‎Biographie‎

‎JOSEPH E SAWYER‎

‎1868 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG ASPIRING LAWYER WORKING FOR A NOTED JUDGE AND MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE PRESENCE IN POLITICS AND VARIOUS FRATERNAL SOCIETIES‎

‎BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN WI PONTIAC MICHIGAN MI. Good. 1868. On offer is a unique and thoroughly interesting diary written by a young but rather successful lawyer in the mid-19th century. The young man’s name is Joseph E. Sawyer born in 1847 in Piermont New Hampshire. Sawyer and his mother later moved to Cambridge City Indiana where Sawyer visits periodically. After many years of schooling Sawyer leaves Cambridge City to go to Boscobel Wisconsin where he enters the law office of George C. Hazelton. In 1867 he formed a co-partnership with Benjamin Shearer and commenced business for himself at the age of twenty. They continued about one year but Sawyer left at the end of the year. There is a slip of paper in the back pocket of the diary with a handwritten date “December 11th 1867. Boscobel Wisconsin.” On the other side of this paper are two newspaper clippings that give a little more information on Sawyer’s situation right before the diary begins. The first clipping is for his law firm: "SHEARER & SAWYER Attorneys and counselors notaries public U.S Claim Agents. Prompt attention paid to all business entrusted to their care. Office first door north of Kieren's clothing store." The second one right below it is a brief note of goodbye from the firm: "Personal. Mr. J. E. Sawyer having withdrawn from the co-partnership in the practice of law with Ben. Shearer Esq. leaves us this morning for Indiana where he goes to spend the holidays with ‘The old folks at home.’ Many friends will miss him and many warm wishes for his future prosperity follow him from Boscobel." The diary commences on January 1st 1868 the day Sawyer turns 21: “January 1: “At home in Cambridge City twenty first birthday. Went with Lizzie Kate and Ella to Dublin to the dedication of the new school building and in the morning attended the reading society at Molin McKee's." On the 17th Sawyer writes: “Cold morning. The coldest day of the winter so far. I intended going to Germantown but thought it too cold. Received a letter from Uncle Ed Mr. Bush and Judge Crofoot offering me a position in Judge Crofoots office as clerk. I decided to accept and commence at once to make preparations for leaving. Bought a trunk at the star grocery for $11.00." Judge M.E. Crofoot’s office is in Pontiac Michigan and Sawyer enters the law office as a clerk. Much of this diary is about his work with Judge Crofoot in Pontiac. “March 25. Went to the 9 train to meet the judge but he did not come.Before I got to the depot the train came in advance of time. He bought some tracing muslin for me to make some maps of the Holly Depot grounds for the Van Steinburg case. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Adams at tea. Received a line from Bullenger today photograph inc. declines my invitation for the vacation."; “April 28. Called at half past four. Rose went to office then to depot. Waited a few moments. Took 5:40 train. Went to Russell House. Met Judge. After breakfast went to Manard's office thence to court room. Several cases were disposed of and Van Steinburgh case. Occupied reading case P.M. in Maynard's office. Evening in bar library till after eleven then went to hotel wrote home to Bell then retired."; “October 30. I have been alone in office much of the time since Judge went to Lapeer and have been recording deeds most of the time and there is a little law business being done now till after election. I work late till after midnight as I was going home between 11 & 12 o’clock. The judge over took me and I rode home with him. He has driven 104 miles and made speeches in the last four days.” Times in Michigan are not always easy for Sawyer and he often struggles with money: “June 19: Dead broke. I've been in Pontiac five months. Have spent $1.47 and made $6.25. Total cash on hand 11 cents. Have been scratching my head for two days and for my life I don't know where I can get any money. What can I do I am about $5.50 in debt now. I won't borrow anymore.The heat is oppressive and I've no thin coat.” Sawyer also writes often of matters that don’t deal with just his law firm. He is an active member in the local politics and seems to be fairly liberal as well. He is also a member of a number of fraternal societies such as the Masons and the Knights of Pythias: “January 8. Commenced studying Insurance.A drunken man come in to our yard and being too weak to stand lay in the storm and as it was quite cold I helped him to a hotel. Started for the society but on account of prayer meeting there was no society meeting so I spent the evening calling around on friends &c."; “April 6. Crofoot and I busy as could be in office. Call day on brief in Van Steinburg's case. Democrats elected city officers and torches illuminate the nites repose. They are very jubilant over a small matter. I worked late in the office and care nothing of the show of what I saw as I went out to printing office. Was disgusted."; June 5: “Circus in town. Terrible hail storm. All the windows and sky light on the west side of every house in town broken in while we were at dinner. Exciting scene on the street. Horses broke away women fainted &c.”; “August 21: “The Light Guards of Detroit came out this morning to go in to camp at Orchard Lake for a few days. Met by the Pontiac Knight Templers &c. Applied for the agency of the Continental Insurance Co.”; “November 3. ELECTION I spent the day at the polls very quiet and orderly. A very pleasant day. Great bustle confusion and noise this evening. Democrats very jubilant over their victory in our city &c. But as further returns come in showing large Rep. gain everywhere they change their tune. I went home about one o’clock all the Co. officers are safe except Register which is doubtful. Great crowd and confusion.” The diary has a total of 232 pages of writing. Sawyer’s handwriting is easily legible and a delight to read. The book is bound in black cloth and in general is in good shape. Background: For the rest of his life Sawyer was a lawyer a real estate developer prominent member of the Michigan Republican party and an active member in a number of societies. He married Lizzie V. Satterlee in 1877 and they had 3 daughters. He died in 1916. The personal papers of Sawyer are held at the Detroit Public Library Special Collections. Further information about Sawyer can be found in the Cyclopedia of Michigan: Historical and Biographical pages 187-188.; M.E. Crofoot was a prominent businessman attorney and the judge of the Oakland County Probate Court from 1849 to 1856. He was involved in Oakland County state and national affairs. He was a delegate to the 1856 Democratic National Convention. After the Civil War he was selected in 1865 to represent Oakland County in raising subscriptions for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Downtown Detroit.He was on the State Building Commission for the Michigan State Asylum in 1874 which was completed in Pontiac in 1878. He represented a defendant in 1882 before the US Supreme Court.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOSEPH E. SAWYER POST CIVIL WAR ERA AMERICA BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN PONTIAC MICHIGAN CAMBRIDGE CITY INDIANA PIERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE SHEARER & SAWYER BENJAMIN SHEARER ESQUIRE JUDGE M. E. CROFOOT JURISPRUDENCE 1868 REPUBLICAN PARTY 1868 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAW IN AMERICA KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS FREEMASONS LIFE OF A STUDENT 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009066

‎VOLNEY FOWLER‎

‎1908 - 1916 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL KEPT BY A LAND SURVEYOR DETAILING HIS LIFE HIS WORK AND THE TRAGIC AND SUDDEN DEATH OF HIS WIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH‎

‎NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI MI OSCEOLA ARKANSAS AK. Good. 1908. On offer is a super original diary and manuscript relic of a Mississippi man named Volney Fowler consisting of entries for the years 1908 1909 and 1916. Fowler seems to be an Surveyor working with a small company in Natchez Mississippi offering researchers and historians an interesting perspective of life in the Deep South. Throughout the diary and throughout all years of writing Fowler writes of receiving calls from many different people in town to survey various plots of land as well as reports from his boss ‘Forest’ and a coworker and brother “Orrick” For example: “April 6 1909. While at breakfast at Osceola a phone message came from Foresh for me to return home immediately to survey ____ place for Farrar. So when cars came at Lake Bruen I returned home.I did not wish to leave Osceola on Tuesday and would not have come away if Farrar had not got Mr. Ratcliffe to phone me to come to survey.” In between reports of his work in Natchez Fowler writes of day-to-day occurrences and activities such as watching movies he is especially moved by “Birth of a Nation” by D.W. Griffith vacationing in Osceola Arkansas. As well Fowler is very interested in astrology and the diary is filled with many instances of astrological movements in the sky: “Jupiter enters Leo. Mars enters Leo.”; “Venus enters Gemini”; “Venus conj. with moon in Cancer.” In addition the verso and recto of the cover are filled with Fowler’s writing on the stars and astrological movements in the year 1908. “Precession of equinoxes has caused vernal equinox to leave Aries and become Pisces.”; “Mars enters Leo 13 Sept.”; “Mercury in Taurus Aug. 20th in Cancer.”; At the end of 1909 Fowler writes of the long sickness and death of wife: “Dr. Chamberlain is treating my wife for Angina Pectoris - which is inflammation of the chest.wife rested Tolerably last night. We think she is a trifle better at Sunrise.Dr. Beekman called 8 1/2 clock A.M. About 9 1/2 clock AM it began to appear that end was a matter of short time. Mrs. Baker came and was helpful and so Mr.s. Stamply. About 12 1/2 Clock Winnie began to show that she knew she was losing her best friend - Ida and children arrived after dark.Mamma his wife died at Eleven clock this night.My wife’s funeral took place this evening at 4 clock. Our boys brought a lot yesterday in city cemetery.” His entries for the year 1909 end after the death of his wife. The book is about 390 pages of which there is writing in 370 or so. The cover is in fair shape. The front cover is almost wholly detached. The spine and front cover show discoloration tears and signs of wear and age. The pages and writing are still in good shape. Fowler’s handwriting is easy to read even when slightly faded or written in pencil. There are only a few entries in 1916 at the very beginning of the diary. They stop after the middle of the month in January. The entries for 1909 end after the death of Fowler’s wife while the entries for 1908 continue throughout the year. This diary is a very interesting look into the life of a deep south surveyor living through the ups and downs of life. Excerpts of text: “January 21 1908. I surveyed 2 lots for Jeter and dix for Hall-Fletcher women - all on Holden Lane - Gus Peale drove one home after dark.”; “August 14 1908. Race riot in Springfield Ill.”; “December 30 1908. Mississippi whiskey dealing stops to-night. Orrick setn map and wrote Mrs. Austin Smith. Orrick says Sleihenrock ____ him to share his office with him - but O has too good an office in ___ to quit it. Sleihenrock thinks Orrick be reelected City Engineer next Monday”; “January 30 1909. Harry Marks trustee ____ in default of payment by J.C. Jenkins.Spent 5 days this week surveying for Miss Johnston near Church Hill. He reported to her this morn. He found field notes in Fayette which old C. W. Babbitt failed to find. He surveyed to ____ out land he been claiming. Bt. dime tobacco Mon morn. Lasted this eve. One week less two a day.”; “February 8th 1909. I took my map copied for Lamar Lamberk to him and he said mine was a wonderfully good copy. Told him I charge $2.50 which he said he would collect from the Lawyer. Orrick staying out some troubles in his Clark & Miller Survey.I had a letter in my pocket then from Fulton Staling that chase was not with us.I told him I thought of writing a history of Adams Troop. J.J.L. asked me to come stay in office with Lamar tomorrow while he served as Election inspector - Told him I would.”; “January 1st 1909. I shall try to keep this Diary for year 1909. It has served its ___ out for 1909 - but left room for 1909 also. State-wide prohibition stopped all saloons yesterday and ____ seems in mourning.”; “August 14 1908. I mapped the four lots surveyed for S.L. yesterday eve. Went to his store 4 to 5 o’clock ____ reported. Satisfied and paid $3.00.My cousin Rule Stamply telephoned she call her tomorrow.”; “May 6 1916. ‘Birth of a Nation’ to be at Baker Grand to which I have a free ticket from Ladies Daughters of Confeds - ‘Clansman’ by Rev. Thom Dixon - 18000 persons - 3000 persons.”; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VOLNEY FOWLER NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI OSCEOLA ARKANSAS LAND SURVEYOR CITY ENGINEER ASTROLOGY ASTROLOGICAL MOVEMENT OF THE STARS DEATH OF HIS WIFE ANGINA PECTORIS DEEP SOUTH PRE WORLD WAR 1 ERA SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT 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 MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009072

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1930 ORIGINAL INSCRIBED CRUISE LOG BOOK AND JOURNAL OF A TRIP TAKEN TO NORTHERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER USSR ON THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE STEAMER THE ‘S.S. RELIANCE’‎

‎ABOARD THE S.S. RELIANCE SCANDANAVIA USSR. Good. 1930. On offer is the 1930 Log Book of the S.S. Reliance of a “Cruise to Northern Wonderlands and Russia” on the Hamburg-American Line. This is a fantastic book of particular interest to those interested in the history of cruise travel the Hamburg-American line or snapshots of Northern Europe in the Interwar period. The cruise journey lasted 36 days and travelled from New York to Iceland numerous cities in Norway Sweden Estonia Leningrad in the U.S.S.R. Finland Denmark France and finally Germany. The first entry of the book is for July 5th and begins “our first stop was ‘Iceland.’ The ___ ride to the island wasn’t more than a minute ride. The hilly climb thru the town of ‘Reykjavik’ was of interest because of the people the ladies with small black skull caps fitted close to their heads with long blond braids hanging down their backs.” In Reykjavik the author visits the Einar Jónsson Museum comments on the uniqueness of the people the automobiles and the island geography. A well he goes to the ‘Hot Springs’ “where women from the neighborhood come to wash. We passed many fields where ladies were garbed in yellow and white were packing and salting smelly fish. The next day the boat goes to the “North Cape” in Norway the most northerly point of Europe and the author climbs up to the plateau. “At the top the ‘Midnight Sun’ was an unforgettable night. We looked down on the glistening wall of gold. And were breathless at the wonder and beauty of it all. The next day the author visits the town of ‘Hammerfest’ but writes “there is practically nothing to write about ‘Hammerfest’ because we didn’t get to see the Meridian Line. We were hot and tired from the night before. From there the ship travels to Lyngseidet and notes the appearance of the natives and their ‘dirty looking woolen clothes. The boat continues down the Norwegian coast to Trondhjem then to Åndalsnes Molde Hellesylt Merok Balholm Gudvangen Bergen then Oslo. The towns are written about in often short descriptions and the glaciers and fjords are noted often for their beauty and as “a treat to anyone enjoying scenery.The gorgeous miles of glaciers on all sides was almost too good to be true.” Bergen the author writes “gave us a particular thrill tho it was not caused by the fish smell; but by the fact that it was the first really civilized place we visited.” A stop in Stockholm brings a drive through the city visiting the Town Hall Royal Palace Riddarholm Church and the Skansen Museum. “What a beautiful city Stockholm turned out to be; and it appeared quite progressive with its new buildings being erected very clean; and with traffic giving in all directions - ‘mainly in yours!’” Tallinn Estonia is next and the author writes of their guide who takes them through the city: “She was from a ___ impoverished family supporting her children by being a guide and interpreter. She was full of ___fire and enthusiasm - and a horror of ‘Russia’ - said she had lived in Moscow’ and escaped in time.” The trip goes on to Leningrad Russia. “So much romance beauty and historical significance has been attracted to ‘Leningrad’ and ‘Moscow’ that seeing them now in such a deplorable state seems pathetic. The author comments on seeing the ‘Hermitage’ museum as well as a number of statues and paintings including a life-like Voltaire a ‘most adorable’ Cupid and a painting by Caravaggio probably misheard by the author as the name is spelled ‘Garraraggio’. At this point the author has run out of room to write in the book and entries for the last few stops Helsingfors Copenhagen Boulogne and finally Hamburg are not recorded. The book in which all this is written is one that seems to have been bought by some passengers. The cover page shows that this book is number 127 out of an edition of 144. It was bought for $17 quite a sum in the Great Depression Era. The log book is specific for this trip stating a detailed itinerary of each city including “optional shore excursions” as well as a map of the cruise’s route through North Europe. As well there are a number of pages of more general knowledge including entries for “Bell Time on Shipboard” an explanation of “Miles and Knots” “Common Nautical Terms” “Latitude and Longitude” “Ocean Depths” “Foreign Money” conversion and more. Each main stop on the cruise has an entry in the book explaining a bit of the history of the country in general and specific city of call. Under these entries is where most of the journal is written. There are a number of free pages that as well that just say ‘At Sea’ that are more filled with writing. The second page contains a photograph of the captain of the ship “Capt. C. Luck.” The final two pages include an autograph page of “Fellow Passengers Met On Board” with a number of signatures and addresses as well as a number of newspaper clippings one clipping of photographs of “Snapshots of a Peasant Wedding at Os. Near Solstrand Hotel” one explaining the significance of Elsinore Denmark as a setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet and finally a clipping of a short history of Bergen Norway. Included in the back pocket of the book is a 25 page pamphlet that includes a comprehensive “List of Passengers” the “Cruise Itinerary” advertisements for other Hamburg-America line cruises and a number of pages of “Information for Passengers” that cover things such as entertainment on board the ship laundry baggage gymnasium use wireless telegrams and a number of other subjects. A loose photograph of a man in a casual sailor garb is included in this pamphlet. The back reads “With happy wishes and pleasures in Germany.” The name is difficult to make out but it looks like “Resso Prien.” This name is not found in the list of passengers or crew so it is unclear if this photograph is of the owner of the log book or not. The log book is 48 pages in length in which there are about 25 pages or so with writing in them. It has a green cover showing very minimal wear. The spine does have two small tears. The pages are all in good shape though some show evidence of age and use. The author’s writing is easily legible in black ink. A few passages are slightly faded but can still be read easily. This is a super document well preserved and very interesting to many different collectors.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF S. S. RELIANCE HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE CRUISE TO NORTHERN WONDERLANDS AND RUSSIA CRUISE SHIP MEMENTO REYKJAVIK ICELAND NORTH CAPE HAMMERFEST NORWAY SWEDEN SCANDINAVIA ESTONIA LENINGRAD U.S.S.R. SOVIET ERA RUSSIA INTERWAR PERIOD TRAVEL GREAT DEPRESSION ERA TRIPLE SCREW STEAMER LUXURY 20TH CENTURY TRAVEL NORTHERN EUROPE IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD SIGHTSEEING IN EUROPE CAPTAIN C. LUCK PASSENGERS LIST LUXURY CRUISE VACATION 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009067

‎MARY LUCILLE ARCHER‎

‎1939 - 1944 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG STUDIOUS WOMAN WITH AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE OF FRIENDS FASHION AND BOYS UNTIL SHE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL AND BEGINS HER STUDIES AS A PROMISING NURSING STUDENT‎

‎LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS AK ST. VINCENT'S. Good. 1939. On offer is the five year diary of Mary Lucille Archer a High School aged girl living an exciting life in Little Rock Arkansas. The diary begins in 1939 with Lucille finishing her last year of Middle School and beginning her first year of high school. Her entries early in the diary are fairly simple and easy stating in a matter-of-fact way the events of the day. She attends school everyday studies quite often and states that she graduates from middle school with ‘all four honors’. She also spends time with many of the friends who will stay with her throughout all of her highschool years. She writes often of having a ‘grand time.’ There are very few entries from 1940 and they are usually short statement. Usually they just say “Letter from Margaret” who is the author’s sister. 1941 and 1942 have the most consistent entries in the diary showing a maturing woman coming into her own in the South. She travels occasionally going to places such as Nashville Memphis and in the summer the very small town of Meridian Arkansas where a good bit of her extended family lives. Starting in 1941 there is now almost constant talk of boys fashion and friends. She has a number of suitors in these years and she often goes on dates with these boys sometimes a number of dates in a week. She also attends church occasionally goes horseback riding often in the summer sees movies and plays and in general lives a social and active young life. After she graduated cum laude from High School in 1942 she has an active summer with family and friends and then gets a job at a local department store. This does not last long though as she writes that she goes to see ‘Sister Mary Louis about getting in training’ for nursing at St. Vincent’s School of Nursing in Little Rock. The Sister gives her an application. At the very end of the month December 29th Mary is accepted into St. Vincent’s where she will study until 1946 graduating and becoming a Registered Nurse. The very back pages of the book contain a number of addresses of people mentioned in the diary as well as lists of birthdays 1942 Christmas presents and Graduation presents. The front cover of the book states “The Property of: Mary Lucille Archer. 5516 West 29th St. Little Rock Arkansas.” There is also a little note in the top corner that reads “From: Aunt Jessie. Christmas 1938.” Mary’s handwriting is easily legible and a delight to read. It is mostly written in pen but there are occasional entries in pencil. The diary is roughly 380 pages long and roughly half of the pages have writing in them. Most dates only include an entry for one year however there are plenty that have two years and a handful that have three or more years on them. The book is in good condition showing minimal wear. The front cover is in red leather and shows a bit of discoloration. Structurally the book is in very good condition. Excerpts from the diary: “May 27 1939. Got up. Read the paper. Went to town and got my graduation dress. Came home and went to bed.”; “May 30 1939. Graduated from M.S. I got all four honors. Only one that was clapped for. Went to H.S. graduation. Mr. ‘B’ said I did fine and made fine grades.”; “August 6 1941. Had a lovely birthday. Got lots of nice things. Went to see ‘Double Date’ with Bud James and Helen”; “September 8 1941. Started to school. Went over to the church. Came home took a bath got my lessons and went to bed.”; “January 19 1942. Had final test in Home Management. Made 297/329. Letters from Merle and Ben Edelen.”; “February 9 1942. Letters from Merle and Ben. Changed from Standard time to War time.” During World War II Congress enacted the War Time Act on January 20 1942. Year-round Daylight saving time was reinstated in the United States on February 9 1942 as a wartime measure to conserve energy resources; “April 12 1942. Went to school. Heard the choir broadcast over N.B.C. Selma Bessie Ann and I went to zoo and around with 3 soldier boys.”; “May 17 1942. Sang at Me. Church in 2nd period. Sr. girls glee club. Went to W.A.C. church afterward and home.”; “May 29 1942. I graduated from High School. I was the 5th one to graduate. I was an honor graduate with 24.5 honor credits.”; “June 25 1942. Had a blind date with Jimmy Hawk. He is a very nice boy. David Williams drowned.”; “August 21 1942. Had a date with Rodney Allen. He took me to see the ‘Magnificent Dope’ and afterwards let me drive some.”; “November 17 1942. I applied for jobs at Cohn’s and Pfeifers. Mr. Rice at Pfeifer told me to come work at Pfeifer’s the next day at 9:00 A.M.”; “December 29 1942. Letter of acceptance from St. Vincent’s. Letter from Geo. with 2 blank checks. Went to town with Ray. Got a pair of nurses shoes.” Background: Mary Lucille Archer was born August 6 1925 to George Thornton Archer Sr. and Irma John Ray Archer. She was a Cum Laude graduate of Little Rock Sr. High in 1942. Mary graduated with honors from St. Vincent School of Nursing in January 1946 and was a Registered Nurse. She worked at hospitals in Wellesley MA and St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. She later worked with her husband in the real estate insurance and construction businesses while raising their family. As the youngest of five children Mary devoted many years caring for elderly parents and siblings. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Little Rock for 34 years where she taught Sunday school. From 1979 until 2009 she was a member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years Col. USA Ret. James M. Collins.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY LUCILLE ARCHER LITTLE ROCK MERIDIAN ARKANSAS WORLD WAR 2 ERA STUDIOUS WOMEN CUM LAUDE HONORS LITTLE ROCK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ST. VINCENT’S COLLEGE OF NURSING ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY DATES WITH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL LIFE YOUNG AND CAREFREE FEMINISM WOMEN’S RIGHTS YOUNG AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN WORLD WAR TWO ERA YOUTH NURSING STUDENT 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009069

‎ALEXANDER AVIRAM WIESEL‎

‎1942 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 37 HEBREW LANGUAGE LETTERS SENT BY A JEWISH SOLDIER IN THE BRITISH ARMY DEPICTING HIS LIFE AND SERVICE AS WELL AS HIS INTIMATE FEARS AND DESIRES WHILE STATIONED IN THE MIDDLE EAST‎

‎ISRAEL BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE EGYPT LIBYA. Good. 1942. On offer are 37 letters sent from Alexander Aviram Wiesel a Jewish soldier in the British Army from 1942-1945. Alexander had volunteered into the British army beginning in 1942 during the height of World War Two. He was assigned to the 1st Camouflage Company and later to the Mechanical & Electrical Company No. 544 which was part of the British Royal Engineers in the Eighth Army where he was sent to Egypt and to the Western Desert. The company operated the water supply system installed by the British. They were split into small units scattered along hundreds of kilometers of the water pipe. Early in 1945 the company was transferred to southern Italy and was in charge of maintenance of electrical installations water supply and hospitals. The company was dismantled in 1946 and he was discharged and returned to Palestine. These letters were written by Alexander to his Jewish teacher and friend in British Mandated Palestine. All of the letters are handwritten in Hebrew script and some are written on Jewish Brigade stationary. All were sent during his army service in Egypt Mersa Matruh the Western Desert and Libya Tobruk and Tripoli. They describe in intimate detail his experiences throughout his service from the time he reached Egypt to his move to Italy in 1945 until his return home. These letters capture some insights on his difficulties and loneliness as a soldier. In a letter dated October 8 1942 he speaks candidly of his fear of death in the World War. On the opposite spectrum of emotion his pride and joy when the Jewish flag is hoisted on the pole for the first time in their army camp is palpable and fascinating February 15 1943. He also speaks of the anger against the British government’s accusations that the Jewish soldiers are serving in the army for the sole purpose of obtaining weapons for the Haganah the Jewish paramilitary force in the British Mandate of Palestine 30 Nov 43 and much more. The archive also includes two photos of Wiesel. The first is a loose photograph showing Wiesel in casual clothing. It has the year 1941 written on the back. It is wallet sized. The other photograph measuring no more than 2 inches by 1 inch is pasted onto a 1943 New-Year greeting card with a red seal mark depicting a rifle and a Star of David. This will make an excellent addition to any collection of Jewish Military History in WWII as well as a great addition to detailed and intimate Hebrew language experiences of 20th century warfare.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ALEXANDER AVIRAM WIESEL JEWISH SOLDIER BRITISH ARMY BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE WORLD WAR TWO 1ST CAMOUFLAGE COMPANY MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMPANY 544 BRITISH ROYAL ENGINEERS EIGHTH ARMY MIDDLE EAST THEATRE WESTERN DESERT HEBREW LANGUAGE MERSA MATRUH EGYPT LIBYA TRIPOLI HOLY LAND PRE-STATE ISRAEL JEWS IN THE MILITARY JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN THE BRITISH ARMY DESCRIPTION OF WAR IN HEBREW JUDAICA 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009073

‎MARGARET C WEBSTER‎

‎1876 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOK OF A BRIGHT YOUNG WOMAN BEING EDUCATED AT THE ABBOT ACADEMY ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES‎

‎ABBOT ACADEMY ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1876. On offer is the 1876 original handwritten journal and notebook of Margaret C. Webster a student at the Abbot Academy notable as one of the first secondary schools for educating young women in New England. This is an exceptional document of early women’s education in America. It details the things women were learning how they learned them and a bit into the personal life of one of the few women being educated in the country. The book seems to have served two purposes for Ms. Webster. First the majority of the book is a school composition/notebook. Secondly at the end of the book there is a diary for writing down personal experiences. Margaret seems to have been born in 1858 making her around 18 at the time of this journal. The majority of the Margaret C. Webster book is devoted to school related work 65 pages. This includes: Poetry – Margaret has written in her journal poems by Thackeray Proctor Homer and some quotations by Tennyson. There is also the poem “Annie and Willies Prayer” by Sophia Snow which is a Christmas poem similar to the “The Night Before Christmas.; Original essays – There is an essay by Margaret titled “World Without Imagination.”; Botany notes which include a list of 100 plants and flowers with their common name as well as their genus and specie; Notes/Discussions/Compositions on Famous Personages and Subjects – These include Tennyson Wordsworth Aristotle Byron Pope Chaucer and more; A Student Study Schedule– This contains Margaret’s schedule of morning study work for 1876 and 1877. There are a number of schedules written down here for nine different days in three different terms Fall Winter and Spring. Example: “Jan. 13 1877. From 8:30 - 9:30am: Went to prayer meeting at Chapel. 9:30 - 10:30: Studied Shakespeare. 10:30 - 11:15: Studied Botany. 11:30 - 12:00pm: Studied and did various things. From 5:15 - 6pm: Studied Shakespeare. 7:30 - 8: Studied Shakespeare. 8:30 - 9: Gymnastics. Finally there is also a 10-page section within the notebook which is not related to school but is a more personal diary. It contains two separate entries. And it is somewhat of an anomaly. It appears that the first entry of 6 pages is done by a person other than Margaret - perhaps a relative. The woman writing this section states that she is around forty years old and reports that she has just found her old diary in the attic. She proceeds to write in this journal some of the more important entries from her original diary. Thus she is copying them into this Margaret’s notebook – probably around the same time frame that Margaret used it 1870-1880. Sample entries: "Journal you this day May 1 1850 my 16th birthday have been presented to me by my father as a present. If you prove a pleasure and comfort as he says you will I will patronize your pages now unsullied. But if you prove a bother as I think you will you will at quick notice be dispatched to Hades.”; “Aug 28 1850 Journal in spite of my resolution I believe I am going to like you. Something tells me that if all other friends desert me you will be true to the last……I am to enter upon a very important period of my life. I am going away to school to Abbot Academy. I want to go because I am sick of staying at home. I am curious to see the girls there. I have about made up my mind not to like them.” The remaining entries reveal that the young girl attends the academy and greatly enjoys the experience making many new friends. In her last entry dated July 28 1854 she reports that she is graduating that day and is excited about her achievement - but sad that she is leaving friends. It is possible that this section was provided by a relative who may have also attended Abbot Academy. And perhaps the relative wanted to show Margaret that the school would be a pleasant and worthwhile experience. The author of the last four pages of this section is most probably Margaret considering the similar handwriting. The entry is titled “My Walk” and describes a walk she took into Andover Massachusetts where she lives. During her walk she strolls by a Captain Perry’s house and past the Old South Church. She also comes across Parson Watkins who is on horseback and after a greeting she returns home. As she nears her house a driverless carriage races by with the two lady occupants so absorbed in conversation that they fail to take notice of the danger they are in. Running behind them is the driver who eventually gets the carriage back under control. The notebook is 7” by 8” in size. It has worn green boards with a floral design and a bit of discoloration at points. It has a red leather spine with wear at head and foot. Pages are lightly toned but clean and the writing is neat and easily legible. The binding is tight and the ink is slightly faded but very readable. The book has approximately 75 handwritten pages of which all but a few have writing in them. Background: Abbot Academy also known as Abbot Female Seminary and AA was an independent boarding preparatory school for women boarding and day students in grades 9–12 from 1828 to 1973. Located in Andover Massachusetts Abbot Academy was notable as one of the first incorporated secondary schools for educating young women in New England. It merged with Phillips Academy in 1973 and campus buildings along School Street continue to be used for the combined school. In 1859 the "strong-willed" but "ideologically moderate" McKeen sisters — headmistress Philena and Phebe—exerted strong leadership by adopting a "school-home" approach. The years were marked by substantial expansion of buildings.The McKeens fostered the study of French and German and introduced a "systematic oral language program" on a par with that of Harvard University.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARGARET C. WEBSTER ABBOT ACADEMY ABBOT FEMALE SEMINARY INDEPENDENT BOARDING PREPARATORY SCHOOL PHILLIPS ACADEMY MCKEEN SISTERS FEMINISM WOMEN'S RIGHTS EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY FIRST SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS SUBJECTS OF EDUCATION WOMEN'S EDUCATION WOMEN ONLY INTELLECTUAL GROWTH OF YOUNG GIRLS PRE SUFFRAGE 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009084

‎ISAAC S PEAR‎

‎1862 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY OF AN OBSERVANT MANUFACTURER OF COTS AND BEDS FOR THE UNION SIDE WHO WOULD ONE DAY BECOME A NOTED MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATOR‎

‎CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1862. On offer is the 1862 diary of Isaac S. Pear owner of a Massachusetts factory and business manufacturing spring and cot beds and specialties in folding furniture. Pear speaks often of his day-to-day activities and his business which he writes have been negatively affected by the ongoing and bloody Civil War. The entries range from short concise entries of the weather to longer ones directly related to his business activities at the time. There are also reports of the Civil War battles won and lost and the general feeling of the people around him usually a mixture of exhaustion and anxiety. He obviously keeps tabs on the war especially as it reflects the effect on regiments and people from Massachusetts and his entries reflect this often. It seems about the middle of the year Pear’s factory begins making cots and beds for the Union Army. A call goes out in August for men to volunteer for the Union. For a few weeks Pear closes his store and factory at 2pm “in aid of recruiting.” He mentions that stores that did not close early were shut down by a mob. There also seems to be a dour attitude about the situation as Pear often reports the amount who have died in the war and the despondent look of the soldiers who return. The situation does not look good at all through Pear’s eyes. He also mentions people he knew by name who have died in the war. The ‘Memoranda’ and ‘Cash Accounts’ section of the diary contain a number of pages of detailed lists of items bought and paid for money received from clients at the store and money paid out to employees many of whom seem to be family. The book is approximately 380 pages of which there is writing in 300 or so. The cover is soft black leather with a wrap around portion meant to slide into a little loop however the loop no longer exists. It says ‘Diary 1862’ on the front. It shows a good bit of wear throughout. The pages show some discoloration and wear especially near the front and back but nothing that affects legibility. Pear wrote in pencil throughout the book and there is some smudging on certain pages that can affect legibility however these entries can be read with a bit of effort made easier under direct light. His handwriting is easy to read and legible throughout. The book is in overall good condition. Sample entries: “Friday February 7 1862. Quite and warm all day. The snow thawed considerably. News of the taking of “Fort Henry” on the Tennessee River read to-day. People feel elated. This evening took tea at Mrs. Williams.”; “February 8. Comes in pleasant but colder than yesterday. A little trade at store though still poor. The war affects business very much and all are anxious for a short but honorable termination.”; “March 19. Pleasant all day. The taking of Newberne N.C. continued. The 21st 23rd 24th 25th Mass. Reg’ts were in the action. Our cas. About ninety killed and 400 wounded.”; “June 19. Warm and pleasant all day. Busy at factory making spring cots for Army use.”; “August 5. Talk of a draft to fill the quota for 600000 more men for the army. Cities and towns offering bounties for volunteers for $100 to $200.”; “August 10. Visited Camp Cameron today.A large number of troops there under the new call of 300000 by President Lincoln.”; “September 3. All account go to show that the Rebels have an overwhelming Army and are determined to get into Washington and Maryland or die in the attempt.”; “December 13. John E. Noone was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg this day aged 27 years.” Background: In 1852 Mr. Pear went to California. He traded in San Francisco three years and worked in the mines one year and then returned to Cambridge in 1857. The same year he entered his present business as manufacturer of spring and cot beds and specialties in folding furniture his factory being situated on Brattle street Boston. In the presidential campaign of 1856 Mr. Pear cast his vote in California for the free soil candidate John C. Fremont. In 1860 he voted the Bell and Everett ticket in 18564 for Lincoln and has been a republican ever since. Mr. Pear was a member of the common council with William E. Russell and in the board of aldermen the next two years. In 1887-88 he was a member of the legislature serving upon the committee on elections and giving valuable aid upon the committee on water supply in the taking of land around Fresh pond. He worked for the Australian ballot which was then secured. During his legislative career he was an intimate of the late Chester F. Sanger who occupied the adjoining seat in the house. Mr. Pear has been on the Republican City committee for the past dozen years. He is to-day a director in the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance company and also in the Colombian Cooperative bank. He is also an esteemed member of the California Pioneers of New England.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ISAAC S. PEAR CIVIL WAR ERA BRATTLE STREET CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS OWNER COT AND BED MANUFACTURING UNION ARMY SUPPLIER REPORTS OF THE CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN LIFE ON THE UNION SIDE RECRUITMENT OF SOLDIERS EFFECT OF THE CIVIL WAR ON CIVILIANS WAR TIME COMMERCE ECONOMY SUPPLIERS TO THE UNION ARMY 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009086

‎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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009111

‎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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009117

‎Captain JFAE VAN KEMPEN J F A E‎

‎1895 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL: “METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE DUTCH STEAMER JAVA” AS IT GOES FROM AMSTERDAM TO THE DUTCH WEST INDIES AND BACK‎

‎AMSTERDAM to THE DUTCH WEST INDIES and Back. Good. 1895. On offer is a small but fascinating 30 page book of handwritten weather observations and meteorological observations from the very end of the 19th century from an author on board the Dutch steam ship ‘Java’. From July 31st to November 15th 1895 the book records various quantitative and qualitative observations about the weather as the steamer travels from the Port of Amsterdam around the Andalusian Peninsula through the Strait of Gibraltar across the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and ending up in Padang in what is now West Sumatra in Indonesia and what was then part of the Dutch Empire. From Padang the ship goes to a number of ports in Sumatra and Java Pasuruan Pegalongan Tandjung Priok and a few others before it sails back to Amsterdam along a similar route. The front page declares the book to be the: “Meteorological Observations of the Dutch steamer ‘Java’. 1895.” The verso of each page is taken up with the quantitative measurements of the weather. This includes “Latitude” and “Longitude” in degrees “Tide” in speed and direction “Barometer” in millimeters of mercury and “Thermometer” in celsius. The recto of each page is taken up with qualitative “Observations” of the weather and occasionally the name of the location where the steamer was situated that day. For example: “August 9. Sea calm clear sky. Breeze E.N.E. Passed at the First Watch Cape de Fen.”; “August 24. Passed the Isle of Socator. Heavy breeze S.S.W. High sea S.S.W. hazy atmosphere.”; “October 20. Heavy wind. High sea. Rainy weather. Sea and wind west.”; “October 24. Light breeze sky a little cloudy. Sea calm.” The only pages that depart from this format are the very first page of observations “Departed the 31 July at ten o’clock in the morning from Amsterdam at 3h 35m afternoon from the harbour at Ijmuiden.” and the two pages where the ship is in Java and Sumatra going from port to port before heading back home. The first page also shows that the book was ‘Presented to Weather Bureau in August 1924 by Capt. J. F. A. E Van Kempen Municipal Officer Soerabaia Java formerly an officer on the Dutch S.S. ‘Java’ by L. S. Aug 28 1924.” The book is 30 pages and containing 28 pages of writing. It’s cover is red cloth board showing light shelf and edge wear to the soft boards. The pages within are slightly loose from the binding but still connected. The handwriting is legible throughout with the exception for the few and far between words in which the ink ha smudged and made the reading slightly difficult. The pages are also thin so the ink shows from the other side of the page. However It does not make any words on the page illegible or unclear. This piece would make an excellent addition to the history of the Dutch Empire its trade and its naval capabilities. Overall: G; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DUTCH S.S. JAVA STEAMSHIP JAVA 19TH CENTURY DUTCH EMPIRE NETHERLANDS TO THE DUTCH EAST INDIES METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS WEATHER OBSERVATIONS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE WEATHER ANALYSIS 19TH CENTURY STEAMSHIP TRAVEL AMSTERDAM SUEZ CANAL WEST SUMATRA COLONIAL INDONESIA PORTS IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009125

‎KATHERINE H KENDRICK, Secretary‎

‎1912 - 1920 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCRAPBOOK OF PRINTED TYPED AND HANDWRITTEN PAGES DETAILING THE BEGINNINGS OF A SCHOOL ORCHESTRA COMPOSED OF MEMBERS FROM A MAINE SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF TROUBLED FAMILIES‎

‎GOOD WILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL HINCKLEY MAINE ME. Good. 1920. On offer is an magnificent and comprehensive scrapbook documenting in impressive detail the beginnings of the Good Will Orchestra a music ensemble made up of students from the Good Will Grammar School a school in Hinckley Somerset County Maine dedicated to providing assistance to students of indigent and troubled families. The book covers the time period of roughly 1912-1920. The book is a hodgepodge of various different forms: dozens of pages of what appears to be an official printed copy of the history of the orchestra titled the ‘Good Will Record’; handwritten secretary notes of the Orchestra’s rehearsals including notes on where and when the orchestra met what pieces were rehearsed and who was present at the rehearsal; attendance sheets for the students in the orchestra; typed and handwritten letters relating to the orchestra and a trip taken to Boston; typed pages of recitals given over the course of a few years; and many photographs of individual students and group photos of the whole orchestra together almost all of which contain notes on when the photograph was taken and who is in it. There is a tremendous amount of information contained within. Not just for the students who took part but for a well preserved time capsule of the type of music and performance in the early part of the 20th century. One particularly fascinating 23-page section seems to give the entirety of the songs and composers waltzes operas overtures phonograph records ‘sacred music’ and more amounting to 150 different compositions. The book itself is in good condition. The front and back cover show some discoloration and wear and the half leather binding is somewhat frayed. None of the pages inside the book are bound so the covers serve as protection and not structure. Most of the pages inside are in good to very good condition. There are some pages that show some damage from being folded but they are few and far between. The handwriting is easily legible and readable throughout in slightly faded black ink. OVERALL: G. Text: “Sept. 22 1919. The fourth rehearsal of the Good Will Orchestra was head at Moody Hall directly after school closed. Altho the attendance was small there was a good spirit and we all felt that something had been accomplished. We started in earnest to learn the amarch ‘Imperial Swords’ and repeated faithfully the difficult parts so that we played it acceptably at chapel the next morning. The two selections ‘Chansonette’ and ‘Cavalry March’ were reviewed carefully and improvement was shown. Several pieces were reviewed ‘An Old-Time Dance’ ‘German Song’ ‘Gavotte’ in the little brown books. The orchestra decided that whoever is tardy at a rehearsal is fined two cents whoever is absent is fined five cents. Katherine H. Kendrick. Rec. Sec.” Background: Good Will-Hinckley is a charitable organization in Fairfield Maine. Organized in 1889 by George W. Hinckley the membership-driven organization is dedicated to providing assistance to indigent and troubled families. It has a campus of more than 1800 acres 730 ha in Fairfield on which it operates the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences a boarding and day school focused on agricultural and outdoor education and the Glenn Stratton Learning Center a day treatment school focused on children with social emotional and behavioral challenges. It is also home to the L. C. Bates Museum one of the oldest natural history museums in Maine.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GOOD WILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL GOOD WILL ORCHESTRA KATHERINE H. KENDRICK HINCKLEY SOMERSET COUNTY MAINE GOOD WILL-HINCKLEY GEORGE W. HINCKLEY SCHOOL FOR TROUBLED CHILDREN MAINE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL L.C. BATES MUSEUM GLENN STRATON LEARNING CENTER ENSEMBLE SYMPHONY WORLD WAR 1 ERA AMERICA DURING WW1 SCRAPBOOK MEMENTO 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009135

‎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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009172

‎2nd LIEUTENANT MARTIN M GROSS‎

‎1945 ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT REPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MANILA HARBOR AFTER ITS DEVASTATING IN WORLD WAR II WRITTEN BY A LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND CONTAINING HIS HAND DRAWN DIAGRAMS‎

‎MANILA HARBOR PHILIPPINES. Good. 1945. On offer is a fascinating concise and exceptionally detailed history and evaluation of the ‘Reconstruction and Development of Manila Harbor’ following the tremendous destruction and devastation of the population following the Battle of Manila February 3 - March 3 1945. The manuscript was created as a request sent by Civil Engineering for an article on the harbor on 5 July 1945. 2nd Lieutenant Martin M. Gross Corps of Engineers was the one who answered the call and the manuscript offered here was produced five weeks later. The report does not seem to have been published. In addition to the manuscript there is a cover page of sorts consisting of a letter sent by “Mr. Don P. Reynolds” ASCE 1915-2002 the Associate Editor of the journal Civil Engineering on August 26 1945 stating that “An article on the rehabilitation of Manila Harbor requested in your letter of 5 July 1945 to Lt. Col. W. M. Hurley Chief of Technical Information Corps of Engineers Washington D.C. is inclosed. It has been read and approved by Col. Dean Commanding Officer of the 5202d Engineer Construction Brigade and Col. Cron Chief of Operations Office of the Chief Engineer AFWFSPAC.” The letter says that it comes with the three photographs. Only one photograph seems to have survived and is included in the collection. The letter was sent by “Headquarters United States Army Forces Western Pacific Public Relations Office”. This is an original typescript with manuscript corrections throughout the document. Each page contains a number of pencil corrections throughout as well as instruction for a ‘typist’ to make changes in the manuscript. The words ‘Final Copy’ are written above the title on the first page. In regards to the accuracy of the report it cannot be said for sure just how good it is but it seems to have the detail and comprehensiveness of a good and thorough report. It is 13 pages long. Included as well are three figure spec drawings: Figure 1 - ‘Port of Manila’; Figure 2 - ‘Pier No. 7. Showing Breaches’; and Figure 3 - ‘Repairing damaged concrete piles’; The photograph included is of the rendered version of the map of the harbor Figure 1. The three drawings are expertly done. There is also a typed page describing the three different drawings. Finally a biographical sketch is included of Lt. Gross: “After graduating in Civil Engineering from Columbia University Lt. Gross soon became Construction Superintendent for the H.R.H. Construction Corp. in New York City. Then Chief Engineer on the Castle Village Housing Project he supervised construction for housing projects in New York New Jersey and Delaware before entering the service. In the Army he rose to Master Sergeant.Soon after the Engineers hit the Philippines he was transferred to the Luzon Engineer District the headquarters charged with most of the rehabilitation work in the Philippines. Commissioned in the field Lt. Gross was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. Lt. Gross plans to enter the construction business for himself in Newark N.J. his home when he returns.” Gross would live in New Jersey till he died in 2015. The pages are 11” x 8.5" inches in size. There are 19 pages in total unbound. Two pages are exhibit some significant wear. The pages are the letter that makes up the ‘cover’ and the page detailing the contents of the drawings. The actual typescript is on much sturdier paper and in better condition. The typing is clear throughout and the pencil corrections are easy to read and not smudged or faded. There is also a bit of pen used. The drawings and photograph are also in good condition. Provenance Note: David Katcher 1913-2002 editor at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory before World War II and later executive secretary of a theoretical physics division of the Institute for Defense Analysis founding editor in 1947 of the journal Physics Today and a senior policy analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology policy during the Carter administration. During WWII David Katcher was Lt. Katcher serving as a correspondent/writer in the public relations office of the U.S. Army Headquarters of the Western Pacific GHQ USAFPAC and served as Public Relations Assistant to High Commissioner Paul McNutt in Manila; One good quick source on the reconstruction in the harbor facilities in Manila is: "Engineers of the Southwest Pacific 1941-1945 Volume 6: Reports of Airfield and Base Development 1951 pp 350-360. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BATTLE OF MANILA RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MANILA HARBOR PHILIPPINES END OF WORLD WAR II IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE WWII 2ND LIEUTENANT MARTIN M. GROSS ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DON P. REYNOLDS JOURNAL CIVIL ENGINEERING 5202nd ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER ARMY ENGINEER REPORT PORT OF MANILA 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009178

‎F G HEDINGHAM‎

‎1905 - 1907 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A ROYAL NAVY SAILOR IN THE AUSTRALIA STATION PATROLLING THE COASTS AND PARTAKING FIRST-HAND IN THE MASSACRE OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES OF OCEANIA‎

‎ABOARD THE HMS PEGASUS AUSTRALIA STATION. Good. 1905. On offer is a sensational historically significant manuscript relic of British naval history being the handwritten journal of F. G. Hedingham a sailor on the British Royal Navy cruiser the HMS Pegasus working in the Australian Station. The back of the front cover reads: “Rough notes on the Commission of H.M.S. Pegasus. On the Australian Station. F. G. Hedingham. January 31st 1905.” The journal begins “Commissioned in Sheerness dockyard on 31st January. 1905. Left the dockyard on the 24th of Feb after repairs to boilers were finished.proceeded straight up to Chatham and into Dry dock the same day.Took in 250 tons of coal in the morning of the 9th and went down the River to Saltpan reach in the afternoon. Raised steam on the morning of the 10th and left Sheerness at 2.20pm and proceeded down Channel.” The ship faces rocky weather almost immediately: “.had a rough passage all the way out at times in the Bay of Biscay we were only doing about 2 knots an hours.” The ship arrives in Gibraltar takes on more coal and see the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. On the way down to Australia the ship stops in Malta Aden Suez Colombo and Batavia. Hedingham gives pretty quick and to-the-point accounts of each day stating larger and more straightforward observations such as weather events ships seen ports left from or sailed to rate of the ship's progress etc. In Batavia a man on the Pegasus dies: “Weds: May 10th. We were going to sea at Daybreak this morning but the stoker in the steam-boat got sun-stroke and was carried inboard about 6pm last night he died at 9am this morning. I went to his funeral on shore this afternoon he was buried about 3pm about 1/4 mile from the harbor.” The next day it is back to normal going on towards Albany Australia described as “a large harbor but not very deep water. With hills all around.” The ship moves on to Sydney where the Pegasus gets a number of repairs done on it a process that takes about six weeks. In the meantime Hedingham spends his days in town going to see sports walking around the city going to the National Gallery taking day trips to places like Manley. His days are easy and enjoyable. On September 26 “Admiral Arthur Fanshaw hoised his flag as full admiral on the flagship for the first time this morning and the ships in harbour fired the salute.” The ship leaves Sydney and goes to Jervis Bay for military exercises then back to Sydney. The ship leaves again a couple weeks later for Noumea the capital of New Caledonia which Hedingham reports: “‘Noumea’ it has a population of 6000 of which 2000 are blacks. The majority of the houses have only one story can hardly call the town pretty but the country about is very nice. The cemetery is large and well kept with a lot of expensive wreaths.” A fire starts on the dock shortly after the Pegasus arrives in Noumea and there are a number of days of a ‘court of inquiry’ into the cause of the fire. The ship moves on to “Port Sandwich at one of the Islands in the New Hebrides.” Hedingham continues “We have 5 nrs on board as prisoners since we were at ‘Noumea’ we are taking them down to the Islands for exile as they have committed a murder.” The ship leaves ‘Port Sandwich’ and arrives at the Island of Mallicolo. The Pegasus joins a French ship on the island. What happens next is a sad legacy of European colonialism. Hedingham and a party of “about 80 men and officers” land on the island and proceed to massacre the local population as revenge for alleged recent murders of French members of the schooner ‘Lily’ by the natives of this small island. The event is harrowing but is written with the same cool and calm demeanor as all the other entries: “.we carried two Maxim guns and the men armed with rifles and bayonets and some with cutlass and revolvers each man carried 120 rounds a small party landed at the same time from the French ship we all line up on the beach and the whole marched off together into the bush the party passed through a friendly village about a mile from the beach and about two miles further on they came to another village a halt was made and about 100 rounds fired from the Maxim and when they came into the village it was deserted.again to another village with the same result the natives firing one or two shots. The village which was called ‘Billias’ was then set on fire cokeonut trees and fruit trees were cut down and all the wooden idols blown up after.the party marched back again to the other village which was also burned down.steep hills all the while.” The ship then moves on to another part of the island landing another armed force on the village and threatening “that we would blow the village up if they do not fetch off two others that escaped this afternoon.” The natives deliver the men the next day. The ship leaves and goes back to Noumea where Hedingham reports: “one of the last two nr prisoners that we took on board jumped overboard in the night and tried to escape but they lowered a boat and brought him back.” About a month later another raid and massacre on the natives occurs: “As soon as the natives saw that they had got to go with us they started resisting one of the broke away and they shot him down as soon as they heard the shot all the lot made a rush in all directions down the hill they fired at them as quick as they could and several of them fell they ceased firing and all we had was four men and two women. We left those that were shot where they fell and marched back about 2pm. On the way down 2 of the men broke away at different places and were shot. So when we got to the beach we only had two men and two women.” The French take the prisoners off with them. Another landing happens a few days later at the town of Atchin in Malekula island. They demand the natives give up their “pigs and rifles” and the natives give in bringing “all together about 24 pigs and about 60 Snider Rifles.” This is the last landing as the ship soon goes back to Sydney harbor. There is shore leave in Sydney where Hedingham takes the train to Menangle Australia to shoot rabbits. 1906 begins with more of the same patrolling the Australian station doing military exercises with other ships and remarking on the occasional shore leave regatta or holiday. In April Hedingham gets appendicitis and is holed up in the sick bay for a couple days. There is more patrolling and the occasional landing in New Hebrides or Vanuatu to capture alleged criminals. For example: “Wed. June 5th. Landed an armed Party this afternoon and brought off two chiefs to be punished for stealing canoes. Gave them a dozen strokes each in their own village.” Beginning in November 1906 the ship begins to head back to England arriving at the end of January 1907. The book is approximately 260 pages in length of which close to 200 pages have writing in them. The covers are marbled paper over board and are faded and speckled especially at the corners. The spine is in fair condition showing wear and tear at the top and bottom. No pages are fully detached from the book but many are detached from the spine. The book still holds together but should be handled with care. The paper especially in the beginning and end shows some foxing and age-toning but not enough to affect the legibility of the content. The handwriting is crisp and clean throughout and the ink is still quite dense fading only at a few points throughout. Background: The HMS Pegasus was one of 11 Pelorus-class protected cruisers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1893 under the Spencer Program and based on the earlier Pearl class. The ship was sunk at the Battle of Zanzibar in 1914. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF F. G. HEDINGHAM H.M.S. PEGASUS AUSTRALIA STATION BRITISH ROYAL NAVY PRE WORLD WAR 1 BRITISH NAVY COLONIALISM IN OCEANIA VANUATU NEW HEBRIDES NOUMEA ENGLISH COLONIAL EMPIRE DOWN UNDER OZ AUSSIE SOUTH PACIFIC ANGLO-FRENCH JOINT NAVAL COMMISSION ENGLISH SUBJUGATION OF NATIVE PEOPLES PELORUS-CLASS PROTECTED CRUISER ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM BRITISH NAVAL DOMINANCE PRE-WW1 OCEANIA BRITANNICA 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009182

‎UNIDENTIFED‎

‎1968 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN DOCTOR WHO ANSWERS THE CALL BACK HOME TO ASSIST AFTER THE DEVASTING DASHT-E BAYAZ AND FERDOWS EARTHQUAKES‎

‎IRAN. Good. 1968. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript diary handwritten by an American medical doctor of Iranian origin from Wilmington North Carolina containing a powerful account of the 1968 earthquake aftermath in Iran and his participation in relief efforts. The Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake occurred in August 1968 causing massive destruction and killing between 7000 and 12000 people. The doctor whose name is unknown but who likely worked in Wilmington's Cape Fear Hospital flew to Teheran on the 10th of September to join efforts organized by the Red Lion and Sun Society then a member of the International Red Cross organization. Until that date the diary contains only scarce records made by different hands probably by his wife and child but the pages covering his trip to Iran are densely filled. After spending about two days in Teheran with his family and solving organizational issues he flew to the earthquake-stricken provinces where he worked in Mashhad Torbat-Hydarieh Kakh Bidokht Juimand assisting local hospital staff treating patients: On September 23rd "visited almost all patients most from disaster" 2 days later "afternoon headed west and saw the terrible site of total disaster in Kakh. Stench of dead flesh under ruins was nauseating". He shortly describes his interactions with doctors and officials and provides details of the surgeries that vary from orthopaedic surgeries to ruptured liver repair uterus reconstruction and delivering babies. It is touching to see when several days after the surgeries he returns to the records about his patients who had poor prognosis and proudly adds "saved life" or "excellent results". His mission was probably interrupted when he took ill with Hepatitis: "jaundiced - yellow as an autumn leaf". Hard mission also takes its toll he complains on not being able to sleep "reminiscent of previous accidents miseries". He leaves Iran on October 21 has several connecting flights including in Tel-Aviv where he closely misses a serious fire at the airport the last entry is made on October 25th 25 minutes before landing in Wilmington. In his account he mentions several people from Wilmington including Doctor Albert Warshawer and nurse Mary Lambert from the Fear Hope Hospital and doctors and administrators in Iran and Pakistan including Dr. Qureshi Dr. Radpour and Dr. Parviz Adle. Book condition: Good ; cover mainly spine is slightly worn a small stain on the back cover. Language: English with few words in Farsi probably some names of Iranians he worked with and of places. Additional materials: an article cut from a newspaper in Farsi. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF IRAN EARTHQUAKE DASHT-E BAYAZ AND FERDOWS EARTHQUAKE NATURAL DISASTERS CATASTROPHES DISASTER RELIEF TRAUMA SURGERY EMERGENCY MEDICINE HOSPITALS IN SHAH IRAN RED LION AND SUN SOCIETY COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITALS WILMINGTON NC NORTH CAROLINA DOCTORS TEHERAN MASHAD JUIMAND KAKH BIDOKHT BABAKHANI OSKUI GANABAD TARBAD FERDOWS TORBAT-E HYDARIEH DR. IRAJ BASHIRI DR. ABOL HASSEN SHEIBAN 20TH CENTURY DIARY CAPE FEAR HOSPITAL FEAR HOPE HOSPITAL PERSIA PRE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009187

‎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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0008004

‎MARY ANN RICHARDS‎

‎1869 SUPER ORIGINAL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BRUCE COUNTY ONTARIO WOMAN WHO ACTED AS AN ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS BELONGING TO HER FATHER ONE OF TARA'S EARLY SETTLERS AND A FOUNDER OF ITS FIRST MANUFACTURING BUSINESS‎

‎TARA BRUCE COUNTY OWEN SOUND SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO. Fair. 1869. On offer is a remarkable diary handwritten in 1869 by Mary Ann Richards who lived in south-western Ontario. Mary Ann aged 28 at that time was a daughter of Henry Nicholas Matthias Richards who arrived in Canada from Wales with his brothers in 1830s built many stone buildings in Kingston and Toronto and in 1850s moved to Tara a small village located between Owen Sound and Southampton where he founded a saw mill which became Tara's first manufacturing business and who also was Worthy Chief of the Independent Order of Good Templars and a member of the first Public School Board of Trustees. Mary Ann Richard's diary covers the year of 1869 and though most entries are very brief and businesslike they create a picture that is far from common stereotypes showing a young woman who is actively involved in the family business keeping accounts and business correspondence. Though she makes weather records and mentions sewing quilting dying yarn and learning to make lace and paying social visits the main part of her diary are thorough records of business operations payments debts settlement expenses work done by employees purchases and prices. According to the diary Henry Richards was a very active businessman who travelled a lot in the county making several transactions almost every day varying from as little as 50 cents to several hundred dollars. Here are some typical entries: "McDonald here he paid Mr. Allen $100. Mr. Allen gave us $100 we gave him back $10 on act. Thompson had $3.00 worth of butter. Charley had 6 ½ lbs of pork at 10c." "Father bought a span of horses harness and sleigh and gave eighty five dollars for them"; "Mr. Grey rented our house for $36 per year and he is to pay taxes and insurance". Another often subject of her entries are Order of Good Templers lodge meetings that took place at their home and sermons they attended in church she often records the number of chapter and verse that were the subject of the sermon: "We all went to meeting in the evening. Father and I went to the English church. Text - "You cannot serve two masters"" "Hiscocks preached text Ephesians 4: 20-21". The diary mentions many names of the first settlers and business owners in Tara Owen Sound and Port Elgin including Donald Sutherland Chesterfield Armstrong Vandusen and many others which may be of interest to local historians and genealogists and also portrays local economy of the time giving details of labor cost and prices including prices for clothing and food horses and cattle and even for dentist's work: "Me and Alley got some teeth filled cost $2.00. I went out to Couches and got my cap fixed". At the end of the diary there is a list of bills and checks with numbers and dates. Condition: the diary is rather fragile many pages are getting loose the cover and bottom edge are chipping the spine is partly detached; the text is clear and not damaged.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CANADA SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO BRUCE COUNTY PORT ELGIN TARA INVERMAY OWEN SOUND FARMERS FIRST SETTLERS LOCAL BUSINESSES SAW MILL AGRICULTURE ECONOMY METHODIST CHURCH IN TARA INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS LEDGER BOOK OF ACCOUNTS BRUCE COUNTY GENEALOGY 19TH CENTURY HISTORY 1860S CANADIANA 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0008010

‎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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0008019

‎EVELYN REED‎

‎1929 - 1931 1933 & 1961 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE 3 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF ARDTREA ONTARIO COUNCILMAN AND FARMER IN ORILLIA TOWNSHIP AND ONE OF ORILLIA PACKET CORRESPONDENTS IN 1960S DETAILING HER EVERYDAY LIFE AND TIMES‎

‎Orillia Ontario. Fair. 1929. On offer are 1929-31 1933 and 1961 manuscript diaries documenting a life of Evelyn Carter Reed b. 1902 from Orillia Township. Evelyn was a wife of Wilbour T. Reed a farmer and swine breeder from Ardtrea who was a member of the Orillia Municipal Council in 1940-60s and served as a Simcoe County Warden in 1953. The first of the diaries starts in 1929 7 years after they got married. The family also kept summer cottages that seem to be very popular during the season: "Ag. 1 1933: Wib and I were kept busy feeding our 13 guests. The men folks went fishing eve. Art went to street dancing at night. This was Fireman's Tournament day. I did a bit more ironing this P.M. .Aug. 3rd:: We had 17 for dinner and supper." The diaries give an excellent insight into life of a woman from a well off farmer's family in mid-20th century and document how life changed from 1930s to 1960s including shopping and culinary habits home appliances and involvement into social life. In 1929 Evelyn was a young wife and mother of two boys Alex and Ross busy with housekeeping. Her main activities included cleaning home and summer cottages cooking for the family and lodgers washing sewing and mending clothes while her husband was mostly busy with cattle pigs and crops. She meticulously lists dishes that she cooks and clothes she makes: "Apr. 14 1930 Nice but cold. I clarified syrup all day made yeast chocolate cake Johnny cake cleaned a lot of eggs washed a few silk things and wrote to mother; June 2: Very warm. I did a big washing and hung it on my new clothes line also started cleaning cellar and did some mending. Took off storm windows. The men got field ready for potatoes; June 12th A nice day. I preserved pineapple and rhubarb made cookies and cake cleaned windows and put screen on kitchen window got letter from granny. Marcie phoned me. The men sowed turnips. Sept 2 "We took little pigs to market but sold none. I preserved peaches plums canned 9 jars tomatoes and made peach jelly. I also made pies and cake. Wib scrubbed kitchen and pantry. We thought we did a big day's work". The family had many visitors occasionally attended different events like Ladies Aid meetings lectures at church School Board meetings and shows and Evelyn maintains very active correspondence. In 1960s their lifestyle changed - they travel around more and seem to be more actively involved in social and political life in the county Wilbour attends hog producers meetings Simcoe warden elections and banquets and Church and School Boards meetings Evelyn is still busy with household chores but now she spends much time sewing and quilting and she often mentions writing news for "Packet" an Orillia newspaper and participating in the Women Institute activities: "Feb. 13th: Nice day. I wrote news for both papers A.M. and pressed some strips of my heavy material for quilt and sewed it all together.Feb 15th. .Wib went for Barrie to attend The Trustee and Ratepayers meeting. I went to quilting again with Carters.Feb. 20. I spent most of A.M. writing news for papers; Dec. 5: I made cookies A.M. iced my cake scrubbed pantry on my knees mopped kitchen and generally put things in order for W.I. Women Institute meeting. When 12 ladies came had meeting and program with game contests and fun till midnight when I served lunch." The diaries contain multiple names of local residents and lodgers local events a list of births deaths and marriages many details of everyday life including meals she made for the family and guests and lists of The first of the notebooks is missing a cover and the first page has a few tears and water stains. The paper has yellowed and ink and pen are faded at some pages. In the 1961 diary the cover and first leaves are detached.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EVELYN REED DEPRESSION DEPRESSION ERA 1930S 1920S 1960S 20TH CENTURY CANADA ONTARIO ARDTREA ALLISTON HILLCREST BARRIE ORILLIA MUSKOKA SIMCOE COUNTY FARMING FARMERS HOG PRODUCERS SWINE BREEDERS WOMEN STUDIES SOCIAL LIFE LAKEVIEW FARMS RURAL LIFE WILBUR READ REED CARTER WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES ORILLIA PACKET CANADIANA 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0008018