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‎HARLAN PAGE FRENCH‎

‎1880 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ERUDITE AND EXPRESSIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR‎

‎Pleasant Valley Cambridge Vermont Albany New Yor. Good. 1880. On offer is a super original manuscript diary handwritten by Mr. Harlan Page French an expressive 19th Century business man and entrepreneur born in Pleasant Valley Cambridge Vermont but spent most of his adult life in Albany New York. In 1881 Harlan's business of French & Choate Stationer succeeded the Readers and Writer's Economy Company. His partner left the business in 1884. While not a day to day diary Harlan writes 154 handwritten pages in the 6" x 11" book beginning March 15th 1880 through to February 13th 1921 but sometimes not writing for years but he retrospectively brings the reader up to date regarding his life his business and his family after the gaps. He and his family wife Augusta nee Bowers and his daughter Florence take many vacations leaving the city as he suffers from allergies. Interestingly he takes "Cocaine" for his hay fever. Readers will find Harlan a super diarist. Here are some snippets: "March 15th 1880. Here I am in New York but not so well pleased with my position as I might be. The business of the Readers and Writers Economy does not start off very briskly and I am a little dissatisfied. However things will probably take a more favorable turn soon and I shall feel better. Have called on Mr. Fisk at 346 Broome St. this P.M. and had a pleasant chat with him. Shall look around a little by and by and see where I can get boarded to the best advantage. We have had a few callers today and a little trade and that is an improvement on Saturday." "April 13th 1880. I am completely tired out and discouraged. Things are getting more and more mixed every day and there seems no possibility of straightening them out. I am discouraged and very blue. If it was in my power to go back four months I should be very sure to continue my relations with the S. S. F. Co. for all of casting in my lot with a concern managed by men with no capitol and no experience. But I am blue tonight and shall probably feel better tomorrow. It is not because business is dull but because it is managed in such an unsystematic and un-businesslike way that I am so discouraged. I have been hoping it would improve but I can't see that it does." "September 1st 1880. The weeks are passing rapidly and when a few more days have gone my wife and baby will be here again. Business is picking up again and we have enough to do from morning till night. Fred Choate came down here for a fortnight ago tomorrow and is going to work for me through the winter. He is doing nicely and seems perfectly contented. Mr. Holmes is evidently getting interested in Mrs. Fellows for which I am rather sorry. But boys will be boys and he is not yet too old to be a boy I guess. Our affairs at Boston are going on in the same old way. Mr. D. is still running things in his impetuous and changeable way and still neglecting important matters which he pursues some imaginary valuable contacts. Economy notes are played out and subscribers defrauded of their money. Catalogues and circulars are not forthcoming great promises are made in our advertisements and but little is done towards fulfilling them. In fact our President does all his work in my opinion in about the worst way possible……" "July 8th 1881. I want to put on record my belief that Dr. Nichols course with the Economy notes has been such as to show positively that he is not capable of doing anything in a business like way. We have had only one number dated in 1881 and although another was promised at once nothing more has been heard of it. The management of the Economy Club and notes has been such as to seriously displease and disgust its friends and has hurt our reputation and our business greatly. And still Mr. Coolidge and Dr. W. can't seem to see it." "November 22nd 1882. In April the 1st I found a co-partnership with Monsieur Smith and Choate's and we have been running the business together since. In May I took a trip to Chicago St. Louis &c and with fine success. On Oct. 13th I started on a second trip and took in Milwaukee St. Paul Minneapolis &c. Had a pleasant and successful trip which I enjoyed quite well for me. Business boomed while I was away and for a week after my return but now it is at a quiet stand again. It has been very dull this week so dull that I do not understand it at all and I have been decidedly down; but I am beginning to recover today. I noticed that I am always troubled with the blues after I return from a trip and I attribute it to the change to indoor work and the taking up of the responsibility which I had laid aside during the trip." "September 11th 1883. On August 2nd myself and family left Brooklyn and went to Cambridge where I left wife and child and on the 4th started west. Was gone a little over five weeks and had fine success but business in the store was very dull and I came home sooner then I otherwise would on account of the unfavorable conditions of our finances and the discouraging letters received from Mr. Stoughton. It is a sad fact that trade has not equalled our expectations and is not likely to. We are running behind and in looking the matter squarely in the face yesterday and today I am compelled to say that I do not see how we are going to make a success. I fear for the future and am very blue and depressed. It does seem as though we had ever been in such close quarters before and I can't for the life of me see our way out. I can only do my best and trust in providence." "June 18th 1886. Albany New York. Well my journal has had a long long rest. For months I didn't care to put down my thoughts and feelings on paper and so have written nothing. My New York experience is over. After three and a half years of hard work unsuccessful in its results I closed out all our goods that I could sent the rest to H. B. Mims and Co. of Troy on sale and the 18th of May 1885 I entered their employ as a traveling salesman. I have not been with them a little more than a year and am quite well satisfied with my position. I have lately been on my vacation to now going up on May 25th. It is just six years this summer since Gusta Florence and I went up there together and spent two weeks on the farm and we are enjoying this visit very much. We drove down to Uncle Marks' on Thursday and up to Pleasant Valley where I was born…." "August 15th 1886. Pittsburgh……I hope I have found a remedy for hay fever in Cocaine which I have been using for three days. I am certainly feeling much better than I did a year ago today and am hoping the improvement will be permanent. This afternoon I have taken a ride across the Monongahela and up an inclined plane on to the bluff west of the city. Made the acquaintance of a young Scotchman who is employed in one of the larger hotels and who like myself was out of a walk. Have a pleasant walk a good view of the city and now will spent the evening reading." 'July 17th 1898. It is more than 12 years since I have written a line in my journal but I am alone tonight and I will begin again. Twelve years ago I was with H. B. Mims and Co. as a traveling salesman. I remained with them until December 31st 1890 when I left their employ and became the manager of the Albany Teachers Agency which had been started by Will Choate three or four years before but which had never amounted to anything. I started into my work with a will but the first year's business was very unsatisfactory. The second year was better and after a while I succeeded in establishing myself on a paying basis. For the last three years business has been good and we have been contented and happy. On May 1st 1890 we moved to No. 2 Leonard place and after two or three years we purchased the house and thus gained a home of our own. The years have brought their trials their joys and sorrows to Augusta and me but we have much to be thankful for. The "baby" is now a young lady who has just completed her second year in Vassar and she and her mother are now visiting Mother Bower's and Fannie in No. Cambridge. On Saturday June 25th I went to Amherst to attend the reunion of the class of 68' thirty years after graduation and I want to make a brief record of my experiences…." "August 11th 1898. A week ago this A.M. I received a telegram from Edward Flanagan telling me that Ned Bowers died the night before August 3rd. Augusta and I were entirely unprepared for this sad news and the shock was almost too much for her. On Friday morning we started for Cambridge and arrived at mother's about 5 P.M. Fannie was at Lexington looking for a minister to conduct the funeral services and when she returned she reported that she had engaged my college classmate H. H. Hamilton. The funeral was at Concord on Saturday afternoon and we laid poor Ned away beside his brothers. It was a sad sad day and one long to be remembered…" "August 25th 1904. Lake Placid. For five years past I have taken a vacation in the hay fever season to escape the annual attacks which have troubled me for 34 years and thus have been able to pass the months of August and September in comparative comfort. In 1900 we went Augusta Florence Mother B. and I to Nova Scotia and spent ten days. The next year we made a longer trip and remained three weeks. Florence did not go but Fannie Bower went for a single week and left Augusta and me to finish the season alone. In 1902 we spent 2 weeks at the Randall House in Morrisville went from there to Bethlehem N.H. for a week or more and then home to Albany via Boston. Last year 1903 we Augusta and I came to Lake Placid on August 22nd arriving in from Westford via Elizabethtown and Keene Center. We remained ten days stopping at Northwood's Inn then went to Morrisville for nearly two weeks to Bethlehem N.H….This year we have planned a change and came up here to Lakeside Inn on the 23rd. We came by the D. and H. taking a parlor car on the fast express leaving Troy at 1:45 P.M. We had a fine trip taking our dinner on the train and arriving at 9:20 in the evening. Augusta enjoyed the journey and arrived in good condition. I had a good deal of trouble with hay fever but it began to improve and now after two days it has nearly disappeared……We have been resting for two days and have done nothing except to walk around Mirror Lake this morning. We left Florence and Frances at home but Florence will come up here after Frances has got Will started in her school at Coxsackie……" "August 31st 1904. Yesterday morning we had a decidedly unpleasant experience. About 6:20 we were wakened by a fearful groan almost a scream from the room adjoining ours. This was followed by other groans and a most unnatural breathing. I rapped at the door and called to the inmate but got no response. Augusta and I were much frightened for we knew someone must be sick and possibly dying. I put on my bathrobe and my slippers and ran down to call Mrs. Lamb. She came up immediately and we called and rapped at the door but got no reply. I looked over the transom and saw a young lady stretched upon her bed and evidently in an unconscious state. Another guest a Mrs. Stewart appeared upon the scene and we burst open the door. Mrs. S. is a born leader and made herself very useful. A doctor was called and in about half an hour he appeared but before his arrival the lady regained consciousness and appeared to be in her right mind. But before he came she acted strangely. She rose from her bed and came into the hall and we had to put her back by main force. She tried to bite Mrs. S. and evidently out of her head. But when she came out of the attack she seemed as rational as anybody. She came down to breakfast and was about the house and the piazza all day. She seemed a little concerned about the attack and told a friend that if she had been left alone she would have come out all right and I almost felt that she blamed me for paying attention to her outcry and calling the land lady. Last night she had another attack only not so severe or at least the noise she made was less disturbing. But she awoke us a little after midnight with her outcry and again we were very much startled and frightened. I rapped on the door and spoke to her but got no answer. Her cry was followed by a gurgling noise and Augusta thought she was vomiting. We didn't know just what to do but decided to wait and see if any further demonstrations were made but nothing further occurred to disturb us and finely we went to sleep again. And this morning the young lady appeared at the breakfast table looking about as usual. Of course I was anxious and felt that I ought to consult with someone so I went down to see the Doctor Warren. He told me it was probably epilepsy and advised me if the trouble occurred again to do nothing as she would probably fall into a deep sleep and would come out of the attack all right….I am sorry for the young woman who is sick and alone in a strange hotel. She is not very talkative and on one knows much about her." "August 30th 1905. Beaumaris Ontario. We left home on the 22nd at noon catching the first fast mail for Buffalo and Niagara Falls where we arrived at 8 P.M. I wired the Imperial Hotel for rooms and we had two that were fairly comfortable except that they were very dirty. The office and waiting room are pleasant and attractive but the sleeping rooms seemed never to have been cleaned the wash bowl and pitcher were dirty and I did not feel at all pleased with the place. But the dining room was rather attractive and the breakfast very good. We left at 9 A.M. for Muskoken and arrived at the wharf without change of cars at 2:50 P.M. On the wharf we found our trunks which were turned over to us by the customs officer without examination and we reached Beaumaris at about 4:30. We found our rooms ready for us and settled down at once. The hotel is quite full and many pleasant people are here but we do not find it quite up to our expectations. We have been out rowing Florence has been in bathing and yesterday we took a trip to Rosseau calling at the Royal Muskoka and taking dinner at Rosseau…." "September 16th 1906. The Mt. Pleasant Britton Woods N.H. We reached this hotel at five o'clock on September 10th and were assigned to a very comfortable room on the third floor that is the third floor above the office No. 340. We have found accommodations excellent the table first class and the service all that one could ask. Everything is neat and clean and everything possible is done for the comfort of the guests. Many people go home from the mountains immediately after Labor Day hence there is more room in the hotels and prices are a little less. But the Mt. Pleasant has been well patronized and last night every room in the house and in the cottage was occupied while many were turned away and sent over to the Mt. Washington. We have both felt pretty well since coming here and we are more contented and much better satisfied here then we were at Colebrook or Bethlehem. There is a concert by an Orchestra of seven or eight musicians every afternoon and evening and three times during the first week there has been a special entertainment by a traveling artist or artists. Friday night there was a masquerade and cake walk given by the help and it was great. Friday P.M. we went to the Mt. Washington to the special concert by twenty two musicians….This climate seems to agree with us for Augusta has improved right along since we arrived at the Mt. Pleasant and I am almost entirely free from hay fever. In fact I have not been so well at this time of year since I can remember. We like it here. Think we shall plan to come next year for two weeks or more. And if we come we want a room on the east side of the house and on the second floor if not too expensive. The third floor rooms are very good but in hot weather they are likely to be a little uncomfortable. And 340 is a little too near the kitchen chimney…." "August 28th 1907. Bethlehem N.H. I went to see Dr. Bartell about my nervousness and he said I was working too hard. He gave me some medicine and told me to lie down for half an hour each day after dinner. I took his medicine and followed his advice and began to feel better. My nervousness and depression disappeared and I felt well…." "September 11th 1908. Sharon Springs N.H. The rheumatism which began to trouble me last Oct. has been my constant companion since this time and we were obliged to give up our usual trip to the White Mountains and come to this place for baths and treatment. We came on August 22nd and shall have been here three weeks tomorrow. The place was recommended by Mr. Paul Wadsworth and Mr. Tidbits of Albany both of whom were greatly benefited by the treatment here. I have taken a bath or a douche every day and have also taken eight massage treatments but the benefit has not been as great as I had hoped….I have suffered very little with hay fever and have got along very comfortably. But Sharon Springs is not an attractive place for a vacation. The hotels are poor and in a dilapidated condition. The town generally "has gone to seed" and there is nothing neat and tidy about it. It has been a positive punishment to us to stay here for three weeks and if it is ever necessary again to go away for rheumatism I think we shall try Clifton Springs." "September 13th 1913. Britton Woods N.H. We left Albany on August 21st for our usual vacation and made our first stop at Cooley's Hotel in Springfield. We have had a busy summer for on May 1st Florence sent Harlan Fritz and Ruth to Albany to be with us while she went to Louisville taking the baby with her for a visit of several weeks in her old home….Our domestic affairs caused some trouble at first as our maid Mrs. Anna Walsh left a day or two before Florence came claiming to be sick; and then Florence had the mumps and was confined to her room for a week or more. We advertised for a girl but without success and finally advertised for a woman by the day. This advertisement brought immediate replies and for nearly two weeks we have three different women every week; Mrs. Lasher Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Quinn. We then succeeded in engaging Mrs. Powers at $7.70 a week to come every day at 9 or 10 o'clock and remain until 8 o'clock. Mrs. Powers is very satisfactory and she remained until we started on our vacation. At Springfield we called on Mrs. Lawrence W. Hatch and her daughter Mrs. Murdough and on the afternoon of August 22nd came on to Bethlehem. Our room at the Maple Hurst was ready for us and we were cordially greeted by many old acquaintances whom we had met in previous years. Augusta was sick when we arrived and kept her room and bed for four or five days. She weighed only 97 ½ pounds after her illness but she improved and gained five or six pounds before we left Bethlehem. We staid there three weeks……" "September 15th 1915. Bethlehem. More than a year has passed since I have made any entry in my journal and we are again in Bethlehem. Serious changes have occurred in my business and after being with me for four and a half years Mr. Fisk has left and his place has been taken by W. W. Andrews former Superintendent of schools at Whitehall N.Y…." "September 20th 1919. Bethlehem N.H. We left Albany and arrived here this same evening……Last Monday I left Bethlehem for a long talked of visit to my old Vt. Home. Spent Monday night at the Randall and called on Martha Safford 90 years old Elizabeth Butler Thomas and Esther French Fitch. Tuesday A.M. I went to Jericho where I met cousin John of Chicago who was brought in his auto from St. Albans by Henry Hatch and his wife. We called on Marion Jordan McClure and her husband found her quite feeble but feeling as well as usual when we arrived. Mr. McClure is in good health but is failing mentally memory going rapidly. I hunted up a man with an auto who took us to Underhill Center where we got a good dinner. Then to Underhill Flat and from there north to Pleasant Valley where I was born…." The last entry diary is dated February 13th 1921 Harlan is at Clifton Springs Sanatorium for rest and help for his feet. Harlan died only 4 months later on June 4th 1921 of Bronchial Pneumonia. BIO NOTES: from American Education 1904: "Harlan P. French was born on a farm in the Green Mountain State in 1843. He entered the People's academy Morrisville Vermont and there fitted himself for college. His first experience in educational work was gained as teacher of a district school. He entered Amherst College at the age of twenty possessed of small means but with a large amount of grit ambition and industry. He graduated in 1868 and immediately entered upon work at Princeton Ill. as assistant principal of the first township high school established in that state. He was afterwards principal and superintendent of schools at Sterling Illinois for several years. In 1871 he received the degree of A.M. from Amherst College. Twelve years ago he became proprietor of the Albany Teacher's Agency and has been unusually successful in its management until it now occupies a place in the first rank of teacher's agencies in this country. In 1895 he was appointed a member of the Albany Board of Public Instruction for a full term of seven years. He was largely instrumental in organizing the New York State Association of School Boards and was secretary of that association for several years." The pages and binding are very good save for the cover being a bit worn especially around the spine but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HARLAN PAGE FRENCH ALBANY TEACHERS AGENCY PLEASANT VALLEY CAMBRIDGE VERMONT ALBANY NEW YORK COCAINE AMERICANA READERS AND WRITERS ECONOMY FRENCH & CHOATE STATIONER ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS RELATIONS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001922

‎DR THOMAS SCORESBY‎

‎1863 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED DOCTOR A MERE 3 YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN DEMISE‎

‎FALLSBURGH NEW YORK SULLIVAN COUNTY. Fair. 1863. On offer is an interesting original 1863 manuscript Civil War era diary handwritten by the eminent physician Dr. Thomas Scoresby 1804 - 1866 of Fallsburgh NewYork in Sullivan County. Scoresby English born practiced in Sullivan County and this diary lists patient calls observations on current events pharmaceutical formulas local family names his own family events and news about his son also a doctor W. F. Scoresby. We note that Scoresby's father William was a well-known whaling master and there is a great deal of archival material about the Scoresby's at Mystic Seaport "Scoresby Family Papers Coll. 55." The 120 page 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" diary has a limp canvas binding with a fair bit of ageing from use perhaps 90% full. Some loose pages and but overall Fair.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DR. THOMAS SCORESBY MEDICINE MEDICAL DOCTORS PHYSICIANS CIVIL WAR FALLSBURGH NEW YORK SULLIVAN COUNTY UPSTATE NEW YORK SOCIAL HISTORY AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001925

‎REVEREND CH VON GLAHN C H‎

‎1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCRAPBOOK HANDWRITTEN AND COMPILED BY A BELOVED RELIGIOUS LEADER IN PRE WAR RHODE ISLAND‎

‎CURTIS CORNERS SOUTH KINGSTOWN RHODE ISLAND RI. Good. 1937. On offer is a super original pre World War II 1937 to 1940 manuscript diary and scrapbook compiled and handwritten by the Reverend C.H. von Glahn of Curtis Corners South Kingstown Rhode Island. The book paints a very complete picture of the life and times of this honoured religious figure and beloved family man all the while with the back drop of international events and the impending War. The Reverend begins the large well filled 11 x 8 inch 300 page book noting the book was a Christmas Day gift from his grandson Jack which is plenty of motivation for him to keep up with his writings. His inspiration obviously works as the book will please any historian or collector of the history and background of Rhode Island at the time as the writings are given the further depth of being littered with clippings notes and photographs. The spine cap has gone missing but overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CURTIS CORNERS REVEREND C.H. VON GLAHN SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH SOUTH KINGSTOWN RHODE ISLAND RELIGION BAPTIST PRE WORLD WAR II AMERICANARELIGIOUS STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001931

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1856 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF MEETING NOTES WRITS AND RECORDS OF THE COLUMBIA UNION BRIDGE CORPORATION‎

‎New Hampshire NH NEW ENGLAND. Fair. 1856. On offer is a very interesting original c.1856 manuscript journal labelled 'Records of Columbia Union Bridge Corporation Vol 2'. The 116 hand numbered pages and a few that weren't numbered begin with an Index of Writs and then many many names and places the Company dealt with. While authorship is unidentified local researchers have many clues as the handwritten minutes meeting notes financial records etc. provide invaluable detail for historians and collectors of New England covered bridge commerce and history. Dates range from 1856 through 1860s. The odd piece of ephemera is tucked in. The book binding is somewhat poor to fair condition. Some of the pages are loose but overall the book is better than Fair.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY COVERED BRIDGES UNION BRIDGE CORPORATION COLUMBIA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW ENGLAND PRE CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR ERA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001932

‎SGT EUGENE BEST‎

‎1940s ORIGINAL GROUP OF PERSONAL ITEMS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN GUNNER AND RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 477TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP‎

‎EUROPE W/477TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP. Good. 1940. On offer is a fascinating group of personal items of an African American serviceman named Sgt. Eugene Best 20621435. The group includes dog tags photos certificates pillow sham record to home and other items. Sgt. Best served with the 477th Bombardment groups and other groups mentioned in the paperwork on B-25s as a radio operator and gunner. The group offers a more intimate look via the personal items than is the norm. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SGT. EUGENE BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES NEGRO AMERICANA BLACK AMERICANA AFRO AMERICAN BLACK STUDIES WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 477TH BOMBARDMENT GUNNER ARMY AIR CORPS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001947

‎LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS A ST______‎

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

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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001954

‎AUBER FORESTIER, RASMUS B ANDERSON‎

‎1884 NORWAY MUSIC ALBUM - FOLK SONGS DANCES NATIONAL AIRS RECENT COMPOSITIONS‎

‎CHICAGO. Fair. 1884. On offer is a printed book titled the Norway Music Album - Norway's Folk Songs Dances etc. National Airs and Recent Compositions for Pianoforte and Solo Singing with a few Four Part Songs by Auber Forestier and Rasmus B. Anderson. Inscribed on the cover: J.S.Wing Red Wing Minnesota December 1884. The 11½ x 9 inch book is in rough shape binding wise but the interiors are readable. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: NORWAY NORWEGIAN MUSIC DANCE PIANOFORTE AUBER FORESTIER RASMUS B. ANDERSON J.S.WING RED WING MINNESOTA . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001956

‎WESLEY CREVELING‎

‎1891 - 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTE BOOK OF THE MAN WHO WAS MAYOR OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY‎

‎TRENTON NEW JERSEY. Good. 1891. On offer is an interesting original 1890s manuscript notebook handwritten by Wesley Creveling who was the Mayor of Trenton New Jersey in 1875 to 1877. The 5½" x 2½" book has about 70 pages of handwritten notes on architecture hotels in various cities facts banking remedies genealogy personal notes etc. The book is somewhat worn but overall G. BIO NOTES: one on line source: Birth: Oct. 7 1845 Broadway Warren County New Jersey USA Death: Apr. 16 1920 Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania USA Wesley Creveling married Clara Bradway b.1853 in Clarksboro NJ.-d.July 10 1930 in Philadelphia PA. on April 23 1884 at her home in Woodbury NJ. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Studdiford. Clara Bradway Creveling was the daughter of Hon. John H. and Mary Elizabeth Tonkin Clark Bradway. Clara Bradway Creveling was a Daughter of the American Revolution. She was a descendant of Thomas Clark 1737-1809. Thomas Clark was on the Committee of Safety and a Deputy to the Provisional Continental Congress. Thomas Clark was born and died in Gloucester NJ. Wesley Creveling was a prominent Democrat and served as the Mayor of Trenton NJ. from 1875-1877. He was an attorney and had an office at 45 East State St. in Trenton. He led the Centennial Parade in Trenton on July 4 1876. During his term in office the first post office in Trenton was built. He was a member of the 3rd. Presbyterian Church of Trenton. After his retirement he wintered in Florida and spent the summers in the mountains of New York. The Wesley Creveling Family resided at 48 Clinton Avenue in Trenton Mercer County NJ. They had one child. Mary Bradway Creveling their daughter was borrn on February 24 1885 in Trenton NJ. She died on September 7 1885 in Trenton NJ. Her funeral was conducted from her parents Clinton Avenue home. Mary Bradway Creveling was originally interred in the Mercer Cemetery with her grandparents. She was later reinterred in the Riverview Cemtery in the Wesley Creveling Family Plot. Mary Bradway Creveling is Find-A-Grave Memorial Number 39190093. Mary Bradway Creveling's grandparents were also reinterred in the Wesley Creveling Burial Plot Number 571. Wesley Creveling's last address was 911 South 47th. St. in Philadelphia PA. Wesley Creveling died of a cerebral hemorrhage.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WESLEY CREVELING TRENTON NEW JERSEY CLARA BRADWAY CREVELING MAYOR OF TRENTON DEMOCRATIC MAYORS OF NEW JERSEY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001963

‎JUNE KANDLES or JUNE HLUEGNER‎

‎1929 - 1933 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SAD LONELY GIRL TORMENTED BY A TERRIBLE BODY SELF IMAGE WHO THINKS LIFE WILL IMPROVE IF SHE CAN JUST LOSE A FEW POUNDS‎

‎CHICAGO ILLINOIS IL. Good. 1929. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript Depression Era 5 year diary handwritten by a girl named June b. November 6 1909 whose surname is likely either Hluegner or Kandles as she has mention two Grandmothers with those names. June is a sad girl lonely for friendship even while a member of a sorority and it seems her happiness depends on her self image and body weight: 'Went to sorority. They all talk about their fellows. Oh lord! A perfect body!' Her sadness is also reflected in her nostalgia for a few moments of happiness in her past: 'in 1927 two years before this time I was seeing David Filerman. Wonder what he's doing now.' Home life is difficult too: 'Chas and Yi came over after Church. Dad certainly is unscientific. He's right. The world's crazy. Such a tirade of abuse I never heard. Too glad to go to Helen's.' She has one older sister Ruth who is 25 in 1929 and doesn't get along with her. Ruth seems to get all the guys eventually to get married in 1933. June is interested in gardening studies botany and music. Her basic premise is to find love marriage and to lose weight. In these 5 years she achieves nothing in that regard although she learns to drive a car on July 5 1929. June wonders Feb. 20 1930 "why I shouldn't act like other girls Why keep myself clean No fun like others." June is in turmoil about being able to go to college primarily The Principia A School and College for Christian Scientists to which she was accepted July 8 1929 but her attendance seems delayed due to financial difficulties. She does begin to attend in 1932 and also joins the school Glee Club. Besides attending school June works in an office. June does not have an aptitude for studies i.e. October 20 1931 E-French D-European History C-Geology and English and B-Botany. Every so often June laments the fact that she has no boyfriend no money nothing! She does not get along with her father but loves him dearly. Sometimes there's a reprieve and they have a lovely time together. June loves her mother though her mother has expectations of June i.e. her mother would have a fit if she learned she gained 10 lbs. She hates Chicago and often mentions taking grandparents and going shopping in Chicago. She might be living on the outskirts because one entry observes July 20 1931 that the grain is all cut and stacked. This Depression era diary notes on May 11 1930 "most of the furniture gone from the house…couldn't give mother anything for Mother's Day". On March 9 1931 "not much food in the house but will manage - so hungry and cold". Then later that year March 26 the family receives a check for $8870.44 and they in turn are very happy. Some miscellaneous observations include: March 4 1933 President Roosevelt elected and March 8 1933 "House meeting on Death" and May 30 1933 "went to Art Institute and saw period rooms and painting exhibit" and June 22 1933 "Went to World's Fair - Marvellous". The approximately 395 page book is well filled and for researchers and historians of Chicago area Depression Era or women's studies will be hard pressed to find a more interesting peek into the world of this young woman. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GRANDMA KANDLES GRANDMA HLUEGNER GRANDMA HANSEN PRINCIPIA JUNE KANDLES JUNE HLUEGNER CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS THE PRINCIPIA DEPRESSION ERA WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES WEIGHT PROBLEMS SELF IMAGE PROBLEMS CHICAGO AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001973

‎J CARSON LITTLE aka THE MOTORCYCLE MAN‎

‎1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING ONE YOUNG MAN'S DEVOTION TO ALL THINGS HARLEY-DAVIDSON HANDWRITTEN BY 'THE MOTORCYCLE MAN'‎

‎LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA VA THOMASVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. Good. 1936. On offer is a super fascinating manuscript relic of early Harley-Davidson motorcycle history being a 1936 original diary handwritten by the 22 year old J. Carson Little as evidenced by his personal address label "J. Carson Little "The Motorcycle Man" 3124 Campbell Av. Lynchburg VA 24501." There's another address inside that shows him living at Thomasville North Carolina. He was known as "The Motorcycle Man" because of his renown as a Harley Davidson dealer which he did for over 47 years. Only 22 years old at the writing the entire diary reflects whole life being centered around Harley-Davidson motorcycles. One online site dedicated to him provides: "J. Carson Little was the Harley dealer in Lynchburg Virginia for many many years….his incredible collection of Harley literature he had saved throughout the years. His two car garage has a fully finished upstairs room that was a Harley Museum. We learn that Mr Little used to hand out flyers regarding a noted trip to the Rose Bowl. "Hello. The following is a brief description of why I am in your town. "In 1938 Carson and a buddy rode Carson's brand new 1938 Harley from Thomasville North Carolina to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California and home again. He sold the bike in 1948 but started looking for it in 1958. It had passed through 13 owners but on the 20th anniversary of his 1938 trip he found it again. Carson and his son rode back to the Rose Bowl in 1963 the 25th anniversary of his original trip. Of course he rode the same motorcycle as he had done in 1938. He then decided to keep going back every five years "just to keep in practice". 1968 - 30th anniversary. 1973 - 35th. 1978 - 40th. 1983 - 45th and once more in 1988 for the 50th Anniversary. Same man - same motorcycle - same trip J. Carson Little "The Motorcycle Man""Dave Hennessey. The diary is full. Here are some snippets: 1936 "I fixed up my 1925 Harley Davidson. Took a ride snow on the ground….C. L. Tiddler of the State Highway Patrol was killed in front of Rajon Mill about 4:45 P.M….Rain about all day. Mendenhall bought an Indian 29 MP Scout….Carl brought Indian home. Paul bought a "T". Went to show. Checked lights. S. H. P….Went to Greensboro. Seen ruins of hurricane….Big day. Rode a 1936 model Harley Davidson GI. First ride. 85 MP……On trade for new Harley. Probably trade tomorrow….Beautiful brand new Harley Davidson 1936 Model 74 Twin. Put 70 miles on it……In Richmond. Seen Joe P. Saw first professional motor cycle race…. Got 1934 model Harley Davidson from Fred Koray….Leaving for Kimesville Lake on Gypsy Tour tomorrow….Went on Gypsy Tour to lake. Went swimming. Hestar won TT race and plank riding….Swim hole busted. Went to show. Plenty of rain. Roads getting muddy. First day I failed to take a ride on Harley. Paul got wood works for 28 Chev…….Saw new 1937 Harley Davidson. 74 37 V. L. 1595….Went to show. Carl cleaned off safety bars and handle bars going to paint….Went to the show. Cranked up new Harley Davidson 1937 UL 1559….Saw old year go out. Stayed at Clubhouse till 2 o'clock. Carl and Ed feeling good. Went to show……" Historians of Harley-Davidson or the motorcycle industry will be thrilled with this unique historical treasure. The 3½" x 4½" book cover is in rough shape but the interior is good. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF J. CARSON LITTLE HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA VA HOGS HARLEYS BIKES BIKERS THOMASVILLE CHOPPERS WILLIAM S. HARLEY ARTHUR DAVIDSON ROSE BOWL ALFRED RICH CHILD HUMMERS AERMACCHIS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001992

‎Harold Sherman Wells‎

‎CIRCA 1905 PHOTO ALBUM SHOWING YALE UNIVERSITY'S ELITE AT PLAY AND STUDY‎

‎NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT CT. Good. 1905. Leather. On offer is an excellent circa early 1900s photo album showing the early days of 'Yalie' Harold Sherman Wells at Yale University. Nine pages of old railroad cars desk spaces Yale decorated rooms African American cooks steamships captains and very early photos of Victorian ladies and gentlemen. African American Chef in full uniform and the steamship captain in the rowboat is a super shot. The photo book is leather bound with linen paper pages. The back of the book bears a label from Robinson & Adams Co and is stated as a Housh Album. Nicely kept with the collection this photo album offers further insight into the early years of the Yale elite. G.; Private Press; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES PRE CIVIL WAR ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT YALE YALIES SKULL AND BONES NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT ALUMNI ALUMNUS ALUMNAE MEMBERSHIP 322 PHOTOS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHS OTJKUABCDEF Russell Trust Association . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000764

‎ROBERT MORRIS SMITH‎

‎1938 - 1942 HANDWRITTEN 5 -YEAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY - SUPERB HOMEFRONT DIARY BY A DEPRESSION ERA YOUNG INDIANA BOY WHO TURNS INTO A WAR WISE YOUNG MAN‎

‎INDIANAPOLIS FAYETTEVILLE INDIANA IN. Good. 1938. On offer is a superb World War II 1939 - 1942 handwritten manuscript 5-year 'homefront' diary authored by Robert Morris Smith. Only 10 years old at the start of the book Robert writes fully each and every day until he is past his 15th birthday in 1942. He is interested to no end in the threatening war current events and of course his family and their friends. Truly remarkable given this young man's global scope from the heart of the mid-west. This is an extraordinary piece of Americana by a thoughtful intelligent and curious young man who one literally sees grow up from Depression-era boyhood to young adulthood as the war impacts this young fellow. Robert never fails to mention major events milestone dates family issues both good and bad visitors contacts etc. Though unstated research suggests the Smith family was based in Indiana around the Indianapolis/Fayetteville area as most of the contacts and phone numbers in the memorandum section are in these areas. This diary besides being a valued record of Americana of the War and pre-War years it will also be a treasure for local historians and researchers as Robert studiously records names events and milestones. VG.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ALS ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES CIVIL WAR ERA WAR BETWEEN THE STATES INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENTINDIANA INDIANAPOLIS HOMEFRONT WWII WW II WORLD WAR TWO WORLD WAR II HITLER PEARL HARBOR . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000805

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎c1915 - 1919 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT STUDY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OCCULT PRACTICES AMULETS FOLK REMEDIES AND CURES‎

‎EGYPT NORTH AFRICA SUEZ ISMAILIA. Good. 1919. On offer are two super original handwritten notebooks by what appears to be an unidentified British Army Officer who states that he has lived in the Near East for 4 years and was on leave in 1919.One gets the impression the officer intended write a book and lecture on the subjects contained: Book 1 deals with Egyptian occult practices and amulets in great detail. The author of this manuscript affects a very skeptical tone overtly Christian and may be writing as a counterpoint to Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge who wrote extensively on Egyptian occult amulets and who translated the Egyptian Book Of The Dead which helped increase the public appetite for the subject. Skeptical he may be but clearly he is fascinated by the occult beliefs of the mass of the people he has met in his travels. The text covers: evil spirits - ginns amulets - ornamental charms - paper tin lead wood magic powders plants curses the healing cup the black magic trembling cup good and bad angels six pages on the evil eye and cures rabies beads etc. etc. The second book is the text to accompany a slide show: "Up the Nile to Assouan and a glimpse of Abu Simbel". 100 pages with an index no slides but very erudite. This is not tourist stuff but scientific discourse. The books are in very good condition and measure 9" x 7" and 44 and 100 pages respectively. Handwriting is very clear. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; MYSTICISM ANKH CULT OF THE DEAD EGYPTOLOGY EGYPTIAN EGYPT OCCULT AMULETS ENGLAND ARCHAEOLOGY ANTIQUITIES COPTIC SORCERY COPTS CAIRO HIEROGLYPHICS PYRAMIDS PHARAOHS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001099

‎DR MATHIS P GREENSWORD‎

‎1857 - 1860s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MEDICAL CASE BOOK OF A PROGRESSIVE PHYSICIAN PATHOLOGIST AND WOULD BE AUTHOR‎

‎New York State. Good. 1857. Decorative Cloth. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript doctor's case book/journal of a pre Civil War era New York State doctor describing in meticulous detail cases from his practice from 1857 through the early 1860s. This is not a standard doctor's agenda - this book was superbly detailed as a book highlighting our esteemed author's practice relating to specific illnesses and no doubt for future publishing. Doctor Mathis P. Greensword practiced Medicine in various parts of the state from Canandaigua and Hopewell in Ontario County to New York City to Rochester for approximately 40 years. He ultimately settled in Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County and was active there through at least 1896. He was a member of professional organizations and published articles in medical journals. Later in his life he published a novel and a book of poetry. Although there is no indication that any of this material was ever published Dr. Greensword apparently thought of himself as a writer as well as a physician. An ad soliciting submissions for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper is pasted to the inside cover. There are a few much later notations in the same handwriting one referring to later volumes of his cases although only this one volume appears to be extant. This journal of his cases was apparently for his own reference but with a great deal of attention to presentation having an embellished title page as well as a title at the head of the text: "Medical Facts by M.P. Greensword M.D. or A Record of Cases Occuring in his Practice Commencing with the Year 1857 Volume I" and lovely calligraphic script on every page. The descriptions of the cases for the most part provide a detailed narrative of the progress of the treatment noting improvements setbacks cures and in some cases deaths. The symptoms are often described in detail in some cases quoted from letters received from the patient. It isn't clear if he was primary physician in every case or was referred. In one case he was apparently called in to review another doctor's work. He recounts the results of a post mortem confirming his diagnosis then notes "Dr. Witter owned up in a manly way that he was mistaken". At the end of the volume he has compiled an index of the illnesses treated with page number references and a list of the names of patients also with page numbers. The latter index could potentially provide limited details about the lives of some specific people. The journal is oddly organized with no clear chronological sequence to the listings. There are pencil check marks in the text perhaps added when the index was compiled. There are some symbols scattered in the text although it is not certain whether these are a standard medical shorthand or a code specific to this writer. The treatments prescribed are sometimes cryptic although in one margin the Doctor provided a detailed recipe for a "Cure for Cancer". In a few cases Greensword provides details only tangentially related to the treatment relating that one patient was French or that a woman contracted Syphilis from her husband who then abandoned her. In one case he apparently alludes to homosexuality when he notes that a man with Gonnorhea "said he Contracted by Sleeping with a Man affected by it." In another case he provides dramatic details of a patient found dead: "She is Dead.We put her in a Large bathing tub in warm water for two hours but no signs life.This Woman caused her own death in trying to produce Abortion on herself by means of an Instrument furnished her by a Doctor's Wife-She passed Instrument too high in the Uterus- She was just Going up to the Fair Ground to see the Soldiers -a Horse & Buggy were ready for her & her Husband Waiting. She ran up stairs for a little While- She was there but a few moments when a Lady who lived on a lower floor heard a fall & a Groan. She ran up stairs & found.Dead & found the Instrument she had just used about her clothes." Many of the cases relate to obstetrics and gynecology others to fevers respiratory diseases and accidents. The doctor recounts several operations as well as corrective apparatus used to help with curvature of the spine. In one case he discovers that an infant has been poisoned "by accident or design" with a corrosive substance. A post mortem reveals copper sulphate poisoning. The doctor clearly thought himself at the forefront of current medical practice but a good portion of his diagnoses and treatments seem primitive by modern standards. Some case notes end with the phrase "entirely well" even when this result seems doubtful. In other cases his comments reveal a Victorian attitude toward sex as he notes several times that he suspects that a patient "practices masturbation". In any case his patients must have been grateful to receive assistance and a large number of case histories seem to end with a favorable result. Selected family names of patients included in the index: Abrahams Adams Austin Bateman Barras Bearnes Bolger Brower Butler Coffee Corgan Cornmaier Cutler Decker Deming Dinsmore Doolittle Eckert Francisco Gillett Gilmartin Goldstone Greensword Hawley Hall Higinbotham Hill Hillman Horgan Isenhour Kellogg Kimber King Kirk Knowles Leland Magee Mahony Mc Anally McCormick McCarthy Mckinstry Mulholland Newman O'Neill Pickel Richter Robbins Sands Scheuch Schoonmaker Sutherland Thatcher Tillotson Twist Van Gorder Van Tyne Wagner Warfield Wheeler Wheelock Wilt Woodlin Young. Selected illnesses included in the index: Anaemia Amenorrhoea Asthma Bronchitis Barber's itch Burns Cancer Cholera Coup de Soleil Chicken Pox Catalyptic fits Diptheria Dysentery Dropsy Deafness Diabetes Eye Disease Typhoid fever False conception Gastritis Hydrocephalus Hysteria Influenza Labor leneorrhoea Miscarriage Masturbation Mania Neuralgia Ovaritis Operations Pleurisy Poisoning Scrofula Seminal Weakness Spine Curvature Sciatica Scarlet Fever Tape Worm. Condition: The front cover and first few pages are detached from the book but present and the journal is complete. There is some handling wear shelf wear age toning and scattered soiling but the text is in good condition written in a clear legible hand. ; English; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SCRIBE CALLIGRAPHY DOCUMENT 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 MEDICAL PATHOLOGY CORONER DEATH BIOLOGY SURGERY SURGEON PATOLOGIE MEDICAL MEDICINE CIVIL WAR ERA PHYSICIAN . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000857

‎G MARCEL‎

‎1706 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK - CALLIGRAPHY TREASURE: TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES CONTENANT LA SUITE DES PAPES EMPEREURS ET ROYS QUI ONT RÈGNÉ DEPUIS LA NAISS. DE J. CHR. JUSQU'À PRÉSENT CHRONOLOGISCHE TAFELEN BEHELZENDE D'ACHTERVOLGING DER PAUSEN.‎

‎AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS: Pierre Petrus Schenck. Good. 1706. Full-Leather. On offer is a remarkable testament to the art of calligraphy. An awesome manuscript book 'published' by the renowned engraver Schenck of Atlas Sanson fame. There are two 2 title pages French and Dutch the first being: "Tablettes Chronologiques contenant la suite des Papes Empereurs et Roys qui ont règné depuis la naiss. de J. Chr. jusqu'à présent. Pour servir de Plan à Ceux qui lisent l'histoire profane. Présentées au Roy par G. Marcel avocat au Parlement. Amsterdam Pierre Schenk 1706. In Dutch: Chronologische tafelen behelzende d'achtervolging der pausen keizers en koningen welke geregeerd hebben federt de geboorte van I. Christus tot nu toe dienende tot een grondbewerp aan de geenen die de wereldlijke hystorian. A chronological atlas of the Popes and Royals from the birth of Jesus Christ. Previous owner on the fep has made a notation: Groningen J.H. De Vrier . Simply sensational manuscript work of very detailed miniaturized writing. Beautiful detailed vignette showing a crowned coat of Arms with two ramping lions. Dutch/Latin language. Lovely full 3-band leather binding with gold decoration with a very small loss to some extremities and some scuffing. 7cm x 10cm - 45 pages. Good.; French Dutch Latin; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY RELIGION ROYALTY NOBILITY CALLIGRAPHY PAPAL VATICAN CATHOLIC ROMAN CATHOLIC ECCLESIASTICantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento Manuscrito atlas Engraver . Pierre [Petrus] Schenck hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000676

‎CARRIE S JANES‎

‎1916 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A ST. ALBANS VERMONT WOMAN WHOSE WRITINGS CONTAIN A WEALTH OF LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY‎

‎ST. ALBANS BURLINGTON VERMONT VT. Good. 1916. On offer is a treasure of St. Albans and Burlington Vermont local history and genealogical information. This is the 1916 handwritten manuscript diary of Carrie S. Janes. Rarely does one find so dedicated a diarist who never fails to mention by full name visits and visitors business and local activities and happenings; she even uses the memorandum area fully to record births deaths calls made to her and returned etc. etc. We have never seen some much pure data charmingly written and presented in so small a package of 4 days to a glance leather Standard Diary and perfectly legible to boot. Some of the names and notes she makes include: Sadie Wilbur Annie Okie Arthur Bordo d. 1.5.16 Hattie Woods 50 Abbie Carr funeral 1.9 Henry and Harold Perry Uncle Tom Sherman Will Preston Elijah Parmer Ada Cross Fred Mayo's folk have a 10 lb daughter born McAllesters undertaking rooms Helen Phelps Louise Ballard Ned Hunt Jim Campbell going to the Opera 10th Banner Grange Banquet Mom and dad married 51 yrs 1.4.16 Overall VG.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; PRE SUFFRAGE FEMINISM WOMEN'S STUDIES VERMONT FARMING BURLINGTON HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel GENEALOGICAL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000974

‎HW HOWARD H W‎

‎1863 - 1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND ACCOUNT BOOK REGARDING TAXES TOLLS AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF A MADMAN TO THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM‎

‎EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY NJ. Fair. 1863. Manuscript. On offer is an interesting original relic of the Civil War being a handwritten account of a postal and tax collector and perhaps Justice of the Peace as he notes judicial orders and enforcement H.W. Howard records on 36 unnumbered pages taxes and tolls received orders enforced and of other specific interest are the sale of boy and the incarceration of a man judged insane to the lunatic asylum and the disposal of his possessions to cover the costs of treatment: "December 31 1863: Took Ambrose Disbro to State Lunitick Obsillum took property belonging to him one cow sold for 30.00 one stove sold for 6.00 14 hundred hay to H. Howard 5.00 the remainder of hay sold to Terry Disbro 4 acres of land not sold two yok oxen 200 boy 50 = 2.50." There is another interesting notation about giving a family a warning to leave town and removing apart of them. Research suggests the diary is related to the East Orange New Jersey area and the State Lunatic Asylum in Trenton. Many dozens of names are fully written and found in the East Orange census records. This compilation of records will prove a treasure trove to collectors and genealogists of the area. The upper left corners of the first 5 or 6 pages have been nibbled with a little loss. Overall Fair with the text Good.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; Commerce Economy Taxes Tax Code Assessors New Jersey Insanity Asylums Trenton genealogy Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Religion Pioneer ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000952

‎LARRIMER, CW C W‎

‎ARCHIVE LOT OF 16 DIARIES 1906 - 1921 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF C.W. LARRIMER OF BLOOMINGBURG OHIO‎

‎BloOMINGBURG OHIO OH. Good. 1906. On offer is a sensational family diary lot in this collection of 16 diaries with each being completely full of handwritten entries. All of these diaries belonged to C.W. Larrimer of Bloomingburg Ohio. They start in 1906 when he's 44 and the last diary is 1921. Cursory examination reveals he's a cattle rancher an assessor at least in the month of April and a jack of all trades. He loves to travel and ends up taking several trips all over Ohio and then in 1915 takes a trip to California and another one to Cuba in 1917. He also loves his auto transporting and picking up folks all the time. In fact he makes several trips to Indianapolis for the races. Very interesting that all the diaries are full of handwritten entries even when he's sick. In fact he gets so sick he has to go in for an operation at the Battle Creek Hospital and infirmary. He's sick for many weeks and still writes "sick" in his journal not missing a day of journaling. But then in the last diary 1921 the entries stop abruptly on December 4th and on December 13th there is an entry that just said "Died Today". We assume this is our author who died or perhaps someone he loved deeply was sick and died. His entries are usually one sentence up to a small paragraph in length as you will see in the following excerpts. "Went to Chillicothe last night with Mr. Gunn. Stalled in creek at Sulfur Lick Springs all day. Went out to Chillicothe Park and National Cemetery. Rained in forenoon. Went to Missionary ridge up on Lookout Mountain all day….Carrying mail for Claude Andrews nice day but sick in the evening. Daisy died this morning out looking for the horse. In Indianapolis all day. Brother Will and Cliff hear at White City in evening. Out to see Lewis Bloomer in forenoon at Wonderland and at Park in evening….Went to Anderson's in the afternoon and also to Buffalo Bills Show….At Sulfur Lick Springs all day and up to the new hotel….Stayed all night in New Castle. Left with new auto at 2:15 got to Dayton at 6 PM. Took traveling man to Solon……Out with traveling man all day at Solon….Hauled traveling man to Madisonville and Jefferson. At the place took commissioners to see bridge….Went from Anderson to Indianapolis to auto races bug crowd fine day….Went to the caves with Hoppes and Wolf…At home all day Pa is getting weaker all the time….Pa died at 6 PM at W.C.H….Started for California August 25th 1915….he then mentions going to St. Paul National Park Spokane Seattle Portland Ashland Frisco Los Angeles Mexico Redlands Salt Lake Colorado Springs and returned home on Oct. 2nd 1915…." and much much more. As one can imagine he writes many names too many to possibly list all of them but a few I found are; Joe Eastman Huffman Jefferson Dickey Campbell Sam Marshall McDoles William Clawson Joe Kimball Jim Willis Whitmers Woodland Hershburger Harry Brown Frank McCoy Parrott Pinkerton Goddard Noah Smith Kimball Carl Shaw Henry Huffman Karl Klevers Dr. Hazzard and more. Places mentioned are just as numerous; Charleston West Virginia Watson Sulfur Lick Springs Madison Mills Delaware Magnetic Springs Columbus Cincinnati State Mills Jeffersonville Chicago Zenia and more. The diaries are in good condition with each measuring about 2 ½" x 5 ½". Some of the diaries are your typical "Standard" diary. On the front of some you'll find the advertising names of "The National Supply Company in Toledo Ohio and Pittsburg Pennsylvania" or Kanawha National Bank in Charleston West Virginia" or "Charleston Bottling Works in Charleston West Virginia." A great historical group of Ohio diaries. ; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; OHIO INDIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS KEEPSAKE AMERICANA Rancher Cattle Americana Cuba Havana . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000054

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎c. 17th CENTURY HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL LATIN PHILOSOPHY MANUSCRIPT: LOGICA - SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM & TRACTATUS SECUNDUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS‎

‎Good. Original Vellum. On offer is a superb original handwritten c. 17th century Latin manuscript book titled "LOGICA". This 340 pp handwritten manuscript is in two 2 sections "SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM" consists of 80 pp followed by a blank page then "TRACTATUS SECUNDUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS" being 260 handwritten pages. Research suggests this book was a commission to a scribe of o no small talents copying the famed philosophical work by Pierre Gassendi 1592-1655 of the same title SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM which was posthumously published in 1658. Alternatively there is also a 14th century work by John Wyclif entitled DE LOGICA and who wrote a subsequent work entitled TRACTATUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS. Further study will certainly provide full answers to the work. This book is 6" x 8 3/8" bound in full period vellum. The first 40 pages have some light stains along left hand margins with the bottom corner of the first page chipped off with no loss of text the vellum is a bit soiled binding is fairly tight so overall G.; Latin; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF REFERENCE ETHNIC HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SCRIBE CALLIGRAPHY DOCUMENT 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 PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000827

‎HIRAM MAYNARD‎

‎1914 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DIARY OF IOWA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AND FRESHMAN AT COLLEGE - ALL AMERICAN BOY‎

‎Waterloo Iowa IA Marietta Ohio. Fine. 1914. Original Cloth. Written by Hiram Maynard of Waterloo Iowa this delightful and well-written diary spans the last half of his senior year in high school and the early portion of his freshman year at what I believe is Marietta College in Marietta Ohio. Provided are entries for most days of the year 1914. Browsing through it becomes evident that the young man came from a fairly affluent family and associated with friends who were also well off. Noted is that his father was employed by the Ciitizens Gas and Electric Company of Waterloo. There are frequent references to automobiles a most expensive luxury in 1909! hotel stays out-of-town visits attendance theatre/movie/vaudeville performances and one entry makes reference to his own motorcycle. It also sems that his parents were fairly liberal in his upbringing given his late hours though it's clear that the young man led a wholesome life popular with his many friends involved in school and church activities. Note his reference to hearing a Garfield speech: a relation to a relative of the then-late President Garfield Presumably it was a campaign speech for Republican congressional candidates in the then-forthcoming November election. Note also the fine penmanship. The red-leather -bound diary measures 3 1/4" x 5 3/4" and is in remarkably fine condition.; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; MARIETTA COLLEGE OHIO IOWA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Genealogy Iowa President Garfield Debate Debating . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000074

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1914 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DETAILING THE CANALS SYSTEM OF NORTHEASTERN USA‎

‎USA: Coalport Pennsylvania PA. Good. 1914. Full-Leather. The unidentified author of this journal has created a fascinating study and detailed assessment of Canals in the north-eastern USA. We believe the writer is based in or near Coalport Pennsylvania as most of the charts and schedules relate to Coalport as the starting point. It is a pocket sized multi-ring notebook with 101 numbered pages and three extended pull out maps an index and some printed articles about canals are glued in. It has drawings of canal boats. Important details are neatly underlined in red ink. The author spent a huge amount of time and attention into the details. It measures 3.25" by 5.5". The notebook cover is in very rough shape there are a few pages that are no longer attached but all appear present and very legible. There is some age-toning evident. Lehigh Delaware Barge Cape Cod Panama Morris are some of the canals mentioned. Some of the subjects are boat-canal dimensions coal rates tolls aqueducts distances between places dams on the Lehigh Tides . ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA CANALS CANAL LIFTS LOCKS NAVAL WATER RIVERS PORTS BOATING TIDES PENNSYLVANIA CAPE COD PANAMA CANAL AQUEDUCTS . Coalport, Pennsylvania PA hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000122

‎CLOMBE [?] - CARABINIER VAN DOO‎

‎1842 HANDWRITTEN CHANSONNIER - A ROMANTIC HOMAGE OF POETRY TO THIS SOLDIER'S LOVE‎

‎Quebec Canada. Good. 1842. On offer is a superb handwritten 'Chansonnier a Louise Monnier' dated 1842. The title page features a stunning graphic bearing the LM initials and a graphic with signature of who appears to be the author paying homage to Ms. Monnier- "Clombe D'Orba Carabinier Van Doo" Beautiful calligraphy a small number of hand drawn illustrations and a full 36 pages of French language composition. Excellent example of the art. Spine cap is missing the hinges are cracked but otherwise G.; French; 9 X 6 OBLONG; CARABINIER CHANSONNIER POETRY POET ROMANCE VAN DOOS MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN JOURNAL LEDGER MEMOIR PERSONAL LOG HOLOGRAPH AUTOGRAPH DIARY DIARIES ANCIENT ANTIQUE MEDIEVEL RENAISSANCE 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000906

‎J TWEEDALE‎

‎1819 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 'POOR RATE' BOOK FOR DEWSBURY WEST YORKSHIRE‎

‎DEWSBURY WEST YORKSHIRE ENGLAND UK WAKEFIELD LEEDS. Good. 1819. On offer is an original 1819 'DEWSBURY POOR RATE BOOK' a book of 'poor rates' collected yearly from property owners to fund assistance to the needy of a parish and besides being for the most part full included is a handwritten letter dated 1941 explaining that the book had come from the John Tweedale Settlement Trust land at Dewsbury West Yorkshire England. Research provides that in 1864 John Tweedale takes the position of Lord Mayor of Dewsbury. In 1869 Joseph Tweedale Rawsthorne does the same. This book is superbly placed in early 19th centruy Dewsbury history as evidenced by this online entry: 'In the early 1800s Dewsbury was one of the centres of Luddite opposition to industrialization in which workers retaliated against the onset of mechanization and smashed the new machinery which threatened their way of life. In the 1830s Dewsbury was also one of the centres of Chartist agitation. The C vote to the working classes. In August 1838 after a speech by Chartist leader Fergus O'Connell a mob of between five and seven thousand people besieged the Dewsbury Poor Law Guardians in the town's Royal Hotel. The mob had to be dispersed by troops. Trouble again flared in 1840 when radical agitators seized control of the town again troops were called in and stationed in the town to maintain order. This radical tradition left a legacy in the political life of the town in fact the town's first elected MP in 1867 was John Simon a Jewish lawyer from Jamaica and a Liberal.' Nine signatures of the Church Wardens and Overseers dated the book as stated. 26.5cms / 10.5" high x 14cms / 5.5" wide x 2cms / 0.75" deep. Overall G save for some very old dampstaining. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CHURCH POOR RATE DEWSBURY PARISH TWEEDALE LUDDITES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS 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 . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001055

‎Stanley F Treu‎

‎1929 HANDWRITTEN USA AND MEXICO CROSS-COUNTRY TRAVEL DIARY - LOTS OF FUN ADVENTURE OBSERVATIONS AND A LITTLE BIT OF RUM-RUNNING‎

‎Richmond Hill New York NY Juarez Mexico. Good. 1929. Original Cloth. On offer ia a personal diary starting July 4 1929 ending August 31 1929. The inscription reads: Stanley F. Treu 109-33-116 St. Richmond Hill Long Island N. Y. Stanley a rather 'wild one' though quite literate and certainly well spoken describes a cross country trip in great detail. Beginning from home in Richmond Hill LI he writes daily crosses the country to Oregon down to Mexico and back to New Yorok State over the near 8 weeks they are on the road. Frequent repairs a fair bit of drinking and shenanigans these fellows are a fun bunch and quite independant. Stanley's observations of the country and the trip are super. He gives particular detail of a juant to Juarez where he and the boys run some booze up into the USA from Mexico. There are also wonderful descriptions of the scenery in State Parks. There are description of Glaciers Old Faithful and every thing you can imagine. Arlington Cemetary was mentioned and there are descriptions of killing animals a rabbitt and a rattlesnake. He mentions fishing several times and also talks about the food and the problems with the car they were driving. Each page also notes the miles traveled. The last few pages seem to be ripped out. The last entry says that he went to a welcome home party and "Had a wonderful time while it lasted." The entry about the Mexican trip reads as follows: "First thing this a.m. Erny went into the city to get our supplies & I cleaned the carbon etc. until he got he back. We then filed the shines on the 3 not so bad bearing but the one Erny had bought needed new shines so once again he went back to Dodge. I ground the valves while he was gone & upon his return we finished up. The one new bearing was too tight & caused a piston slap at first but gradually came in. our vacuum tank was leaking so we rode to Dodge & had that fixed. After that we ate & then went over into Jurez Mexico leaving our car in Texas. Had some drinks &wrote some cards. Crossed bridge 3 times before we finally got what we wanted. Bought cigarettes etc. Got acquainted with a fellow in a gas station who told us how we could get some booze over. At 10.00 he a mex. Erny & I rode over the border in a car at a desolate spot Had a few more drinks & then smuggled 4 qts back with us. The 2 guys we took over were afraid to come back so we ran the stuff over alone. It was quite a thrill even though we weren't bothered by any customs officers. Rode out of the city about 30 miles & camped on the side of the road. The mosquitos were terrible. Reading- 22229 Day- 40" For the most part quite legible I would say at least 95% fully written but a 110% entertaining. The cover is careworn but no significant damage to the outside. Ther are few pages torn out of the end of the book most likely for notes as the text appears complete. Super early travel diary. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; DEPRESSION ERA PROHIBITION HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA EPHEMERA SMUGGLING RUM RUNNING MEXICO TRAVEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000515

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1847 ALMANACK OF A GERMAN BEER MERCHANT INCLUDING PAYABLES RECEIVABLES EXPENSES CONTACTS AND PERSONAL WRITINGS‎

‎Germany. Good. 1847. Hardcover. On offer is a charming original 1847 Munsterischer Almanack used by a German merchant. Bound in marbled paper covered boards printed in two colours the almanac is interspersed with blank pages the majority about 22 pp which have handwritten entries which appear to be appointments orders expenses and costs. Research suggests this man was a beer merchant. The book has some wear and rubbing to covers. Interior is tight and clean. Overall G. Small 3 x 4.5 inch.; German Language; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; Europe Business Trade Commerce Industry Almanac Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001085