of one man’s lifelong love to the sailing the ocean. It is a treasure that deserves to be cherished and preserved. The book is 7 ½ x 9 ¾ inches in hardcover. There are worn marbled boards with what is left of leather corners and spine and the spine’s entire leather backstrip’s gone. The binding is still tight however. There are about 3 or 4 pages that have detached from the binding. There is light to moderate foxing on some of the photograph plates but overall the pages are still in good condition. background: Charles Edwin Good was born at Hallowell Maine Oct. 4 1836; married in Hingham Elizabeth J. Easterbrook a daughter of shipmaster Samuel Easterbrook 1810-1883;; resided on Cottage Street. Good died on Aug. 27 1894 of consumption better known today as Tuberculosis. The steamer Rose Standish carried passengers between Boston Hull and Hingham about eleven miles down Boston Bay. She had a saloon on the upper deck. Built in 1863 at Brooklyn NY; was sunk by a collision with a tugboat in the Boston harbor on Aug. 28 1884; was raised and repaired. She seems to have lasted until at least 1920. After that I could find no more information on her. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORD: HISTORY OF CAPTAIN CHARLES EDWIN GOOD STEAMER ROSE STANDISH BOSTON HULL HINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON AND HINGHAM STEAMBOAT COMPANY PASSENGER STEAMER 19TH CENTURY SAILING VESSELS LOVE LETTER TO THE SEA HISTORY OF THE GAY NINETIES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS LITHOGRAPHS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1800s CHARLES L. HOVEY SCRAPBOOK OF THE OCEAN ELIZABETH COATSWORTH BESTON MARRIED TO THE SEA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0009159

‎BEN D BEELEY‎

‎1899 - 1900 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY A MISSIONARY TRAVELLING FROM LONDON TO BORNEO TO BRING CHRISTIANITY TO THE NATIVES FACING STRIFE AND DIFFICULTY THROUGHOUT‎

‎LONDON ENGLAND to KUCHING SARAWAK BORNEO. Good. 1899. On offer is a fascinating diary of an English gentleman by the name of Ben D. Beeley from England who at the very end of the 19th Century travels from London to Borneo to function as a missionary to the local population there. The 1899 New Year begins with a short entry by Beeley: “I commenced the New Year in all Saints Church. O’ Lord help me to serve Thee with true devotion in my life as a missionary in Borneo.” In February He sail’s aboard steamship from London heading to Singapore. The day before he says his goodbyes: “The saddest day in my life” he remarks. “I left home this morning at 9 a.m. How awful to say good-bye to the dear ones at home Dear Father and Darling mother and dear old Gal. M God help them and bless and comfort them.I took my dear little Lottie for a long walk. How happy I was in her company. How sad to leave her but I am happy since I know she loves me truly and faithfully. I have asked her not to wait for me and she promises she will not. Never can I forget the farewell at All Saints Church. All the girls cried. Jeff embraced me. And those dear men how they did cheer!! My god take away pride from me.” He leaves on the steamer “Kawachi Maru”. The beginning of his journey is less than pleasant filled with headaches terrible sea sickness and rough seas. The days get better as they go on and Beeley notes his activities everyday on the boat. For example: “Awoke feeling much better. Had a better breakfast. Spent the morning on Deck. Talk to one of the Miss Vincents. Bible Reading on Luke xvii 1 -10 . Very rough in evening and much spray.” He writes everyday of the journey to Singapore. From England the steamer travels across the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. Beeley doesn’t like Port Said much: “I was 4 or 5 times in the day grossly insulted in the street. The whole tone of the place is awful. There is work there for 100 missionaries and there is only one!” The ship reaches Singapore and is therefore only a day before it goes on to Borneo. Beeley is stationed in Kuching Sarawak as a missionary. His first impressions in early April are very positive and shortly after arriving he get to work: “I took Perry’s boys for scripture from 10 to 10:45. It was a great treat to hear how well they answered. They were all Dyaks and Chinese. My first bit of mission work.” He comes off as an intensely curious person and writes often about the customs and religion of the people around him: “Chinese ancestor worship is very extraordinary.a procession headed by 2 men carrying 2.coloured baskets next to a scarlet banner followed by a dead goat on a stretcher and a young dead pig both these have fruit in their mouths.”; “The Malays have curious customs of piling up pillows one on the top of the others”; “The Chinese and Malay made an awful row. They believe a dragon was swelling the moon. and they tried to scare him.” He also starts to notice some of the ethnic strife: “This morning 5 Dyaks were executed for the murder of some Chinese. The murder took place about five years ago but the murders have only just been found out. We had some Cricket at the fort. It was good fun. The Dyaks thoroughly enjoyed it. There was a boy in an inch of water on the pitch. I never expected to play cricket in the east in such a quagmire.” While in Kuching Beeley spends considerable time with one of the “White Rajahs” of Sarawak Charles of Sarawak Charles Johnson/Brooke. The Rajahs were a dynastic monarchy of the English Brooke family who founded and ruled the Kingdom of Sarawak from 1841 - 1947. He receives an invitation for dinner from the Rajah at Astana his palace in Kuching. When Beeley sets off to the field to preach he encounters many obstacles including awful weather tribes of ‘headhunters’ and dangerous animals. At one village he notices human heads hanging from posts outside of their homes. “Saribas people are very nice & all want me to stay with them. There were 2 human heads hanging up the house opposite our beds.”He has near disastrous river trip & almost drowns on several occasions. He also hunts & in one case shoots a 7 foot crocodile outside of his hut. His journey to the more rural and isolated parts of the country is exceptionally fascinating to read. Despite becoming a Deacon in September Beeley is assigned to a seemingly abandoned missionary station where everything is rundown and has to live in the ruins of a house. “He suffers bouts of dysentery and mentions many of his fellow missionaries are depressed and want to leave Sarawak. He writes “ 'This Diocese is in a bad state. Men are all dissatisfied. Gomes Perry in fact nearly all want to leave. What will be the end I do not know!” Shortly afterward he becomes horribly ill and spends almost two months in a delirious state. He writes often of struggles with his faith “I hope I shall not be alone in any mission station I am so weak & I am afraid of myself.”; “O’ God help me in the great responsibility of guiding this mission station. Give me strength and help. I do feel the responsibility of this mission I hope all will go well.” and his own personal salvation. As well as his struggles to actually comprehend the Dyak language and culture and to speak back to them. At the end of the year Beeley writes a fantastic retrospective passage: “The end of 1899. A wonderful year to me. The beginning of a new life how many things have happened !! Some for good some almost bringing about my downfall. God thou knowest- all my love thee feeble and weak though it be. Am I better or worse for the past year The past is gone from us forever. It is gathered and it belongs to us no more. No single work can ever be unspoken no single step retraced. In February I had heart rendering farewells to leave home & my dear family & her whom I love. In April i landed in Sarawak & commenced my work. In July I had fierce trials by temptation. In August I was prostrate on a bed with sickness. In September I was ordained Deacon. In December left alone in the heart of Sarawak. Yet O God I was in thy hands & I know thou will keep me safe.” The book is in good condition. The cover and spine have some aesthetic wear and discoloration but are still structurally good. The binding is still tight. The pages inside show little foxing or rips and tears. The handwriting is clear and legible throughout in black and blue ink and occasionally pencil. Some of the ink has faded a bit and there are a couple dozen pages where the ink has bled through to the other side. This does slightly affect the ease at which the content can be read for these pages but the bleeding through is minimal and the words can still be made out with slightly more effort. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BEN D. BEELEY LONDON ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM PORT SAID SUEZ CANAL SINGAPORE KUCHING SARAWAK BORNEO CHRISTIAN OUTREACH PROSELYTIZING MALAYSIA SOUTHEAST ASIA ANGLICAN MISSIONARY MISSIONARY WORK IN ASIA TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY CHRISTIANITY IN ASIA MALAY PEOPLE DYAK PEOPLE CHARLES BROOKE RAJAH OF SARAWAK WHITE RAJAHS KAWACHI MARU AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY DIARIES PERSONAL HISTORY FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009160

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1939 1948 MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A POST OFFICE WORKER IN SYRACUSE NEW YORK ATTENDING MEETINGS COMMITTEES AND GOING ABOUT HIS NORMAL BUSINESS OF MAKING SURE THE MAIL IS DELIVERED EVERY DAY‎

‎SYRACUSE NEW YORK NY. Good. 1939. On offer is an interesting book from a Post Office mail carrier first in 1939 then again in 1948. The entries take place from May 17th to October 311939 and then from June 30th to November 15 1948. In 1939 the entries are usually short snippets from the author’s work as mail carrier in Syracuse New York delivering mail at different places around the city: The University of Syracuse Solvay Elmwood Park and others. The entries also concern the meetings surveys inspections committees and other events that happened to or around the author in Pre-WW2 Syracuse. In 1948 the entries become much more general both containing information about work in the Post Office now as a higher up employee in the Post Office. The entries contain information about the weather going to his lake cottage probably at Oneida Lake or Onondaga Lake and reports of the health and wellbeing of family members and coworkers as well as the normal business of working at the office dealing with more and more mail every day. The book contains roughly 50 handwritten pages. The book itself contains probably close to 200 pages in total. The green covers show some discoloration but are structurally very good as is the spine. The binding is tight and very good. The pages inside show little wear toning or foxing and all are in good condition. The ink is still dark and the handwriting is legible throughout. Text: “5/17/39. Request for survey of Lewiston Manor forwarded to Ass’t. Sullivan. Request that Mr. Sullivan consider asking Dept for authority to make two routes of No. 176. Unsatisfactory reports by Dora to Connely. Did the request myself.”; “10/4/39. Called at Univ. Sta. all carriers returned on time. Sup’t. Barnes requested to withhold heavy pieces of paper mail from the carriers in the P.M. and work circs to them instead.Suggested to Ass’t. P.M. that a call window be opened for use of patrons calling at ____ instead of using P.P. collector were people wishing to mail P.P. are frequently blocked away from the ____ by persons calling.”; “Aug. 24 1948. Postmaster called Sullivan into his office and later told me he had given Sullivan a ‘real going over’ regarding his lacking and failure to take care of his job. Maintained that his estimates were usually late extended service to Menlo Dr. without any record - doing it by ‘phone’; changed service in Westvale from Mt. to foot without notifying patrons and delaying other supervisors work by not promptly doing his own work. Sullivan said he would take the pledge.” OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF AMERICAN POST OFFICE SYRACUSE NEW YORK PRE WORLD WAR TWO POST WORLD WAR TWO MAIL CARRIERS POST OFFICE WORKER AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009172

‎C COTTON‎

‎1822 ORIGINAL PRINTED NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC WITH OVER 45 PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN ENTRIES FROM AN ALBANY MAN DETAILING HIS LIFE AND TIMES AS A LANDLORD AND CHURCH GOER‎

‎ALBANY NEW YORK NY. Good. 1822. On offer is a fascinating and fantastic 1822 New York State Agricultural Almanac. The front cover contains its defining information: "The State of New-York Agricultural Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1822. Being the second after Bissextile or Leap Year; and until July 4th the Forty-Sixth of American Independence. Calculated for the Horizon and Meridian of Albany -North Latitude 42 degrees 45 minutes - from the English Observatory 73 degrees and 30 minutes west. By S. Southwick. Albany. Sold by Daniel Steele No. 472 South Market-street. Packard & Van Benthuysen Printers.” The almanac was owned by a man named ‘C. Coffin’ who has signed his name at the top of the cover page. The almanac contains much of the same information as others: calendars advertisements astrology zoology fables and stories weather patterns throughout the year information on raising livestock and planting seeds and much more. What makes this almanac special are the diary entries and copious notes of the owner Mr. Cotton interleaved through most of the almanac. The notes deal pretty exclusively with the weather temperature wind clouds precipitation news of friends and family many who are sick and a few who die through the year and information on his Universalist church. Interestingly there is also a remark about the 1822 New York City Yellow Fever epidemic. There are generally a few pages of notes in between each page of the almanac written on slightly smaller paper than the almanac itself and stitched into the creases between the pages. Research has not turned up much information on ‘C. Cotton’ but he does mention himself that he is a landlord of at least one home. The almanac has quite a bit of wear especially near the front and back. Almost all the pages are at least a bit frayed at the edges and there is significant corner creasing again more near the front and back. There is no cover to the front or back. The original stitching is no longer there probably replaced by Mr. Cotton himself so he could stich his own paper into the book and use it as a diary. As such though the binding is still pretty tight it is evidently done quite haphazardly. The almanac itself is roughly 100 printed pages and there are 47 handwritten pages stitched inside at various places. These pages are also show a good bit of wear and age-toning as well. However the handwriting is legible and readable throughout and the ink is still mostly dark and easy to read. The book measures 4.5 x 7.5". Text: “January 25 1822. Friday. N West wind sever cold but fair 4 noon afternoon and eve the same - Abraham Bradley Sexton to the Society of Universalists in this city buried a son a man in years the Funeral attended by many of the Society and Friends of the Father of the deceased - had a very large rout or Tea party of Friends at our house the last I hope that will ever take place in my day. “April 1st 1822. Monday. Dull lowry morn wind southerly and no frost to be seen as the effect of the night past before or about noon the wind got s. Westerly and blo’d fresh and cool and so till night. Austin Abbott died six o clock after noon this day his family occupied some tenements in my house while he lived and I trust his spirit now occupies a house not made with hands eternal in the Heavens.”; “July 4th Thursday. Little southerly wind and some Foggy morn but not excessively hot though full warm enough for comfort towards night the clouds seem mustering together for more Thunder showers so farewell 4th July 1822 it is well it comes but once in each year.”; “August 19. Sunday. Wind for N East to south with Thunder lightning and some Heavy showers of rain a number of people got up from New York to Escape or avoid the Epidemic fever raging there this time which by account seems very prevalent there.” OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC ALBANY NEW YORK C. COTTON DANIEL STEELE PACKARD & VAN BENTHUYSEN EARLY 19TH CENTURY AMERICA ALMANACS IN AMERICA 1822 NEW YORK CITY YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009173

‎MARY ELIZABETH DONOVAN‎

‎1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOVELY FAMILY ORIENTED WOMAN IN DELAWARE SPENDING EACH DAY THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF FRIENDS FAMILY AND HER DOTING BOYFRIEND‎

‎SYMRNA WILMINGTON DELAWARE DE. Good. 1928. On offer is a thoroughly fascinating diary from the life of Mary Elizabeth Donovan an active and interesting woman living in Smyrna Delaware in 1928. Mary was born in 1905 making her 23 years old here. The diary presents her accounts of each day her trips to family members around the state of Delaware details from the lives of her brothers Paul and Walter and most often and described in the most detail her relationship with her boyfriend Roland. Donovan is obviously quite devoted to her family and relationships as almost every entry in the diary concerns events stories and accounts of her family or her boyfriend. It seems little happens in her life that isn’t connected to her loved ones. Yet her life is active and fun and she seems to take quite a lot of delight in her daily activities. The entries rarely extend more than a page or two and the longest ones are almost always on the weekend where Mary describes her days and activities in much greater detail. The diary contains approximately 150 pages of handwritten diary entries and the book itself is about 200 pages in total. The covers are full soft leather binding with a fair bit of duct tape used to repair the covers and spine. The binding is still quite tight and the book holds together perfectly. The pages inside are in very good condition showing almost no age-toning or rips and tears. The handwriting is neat and easily legible throughout. There is the occasional smudging and some pages are more faded than others but the legibility of the content is not affected. This is a very fine diary representing a lovely slice of life and presents the life of a young woman at the end of the 1920s kind energetic and intensely family-focused. Text: “April 8 1928. Easter. In the morning we went to dig daffodils. The woods was set afire but extinguished. Roland and I went up to Longwood. Papa Mother went to Aunt Florence’s. Uncle Paul was there. He stopped back for supper.”; “April 24 Tues. Twenty three years old. Got pair silk stockings from Mother and a venetian mirror from Papa.“; “June 9. Roland came up after the storm and we went to Dover. I got a white and black Crepe de Chine dress and black and white patent leather slippers. He stayed all night.”; “June 16. Paul has reached the age of 20 today. Roland called me from Federalsburg. Came up and reached Smyrna before I did. He bought Walter a nice white shirt.”; “August 26. Mother didn’t go to the beach but boys and Papa did. Roland stayed all night and he and I went to Wilmington. He had to meet students and I spent the day with Sara Leigh. We came back to Aunt Florence's for supper and spent the evening.”; “Nov. 11. Paul Mother Papa Roland and I rode down to Felton Harrington Milford Milton and back to Uncle Ernie’s. In the evening we went up to Aunt Bess’s to see Grandma.” “December 31. As usual nothing but the same thing happened ‘WORK HARD’ which is my favorite past time. The year of 1928 proved to be a very happy one for the Donovan's!” Background: Not much information could be found for Mary Elizabeth Donovan. She was born on April 24 1905 making her 23 years old in the diary. She would eventually marry her boyfriend Roland and take his last name Pepper. They would settle down in Wilmington Delaware. They would have at least one daughter Pauline Pepper who would become a teacher at Shortlidge Elementary School in W. The year of her Mary’s death was not found. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY ELIZABETH DONOVAN ROLAND PEPPER SMYRNA DELAWARE ROARING TWENTIES FAMILY LIFE PRE WORLD WAR II PRE GREAT DEPRESSION DELAWARE PAULINE PEPPER FEMINISM WOMEN’S RIGHTS WOMEN’S STORIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0009176

‎UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER [in the 9th Massachusetts Infantry]‎

‎1916 DAILY JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT DETAILING THE DUTIES MEETINGS AND WORK OF A HIGH RANKING MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY OFFICER AT CAMP COTTON SETTING UP CAMP AND PREPARING TO HUNT DOWN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY PANCHO VILLA‎

‎CAMP COTTON EL PASO TEXAS TX. Good. 1916. On offer is a fascinating journal kept by an officer or high ranking NCO at Camp Cotton in El Paso Texas. He appears to be an officer with the 9th Massachusetts infantry fresh off training from Camp Framingham in Massachusetts who have come down to Camp Cotton. It appears that the troops were sent down to Camp Cotton to take place in the Pancho Villa Expedition attempting to hunt down Mexican Revolutionary Pancho Villa for his role in attacking New Mexico though they may have also been used to provide support for the ongoing Border War between Mexico and America. Beginning in June of 1916 and ending in September of the same year the journal documents the daily every day duties of the officer's command. Such looks into the darily Army command responsibilities in the early 20th century are not easy to come by. Such daily entries offer fantastic glimpses as to the uniform routine and daily activities of the officers and the enlisted men. One entry even goes over each detail of a meeting in which the Infantry’s camp was set up:“El Paso. Camp Cotton. Sunday July 2 1916. 1st meeting 11 am. Push all work till next meeting later in day. 2nd meeting 5-20 pm. Capt. Lawless will require spare parts and cleaning materials. Tops. 10 pm. Roll call chief and repeat to Regmt. Officers can buy for cash at Depot Quartermaster. Draw for Enlisted Men: 1 hat 1 cord. 1 O.T. shirt. 6 jean undershirts. 6 jean underdrawers. Belt if necessary. 3 breeches - cotton. 1 pr. Leggings. 6 pr. Socks for work. 1 pr. Shoes. 4 pr. Leggings laces. 4 pr. Shoe laces. All men must have one new outfit at all times. The above will be paid for by each man from his ____ of $4.00 for 1set 6 mos. Then $6 or $7 allowance for each 6 mos thereafter. Muster In Rolls. Col. Buck is sending the roll for correction. they must bear names of all officers and men. Ammunition 100 rds must be issued to each man. 6:30 pm. Rec’d 5 cases of 1200 rounds each from Capt. Lawless same as usual. At 7 pm each man rec’d 90 rounds which is all they belt can carry. Balance for present will be held by 1st srgt in his tent for immediate distribution. Tents must be ditched and cinders placed in Company seets. Calls Reveiller at 6am and all other calls same as those need used at Framingham. Tents Loop up early in morning drop at 9 am until further advised. Cots Request in for cots. Mess An officers mess will be established. Pay It is understood that Col. Parker is on his way here and will arrange to pay men for 8 days from Mass state funds.” There are many more meetings in the new few days as the camp is set up for the soldiers arriving soon to the Camp. The men arrive a few days later around July 11th. There is an officer's meetings: “11 July. Meeting at 10 am. Meat only 2 times a day. Coffee twice a day. Muster and pay bills. Men to keep away from the citizens of the city. Physical inspection this weekend. Thereafter once a week.” There is a tremendous amount of information about the nitty gritty details of running a camp full of enlisted men in the early 20th century. What to do if men go AWOL What happens when they are ready to be discharged Who will set up the latrine What supplies to order for the cook staff Who will staff the canteen and what will be served All these details come from the many notes the author took in the twice daily officers meetings held at the camp. The journal ends with notes on a “15 day hike” about to take place. This hike may very well be the Infantry getting ready to hunt down Pancho Villa in Mexico though it is unknown: “Revelle 4:45 am. Men carry two blankets. One man left believed in prison. Regt’l surgeon will decide men who are to be excused. Carry 3 days dry components. Have men report to Capt. Doly 5:30 am.” There journal is an absolute wealth of fascinating information and provides a really great amount of daily officer work and details of the life of an enlisted man on the border of the U.S. and Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. The book’s cover and spine are still in good condition. The covers are marbled paper and show some wear and fading. The book opens from top to bottom not from right to left. There are approximately 65 handwritten pages and the book itself is 110 pages in length. The paper is still in good condition showing only minimal wear and aging. While the binding is still intact it is no longer very tight. The book should be handled with care. The handwriting is clear throughout in pencil. There is so smudging and fading in a few pages but in general the handwriting is clear and legible. The Pancho Villa Expedition—now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition U.S. Army"—was a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa from March 14 1916 to February 7 1917 during the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920. The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus New Mexico and was the most remembered event of the Border War. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CAMP COTTON EL PASO TEXAS BORDER WAR BORDER CAMPAIGN MEXICAN REVOLUTION PANCHO VILLA EXPEDITION MEXICO-UNITED STATES BORDER U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONS PERSHING EXPEDITION PUNITIVE EXPEDITION U.S. ARMY 9TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY CAMP FRAMINGHAM WORLD WAR ONE ERA UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SOUTHERN BORDER RIO GRANDE RIVER HIGH RANKING OFFICER DUTIES ESTABLISHMENT OF ARMY CAMP DAILY OFFICER DUTIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009183

‎BILLY CHANTLER‎

‎1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR OF LIGHT-HEARTED AND NOSTALGIC LETTERS HOME HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER FIGHTING THE OTTOMANS AT THE BATTLE OF JERUSALEM AND IN THE BATTLE FOR GAZA‎

‎JERUSALEM ISRAEL OTTOMAN EMPIRE. Good. 1917. On offer is an original pair 2 of fascinating WW1 letters in an original military envelope handwritten by Billy Chantler a British soldier from Kent whose service included fighting the Ottoman Empire in what is modern day Israel and during the Gaza campaign. The letters November 29 1917 is 4 pages the letter of December 23 is 8 pages were written at the time of the Battle of Jerusalem that took place between November 17 and December 30 1917 and resulted in surrender of Jerusalem to British forces. Both letters are in one envelope and addressed to his parents in Kent England the first dated November 29 addressed to his father and the second of December 23 1917 to both parents. In addition to the Battle of Jerusalem the letters relate to the First Battle of Gaza and mention time spent in Cairo. These remarkable letters are humorous poetic filled with love to his parents and home: "memory dwells the smell of log fire and roasting chestnuts and other things of those far away days". He describes a strange feeling to be in the Holy Land when Christmas is approaching regrets not being able to see most holy places and is obviously proud with British victory half-jokingly comparing British soldiers with Crusaders "marching with a glint of victory in their eyes shining through the dust" and pictures "swaggering Prussians in all their pomp and splendor viewing their conquerors the hated "contemptible"" alluding to Kaiser Wilhelm's words about the British army. He does not write much about military operations or hardships he is experiencing in part because of censorship restrictions - the envelope bears a signed statement that the letter refers only to private and family matters such envelopes were called "green envelopes" and were not opened by regimental censors and also maybe because he does not want his parents to worry too much but he cannot completely avoid it. When describing sleeping in a house built of mud and stones in Jerusalem he writes that "I woke up at night and wondered how it was that I was not cold - and being half asleep I sort of imagined that I was in heaven". He regrets losing photographs from his friend during the First Battle of Gaza: "I took these photos which I received on the eve of March 26th only to glance at them by a lighted match and never see them again…most probably they lie in that shell torn plain of Gaza" and it can be understood that he was wounded and spent some time off the front lines at the Casualty Clearing Station. The second letter contains a poem citing a Lutheran hymn with wishes of peace. The same poem is written at the back of the envelope. Condition: The envelope is slightly damaged soiled and has tears but the text is intact; In addition to the address a postal stamp and a statement about the letter content "green envelope". The letters themselves are in very good condition the ink may have slightly faded at creases.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BILLY CHANTLER WW1 THE GREAT WAR EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES EEF FIRST WORLD WAR FIRST BATTLE OF GAZA BATTLE OF JERUSALEM BETHLEHEM MILITARY MARCHES MILITARY BANDS WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE POEM KENT ENGLAND MIDDLE EAST PRE BRITISH MANDATED PALESTINE JERUSALEM WAR CASUALTIES GREEN ENVELOPES CHRISTMAS DURING WW1 MILITARY CENSORSHIP LETTERS HISTORICAL PERSONAL BRITISH ARMY HOMESICKNESS BATTLES MILITARY CAMPAIGNS SINAI AND PALESTINE CAMPAIGN OTTOMAN EMPIRE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009186

‎HESTER OAKLEY MEIGS‎

‎1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY YOUNG VERY DELIGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL DIARIST WHOSE FAMILY FOUNDED SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE‎

‎BRONXVILLE LAWRENCE PARK NEW YORK. Good. 1916. On offer is a delightful travel journey of a 12 year old girl crossing the North American continent in the early 20th Century. Hester Oakley Meigs was the grand-daughter of William Van Duzer Lawrence. Lawrence was a wealthy businessman who envisaged and then created the planned artist community of Bronxville NY about 15 miles north of Manhattan. He also established the liberal arts college Sarah Lawrence College and named it after his wife and Meigs' grand-mother Sarah Lawrence. The journal is a small 6 inch by 3 1/2 inch notebook of 90 pages. It is about 50% complete covering the time period July 27 to Sept 2nd 1916. The journal is in good condition and the handwriting is quite legible. The journey was made by train with her parents when Meigs was 12 years old. Her excitement and joy shine through on each page. . I am thrilled to tears! July 27 - her first entry about upcoming trip. In Chicago she notes . went on an elevator ride for the first time in my life! July 29 Upon seeing the mountains she wrote . I think the Rocky Mountains are perfectly wonderfu l Aug 1 For lunch we stopped at a little place called Pawoska properly Pahaska It was as rustic as anything could be. It belonged to Buffalo Bill who is Mr. Cody Aug 5 She has a good eye for details and each day diligently records where they visited interesting incidents and happenings Her writing is clear and quite well structured for one her age: . there was an old stamp mill where they separated the gold from the silver and both from the ore Lu and I started out after lunch for the stamp mill in hopes that we might pick up a nuggets or two but nothing happened that way. On the way we discovered the tunnel where they dug for the mineral. We decided that if we had had a little nerve and an electric torch we would have gone in and explored it for we thought we would have gotten gold and silver in plenty and would have picked up bits that must have fallen down and not been picked up for i don't believe anybody has been in there. Two men we camping in the mill and I told Lu i wished them joy because I would have been scared to death for those spooks. 17 August. This is a wonderfully innocent and clear depiction of her journey and her experiences. It gives a look at this long-lost world through the eyes of a curious and educated child. A historian would find many tidbits of information and observations that make the west at the turn of the last century come alive. An art historian would find this a valuable link with the very successful artists' colony at Lawrence Park /Bronxville.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HESTER OAKLEY MEIGS WILLIAM VAN DUZER LAWRENCE SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE VIOLET OAKLEY BRONXVILLE LAWRENCE PARK ART HISTORY NEW YORK THE BRONX ARTIST COLONY GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0009190

‎HELEN SAWYER FARNSWORTH‎

‎1936-1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING A YEAR IN LIFE OF A NOTED AMERICAN ARTIST AND TEACHER FOUNDER OF ART SCHOOLS IN NORTH TRURO AND SARATOGA AND A MEMBER OF AMERICAN WOMEN ARTIST ASSOCIATION‎

‎NORTH TRURO PROVIDENCE SARATOGA MASSACHUSETTS. Good. 1936. On offer is a remarkable 1936-7 diary of Helen Sawyer Farnsworth a daughter of painter and photographer Wells Moses Sawyer wife of a renowned portrait painter Jerry Farnsworth and an active member of the Cape Cod art colony. Helen Sawyer Farnsworth 1900-1999 was a prominent artist and art teacher a member of the National Association of Women Artists the National Arts Club Washington Yonkers Art Association and Provincetown Art Association. Her artistic life was mainly associated with Cape Cod and she and her husband were very active in intellectual cultural and social milieu teaching participating in exhibitions organizing and visiting various events. The diary mentions numerous events places and people including famous writers and artists like John and Katy Dos Passos Phyliss Duganne Charles Hawthorne Dawn Powell William and Lucy L’Engles Blakeman. The diary covers the full year of 1936 and the first three weeks of January 1937. Helen Sawyer first started the diary on January 22 1936 and when reached the end of December filled the first pages from January 1 to January 21 with January 1937 entries. The 1936 entries start with a trip to Philadelphia to opening of the 131-st Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she and her husband were regularly exhibiting. They spent the winter of 1936 one of the coldest in American history in Sparta and New York and then in early May went to North Truro. The diary covers a variety of topics –Helen writes about her work sometimes only mentioning what she was working on naming the place or the model and sometimes describing her work in more detail: “Painted at the West End” “Painted on Pontiac” “Drove to Indian village to get a model.Painted the Indian girl” “Drove to Superior. Grey clouds. Snow on mountains. Great clouds at sunset. Painted from hill watched evening fall over Arizona!” She mentions some of her best known paintings including “Corn hill” and “Trees by the Turn” for which she received the first honorable mention in Chicago. Almost all entries document weather and being an artist she tends to describe colors light appearance of sky and clouds: “heavy curious clouds without form” “brilliant sky ‘snow is thawing turning black” “yellow heather coming out on the moors”. She also documents her daily activities like gardening or cooking records names of books she was reading and movies she saw. In December 1936 the family took a trip through Georgia Louisiana Texas and New Mexico to Arizona which she describes in detail: December 12: “Marfa a small rather Mexican town with small Spanish church and plaza…fine mountains and cattle ranches cactus yucca yellow fields red mountains blue lava flows.” December20: “Drove to the Papago Reservation…Beer in the café. Indians gambling on the machines” December 29: “Heavy rainfall night. There is snow on Apache Leap Pichets’ Post this morning…Climbed the hill and looked at Superstition Mountains: Pichet Post Apache Leap. Color and drama more than the wildest symphony” January 5: “Explored the old mill of Silver King mine in the creek in the old town of Penel. They were mining this tailing getting 9.00 a ton…All very interesting the tailing pond old churches etc.”Size:7’2 x 5’1Physical description: Red cloth cover with black geometric pattern titled: The Wanamaker Diary; year at the right bottom corner: 1936Condition: good minor wear slightly faded cover with a tiny ink blot at the upper edge ink blots on few pages spine is slightly detached ink has slightly faded at some places; a part of the page with personal information has been torn off but the torn part has been preserved and the text is clearly seen. Neither of the above affects readability.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HELEN SAWYER FARNSWORTH AMERICAN ART 20TH CENTURY 1930S PAINTERS UNITED STATES ARTISTS UNITED STATES WRITERS ARTISTIC COLONIES PROVINCETOWN ART COLONY WOMEN PAINTERS FEMALE PAINTERS LANDSCAPE PAINTING NORTH TRURO MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ART ARIZONA NEW MEXICO NORTH AMERICAN WATERCOLOR ARTISTS 1930S ARTIST COMMUNITY IN CAPE COD DOS PASSOS L'ENGLES WELLS MOSES SAWYER JERRY FARNSWORTH PROVINCETOWN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS YONKERS ART ASSOCIATION ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AMERICAN ARTISTS AMERICAN WRITERS MODERN AMERICAN ART PRE-WAR AMERICAN ART ART ACADEMY CULTURAL LIFE AMERICANA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0008002

‎LESTER GLOTFELTY‎

‎1934 1936 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARIES BY A YOUNG FARMER AND BUS DRIVER FROM GARRET COUNTY PORTRAYING RURAL LIFE IN MARYLAND DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION‎

‎MCHENRY MARYLAND. Good. 1934. On offer is a pair 2 of original diaries authored by Lester Glotfelty 1905-1949 a farmer from McHenry area giving a powerful evidence of day-to-day life of western Maryland farmers in 1930s known by iconic photographs by Jung and Ben Shahn. Lester was a son of John and Sarah Glotfelty whose ancestors arrived in Pennsylvania from Switzerland in the 18th century and whose grandfather William Glotfelty moved to Maryland in mid-nineteenth century and bought farming lands from heirs of James McHenry. At the time when the diaries were written he lived with his parents two sisters and a nephew the family was growing a variety of crops had a garden with apple and pear trees and kept chicken cattle and horses. The diary consists of two books the blue one is dated 1934 and contains a personal record the black book though does not have an explicit date or personal record contains an entry for January 5: “I am twenty one today” and based on it and on days and dates we can say with confidence that it is the year of 1936. The 1934 diary covers full year the 1936 diary covers months from January 1 to May 7. Almost all entries include a record of weather which was an important issue in life of farmers especially in harsh weather conditions of the western Maryland: “awful high wind.pretty cold today awful slick.clear cool high wind.” The 1936 diary documents an unusually severe and snowy winter one of the coldest in the history of Maryland followed by heavy rainfall and the Great Potomac flood in March 1936. On March 18 Lester records: “Snowed and blowed last night melted today snowed this eve. I drove bus.awful floods Pittsburgh worst today 4 square miles under 10- 20 feet of water today Johnstown was flooded too”. The diary mainly consists of description of routine farming activities which vary depending on the season: hauling lime stones manure; plowing and harrowing dehorning cows and shoeing horses day after day Lester writes “Dad hauled lime all day . hauled lime all A.M hauled out manure P.M. hauled stones. hauled coal. plowed all day harrowed P.M. got loads of coal”. This unsophisticated repetitive account creates an authentic and powerful picture of relentless hard work and struggle with severe weather and rocky terrain. It seems that most hard farm work was done by Lester’s father probably because Lester’s health was not good in 1934 he writes: “Today three years ago I went to bed with the flu pneumonia and arthritis”. Lester meticulously records interactions with local people attending Sunday school and church occasionally gives prices for goods: “Jonas Knox Jasper Riley here to buy cattle he would took them $25 a head but we would not sell”. Almost no entertainment is mentioned extremely seldom they go to McHenry or Accident to see a movie or to have ice-cream: “I am twenty one today they baked me a cake and made ice-cream”. Lester also mentions few local events such as the trial of McHenry resident Noah Kolbfleish who was accused of slaying his aunt. The diary contains names of local residents and members of extended Glotfelty family who lived in the area that may be of interest to local historians and genealogists. There are also additional materialsincluding several bills a bank cheque a warning ticket issued to Lester Glotfelty two Valentine’s Day cards. The diaries contain almanac matter – horoscopes recipes calendar etc. Condition: Very good. The blue cover has signs of wear and ink stains the text at few places is slightly faded but is legible.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MCHENRY OAKLAND ACCIDENT GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND POTOMAK FLOOD SAINT PATRICK'S DAY FLOOD JOHNSTOWN FLOOD GREAT PITTSBURGH FLOOD OF 1936 1936 NORTH AMERICAN COLD WAVE 1936 WINTER IN MARYLAND FARMING ACTIVITIES GREAT DEPRESSION FARMERS FARMING CROPS CATTLE LESTER GLOTFELTY DIARY DIARIES ALMANAC YEARBOOK AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0008004

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1900s ORIGINAL SUPER INTERESTING JOURNAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED CLOCKMAKER FROM MASSACHUSETTS ACCOMPANIED BY DRAWINGS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND INFORMATION ABOUT CLOCK AND TOOL MANUFACTURING‎

‎Massachusetts. Good. 1900. On offer is a very interesting original journal written by an unidentified clock maker from Massachusetts. It has about 70 pages of handwritten notes drawings newspaper clippings and details of collectors and manufacturers all dealing with different aspects of clock making. The materials cover several decades the earliest of the entries probably made in the early 1900s: there is a loose leaf bearing a watermark: Crane's All Linen with a crane on shield and date 1881 some of the clippings are dated 1930s and 1950s. Few entries are related to history of clock making the first entry is notes to the lecture on rope making: "I have taken for my subject this evening - Rope - and will try and explain as best as I can some of the fibres of which it is made and the different ways in which it is made up". Many entries contain instructions measurements and drawings of timepieces made by noted 18th and 19th century American clock makers mostly from Massachusetts including Joseph H. Eastman Simeon Crane Simon Willard Edward Howard and Elnathan Taber there are measurements and notes for Simon Willard tall clock Waltham banjo clock collection Elnathan Taber hall clock Walter Durfee chime a shelf clock by Herman Clark and many other. Pages 46 - 47 contain notes and measurements for a clock made by the author himself with explanations how to calculate pitch diameter and make pinion cutter. The journal also provides information about producers of small tools clock parts materials used for clock and watch making as well as of collectors and manufacturers: "Wards down Congress St. to So. Boston is place to buy steel suspension spring is good x002 Wilkinsons for German silver nickel" etc. There are also recipes of clock cleaning solutions and some pieces copied from "A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks Watches and Bells for Public Purposes" by Edmund Beckett. Condition: Good. The text and drawings are well preserved. The journal has a marbled cover that is torn up near edges the spine is worn. The first 8 pages of the journal have been cut out and are not accounted for.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF TIME KEEPING HOROLOGY CLOCKS WATCHES WATCHMAKERS CLOCKMAKERS ANTIQUE CLOCKS ROPE MAKING TIMEPIECES PENDULUM CLOCKS TALL CLOCKS SHELF CLOCKS BANJO CLOCKS HOW TO BUILD NAWCC NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS DOCUMENT ROPE MAKING TIMEPIECES PENDULUM CLOCKS HOW TO BUILD CLOCK PARTS CLOCK MAKING TOOLS JOSEPH H. EASTMAN SIMEON CRANE SIMON WILLARD EDWARD HOWARD ELNATHAN TABER SIMON WILLARD WALTHAM BANJO CLOCK COLLECTION WALTER DURFEE HERMAN CLARK . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0008011

‎Orillia School Board‎

‎1878 - 1887 HANDWRITTEN MINUTES OF ORILLIA SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEETINGS OFFERING A GLIMPSE OF THE EARLY ONTARIO SCHOOLS HISTORY AND LOCAL EVENTS INCLUDING ELOPEMENT OF THE FIRST HEADMASTER OF ORILLIA'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL‎

‎Orillia Ontario. Good. 1878. On offer is a book containing minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings of School Section No 4 covering the period from January 1878 to January 1897 that gives an insight of what issues the school board dealt with in those years including financial support expenses school building operation and selection of teachers. The book has 64 pages and includes minutes of 69 meetings two pages documenting payments to a school teacher for the year of 1879. The school was built in 1876 a little more than a year before this book was started and 7 years after Ryerson proposed his 1871 Education Act requiring adequate accommodation for students in every school section. The Meeting agenda usually included election of trustees and chair adoption of annual reports and approval of various expenses: "it was proposed by Mr. Brailey seconded by D. M. Kaughan that the sum of six dollars be appropriated for Prize that the Section do also procure at same time a Daily Register.that the Section be empowered to procure a copy of the amended School Law of Copp Clark and Co." More serious matters concerned repairs construction and school house insurance: ".a Petition to be sent into the council legalize the Muskoka road passing the school house." "Section will be instructed to issue tenders for digging a well at the school and also see to the repairing of the plaster at the School House". In 1880 the routine was interrupted when School's first headmaster Mr. Gardiner left his wife and eloped with an eighteen-year-old to Detroit telegraphing his resignation which made the Trustee Board urgently look for a new teacher: "Several applications for the position of teacher in the room of W. G. Gardiner who has scandalously absconded from the neighbourhood and deserted his post as Teacher were considered by the Trustees but action in the matter was deferred to the future meeting". Finding a new teacher was not an easy task: "The Trustees proceeded to examine three applications made for the position of Teacher in the Sec-n. none of which met their entire approval.proposed that the school be kept vacant till the end of the year that the Sec. 4 do insert advertisements in the Toronto papers for a male teacher at a salary of 300$ per annum". Only a month and a half later in the end of December they hired a new Master of the School at a salary of 260$. In addition to teaching schoolmaster's duties included lighting the fires and sweeping the school and also planting trees: "Mr. Smith teacher be allowed to plant shade trees in front of the school premises within the fence adjoining the Muskoka road and that he receive 50 c. per tree for planting the same with the understanding that in the event of any of the said trees dying during the year that he agrees to replace the same with fresh trees and it is understood that said trees shall be maple and balsam alternately.". The meeting of December 1882 approved 2$ contribution to the Ryerson Memorial Fund. In 1885 the Public School Inspection gave instructions on improvements and repairs to be done including "wood shed construction replastering of the school house increasing blackboard accommodation and fixing privies". The book contains names of School Board Trustees and teachers and of some local residents performing work for the school. Condition: Good regular age-related wear several pages are torn out and missing.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EARLY SCHOOL HISTORY ORILLIA HIGH SCHOOL LOCAL SCHOOLS ONTARIO SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL TRUSTEES ORILLIA HISTORY 19TH CENTURY CANADIAN HISTORY HISTORY OF SCHOOL EDUCATION ONTARIO SIMCOE COUNTY SCHOOLS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS MINUTES PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSPECTION SIMCOE COUNTY SCHOOL SECTORS SCHOOL SECTOR 4 ORILLIA TEACHERS TEACHER SALARIES 19TH CENTURY 1880S 1870S CANADIANA . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0008008

‎BLOUGH, NOAH‎

‎1889 ORIGINAL DETAILED HANDWRITTEN DIARY AUTHORED BY NOAH BLOUGH A PROSPEROUS FARMER FROM MORRISON COVE AREA IN PENNSYLVANIA DOCUMENTING HIS DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AND CONTAINING DESCRIPTION OF SEVERE 1889 WINTER AND OF THE DISASTROUS JOHNSTOWN FLOOD‎

‎BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. Good. 1889. On offer is a detailed diary authored by a farmer from Bedford County Pennsylvania that covers the whole year of 1889 and January 1890 an entry made for each day. Noah Blough 1835 - 1896 whose ancestors arrived to the U.S. in the mid-18th century from Switzerland was a prosperous farmer who moved to the Morrison Cove area from the Somerset County in 1870s. At the time the diary was written he lived with his second wife and three children: Maggie Orlo and Charles all of them are often mentioned in the diary. The family belonged to the Seventh Day Baptists Church of which Noah was an active member he was elected the first clerk of the Salemville church in 1885 and he regularly writes about attending Sabbath School and sermons at the German Baptist Church. The family was growing apples and plums corn and oats and kept cattle and sheep and in his diary Noah documents farming activities like plowing wood cutting sugar water boiling and the daily life of the family including illnesses visits of family members and neighbors trips to Enterprise Salem and Loysburg. In addition to wood cutting and field work in winter months Noah was making quills and spools mending clothes: "Jan. 7. Cloudy and rather cold and windy with some snowflakes. I worked in the house making quills the best part of the day". Every entry starts with a record of weather which was very cold and snowy that year. The entry of February 2 relates to the Groundhog Day "This was Groundhog day and it was clear by spells that the sun did shine that the groundhog seen his shadow. This is Orlo's birthday he is three years old." The prediction of long winter turned to be true that year on March 21st Noah as usually records weather: "Cloudy and snowed all day the ground was white in the morning and all day.". In May 1889 Noah writes about heavy rainfall followed by devastating Johnstown flood which killed over 2000 people: "Cloudy and rained all last night and all day very hard by spells. The water was very high it took fences and bridges away and tore the roads had the highest water we had got since we live here…Johnston was washed away and thousands of people drowned." One of the Noah's neighbors lost his wife and daughter in the flood about which he writes on June 3rd: "Harry Aaron brought his wife and daughter home today which died drown in Johnston on the 30 about 1500 drowned". The diary contains many names of residents and businessmen who lived in the area at that time and members and ministers of the Seventh Day Baptists Church including the Kagarise Breidenthal Snyder Long Dittmar Fluck Fyock and many other. At the end of the diary Noah lists 27 people who died in 1889 with their age at the time of death. There is also a list showing his expenses and a recipe for "Uncle Sam's whitewash" the use of which was characteristic of the east coast. The book itself has a dark-brown leather cover and marbled edges is titled "The Standard Diary 1889" and includes a calendar weights and measures weather signals interest tables postage rates standard time help for accidents poison anecdotes and other almanac matter. Condition: Good last 18 leaves that contain records made after January 14 1890 and a back cover have torn corners which are missing several leaves are loose.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BLOUGH NOAH RURAL LIFE ECONOMY FARMERS FARMING OPERATIONS LOYSBURG SALEMVILLE NEW ENTERPRISE MORRISONS COVE BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 19TH CENTURY HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS AGRICULTURE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD GERMANS IN PENNSYLVANIA SEVEN DAY BAPTIST CHURCH 1880S AGRICULTURE AMERICAN HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES ORLEANS COUNTY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0008015

‎AW ROW A W‎

‎1867 ORIGINAL HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING ENGLISHMAN DETAILING HIS VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO QUEBEC THEN OVERLAND TO 'UPPER CANADA' MERE DAYS AFTER CONFEDERATION‎

‎MONTREAL QUEBEC TORONTO HAMILTON ONTARIO. Good. 1867. On offer is a manuscript travel journal of a sea voyage from Plymouth England to Quebec and an overland tour to Toronto and Hamilton made in the month following the Confederation authored by an Englishman identified by his own inscription as A. W. Row. It gives a fabulous opportunity to see Canada through the eyes of an early traveller. He travelled by boat rail and horse-car comparing the sights to England and expressing especial liking towards Hamilton Ontario. On July 11 1867 he boarded a brig named "Eliza" commanded by Captain Barrett: "Arrived on board the Eliza at noon got on first rate eat drank and slept well" but due to weather conditions they were not able to get to sea until July 15: "Started at 4 a.m. enjoying myself jolly leaving the Princess Royal and Countess all astern about 9 or 10 miles off the Lizard". In his voyage account he mentions seeing a whale and catching cod and a shark writes about strong head winds and gale: "One of the heaviest gales the crew ever recollects in the month of July. While at dinner the rudder ropes parted nearly throwing the man over the wheel…obliged to heave to under close reefed main topsail only. I never saw anything so awfully grand in my life. I had three falls but escaped with two nasty bruises". On August 10 he writes about Dead Horse celebration the day when sailors paid off their debt to the ship according to a naval tradition: "Had rare fun about the Dead Horse had to stand grog around". On August 30 they arrived in Quebec: "…arrived at Montreal at 6AM. Next morning had a drive around the city was very much pleased at noon started by cars to Lachine & through to Hamilton. that travelling much more pleasant than what I have seen there in England should like to live in C.W. very much." In Hamilton he was staying at the Royal Hotel the only first class hotel in the city built in 1857 by Thomas Davidson and meeting with several people: "Still at Hamilton the folks very kind.wish me to stay longer very sorry i can't. E. T. Very jolly nice gal no humbugging stiffness that some gals have". Then he started his return trip first by rail to Toronto which he found nice but not as pleasant as Hamilton and then by boat to Montreal was riding around with captain Barrett on business and regretted not having time to visit the Montmorency Falls . On September 13 they set sail to go back to England. The journal covers a two month period written in a fine colonial hand on blue lined leafs with marbled edges 11 pages are densely filled but most left blank. Unique wallet-style binding brown roan with wrap around closure internal pocket to front board.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF A.W. ROW CANADA EASTERN ONTARIO QUEBEC MONTREAL TORONTO HAMILTON SEA TRAVEL SEA VOYAGES CAPTAIN BARRETT BRIG ELIZA ATLANTIC OCEAN NAVAL TRADITIONS SAILS SAILBOATS 19TH CENTURY CANADA CONFEDERATION 1867 BRITAIN VICTORIAN ERA 1860S CONFEDERATION CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0008019