‎BIOGRAFIA‎

‎EULA MAE MORGAN‎

‎1930 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DEPRESSION ERA DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A SWEET KENTUCKY WOMAN WHO GOES FROM EXCELLENT STUDENT TO SUPER WIFE DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT AND LADY OF THE HOUSE‎

‎CROPPER SHELBYVILLE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY KY. Good. 1930. On offer is a very charming pair 1930 and 1935 of original manuscript relics of Depression era Kentucky handwritten by a sweet 21 year old school girl named Eula Mae Morgan who was born May 24 1908 and lives in Cropper Kentucky. The 1930 diary is one of young love and the romantic feelings and expressions she pours out her heartfelt feelings and as she contemplates life and her existence. She writes: 'I sometimes don't understand myself - why I feel a thing or do a thing - only I do feel heaps.' She is a very good student assists in teaching and is active in the Eastern Star and other groups. She is also a super diarist giving a real feel for the times. She notes her classes involve chemistry testing water doing her thesis but on the fun side went to Dr. Pepper opening and she aptly describes the taste. There is no word of the school's name but there are many clues that should assuredly help local historians or collectors. For example all the men are 'Dr.' and they are assisted by 'Sisters'. She is also a girl of strong opinions. One interesting entry states: 'Charlie Lee came in and talked of her hot dates - it is almost impossible to believe she buried her father little less than a week ago.' She mentions and notes going to Mt. Sequoyah her Easter Star membership her 89.7 grade average and much much more. We note that on June 30th full page entry in another hand - K.W. writes regarding his leaving school and missing the girl he loves. The 1935 diary presents a grown up married woman cleaning her house and cooking for a party preparing for her guests taking care of her doctor husband A.B. also called 'Sugar' working for her doctor father - 'we did two tonsillectomies' also mentions radium treatments for a patient blood transfusions babies with pneumonia and about to die delivering a baby but tonsils seem to be the specialty. We learn in March with some little irony that Eula Mae has to get her own tonsils out in the Shelbyville Hospital. She relates the total cost of the operation as $7.00. We learn more about this interesting family: Uncle Henry Warren has an orchestra called the Kentucky Mountaineers a very well known Hillbilly band they have a cabin in Barbourville and casual research finds that Eula Mae Morgan was the president of the Kentucky Federation of Business and Professional Women in 1948 - 1950. The 1935 diary is somewhat more sporadic: entries are in Jan 1st - April 29th June 17th - Aug 3rd Oct 1st - Oct 5th Dec 10th - 20th then 25th and 26th. As professionals they seem less affected by the economics of the Depression: they buy a new car early in the year but when tragedy strikes A.B. - he has a neck dislocation loses his sight for a few days and is in hospital for several days Eula notes the bill is $40.50 and she goes home to see about cutting back on expenses to be able to pay the bill. All in all this unique pairing of diaries offers an super insight to this woman's development from student to wife and capable partner with her doctor husband. Overall the books are G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LOUISVILLE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY EASTER STAR MT. SEQUOYAH SHELBYVILLE 4-H CLUB UNCLE HENRY AND THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEERS MEDICAL DOCTORS DEPRESSION ERA GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES MEDICINE AMERICANA 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORK JOURNAL OF A SUPERVISOR OR FOREMAN OF SHIP YARD WORKERS REPAIRING AND RENOVATING SHIPS AND TUGBOATS INCLUDING THE ILL-FATED SS DORA‎

‎BROOKLYN NEW YORK NY. Fair. 1918. On offer is an interesting 1918 relic of the American war effort and New York ship building and repairs being the original manuscript journal of a ship worker likely a foreman or superior chronicling repairs made to a number of ships under his care in Brooklyn. He records daily details of the large number of men working on the projects maintains checklists of work to be done and the fulfillment etc. The ships mentioned in the approximately 80-page diary which is completely filled in are the tug Schenck the Harvey D. Goulder S.S. Winterswyk and there is also mention of repairs performed on an S.S. Dora. The repairs on the S.S. Dora were completed on June 2 1918 and sadly the same S.S. Dora was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast in September of 1918 after leaving New York. The unidentified author wrote very neatly in pencil and wrote very comprehensive descriptions of the repairs done to the boats. On one page an "Ocean Engine & Boiler Works" is mentioned and they were located in Brooklyn in 1918 giving further credence to the Brooklyn locale. The Ledger was purchased in Brooklyn. Ledger measures 4-1/2" x 7". The text block has separated from the covers but otherwise complete and intact. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARINE NAUTICAL SHIP BUILDING SHIPBUILDING SHIP REPAIRS WORLD WAR I WWI WW1 AMERICANA NAVAL NAVY BROOKLYN SHIP YARDS BROOKLYN DOCKS SCHENCK HARVEY D. GOULDER S.S. DORA S.S. WINTERSWYK TUG BOATS 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎JOHANN [JOHN] G WINNBERG‎

‎1890 - 1894 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE 5 FARMER'S ALMANACS WITH MANUSCRIPT PERSONAL DIARY NOTES PROFESSIONAL ENTRIES AND FINANCIALS OF ONE SWEDISH APOTHECARY'S IMMIGRATION TO JAMESTOWN NEW YORK USA‎

‎JAMESTOWN NEW YORK NY. Good. 1890. On offer is a super original archive of five 5 1890 through 1894 Farmer's Almanacs with handwritten entries by Swedish immigrant Johann John G. Winnberg of Jamestown New York. The Winnbergs left Sweden in 1890 and settled in Jamestown in 1891. These books are used in brief almost point form diary entries likely of a professional nature in the Almanac portion but the free end papers have more detailed paragraph style entries and appear to contain records of their journey and impressions of their new home in 1890 and 1891 and then the later books have notes and clippings and addresses we believe. They are written in Swedish for the most part but you can see the beginnings of a transition to English. John Winnberg owned an apothecary in Jamestown. The almanacs were published by P. A. Norstedt & Söner in Stockholm and Göteborgs. Researchers and historians of the Swedish immigration to America will recognize the uniqueness of this archive. DESCRIPTION: 1890 Hardcover. Dark orange paper over boards with cloth over spine. Old string for hanging. Label and date on front. Decoration to title page. Blank sheets interspersed throughout - with several notations. Almanac pages illustrated by symbols and small drawings. Additional tables and information. Size: 4 x 43/4". Condition: Covers show some wear and light stains. Paper is chipped along the edges. Pages darkened with age. Calendar glued in at rear. Good condition. 1891 Hardcover. Patterned glossy black paper over thin boards. Date stamped in gold on front. String for hanging. Almanac pages illustrated by symbols and small drawings. Additional tables and information. Blank sheets interspersed throughout - with handwritten notes. Size: 4 x 41/2". Condition: Paper missing over spine. Paper on covers is scuffed and worn along the edges. Inside: pages are darkened with age. Good condition. 1892 Gray paper over thin boards. Red cloth over spine. Orange end papers. Almanac pages illustrated with small symbols. Additional tables and information. Blank pages interspersed with almanac pages. Handwritten notes. Size: 4 x 43/4". Condition: Color has bled from cloth onto the paper cover. A few other stains. Inside pages darkened with age. Good condition. 1893 Mottled paper over thin boards. Cloth over spine. Label with date of 1893. Ribbon for hanging. Glossy yellow end papers. Owner's stamp. Almanac pages illustrated with small symbols. Additional tables and information. Blank pages interspersed throughout. Handwritten notes. Size: 4 x 47/8". Condition: Cracking to front board. Paper on covers is a bit faded and stained. Splits to paper in spine area. Chipping to edges of boards. Inside pages darkened with age. Good condition. 1894 Light green paper over boards. Blue paper over spine. Label on front with date. Almanac pages illustrated with small symbols and drawings. Lined pages interspersed throughout - with handwritten notes. Several clippings glued or left inside. Size: 4 x 5". Condition: Wear to edges and chipping in spine area. Inside pages darkened with age. Good condition. Clippings including a report of a muskellunge caught at Dewittville that was 4 1/2 feet long and weighed 42 1/2 pounds! Casual research finds that J. G. Winnberg died in 1899 one month before his 56th birthday. We also note that Jamestown has the largest percentage of people of Swedish descent of any city in the U. S. Overall G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SWEDISH IMMIGRATION SWEDISH IMMIGRANT JOHANN JOHN G. WINNBERG JAMESTOWN NEW YORK APOTHECARY PHARMACIST SWEDISH EMMIGRATION SWEDEN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION PRE TURN OF THE CENTURY AMERICANA 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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

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‎ABLE SEAMAN REGINALD SANDS‎

‎1928 - 1930 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCRAPBOOK OF A BRITISH SEAMAN DETAILING THE HMS SUFFOLK ON IT'S IMPORTANT MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE CHINA STATION AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THE REGION'S HISTORY‎

‎ASEA ABOARD THE HMS SUFFOLK CHINA STATION JAPAN. Good. 1928. On offer is a significant original 1928 through 1930 manuscript diary and scrapbook created maintained and handwritten by British seaman Reginald Sands who provides a super almost day-by-day account of the maiden voyage of the storied British warship HMS Suffolk and its critical deployment to the China Station patrol covering the period Feb 7th 1928 to July 19th 1930. Adding tremendous depth to the narrative there are numerous original photographs newspaper cuttings postcards stamps other ephemera and hand drawn maps that record everything from the mundane routine of daily exercises and manoeuvres at sea but also activities ashore such as visits to the Union Jack Club in Shanghai diplomatic calls visits from important political and military and naval persons and much much more all the more compelling with the backdrop of region's political and military turmoil brewing in China Japan the new Soviet Republic and the myriad of other regional problems and events at the time. Using a school-style exercise book Sands begins on Friday June 1st 1928 when HMS Suffolk leaves Portsmouth after completing several months of trials and over approximately 129 pages details a history of the ship and its duties and events of import. He notes events such as: Suffolk's orders to proceed to Nanking to protect and evacuate British residents in the revolt of troops on the Shanghai - Nanking railway. Suffolk Responding to an SOS for the liner 'Jervis Bay'. Visits from and Chinese Government officials and the British Minister Sir Miles Locker-Lampson. Visit from the Japanese Admiral at T'singtao. Accommodating HRH Duke of Gloucester and transporting him on diplomatic mission to Japan. Suffolk's part in the commemoration marking the re-burial of the Chinese political leader Sun Yat-Sen. Participation in a football match on 15th August 1929 in aid of dependants of HMS Devonshire victims we believe this refers to the death of 17 seamen on board Devonshire the month before in a firing accident. Suffolk with HRH Duke of Gloucester onboard is escorted into Yokohama where Prince Chichibu comes aboard and later escorts the Duke to Tokyo to meet the Emperor. Sands aboard Japanese warship KAKO with his breakdown of the KAKO's qualities Suffolk called to assist with fire at the King Edward Hotel in Hong-Kong. Suffolk's attendance at the Review held by Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on his departure as Commander in Chief of the China Station. Inspection by Emperor of Japan presumed Hirohito. Suffolk's part in Hirohito's 'Coronation Review'. Illumination of the ship at Nagasaki as part of celebrations of Hirohito's coronation - photo taken and pasted-in. The diary also recounts numerous rendezvous with other ships including: the Kent the Berwick Hermes and Cornwall and events such as Suffolk winning the sports cup on Sat 7th Sept 1929 at Wei Hai Wei participation in the Regatta at Wei Hai Wei in August 1929 and Sand's visits to the Shanghai Union Jack - a 5 cents credit has been pasted in. Stamps pasted onto the pages are: WEI HAI WEI - George V One Cent revenue Stamp; Japanese 10 Sen Entronement Hall Hirohito stamp; Nagoya Castle 10 Sen stamp; Hong Kong / CHINA - King George V - Four Cents; Egypte brown 5 Cinq Mills; Malta 1 1/2 d George V. The page edges are worn and a little browned and the cover has detached at the staples and there is a faint musty smell but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HMS SUFFOLK BRITISH WARSHIPS CANTON SHANGHAI JERVIS BAY CHINA STATION BRITTANICA BRITISH SEAMEN NAVAL MARINE NAVY BRITISH NAVY CHINA JAPAN PRE WORLD WAR II POST WORLD WAR I T'SINGTAO JAPANESE WARSHIPS KAKO REGINALD SANDS HIROHITO EMPEROR OF JAPAN NAUTICAL HMS DEVONSHIRE NANJING DECADE CHINESE REUNIFICATION NORTHEAST FLAG REPLACEMENT SINO-SOVIET CONFLICT OF 1929 BRITISH ROYAL NAVY ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1940 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM AND DIARY OF A GROUP OF CANADIAN UNITED CHURCH MISSIONARIES ON THEIR WAY TO PROVIDE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH ON THE ASIAN SUB CONTINENT‎

‎EMPRESS OF RUSSIA CHINA INDIA. Good. 1940. On offer is a super original 7 x 8 in. photo diary of a group of Canadian United Church missionaries on a trip to India and China. The trip starts with the sea voyage aboard the Empress of Russia steamship from Vancouver to the Aleutian Islands Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and on to Singapore and India. There are 30 black and white photos a small number of color or colorized pictures with handwritten captions for each one and several diagrams of the Missionary camps and one super drawing of attendees to a large council meeting with all named. While the author is not specifically identified they do a superb job naming each and every person in the photos. There is some rubbing and chipping to the cover the interior is very good but one or two pictures seem to have gone missing but otherwise all are accounted for. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CANADIAN MISSIONARIES INDIA CHINA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA TRAVEL CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CHRISTIAN RELIGION MISSON SOUTH EAST ASIA ASIAN SUBCONTINENT CANADIANA STEAMSHIPS SINGAPORE UNITED CHURCH UJJAIN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTRAL INDIA COUNCIL DHAR 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎CHARLES F BER_____, USN‎

‎1923 - 1925 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT ABOARD THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED USS RALEIGH WHO DETAILS NAVAL LIFE 'BETWEEN THE WARS'‎

‎USS RALEIGH ASEA ICELAND CUBA GUANTANAMO BAY. Good. 1923. On offer are a sensational pair 2 of original 1923 - 1925 manuscript diaries handwritten by a young sailor named Charles F. Ber_____ it is difficult to make out his last name which is written on a fragment of the inside front cover but researchers with access to crew manifests will undoubtedly confirm the full name who served on the USS Raleigh CL-7 in the Sick Bay medical department as a senior assistant to the doctor. The two diaries cover almost three years from the USS Raleigh's initial commissioning with over 400 pages of writing with significant entries throughout for historians and researchers interested in the 'between wars' years on a ship of some renown. Charles does a super job detailing his life aboard ship and on land from even before she was first launched but also with the ship when they sailed to Iceland Guantanamo Bay Panama Canal Zone California and Hawaii just to name a few. The author is quite detail oriented and records the mundane and the unique. For example while in Iceland he sees two movie companies making films on shore and talks in detail about some historical air flights. Here are some snippets: 1923 "September 7th I was discharged at the Naval Hospital League Island Pennsylvania by Commander R.C. Holcomb MC U.S.N. The Captain Raymond Spear was on leave at the time." "September 9th & 10th George Bayard and wife Emma Dallago and Rita Whitney had lunch with me. After lunch we sang and danced in the administration building. Afterwards we went out in the Navy Yard and went aboard the Birmingham; Mercy and some destroyers….Left Philadelphia early Monday morning for Washington. Emma Dallago was with me. It was her first visit to the capitol city. We spent a real pleasant day in Washington. I asked Dr. Buell's of the Bu. M. & S. for foreign shore duty but he refused me so I asked for the New Scout Cruiser U.S.S. Raleigh and he granted my request. Emma left for Philadelphia at 7:00 P.M. and I left for Laurel Mississippi at 10:00 P.M. I was on 30 days leave." "October 11th Reported to Lt. Commander F. X. Koltes for detail. He was acting as the Executive officer at the time. I asked for the lab detail and my request was granted." "October 23rd Orders arrived for my transfer to the Rec. Ship Boston in connection with the fitting out of the U.S.S. Raleigh and on board when in commission." "October 30th Received orders from the hospital at League Island to proceed to Boston at 9:30 A.M. Received transportation from pay office at the Rec. Station at 11:00 A.M. Left the hospital at 12:00 noon and left Philadelphia over the Reading at 1:00 P.M. Arrived in Jersey City at 2:45 P.M. and in N.Y. at 3:00 P.M. I went to pier 39 and went aboard the Cambridge of the Colonial Line Steamship for Providence. Went aboard at 3:25 P.M. and the boat shoved off at 5:30 P.M. There was a C.M. A.A. A C. Stk and Stk-32 with five G.C.M. P.'s. They were going to the naval prison at Portsmouth N.H. The prisoners were all firemen and just back from Turkey. As we left N.Y. it was a wonderful sight to see N.Y. by night. We passed near the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Blackwell's Island and Long Island. I had dinner on the boat." "November 3rd Went down to the Bethlehem Ship yard about 8:30 A.M. Went aboard the Raleigh for the first time. It will be great when it is finished. Had lunch with C. Yeo. Redmond Campbell at 2:21 P.M. I went to Boston. When I went down to Chelsea to the Naval Hospital I knew five of the Chiefs on duty there; Strout Littlefield Mc Daniel Ray and Campbell. I had supper at the hospital. After supper I left for Quincy. I arrived in Quincy at 6:35 P.M." "December 1st The U.S.S. Raleigh is in the floating dry dock. I went down in the dry dock and went under the Raleigh 555 ft. long. I then went aboard the U.S.S. Lexington an airplane carrier. After I came home I went to Cox drug store and got the Kodak pictures." "December 12th The first trial trip of the Raleigh was made today. It was builder's trial. A number of the Beth. Shipbuilding Corp officers and workmen were aboard as well as most of the Navy officers and enlisted men. I got aboard at 6:50 A.M. the gangplank was removed at 7:15. We shoved off at 7:20. There were five tugs that took her out in the clear. At 7:40 the tugs let go. At 9:15 we passed Boston Light Ship. There was a cold stiff breeze blowing. It blew spray clear over the deck. The most speed that was made was 29 knots an hour. At 11:30 we had chow. We went about 28 miles off the coast. We turned back between 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock. We got back to the dock at 3:20 P.M. and I was off by 3:25 P.M. The tugs 5 met us just the other side of the bridge…." 1924 "January 18th Mailed C.H. a military set for a birthday present. Went aboard the ship this A.M. about 11:10 to inspect the sterilizers and to see them work. They are ok. Seen the Fore River doctor this A.M. and made arrangements to use his office and syringes to vaccinate with typhoid vaccine some of the Raleigh officers and crew. Will also give Cow Pox vaccine. Captain Watts called me in his office and asked me about the typhoid vaccine. Said he wanted Dr. Lane to give him a shot the first thing Monday Morning…." "January 21st Received an itinerary of the commissioning and shake down cruise of the Raleigh today. The commanding officers received a good conduct medal for me today but it was not presented to me yet. Called Reason about the Typhoid vaccine." "January 24th Went to Boston receiving ship to get some typhoid vaccine and some elixir terpinhydrate and heroin. Got back at 12:30 P.M. Got to the office at 1:00 P.M. Dr. Lane had received the other typhoid vaccine and so soon as I arrived we began preparing to give the typhoid and cow pox vaccine to some officers and enlisted men. Captain Watts was the first to get t shot of typhoid vaccine…." "February 4th Went aboard the Raleigh this A.M. to locate the hospital corpsmen's billets and lockers. Dr. Lane told me that he would be the head of Div. 8 in name but I would be in reality. He received all the keys to the sick bay and lockers and I received the duplicate keys to the same…." He writes about a funeral party that went to Ex-president Wilson's funeral. Also heading to New York Harbor to dock and taking on torpedoes then out to sea: "April 18th & 19th It is raining and the sea is very choppy. We got lost twice during the night and once about 8:00 A.M. We will not go to Annapolis until Monday or Tuesday. We are going there so the 1924 class can look over the ship. We turned south some time yesterday. We anchored some time between 4:00 and 5:00 P.M. We got underway some time later. At about 7:00 P.M. we anchored for the night. We are supposed to be about 10 miles southeast of Cape Charles Light. At one time we were in 7 fathoms of water….We weighed anchor and got underway about 6:30 A.M. We are now in the Chesapeake Bay. Land on our port side. We are anchored some where in Chesapeake Bay. No inspection. We weigh anchor at 11:30 A.M. and headed for Hampton Roads. A Navy tug Hercules brought towed a motor boat out to us while we were at anchor. A boat like the Gig. It carried a whale boat back in its place. Sent a bag of mail ashore by the tug. We got under way and then anchored again lowered the sea plane over the side. We are headed for Solomon's Island. We are going to Graves End instead of South Hampton. It is a beautiful day." "May 4th Went ashore this P.M. to see the Commissioned officers and the warrant officers play ball. 32 to 6 in favor of the Com. Officers. Liberty at 5:00 P.M. Some C.P.O's got midnight liberty. Some girls visited the W.O's and had show with them. A Sea-2C AP.A.H. tried to swim ashore and decided it was too far so he thought he would commit suicide. He lost his nerve and hollered for help." "June 24th ……Left Quincy about 3:00 P.M. We passed a floater in a bathing suit and the ship was stopped and a whaleboat sent out to look for the floater. He was not found. A tug came alongside and took the pilot ashore. The plane had been up and the photographer took some pictures of the Raleigh. While we were stopped we took the plane aboard. The day is a hot sunny day." "July 9th We are indeed in the land of the midnight sun. It hardly gets dark before it is light again. I got up at 5:00 A.M. There is land in sight. The clocks and watches were set ahead one hour at 7:30 A.M. Greenwich time Hebrides Islands. We had general quarters and man the rail. We are in sight of Scotland. We passed through the Pentland Firth into the North Sea about 3:30 P.M. We passed between Scotland and the Orkney Islands. The Shetland Islands are north of us but not in sight. There are numerous travelers in the North Sea. I helped print some pictures tonight." "July 28th & 29th The Richmond came in this A.M. at 10:00 o'clock. It is foggy and cold. The seas are running high. We are to leave at 8:00 P.M. for Iceland. We left at about 8:00 P.M. and just before 9:00 P.M. the clocks and watches were turned back one hour. It is stormy weather…We have pretty weather and smooth seas. General quarters this A.M. We are due to land or arrive at our destination tomorrow morning at 2:00 A.M. Hornafjord Iceland." "August 3rd Sick call and quarters this A.M. A bunch of chiefs went ashore this A.M. The other aviator #2 plane went by at 1:12 P.M. We got underway about 9:00 A.M. and went to sea. We returned as soon as the plane passed. One plane #3 made a forced landing before it reached us. The liberty party came back about 6:00 P.M. and the seas were running high along side the ship. The seas were six or eight feet high. The party in the whale boat landed in the starboard torpedo room." "August 8th It is still raining. Our planes are making hops. I went ashore at 1:00 P.M. and returned at 3:30 P.M. One of the world flyer planes is on the beach. It is #4. New Orleans. One of the aviators from plane #3 came aboard the Raleigh. I noticed two movie men ashore A Pathe' and International making pictures. We are to go toward Greenland tomorrow on a scouting trip. Maurice drunk." "August 10th Sick call as usual. About 10:00 A.M. we sighted icebergs. There are 40 lookouts on deck. It is cold and foggy but the sun is trying to shine. We are going to send the planes out on a scouting trip. If they find a good place to land they will return to the ship and carry gas and anchors ashore. I am trying to go ashore with them. They will have to wear side arms. I will not get to go with the planes. At about 4:30 P.M. we hit an iceberg. It bent one blade on the forward starboard propeller and bent the after starboard propeller shaft. Collision was sounded. We are in the midst of big icebergs and are likely to hit them at any time. The fog is still thick. It lifts a bit and then settles down again. We are proceeding very slow. At times we have to back down. We headed out of the ice fields. At 11:00 P.M. we lay to. We're out of the ice fields and danger zone. I saw the Northern Lights aurora borealis for the first time. It was a beautiful sight." "August 21st The Army planes hopped off this A.M. at about 4:00 o'clock. It is a bad day. The sea is more or less rough. The wop flyer started with the other two planes but when they passed the Barry he was 25 minutes ahead. The wop is trying to go to the North Pole……At 3:30 P.M. there was no sign or no news of the Army planes so we got underway and started towards Barry in search of them. The ships were lined up from Iceland to Greenland as follows; Richmond Billingsley Reed Barry and Raleigh. The Milwaukee is on the other side of Greenland. Planes #2 and 4 landed in Greenland all ok. We don't know where the wop is. We have not heard from him as yet. We did not see the other planes pass us on account of the fog. I heard two different rumors about the wop's flight. One is that he is headed for the pole; the other is that he is going around the world. 826 miles from Iceland to Greenland." "August 23rd It is cloudy this A.M. but our two planes were lowered over the side about 5:00 A.M. and went in search of the Italian plane. The Italian's plane is an all metal plane. Our planes returned about 7:30 A.M. and left again about 10:00 A.M. and returned at 12:30. Only one plane went on the 10:00 A.M. trip. Lt. Collins and RM-3C Daniels was in one plane and Lt. Flemings and CMMA Ormsbee was in the other one. The second trip Lt. Collins and ACMM Ormsbee made the second trip….A Danish war vessel "The Island Falk" sent Eskimos out in their kayaks to look for the Italians and they also sent a motor boat to look for them…." Talks about lying upside the Richmond and passing the wreck of the H.M.S. Raleigh They arrive home on September 3rd in the Boston yard. The last entry in this diary is October 13th. Diary 2 - Guantanamo Bay California and Hawaii. Lots of torpedo testing in this diary: "October 20th ….Departed Hampton Roads about 8:00 A.M. We arrived at Southern Drill grounds about 11:00 A.M. The Concord and the Trenton came out later. At about 3:00 P.M. the Trenton had an explosion in one of the twin mounts. 18 or 19 injured. At 5:00 P.M. we received a vague report. One man still missing overboard. At 5:25 one of our planes was lowered over the side and went in search for the man overboard. It was too dark to see much. We had general quarters at 1:00 P.M. Dummy firing. We are still searching with the search lights for the man overboard. The Trenton returned to Hampton Roads under full speed. We looked for the man overboard until about 10:00 P.M. The search lights going all the while." "November 10th Guantanamo Bay Another pretty day. The doctor went ashore to help with an operation. We left the Bay about 7:20 A.M. Harting was sunburned so bad last Sunday that the is on the excused list. General quarters this A.M. We had our final short range trials. We will fire Friday. Returned to Guantanamo Bay at 3:30 P.M. The patient that was operated on died about three hours after the operation. We got mail today. I went to the movies tonight." "November 28th Another pretty day. There is an island on our starboard. We continue to pass islands. It is getting cooler all the time. No quarters or general quarters today. The first general court martial was handed out today to Madigan. The uniform is now undress whites with jumpers. The last movie show was tonight." 1925 "February 9th Arrived at Guantanamo Bay at 12:15 A.M. and after unloading some supplies and mail to the Whitney we departed at 3:20 A.M. The Detroit's steering gear and turbines went on the blink. She had to stop in the bay for awhile but she beat us to Guantanamo Bay. The Trenton had to stop in the bay for awhile to get a corpse ashore. A man died with ___ pneumonia. We left mail with the Whitney but we did not get any in return. We arrived in Guantanamo Bay at 11:45 A.M. will be here all night. It is so clear in the water that we can see the bottom at six or seven fathoms 36 or 42 feet. The Detroit Cincinnati Milwaukee and Richmond were here when we arrived. We had general quarters this afternoon. Movies at night." "February 19th No quarters yesterday or today. I went ashore at 12:55. It took over an hour to get to the dock. We landed in Balboa. Mail came aboard before we left the ship. I like Panama City. Came back to the ship at about 10:00 P.M. Left the dock at 11:00 P.M. There were plenty drunks but I was not one of them. Did not take a drink of anything but water." "March 25th Left Huntington Beach about 6:00 A.M. Went out and joined the fleets. Had quarters as usual. We watched the Battle Fleet fire. It was real interesting. Colored splashes. The firing was finished by ten thirty. We headed back for Huntington Beach to send divers down to recover our starboard anchor. Had the following drills on our way in; Fire Collision Fire and Rescue and examined three men for physical qualifications for diving. I examined one man for 20 days B. & W. yesterday and vaccinated 71 men. I vaccinated myself…." "April 5th Sick call. We passed through Golden Gate about noon. An air plane flew over and a movie man took pictures of us. It was very foggy. We arrived at 1:50. Went ashore at 3:00. Went to a movie and vaudeville show then went to see "White Collars" a comedy. Got back to the ship at about 1:30 A.M. We received mail." "May 2nd Hawaii No inspection. Got underway for Pearl Harbor about seven o'clock. Got to the Navy Yard early. Took oil from the Brazo's. Went ashore from Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Got to Honolulu before one P.M. Passed some sugar cane farms on my way in to Honolulu. Went out to see the Godshall's. Went to a fort to see the movies. Last night and tonight. The ship returned to Honolulu about four o'clock. Mail." "May 6th A day long to be remembered. I made my first trip by air plane. One of our planes #3/14. Mide La Porte A.P. was the pilot. We were lowered over the side in the plane. First time up we were about 200 feet and had to make a landing on account of engine trouble. We got back to the ship about 11:40 and we left about 10:00 A.M. I enjoyed the hop very much. Only thrill was when he would make a heavy bank. Went ashore at 12:45. Went out to Godshalls and took a short swim. Mr. Settle took me for a ride. Went out to Pearl Harbor way and then up on Round Top Mountain. There is a wonderful view from Round Top. Returned aboard at 10:00 P.M." "May 22nd We got underway about 8:00 A.M. and returned at 2:20 P.M. We played another war game. The smoke screens were great. No one was allowed to make pictures of them in any of the maneuvers. I bought me a fountain pen from the canteen a Parker. I went ashore at 5:00 P.M. in the Captains' gig. I inquired of the patrol if any one had turned in a pen to them but no one had so I am still a pen shy…." "August 18th About 5:30 P.M. a boiler exploded on a boat going from Newport to Pawtucket. Two people were killed and several injured. The injured were taken to the Naval Hospital. I got to the hospital about seven o'clock and stayed until about eleven. It was a horrible sight in the ward. Men women and children were burned. The Mackinac." One diary is housed in a 6-ring binder measuring about 4" x 6". The other has lost the covers save for the aforementioned fragment. The pages measure about 3" x 5 ½" and are in great condition. Truly a superb peek a naval life from the sick bay. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SICK BAY GUANTANAMO BAY PANAMA CANAL ZONE HAWAII USS RALEIGH CL-7 USN UNITED STATES NAVY NAUTICAL NAVAL MARINE MARINER NURSING MEDICAL MEDICINE SAILORS BETWEEN WARS CUBA ICELAND BATTLESHIPS AMERICANA 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎LAC [LACHLAN?] CROSS, No 97172 RCAF‎

‎1944 - 1948 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CANADIAN SERVICEMAN IN IRELAND ENGLAND AND BACK TO TORONTO CANADA AND THE HAGERSVILLE SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL WITH HIS ENGLISH WAR BRIDE‎

‎CASTLE ARCHDALE IRELAND WARRINGTON UK HAGERSVILLE. Good. 1944. On offer is a unique original 1944 - 1948 manuscript 5 year World War II diary handwritten by a Royal Canadian Air Force R.C.A. F. serviceman named we believe Cross as evidenced by the note: "CAN. R. 97172 LAC. CROSS. T.d. R.C.A.F." on the personal identification page. The diary covers 1944 through 1946 which are full of entries and then just a few for 1947 and 1948. The diary covers this Canadian's service in Ireland at the renowned 423 Squadron Castle Archdale until November 1944 then to Warrington England until December 1944 and then back to Canada to the SFTS Service Flying Training School Hagersville near Hamilton Ontario. During World War II Hagersville was the home of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station 16 Service Flying Training School teaching trainee pilots how to fly the Harvard and Anson aircraft. This diary offers a unique perspective on a number of levels: on the one hand our writer details the war effort as only an enthusiastic serviceman itching to be in the thick of it will report but then he also provides a fascinating look into the transition from War to peace and his reintroduction into non-service life with his new wife as of June 1944 and then a baby son a year or so later making for a Canadian War Bride story too. Lastly one gets a feel for the home front in Ontario in the last year of the War and shortly thereafter. One fascinating entry in November of 1944 relates: 'Zombies' rioting in Canada burning flags striking officers because of talk of conscription for overseas service.' Here are just a few snippets of the many notable entries: 1944 "January 1st & 3rd Lectures on grenades and drill in morning. OM drill later in morning. Off in afternoon. Wrote letters all evening. Berlin raided again. Tonight 1000 tons down….I was flight commander today. Down in hangers all morning. On drill in afternoon. In camp all evening. Played snooker and wrote letters." "March 11th Worked on hull of "D.3" all day and finished at 1900 hrs. "W2" sank sub last night and got shell through front of hull. Wrote letters and played poker." "May 27th Up at 0500 hrs. Same old trip over. Had fun sober in Belfast with wing. Ral. prisoners reported at Belfast today. Swedish. "Grisholm." Saw "This to the Army." "June 5th Stayed in hotel all day. Played darts and dominoes. Dolly left on 4:50 train and I for hotel. Back to hostel clubhouse and dance. 5th Army into Rome suburbs today." "June 12th Cable came from mum at 0930. Dolly and I married registry office L'pool south 11:30. Her mum and Mr. Harvey witnesses. Fred Ash for pictures. Stork Hotel for dinner. Just the 4 of us. Train. Exchange St. 1:45. Arrive Windermere 6. Staying Mrs. Hogarth's 3 Cross St. to Brookside for drink. Met "Taffy" and May." "July 20th Dental at 0900. All of Echelon's picking weeds. Washed "3a" out. P.M. Kit inspection 1330 worked on mum's lighter. Early show "Adventurers of Tartu". Russians over Gerry's 1941 starting point. Gerry's finished and should throw in towel soon I hope!!!" "August 12th My day off so slept till noon. Hiked to Enniskillen. Snow in afternoon. "Devil with Hitler" and "Hi Diddle Diddle." Dance in evening. No. _____ back to camp on 23-30 liberty transport. "T-2" crashed on island at noon today in Lough. 3 killed. Can't find bodies because she burned." 1945 "February 3rd Up at noon. Around hut all day. In canteen in evening. To dance in opera house. To bed right after. Russian's 30 miles from Berlin." "March 3rd Up at 7 A.M. in officer's mess at 9 A.M. Out at 10:30. Our argument worked. Downtown with Doll in P.M. She bought grey coat in Simpson's. To Tivoli saw "Fighting Lady" and "Sunday Dinner for Soldier." Had dinner in Diana's Lunch. Home at 11 P.M. Canadians and Yanks in Cologne. Went to Hamilton with dad in truck at 11:30. Home at 4:30 A.M." "April 28th & 29th Missed train so took bus at 0745. Finished at 12:45. Saw Victory Parade. To Laplaza. Saw "Yellow Canary." Mussolini captured by Italian Partisans today….Slept late. Fixed flat! Dad helped. Painted spare tire cover. Mussolini his mistress and some of his friends shot in Milan Italy. Talk of peace from Heinrich Himmler Chief of Gestapo." "May 1st Clear. Work as usual. Back in final assembly. Same crew. M. St. Clair to decorate our rooms. Hitler reported killed in Reich chancellery in Berlin! Not confirmed believed suicide! Admiral Doenitz taken over. Used to U-Boat Boss." "May 4th Work as usual on stripping with Stella all day. Bed early. German armies surrendering all over the place so it seems the war is over. We captured Munich Heart of Nazism!" "May 25th Work as usual on strips of F. M. 178 all day with Jean. Fell asleep in easy chair in evening. Heinrick Himmler captured and committed suicide-poison-Ribbintrop only one loose now." "August 6th All morning getting ready to go to Musselman's. Down to 83 at 4 P.M. Loaded car with bedding grub carriage Eileen Bob Doll and 3 kids. Quite a load! Left for lake at 7:15. Arrived at 9 P.M. Just put stuff in house had supper and went to bed! Cold night so no swim. U.S. used atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan! City flattened 150000 killed." 1946 "January 3rd William Joyce Nazi Lord Haw-haw hanged this morning at Wadsworth Prison London England at 4 A.M. this morning. To work at 7. Crafted 16 units. Home at 5:30. In house all evening. Doll had Butch inoculated for Diphtheria and Whooping Cough today at clinic so his arms left and right bothering him tonight." "January 12th Dwight D. Eisenhower in Toronto today at U. of T. for degree in Doctor of Laws. Drove down to 83 in evening. Bought ½ doz. large beers. Jim and I had 1 apiece. Home at 1:30 A.M. Roads like glass! So done some sliding." "June 18th Work as usual. Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn fight tonight in Yankee Stadium N.Y. Seats $10 to $100. Joe K.O'd Billy in 8th round for his 22nd win!" "June 30th Down to N.Y.P. at 1 P.M. Only worked till 4:30 on taking head off SO's to do valve job. Developed films in cellar in evening. Listened to radio description of atom bomb drop on Bikini Atoll. 3 ships sunk and 52 damaged or fired of target fleet." "August 3rd Down to beach in A.M. All gang came down in swimming and had swell time. Packed up in P.M. and pulled out at 6 P.M. into Picton shopping. Also went to see Walter Boyer about 1925 Overland he sold for me in 1941. Brought Doc. McEvilla home with us. Home at 2 A.M. Had to move Marino off our Chesterfield so Doc could sleep there. Stinky smelly city to come back to!!" Cross does a super job mentioning the people and places he meets including: Bronte Beach Enniskillen Wolverhampton Belfast Preston Hagersville Hamilton and Toronto and many many more. The cover of the diary has pulled away from the spine in the front and so has the first page but the binding and the rest of the pages are together but there is a bit of foxing on the edges of the pages. The diary measures about 4 ¼" x 5 ½". Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II R.C.A. F. SQUADRON CASTLE ARCHDALE SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL WAR BRIDES SFTS HOME FRONT HAMILTON ONTARIO IRELAND WWII WW2 WORLD WAR 2 HITLER ATOMIC BOMB MUSSOLINI LAC. CROSS 97172 HAGERSVILLE RCAF CANADIANA 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎CHARLES SCHOBINGER‎

‎1939 - 1951 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TEN 10 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY OUTDOORSMAN FUTURE SKI HALL OF FAMER GRADUATE OF HARVARD SCHOOL FOR BOYS WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II‎

‎CHICAGO ILLINOIS IL ESTES PARK DENVER COLORADO. Good. 1939. On offer is a super archive of ten 10 original 1939 - 1951 manuscript diaries handwritten by Charles Schobinger noted member of the Ski Hall of Fame in Estes Park Colorado beginning at age 14 writing of his life as a student while attending the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago. The diaries continue through his years in college and the NROTC during World War II and the years following the war. His family was evidently well - off as he wrote of receiving a gift from the maid on his birthday. Mr. Schobinger had a real love of the outdoors scouting and sports as a teen and continued these activities as he grew older in spite of a very active business and social life. He had countless dates and girlfriends and scores of friends. He especially loved Estes Park in Colorado and often vacationed there - in 1939 as well as after graduation from the U of Colorado and his stint in the Navy. He wrote of climbing skiing and hiking and took many slides of the park. Some of the entries in the author's earlier diaries are brief consisting of a line or two. As he grew older the entries became longer and more detailed. He had beautiful neat handwriting and the diaries are very legible written in ink and easily read. Also included with this diary lot are three blank diaries one from 1948 and two from 1957 which were used for his collection of leaves from various species of plants. Included as well are some odds and ends of ephemera he saved in the diaries - lists and scores of games a TWA brochure a report card a rather raunchy letter from someone named Chuck and a few other odd pieces. ARCHIVE INVENTORY: 1939 - Entries each day. Attends Harvard School for boys. 1940 - Entries each day. Front cover detached. 1941 - Entries each day. 1942 - Entries each day. Graduates from Harvard School for Boys begins school at U of Colorado. 1943 - Entries each day. 1944 - Entries each day. 1945 - Entries to July 2nd with some gaps. No entries after that date. Receives his commission in the Navy and graduates from the University of Colorado with a degree in Civil Engineering. 1949 - Entries from May 23 through Dec 31. Returns to Chicago from the Navy and buys a business. 1950 - Entries each day. 1951 - Entries each day. There is a gap during the years he spent in the Navy. Overall G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SKIING SKIERS SKIING HALL OF FAME ESTES PARK CHARLES SCHOBINGER BOY SCOUTS SCOUTING OUTDOORSMAN HARVARD BOYS SCHOOL CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT VON HAND GESCHRIEBEN HANDSCHRIFTLICH UNIKAT EINZELSTÜCK DOKUMENT SCHRIFTSTÜCK KURRENT KURRENTSCHRIFT DEUTSCHE SCHREIBSCHRIFT OSTPREUßEN DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY 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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‎GRACE WALDRON CALVERT‎

‎1909 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF A PIONEER JOURNALIST AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BOSTON HERALD‎

‎PORTLAND MAINE ME. Good. 1909. On offer is an original manuscript 1909 through 1913 diary handwritten by Grace Waldron Calvert the daughter of Colonel William H. Waldron a pioneer journalist and one of five original publishers of the Boston Herald. He was instrumental in developing several other publications but in 1872 he established the Lewiston Weekly Gazette and in 1876 his son-in-law Thomas E. Calvert Grace's husband entered into partnership with him and became editor of the Gazette. Colonel Waldron died in 1881. Grace and Thomas of Portland Maine belonged to a County Club took numerous trips to New York attend balls plays recitals and even a reception at the white house in 1912 and much more. She also belongs to a "Current Events" club. Grace's daughter was a soprano singer who studied under Alfred Brinkler. Ephemera such as newspaper clippings inside the diary mention her events. There is also a newspaper article which talked about an illness her other daughter Dorothy experienced and the diary also talks of this. Dorothy spends over a month in the hospital. Here are some snippets: 1909 "In all day. Tom and I went to see The Witching Hour. John Mason leading man. Great play. John Mason nearly spoiled the play by being under the influence of something….Telegram from O. W. L. that Dr. gives no hope asking me to go on. I telephoned in reply to know if I was needed immediately. Home all day. Sewed all day….Shampoo at 9. Had a woman to cook for us all day. Country Club P.M. with Grace. Home in Mr. Woodman's car. Mrs. Wilson and Elizabeth here to dinner. John Alden and wife here evening….Twenty three years ago today since our little Tommy died. Miss Mayer here sewing. Sewed with her….Downtown A.M. on business. Country Club P.M. Grace went to Bath in Government boat with some people from Mt. Williams….Grace and I had delightful day. Went down the bay with Mr. Brownell and a party in his motor boat. Dolly could not go not well. Had picnic on shore. Home at six P.M….Shampooed. Downtown A.M. on business. Took Lizzie to Country Club P.M. Went to Cushing's Island with a crowd at 10:30. Helen Phillips went away….In all day. Aunt Anna walked to Eastman's. We all went in to Mr. Brinkler's in evening. Grace sang and sang well. Jefferson theatre opened….Went to station with Gertrude's who went to New Harbor. Dr. Hull Meta and I went to Long Island for sail at 4 P.M. We three with Cleeland went to Keith's theatre in evening….Downtown A.M. Miss Reynolds fixing my lace gown. Charity Ball. Ross dined here. Dolly went to the Venus. Had fine time at the ball. In all went well……" 1910 "Lovely day. Dolly and I walked part way to County Club P.M. Had "Tea" with Mr. Harvey Smith. T. E. C. and I played bridge evening. Mistake. In all day Sunday worked on business matters….I went driving with Aunt Anna. Pleasant. Went to see Dr. Thompson with Dolly. Went to La Fayette to see Mrs. Rice who has an opening. She was here in P.M. Mrs. R. in evening to show corset…." 1911 "Graces wedding day. Weather perfect. Beautiful wedding. Reception very satisfactory. Grace and Percy went to Boston on 3:35 train. Masquerade party to which we all went in evening. Mr. Bishop went to New York….Dr. Ruffin came in to see Grace. She is in fairy good condition….In town A.M. Tried on my suit first time. Back to W. Medford. Dressed and we all came into Kittredge-Hamlin wedding. Very warm day….In all day. Mrs. Newman here finishing my gown. Went to Charity Ball evening. Fine Party. Downtown A.M. Nammie here all night. Mrs. Holland here. Shampoo and facial…." 1912 Lovely day. Grace taken sick about 2 A.M. Baby came at 1:30 P.M. A beautiful little girl. Dorothy. Eleven and ½ hours she was sick. Did not expect her for 3 weeks. 8 ½ pounds….I went to the President's reception to the _____at the White House. Great crowd….Pleasant and spring like. G. went to dentist A.M. I took C. Denison to see Baby Mine and the Russian Dancers at the Bellosco . Then to Tea Cup Inn for cup of tea……Cloudy. Percy and Capt. Brigham went to S____in the machine. Grace and Mrs. Bingham went to see Officer 660 in evening. Girls went to tea at Elizabeth…." 1913 "In the house all day. Molly asked to see me and asked me to read to her which I did. She does not want to see anyone….Gen. Tilden's father Col of the 16th Maine Regt. Called with Charles Gordon Sr. and Jr. They are on their way to Gettysburg. Auto ride with C. A. G. Jr. P.M….In all day. These days from the second day of July to the fourth are anniversary days of the Battle of Gettysburg….Dolly taken terribly ill about 10 A.M. upon coming in from downtown. Hurried to hospital by Dr. Operated upon at 2:45. Dr's Thompson and Brock. Ulcer had perforated stomach. I staid at hospital all night. D. wanted me about 1 A.M. Went in to see her…." The 1909 has full handwritten entries for every day. The other years are about ½ to ¾ full. The diary measures 5" x 7 ¾" and is Overall G.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GRACE WALDRON CALVERT THOMAS E. CALVERT COLONEL WILLIAM H. WALDRON BOSTON HERALD ALFRED BRINKLER BOSTON PORTLAND MAINE JOURNALISM JOURNALISTS NEWSPAPERS NEWSPAPERMEN GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS BIOGRAPHY SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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‎MRS [WILHELMINA] BARNS GRAHAM‎

‎1888 - 1889 ORIGINAL LONDON TO AUSTRALIA TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SCOTTISH WOMAN IN PRECISE DETAIL TRAVELING WITH HER NOTABLE HUSBAND‎

‎CRAIGALLIAN SCOTLAND TO SS AROYO TO AUSTRALIA. Good. 1888. On offer is a super 1888 - 1889 original travel diary handwritten aboard a ship identified as the S.S. Aroya detailing a trip from London to Australia. The author signs the diary on the fep as Mrs. Wilhelmina Barns Graham Craigallian who we believe is traveling with her husband Allan Graham Barns-Graham whose online biography we have reproduced at the end of the listing. Dated December 1888 through June 28 1889 Mrs. Barns Graham is a sensational diarist leaving few details unwritten starting with a comprehensive list of the passenger's names status destination and their occupations and then near daily entries of the voyage. One online source provides: BIO NOTES: ALLAN GRAHAM BARNS-GRAHAM: "The Chairman of Lanarkshire County Council is a son of Patrick Graham W.S. Edinburgh and was born in that city in 1835. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy entered on a manufacturing and commercial career and at the age of twenty-one went to Calcutta. The Suez Canal was not then thought of and the railway across Egypt was not opened but he went by that route and sailed from Suez in the paddle-wheel steamer of that time. One of his earliest experiences in India was the Mutiny during which he enrolled for service in the Volunteer Cavalry. Two years later in China he was among the first civilians to enter Canton after its capture and was blockaded by Chinese rebels in Shanghai. He also spent some time in Manila and would have entered Japan but found the country closed against foreigners. In 1860 he came home and took a partnership in the firm of Crum Graham & Co. for four years till the concern was wound up. His next experience was that of manager of a Calcutta bank which had become involved in mining speculations in Nevada and California. He went to these countries to try and retrieve the fortunes of the undertaking but these falling out ill he returned and became principal buyer for a large house of East India merchants in Manchester. Once more he went to Calcutta as a partner of the firm of Graham & Co.; then in 1875 he succeeded to the family estates; and since that time has devoted himself to the public business of the counties in which his interests lie. He is the owner of Craigallan in Stirlingshire Lymekilns in Lanarkshire Fereneze in Renfrewshire and Kirkhill in Ayrshire. For five years 1861-5 he was a captain in the 3rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers and for a considerable time more recently was Parish Council Representative of Strathblane on the Western District Committee of Stirlingshire. His chief energies however have been devoted to Lanarkshire. On the passing of the Local Government Act of 1889 he was elected as representative of the South Division of Cambuslang on the County Council. In 1893 he was appointed Chairman of the Middle Ward District Committee and in 1898 he became Convener of the County. He is also one of the Extra Parliamentary Panel of Commissioners under the Private Legislation Scotland Act of 1899. He is a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for the Counties of Lanark and Renfrew. Mr. Barns-Graham married in 1868 Wilhelmina daughter of William Carstairs M.D. and has had a family of four daughters and four sons of whom three daughters and two sons survive." The diary is in good condition internally butt the binding is not in place an the first section has come somewhat loose. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CRAIGALLIAN SCOTLAND AUSTRALIA MRS BARNS GRAHAM ALLAN GRAHAM BARNS-GRAHAM S.S. AROYA TRAVEL LONDON TO AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS BIOGRAPHY SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001709

‎ESTHER MARIE GERNIT BULLOCK‎

‎1897 - 1900 ORIGINAL MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING STRESSED OUT SAD AND FEARFUL WOMAN WHO POURS HER HEART OUT WITH INK ON PAPER‎

‎LYCOMING COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA STEUBEN COUNTY NY. Good. 1895. On offer is the super original manuscript diary handwritten by Esther Marie Gernit Bullock b.1852 who lived in or around Lycoming County Pennsylvania or Steuben County New York. She is married to Francis Joseph Bullock and they have four children; Charles Edgar Walter Herbert Allen Gernit and Edna Maria. This is a very large very full diary measuring about 7 ¾" x 13" with 250 pages of daily entries covering September 30th 1897 all the way through to April 6th 1900. We learn that three of her four children are no longer living with them or soon on their way out. This greatly affects Esther and on many occasions she talks about being so lonely and missing her children greatly. The family moves two times during the time span the diary represents but only to a different house or location in the village. The boys seem to work for the railroad and she doesn't like it at all because of how dangerous the work is. Frank is retired but seems to be looking for work. There is also talk of the Spanish American War her first grandchild born to Charles Edgar her grandmother Bullock passing away and the funeral traveling to the near by villages talk about how the New York Central Railroad Company has taken over the Fall Brook Central RR Company line Cyclone flooding and so much more. On numerous occasions she says her days are "terrible and tedious". She also writes a very intriguing entry on October 6th 1898 telling that something so terrible has happened and filled them all with so much grief that she can't write it down. Here are some snippets: 1897 "October 4th Froze hard last night and was real cold this morning. Warm in the afternoon. Frank helped me wash in the forenoon. After dinner he went over town. Walter went to Hornellsville to see about getting on to the Erie road but it seems as if I never can stand it to have another boy on the railroad. It has caused me a great many tears and unhappy hours. I rather he would do most anything else. Edna went over to Charles Edgar's a little while. He got back from Williamsport about noon." "November 18th Snowed and blowed. Frank is not much better. Walter worked but was so rough Allen did not start out. Charles Edgar invited us over there to eat dinner with them. It is a year today since they were married and it seems a long year to me since he went away from home. He ought to have gotten back from his trip about noon but it was nearly night but we did not eat dinner until he came. Edna got dinner and supper here at home. Jarvis expects to go to work in a few days." "December 2nd Pleasant but cold. Walter worked in shop. Jarvis and Allen have found work and are going to begin tomorrow. After diner I went over to Charles Edgar's a while. He has to go to Williamsport tonight. Frank came home from the 4 roads tonight. He says Foster is very sick. Dr. thinks he has typhoid fever and they are very much worried about him." 1898 "February 16th This has been a terrible tedious day. The wind blew very hard and snowed all day. There are some drifts around the house. I dreaded to have Walter go to work this morning. It is not quiet so tedious this evening but will be a cold night and Charles Edgar goes to Williamsport. I am afraid he will suffer with the cold." "March 5th Real pleasant. Frank worked for Mr. Buck. Walter and Allen worked. Mrs. Saxton went home this afternoon. Frank and I went over on Bridge Street to look at a house. We have decided to rent but do not know just when we will move. Mr. Lamb owns the house. It is only a little ways from Charles Edgar's so we went up there a few minutes." "April 6th Cold and snowed nearly all day. We have had a hard day. We finished moving. Charles Edgar and Walter both helped or I don't know as we would have got through today. Libbie came over and helped me straightened around some. She and Charles Edgar put down the carpet in my room and the boys and made up the beds. If they had not I am afraid we wouldn't have got much done for I am tired out and sick. I wish Allen could have been here to dinner then we could have all eaten together. Charles has gone to Williamsport tonight." "April 21st Cold again and rained some. Frank and the boys worked. Charles Edgar and Libbie have not got back from the 4 Roads yet but I shall be glad to see them. Edna went over town this afternoon and while she was over there she heard that war has begun between the United States and Spain. And the papers are all full of war talk. There has not been a battle yet but everything seems to be about ready." "April 22nd Rained nearly all day and has been a cold day. Frank and the boys worked. Charles Edgar and Libbie came and I was ever so glad to see them. Frank Edgar Allen and I went up there a little while this evening. Everybody seems to be excited over war. We read in the papers tonight that the United States had captured 2 Spanish vessels." "May 1st Real pleasant and is the warmest day we have had but is raining again this evening. Charles Edgar got back just as we had dinner ready so he and Libbie stayed to dinner with me. The boys Edna and Glenn and I went over to the Erie depot this evening to see 5 train loads of soldiers on their way to war. It was a sad sight. Walter went down to Elmira on his wheel in company with several others to see the soldiers start from there. He says it was a solemn occasion." "May 2nd Rainy early this morning then the sun shone out for awhile but it soon began to rain again. Frank did not get in a full day but Walter and Allen did. This evening Edna Glenn and I went up to see the Fire Building to see the fire works. It is all war excitement. They raised a flag on the building. Some more Corning boys enlisted but I am happy to think none of mine are on the list." "July 8th Very warm. Frank and the boys worked. Charles Edgar has been down home a while. Mr. and Mrs. Sonnerson started for New York tonight and tomorrow afternoon the ship will sail that will carry them back to their old home Denmark. I was sorry to have them go for they are nice people." "September 7th Rained nearly all day. At the time we were having such a terrible rain here last night down to Troy 4 Roads and Springfield Pa there was a terrible cyclone. The greatest damage done at any one place was at Steve Brace's. His large barn blew down killed Will Brace and 14 of their cows and 3 horses. It must have been an awful shock to his parents." "September 18th About 5 o'clock this morning we had a hard thunder shower but soon cleared off and has been a nice day. Walter started for the 4 Roads about 20 minutes of 8 this morning on his wheel and expects to get there about noon if he has good luck. Tomorrow will be father's 79th birthday but they will have the gathering today at Edgar's for some of them could not be there tomorrow. It makes me very unhappy to think I could not be there. I never failed but once before. I hope Walter will get there in time for dinner." "October 4th Cloudy but did not rain until toward night. Frank worked. Allen has been around home. Oh how many more tears will I have to shed over my family I cannot bear to have one of them away from home but a few days at a time but this afternoon Walter has gone to Avoca to run a barber shop that is if he likes it there. Of course I want all of them to do what is best for them but Oh! How lonely I will be. Charles Edgar went to Lyons." "October 5th Rained hard nearly all day. And it has been fitting to the happenings and what did happen I never will write for everyone of us are bowed with grief but I believe the day will come ere long that we are all happy together for that is my prayer. Frank nor Allen worked. Charles Edgar went to Lyons." "December 25th Christmas and it has always been a merry one to us before this but today tears take the place of joy. Of course I am so glad the other children could be here but poor Allen. Oh How I miss him. Walter came home and Charles Edgar and Libbie came down. Emma Shaw was here too. All seemed to be pleased with their presents and I am sure I was with mine for they were all very nice but I must have Allen home before next Christmas. Walter and Edna were going to church tonight and they coaxed me to go with them." 1899 "January 19th Very pleasant but chilly. Frank worked. Charles Edgar went to Lyons. Libbie came up and took dinner with us and at noon I stared for the 4 Roads. She went over to the depot with me. At half past 5 o'clock this afternoon I got here at the 4 Roads. Allen met me at the depot and Oh! How glad I was to see his dear face. Every time I looked at him it seems as if I am dreaming. Julia Stuart Dell and Edgar are all sick. Edgar is under the Dr.'s care. I have been sick all day but fell better tonight. Jesse Bullock's folks have a daughter It was born the morning of January 19th." "March 1st It has been a beautiful day but tonight the wind blows like a storm. Frank worked but his foot isn't any better. Charles Edgar went to Lyons. Edna was over home this afternoon and went over town of an errand for Frank. I went with Mrs. Lindsey this afternoon down to the Congregation Church to a funeral of an old man who died in the Insane Asylum. It is no one that I knew but his name was James Littlefield." "April 18th Very pleasant and quite warm. Frank commenced work at the mill. Charles Edgar did not get back from Williamsport until 5 o'clock to night but ought to have been here about that time last night. I got very nervous about him but they were waiting for cars. I went up to his house this morning a little while. I had a letter from Allen he says Warren Gernit has enlisted in the war and is on his way to Manila. Edna is over to Mary Nichol's yet." "April 28th This has been a beautiful day but the wind blew hard. Frank worked. Charles Edgar went to Williamsport. I suppose this will be his last trip for the Fall Brook Company for next Monday the New York Central will take possession of the road and will be known as the Pennsylvania division of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Edna and I cleaned house. This evening she has gone to a party." "June 9th Rather cool all forenoon but think it is some warmer this afternoon. Charles Edgar went to Lyons this noon. Mrs. Smith Housel Nell Westcott died this forenoon. Her baby was born the next day after Libbie's and it seems so sad she must die and leave it. I have been down to Charles Edgar's this afternoon. Frank worked." "July 2nd Toward night after it got cooler I went up to Charles Edgar's but hadn't been there but a few minutes before Frank came after me and had a dispatch from Edna and wanted me to come to Watkins tonight for she was sick. Of course I hurried around but it was only 10 minutes before the train would leave but I went over hoping the train would be late but started before I got there. Now I shall have to wait until morning but it don't seem as if I ever could…" "July 3rd Awfully warm but I am so thankful I didn't have to make the trip to Watkins. Edna got home here about 11 o'clock last night. She had a bad time with her heart and they were so frightened about her that she sent for me but she was some better and came home. She doesn't look as if she would be able to go back very soon." "November 18th Froze some last night but has been a lovely day. Frank worked. Charles Edgar started for Williamsport early this morning but before he got there he got hurt and had to come home. He fell and struck on his foot and cut it open so he had to go to the Dr. and have it sewed up. It is a great wonder it didn't break his neck. It scared me terribly when I saw hat had happened but I guess it will get along all right. This is the third time I have had to write in my book of an accident to him since he had been on the road. And I pray that this is the last trouble he will have. We were all invited down there for supper as it is their wedding anniversary and we went and stayed the evening too. Coral Paine brought his phonograph up there and we had some fine music but we would all enjoyed it better if it hadn't been for Charles Edgar's accident." Many names are mentioned: Mary Nichols Ida and Olive Edwards she says that Olive took poison and died Emma Shaw Frank Jarvis Foster and Lill King George and Kate Cornell Saxton Mahlon Nichols Lamb Holmes Ellenberger Cole Sonnerson Blanch Fries Billy Hope Hollenbeck Townley Dr. Lane Lindsey Ned Hallstead Ed Hogaboom Dr. Miller Elder Fuller Dutcher Colvin Prof. Blodgett Zelda Mulligan and more. HISTORICAL NOTE: The 1880 census shows her in Springfield Bradford County Pennsylvania but they have moved since the census was taken because in this diary she mentions going to places such as Dundee Avoca Williamsport Lyons Elmira and it looks like Murray Hill is close to them so I'm not quite sure exactly where she is in Pennsylvania or New York. They must be close to the border too because most of the towns are along it. The diary's cover is very worn and torn but the pages and binding are very good. Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ESTHER MARIE GERNIT BULLOCK SPRINGFIELD WILLIAMSPORT AVOCA LYCOMING COUNTY STEUBEN COUNTY NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN'S STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE RURAL LIVING GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES FRANCIS JOSEPH BULLOCK HANDWRITTEN 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001725

‎JAMES ROSS‎

‎1846 - 1849 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THIS YOUNG TEACHER'S EDUCATION TO BECOME A MEDICAL DOCTOR‎

‎CASTLETON VERMONT ELIZABETHTOWN NEW JERSEY NJ. Poor. 1846. On offer is a very interesting original 1846 - 1849 manuscript diary handwritten by James Ross a hardworking young teacher turned medical student. James at some point moved to Castleton Vermont in Rutland County and worked in the area while teaching school. He then goes on to study medicine with a local doctor and eventually moves to Elizabethtown New Jersey 69 Canal Street where he matriculates at New York City College. His daily life is on every page of this small leather bound journal that he easily carried in his pocket and took it everywhere with him it seems. We learn in Castleton that he taught school "had 12 scholars today a good day" worked in a small drug store and studied medicine with Dr. Eliakin Paul. James mentions the name Woodward several times and casual research informs us that Mr. Woodward owned the first drug store in town working from his home. Eventually the drug store was erected on the corner east of the Methodist Church where they did a large business furnishing medicines to physicians in the vicinity also to graduates of the medical college. The store also sold surgical instruments as James Ross mentions in this diary. James keeps meticulous notations as to the price of numerous items he would purchase monies paid to him for books money borrowed from his brother or relative; Reuben Ross Jr.; where and with who he lived in a boarding house; where he "staid overnight"; the names of his friends and of his diversions. He mentions Dr. Nichols Dr. Parker and his lectures Dr. Paul Dr. Page Dr. Clark Gillman Barker Mott lectures etc. His daily notes include the 4th of July fire works in Vermont were the best he had ever seen; goes to visit the Woodruff family at Connecticut Farms and rode there with Mr. Fortought; Woodruffs all well went to a prayer meeting at the old schoolhouse and saw some old friends; apparently James was originally from Connecticut. Got back home to VT went to work all day delivered some medicine to A. Hotch; some elixir and then went to hear Dr. Bostwick speak. James went to the hospital to see soldiers that were sick and being treated with lead wash and liniment. Went to Hope Chapel to listen to Mr. Buckingham and Mr. Chapin talk about capital punishment and came away "fully convinced capital punishment should be established. "Went to a camp meeting in Fairhaven where he attended a lecture with "nearly 30 students together." Went to Chatham Theatre and to the museum where he saw a giant boy etc. He purchases new clothes had his boots renailed sheared sheep for his father went hunting and killed a pheasant and attended the Methodist church in town. Heard a lot of swearing at a political meeting in Sept. where "men were caucusing in every direction." Went to the fair in Rutland Vermont etc. Went to town clerk and took the oath for surveying closed on a few deeds. Certainly a very busy young man with a lot of "irons in the fire"; teaching working studying medicine and having somewhat of a social life as he writes of numerous friends. James has written a few names and addresses in this journal to include: H. Fisher 122 Pearl Street NY J. Vaness corner of Jackson and Johnson Street Brooklyn P. S. Denmore and Ed Price 107 Fulton ST. Doctor Oatman 111 Eldridge St. Nelson Eddy 89 Pearl ST. NY etc. Now he writes about the list of books he will need for medical school and there are quite a few. He took the Sommerville Railroad and then onto a boat to get to New York. He went to Brooklyn to visit the Navy Yard and eventually on to Elizabethtown NJ where he now settles in to live and attend medical college in NYC. James mentions 77 Fulton Street in New York and O.O. Wickham's class. Condition of the small 2 1/2 x 4 inch leather bound 178 pages book is rather poor with several pages are loose and the interior pages are attempting to come loose from the spine yet still holding; the outside leather case had a snap cover at one time however the snap is missing. Leather shows wear and scuffing. Overall Poor.; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JAMES ROSS CASTLETON PHYSICIAN VERMONT RUTLAND COUNTY ELIZABETHTOWN NEW JERSEY DR. ELIAKIN PAUL TEACHING EDUCATION MEDICINE MEDICAL DOCTORING AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001734

‎REVEREND ALEX D RICCIO‎

‎1930 - 1934 ORIGINAL PHOTO JOURNAL OF A YOUNG MAN'S RELIGIOUS GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEN SOME UNIQUE PHOTOS OF THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND FLOOD IN 1936‎

‎ITALY EGYPT THE HOLY LAND. Good. 1937. On offer is an interesting original photo journal created and compiled by Reverend Alex D. Riccio as he states on the first page wherein he has drawn the words "1930-1934 Remembrances of my stay in Europe Rev. Alex D. Riccio." In all there are approximately 184 photos all original save for a handful of real photo postcards all dated between 1930 - 1934. The first 133 photos are exactly that and one sees immediately the trip was a religious 'Grand Tour' as there are many photos of Catholic priests and students at a particular seminary in what is most certainly Italy. The names Cascine and Cortile Cortale are written on some of the photos. He also visits Jerusalem and Egypt with photos from those places also. Some other inscriptions include: "Avro from window; waiters at Council dinner taken in Cortile; Church of St. Claire Assisi; Feast of St. Magdalene; St. Paul's Rome; Facade of Holy Sepulcher; Mount Tabor; Unity of cars before entering into Jerusalem; Inside view of Mosque; Valley of Jehoshaphat; Mosque of Omar; Pyramids of Cairo; Garden of Olives; On board ship Palestine; Bethlehem" and many many more. In a later part of the album are 51 more photos: a number of wedding photos but 17 of them show the results of the great flood of 1936. I believe most of them are taken of the state of Maine possibly Portland Middletown and Cromwell. Some of these are also marked on the back. Many are rather incredible photos too. Most of the photos in this particular album are NOT glued in but placed in the album using the four corner mounts. Most of the photos are black and white and in good shape. The album itself as far as the pages and binding is in great shape but the cover is in bad shape. It is very worn around the edges and has fallen away from the binding. The leather cover features a super art deco design. It measures about 8" x 10 ¾". Please note: this is one of two photo albums compiled by Riccio. The related album is specific to his time at Fordham University. SELLER ID 0001743; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GREAT NEW ENGLAND FLOOD ALEX D. RICCIO EUROPEAN GRAND TOUR MIDDLE EAST GRAND TOUR RELIGION RELIGIOUS STUDIES CATHOLIC THE VATICAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES HAND WRITTEN PERSONAL AMERICANA MEMOIR HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH 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 JESUIT JESUIT UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001744

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1884 - 1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CHANNEL ISLANDS BOY DESCRIBING LIFE IN JERSEY AND THEN HIS FAMILY'S EMIGRATION TO SAN LEANDRO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA‎

‎MILLBROOK JERSEY ISLAND TO SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA. Good. 1884. On offer is a fascinating unique manuscript relic of the life of a young boy living on the Jersey Islands one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel dated January 1884 through April 1885 and then April 1886. Incredibly the diary then becomes an intriguing description of this family's emigration to the United States of America by way of travel through Canada Boston St. Louis Oregon and finally settling near San Francisco and Oakland in San Leandro. Handwritten by an unidentified young man the diary begins in Millbrook Jersey where the diarist lived. There are many references to playing cricket he obviously loved playing cricket as well as references to football trips to various Jersey towns his daily life on Jersey Island planting potatoes and beans etc. Almost every day has at least a brief notation of the weather and notes of local events such as a two-masted ship has stranded near the station. His family appears to have been somewhat well-to-do the premium leather book lends credence given the youth of the writer perhaps they were land-owners and farmers on Jersey Island. The diary writer was able to travel quite a bit play lots of cricket go to school take Preceptor's Exams travel to France etc. Life did not appear a burden for him. There are many names mentioned in the diary but the diarist almost always used first names and only occasionally surnames. Here are snippets from his life on Jersey in 1884: 27 Fri. Fine rainy. Papa walked to Gorey. 5 Wed. Very fine. Played a foot-ball match against David's but were beaten. 15 Sat. Practiced cricket with Ernest. 20 Thurs. Windy. Played cricket. 29. Sat. Fine. Played cricket after school. Planted potatoes in the conservatory. 4 Fri. Rainy in the evening; played cricket. 8 Tues. Very fine. Ernest received a present from Uncle John. Played Cricket in the "Miles" with the school. 9 Wed. Very fine. Played cricket in "the Sands". 26. Sat. We went to Portelet Bay with Pirchard. Mamie got a prize of one pound. 30. Wed. We are studying history for the examinations. Played cricket in "The Sands". 1. Sun. Very fine. Mr. Nicholson who has just come back from Scotland preached. 2 Mon. We played 8 boys against 22 smaller ones and beat them. At last it has commenced to rain. 26. Thurs. This afternoon I went to the sports events at St. Aubin's School. 30. Mon. Took the train for St. Helier and left Jersey for St. Marlo at 8.30 this morn. I was as sick as I could be although the sea was calm. 8. Tues. Bought some cherries to carry back to Jersey. 17 Thurs. Fine. Papa bought me a half guinea bat for birthday. 24. Thurs. Fine but windy. Planted beans. 27 Fri. Cold wind. Went to be measured for clothes and to see Sadie she had a toothache and could not go with us for a drive but we went to St. Catherine's Bay. 1 Sat. Played a match of football against the 2nd club of Victoria College but were beaten. They got 2 goals and 3 tries we nothing. 20 Wed. Planted potatoes all the afternoon with Ernest and Willie. 22. Fri. I am 5 ft 11 1/2 in. high in stocking feet. The family leaves Jersey Island by steamer ship goes to England then leaves England for Halifax Canada; then to Boston; then by train to Portland Oregon with a lengthy stop in Decatur and other towns in Illinois where they have relatives; they visit a number of towns in Oregon before deciding to stay in Portland where they buy or rent a house; but the father decides he doesn't like it; he visits Santa Rosa California which he likes at first but then doesn't; so they visit the San Francisco Bay Area where they all seem happy and the Father buys 10 acres in San Leandro and that's where they end up. The diary recounts all aspects of the journey - the dirty hotels finding arrowheads in Illinois the changing landscape the cost of eggs and fruit in Oregon the fertility of the land the wildness of the land the trains the sleeping cars and much more. Here are some snippets: "Rough and foggy. Very sea-sick. Ship rolled a great deal. Steamed 190 miles. Still sea-sick. I am not able to sit at the table but the stewardess brings me something on deck. Sailed 240 miles. Wind in our favor. We get in the harbour very early and coming in a doctor boards our ship to see if we were bringing any disease. We waited until 6.30 for a train and got a 1st Class Car. I like the train very much the seats are leather and very comfortable. Arrived at Millie's at 7.30. Went in the woods. Made a fire. Ernest found a nest with brown eggs. Pa went to Boston with Willie and Ernest. Picked huckleberries. Pa Mamie Willie Bessie and I rode in a carriage to Welesley and visited Mr. Hannewell's place. we then went to Welesley College. Went to Millis's farm. He has 85 cows in his stables and a large piggery. Packed. Left Millis at 9 am and arrived at Boston at 10.30 am where we waited till 4 for the train. We got a Pullman Sleeping car and will only change at Decatur Ill. We are now near Niagara Falls - Crossed over the suspension bridge below the Falls. The river is very narrow rapid and water very rough. Capt. Webb was drowned here. Went through Canada - the country wild and barren looking. A ferry took the train over Lake St. Clair. Ernest Willie and I went to the "bluffs" along the Illinois river. We went in the buggy and Willie rode most of the way on horseback. We had dinner at John Brown's he gave me 2 arrow-heads of flint. The valley is very fertile and much corn is raised. Effie Winnie Bessie and I went back with Ma to Jacksonville IL. Went to Mamie Gregory's after tea. We passed over the Illinois the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Country somewhat undulating and not very rich. Arrived at Kansas City at 9 pm and put up at Blossom Hotel. The city looks untidy and unfinished. Went through Wyoming which is dried up. only sage growing. Stopped at Cheyene. Saw some Indians at one of the stations and passed through Rock Springs where many Chinese were massacred a short while ago. We ascended to a great height about 9000 feet. Arrived at East Portland and a steamer took the passengers across the Willamette river to Portland proper and then we went to Quimby House Hotel. This is a large town but the streets are very dirty. Crossed the river in the ferry and went to the house we have taken at the corner of 9th and L Street. Went out for a walk. Pa at Ashland but likes Eugene City best. Rainy day. Read "Stock Gambling". Pa joined the Public Library. I read "Congo" by H.M. Stanley. Went for a walk with Winnie and Bessie. They had their pictures taken. Went to the library and after dinner went towards Mt. Tabor to see a piece of land for sale. Kept Thanksgiving with three fowls for dinner. The roads are extremely muddy even in town. Went with PA to see the California steamer. Pa bought a ticket. He went on board this night. Went to Berkeley and visited the University grounds and museums. During the afternoon walked along lake Merritt. Took the ferry to San Francisco and visited Golden Gate Park and Cliff House. Saw the seals lying on rocks. Ma and Pa came back. They do not like Santa Rosa - it is too warm. Walked along the lake in the direction of Piedmont. Went fishing but caught nothing. Had teeth filled at Gilman's. Skinned a humming-bird. Pa bought 10 acres in San Leandro." Flexible Leather Covers marbled endpapers all gilt edges 4.75" x 7" lined inner pages approximately 140 pages 70 leaves. About half the pages approximately 70 pages are completely filled with manuscript diary entries the rest of the pages are blank. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF PORTELET BAY CHANNEL ISLANDS ENGLISH CHANNEL SAN LEANDRO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JERSEY ISLAND ST. HELIER IMMIGRATION TO THE USA EMIGRATION GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND MILLBROOK AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITING 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001749

‎CUSTOMS OFFICERS BARLOW, DAY and HAGNER‎

‎1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL PRE WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF 3 CUSTOMS OFFICERS SEIZING GOODS AND ARRESTING SMUGGLERS IN THE PORT OF NEW YORK‎

‎NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK. Fair. 1938. On offer is an original 1938 - 1939 manuscript relic of pre World War II policing by three US Customs and Duty officers named Barlow Day and Hagner. The entries list seizures they made the date the name of the ship which pier the items seized and the value of these items. Historians and researchers of such work will be amazed at the breadth of the seized items beyond the assumed liquor tobacco and weapons. The notes detail such sundry items pyjamas perfume sandals table cloths lotion wallets shell boxes cameras tea jewellery coins and more. Included within the pages of the journal are several newspaper clippings. Four of them were obits for a man by the name of Sgt. John E. Day who died during WWII. He was the brother of custom's agent Edward F. Day. There are also a few articles about a narcotics bust mostly opium showing a woman by the name of Madeline Mayling as the suspect. In part: "June 9th 1939. United States Customs agents were set last night to crack down on a huge Broadway drug syndicate as a result of the arrest of a woman head of a gown shop and the seizure of more than $15000 worth of crude gum opium and morphine base on her person. The woman under arrest is Madeline Mayling 38 who operated the Helene Modes Inc. on the 6th floor of the Gayety Gaiety Theatre Building 1547 Broadway……She was captured as she walked off the Italian liner Vulcania last Friday night with 12 1/2 pound slabs of opium under her girdle. "I thought it was imported Roquefort or limburger cheese" she insisted. She is held in default of $25000 bail charged with smuggling. An alleged accomplice whose name is withheld also is under arrest….Other narcotics were found at her home and at her place of business a Broadway dress shop….In her apartment a fully loaded automatic pistol was also found…" Another article notes that a woman was hiding four pounds of pure heroin in the soles of her shoes; several pairs. The handwritten entry in the journal that shows where they arrested Madeline but she was going under the alias name of "Helen Hoffman" as the newspaper article states. There is also a small typed piece of paper which is titled "Enforcement Division Notes." This piece talks about Guard E. F. Day who was "strolling" on board the S. S. Pacific which was docked in Brooklyn at the time. He decided to search the seamen's wash room and found a bottle that ordinarily contained pickles when actually it was "Preserved Marijuana." It was concealed under the iron floor of the wash room. This is really a fascinating 37 pages of intimate details of the unique service these officers performed. There are about 40 different ships mentioned including: the Normandie California Virginia Ile de France New York Champlain Rotterdam Berlin Queen Mary Breman and many more. Some of the piers are; Constable Hook in Bayonne New Jersey Claremont Terminal in New Jersey New Briton Boat Landing in Staten Island Pier 18 North River Brooklyn piers and more. Finally in the back of this journal is two page handwritten entry about a Grand Jury session concerning the seizure of opium on board the ship SS Menclaus. Seems they found opium in the bottom of a bucket hidden under some clothing and belonging to Lee Foo Yung. The diary it's in poor shape with the cover detached but present and the cover is also torn at the spine in places. There are a few torn out pages but the diary itself has over 100 pages of which 37 have entries. Binding still looks good and there is a bit of foxing around the edges of the pages. The journal measures about 4 ¾" x 6 ¾". Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF OPIUM HEROIN NORMANDIE QUEEN MARY MAYLING BUST CUSTOM AGENTS BARLOW DAY HAGNER SMUGGLING POLICE ENFORCEMENT CRIMINALITY CRIMINAL CRIME CRIME PROCEDURE CUSTOMS SEIZURES PRE WORLD WAR II DEPRESSION ERA NARCOTICS DRUGS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001753

‎LEN KEMP, RN R N‎

‎1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A ROYAL NAVY PILOT SAILING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ABOARD THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS TRIUMPH‎

‎ABOARD THE HMS TRIUMPH. Good. 1946. On offer is an interesting original 1946 diary handwritten by a Royal Navy Pilot serving aboard the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Triumph. The author Len Kemp creates a very full detail laden account of his time aboard ship from 1946 through the first month of 1948. Much of 1947 was spent in or around Malta with trips to Greece Larnaca and Tripoli . Many of his days are spent on flying exercise but he also includes details of his leisure time including deck hockey and deck football swimming and going ashore on liberty with his friends visits to restaurants for what he describes as "Big Eats." Notably he records visits made on board by the Queen and the two Princesses as well as a later visit by the King of Greece. The 4 x 3 inch book is G.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF L. KEMP ROYAL NAVY PILOT HMS TRIUMPH MALTA GREECE LARNACA TRIPOLI POST WORLD WAR II WWII MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE GREAT BRITAIN BRITANNIA COLOSSUS-CLASS R16 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001784

‎JOHN WARDEN JR‎

‎1898 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY MUSICAL WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS MAN‎

‎WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Good. 1898. On offer is an original late 19th Century manuscript diary dated 1898 Worcester Massachusetts handwritten by John Warden Jr. John does a fine job using this small flip book style notebook in a small precise hand rarely missing a day. A casual reading reveals that he is a member of a Quartet playing for different churches and lodges. He notes that his wife Eva has been sick a lot and having the doctor and at one time he says "Eva came home today feeling much better gained 5 lbs. weight 85 lbs." Researchers and historians of the era will have a wealth of financial and economic information along with his personal doings as he notes how much he pays for things the costs of car fair about his "wheel" his bicycle that he paid .15 for toilet paper and .50 for whiskey. On Tuesday Feb.15 he notes that the "Battleship Maine destroyed by an explosion in Havana." On Thursday April 21st he writes "war declared with Spain". He plays the organ in church and tells of his last day playing at the Hope Church saying he'd been doing it for 5 years and 3 months. He attends lodge meeting quite often and talks about planting vegetables and flowers etc. he says on sat. August 27th "some of the boys came home from the war and were saluted by 21 cannon shots & the mill shut down." The leather diary is in good condition save for the back cover missing. The diary measures about 2 1/2" x 4". ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOHN WARDEN JR WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS HOPE CHURCH SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ERA AMERICANA 19TH CENTURY 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 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001805

‎ELMINA SMITH‎

‎1932 - 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG PENNSYLVANIA GIRL GOING TO MARYLAND TO ATTEND HOOD COLLEGE‎

‎FREDERICK MARYLAND MAUCH CHUNK PENNSYLVANIA. Good. 1932. On offer is an interesting original 1932 - 1936 five year manuscript diary handwritten by Elmina Smith a young woman originally from Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania written while she attended Hood College in Frederick Maryland. Identified by the ephemera tucked in Elmina is an inconsistent writer writing sporadically through the years but we note approximately 450 entries over the 5 years. 1933 and 1934 appears to be the most written years. Miss Smith b. May 14th 1913 with the help of a number of ephemeral pieces tucked in provides an intimate look at a young student's life at college: personal and printed invitations programs notes ticket stubs etc. The 4½ x 5¾ x 1½ inch book is overall G. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HOOD COLLEGE FREDERICK MARYLAND ELMINA SMITH MAUCH CHUNK PENNSYLVANIA GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES DEPRESSION ERA SORORITY AMERICANA NEGRO GENDER STUDIES EARLY 20TH CENTURY LIFE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001809

‎GARRISON, SIDNEY H‎

‎1903 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ICONS OF CANADA AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES‎

‎PEGGY'S COVE NOVA SCOTIA NS CANADA. Good. 1903. On offer is a superb Peggy's Cove Lighthouse manuscript ledger book issued to and kept by Lighthouse Keeper Sidney H. Garrison from January to December 1903. The pre-printed journal was published by the Canadian Dept. of Marine and Fisheries specifically for use by the Lighthouse Service. A page for each month consists of a form where the lighthouse keeper noted the date weather time of lighting extinguishing total burning time and the amount of oil chimneys and wicks used along with general remarks. This diary pertains to the original lighthouse which eventually succumbed to the elements in 1914 causing it to be rebuilt. The lighthouse at Peggy's Cove remains one of the most iconic coastal landmarks in North America since 1766. The folio sized book is filled with one year's worth of lighthouse data and/or observations for all twelve months of 1903 have been completed in this diary revealing lighthouse keeper Garrison's various observations and insights over the course of a full year. Entries range from day-today remarks to critiques of his predecessor and concerns regarding the condition of the lighthouse. Day-to-day entries include: "Heavy Sea" "Very Heavy Sea" "Birds Flying" "Very Smooth" "Stormy Night" "Ship Passed Out" "Steamer Passed Out" "Winds Blowing Heavy" "First Birds" "Mackerel Schooling" "Heavy Storm" "Heavy Gale" "Bad Weather" "Coldest Night" etc. Lighthouse keeper Garrison's more elaborate "Report" notes include: "On the 17th inst. I put the spare lamp which was standing idle in the light room in the lantern and timed it Leeward and I presume it will improve the light." Jan. 31st 1903. "I am receiving many congratulations for keeping a good light since I have taken charge of the station. The Light keepers on Green island Lunenburg Co. which is nine miles distant says my light has double the power it had under the late keeper" March 30th 1903. "I am in need of a new Book of rules and regulations for the guidance of Light House Keepers; the one left by the late Keeper is torn and dirty" April 30th 1903. "I have repaired up the old fence as well as possible until I get a new one which is badly needed. I have also cut and scraped lots of the old putty from around the Lantern glass which was cracked and shrunken thus causing it to leak and replaced it with new putty and paint and it is now thoroughly tight" June 30th 1903. HISTORICAL NOTES: One online source provides: "Peggy's Cove is one of the best known most popular lighthouses of Canada. The original Peggy's Cove Lighthouse was built in 1868. The present concrete tower built in 1914 is located just a few feet above the site of the old wooden structure which deteriorated and was destroyed." See: Julie S. Taff's "Lighthouses: A Photographic Tour" p. 29. Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located on the eastern shore of St. Margaret's Bay about 43 kilometres 26 miles southwest of downtown Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. It comprises one of the numerous small fishing communities located around the perimeter of the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is named after the cove of the same name a name also shared with Peggy's Point immediately to the east of the cove. The village marks the eastern point of St. Margaret's Bay. The first recorded name of the cove was Eastern Point Harbour or Peggs Harbour in 1766. The village is likely named after Saint Margaret's Bay Peggy being the nickname for Margaret which Samuel de Champlain named after his mother Margarite. There has been much folklore created to explain the name. One story suggests the village may have been named after the wife of an early settler. The popular legend claims that the name came from the sole survivor of a shipwreck at Halibut Rock near the cove. Artist and resident William deGarthe said she was a young woman while others claim she was a little girl too young to remember her name and the family who adopted her called her Peggy. The young shipwreck survivor married a resident of the cove and became known as "Peggy of the Cove" attracting visitors from around the bay who eventually named the village Peggy's Cove after her nickname. The village was formally founded in 1811 when the Province of Nova Scotia issued a land grant of more than 800 acres 3.2 km² to six families of German descent. The settlers relied on fishing as the mainstay of their economy but also farmed where the soil was fertile. They used surrounding lands to pasture cattle. In the early 1900s the population peaked at about 300. The community supported a schoolhouse church general store lobster cannery and boats of all sizes that were nestled in the Cove. Many artists and photographers flocked to Peggy's Cove. As roads improved the number of tourists increased. Today the population is smaller but Peggy's Cove remains an active fishing village and a favourite tourist destination. Peggy's Cove is one of the busiest tourist attractions in Nova Scotia and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive. The community's famous lighthouse marks the eastern entrance of St. Margaret's Bay and is officially known as the Peggy's Point Lighthouse. Peggy's Cove has a classic red-and-white lighthouse still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The light station is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggy's Point immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world. Visitors may explore the granite outcrop on Peggy's Point around the lighthouse; despite numerous signs warning of unpredictable surf including one on a bronze plaque on the lighthouse itself several incautious visitors each year are swept off the rocks by waves sometimes drowning. The first lighthouse at Peggy's Cove was built in 1868 and was a wooden house with a beacon on the roof. At sundown the keeper lit a kerosene oil lamp magnified by a catoptric reflector a silver-plated mirror creating the red beacon light marking the eastern entrance to St. Margaret's Bay. That lighthouse was replaced by the current structure an octagonal lighthouse which was built in 1914. It is made of reinforced concrete but retains the eight-sided shape of earlier generations of wooden light towers and stands almost 15 metres 50 ft high. The old wooden lighthouse became the keeper's dwelling and remained near to the current lighthouse until it was damaged by Hurricane Edna in 1954 and was removed. The lighthouse was automated in 1958. Since then the red light was changed to white light then to a green light in the late 1970s. Finally to conform to world standards the light was changed to red in 2007. The lighthouse used to contain a small Canada Post office in the lower level during the summer months serving as the village post office where visitors could send postcards and letters. Each piece of mail received a special cancellation mark in the shape of the lighthouse. However Canada Post closed the lighthouse post office in November 2009 citing mould growth as a safety hazard. The book is in original stiff marbled wraps with label pasted to front cover; moderate cover wear with tear to lower corner of back cover end pages toned generally clean internally with ink bold and legible throughout. Volume is complete save for some loss at the rear lower corner containing 26 pages of manuscript entries comprising all 12 months of 1903. Folio measures approx 13" tall x 8.25" wide. Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER SIDNEY H. GARRISON PEGGY'S POINT PEGGY'S COVE MARITIME NOVA SCOTIA CANADA CANADIANA SIDNEY H. GARRISON CANADIAN DEPT. OF MARINE AND FISHERIES LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE ST. MARGARET'S BAY EASTERN POINT HARBOUR PEGGS HARBOUR GREEN ISLAND LUNENBURG CO CHEBUCTO PENINSULAPEGGS HABOR HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001815

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1916 ORIGINAL PERSONAL ACCOUNT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OFFICER OF THE HUNGARIAN ARMY MARCHING AND DRINKING TO THE BALKANS‎

‎HUNGARY SLOVENIA CROATIA BALKANS. Fair. 1916. On offer is an original interesting Eastern European manuscript relic of World War I being a handwritten diary by an unidentified Hungarian officer to and in the Balkans. Dated January 9th 1916 - April 30th 1916 the 9 x13 cm diary has 45 pages and though disbound and the back cover is missing though the booklet appears complete. Notes and quotes from a casual translation: January: 16 he goes to Godovics by horseback and drinks afternoon into evening; 17 he's hung over and was sick until the 20th but is able to view a "practice"; 21 hears a lot of noise then gets into a fight with an "old man"; 22 in Zaria he meets with the captain and then gets home sometime in the morning; 23 the "old man" goes home; 26 in a shooting gallery; 31 he arrives in Idria Slovenia. February: 1 again there's lots of noise at 3am; 4 "Pista" posts a package for him in Idria. He spends the evening with Odon a close friend and fellow soldier; 6 there was a pretty girl in the crowd he was having fun with in Idria; 7 he has training with a regiment in Idria and later he is leading some captains across a river/some water; 9 huge snowfall he could be in Kosevi Serbia; 14 gone back to Idria with Odon to do some shopping then have a bath; 15 in Kosevi in the evening; 16 ate ham and pork and smoked cigars. later went horseback riding with the 14th regiment until 7:30pm; 20 he's in Kosevi with Odon. Someone else asked him to visit he obtained the address and then went for a walk; 21 there was a training in the middle of the night but he didn't go and stayed home instead. There was a teacher in attendance for lunch they took some photographs and then he went home; 22 "Kiss" and Odon were in Zobni Russia and arrived home at midnight; 23 Schwarzenberg possibly Austria. There was a celebration there and the women were in high spirits. He stays there until the 25th with Odon and then goes back to Kosevi; 26 again there's lots of noise in the night; 27 the 16th regiment arrives by horse and carriage; 28 place names mentioned but illegible except for Rodik Slovenia. March 2 he is confined for 3 days; 3 arrives in Bazovic Slovenia had lunch at the tavern and "Laci" plays piano. In the evening the "old man" went to get his wife; 4 leaving late because of rain; 7 he is sick diarrhoea; 8 he receives transfer orders; 9 he is going to Divazza Slovenia going for R&R; 12 he is visiting the 29th regiment; 24 he wakes up in St Peter. there's lots of drinking and he's living with "Laci"; 25 sleeping until noon then going to "Kiss pronounced Kish" a friend or fellow soldier. and then more drinking; 27 taking photographs and then wins a drinking contest; 28 becomes acquainted with a tavern girl; 29 going to Bazovica Slovenia - again lots of drinking from there he escorts a girl home and talks with her. April 3 attends a goodbye party with champagne; 5 receives marching orders and then drinks some more. food is scarce at this time; 6 arriving at Kviz/Kriz; 7 passing through several towns illegible writing possibly travels 36km arrives at barracks and then again there is lots of noise in the night; 8 travels 15km then R&R for the day at the coffee house then drinking later. 9th an Italian airplane flies overhead; 10 R&R in the morning after 32km travel. He says that the Italians want to disperse them but his regiment's cannons are keeping them at bay. He says that they are shooting at Prevacsin." .he sleeps outside that night; 11 travels 14km day is about shooting Italian airplanes and sleeping and drinking later; 12 his back hurts and couldn't sleep well; 14 writing Easter cards and drinking lots of beer; 19 - 24 playing cards etc because it's constantly raining; 24 he meets a pretty blond named "Krisztina"; 25 he goes photographing with "Mici"; 28 receives marching orders. He's drinking with "Laci" and later "Mici" goes home; 29 he's going to Divazza; 30 visits another coffee house there's lots of moving around on the 29th and 30th - difficult to make out place names other than St. Daniel. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN HUNGARY WORLD WAR I WWI WW1 THE WAR TO END ALL WARS BALKANS CROATIA SLOVENIA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001819

‎THOMAS R LEWIS‎

‎1988 ORIGINAL FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF A NEARLY 2 YEAR FOSSIL HUNTING EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHWEST USA BY A 75 YEAR OLD WESTERN NEW YORK STATE MAN HIS WIFE AND SOME FRIENDS‎

‎USA. Good. 1988. On offer is a fascinating manuscript journal and diary handwritten by Thomas R. Lewis a 75ish year old man he and his wife celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary! during the trip with some friends making an extended road trip from Buena Vista New York to New Mexico and stops on the way fossil hunting in 1988 through 1990. This intriguing detailed journal describes the trip intimately until the fossil excavations which becomes much more scientific. There are many excellent hand drawn illustrations of their fossil finds. Interestingly Thomas includes a pre trip diary of two pages and he discusses their sales and successes selling at flea markets. There are also extensive financial data off costs of the trip. The 10 x 7.5 inch book is completely full including the end pages save for one blank page with 95 pages. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OFFOSSIL HUNTER FOSSIL HUNTING PALAEONTOLOGY PREHISTORIC LIFE ARCHAEOLOGY GEOLOGY TRAVEL ROAD TRIPS NEW MEXICO AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001831

‎WILLIAM B CLARK‎

‎1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PROLIFIC CONNECTICUT COBBLER AND FARMER‎

‎MILFORD CONNECTICUT. Good. 1869. On offer is an interesting manuscript diary dated January 1 1869 through to March 1870 handwritten by William B. Clark of Milford Connecticut. Mr. Clark is a cobbler who works heeling shoes along with farm work at home. His is married to Mary and his children include Willie Frank and Charlotte. William is a prolific writer writing every day from the mundane to the sensational: local events including seeing Tom Thumb from the train births deaths family news work and mentions of the flu which appears to be going around. Here are some snippets: Jan 1 - New Year's Day. Willie's foot and leg in part was scalded this morning. Went down to church to bid on W. Seat. Same price as last year 12 dollars. Right cold. Jan 13 - Arrived in New York this morning about 6 o'clock. Pleasant but coolish. After wandering around till 10 o'clock went to Tracy. After work could get a job but could not agree on price. Left for home on 4:25 train. Jan 18 - cold day. commenced snow about noon. Commenced to work in straw factory. Blake's part pushing the balls all day. Am tired.Jan 20 - Splendid day. cutting cloth this forenoon. Afternoon curling hats. Nice work but hard on the fingers. Night clear wind blows. Ed Clark was at my house to see about going to the factory. March 1 - Cold this morning. It's splendid out. Good sleighing and cold. I heeled 20 pair today. the wages for heeling french heels was raised 21 cents more a dozen. Night clear and cold. Sleighing never was better. We were paid tonight. April 2 = Morning sun rose stayed out a little while then went in again. Cooley was robbed of all his clothes last night. commenced to rain this afternoon. I heeled 14 pairs. April 26 - Dug garden before breakfast. Went to New Haven on first train. Heeled 13 pair this forenoon. Odd Fellows parade in the city. Grand turn out. Night clear and warm like summer. May 24 - Heeled 27 pairs of shoes today. The Irish folks had a cock fight up near the old camp ground yesterday so I heard. Very warm today. Night went down to Bristol. May 31 - I heeled 24 pair today. Afternoon citizens of Milford headed by the band marched to the graveyard to decorate soldiers graves.June 1 - I heeled 24 pair shoes today. A boy. had both legs cut off by jumping off the freight train. Very warm day. June 16 - Went over on half past 8 train. Saw Tom Thumb and wife on board. Heeled 12 pairs shoes today. August 7 - Working at haying today. Little warm. Carted loads of hay today. Eclipse about 5 o'clock. Did not get home till about 8 tonight. Very cool again. Dec 11 - Fisinished 10 pair of shoes today. Beautiful day warm. Real summer day. Sunken Schooner was raised today. Tonight went down town. Bought an undershirt for Willie.Dec 20 - Hezekiah Clark died about 2 this morning. Beautiful day but cool. Bought half barrel of apples of Hawkins. Burnished and finished 10.5 pairs of shoes.Dec 26 - None of us could get out to church. Sent for Doctor to come up and see Mary. Left her some powders to take. Rained hard all day. Night dark wind blows up. colder. Charlotte was here to tea. Mary feels a little better. ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF COBBLERS SHOE REPAIR WILLIAM B. CLARK MILFORD CONNECTICUT FARMING RURAL LIVING POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA COBBLING AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA 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

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‎ELSA DOROTHY FIELD‎

‎1895 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND FASHION JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG KANSAS CITY MISSOURI GIRL DAUGHTER OF ONE OF MISSOURI'S WEALTHY BUSINESS FAMILIES‎

‎KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. Fair. 1895. On offer is a super manuscript relic of 19th Century life in Kansas City Missouri dated 1895 through 1904 1898 and 1899 are the fullest handwritten by a young woman 13 in 1895 named Elsa Dorothy Field who does a great job as a diarist detailing her life and times as a member of a wealthy family headed by her father Edmund B. Field a bank broker and her mother Enna N. Field. She had a sister by the name of Marcia and a brother by the name of Edmund Mills. The beginning of the 150 page diary lists three different addresses the final being "2415 E. 9th St." a house her grandmother purchased to be closer to the family. At the beginning Elsa uses the first 12 pages to recap her life from 1895 to 1898 and then she writes not daily but with more regularity. She states at one point in 1899: "It really seems like I might write once a week but I really don't have time. I will close now hoping that whenever I write I can be able to record a happy and prosperous time. There is one advantage in not writing often and that is I forget the petty disturbances and things and remember when I write only things that amount to something." As with many teenagers from time immemorial she is introspective to a fault and perhaps self esteem is an issue. She writes on November 19th 1899: "This is my seventeenth birthday. I think that if I could have seen myself as I am now on my seventh birthday I would have been very much disappointed as I supposed of course that I would be a very good musician have lots of friends and a great deal of influence be exceedingly beautiful and have a nice and pretty home. As it is I am a very poor musician I have some friends that I like very well and others whom I care for merely because they are somebody to talk to I have only a little influence and I am not at all satisfied with my appearance. There is one thing that I wanted that I have gotten and that is a beautiful home. Perhaps I wished for things which I will do well to accomplish by 27." Her writings will be of particular interest to historians and researchers of the history of fashion and clothing as she describes in great detail her wardrobe including any new dresses she receives for various social events and being a very social woman she writes quite often about her wardrobe. Here are some snippets: "January 18th 1902 Looking over this book it seems that I have spent a great deal more space in describing my clothes than in anything else but I assure you that if I have spent a great deal of time on it here I do not in any other way for mama often scolds me because I care little about it. Not that I never am dressy or inclined to prim. I simply wear what is sewed on and the best person in the world can't sew everything on a girls dress. When I do fix up or dress to go out I look very swell and quite grand as I am tall but when I am not I look like a reformer. Notwithstanding all of this I am going to describe my new dress which I got just in time to wear to Mattie Lee's…." "February 23rd 1895 We went out to Miss Janie's today. Percey and I rode out on our bicycle and the others road on the cable car. She is making us some lovely doll dresses. Percy built us a nice playhouse in the barn. One of the rooms will lock. We have lots of fun. Papa went away Thursday. He will return Sunday." "January 1st 1896 This is New Years and a great many things have happened. Aunt Zella died but first Uncle Joe died. Sister got here safely and can ride. We went to El Dorado. Miss Janie went too. We staid three weeks and met Mr. Conn. When we came back to Kansas City grandma Mills did not want us to stay at her house anymore and we did not want to stay so we went out on very short notice and found a rented house that suits very well. I go to Humbolt School so does sister. I like it better than I do Woodland School. My last birthday I was thirteen…." "January 13th 1898 After awhile Carlton came. She and Roberta looked so nice in their new dresses. Carlton's was green Bedford cord trimmed in pink satin braid. Roberta's wine color trimmed in black passmenten over white. While we were talking Rosa brought in chocolate and cake. We also told fortunes with our fortune teller doll. Roberta liked hers so well that she wrote it down and took it home. A week from today I will get my grades. I will write them here if I am not ashamed to do it. I hoped I can write them but I won't unless they are good." "May 15th 1898 I have been wanting to write in my diary of over a week but have had so much else to do that I had to let it go. It is just two weeks until school is out. I do not suppose I will have very many more hard lessons….Since I last wrote the United States have engaged in war with Spain. So far we have been victorious but I am very much afraid that it can't last long. Commodore Dewey scored quite a victory over the Spanish fleet at Manila and if he would be enforced could easily hold the Philippine Islands. Those in authority seem slow to act and though it is almost two weeks since it happened no reinforcements have been sent and I am afraid that he may have to leave the islands. I don't say that I would be glad in the least if the U.S. should be defeated yet I think it would be a good thing if the eastern states who brag so ever since the war between the Confederates and Federals would get a taste of war. Here it is the middle of May and although March April and this far in May we have had scarcely a day when It has not rained or been threatening……." "June 21st 1898 Not very long ago I went down to see Carlton in the course of a rather gay and perhaps giddy conversation Carlton asked me if I thought that I had ever reached the highest of happiness or thought that I would be reach there. After a great deal of talking and laughter we decided that neither of us or anyone had reached that height. We also decided that we would keep track of our happy times and try to see if everything was going just as we wanted it to. I do not think every time I am having a good time I will stop to see if just everything is going right or think about anything that would damp my pleasure because if I did the wrong things would swallow up the pleasant things and I am sure there is no time when everything is perfect or a flaw could not be found in the most delightful things….I am going downstairs in a minute and make candy with my sister…." "July 26th 1898 The bells are just striking six. I have just finished a letter to Marcia and Lucille who are spending two weeks with Grandma on her Petlis County farm. I don't think I have had any particularly gay or happy time this last month this last month though I have made friends with one real nice girl Marion Finlay with whom I took supper out at Fairmount Park the forth. Mama is just getting able to be around. On account of her sickness I have had to do quite great deal of sewing really not very much but it seems quite a great deal to me as I have never done much. I tucked Marcia's an old liner skirt of mine which was all right but had been out grown by me……I would not be writing here if I had not gotten so warm that I wilted my white collar and don't want to put another one on. I also see that I have gotten ink on my cuffs. I really should put on my swill but when I wear a thin dress I have to wear so many skirts that it makes me hot. Now I have on high black shoes and ribbed black stockings white duck skirt cut in the fashion of the day dark red leather belt white skirt waist red necktie hair in "Gretchen braids." "August 1st 1899 It is over a year since I have written in my diary though since then a great many things have happened and passed which would have been nice to record here if I only had some of the time that I had last summer. Then I was having an exceedingly quiet time and I thought a stupid time but now I look back upon as a very happy and peaceful two months even though mama was sick and the few friends I had whom I visited were out of town. Almost exactly one month after my last writing mama felt like she was able to leave home and go to Excelsior Springs. We went. I found Marion and a Miss Virginia Jones who proved to be a most charming and pleasant Mississipian just my own age over there. We three together with Jessie and Edna Butt two K. C. girls had a very gay time together indeed. After we had staid at Excelsior two weeks we all came home very much fitted mama was especially so. Rosa our old girl disappointed us about coming home so we have done our own work all winter. The day we got home from Excelsior we heard that Virginia who had left the Springs a few days before us for her home in Oxford Mississippi was still in town and that her family could not go home on account of the Yellow Fever….Marion gave a very unique and gay supper and a little informal dance afterwards. She gave it in their new house which was then very near done. The supper a very nice one was eaten on impromptu tables and as the gas fixtures had not been put in after it commenced to get dark the people at one end of the table could not see those at the other. We danced by candle light and to the music of a mandolin guitar and piano. Of course the waltz and two-step were danced but we like the Virginia Reel best…." "August 4th It took us a long time to make up our minds where to go if we went anywhere. Mama Percy Marcia Lucille Edmund Mills and I wanted very much to go west but we did not know whether we could or not. Finally after a great deal of discussion we found ourselves at ten o'clock June 27th on the west bound Union Pacific and the next day at half past eleven we arrived in Colorado Springs. We went immediately to the Spaulding Hotel. Colorado Springs is a beautiful clean place and although the surrounding mountains seem almost at hand the nearest are about three miles distant. They seem close on account of the unusually clear air. Pikes Peak is twenty five miles from there yet is very easily seen. All the houses look as though they have just been painted and there care is very great many nice and pretty ones. There are forty millionaires living on Cascade Avenue. The streets being so wide smooth pretty and otherwise nice the place is a perfect paradise for bicycles…." "I won't attempt to tell of the many interesting ways in which we spent our time in Colorado Springs but will say that I don't regret it at all. The night of the third of July Pikes Peak was illuminated for the first time and although we were fully 25 miles form the top we saw it plainly. It was so cold out that night that we couldn't stay out even though w had on winter wraps as there was a blizzard on Pikes Peak…." "October 6th 1899 Last night all of us went to see Paine's Battle of Manila and fireworks. It was the best thing of its kind that I have ever seen. They had some clowns acrobats and other vaudeville performers who did some very amusing things. The show was given at Exposition Park. Quite a way in front of the seats there was some scenery to represent the Bay of Manila with the Spanish Ships and the castle. The soldiers came out of the castle first and drilled and when they finished threw themselves down to watch the performers that I have spoken of. Finally a serviceman came tearing in telling them that the Americans were coming. Then everything was in confusion soldiers were running every way at once and the women who had been watching the drill ran screaming to the fort. Then the ships opened fire. When the smoke cleared we saw that the Spanish Ships had been damaged and the castle badly damaged by fire. There was a skirmish between three Mexican's and Spaniards on land in which the Red Cross nurses made their appearance. This finished the battle and the fireworks commenced. The fireworks were beautiful. The consisted of fireworks and sky rockets and a great many lit pieces. There was an elephant who moved his trunk and tail very naturally a man who preformed on the trapeze and other things." "January 2nd 1901 Well now I am a twentieth Century Girl and I don't see that I am any different from the girl I was two days ago. I am behind in writing up my diary as usual. If I would write as I go along there would have been many things to write but when I skip so much time I must only mention the most important things which have happened. For a long time mama has been wanting to give a reception and every fall something has hindered her and she has had to put it off. This summer however we made up our minds that we would give it this fall about the last of October and made up our lists and arranged different things……" "October 6th 1901 I must tell about my dress. It was made by Mrs. Dexter the best dressmaker in town and everything about it is fine. It is a light blue silk foulard with white figures and little black dots. The skirt has little pleats on the side breadths about two inches apart and there are two graduated circular flounces on the bottom headed with two bands of black velvet ribbon. It was not only my first long dress but it was made with a slight sweep. The waist is made of white chiffon over white silk with a shaped bolero of the tucked silk. The edge of the jacket is finished with lace. There are a number of other little things about the dress which make it very stylish and handsome. Oh I almost forgot to tell about the lining for the skirt or rather the drop skirt which is of blue silk taffeta just to match the dress and furnished with accordion pleated ruffle. Altogether the dress is beautiful and very becoming but I am sure that it is much too fine for me. I enjoyed wearing it and I am very sure that grandma loves to see me in it…." "About the first of October we had our fall festivities which have dwindled considerably in respect to parades but increased in the number of balls. This year we had only one parade The Karnival ___ Parade which really wasn't fit to look at but the two balls which were given in Convention Hall were beautiful. The Priests of Pallas Ball was first and the main festoons of it were the Electric Lights. About eleven the hall suddenly dark remained so a few seconds and when the lights came back the effect was beautiful. The Carnival or Masque Ball was very much like the first only less dignified. I only got to go to one of them this time but expect to go to both next year…" "October 9th 1904 For a long time after reading over some of my past notes in this book I have sat and wondered whether I would put anything else down or not. The rest seems so unlike me that is I still seem to be out talking to absolute strangers and recounting things that I really care very little about. I have always wished that I had time to write frequently and dwell more on my pleasant friends and the things I think as it is all I can say of the whole year that I have neglected this book is that I have kept an account of the summer before last which I spent in Europe and that during the following winters when I made music my only study…….I am not going to say anymore for I hesitate to bring this little book to a close but sometimes when I feel that a new chapter in my life has begun I will write the closing lines. Although I doubt if anyone ever can tell just when one period in a life story closes and another begins." Included is a three page letter dated April 22 1901 by Elsa to Nadine tucked the pages. The covers of the 6" x 7¼" book are detached but present. The cover page the first two pages of writing and the back page are loose. Overall G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VICTORIAN FASHION VINTAGE CLOTHING KANSAS CITY MISSOURI ELSA DOROTHY FIELD EDMUND B. FIELD VICTORIAN ERA TURN OF THE CENTURY GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES TEENAGE GIRLS 19TH CENTURY PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA 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

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‎THOMAS TAYLOR TURNBULL‎

‎1847 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND JOURNAL OF A HARD WORKING PRE CONFEDERATION SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MAN DETAILING A LIFE OF HARD WORK AND ENTERPRISE‎

‎DUMFRIES ONTARIO GALT GUELP BRANTFORD UPPER CANADA. Good. 1847. On offer is a super pre-Confederation manuscript relic of south western Upper Canada economy finance business and enterprise being an 1847 through to 1921 farm ledger handwritten by Thomas Taylor Turnbull a farmer in Dumfries Ontario Canada. The Ledger spans a long time period with entries beginning in 1847 and ending in 1921. The fep is hand stamped 'Lesslie Brothers Toronto' and within the circle of the stamp in tiny precise handwriting the book is dated '1847 Thomas Taylor Turnbull Dumfries'. Turnbull records his expenditures purchases repairs all the names of his workers who owes him and who he owes. The ledger is much more than a simple record of his farm business it reveals his lifestyle dozens of names employees work records names of people he pays for products and services and how he measures his monetary work life in shillings cords and bushels what he grew where he sold his goods his mortgage payments how he works on plastering the exterior of the school house and pays school taxes and donates to the church. He dies in 1902 and there is a page that refers to this through the Transfer of the farm to John in 1904. There is also an unusual record of how Turnbull and his wife's bodies and monument were moved in the cemetery in Komoka Ontario in 1921. There are numerous entries 1903 -1921 by his son Robert they are very interesting to compare with the early entries 1847 - 1890. The later entries mention brand names of products bought milk tickets electric film development Hamilton Spectator newspaper Presbyterian church railroad fare street car tickets etc one can immediately imagine the time shift from rural farm life to the more urban life simply be reading what was purchased. A receipt for the purchase of a phonograph in London Ontario may indicate a move to a city by Robert R.B. Turnbull. There are a few ephemeral pieces tucked in including a super broadside 'flyer' detailing a grocer's sale. In total there are 92 pages relating to 1847 - 1890 and then 24 pages 1890 -1921 for a total of 116 pages. Save for rubbing and general ageing the 8½" x 10" book is G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GALT WATERLOO ONTARIO CANADA THOMAS TAYLOR TURNBULL DUMFRIES BRANT COUNTY ECONOMY FINANCE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CANADIANA PRE- CONFEDERATION LEDGER FARMING RURAL ECONOMY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

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‎CONSUELO POLLARD [later Wade]‎

‎1908 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WILD AND WANTON MEMPHIS TEENAGER WHO SURELY GAVE HER MOTHER GRAY HAIR AND ALL THE BOYS A BROKEN HEART‎

‎MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TN. Good. 1908. On offer is a super original 1908 manuscript diary handwritten by the extremely popular and very wild Consuelo Pollard a 17 year old girl who lived in Memphis Tennessee with her parents and older brother Thomas. Census info mentions brothers Edwin and William too. No shrinking violet she writes that she was very very popular swamped with admirers and many proposals. Mrs. Pollard had a hard time keeping her teenager in line and was not a happy parent. Here are some snippets: "I ought not put this in this book but can't help it. Mamma got mad at me indeed it is nothing new and raised the ___. Wish I was dead or away off somewhere. She always picks on me anyway. I certainly wish I was a boy. Not that I want her to care for me but so as I could get out and do what I wanted to and would try and never be near so as I would be in the way. It certainly is awful to get the ___ if you do it and if you don't do it. Thurs 12 Stayed at Bonds all day had a good time. Went home to Marias and Judge blessed her out. Then she stayed all night at our house. Dana and I played Tom and Maria at Five Hundred. Fri 13Will came down. Walked home with Maria just as Judge was leaving. We hid behind a tree and let him go. Then raked up everything cooked took magazines "Home Runs" and went to the woods and had a picnic for two.' Her steady boyfriend Leslie was away often and she didn't hesitate to take advantage by going out with other boys but Leslie was not happy with that: 'Leslie came in the evening and Maria also was here. He and I started out driving and old Maria pressed in with us so we came home. Leslie and I had an awful fuss that night asked me to marry him and run off that night. I wouldn't do it so he got mad. I came in and told mamma everything he said. I certainly was blue and didn't sleep a wink that night.' On a much more frightening note her family is devastated by a house fire: 'Retired and about 4 oclock in the morning our house caught on fire. Kate jumped out the back window with her merry widow - had not another thing the cop broke the front window and woke me up.' More trouble comes to the family later in the year: a shooting incident involving the man next door her brother and a black man: 'While he was here there was a shot and I didn't notice it very much. Five minutes later one next door and it was the carpenter shooting at a negro who was stealing lumber five minutes later I heard something and Tom got the pistol and shot at a man.' Tucked in ephemera adds more depth to the 82 page 7" x 4 1/2" diary which overall is G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CONSUELO POLLARD MEMPHIS TENNESSEE ROMANCE DATING WILD TEENAGERS GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE SOCIAL STUDIES EARLY 20TH CENTURY SOCIAL HISTORY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

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