‎Biographie‎

‎UNIDENTIFIED BRIDE OF CHRIST‎

‎1936 and 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A NUN WHO SERVES FORMER FLORIDA FATHER JOHN FRANCIS CONOLEY - A MAN OF GOD WHO STOOD AGAINST THE KLAN‎

‎Portland Bangor Lake Tripp Maine ME. Good. 1943. On offer are the unique original manuscript diaries for the years 1936 and 1937. They were handwritten by a Nun who served n a Convent or Church near Poland and Portland Maine. Besides the very rarity of a handwritten relic of any religious order we note that our author served a Father Conoley which research suggests is John Francis Conoley who was originally from Florida. While in Florida he was very outspoken and stood up against the KKK. It became such a huge ordeal that he was put under investigation and when that didn't satisfy the Klansmen three of them in 1924 entered St. Patrick's rectory and brutally beat and castrated Father Conoley and left him on the steps of the rectory. He was then hospitalized for a year and entered a monastery for two additional years. It was after that when he accepted a priest hood in the diocese of the Portland Maine and served there until 1956 and died in 1960. A book out called "White Robes and Crosses; Father John Conoley the Ku Klux Klan and the University of Florida" chronicles the times. Local historians and researchers will also be delighted that the unidentified writer leaves a great deal of local historical and genealogical information. In the early diary which save for 9 days when she takes a retreat to Portland is full she talks about a great flood that affected the Eastern States in a huge way including the convent. The 1937 diary is full up to August 18th then sporadic entries after that but those entries are in a different handwriting perhaps because on July 16th she slips in the tub and broke some ribs. Here are some snippets: 1936 "January 1st Mass 8:30. Fr. Conoley. Yvonne came at 9:30 to take Sr. Helena and me to see Mrs. Palmer. We found her better. Fr. Jordan had administered the last sacraments. Sr. Euphemia and I visited the San. 3:30-5:30 reception building. Fr. Came for supper. Quiet evening. Meeting of Woman's council at 88 Elm." She mentions Mrs. Palmer dying 3 days later "January 3rd Mass 7:30. Fr. Conoley. Snowstorm followed by heavy rain. Meeting of Promoters L. S. H. 35th anniversary of our holy profession. We listened to the address of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who spoke to congress and the senate in join session at the capitol." "February 2nd Mass and Benediction 9 A.M. Mass at Oxford 10. Fr. Barrett. Cold unusually windy. Home from Oxford at 11:30. No visitors. Mrs. Childs sent soup stock for children and medicine for my cold. The house is very cold and the wind is furious and is the snow drifting Ball of fire broke in the sky over Oxford. Loud explosions followed. Houses shaken dishes broken." "February 22nd No mass. Fr. Conoley gave us Holy Communion. Some of the children came for confession but we had no classes. We were going to Portland but our car did not come. We walked down to the village for the first time in nine weeks. We spent all our change at a sale in the ten cent store. Called at Harris's. Donation $1.00." "March 8th I had a quiet afternoon all by myself. The sisters returned at six and reported that Sr. Sebastian is in the Paine Hospital with a broken leg. Sr. Edward ill at Indian Island. M. Magdalene is there and Indian woman keeping house. Sr. Fidelis anointed." "March 19th Two masses. Fr. Conoley sang. High Mass in the church and gave Benediction. Fr. Barrett said Mass in the convent chapel. Roads flooded. Scannell's could not get through for Mass. Breakfast for the two priests. Mr. O'Rourke Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Ayers. Heavy rain all day. Electric power cut off warning to draw water as it might be shut off. Phoned Lewiston to inquire for Mrs. Verrill and to speak to the Scannell's. Flood conditions terrifying all through Eastern States. Dynamiting ice jams in an effort to save bridges. Lewiston bridges closed. Party at Mrs. Harris for Fr. C. He could not get down." "March 20th No Mass. River overflowing all roads. Water highest then ever before. Men going about in boats. We walked down to see the sights. Called on Mrs. Childs donation $1.00. No mail no way to get in or out of town. Spent the day sewing and listening to reports of disaster throughout the country. No wood at all from the mountain. Choir practice 3:30 P.M. No such flood conditions ever existed in the Eastern United States. Millions of dollars will be needed for relief work. Phoned St. Mari's for Frank Verrill. Gave the Duchette children several dresses and all the stockings and other clothing available. There were taken out of their home in boats." "May 31st Pentecost Sunday. High Mass Fr. Conoley 9 A.M. Mass-Benediction Oxford. 3 Baptisms. Gloria Smith Gordon Smith and Joseph Quinn of Oxford. Deo Gratias! Home at 1 P.M. Miss Templeton called with Tom Cunliffe Rose and Mollie Hines with fruit and vegetables. Flowers from many gardens. Spent the afternoon building the shrine. Lovely ceremony Fr. Conoley preached. Fr. Barrett gave Benediction. Yvonne helped. Many Protestants attended and even marched in the procession. Mrs. Riley reported another Catholic family found in the woods we are to meet them soon. Ice cream from the pastor. I was invited to join the Sons of Jehovah." "June 29th Mass. Fr. Barrett. The boys moved various things up and down in and out. Great surprise at 10 A.M. The community car arrived with Sr. Delarosa and Sr. Helena and departed promptly with Sr. D. and Sr. Rose. The day is cold and showery. Started to make our habit. The boys brought a new burner. Mr. Harwood removed the furnace pipe and put it upstairs. Father Barrett gave Benediction at 7:30. Boxes from Mrs. Pooler and Isabel Connolly. Dr. Scrannell is better he has developed shingles! Mrs. Mc Garrigle ill." "August 15th Feast of the Assumption. Mass. Fr. Conoley. Father Paul. Mass at Oxford. Hebron and Crescent Lake. Very heavy rain. Father Paul waited here for the other to return. We all sat around watching it rain and waiting for the postman. He came at noon with our appointments. No change here. D.G. Sr. Helena and Sr. Anna went to Portland for all the Jubilee celebrations. 10 silver 1 golden. The rain stopped at 2 and the firemen paraded. The sisters returned at six. Many changes. Sr. Bernadine phoned twice. I did a little book keeping. Very handsome cake from Mrs. Ronan." "August 19th We are to go to Portland for ten days retreat." This is where the 9 days are blank "September 14th Mass Fr. Paul. Mr. Ray came to drive for Father Conoley. School as usual. Dickie tardy. Weather cold. Sr. Helena and I went to the mountain 3 to 6. Supper there. I worked on figures she crocheted. Fr. Paul and Mr. R. brought us home and they stayed for supper. Mrs. Giddings and Miss Hasselt Yvonne and Priscilla called. Mr. Harwood setting glass in kitchen. Much excitement about the state election for president governor and representatives. Broadcast from Rome by Pope Pius XI against Communism." "October 28th No mass. Weather fine. All children at school. The afternoon was spent playing games and eating. Costumes of many kinds prizes to several good disguises. "Mickey Mouse" etc. Mrs. Strout phoned that the winter's supply of sauerkraut is ready. Mrs. Childs sent several jars of preserves grapes etc. The evening was quiet as most of our friends are at Greenwood Mountain for a Halloween party at Fr. Conoley's." "November 1st Closing of Forty Hours Devotion. High Mass Benediction. Fr. Barrett. We went to Oxford where I met Mrs. Arthur Coolidge of Locke's Mills whom I lost track of eighteen years ago. Thank God she is back in the church. Home at noon and the afternoon was quiet and restful. No visitors except George C. who brought new tubes for the radio. The increase in the number of Holy Communions makes us all feel grateful to God." "December 11th & 12th No Mass roads icy. Rain very heavy rain all day. Classes as usual. Gerald and Kathryn absent. Rehearsed Christmas play made ornaments from metallic paper. We heard Ex-King Edward the eighth speak over the radio as he said farewell. The sound of "Big Ben" in London preceded the speaking which was sad and touching….Mass. Fr. Conoley. Foundation Day 105 years. Confessions and classes for children. Fr. Keegan came for confessions after 3 weeks absence. The children did some painting etc. I cleaned the parlor. Box from Sheehan's. We heard the account of the accession to the throne of George VI of England. The guns gave the Royal Salute etc." 1937 "February 21st Mass. Benediction. Fr. Barrett. Meeting of the women to arrange for March 17th. Supper entertainment etc. Sr. H. and I drove to Portland with Fred Hassett and Catherine. Dinner at The Queen's. Visited Aunt Sade. Called at Dartmouth St. No one at home. Stayed overnight at The Queen's. Monday Sr. H. SR. Emily and I went to Deering for the funeral of Sr. M. Aloysins. Saw Dr. Derry at The Queen's and go my discharge. Left Portland at 3:30 in a heavy rainstorm. Ran out of gas on the Poland Road. Got a flat tire. It rained and snowed heavily and we had great difficulty in reaching home at 7:10 P.M. frozen tired and scared to death." "April 16th Mass Fr. Barrett. Weather fine. 3 boxes of clothing from Winthrop. Mr. Winslow to clean our burner. Mrs. Piper took Sr. Euphemia and me to Poland to see Mrs. Strout. When we returned we found the fire dept. here. The grass caught fire from the burner the fire spread all over the field and almost burned Emery's house. Great excitement." "May 12th Coronation Day. No Mass. We listened to broadcasts from London from 5 A.M. Most of the day was devoted to the coronation of King George and Queen Elizabeth and the speeches from the King and various representatives of his colonies. Kitty Barron called. SR. H. and I went to Dr. Brown's with Mrs. Piper…Party at William Dolan's." "July 30th Holy Communion at 8 o'clock. Fr. C. Mass sung by Fr. B. at 9 children sang. After Mass 29 persons were confirmed by Rt. Rev. Bishop McCarty. The Bishop remained for closing exercises of vacation school which were held in the church as the weather was damp and we feared a downpour. Mrs. Harris entertained the Bishop and the priests. Miss Mary Burke several relatives and friends at dinner. The Bishop and Fr. Burke called after dinner before going to Hebron where seven persons were confirmed at the San…….Quiet evening cool and damp. Mr. Harwood took down the decorations from front porch." "August 2nd Mass Fr. Conoley. Weather cool cloudy. All the pupils of the vacation school went to Taylor's Beach Lake Trip for the day. Sr. Helena Sr. Evarista and Sr. Mary Albert with them. Cars loaned by Judge Heffernon. Frank Teague Mr. Bucknam Mrs. Piper Mrs. Simpson and a large truck by John DiBiase. Jack Quinn brought Oxford children. Mr. Gidding's came to measure for light for lawn party…." "September 9th the writing changes Mr. Holmes is learning the Catechism. Wishes to marry Theodora." "October 9th Ten boys in "Religion in Art." Boston Court House employee leaves Oxford Camp and remembers us with books pencils sharpener and paper. Jungle hunt all afternoon. Marionette theatre." The smaller diary measures about 4" x 7" and the larger diary measures about 5" x 8" and they are in good condition.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF Racism Religion Roman Catholic Catholicism Nuns Brides of Christ Maine Portland Conoley KKK Ku Klux Klan Nunnery Convent Gender Studies Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera 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 . hardcover‎

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‎MISS HELEN GERTRUDE SCHAFFTER‎

‎1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCHOOL MEMORIES JOURNAL - AN HOMAGE TO HIGH SCHOOL LIFE AND CHARMING RELIC OF PRE WORLD WAR I AMERICANA‎

‎ORRVILLE BAUGHMAN TOWNSHIP WAYNE COUNTY OHIO OH. Good. 1916. On offer is an original and unusual manuscript diary handwritten by Helen Schaffter who lived in Orrville Baughman Township Wayne County Ohio. In this charming book she kept memories of her school commencement notes her class colors class yell motto flowers song class officers school faculty amusements autographs sayings poems jokes stunts and frolics etc. She lists the commencement gifts that she received which include a ruby ring gold jewel case silk parasol silk boudoir cap ebony mirror and more. Helen does a great job over 79 pages in this 6" x 9 1/4" book naming her friends and detailing their travels and otherwise painting a picture of life just before America entered the First World War. Adding depth to the narrative Helen has littered the book with ephemera: mementos photos her calling card and a Valentine cupid cut-outs etc. There are a number of wonderful photographs of her too. Research suggests that Helen's parents were Paul A. Schaffter and Lucilla V. Schaffter and they were born in Switzerland. Her father was 51 years old and her mother was 49 years old when she was born! She had an older sister named Ida. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; PRE WORLD WAR I WWI WW ONE WAYNE COUNTY ORRVILLE OHIO Women's Studies Gender Studies Homefront Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown‎

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‎JULIA A READ‎

‎1932 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR AND OF THE GRAND MAN OF OPERA SHE ACCOMPANIES‎

‎GERMANY ITALY FRANCE ENGLAND. Good. 1932. On offer is the original 1932 manuscript 'Grand European Tour' travel journal handwritten by Julia A. Read as evident from her inscription: "Munich Apr. 14th 1932 A note book in which to write impressions of things enjoyed & experienced in the six weeks since Havrah William Lines Hubbard and I left Wilmington Calif. On March 4th 1932 on the good ship San Francisco." Julia she is Hubbard's travel companion and while the relationship is not clearly specified it is assuredly intimate. In 1932 we find Hubbard we list his diary separately well ensconced as the world wide authority on Opera having in 1908 published a comprehensive history on the subject and as a Dramatic Arts editor for a major newspaper for many years he was considered no small expert in the related arts. A charming correspondent Julia may well be writing 'her' diary but this is really 'their' diary for Havrah/Hubbard her companion and it seems intimately so as she annotates his and her life on this very extended trip: what they read what they eat who they visit intermingle with the travel facts of the trip the histories admired the hotels and entertainments rated: "We have been here at the Ritz six weeks. Eric & Mathew seem to enjoy it here much. The Gardens are beautiful." And so much more as she begins retrospectively as she writes: "Havrah and I had such very comfortable cabins side by side that we enjoyed staying in them much time reading or looking out except when walking or eating or climbing about the ship. The Capt and all officers and waiters were very courteous and kind. Prof. & Frau Einstein proved pleasant and enjoyable traveling acquaintances. We were at the Capts table at the farewell dinner." Almost 200 pp quite well filled with a Grand European tour: Casa Riva Hotel Eden the Ritz and the social circle always includes a Baroness a Grandee or such. But she also manages to surprise the reader when page after page we admire her observations. Here is a particularly touching entry: "May 31st Hotel Eden Sirmione Decoration Day in America Always since the war ended between the North and South in USA 61-65 - so many years ago on the 31st of May a bullet sent out by a sharp shooter found lodgement in my brother Spencer Tom. heart and he fell with a smile into the arms of a comrade." Online bio notes: William Lines Hubbard 1867-1951 worked off and on from 1891 to 1907 as music critic and editor of the Chicago Tribune -he was also dramatic editor 1902-7-while teaching singing and living in Europe from 1893 to 1898. W. Dermot Darby 1885-1947 Farwell's coeditor was a native of Ireland. Trained in England and New York Darby served as secretary of the Modern Music Society in New York in 1916 and helped to edit The Art of Music 1914-17. Overall G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; HUBBARD OPERA OPERATIC ALBERT EINSTEIN ELSA EINSTEIN HAVRAH MOTOR SAILING YACHT MS SAN FRANCISCO TRAVEL NAVAL MERCANTILE SHIPPING MARINE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Als 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

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‎WILLIAM A DOUBLEDAY [?]‎

‎1879 & 1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES FROM PROMINENT LOCAL FAMILY DETAILING GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY OF COOPERSTOWN NEW YORK‎

‎Cooperstown Otsego County New York. Good. 1879. Leatherette. On offer are the original 1879 and 1883 manuscript diaries historically relevant to the history of Cooperstown New York. While there is no indication of authorship specified in the books there are enclosed a number of ephemeral pieces that suggest the owner was "William A. Doubleday". There is also an 1870 promissory note with the names Sally Doubleday Elizabeth Doubleday and Abner Doubleday. Casual research affirms the family's connection to Cooperstown and we suggest but cannot confirm that the Abner Doubleday mentioned herein is the noted inventor of baseball. Further research notes near the listing's end explain. Historians and collectors of the region and era will no doubt have enough info to confirm. In the 1879 diary there are entries until May then blank. The 1883 diary has sporadic ledger type entries. Entries include historical mentions of local events and William mentions on numerous occasions the trial and hanging of Myron A. Buel who murdered 14 year old Catherine A. Richards. We learn in 1883 diary three members of his family die one being his sister. Here are snippets: 1879 "Does not storm. Snow deep. Sheriff sale at Walter Van Horner. Did not sell. Lenike brought Julia and Harry from park Central. Carries her home….Went to town. Commenced snowing. Buel trial commenced today. Swearing in Jurors. Snows all night……Snowing this morning. Snow deep. Got to town to hear Buel trial. Went to the bank on R.R. business. Fix for selling bonds….Warmer. Does not storm. Go to town to hear Buel trial. Frank goes with me. Go after Calista she does not come….Go to town. Cold but more pleasant. Buel trial progresses. Paid to Tyler $5.00 cash by check on first National. Calista comes up with me. Hear of the death of Mrs. Lathrop….Very cold. Go to town to sign town bonds. Finished them up. Went in the Hall a few minutes. Dr. Bassett was being sworn. Got a Utica Herald. Read the Buel trial….Cold and blustery. Went to town to hear judges charge on Buel case. Frank sick. Gone to bed. Uncle Russell called in evening. Says jury brought Buel in guilty…….Pleasant but cold. Frank not able to go out. Got to town to mill. Went in to settle with W. E. Corey. Went over to Uncle Russell's in evening. Frank some better. Buel to be hung 18th of April……" 1883 "Find Alice growing weaker. Paid I. E. Sylvester insurance fees $10.75. Paid for Journal to S. M. Shaw $2.00 to January 20th 1884.….Sick with bowel complaint. Come home to go to bed. Hurbert carries Frank back to school. Cold and blustering….Alice died this morning at 7 o'clock. Hurbert comes after me and Frank goes home. I go back after Louisa. Go to undertakers to get casket….Go to town. Louisa stays all night. Sally comes on the stage….Go to town. Attend the funeral. Go to get permit to enter the vault. Hand it to undertaker. P. Young stays all night….Am not feeling much better. Do my chores. Erney Russell brings telegram from Kalamazoo that my sister was dieing. Wants I should come. Russell and Bates here in evening….Herbert stays and does chores. Goes after Mrs. Grover and to town. Get a telegram from Mich. My sister is dead and her body sent to R. Springs….D. Bates goes to Bedford after her remains. I go to town to make arrangements for funeral….Pleasant weather but gloomy to me. Louisa poorly. Funeral quite large. Corpse looks natural. Herbert carries Thommy and Calista home. Received a friendly letter from E. Phiney……Pleasant but cold. Got to town in afternoon. Send a postal to Martha Small to come down on the stage. Frank helps Marshall move……Alice was buried today. Did not see the corpse. All went to the cemetery. Louisa stays down not able to come home. Frank and I come. Martha goes to J. Warren's…." All before May. There are many names are mentioned some in this one are; Newkirk Lathrop Dr. Barrett Sam R. Fay Chapin Dr. Blodgett E. Hubel Dr. Wadsworth Grover Pennington Potter E. W. Warren and more. Each of the diaries measures about 3" x 6". They are in poor condition but pages look good. Research notes: Whether the Abner Doubleday as mentioned in the diary may have been the famous Civil War General Abner Doubleday who is believed to have invented baseball in the Cooperstown area we are not positive but this one online source provides this: "This is the hardest fact to explain is that the inventor of baseball was Abner Doubleday. There is some genealogical evidence that a second Abner Doubleday a cousin of the famous general lived in Cooperstown at the time in question. The namesake Abner Demas Doubleday was born in Otsego County on March 9th 1829 and lived in Cooperstown area until moving to Kalamazoo Michigan following the Civil War. Additionally according to Grave's own words Graves was a man who brought this investigation to light in his second letter to the commission a second Doubleday cousin John also lived in Cooperstown and was a ballplayer. Perhaps it was one of these alternate Doubleday's who diagrammed a new game that day in Cooperstown and over time Graves confused him with his better-known cousin." As stated before the handwritten note is from 'an' Abner D. Doubleday from Kalamazoo dated April 1st 1870 while the diaries assuredly belonged to William Doubleday because most of the receipts in the back have that name. ; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Archive Lot 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 Myron A. Buel Doubleday New York State Ostego Otego Cooperstown Baseball Genealogy Pioneer Farm Rural . hardcover‎

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‎EUGENIA [GENIE] A GOODRICH‎

‎1869 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF THE HARD RURAL LIFE OF DEATH DISEASE AND NEVERENDING WORK DURING A VERY COLD YEAR IN CENTRAL VERMONT‎

‎PROCTORSVILLE VERMONT VT. Good. 1869. On offer is the original 1869 manuscript diary in Eugenia A. Goodrich of Proctorsville Vermont. Researchers and collectors of Vermont ephemera will be hard pressed to find a more detailed retelling of local history and genealogy as this young woman does a super job keeping a careful record of the events in her life her family and the doings of her small village along the Black River in central Vermont. That said we find life is hard and brutal sometimes. It a cold region and a cold year and she and the family are frequently snowbound. Genie her nickname records the events as dear Ella grows weaker and then dies. February is a bad month with several deaths of friends and family. Genie sews for local ladies. She records the active visiting that people did in the days before automobiles and telephones except when the roads are filled with snow. Things look up in April when the sugaring starts. One day her brother boils off "done off" 57 pounds of sugar. She records murders and fatal accidents in nearby towns and writes about fear in the village that the reservoir will break and they'll all be drowned. She writes about one beau: "he is splendid" but others annoy her. The Fourth of July is "Glorious"; it's quite an honor when President Grant visits Proctorsville in August. There's a bad flood in October that takes out all the local bridges across the river and carries away Mr. Atherton's house. There's a smallpox scare in the village. Proctorsville celebrates Christmas and Genie writes about a merry Christmas at home; her brother receives a box of collars. This is a fine view of life in New England just after the Civil War. Here are some general notes and snippets: Jan. 1 1869: It has snowed all day and Genie is all alone and feeling lonely as she faces the New Year. She notes that this time last year brother Johnnie was with her so full of life and now he is gone to a better world. Genie lives in a village near Cavendish on the Black River in central Vermont. It's cold there's lots of snow. She sews for herself and for others in the village. There are lots of visits back and forth. On Monday Jan. 18 she writes about Mr. Oliver Perry visiting and taking her to Chester about 10 miles away. Then she writes "He is splendid." On Tuesday Jan. 19 she writes about a shocking murder in nearby 20 miles Claremont New Hampshire. A man was murdered by his nephew. "Murders are so common one doesn't know when they are safe these days" she writes. No doubt this refers to the murder of George Woodell by William Kenney on the night on Jan. 18 as reported by the Boston Post. Genie and her mother take turns caring for Ella. Genie notes on Tuesday Feb. 2 that Ella has failed very fast within a few days. Feb. 3 others come to visit Ella. Genie doesn't think she will live till morning. Feb. 4 Ella is about the same. Genie thought Ella was near death several times but she hangs on. Friday Fed. 5 Dear Ella left us this p.m. at twenty minutes to four to join that angel choir in our heavenly home. Dear Ella we mill thee but hope some day to meet you when our life's work is over. Saturday Feb. 6 spent all day at Mrs. Spaulding's helping to prepare for the funeral. It's Joseph's birthday today-he's 17. I would like to go see him tonight. Sunday Feb. 7 very cold. Joseph carried me up to help Viccie make a wreath. Uncle Wheeler Spaulding died this morning. Quite unexpected. Another life is ended and another home made lonely by the "Grim Monster" death! Monday Feb. 8 Ella's funeral today. Genie will stay at Mr. Spaulding's tonight. Tuesday Feb. 9 Uncle Wheeler's funeral today. Also Mr. Gibson's. Monday Feb. 15 we learned that Hale Spaulding was dead. He dies last night. Wed. Feb. 17 Miss Damon the Woman preacher preached at Hale's funeral. P.H.O. was here this morning. Genie received an invitation for a sleigh ride but had to decline. Sunday Feb. 21 Mother and Russell went to church all day but I didn't go. We heard today that was a woman in Andover VT murdered yesterday. 15 mi. south. Feb. 24 the murder was all a hoax. Thursday April 1. Joseph and the hired man commenced to make sugar today. Tuesday April 6. We done off 57 pounds of sugar today. Thursday Apr. 15. Saw a most remarkable display of Aurora Borealis this evening the like of which I have never seen before. Its rays illuminated the whole heavens converging with wonderful brilliancy. Sunday Apr. 18. Didn't go to church-bad travelling. Done off more sugar…may be the last this spring. Wed. Apr. 21. Considerable excitement downtown. They are afraid the reservoir is giving out and they will be drowned. We hear that George sanders and Katie Mitchell were married. A "baby wedding" we should call it-both are so young. Sun. Apr. 25. Rev. J.S. Little preached his farewell sermon today at Proctorsville. Wed. Apr. 28. Mother quilting a bedspread. Saturday June 26. This would have been sister Hattie's birthday she'd be 20. Sunday June 27. I got all fixed up expecting a Bo beau but nary a one came only that hateful Adams fellow. Humph. Wish he knew enough to stay at home some of the time. Tuesday June 29. Mr. Elijah Bemis was killed this morning at Springfield and his wife was seriously injured. They were thrown from a carriage. Wed. June 30. Did not go strawberrying because Albert played me false. Thursday July 1. I went out and picked enough strawberries for one cake. Mother went strawberrying over in Parkers. I tried to sew some but did not accomplish much. "Albert bothers me so." Sunday July 4. Well this has been the Glorious fourth and is the ninety-third anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in this broad free land. I have celebrated it in a becoming manner. We stayed at Mr. Whitney's until after dinner then we came down to Warrens and called there a while and then came home. Sat. July 10. Little brother Johnnie would have been twelve years old today. Sat. Aug. 28. President Grant was at Proctorsville this afternoon. Quite an honor for our little town. Monday Oct. 4. It has been a continual pouring of rain all day. Cavendish never see such a __ before. The damages are immense. The bridges are all gone and the roads are washed so they are impassable. I went down to see the ruins. It looks rather rough along the Black river. We hear that Mr. Atherton's house is washed away. Tue. Oct. 5. The water in the river has fell considerably but not so we can cross it yet. Thurs. Nov. 30. Great excitement about the smallpox of which there are several cases in town. Friday Dec. 24. This evening all hands have been down for Proctorsville's Christmas eve. "Old Santa Clause" was generous this year. He put a present on the tree for me. Sat. Dec. 25. I spent a Merrie Christmas at home. This evening they have had exiting times at Farrsville. Quite a skirmish Merry merry Christmas indeed I should think. Joseph had a present of a box of collars and much much more. BIO NOTES: Courtesy of the Cavendish Historical Society Eugenia A. Goodrich was born in Cavendish 16 April 1846 daughter of Joseph D. and Lucy M. Paine Goodrich. Genie lived her whole live in the community of Proctorsville a village in the western part of the town. She also lived through the utmost tragedies that can ever be afflicted into the life of one little girl. During the first typhoid epidemic in Cavendish in 1851 her baby sister Hannah was taken. But even worse during the typhoid fever epidemic that struck Cavendish during the fall and winter of 1863 Genie lost her beloved father her twenty-year old sister Cassandra and her fifteen old sister Harriet. This left her poor grieving mother a widow at the age of 42 with three surviving children. Lucy did what she could but she was not strong and as time went on her heart grew weak. It was through her piety and humble work in the Baptist Church that she was adopted as a charity but she never asked for charity. Rev. Swett Brown was a pillar in the community and made sure that Lucy did not want for protection food and shelter with attentive neighborly love. Lucy Paine Goodrich was a gracious loving intelligent woman. Her life was a tragedy just as her daughter Genie's was. Lucy died of heart disease at her home in Cavendish 14 Oct. 1878 age 57. Her surviving son Joseph P. Goodrich lived with his wife Lizzie Oriette Kingston Goodrich and their children on a small farm in the Gassetts section of Chester a town south of Cavendish. Eugenia Lucy's daughter was married in Cavendish at the Baptist Church by Rev. Swett Farnsworth Brown 4 April 1872 to Albert Butler Adams. Albert was a Civil War veteran of Cavendish who enlisted at Cavendish 5 Aug. 1864 in the 2nd Battery Light Artillery as a private. He was discharged 28 July 1865. They lived in Cavendish District #8 on their own farm. Albert had a pension as he came home from war a very sick man. Genie died of consumption 15 June 1873 age 27. This was only three months and twelve days after giving birth to her only child Albert. Albert died of a scrofula illness 24 July 1878 at the young age of 34 years. They were buried in Cavendish. The book proper is a standard 19th century diary with astronomical items postage rates moon phases time of sunset and rise for each day etc.4"x2"x1" page a day small leather-bound book has a worn cover lining loose but overall G.; 64mo - up to 3" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CAVENDISH EUGENIA A. GOODRICH NORTH HAVERHILL NEW HAMPSHIRE AMERICANA POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA PROCTORSVILLE VERMONT LUDLOW WOMENS STUDIES GENDER STUDIES RURAL LIFE HARDSHIPS EPIDEMICS INFLUENZA SMALLPOX FEVERS SUGARING MAPLE SYRUP HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Als 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

Référence libraire : 0001361

‎UNKNOWN SCRIVENER‎

‎1525 ORIGINAL ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT OF CIVIL LAW: 'CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS OF JUSTINIAN'‎

‎LOMBARDY ITALY. Good. 1525. Original Vellum. On offer is an ancient very charming and even beautiful manuscript relic of early civil law and legal procedure bound in vellum being the "Corpus Iuris Civilis of Justinian" the Digesta Digests or Pandects Books 1 through 38 in condensed form. All titular headings from 1.1.0 through 38.17.0 with each followed by an abbreviated explanation of the premise. In some instances may also have portions of subsections such as 1.5.6. The text does not contain the elaborations of Ulpianus Pomponius Florentinus or their like. Justinian the Great "Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to everyone his due" was the Roman Emperor of Byzantine Constantinople from 527 to 565. He was the last Roman Emperor to speak Latin as his first language. He tried to revive the greatness of the empire by reconquering the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire achieving only partial success in this although he did retake the city of Rome. But probably his most enduring legacy was the uniform rewriting of Roman law the Corpus Iuris Civilis which is still the basis for much civil law in many modern states and with which this volume is concerned. Dated October 30 1525 handwritten in one humanist hand this version appears to be a synopsis of the first 38 books of the Digesta and may have been used as a primer for a law student or as is more likely in this case given the marginalia a reference by a civil authority such as a lawyer or civil magistrate. On the spine is the word "Castaldus". Castaldus Gastaldo in Italian was also a term for a Lombardy official in charge of some portion of a demesne a gastaldia or castaldia with civil martial and juridical powers. When Lombardy submitted to a codified Roman law the term came to be used as a reference for civil magisterial matters. Another possiblility is this was owned by a Restaurus Castaldus an Italian civil lawyer d. 1564 and known to be the author of published book: "De imperatore in Tractatus universi iuris" or this book may possibly be a redaction or some other volume of the same Castaldus by another hand. This book offers a wonderful research opportunity for the right researcher! Description: CASTALDUS 1525 Italy. Cover of limp vellum 148x 119x 20mm Held by two leather straps through the spine to under the covers. Small section of cover on spine is missing. 124 leaves of linen rag paper 140 x105mm the first and last blank. 122 paginated folios; 1-109 CX-CXXII. Collation; i I 1313 a singleton II16 III15 39 a singleton IV15 51 a singleton V16 VI15 90 a singleton VII16 i. COMPLETE. 243 pages of text. Dated on recto of f.CXXII October 30 1525 verso blank. The pages have 15 lines in brown ink written in an elegant Humanist Bookhand with italic traits a few initials with minor flourishes near the beginning and marginal notations. Folios 73-79 some ink smear from damp stain f.74-75 stuck together in center toward spine. Folios 107-CXXII with spill stain over one half of page. In all instances the text is legible. The book is in unusually good condition for it's nearly five hundred years of life although it naturally shows appropriate signs of age and use and there is some brittleness to the cover. Overall G. ; Latin; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: LOMBARDY CIVIL LAW LEGAL JURISPRUDENCE CIVIL PROCEDURE JUSTINIAN LATIN PANDECTS ROMAN LAW MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN JOURNAL HOLOGRAPH AUTOGRAPH ANTIQUE MEDIEVEL RENAISSANCE antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0001371

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1890 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG HARD WORKING KANSAS HOG FARMING CATTLE RANCHING HORSE TRADING LUMBERMAN‎

‎EASTON KANSAS. Good. 1890. On offer is a well filled original 1890 manuscript diary handwritten by a hard working earnest man who did not put his name or address in the diary but is undoubtedly from Kansas as there are references to Kansas City Topeka Easton Wyandotte and Solomon City and more. There are also many clues that a local researcher or historian could very well discover the writer's identity. The author runs a large farming operation whose main activity revolves around hogs but also cattle spending a day hunting for his Jersey bull wheat corn lumbering planting apple trees and lots of horse trading. In some ways a standard rural diary of the weather planted crops and the commerce of said operation but our author occasionally confides on paper about feeling the cold having hard times and other observations: 'Went to the city to had another hearing of the Crain case.' 'Saw several ruff men on the way signs that Bob Hurley was selling strong drink.' He travels to "the city" and other places and always mentions names of relatives and friends. They include: Colfax Sanderson Dr. Chase JAE Daniels Walter Johnson Brother Thomas Dr. Goddard John Orr Mrs. Prentice Mrs. May Becroft and more. Small tri-fold format w/ flexible covers in brown cloth. Some rubbed soil. Fading to cloth along edges. Small chip in gilt diary name on front. Rear hinge cracked; with tear along spine edge of last several pages. Else pages clean. ; 6 x 3-1/2" Overall G.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: FARMING RANCHING HOG FARMING LUMBER KANSAS EASTON WYANDOTTE WHEAT FARMING MEN'S STUDIES Ephemera Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera 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 . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0001380

‎MRS CORA WELCH SMITH [MRS DAVIID STANLEY SMITH] nee Cora Deming Welch‎

‎1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF FAMED YALE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC CONDUCTOR OF THE NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY AND RENOWNED COMPOSER DURING HIS GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR‎

‎Good. 1923. On offer is a super original 1923 manuscript diary handwritten by Cora Welch Smith wife of the famous composer David Stanley Smith of New Haven Connecticut. The 116 pp diary represents a European trip Cora and David took in the year 1923. Collectors and historians of musical personages or Yale related famous figures will find a great deal of retrospective biographical entries relating to Smith's early travels as Cora relates anecdotes of their past trips to Europe and her husband's previous life as a student abroad. Cora and David traveled to Europe in the summer of 1923 on board the White Star line ship Regina and both are shocked by how the war has affected Europe. At one point they go to stay with a family by the name of Henderson in Surrey England. It's called the Randall's estate which is noted for its relationship with the novels of Jane Austen. Cora is a super diarist very descriptive and she adds even more depth with the several 8 quaint little drawings adding even more charm. When the diary starts out they are leaving New Haven and head to Montreal where they stay at the "Mont Royal" Hotel. Here are snippets: 1923 "June 9th In a taxi to the White Star Dominion Line Docks. The "Regina" Named for a city in Saskatchewan 16500 tons. Cabins on C Deck chairs on B. Sailed about 10:30 standard. Down to St. Lawrence to Quebec. A pleasant day. Landscape unimproved in interest as the day progressed. The banks changing from flats to hills with an occasional village with it's one spire church. Was glad to see the promontory of Quebec again. The new tower of "Frontenac" does not improve the hotel and unfortunately dwarfs the citadel. We took a few passengers on board that evening." "June 10th A fine sunny day. From our chairs on the south side we looked at the beautiful shores of New Brunswick. Very green and hilly with pretty white towns in the bays. Later there were mountain ranges with a streak of snow here and there. From our porthole in the early morning we saw a small steamer come out from "Father Point" and when alongside our ship mail was taken on board and two men left our boat. The next morning before breakfast we saw the high embankment of Newfoundland to the North. It had much snow upon it and looked very bleak. Then came the fog. It is still with us Friday. On the next day very little fog that day the only incident was the passing by two ice bergs she has a drawing of them…" Then they dock at Liverpool and end up staying at Harker's Hotel. Several pages about Liverpool and then on to Edinburgh. "June 20th We reached Edinburgh in the evening. We entered Scotland by crossing the Tweed at Berwick. Pretty ride along the coast. Saw "Holy Island" from which the Lindisfarne Monks went to Durham taking with them the bones of St. Cuthbert. North British or Waverly Station. Hotel from Wednesday night till Sunday. An improving city. View of the old town and castle from Princes St. very impressive……." "July 1st In the afternoon of that first Sunday we took a train to Leatherhead about a half hour ride. There we visited until Tuesday morning at Randall's Park the estate of the Henderson family. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and their three daughters Mabel Frances and Cicely were at home. The two sons are married and living elsewhere. Mr. Leslie Smith came for Monday night. Miss Marjorie Still came in for tea on Monday. Randall's Park is a delightful place. The present house of Grey Stone was built about 1820. The former house was on the Mole River which flows placidly by and beyond the long front lawn. It was the former house in which Jane Austin placed Miss Taylor Emma's governess who married and went to live nearby at Randall's Leatherhead is the "Highway of Emma". On one side of the front lawn is the wilderness a wood with splendid trees. Many rabbits live in holes in the ground there. On the other side of the lawn are the gardens. These are surrounded by a high brick wall with fruit trees trained up the sides. The flower beds were filled with bloom. On the outside of our long wall is glass to protect the peaches and make them ripen earlier. Mrs. Henderson was vice president of the local Red Cross and head of a hospital. Frances was a nurse in the war for four years. The people do not talk much about the war or complain but it is always there in the background. The Henderson's have been obliged to sell the farm part of their estate……" "July 3rd On the afternoon of our return from Randall's July 3rd we had the opportunity through tickets sent by Mrs. Dewick of being present at the memorial service for our war ambassador Mr. Walter Hines Page in Westminster Abbey. Mrs. Smith and cousin Alice smith were in the North Transept and David and I were in the Poet's Corner. The memorial tablet was unveiled by Viscount Grey of Fallodon on the staircase entering the Chapter House beneath a tablet and window in memory of James Russell Lowell…….After the service we talked with the Ludington's and as a gate was closed in the side aisle down which we were moving we went through a small opening into the next and soon realized that we had involuntarily entered the outgoing assembly of dignitaries ambassador's members of Parliament and such……." Now on to Norwich Ely Cambridge Bath Bruges Ghent Brussels: "July 19th From Ghent we came to Brussels arriving about five. We chose the "Grand Hotel Brittanique" from a list. It is a good hotel and pleasantly situated on the "Place du Trone" by the side gates of the Royal Palace. We happened to arrive at the time for celebrating the Fete Nationale July 21st being the anniversary of the occasion of Leopold…." "July 23rd On Saturday morning we went by train to Lorraine a ride of 45 minutes or so. There a cocker with another Victoria took us to the library which is being rebuilt and about the center purposely burned by the Germans by means of explosions. The cathedral near the library can be used only at the choir end. The nave is boarded up. From outside we could see the demolition of the nave and the partial destruction of the west towers. There were ruins of houses about a square where a university building had stood. A good deal of reconstruction has been completed however the houses are built of a pretty reddish brick with cream color stone trimmings……The cocker told us a little about the German occupation a four year's horror. He said that the Saxon's were worse than the Bavarian's…." "July 30th The eight o'clock train from Paris brought us to Montreux about 7:15 A.M. and there an auto was waiting to bring us the short distance to the Grand Hotel at Territet which Mrs. Willinger told us about. We have lovely rooms on a corner of the fourth floor with two balconies. On the front balcony looking at the lake and mountains across. We had our breakfast. It is a wonderful spot. At the end of the lake the mountains on the sides of the Rhone Valley frame the long jagged mountain la Dent du Midi……" "……On several evenings there was a beautiful pink glow on the snow tops on our last evening in particular it was so striking that we all left the dining room for the balcony. Twice in the evening we went to the Palace Hotel to hear Mr. Harold Monro Poet and Editor read poetry. The last time he gave a lecture much too condensed on Poetry of Today and Tomorrow. He read from various anthologies…." "August 19th Our passports were taken from us as we landed and looked over and returned later amid a good deal of confusion and no explanation of the proceedings was made. At Menaggio we took a boat which after a stop at Bellagio landed us at Cadenabbia about 6. Here we are at the Grand Hotel Britannia recommended by Miss Gifford. As usual we have a room facing the lake a corner room with two little balconies. The lake is very lovely….One day we spent many hours on the water going by steamer to the end of the Lake Como. At Bellagio we climbed the hill behind the Grand Hotel at which I stayed with father and mother in 1909 to the Villa Serbelloni……." Then also head to Pisa Florence Rome and this is where the diary entries stop. BIO NOTES: YALE: "David Stanley Smith was born in Toledo Ohio on July 6 1877. He grew up in a musical household and by the age of fifteen he had found employment as a church organist. In 1895 he went to Yale where Charles Ives Class of 1898 was numbered among his friends; he would later serve as the organist at Center Church in New Haven a position formerly held by Ives. Smith was an outstanding student and he became the protégé of Professor Horatio Parker. Smith's graduation ceremony in 1900 featured a performance of his Ode for Commencement Day conducted by Parker. After college Smith traveled throughout Europe where he took lessons with Ludwig Thuille and Charles-Marie Widor. In 1903 Smith returned to Yale as an instructor in music theory. He would remain a member the Yale faculty until his retirement in 1946. Horatio Parker died in 1919 and the next year Smith succeeded him as Dean of the School of Music a post he would hold until 1940. Again following in Parker's footsteps he also became the conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Despite his duties as a teacher administrator and conductor Smith was able to compose a substantial amount of music including one opera Merrymount five symphonies ten string quartets many sacred works and a variety of other compositions. Smith married On offer is a super original 1923 manuscript diary handwritten by Cora Welch Smith wife of the famous composer David Stanley Smith of New Haven Connecticut. The 116 pp diary represents a European trip Cora and David took in the year 1923. Collectors and historians of musical personages or Yale related famous figures will find a great deal of retrospective biographical entries relating to Smith's early travels as Cora relates anecdotes of their past trips to Europe and her husband's previous life as a student abroad. Cora and David traveled to Europe in the summer of 1923 on board the White Star line ship Regina and both are shocked by how the war has affected Europe. At one point they go to stay with a family by the name of Henderson in Surrey England. It's called the Randall's estate which is noted for its relationship with the novels of Jane Austen. Cora is a super diarist very descriptive and she adds even more depth with the several 8 quaint little drawings adding even more charm. When the diary starts out they are leaving New Haven and head to Montreal where they stay at the "Mont Royal" Hotel. Here are snippets: 1923 "June 9th In a taxi to the White Star Dominion Line Docks. The "Regina" Named for a city in Saskatchewan 16500 tons. Cabins on C Deck chairs on B. Sailed about 10:30 standard. Down to St. Lawrence to Quebec. A pleasant day. Landscape unimproved in interest as the day progressed. The banks changing from flats to hills with an occasional village with it's one spire church. Was glad to see the promontory of Quebec again. The new tower of "Frontenac" does not improve the hotel and unfortunately dwarfs the citadel. We took a few passengers on board that evening." "June 10th A fine sunny day. From our chairs on the south side we looked at the beautiful shores of New Brunswick. Very green and hilly with pretty white towns in the bays. Later there were mountain ranges with a streak of snow here and there. From our porthole in the early morning we saw a small steamer come out from "Father Point" and when alongside our ship mail was taken on board and two men left our boat. The next morning before breakfast we saw the high embankment of Newfoundland to the North. It had much snow upon it and looked very bleak. Then came the fog. It is still with us Friday. On the next day very little fog that day the only incident was the passing by two ice bergs she has a drawing of them…" Then they dock at Liverpool and end up staying at Harker's Hotel. Several pages about Liverpool and then on to Edinburgh. "June 20th We reached Edinburgh in the evening. We entered Scotland by crossing the Tweed at Berwick. Pretty ride along the coast. Saw "Holy Island" from which the Lindisfarne Monks went to Durham taking with them the bones of St. Cuthbert. North British or Waverly Station. Hotel from Wednesday night till Sunday. An improving city. View of the old town and castle from Princes St. very impressive……." "July 1st In the afternoon of that first Sunday we took a train to Leatherhead about a half hour ride. There we visited until Tuesday morning at Randall's Park the estate of the Henderson family. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and their three daughters Mabel Frances and Cicely were at home. The two sons are married and living elsewhere. Mr. Leslie Smith came for Monday night. Miss Marjorie Still came in for tea on Monday. Randall's Park is a delightful place. The present house of Grey Stone was built about 1820. The former house was on the Mole River which flows placidly by and beyond the long front lawn. It was the former house in which Jane Austin placed Miss Taylor Emma's governess who married and went to live nearby at Randall's Leatherhead is the "Highway of Emma". On one side of the front lawn is the wilderness a wood with splendid trees. Many rabbits live in holes in the ground there. On the other side of the lawn are the gardens. These are surrounded by a high brick wall with fruit trees trained up the sides. The flower beds were filled with bloom. On the outside of our long wall is glass to protect the peaches and make them ripen earlier. Mrs. Henderson was vice president of the local Red Cross and head of a hospital. Frances was a nurse in the war for four years. The people do not talk much about the war or complain but it is always there in the background. The Henderson's have been obliged to sell the farm part of their estate……" "July 3rd On the afternoon of our return from Randall's July 3rd we had the opportunity through tickets sent by Mrs. Dewick of being present at the memorial service for our war ambassador Mr. Walter Hines Page in Westminster Abbey. Mrs. Smith and cousin Alice smith were in the North Transept and David and I were in the Poet's Corner. The memorial tablet was unveiled by Viscount Grey of Fallodon on the staircase entering the Chapter House beneath a tablet and window in memory of James Russell Lowell…….After the service we talked with the Ludington's and as a gate was closed in the side aisle down which we were moving we went through a small opening into the next and soon realized that we had involuntarily entered the outgoing assembly of dignitaries ambassador's members of Parliament and such……." Now on to Norwich Ely Cambridge Bath Bruges Ghent Brussels: "July 19th From Ghent we came to Brussels arriving about five. We chose the "Grand Hotel Brittanique" from a list. It is a good hotel and pleasantly situated on the "Place du Trone" by the side gates of the Royal Palace. We happened to arrive at the time for celebrating the Fete Nationale July 21st being the anniversary of the occasion of Leopold…." "July 23rd On Saturday morning we went by train to Lorraine a ride of 45 minutes or so. There a cocker with another Victoria took us to the library which is being rebuilt and about the center purposely burned by the Germans by means of explosions. The cathedral near the library can be used only at the choir end. The nave is boarded up. From outside we could see the demolition of the nave and the partial destruction of the west towers. There were ruins of houses about a square where a university building had stood. A good deal of reconstruction has been completed however the houses are built of a pretty reddish brick with cream color stone trimmings……The cocker told us a little about the German occupation a four year's horror. He said that the Saxon's were worse than the Bavarian's…." "July 30th The eight o'clock train from Paris brought us to Montreux about 7:15 A.M. and there an auto was waiting to bring us the short distance to the Grand Hotel at Territet which Mrs. Willinger told us about. We have lovely rooms on a corner of the fourth floor with two balconies. On the front balcony looking at the lake and mountains across. We had our breakfast. It is a wonderful spot. At the end of the lake the mountains on the sides of the Rhone Valley frame the long jagged mountain la Dent du Midi……" "……On several evenings there was a beautiful pink glow on the snow tops on our last evening in particular it was so striking that we all left the dining room for the balcony. Twice in the evening we went to the Palace Hotel to hear Mr. Harold Monro Poet and Editor read poetry. The last time he gave a lecture much too condensed on Poetry of Today and Tomorrow. He read from various anthologies…." "August 19th Our passports were taken from us as we landed and looked over and returned later amid a good deal of confusion and no explanation of the proceedings was made. At Menaggio we took a boat which after a stop at Bellagio landed us at Cadenabbia about 6. Here we are at the Grand Hotel Britannia recommended by Miss Gifford. As usual we have a room facing the lake a corner room with two little balconies. The lake is very lovely….One day we spent many hours on the water going by steamer to the end of the Lake Como. At Bellagio we climbed the hill behind the Grand Hotel at which I stayed with father and mother in 1909 to the Villa Serbelloni……." Then also head to Pisa Florence Rome and this is where the diary entries stop. BIO NOTES: YALE: "David Stanley Smith was born in Toledo Ohio on July 6 1877. He grew up in a musical household and by the age of fifteen he had found employment as a church organist. In 1895 he went to Yale where Charles Ives Class of 1898 was numbered among his friends; he would later serve as the organist at Center Church in New Haven a position formerly held by Ives. Smith was an outstanding student and he became the protégé of Professor Horatio Parker. Smith's graduation ceremony in 1900 featured a performance of his Ode for Commencement Day conducted by Parker. After college Smith traveled throughout Europe where he took lessons with Ludwig Thuille and Charles-Marie Widor. In 1903 Smith returned to Yale as an instructor in music theory. He would remain a member the Yale faculty until his retirement in 1946. Horatio Parker died in 1919 and the next year Smith succeeded him as Dean of the School of Music a post he would hold until 1940. Again following in Parker's footsteps he also became the conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Despite his duties as a teacher administrator and conductor Smith was able to compose a substantial amount of music including one opera Merrymount five symphonies ten string quartets many sacred works and a variety of other compositions. Smith married Cora Deming Welch in 1913. They had one son Christopher Stanley Smith. David Stanley Smith died in New Haven on December 17 1949." The diary 4 ¼" x 6 ½" the cover is very worn the pages and binding look good. G. in 1913. They had one son Christopher Stanley Smith. David Stanley Smith died in New Haven on December 17 1949." The diary 4 ¼" x 6 ½" the cover is very worn the pages and binding look good. G.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: COMPOSERS MUSIC MUSICAL CELLO CELLIST WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES TRAVEL SINGERS OPERA PERFORMANCE ART GRAND TOUR EUROPE CULTURE JANE AUSTEN SYMPHONY SYMPHONIES NEW HAVE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THUILLE WIDOR WELCH DAVID STANLEY SMITH MERRYMOUNT RANDALLS Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera 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 . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0001428

‎ANTON HUGH SYREE, MRCS, LSA M R C S L S A‎

‎1893 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TWO 2 JOURNALS DETAILING LIFE AND DUTIES ABOARD A CABLE LAYING SHIP PLYING THE MEDITERRANEAN‎

‎C.S. ELECTRA et al. Good. 1893. On offer is an interesting pair of 1893 and 1895 manuscript journals handwritten by Anton Hugh Syree Syree 1859-1924 M.R.C.S. L.S.A. surgeon on two cable laying ships the `Electra` and another unnamed describing his activities while plying the Mediterranean from home base in England then from Portugal Gibraltar Malta Bona Greece Alexandria and more. The diaries consist of short businesslike entries describing Syree's duties not onerous the ship's activities repairing and testing cable leisure activities shooting in Egypt bicycling sightseeing cricket poker socialising and corresponding Lady King-Hall is an acquaintance his health often 'very seedy' the weather. Historians and researchers will find insight to the difficulties and duties of the ship as it deals constantly with the weather conditions repairs to the ship and a basic lethargy in the operation at no fault to the ship and its crew. The first diary has Syree's ownership inscription on the front cover: 'A. H. Syree Lisbon January 1st. 1892 sic'. At the beginning of 1893 Syree's unnamed ship is anchored off Cascais Portugal; the ship will travel to Syra Tenedos Alexandria Zante Messina and Malta. Entry for 6 January: 'Find day - fresh - At 10 a.m. went out 3 miles in Gibraltar. Bay to repair the Gib. Lisbon cable - finished at 8 p:m: About 8 p:m: our little Monkey died - thro' taking some Carbolic Acid it seems - foul play suspected.' 20 January: 'Wretched day - raining - blowing - very dull - Lack invited me to "High Tea" and then "The Theatre" amateur - military - so rough couldn't get away from the Ship - Gifford made himself obnoxious - I was much upset - very seedy all day.' The diary resumes on 5 October 1893: 'Received letter from Pater enclosing letter fr. London Office asking if I will accept post as Surgeon on "The Electra" - Their letter was dated Decr. 3rd. - Will my pay begin from then - or fr. day of my acceptance -'. At this point Syree is in Cannock Staffordshire in the English Midlands. He packs and travels to Chartham in Kent. 17 October 1893: 'Went to the Ship and was signed on "The Articles" - lunched aboard. Had Supper at Scott's in the evening.' On 22 October the ship leaves Falmouth for Gibraltar; arriving in Malta on 2 November and Alexandria four days later. In Zante at the end of the month. Entry for 2 December typical: '4225 390 = 4615 m Anchored in Bay Terra Nuova about 8 a.m - Electrical staff went off at once testing - very isolated place - only the Cable House and Station anywhere near. Payton & I went shooting in morning - got nothing -'. Working off Greece at end of year. The Electra is at Malta at the beginning of 1895 as the year progresses it continues to do its work around the mediterranean. On 28 April 1895 Syree writes: 'The Anniversary of my Wedding Day. 9 years ago on a Wednesday - I little thought what was in store for me - mine was a very short innings of happiness.' Description of pleasant 'extended' stays: in Patras in May including one entry in French regarding a 'promenade avec M. Corus' Malta in June and in Gibraltar - where he has a long walks with 'darling' Edie Spratt whom he buys 'a gold Curb bracelet with Padlock' - in July. On 18 July he writes: 'feeling very miserable at leaving Gib - or rather the people who are there - I have had a very happy time at Gib and now have to pay for that in being miserable at leaving'. Back in London at the end of July he writes: 'Edie will receive my letter today. I wonder what she will think and what she will say.' Edie's answer 4 August 1895 is 'Yes if we can fight the good fight together' and the entries for the rest of the month contain further positive comments about their relationship. In the last entry 30 August 1895 Syree writes 'to Dr. Cormack about partnership at Bournemouth'. Loosely inserted in the first volume are Autograph Letters Signed from Edward W. Simmons Frederick H. Saunders and W. F. Webster all dated 7 May 1897 regarding a medical practice advertised by Syree in the Lancet. Also an Autograph Letter Signed from 'Alice' of East Mosely 12 May 1897 of a personal nature. Also two receipts by Syree written out on a Memorandum slip of the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited C.S. "Electra." The books proper: 1 January to 20 February 1893; 5 October to 31 December 1893; 1 January to 30 August 1895. 4to 87 pp including 3 pp of accounts. In two diaries: the first 'Letts's Rough Diary with a week on a page for 1893' with 23 pp including 2 pp of 'Expenditures'; the second 'T. J. & J. Smith's Large Quarto Manuscript Diary for 1895' with 64 pp including a page of accounts. All texts clear complete and legible. The books have rubbing and some general ageing and light soiling but internally sound on lightly-aged paper in worn and discoloured covers. Overall G.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: CABLE SHIPS CABLE LAYING MEDITERRANEAN SURGEON MEDICAL DOCTOR PORTUGAL GREECE ALEXANDRIA BONA TRAVEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY 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

Référence libraire : 0001444

‎RICHARD ROUSE BOUGHTON ORLEBAR‎

‎1890 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY BY A CONTRARY CRITICAL XENOPHOBIC ENGLISH MAN‎

‎CHARING CROSS TO TORINO ROME ITALY. Good. 1890. On offer is an interesting manuscript relic of late 19th Century travel and xenophobia handwritten by Richard Rouse-Boughton Orlebar R. R.-B. Orlebar 1862-1950 of Hinwick House near Wellingborough Bedfordshire on an extended trip to Italy. The largish 8.5 x 7 inch cloth bound book has 54 pages of detailed observations and entries. Beginning at Charing Cross January 15th 1890 Orlebar is not shy to criticize: 'I revile the luggage registering official at Charing Cross' the landscape 'how hideously ugly France seemed' the locals in Basle 'capacious…dirty…swarm of porters' to the old lady who scowled at him 'for the rather profuse amount of luggage to the unaccustomed eye'. He also notes; awaking a 'strong John Bull feeling' in him. In Basle it is too dark to see anything but the 'fine station' with its 'villainous lot of porters'. In Italy he is appalled 'by the nauseous abundance of olive oil' and 'the habits of certain natives . eating macaroni with their fingers dangling it on high as it flapped against their eye teeth. The women were as bad as the men. Eugh! John Bull for ever.' While fulminating against the 'eccentricities of Italian railways' he declares that 'verily there is much need for warning wherever the spur of the Englishman doesnt penetrate deeply enough'. Where the natives 'are left to their own unhappy devices civilization is sure to suffer'. He finds this view confirmed on the discovery that his wife's pocket has been picked in Rome and that he himself has lost 'a friendly walking stick & a still more friendly knife that B had given me 10 years ago'. Embarking at Brindisi they discover Sir Greville Smyth 'at the head of the gangway'. The feel they are 'almost like getting home again' until they discover that 'a 4th. being had been made happy in Italy that day through having obtained unlawful possession of one of the straps off a Gladstone bag - that most willing & suffering of all articles of baggage - but to whom a strap is as invaluable as a belt to an over hungry man.' Matters are more to Orlebar's satisfaction on board ship until he discovers 'sand from those villainous Italian Railways' inside his portmanteau' - the culprit is revealed as an open mustard tin.` Even the ancient Romans had to bear his ill will at times. Orlebar though can be quite charming as a writer with many nice turns-of-phrase and when all is well and there aren't other people around he can be quite tolerant. The travel diary is further enhanced with his tucked in drawing of Aden Harbor 2 Cape St. Vincent and Valleta Historians and researchers of the era and overland European travel may well relish a 'contrary' diarist who is not afraid to 'dish'. BIO NOTES: One online reference finds: 'Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar born 1862 married 1889 died1950. Was a Captain in the 5 Bt Bedfordshire Regiment 1904-1912. Lt Col 5th Bt Res 1915-1918 mentioned in Despatches. Hon Lt Col TF Res from 1918. Lived at Hinwick House near Wellingborough. Appointed a JP in 1911. Listed in Kelly's Handbook funeral notice in The Times says the funeral was at St Mary's Podington.' The book proper has some bend to the cover curl to the tips and rubbing but the interior is very good otherwise. Overall G.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: XENOPHOBIA TORINO ORLEBAR BOUGHTON ORLEBAR BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT SOCIAL STUDIES RACISM PREJUDICE HINWICK HOUSE GRAND TOUR TRAVEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY 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

Référence libraire : 0001443

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1942 - 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II TORONTO HOME FRONT DIARY OF A WEALTHY WASP MATRON DEDICATED TO WORK AT THE RED CROSS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAR EFFORT‎

‎TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA. Good. 1942. On offer is an original manuscript look at life on the home front in World War II era Toronto Ontario Canada through the diary entries and observations of an unidentified woman of some means. Typically of an upper socio-economic distinction prevalent in Toronto of the 1940 our writer is obsessed with hockey games working at the Red Cross most days attending luncheon with Lady Eaton diplomatic events at Queen's Park Granite Club teas and other social events at important clubs throughout the city Bank of Toronto Lady's Club events Landseair Club shopping in Buffalo the Royal Alex volunteering at St. Johns Ambulance King Edward parties travel to Vancouver parties for Members of Parliament CNIB luncheons and much much more from 1942 to 1946. Some damage to the binding but overall G.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: WOMEN STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANTS WASP LANDSEAIR CLUB RED CROSS WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 HOME FRONT HOMEFRONT CANADA CANADIANA TORONTO ONTARIO CANADIANA WRITER HOLOGRAPH SIGNED PERSONAL MEMOIR HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH TRAVEL PERSONAL 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

Référence libraire : 0001496

‎DR HARRY H BAKER‎

‎1910 - 1911 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TWO 2 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE AND ILLNESS OF A BROOKLYN DOCTOR FROM DIAGNOSIS TO DEATH‎

‎BROOKLYN NEW YORK CHICAGO ILLINOIS. Good. 1910. On offer is a very interesting archive of two 2 handwritten diaries and 14 early photos handwritten by Dr. Harry H. Baker of Brooklyn New York and at one time Chicago Illinois. The diaries relate specifically to his life and practice but of particular note are entries detailing his own illness from diagnosis to death. In fact he writes right up until the last week of his life. Historians researchers and collectors of medical writings of a personal and intimate nature will find this a unique perspective within the two small leather bound diaries that the doctor kept in 1910 and 1911. He lived at 480 East 19th Street Brooklyn New York. He kept careful daily recordings of his activities. Beginning in June 1910 through December he begins detailed records of his visits to the doctor and he gets a diagnosis of Mitral Stenosis. He reports frequently afterwards on symptoms and medication. He keeps up a lively social schedule through the rest of the year. The 1911 diary continues with the details of his medical condition as well as social visits. He records driving his auto and taking a doctor who was afraid to drive on his calls. In fact he seems to love taking people for a ride in his auto no matter the weather no matter how bad he feels. His condition worsens in April of 1911 and he requires a nurse at home. Perhaps the same nurse who is represented in group of photos that came with these diaries He is bedridden and the diary ends May 7th. Research suggests he died only a few days later on May 12th. He sensed his oncoming death because at the end of April he makes out and signs a new will. Here are some snippets: 1910 "June 20th Began Digalon again. 5 qts. B's d. First since 4/9. 10 weeks. Legs swollen worst since came from Ohio. Did not go down at night as formerly." "July 7th Dig. 5 qts. Demonstration of Overland with Dr. F. When talking with Mr. Silver on curb felt faint. Sat on window ledge a moment. Worse. He took me in to Cowperthwaite's where I lay down on settee. Better. Walked to 62 Ave. Worse again. Sat and cold sweat on forehead. Pulse almost imperceptible. Lay down for almost 40-45 minutes. Better." "July 13th Mr. Silver agreed to make me a special agent for Overland on 10 percent commission and sell me a car at special reduced price and give me prospect to follow up. Watch 52 seconds slow." "July 30th Called on Mrs. Krause Bismarck Hotel Chicago. "Ed" Moved. "Isn't she a luscious piece of flesh" Fannie to Mrs. Clarke music teacher about Helen. Left 1934 Sedg. About 1 mo ago. H. W. at work for Field's on wagon. Mrs. Yorke and Mr. and Mrs. Opert's came." "August 6th At Dr. Cady's 11:30-12:30. Walked over Brooklyn Bridge. Called on Clara Girrach and with her inspected Nurse's Home and several wards of Bellevue Hosp. No dig. Today. Watch 45 seconds slow…." "August 27th Downtown then to Br. Beach. Walked to Marsh Beach and Ocean Ave. car. Then to Sheepshead Race Track where I saw Ely fly and one other. First flight I have seen. Entrancing. Wonderful. Watch 42 seconds slow…." "September 26th Went to Bellevue Hosp. Poor report for Miss Brink Supt. Of training nurses. Also poor report of Mr. Wilson of Roosevelt Hosp. Exam of Cadillac Stearns and Jackson Autos." "October 2nd Slept late and well. Went in auto with Dr. and Mrs. F. to call on Dr. Barnes at Williamsburg Hosp. Still in bed over 4 weeks after operation for Apps. Chess. Pinochle in eve with Dr. and Will Raymond. No Dig." "October 4th At home all day. In eve heard Elbert Hubbard lecture on "The New Religion" at Cooper Union with Theo. Met him and Madam Adrla Maria Rique'; also Kauffman." "November 14th In bed till after 2 P.M. Headache splitting now for about 4 weeks on account of hard cough. Cough not so hard pain in and side of chest at old pneumonia spot. Heavy. Played chess with Will he 6 I 4." 1911 "January 2nd Went to E. NY and took Dr. F. on his calls. Returned to 480 E. 19th St. with Mrs. F. Took Elsie Randall through Prospect Part to Coney Island Manhattan Beach and back via Ocean Ave. First time she had seen Atlantic Ocean. She enjoyed ride immensely. After dinner music. Mr. and Mrs. Operts. Took Mrs. F. home in auto and stayed over night." "January 23rd Went with will on his calls in his auto in A.M. After 2 took him in mine on a call then down town. Played 1 game of billiards at Knick's. He 25 I 24. Then home. Went to Dinsmon's and had stop cock of radiator lowered. After dinner took Mrs. F. to hear Surette and Charles G. Soprano's on Brooklyn's 1st Symphony. Met Auntie Ida Elsie Randall and Abbie Ingram there. 3 handed pinochle after getting home with Will and Raymond." "February 2nd Drove auto downtown. Took Mr. Davis on a call. Called on Dr. Campbell. Had a talk with his wife. They bought a Cadillac. Dinner at McCann's. Took Mr. Lindon to St. Johns Hospital then went on to Archer's Hill Jamaica where heard Mrs. Gregory on "Folk Lore and Songs of the South." Drove her home. Cold N.W. wind. She had had bad news from her sister." "March 1st Went to NY with Will to Frank's office. Heard him explain why no one paid up notes. Told him I wanted everything turned back into my name. All my property. He first said he couldn't do it. I told him he had promised to do so and I now demanded that he should. Then he said he would see if he could figure out some way to protect both of us. Went to garage and got Jan. and Feb. bill receipts. Drove car to Dr. F's in garage on Penna Ave. Dig 5 qts." "March 21st About 12:30 P.M. had an attack of weak heart and poor circulation causing awful tingling and numbness in leg then foot and toes became immovable. Will gave me Puls. Cc1. In 2-3 hrs it got some better tho tingling when touched on inside of leg and foot. 2 days. Pain with this was excruciating. Auntie came over and helped Dr. and Mrs. F. Had a nurse Mrs. Evelyn at night." "April 5th Slept fairly well. Felt better during day than since taken sick this time tho very weak. Sharp pain about heart 4-5 times very severe. Up most all day 11-7…." "April 21st Slept about 5 hrs. Very well no retarded respiration. Abd. full and feels heavy but no pain. Bad attack of shortness of breath 12-3. Auntie over all day. 35 ozs. urine 4 P.M. New will made out and books received by McD. Corrected new will. L. Thigh 23 ½". Urine 37 ozs. Dig 12 qts A.M. Dig 12 qts. P.M. Ars. 30 2h 3 only." "May 5th Slept 5 ¼ hrs. at night. None during day. Sat up most all day. Very difficult to lie down. Miss Smith sick and did not come Thursday night. Miss Arnold stayed till 11 A.M. 5". Auntie over and helped. Swells quite bad on account sitting up so much. About 5 Mr. Charles L. Thatcher over and Will and I each signed request for exam by a Reform of Ct. F. over to see Will 9-11 P.M. Miss Cunningham at night……" Enhancing the narrative are related photographs showing Dr. Baker from childhood as a baby only 4 months and on into his adult years. There are 9 photos of him all have his name on the back and some even his address at the time and the date. Two are duplicates but the rest were taken during the various stages of his life. On the back of one it says "6239 Monroe Ave. Hyde Park Chicago Ill. 1st Practicing medicine." One photo states: "Nurse. Mrs. Annis. 1908 or 1909." The other photos show his father and mother: The Rev. and Mrs. Ephraim Baker. Two of the CVDs are of Rev. Ephraim Baker at different ages. Then the younger man's photo was made by J.W. Clark Mendota Illinois the older man was made by Soderberg Sutton Nebraska. His wife was Janet or Jeanette Whitney. There is a photo of her as an attractive young woman with her hair dressed with long curl on her shoulder. The photographer was J.W. Clark. The Cabinet photo shows her as an older woman and there is no photographer named. According to family research both people graduated from Oberlin College. They were the parents of Dr. H.H. Baker. The 1910 diary measures about 2 ½" x 4" and the 1911 diary measures about 2 ¾" x 5 ¼". Both the diaries and photos are in good shape. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HARRY H. BAKER BROOKLYN NEW YORK CHICAGO ILLINOIS MITRAL STENOSIS HEART FAILURE HEART CONDITIONS MEDICAL MEDICINE DOCTORS GETTING ILL SICK DOCTORS HEAR FAILURE HEART CONDITIONS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0001520

‎GEORGE CRAWFORD MURRAY, LAVINIA MURRAY, JAMES M HOAGLAND et al‎

‎1830s - 1870s ORIGINAL MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES 50 AND HANDWRITTEN LETTERS 65 DETAILING THE LIFE AND LOVES AND RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY COUSINS‎

‎MIDDLETOWNE NEW JERSEY MONMOUTH CTY NEW YORK CITY. Good. 1830. On offer is a fascinating massive archive of letters notes diaries and some ephemera of particular interest to researchers historians and collectors of mid 19th century New York City and New Jersey and religion of the day. The archive is made up of two 2 main components: 1 approximately 50 diaries and notebooks and 2 approximately 69 letters of inter-family correspondence dated from the 1830s through to the late 1870s they are mostly by and between three people; James Hoagland of Jersey City New Jersey; Lavinia Murray of NYC and her brother George C. Murray of Middletowne New Jersey. Lavinia is the main recipient receiving letters though some are in her hand from her brother George her cousin and one day husband James Hoagland her mother and father and some cousins and friends. The diaries are unusual and unique as the author George Crawford the books are unsigned but the handwriting is assuredly the same as George's letters to Lavinia kept 'double' books; one set of books are diary like entries describing his life and times travel and business dealings but also a real picture of New York City of the era as George was in love with the city and he seemed to have a number of real estate holdings perhaps he moved a lot that he wrote from many different addresses. He would delight in describing the color of the sun as it came up over a particular street or intersection. George also must have had a touch of obsessive compulsive behaviour as is evident in his writings. He is incredibly detailed and a keen observer. The other side of the diaries is his obsession with religion. He keeps a diary of his devotions the many different Churches he goes to the sermons and lectures heard the speakers . He expostulates in essay form and writes detailed descriptions of the sermons and sometimes point form notes. We have never seen anything quite like the breadth and depth of this man's writings. The books themselves are mostly coverless or perhaps handmade mostly 8 x 5.5 inches with a few smaller and a couple larger. Some are about 25 - 27 pages some a few pages and the odd one or two are triple thick but there are approximately 1000 pages from 1851 to 1881. Historians and researchers will find a treasure trove of Christian activity thought and devotion regarding New York City in this group. This archive was once held by Milton Wyatt of NYC a long time ephemera dealer in Greenwich Village NYC and was purchased from his estate. HISTORICAL NOTES from several online sources: 1 Murray George Crawford Ideal Citizen Legislator. The late George Crawford Murray of Middletown Monmouth County New Jersey was one of those men whose lives and characters are of inestimable value as exemplars of what worthy lives should be. His ambition was ever along the worthiest lines and his whole life was devoted to the highest and best ideals. His nature was of singular sweetness openness and sincerity. He had a profound knowledge of human nature and was ever thoughtful for the welfare of his fellow beings. His family which was of Scotch descent was resident in New Jersey from about the middle of the eighteenth century. 2 Lavinia Murray born December 17th 1818 died 1876 married August 26th 1847 James M. Hoagland a merchant of New York City whom she survived; resided in Jersey City and New York City; no issue. 3 James M. Hoagland Birth 13 Sep 1818 Father Nathan Hoagland 1778-1848 Mother Elizabeth Bird 1782-1847 Spouses 1 Lavinia Murray Birth about 1820. Overall G.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GEORGE CRAWFORD MURRAY LAVINIA MURRAY JAMES M. HOAGLAND MIDDLETOWN MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY MILTON WYATT CHRISTIANITY RELIGION ECCLESIASTICAL ECUMENICAL EPISCOPALIAN BAPTIST EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY 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

Référence libraire : 0001523

‎Brooke: An Unauthorized Biography Jason Bonderoff Bonderoff‎

‎Brooke: An Unauthorized Biography Jason‎

‎New. unknown‎

Référence libraire : BOOK_0890838003 ISBN : 0890838003 9780890838006

‎Buchwald, Art‎

‎WE'LL LAUGH AGAIN‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2002. xvi 265 pages. Limited First Edition: number 779 of 1150 copies SIGNED by the famed American humorist Art Buchwald. Beautifully bound in full brown leather with gilded decoration on spine and both covers; all edges gilt. Laid in are an Easton certificate of authenticity and an Easton card with "a note about WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN." The book is in virtually as-new condition. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine-/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : W1747

‎Capt Frederick Chamier‎

‎The Life of a Sailor‎

‎London: Richard Bentley; and Bell & Bradfute 1850 A fair copy of the Richard Bentley single volume edition in the original Bentley Standard Novels decorative cloth binding. With tissue-guarded frontispiece and endpapers listing the Standard Novels. The binding is bright and clean. There is some wear at splitting at the spine ends and the beginning of splitting at the front joint. The corners are bumped and there is some scuffing to the boards. Internally the endpapers are clean with an ownership signature to the front pastedown. Contents with frontispiece; title; preface to first and second editions to p xi text 394 pp; excerpt from the Morning Herald of 6.10.1849 4pp. The stitching is a little wobbly in a couple of places and there is some splitting at the rear endpaper joint but the contents are generally clean and sound. There is some spotting to the frontispiece and occasional brown spots generally to the bottom or side margin. These are particularly noticeable at pp 28-34 and 200-202. There is slight damage to the top page edges of pp 11-15 where the book has been badly opened. Richard Bentley; and Bell & Bradfute hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 032820

‎Fitkin, Ed‎

‎Maurice Richard‎

‎Canada: Castle 1950. Solid with two reading creases along the spine on the front cover and there are a few other small creases and dents on the covers. Some stains on the back cover and a small stain on the right edge of the inside pages. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good- Very Good. Castle Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 32697

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1911 VERY UNUSUAL ORIGINAL HUSBAND AND WIFE TANDEM TRAVEL DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A PAIR OF TRAVELING SPOUSES TOURING THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA‎

‎WEST INDIES TRINIDAD CUBA COLUMBIA VENEZUELA PANAM. Good. 1911. On offer is a very unique superb pair 2 of original manuscript travel diaries that commence in February of 1911. Of particular fascination is the fact that the books appear to be written by traveling spouses so finely tuned a couple that at first the one book seems to be a transcription of the other but soon their interests diverge and uniquely one reads two versions of the same tour of the "West Indies". Our authors are not unidentified but assuredly from the United States. He leaves with his wife from New York Feb 16 1911 by steamer than down the Atlantic to Florida. From Florida they proceed to Cuba Venezuela Colombia Puerto Rico Jamaica Panama Trinidad Barbados Martinique and Bermuda. The first book the husband's a simple thickish flip style lined pad is well filled with about 175 pages of copious writings. The second the wife's is a red leather diary with about 80 pages. The pair offer a great deal of fascinating content about the trip such as visiting markets in Trinidad the Negro women buying produce for their white bosses Negro Police in Kingston ethnographic descriptions of native people from barefoot children women with nose rings grave rites in Cuba native fishermen and write in great detail about the scenery monuments etc. There is a tour of cabaña fortress in Cuba active volcanoes in Martinique touring the rebuilt city of Kingston Jamaica after a massive earthquake listening to a confederate civil war veteran onboard the steamer give a lecture about the civil war. Here are some snippets and only a fraction of their Caribbean and Central American tour writings: Feb 16 1911 NY - Florida - Cuba excerpt Saturday morning went aboard the steamer " Aron" about eleven sailed out of NY harbor a little late about two thirty with the orchestra playing the Star Spangled Banner. It was cloudy but the water was smooth you would hardly realize you were moving. We were happily surprised to find four steamer letters and four packages awaiting us. It made us feel we were not without friends tho none were present to take our hand and say goodbye. We were finally started the bugle sounded to announce that lunch was served we watched as the pilot leave the boat - We have a fine orchestra aboard that gives us concerts morning afternoon and evening in the ladies social hall we have the use of the library my first book is the " Call of Dan Matthews". Feb 22 1911 Havana Cuba Arrived at Havana about six this morning Feb 22nd we found George Washington's pictures at the head of the stairs surrounded by the American flag & decorated flowers we thought it a very pretty complement for a British ship to pay him. We anchored outside and a tender came ashore to inspect us. We were told to go into the dining saloon for inspection of course it was only a formality we simply passed before him. Next we drove to the cemetery this we found very interesting. Here we were told how they bury their dead. The grave is about 7 ft deep and all committed here the casket - without outside box is deposited than lime is thrown over it and a little earth after this the grave is covered with a heavy white stone with handles and tightly sealed. This is left undisturbed for some years this it is opened the bones taken out & deposited in a small casket a small cemented receiving vault which sometimes is built at the head of the grave. A guide & myself went out into the country passed the water works insane asylum etc when about a mile from the asylum we had an experience our gasoline gave out & we sit in the road one hour while our chauffeur went back to the asylum to replenish. Feb 27 1893 Puerto Rico It is customary for families here to take their wash to the river it being Sunday we saw a good deal of this. There were large companies of them and they seemed to be having a happy time. Our guide told us they beat the clothes with a stick. I remarked that it would be quite an undertaking for the families high up on the mountain to bring their clothes to the river. He informed us they did not wash very often. We saw entire plantations of sugar cane large coconut groves bananas etc. When we reached the end of the line about 1 o'clock we were served with ham sandwiches oranges cake and lemonade from the boat. Feb 28 1911 Puerto - Rico Organized sports began today consisting of curling - shuffle board pillow fights - cock fights etc- they are quite interesting & amusing it is lovey warm today girls in swimming suits dancing on deck in the sunshine. We left Santiago about 4 pm for Jamaica as we to sailing out of the harbor we one of the wrecks of the Spanish fleet. March 2 1911 Jamaica We took a special trolly to the Constant Springs Hotel where we found carriages waiting to take us to Stoney Hill. It was a delightful ride we met a great many natives carrying heavy loads of produce apparently very easy on their heads many of them had donkeys also heavily loaded which they were leading or driving. The natives were a variety of bright colors were barefooted & occasionally we saw some of the woman smoking cigarettes or pipes. March 5 1911 Panama Arrived at the isthmus of Panama this morning both Carlton and I regret exceedingly that we must see this interesting place today of at all. After breakfast - Sunday morning we left Colon on special train for Panama to see the much talked of canal our first stop was at Galoon we had some minutes here to get out & see the locks there are to be is triple flight locks arranged in Janio at the Southern extremity of Galum. March 7 1911 Cartagena Colombia March 7 arrived at Cartagena this am this is an old city walled Spanish city with a population of 27000 was founded by Spanish in 1533. I saw nothing attractive it is a very dirty city squalor and flies everywhere street scenes were amusing nude children colored women sitting on the street with a little tray of vegetables for sale. A fat black woman frying cakes on a charcoal stone etc. It was hot on land & delightful to return to the Aron. March 11 1911 Trinidad We were told the stores would close at noon or one o'clock so we spent the morning at the stores going through the market etc - The market was thronged by colored women buying their supplies the various kinds of meat and vegetables were sold by colored people some of the women were very much decked out with jewelry bracelets to their elbows earrings all around the ears. A ring a nose stud in the nose to me was so disgusting Chet wondered way we saw no white people at the market we were told it would not do for white people to go to the market they all send their cooks. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; TRAVEL LATIN AMERICA CARIBBEAN CUBA VENEZUELA COLOMBIA PUERTO RICO NEGRO POLICE COLORFUL MARKETS VOLCANOES WEST INDIES TRINIDAD PANAMA CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICAN 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

Référence libraire : 0007029

‎LT BYRON F DOENGES‎

‎1945 SUPER ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOGGED AND DETERMINED FORT WAYNE INDIANA NAVAL LIEUTENANT WHO WILL GO ON TO FAME AND RENOWN BUT NOT UNTIL HE SURVIVES IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA‎

‎SOUTH PACIFIC PHILIPPINES JAPAN. Good. 1945. On offer is a rare first-hand record of a naval officer's presence at two significant WWII battles. Labelled "War Diary I and II these volumes are official United States Navy War Diaries from WWII. They are in excellent condition. They each measure 8 inches by 5 inches and contain 196 pages. The covers bindings and pages are all in good condition. The first diary is 100% complete and the second diary is about 11% complete. They also contain wartime Japanese currency and other ephemera. A war diary is a regularly updated official record kept by military units of their activities during wartime. The purpose of these diaries is to both record information which can later be used by the military to improve its training and tactics as well as to generate a detailed record of units' activities for future use by historians. The author of the diaries is Byron F Doenges. Doenges was born in 1922 in Fort Wayne IN. In WWII he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve. He was assigned to USS LST 1033. Landing Ship Tank LST or tank landing ship were ocean-going ships built during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks vehicles cargo and landing troops directly onto shore. LST-1033 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theatre and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa from April through June 1945. Following the war she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-July. She was re-designated LSTH-1033 on 15 September 1945. The ship was decommissioned on 1 August 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 28 August that same year. LST- 1033 earned two battle stars for World War II service. After his war service Doenges remained in the USNR rising to the rank of Lt Commander before retiring in 1946. Following his war service he earned an MBA and a PhD. He taught and worked in several universities before entering public service in 1965. He served as economic adviser to the Governor of Oregon before moving to Washington to join the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He served in the agency as Deputy Assistant Director chief of economics and special studies division and finally as senior economic adviser. Doenges passed away in 2006 at the age of 83. His War Diaries documents the ship's journey and participation in the assault on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. And damage assessment of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb had been dropped the repatriation of Japanese soldiers and the transport of Chinese Nationalist troops. The diaries end with his orders to return to the United States. At 0837 underway from Pearl Harbor Hawaii to Eniwetok Marshall Islands operating in Task Unit S1.42.2 via Route Mary. 1300 formed sixty ship convoy with Commander Phil Neikum riding DD LITTLE in command. This ship is in third column from right second ship in column. This convoy is one of 3 similar convoys which is to merge with similar convoys which are to merge at Saipan Marianas to form Task Force 51 for the eventual capture of Iwo Jima . Jan 23 1945 At 0300 sighted salvo flashes and star shells originated by navy fleet units which were bombarding and shelling Iwo Jima volcanoes. 0500 formed cruising disposition # 5 made of 28 LST'S of tractor groups Able and Baker; this ship 14th ship in left hand column. All ships steaming in preparation to line up in single column 5500 yards to seaward of southern beaches of Iwo Jima. 0620 Suribaichi Yama came into view ; the weather was perfect with clear atmosphere At 0741 formed Task Unit 53.3.3 as we came into position before Green Beach #1 .All marines and amphitracks left ship by 0754. . At 0825 aft port pontoon launched to be used as casualty evacuation barge At 0930 this vessel reached its station as casualty ship 4300 yards to seaward Green Beach # 1 Iwo Jima. All while heavy shelling and bombardments by flash units continued while dive-bombers continued strafing and bombing attacks on enemy positions. At 0937 first casualties transported to ship via LCVP's and LCM's from beaches. . Feb 19 1945 Manoeuvring in casualty wound station position 4300 yards to seaward of Green Beach Iwo Jima volcanoes. Casualties close to come aboard after sundown; during daylight hours however when boats can get into beach many casualties were transported to ship. During the night of the 20th approximately ninety Marines remained on tank deck because no boats available or because the APA's would not take them. This is a sad condition because this ship does not have the real hospital facilities an APA has and hence many wounds may have been infected due to delay. The terrific fighting and heavy casualties were in evidence continually. Fleet units and carrier-based aircraft continued to bombard island. 1555 and 1907 enemy aircraft reported in vicinity however none were visible. Feb 20 1945 Anchored as before in Kerawa- Kaikyo Kerawa Retto Okinawa Gunto. 0310 Flash Red alert yellow; heavy enemy air attacks reported at Okinawa Shiwa. 0312 to 0635 exercised at general quarters. No enemy planes or anti aircraft fire sighted in this area. Smoke coverage of this ship was very poor. 0836 to 0851 exercise at general quarters 1047 first casualties arrived wounded from USS Nevada. 1221 underway to shift berths. 1248 anchored in berth K-90 Kerawa- Kaikyo- Kreama Retto Okinawa Gunto. . 1520 & at 1522 the Control became Yellow. Many enemy aircraft reported in vicinity.1630 USS LST 447 preceding from Okinawa to Kerawa Retto and just ready to enter channel was suicided upon by a low flying enemy fighter The ship was hit amidships and a terrific explosion was observed for we were just a little more than a mile north of the beleaguered ship. All ships in vicinity opened fire. At 1640 all hands were seen abandoning the 447. Also at 1640 tea more enemy fighters approached port beam from west side of Fukashi Shima. Again all batteries opened up on attackers one suiciding into SS Logon Victory an ammunition ship and the other demolished by five inch shell hit before it accomplished its mission of diving into another ship. Two friendly F4F's took off the Tulagi CVE 72 at 1645 one was shot down apparently dumping on the other side of the island.1715 first survivors and casualties arrived from LST 447 and the SS Logan Victory; this ships small boat aiding in the rescue work. April 6 1945 Anchored as before. During the mourning ship's officers and army officers aboard went ashore to inspect the Atomic bomb damage at Nagasaki. American troops in force have not yet landed in their area. Got underway for Sasebo Kyushu Japan at 1308 in accordance with CTG 55.7 dispatch dated 200150. . Sept 20 1945 The first of March found LST 1033 skirting the coast of China enroute from Hong Kong to Chaingtao with a load of 832 Chinese troops of the new 1st Nationalist army ship arrived in Chanigtao on March 6 and unloaded immediately. Trip was uneventful. Communist and Nationalist troops were fighting a pitched battle a few miles away while unloading was taking place. Learned that the Chinese first army was completely American equipped however the troops on the whole were very unsanitary. .March 1 1946 . The ship sailed to Shanghai in company with LST's 1046 935 and 96. On 7 March and arrived at the Chinese metropolis on 10 March. However ship did not get into Whangpoo anchorage until 13 March on 15 March ship was notified that she was to load up with 2000 tons of UNRRA food supplies and sail for Hawkow. 1000 miles into the interior to deliver food to starving Chinese.The 1033 was the first LST ever ordered to make a run up the Yangtze River. March 1 to Mar 31 1946 The ephemera includes a 50 Japanese Sen banknote 0.50 Yen. They are part of the withdrawn Japanese Yen banknotes series. The Bank of Japan started issuing these 0.5 Japanese Yen banknotes in 1938. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1945. Also included is a copy of the discharge request on an officer aboard LST 1033 and a draft of Doenges own request for release. This is a thoroughly outstanding documentary record of an American ship and officer in the chaotic last months of WWII and the early days of the Chinese revolution. For a historian is serves multiple purposes. It documents the activities of this ship; it cross-references the names and locations of other ships and officers assisting in filling in the historical record and it speaks to the reach and range of the U.S. Navy and the foreign policy behind its actions. It is truly an eyewitness to history. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BYRON F. DOENGES; LANDING SHIP TANK; LST 1033; IWO JIMA; OKINAWA; NAGASAKI; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE RIVER; U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY; JAPANESE SEN WAR IN THE PACIFIC SOUTH PACIFIC FORT WAYNE INDIANA USN UNITED STATES NAVY WWII WW2 WORLD WAR TWO AMERICANA 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

Référence libraire : 0007033

‎NOT IDENTIFIED‎

‎1924 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF AN IDYLLIC CAR TRIP UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD‎

‎UNITED STATES EASTERN SEABOARD. Good. 1924. On offer is a delightful account of an automobile trip up the eastern seaboard of the United States. This softcover journal contains 80 pages and is about 50% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is in pencil and ink and is quite legible. The author of this journal is unknown. Context suggests that the writer is a woman and that she travelling with friends. Context also suggests that both the car and driver are hired for the trip. Written in 1924 it chronicles an automobile trip taken from Miami FL to New York City over a period of two weeks. Each day's journey is very well described with the writer commenting on scenery interesting bits of information places they stayed and people they met. ". We had a room . in a pretty new home of Mr. And Mrs. Bassett delightful people. Mr. C recommended staying over a day and after breakfast he took us around the place - showing us jungle land which had been cleared & transformed into beautiful gardens". p 1; ". We have quite different scenery today - we have hills and valleys. Motored all day through the peach belt of Georgia. The orchards are beautiful - many in full bloom ." p 12; ". There was a good cement road to Salisbury NC a distance of 66 miles . arrived at the Ford Hotel in Salisbury at a quarter of 3 . Tow couples from Ohio stopped there for the night had come up from Florida one from Clearwater the other from Daytona." p 17; ". About 4 PM we crossed the line from NC to VA the hotel prices are driving many into camps nearly every town advertizes their free camp - we have passed many of them but I confess they do not appeal to me" p 25. Their journey ended in New York City: ". Crossed on the 23rd St ferry and arrived at Prince George Hotel around 3:25 . So brings us to our destination after a delightful trip of eighteen hundred miles all well and happy. . We feel we made no mistake in choosing Mr. Chandler and stand ready to recommend him highly" p. 32. This is a charming account of a road trip in the halcyon years immediately before the onset of the Great Depression. A geographer would thoroughly enjoy the descriptions of the passing landscapes and a social historian would likewise enjoy the perspectives shared by these obviously middle-class travellers as they journeyed north.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; 1920S; 20TH CENTURY; ROARING TWENTIES; JAZZ AGE; EASTERN SEABOARD; EAST COAST AUTOMOBILE TRIP; TRAVEL JOURNALS; AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL IN 1920s; TRAVEL IN 1920s AMERICA; MIAMI FL; FLORIDA; NEW YORK; FROM MIAMI TO NEW YORK; CARS TRAVEL IN ROARING TWENTIES; AMERICAN LANDSCAPES IN 1920s; AMERICANA 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 . paperback‎

Référence libraire : 0008201

‎JOSEPH L OCTAVE LEBRUN‎

‎1888 ORIGINAL FRENCH LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF POETRY ESSAYS AND OPINION BY A LATE 19th CENTURY MONTREAL MAN‎

‎MONTREAL QUEBEC CANADA. Good. 1888. On offer is a fascinating collection of prose and poetry written in the late 19th century by a French Canadian writer from Montreal. Measuring 5 inches by 3.25 inches this flip-style note book contains 88 pages and is approximately 60% complete. The cover and pages and in good condition. The binding has loosened and several pages are loose but all are accounted for. The handwriting is neat and legible. It is written in French. The author is Joseph L. Octave LeBrun. The collection was written in 1888. He notes in the journal that he lives in Longue Pointe Montreal. Casual research has not found additional biographical information on LeBrun. However it is clear from his writing that he is a well-educated man. The collection consists of essays on various topics poems and some personal writings. Much of it is in the romantic style popular in late 19th century literature. He begins with the following essay on the advantages of Marriage - Avantages du Marriage: "L'homme trouve dans la femme une douce compagne une sincere ami qui lui offre tout ce que la nature a des plus seduisant de plus precieux qui lui procure la satisfaction des desires les plus tendres lui fournit la societe la plus agreable; qui lui prodigue tous les soins dont il peut avoir besoin ." - "The man finds in the woman a sweet companion a sincere friend who offers him all that nature has most seducing the most precious which gives him the satisfaction of the most tender desires furnishes him with the most agreeable society; who gives him all the care he may need". His poetry begins: "Pour toi seul oh crois moi Je garde un mot supreme Ce doux mot c'est je t'aime Et je ne le dis qua toi" - "For you alone oh believe me I keep a word supreme this sweet word it's I love you And I only say it to you". Another piece is entitled simply Lettre Letter: "La premiere fois que mes regards si fixerent sur vous je senti un fremissement delicieux qui me revela les sorts de mes sentiments ." - "The first time my eyes were so fixed on you I felt a delightful stirring that revealed to me the spells of my feelings ." He signs the letter to the unidentified object of his feelings: "Votre Adorateur" - "Your worshipper". This is a delightful collection of writings from a well-educated and romantic person. It is an excellent example of the type of romantic literature written at that time. It would be of obvious interest to someone studying or researching such literature from that period.; French Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; 1880s; CANADA; QUEBEC; MONTREAL; POEMS; FRENCH POEMS; JOSEPH L OCTAVE LEBRUN; 19TH CENTURY POETS IN MONTREAL; 19TH CENTURY ROMANTIC LITERATURE; FRENCH CANADIANS; LONGUE POINTE MONTREAL; FRENCH LANGUAGE CANADIAN POETRY; 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 . unknown‎

Référence libraire : 0008206

‎EDITH HEATH‎

‎1916 ORIGINAL UPSTATE NEW YORK MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOCAL FARMER'S WIFE INTENT ON RECORDING ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND OBSERVATIONS OF LOCAL LIFE AND TIMES WITH THE AWFUL BACKDROP OF WWI EVER LOOMING‎

‎JEFFERSON NEW YORK. Good. 1916. On offer is an interesting original manuscript diary handwritten by a woman living in rural up-state New York during WWI. Measuring 5 inches by 3 inches the diary is in good condition. There are 365 pages and it is 100% complete. The handwriting is legible. Edith M. Heath lived in up-state New York on a farm with her husband Fred. She was born in 1863 and lived her life in Jefferson County New York. Casual research has not turned up any additional information. She passed away in 1940 at the age of 77. She was pre-deceased by her husband Fred who passed away in 1923 at the age of 61. She had no children. Her diary is filled with the day-to-day activities of running a farm. "Pleasant and very cold. We washed. Had a very large washing washed two big quilts and eight sheets and a lot of other things . " Feb 14 1916; "Pleasant and cold. Bradley went to Adams after lumber. Fred went down to Kelley's to fix telephone but it was too cold to work. Bradley and Dora were over here we sugared off" Mar 17 1916; "Cold and pleasant. Bradley rolled all day they turned the cows out in the afternoon for the first time Mrs. Kelley and Dora went fishing I canned 3 quarts of cow slips and finished cleaning the pantry" May 13 1916; "Rained hard all day. Fred sprouted potatoes. I baked. Fred went to the Centre in the morning and got a new lawn mower $3.50. I fell down stairs and hurt my foot. Bradley and Dora went to the party at the Center." June 3 1916. In February she records the death of her mother Sarah Fassett: ". Ma was very bad all day. She died five minutes to twelve. Had been here 12 weeks and 3 days" Feb 9 1916. Several months later on April 20th she records that Fred sold her mother's house for $800.00 Edith's diary is intensely local. Despite a world war raging there is no mention of it in her diary. Indeed although significant events are taking place in the United States she resolutely focuses on life in her immediate surroundings. In addition to her daily entries she keeps a record in the back of the diary of all of the births marriages and deaths in the area. These are in addition to the many many references to friends and neighbours throughout the diary. This diary is an excellent glimpse into the daily life of a small farming community in America a century ago. The wealth of detail makes it very easy to picture the rhythm of the days and the seasons. Through her entries it is easy to visualize life in that place at that time. A genealogist would prize the names and associated details of the many people she mentions in her diary.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES UP-STATE NEW YORK; 20TH CENTURY; 1910s; WW1; EDITH M. HEATH; JEFFERSON COUNTY NY; LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA; AMERICA AND WORLD WAR I; RURAL AMERICA; FARM LIFE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; FARMING OPERATIONS; FARM WOMEN; AGRICULTURE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY; CLIMATE IN NEW YORK STATE IN 1910s; JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGY; WOMEN STUDIES; AMERICANA 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

Référence libraire : 0008214

‎ROBERT WHITE WILLIAMS‎

‎1929 SUPER ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A RENOWNED JURIST EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST AND ACTIVE WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST‎

‎FLORIDA WASHINGTON D.C. Good. 1929. On offer is a sensational original manuscript diary and journal of Judge and noted Conservationist Robert White Williams. He was Chief Counsel of the Fish and Wildlife Service United States Department of the Interior and former Solicitor of the Department of Agriculture until his death in 1962. The diary was written in 1929 - 1936 and is filled with diary entries notes on bird and animal life family genealogy and reminiscing about his career in the government. Most of his life he lived in Florida and Washington D.C but there is lots of travel included in this diary. William's inspects wildlife refuges and spots birds and other animals in the southern part of the United States. This book makes for an unusual and unique manuscript relic being equal parts history ecology genealogy and politics plus personal entries regarding his wife's Tuberculosis and other travel related commentary that make for great depth. Williams was born in East Carrol Parish Louisiana on December 5 1877 the son of Robert Willoughby Williams and Virginia Sutton. Robert White Williams is from an old southern family landed gentry of sorts his father Robert Willoughby Williams was a cotton planter in Louisiana and there married Miss Virginia Sutton the daughter of a prominent planter. His father than joined the Confederate Army and served under General Edmund Kirby-Smoth until the close of the war and became on to be a prominent lawyer in Florida. His grandfather was General Robert W. Williams of Tennessee a well known plantation owner with many contacts in the Confederacy. Here are some snippets: Tallahassee Trip January 1929 December 281928 I left Washington with Elizabeth for home reach there at 8:30 pm on the 29th at Jacksonville Virginia and Mr. Hillison meeting in the stateroom and we had lunch in the restaurant leaving for Tallahassee on the bus at 206. I relinquish the Solicitorship of the US Dept. of Agriculture 3 pages in length Early in June 1929 Secretary Hyde said he had been told by former secretary Jardine that I was going to resign as Solicitor very shortly as I Tired of the work and wished to - in something else. This to use suspended like a suggestion that the secretary wished to put some personal or political friend in my place and I Countered it. Return To Washington - 1931 Procrastination - Thou Art the thief of time Truly! Here it is Oct 4 1931! I left Tallhasse Fla July 5 1931 for Washington and only now about to record this unhappy record our more of the heart rending moments of my life. Nora went to In August 1920 leaving the children and me a the house in Tallahassee contented and happy as time wore on the we began to unite with her doctor Colby advised her not to try to live in Florida as the climate is to damp and altitude too low! A change of climate seemed the best immediately and I began to wonder where I would go while pondering this problem from time to time still adverse to leaving my old home I received a telegram from Mr. Ridington Chief go the Biological Dept. of Agriculture Washington D.C. asking whether I would oblige a transfer to Washington to take Mr. Denmead opposite page vacancy I worried that I preferred to remain in Florida! In July Guy Winthrop and I in his automobile went to Cedar Key and Boca Grande Fla and visited a number of the Bird Reservations in that state. It was a fine trip with Guy and we finished the job in one week. As soon as I returned I began to pack for the move to Washington it was a months job and hot and dry spell I had two Jackson's doing the creating and I packed every box. The largish 10.5 x 6 inch journal contains 300 pages is well filled but even includes a copy of a letter he wrote the text for President Roosevelt there are some letters from other judges the original obituary of his grandfather newspaper articles many that include content regarding Williams with additional commentary and annotations lots of loose ephemera including a map or plot of his land in Florida. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; CONSERVATIONIST ROBERT WHITE WILLIAMS CHIEF COUNSEL OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FLORIDA WASHINGTON D.C EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST BIRDING BIRDER DEPRESSION ERA LOUISIANA EAST CARROL PARISH CONFEDERACY AMERICANA 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

Référence libraire : 0002602

‎Gladys Casteel‎

‎1905 High School Composition Book of a Young Creative Writer with Fictional Stories and Real-Life Accounts of Life in Francisville Indiana‎

‎Francisville Indiana: Francisville Indiana 1905. Good. 1905. Softcover. On offer is an excellent example of English composition writing in early 20th century America. The author of this notebook is Gladys Casteel. She was born Mabel Gladys Casteel in 1888 in Redmon IL and lived in several communities in Illinois and Indiana. She was married at age 22 to Silas Kopka in 1910. Gladys Casteel Kopka passed away in Francisville IN 1965 at the age of 76. Our informal research has not turned up any additional biographical information. However she helpfully includes an autobiographical story that covers her early life. This notebook is entitles "Compositions" and signed by her. It contains a number of stories. From a comment made in her "My Biography" this was written while she was high school. Some stories refer to Francisville others to general themes such as "Our Flag" while another makes indirect reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of The Seven Gables" published in 1851 a book that was popular in America. Her stories are well-written showing a very good command of language and grammar and an ability to turn a good phrase: "…Being the youngest of four children & they all grown I expect I was what they called spoilt - well not exactly that but greatly humoured…" My Biography; ".I had just returned from a visit to Indiana in the Summer of intentially blank. My return was on the 14th of July & Barnum & Bailey Circus was to entertain the people of Kankakee Illinois. Much to my delight papa decided to go and take my two nephews and myself. As you can imagine we did not sleep much that night ." Circus Day. She goes on to give an excellent description of the arrival of Barnum & Baily's world-famous circus and the main performance 'under the big top' Other stories are clearly fiction although some may be loosely based on life and experiences in her community. She also mentions a number of people and places by name. However it is quite possible that these individuals are fictional creations for her stories. They could however offer a genealogist a possible starting point in research of this are. For a social or education historian this composition notebook offers an excellent look into the quality of language and writing education that was being taught in small high schools across the United States at that time. It is certainly a benchmark for education historians and those interested in comparing education today vs that of nearly a century ago. Measuring 8.25 inches by 7.0 inches this soft-covered notebook contains 96 pages and is 100% complete. The covers are in good condition the binding intact and the pages also in good condition. The handwriting is quite legible. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; Signed by Author . Francisville, Indiana, 1905 paperback‎

Référence libraire : 0011024

‎Gertrude W B Steele‎

‎1916-1927 Two Diaries by the Busy Affluent Wife of US Navy Dr. John Murray Steele Detailing Life and Death in Annapolis MD‎

‎Annapolis Maryland MD Usa: US Navy Doctor's Wife in Annapolis Maryland. Good. 1916-1927. Hardcover. On offer are two diaries written in the early years of the 20th century written by Gertrude Steele wife of Dr. John Murray Steele USN. Gertrude Steele was born in 1865 and passed away in 1931 at the age of 66. Her husband had graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Pennsylvania in 1875 and had immediately joined the U. S. Navy rising to the rank of Commander. They lived in Annapolis MD. Our informal research has not turned up any additional biographical information. The first diary dates from 1916. Her entries show that she enjoyed a good standard of living reflective of her husband's standing in the community. Her entries are replete with the names of her many friends and acquaintances: "An ideal spring day - washed and shopping - then I met Connie Johnston and walked around with her to Carolyn's - & there C&D were so cordial & made us stay to lunch - I enjoyed it very much…" May 12; "Rae went to S>S with a little girl Jeffers and L & I went to see church. After tea we walked to College grounds and then came back in time to hear Mus…" July 2; "I woke up from my day of pleasure putting in a full day today unpacking and selecting things…" Sept 21; "John took me to Rosewood where Dr. Herring of State Lunacy Commission spoke - then we went to Hatties to spend the night - as she is giving Rae a birthday dinner - just ourselves - was lovely - ghosts and spooks and cake with black cats…" Oct 31. The second diary is a 5-year diary covering the years 1923-1927. It includes the year that her husband died. It certainly shows that Steele had a wide social circle and that she was active in meeting and spending time with her friends. The diary is simply crammed with entries and margins were not off limits to her writing: "Busy as a bee - at 9 had to go to music lesson - J brought us some lobster salads for lunch - it was so good G & I went out to Hattie's was feeling badly…" Feb 17 1923; "A heavy snow storm but John is going to sail on the "Allegheny" Feb 19 1924; "Kate called for me in Hatties car. Took us to lunch . M picked me up and George B and I and Flynn & M took lots of things out to the country. They are next to all night. J and I played " Mar 24 1923; "At 9: 30 A. M. John called . We all came quickly . Said he wanted a doctor . At 12: 30 he was gone…" Dec 19 1927. Throughout the dairies there are newspaper clippings noting travels of individuals attendees at balls etc. These diaries paint an excellent picture of a woman's busy life in these early years of the 20th century. A social historian would find them simply packed with details of life among the more well-to-do members of her society. For a genealogist it is a rich trove of names and connections especially valuable as they are New England families where records are extensive. This is an excellent resource for a Women's Studies program as it very clearly shows the roles women played in that society at that time. The 1916 diary measures 7.5x5" contains 183 pages plus memoranda and is 100% complete and in good condition. The 1923-1927 diary measures 7.5x5" has 365 pages and is 100% complete. It is in fair to good condition. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . US Navy Doctor's Wife in Annapolis Maryland hardcover‎

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