‎Biographie‎

‎Indiana La Porte County LaPorte County‎

‎History of La Porte County Indiana‎

‎Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman 1974 . Unigraphic Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thick octavo 914 pages green buckram inked ownership at front and rear: Barbara Tracy Mrs. Josephine Kriesel nee Forrester. <br/><br/>A reproduction of the 1880 Chapman edition with uncolored map and illustrations Chas. C. Chapman hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0010951

‎GEORGE E APPLEGATE‎

‎1935 ORIGINAL UNUSUAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A BRASH BROOKLYNITE WHO CONFIDES IN HIS DIARY PERHAPS TOO MUCH GIVEN HIS UNHAPPINESS AND THE TRAGEDIES THAT BEFALL‎

‎BROOKLYN NY. Good. 1935. On offer is a diary of a man living in the midst of the Great Depression in New York City. Measuring 6 inches by 4 inches the diary contains 365 pages plus memoranda. It is about 55% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is small but neat and readable. The author of the diary was George E. Applegate. He was born in New Mexico in 1913. His father Morrow Applegate was a sales representative for auto parts firms. Applegate passed away in 1980 at the age of 67. He had worked for 27 years at Bankers Trust Company in New York and moved to Santa Fe in 1972. He was actively involved in cultural and civic life of the city and in 1978 with his daughter Nancy purchased the oldest Santa Fe's bookstore Villagra. He was a president and treasurer for 30 years of Gilbert and Sullivan society of New York and a member of D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust. At the time of writing he was 21 years old living at home with his parents in New York City. Applegate was working at the Kings County Savings Bank in Brooklyn. The bank is long gone but its 4 story French Second Empire-style building remains having been designated a New York City landmark and been added to the National Register of Historic Places. His entries are filled with comments about his work and about his new role as a member of a Freemason Lodge. In fact the year opens with him involved in some controversy at the Lodge: ". Dad phoned Mr. Bowers to have me go to Anglo-Saxon Lodge which I did. Henry C. Turner installed their officers. Considered the offence" an act of subversion to the principals of Freemasonry". Jan 2; "Expected to work late tonight but had to get home to put on my tux for my first Lodge meeting as an officer. Left bank about 7 and Eppers objected saying I will have to bring tux in and dress there in the future. ." Jan3. He is very close to his grandmother and is quite affected when she passes away: "Rain! Stopped at grandma's on my way home. She's in bed for the first time quite sick. Was up yesterday. Asked if I got my raise yet and if I had come "for the last look". I couldn't keep smiling tears came into my eyes instead when she said she hopes I'll be a fine man. I am a "fine young man." She asked ma "Did the doctor tell you the time" "What time mother" "When I'm going to go" was her reply! I said "goodnight grandma" on leaving and she said "Goodnight George goodnight." Mother staying there again with them. Uncle George and Aunt Ella drove me home said tonight Anna is improving. I prayed as I have so often done that grandma may be spared much suffering if she actually has cancer which we all doubt. She has had no pain yet and hasn't lost much weight" Jan 14; "Right home for supper mother not here. To grandma's a little before 8. Met Uncle George and Aunt Ella coming out. "Well it's all over" they said. "She died at quarter past six." Went upstairs and saw her her jaw tied up her hands folded. Had been awake all night last night had a tough time and knew she was dying. Some of her remarks were heartbreaking. "So many nice things to do but it's too late now." "You're not afraid of death are you" She kissed mother Nan and Uncle G. and said "Goodbye" "forever" she added to Nan. They sat with her and held her hand right up until the end. Uncle George came back said Tanta Anna is worse and will not live through the night!." Jan 15; ". Eve. The funeral services……I was alone there for a while when the others went out to supper. Stood at Grandma's coffin and gazed at her in an attitude which I shall probably always remember…" Jan 17. His maternal grandmother Elizabeth Corlett Craigen and another family member Anna Stratmann Thomas died with one day difference. Elizabeth Craigen was a wife of George J. Craigen a president of Lennox and Craigen brick companies and an assistant chief clerk of the New York Tax Department. Anna was a daughter of a surgical instruments importer Ernst Stratmann a noted resident of Flatbush. George often expresses dislike for his job and is critical of some of his co-workers: "Mulreany phoned told me the details of the proposed trip. I decided to ask Mr. Klinck the idea was so wonderful! I did. He said I should ask Schmann's on the quiet. He has heard nothing further and said I should let dad and Koppff take care of matters. Asked Charlie while down in the vault and received a horribly cold answer. If there was a chance of any one having a Saturday off he'd ask for himself first! Others haven't had any vacation etc. Was thoroughly disgusted. After all the hours they make us work in this dump they act insulted if we want a Saturday morning off! Pouring out. Walked all the way to Lenox Road before getting a trolley so I was thoroughly drenched as well as being some damned disgusted" Feb 14. He notes outside events as these entries show: "Shortly after noon word came in that Wiley Post and Will Rogers had both been killed in an airplane crash in Alaska. Will Rogers will probably be remembered as a "typical" American who could poke fun at Statesmen and get away with it. His brief articles in the New York Times and his radio program and movies were always full of good clean humor and philosophy. ." Aug 10; "War Begins is the daily news headlines today. Now that the Ethiopian rainy season is over Italy is going ahead with her plans that may upset the entire world before she is finished. The threats of war have been in the air for several months and now it's on. I hope and pray we may never become involved in it ." Oct 3. What George probably never thinks about is that in a few short years he will be enlisted in the U.S. Army fighting in the largest war ever seen. This is a fine diary of a young man struggling to find his place in the world in the midst of a terrible depression. For social historian it is an excellent window into the world of a young New Yorker at this time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; MID-20TH CENTURY; 1930s; GREAT DEPRESSION; NEW YORK; BROOKLYN; UNITED STATES; GEORGE APPLEGATE; KINGS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK; LIFE IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION; WILL ROGERS; ITALIAN INVASION OF ETHIOPIA; ANGLO-SAXON LODGE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA; FAMILY RELATIONS; YOUNG AMERICANS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION; BANK EMPLOYEES; GEORGE J CRAIGEN; ELIZABETH CORLETT CRAIGEN; SANTA FE; VILLAGRA BOOKSHOP; GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0008204

‎WILLIAM EUGENE GUTHRIE‎

‎1930 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AGED HISTORIAN BUFFALO HUNTER GENEALOGIST AND WATER RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN WASHINGTON DC TO FIGHT ONE OF HIS FINAL BATTLES‎

‎LINCOLN NEBRASKA CHEYENNE WYOMING. Good. 1930. On offer is an original historically significant 1930 manuscript diary handwritten by noted Nebraskan William Eugene Guthrie sometimes Guthrey Civil War historian; Nebraska cattleman and ardent activist involved in a government dispute concerning water rights and the Platte River. Guthrie had hunted buffalo; broken in horses to be used by soldiers in the Civil War; was an ardent genealogist making copious notes from the family Bible and recorded herein; was an historian of the battles in the Civil War just to name a few of his credits. William E. Guthrie was also known for having shaken every President's hand since Lincoln up to and including President Hoover in 1930. On the 26th day of September in 1930 he was on his way to Washington D.C. to fight yet another battle. William Eugene Guthrie was a noble man of high character family values and fascinating personal first person history to be told. This historic journal commences as Guthrie is in Washington D.C. to see Willis Van Devanter an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to hear Guthrie's case pertaining to water rights along the Platte River in the state of Nebraska; the date is September 1930. The Platte River is a major river in the state of Nebraska and is about 310 mi long. Measured to its farthest source via its tributary the North Platte River it flows for over 1050 miles. The government and Guthrie and his associates had an ongoing disagreement pertaining to their water rights along the Bridgeport irrigation district; Belmont Canal and Empire Canal water rights on Guthrie's property along the Platte. He is going to Washington DC to urge the importance of securing a hearing to get a final decision on this case. His handwritten entries include: "My first reaction upon being asked this mission was appalling. To approach a Justice of the United States Supreme Court and to talk to him about land in which I was personally invested seemed to me most fool hardy. Assured by both R. O. Canaday and Judge Wright of Omaha attorney for the district that such an attempt would be entirely ethical I finally agreed to undertake the mission and as a result landed in Washington D.C. on the 28th day of September and registered at the Hotel Raleigh." "I learned that Justice Van Devanter had not returned from his summer vacation and as it would be a few days before his return my thought was why not see Gettysburg. I had many times wished I would have an opportunity of going to that famous battlefield. I have been something of a student of the life of Pres. Lincoln and of the Civil War. Many of the municipal battles of that war have been an interesting study to me and none more interesting then the battle of Gettysburg and the battle of Vicksburg. In 1881 I made a trip from Cincinnati to New Orleans in one of the famous steamers. The steamer stopped at Vicksburg half a day and gave the passengers an opportunity to visit the city and the battleground. Vicks and Gettysburg were the deciding battles of the Civil War. Having seen Vicksburg i had hoped I would some day see Gettysburg and I did in 1930! He goes on to say that the battle of Gettysburg in his opinion was not only the decisive battle of the war but a decisive battle of the world." He was able to be on the tour bus alone and the tour guide gave him an answer to all his questions. Then Guthrie stood where Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg address and was overcome with the historical importance of this sacred place. Returning to Washington and calling Van Devanter office he was able to secure a private talk with him on Oct. 3 at 8:30 A.M. They talked about the famous "lease" as to the property and the water rights. Van Devanter's final remark to Guthrie was "This lease will probably come before me and I will sift it through from top to bottom." I said thank you very much and this ends my mission. Before I left having been acquainted with Van Devanter 40 years ago Justice Van Devanter then said to me; before you go you must go with me to my rooms and meet with Mrs. Van Devanter; he then called on Mrs. Van Devanter and Mrs. and I had a very pleasant visit. A very pleasant ending to a rather trying ordeal - and thats that." The following day Guthrie decided he would like to go and talk to President Hoover. He knew Mr. McKenna who had been at the Whitehouse for years and would be the go-between he would need to get through to have a private visit with Hoover and thus he went to speak to McKenna and reminded him that he had shaken every Presidents hand since he shook the hand of Lincoln. McKenna was moved by this and secured a private visit in the Whitehouse. "Jan. 23 Needless to say I was at the Whitehouse the following day at 1:30 and on that Friday of Oct. 3 1930 I was admitted to the President's office and was cordially received. President Hoover seemed much interested in the fact that I had seen President Lincoln and he asked me many questions. One question was "do you remember how President Lincoln looked" I certainly do Mr. President. I shared my very clear impression as to the rough course of his jaw and the sadness apparent in every feature and especially I do remember his eyes. Hoover remarked to me "Mr. Guthrie you are indeed fortunate." The President then shook hands with me cordially and I remarked "Mr. President I hope to have the opportunity to vote for you in 1932 and he replied you are good for another 10 years at least." Guthrie was 81 years old at this time and had arrived in Washington D.C. by train and bus. Before going back home to Nebraska he then and there decided to go and visit as many living relatives as he could and as many of the Civil War battlefields as he had the energy to do and thus begins his fascinating odyssey as he writes in captivating detail of all that he saw and did. Midway through this diary after all his visiting traveling and sight seeing in Marion Ohio Shenandoah Woodstock Harpers Ferry Manassas Indianapolis St. Louis MO St. Joseph MO &c. he decides to write his memoirs. He commences to remember when he was 12 years old in 1861 and with his older brother Silas's transporting horses to Washington D.C. to be sold to the United States Government for their use in the Civil War and when he first saw Lincoln. This part of the journal goes on for several pages and is spell binding as to how this whole horse transporting selling and trading procedure was carried out by the government. It was there that he not only saw Lincoln but was able to shake his hand. His handwritten entry: "The incident which stands out most clearly in my mind during my stay in Washington was the day I saw President Lincoln. Returning to our hotel one day we found the street for blocks filled with crowds of people waiting for the President to pass by. Presently there appeared a Landau drawn by two big black horses driven by a big Negro in uniform and high hat. In the carriages there were 4 men two facing the horses and two facing backwards; all wore high hats. On the right side facing front was as I then thought the tallest man in the world and this was Lincoln. The impression left on my mind that day is confident as to that appearance of Lincoln and still clear to this day. I too remember soldiers everywhere. The country surrounding the city was literally covered with lamps and tents. I recall that one Ohio regiment was camped near the city and a company that was recruited near Marion Ohio. Captain Schofield of this company was an old friend of ours and Uncle John visited the Captain in his tent taking me with him. After several weeks in Wasington D.C. returning home and taking up farm work was quite a let down after so much "high life" and how I longed to get into the army and have a uniform like the "boys." He goes on to write about his exploits while buffalo hunting; His mother's visit to "her boys" in 1882; The Pioneers; Then and Now; &c. He ends this memoir by signing his name "William E. Guthrie Bridgeport Nebraska March 31st 1931." He then adds his handwritten "The Sequel" to include Grandmother's Bible and Old Time Religion; Pioneer Mothers; Religion Then and Now &c. The last few pages of this incredible and engrossing handwritten book are genealogy records copied from "the old Bible belonging to Isaac & Rachel Guthrey; Marriages Births Deaths and a final foot note; "From Maggie he was the first to go." Maggie was his daughter and she was recording that he died before her. This historically important diary may have history in here that one could not find in a history book as it is a first person account of life as it was lived by William Eugene Guthrie born July 26 1849; married Margaret Snow Hewitt 12-3-1885 and known by his friends as Billy Guthrie died at the age of 85 on Nov. 15 1935. Affixed to a page is a cut-out from the Wyoming Stock Growers' Association of the "Guthrie & Oskamp Cattle Company W.E. Guthrie General Manager Cheyenne Wyoming 1885 PO address Cheyenne Wyo. Range La Bonte Wagon Hound and La Prele Creeks." BIO NOTES: Guthrie in the History of Western Nebraska: William E. Guthrie whose extensive business activities and public efforts had made him prominent for years in Wyoming and Nebraska was a resident of Bridgeport since 1904 and was then the secretary of the board of irrigation in this district. Mr. Guthrie was born at Rue in Marion County Ohio July 26 1849 the son of Isaac F. and Rachel Fredrick Guthrie. The father was born in Ohio a son of Joseph Guthrie and a grandson of Colonel John Guthrie an officer in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Guthrie's parents were married in Ohio and he was the second born of their twelve children the other survivors being as follows: S. A. in the sheep business in Wyoming; a sister the wife of County Clerk Clelland of Converse county Wyoming; P. E. in the cattle business in Broken Bow Nebraska; and another sister the wife of J. B. Russell a capitalist of Savannah Missouri. The father of this family was very prominent in Marion county Ohio for many years. He was a successful farmer there and owned his Ohio farm until the time of his death although in 1885 he came to Merrick County Nebraska bought land near Clarks and died on that place. In politics he was a Democrat. For twelve years he was county commissioner of Marion county and for fifteen years was a justice of the peace. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and lived up to every rule of the order. The mother of Mr. Guthrie was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the father was a liberal contributor. Guthrie enjoyed educational advantages in the district schools in boyhood and later in the Wesleyan University at Delaware Ohio. From college he returned home to give his father assistance and remained until 1878 when he went to Wyoming and there for twenty-five years prospered in the cattle business. In 1895 he located in Omaha and shortly afterward bought a farm and feedyard at Clarks in Merrick County where he continued to handle cattle for the next twenty years. In the meanwhile he had become active in the political field and in 1890 was elected to the Wyoming state legislature on the Republican ticket and took part in bringing about some very important legislation. In 1904 when Mr. Guthrie came first to Morrill county he became deeply interested in the irrigation projects and bought land along the Belmont Irrigation Canal where he continued his active interest and as mentioned above is secretary of the board that is expending $75000 in putting in drains and headgate in the Morrill county irrigation district. Mr. Guthrie owned four irrigated farms and spent much of his time to their development. In 1885 Mr. Guthrie was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Hewitt who was born at Zanesville Ohio but was reared in Des Moines Iowa. They had one daughter Margaret the wife of I. P. Hewitt who was connected with the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Everett Washington. They had two children: William Guthrie Hewitt and Helen Hewitt. Mr. Guthrie was a York Rite Mason and a Shriner and belonged also to the Knights of Pythias and the Elks.Condition: Hardbound in red covers with "National Diary 1930" in gilt lettering front cover and date on spine this absorbing handwritten book is in good to very good condition internally fresh and tight and is a very worthy acquisition indeed. Using a page a day book though not using it in order of the dates it is very well filled with every page having handwritten entries. Journal measures approx. 4 1/2 x 7 inches and has one small tear in the red cloth cover at the bottom as seen in images. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; WILLIAM EUGENE GUTHRIE GUTHREY WATER RIGHTS AND THE PLATTE RIVER; BUFFALO HUNTER NEBRASKA MARGARET HEWITT LINCOLN GUTHRIE & OSKAMP CATTLE COMPANY W.E. GUTHRIE GENERAL MANAGER CHEYENNE WYOMING CHEYENNE WYO. RANGE LA BONTE WAGON HOUND LA PRELE CREEKS CATTLEMAN CATTLE RANCHERS CATTLE DRIVES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002600

‎RAYMOND L WYANT‎

‎1944 - 1946 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN INTRICATELY DETAILED AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN WW2 LOGBOOK OF THE HEAD ENGINEER OF THE DECORATED LCIL 322 ON DUTY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING AND AFTER THE LAST YEARS OF WORLD WAR 2‎

‎PACIFIC THEATER GUAM ENIWETOK PEARL HARBOR. Good. 1944. On offer is a log book and journal from the ship LCIL 322 an amphibious assault ships of the Second World War. The book is signed on the front cover “R. L. WYANT” short for Ensign Raymond L. Wyant the Engineering Officer of the ship and a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. The first dozen pages are mostly blank with two very small entries one on gem polishing read in Popular Mechanics and another about the reference book “Islands of the Pacific” by G.P. Putnam. The first page of dedicated writing is an comprehensive list of all the stops that the LCIL 322 made during the last part of Wyant’s tenure with the ship. The list begins in October 1944 with the ship in dry dock and repair in Jacksonville. The repairs are for damages sustained during the ship’s landings during D-Day and the month after. The ship is at various ports in the Southeast and then in San Diego until April 26 then it departs for the South Pacific cycling through Eniwetok Guam Saigon and other cities in the Pacific during and after the ending of the War and ending with the ship in Pearl Harbor on December 12 1945. The log entries begin the next page dated on Sunday May 20 1945 a month after the surrender of Nazi Germany and less than three months before the surrender of Japan. As the diary opens up the ship is in Eniwetok and his last entry is on January 11th 1946 while in the port of San Diego. Wyant is an excellent writer often poetic and descriptive of his life and surroundings. “May 20th Took LC Vehicle Personal our mail boat into Eniwetok. Spent afternoon at Jr. officers club. Had 3 beers; spent rest of time diving for shells. Stayed in water 3 hrs. Found 4 diff. sea urchins.Head is sunburned but not too much. Eniwetok is only about ¾ mile long 400’ wide. Bare of vegetation altho once had a few coconut trees.”; “May 30th Left at 1500 for Saipan duties unknown.Saw Agana the capital city. The natives lived in palm thatched shacks. Now all is changed as the concrete structures have been ruined by shell fire and new dwellings for the natives built all the same plan 1 x 12 walls thatched roof different colored paint and not in rows. All kinds of native trees flame trees bread fruit papayas and plants of red and green and orange and red hued leaves similar to those in Golden Gate hot house. Also some small pools with water lilies. The gardeners were 3 old natives who spoke Spanish and a little English. One told me the Japs were not bad bosses but the pay was poor.”; “June 6th. The canon canyon was full of Jap caves all of which had been given flame thrower treatment. Collected a bunch of Jap teeth. The weather was fine. Cool in shade hot in sun with a breeze on the hill tops. Found a little corrugated shack on a hill top hidden by trees. Had obviously been Jap occupied. Found fresh garbage and a knapsack with a freshly cut bread fruit in it.” On one entry he even writes the whole thing fully in rhyme: “23 May. You’ve heard of the cars & APA’s / & you’ve read of Cruisers too / And you’ve heard of the fast PT’s / and some of the things they do. / But brother if you’re a minute to spare / and feel in the mood for a cry / then sit right down & my tale I’ll share / of the terrible LCI.” The rest of the poem is quite humorous and displays a keen sense of humour and irony on the part of Wyant. Wyant continues to make observations and record his days faithfully. He doesn’t write every day but most of his entries are consecutive and refer to where he has been since the last entry. On August 9 near the end of the war Wyant writes “Yesterday the radio claimed we had an ‘Atomic Bomb’ - 10 lbs of which would have the same effect as 2000 B-29’s. Furthermore this bomb would make the area uninhabitable for 70 years. Could kill everyone in Japan in 2 days. I believe this to be largely propaganda. Certainly hope so.” That same day the U.S. dropped the Bomb on Hiroshima and then three days later on Nagasaki. As the war ends the ship heads back to Guam assigned to Commander Service Division 102 for inter-island ferry service and Wyant writes much more about his free time especially as he goes fishing and discovers new fish and species. “December 14th Well I’m sitting topside looking at Oahu. We are leaving slowing waiting for the rest of our group. I am facing Oahu and Honolulu is right in front of me. Diamond Head a bare harsh looking hill is on the right then comes Honolulu. Then Pearl Harbor. Honolulu is on the sea and ranges back up into the foothills. There are fairly high mountains in back of Honolulu. These mountains are jagged and irregular in outline very queer. To the left of Pearl the mountains gently decrease in height and roughness and form a flat saddle of 4 or 5 miles length after which more rough irregular mountains arise over to my left.” The last entries are written on in San Pedro Harbor in Los Angeles. “Had the duty today.How murky fog is over the harbor. Quite an uproar at midnight as all the ships in the harbor are blowing their fog horns whistles bells sirens etc. and some are firing red white and green pyrotechnics. The fog horns of about 25 freighters 3 or 4 battleships 20 or so destroyers and a hundred landing craft all going at once is a sound which must be heard to be appreciated.” The book also contains a few drawings mostly small sketches of fish and flowers seen in the Pacific and a larger drawings of the “profile of section of Saipan thru center looking north” and a very detailed drawing of the “Palau Islands” There is also a satirical clipping out of the U.S. Coast Guard Magazine from September 1945 that contain comical guides to the customs of Americans for the Japanese when they invade the U.S. There is also a telegram from Wyant to the engineer of LCIL 89. This is also comical in nature a “request for aid” on “objects known as eggs” “a quantity of yellow irregularly shaped objects labeled ‘dehydrated carrots” and “fog oil.” On the second to last page of writing “A Map and Bus Guide to Honolulu” is stapled into the book in a way as it can be easily opened up. Finally a “Domain of the Golden Dragon’ award is included with Raymond Wyant’s name and the date May 12 1945 typed on it. The Domain of the Golden Dragon is an unofficial United States Navy award and is given to crew members of ships which cross the International Date Line. It proclaims Wyant to be a “Ruler of the 180th Meridian.” A picture of the LCIL 322 is also included though this was probably not put in the book by Wyant himself. There are a total of 33 pages of writing out of a total 144 page book and the diary is in a large ledger style journal which measures 8 1/4” x 14”. There are many words per page and over 13000 words in the diary itself. Background - The Coast Guard-manned USS LCIL-322 was built by the Brown Shipbuilding Corporation at Houston Texas and was placed in commission on February 15 1943 under the command of LT Grant C. Kidston USCG. After shakedown exercises at Galveston the 322 proceeded to Norfolk Virginia for amphibious training at Solomons Island Maryland . November 3 1943 she was assigned to LCIL Flotilla 10 engaging in extensive beaching operations in Southern England during the next seven months in preparation for the invasion of Normandy. On June 5 1944 she departed Salcombe England for France unloading troops on Utah Beach on the morning of June 6 1944 and making subsequent trips across the channel until July 12 1944. She was decommissioned on March 26 1946. The LCIL-322 earned four battle stars for her service in World War II. All LCIL s of Flotilla 10 were retroactively awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation for their service in the invasion of Normandy.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF RAYMOND L. WYANT LCIL 322 LCIL 89 LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP ENGINEERING OFFICE U.S COAST GUARD U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT SHIPS THAT LANDED ON D-DAY SOUTH PACIFIC ENIWETOK PALAU ISLANDS GUAM SAIGON PEARL HARBOR PACIFIC THEATER AGANA SAN DIEGO HARBOR SAN PEDRO TOUR OF DUTY ENGINEERS IN WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB SURRENDER OF JAPAN HUMOR IN WW2 DOMAIN OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE BATTLE STARS COAST GUARD UNIT COMMENDATION AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009026

‎[JUDGE] RUFUS C COWING‎

‎1854 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG 14 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WOULD SOON GROW TO BE ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S MOST RENOWNED JURISTS PRESIDING OVER SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMES‎

‎NEW YORK. Good. 1854. On offer is a superb original diary and journal of Rufus B. Cowing a famed Judge in New York City who presided over a number of notorious criminal cases in the years following the American Civil War. He was born in 1840 and received this journal from his uncle in 1854 at the age of 14. At that time he was enrolled in the 'Bash-Bish Institute' a private school in the area of Bash-bish Falls MA. The time period covered extends from 1854 to 1862 with sporadic entries for years in that time span. The first 20 pages detail his day-to-day activities as a student: I was successful in all my lessons. My principal studies are Arithmetic Geography English Grammar German and Latin Grammar. I think I get along with all my studies very well. Aug 11 1854 the day was very pleasant and passed very pleasantly. I rehearsed all of my lessons perfectly on the same day. I received a letter from Uncle James Aug 18 1854. Most of the entries until Nov 3rd of this nature - a young boy attempting to record his daily experiences. His last entry at the school is Nov 3rd: . I don't like the school as much as I did first term.The next 2 pages contain 8 entries from 1857. He is in New York and seeking work - without much success initially. However on May 23rd 1857 he notes beginning work at the Mechanics Bank. On July 21 he writes: I was promoted to Asst Credit Clerk and I must say that I find this work very much harder than I did when I first went there. But I like my situation very much July 21 1857 The next 6 pages contain a dozen or so entries. He frequently expresses of much he likes his work . the more that I am here the more I find that I like it more . Feb 1 1858 He had joined the Letalethean Society and was elected their Corresponding Secretary. He noted on Apr 21 I delivered an oration on the "Character of LaFayette" May 25 1859 1859 has just one entry: Today I handed in my resignation to the Letalethean Society which it was accepted and I was voted an honorary membership May 25 1859 The next 2 pages consist of summary of the year 1859-1860 since he left the bank. He went to work at a leather shop and spent time travelling as far west as Chicago. Considering the outstanding career he would create for himself the sole entry of 1862 marks an important turning point: . commenced to read law with the law firm of Niles and Bagley. This is an outstanding glimpse into the early life of a famed New York City judge who in his 28 years on the bench presided over some of the city's most sensational criminal and corruption cases. A historian would find this a fascinating read as it offers an insight into how the character of this man was shaped. The diary is leather bound and measures 7 in by 6 in. The cover and pages are in good condition.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JUDGE RUFUS C COWING NEW YORK CITY LAWYER JUDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL LETALETHEAN SOCIETY JURIST LEGAL BASH-BISH FALLS PRACTICE OF LAW JURISPRUDENCE PRE CIVIL WAR ERA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0007005

‎Mills, John‎

‎Still Memories: An Autobiography in Photography‎

‎Hutchinson. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition.Hutchinson2000.First UK edition-first printing1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Large format red hardbackgilt lettering to the spine with Djtwo small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj coverboth in fine condition.Illustrated with many colourb/w photos.The book is as new with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.208pp including Foreword by Lord Attenborough.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy bookapprox 1.2 Kg. Hutchinson hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 8209 ISBN : 0091793912 9780091793913

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1919 - 1920 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN GIRL LIVING IN CHINA MERE MONTHS AFTER THE MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT AND REVOLUTION‎

‎TIENTSIN CHINA. Good. 1919. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of one young unidentified wealthy American girl's trip and times living in China for over a year during a hugely critical juncture in China's history in the early 20th Century. Mere months after as one online source provides: 'The May Fourth Movement Wusì Yùndòng was an anti-imperialist cultural and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4 1919 protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles especially allowing Japan to receive territories in Shandong which had been surrendered by Germany after the Siege of Tsingtao. These demonstrations sparked national protests and marked the upsurge of Chinese nationalism a shift towards political mobilization and away from cultural activities and a move towards a populist base rather than intellectual elites. Many political and social leaders of the next decades emerged at this time. The term "May Fourth Movement" in a broader sense often refers to the period during 1915-1921 more often called the New Culture Movement'. Using a 5 year diary the author does not follow convention by beginning in July 1919 to the year's end doubles back and writes full pages or half pages later for 1920. While unknown she leaves many clues and is no doubt part of the extended American Diplomatic family in China at the time she leaves her home of New York August 28 1919 traveling through Chicago Wyoming Nevada and the Rocky Mountains before stopping in San Francisco California where she is hosted by friends our author discovers that there is "no place as beautiful as USA". Obviously from a well-connected and wealthy family the author experiences California and her first ride on an airplane before setting sail for Asia September 10 1919. She reaches Tokyo in late September travels through Shimonoseki and stops for a few days in Seoul and Antung Korea. Finally in October she reaches Munkden Mancurhia and then her final destination of Tientsin China. The author doesn't just gloss over the cities she explores: she writes in depth describing the culture and visuals she experiences in delightful detail. For example her Memoranda about Korea: "big straw hats mean mourning for parents white costumes and white straw hats mourning for emperor little black hats set high on head sign of caste. Women very neat - blue and pink dresses. Red flowers growing on roofs of houses. Clothes look like cross between kimono and Chinese dress. Antung on Yalu River - border between Korea and Manchuria. Mounds for graves." Once settled in with friends in Tientsin the girl quickly becomes involved in a very active social life with fellow Americans and Brits living near her. She lives her youth to the fullest. Every night is a party and every day a new friend a new man a new adventure. Many of these adventures take place after midnight at her crew's favourite spot the Astor House. Astor House was known at the time as "the prime venue for all diplomatic activity in Tianjin Tienstin" leading to the educated guess that our author had diplomatic connections in America. As great as her descriptive detail is about her travels and life in Asia in 1919-1920 her emotional entries about her young enthralling social life are just as captivating as she swings from devastation to elation in a sentence: "Disgusted with the single boys at Astor House - all with women - married women. Met Lieut Williams - wonderful dancer". She has the opportunity to meet exciting Americans as well as locals such as her encounter on October 13: Two China-men came to tea - one was Chef Eunich of Empress Dowager's harem". On October 22 she begins working in what she only describes as "the office". Her schedule at the office seems pretty relaxed as the majority of her entries focus on her leisure activities. She loves to visit the race track and bet on horses she is an avid horseback rider goes bowling takes tea with a variety of friends and young men swims and plays tennis all summer and of course she dances the night away in venues such as Empire Astor House the Grand Hotel de Pekin on a long weekend trip to Peking and the Anglo-American-Chinese Club. She has many suitors but connects with a man named Sokall who is present in her life until she departs China Sokall has competition as she spends a great deal of time with Soda dates Todd in the summer and writes passionately angry letters to Mac!. After a whirlwind year in China she sadly packs her bags and departs on October 1st 2020. About her departure she writes: "Train time. Sokall….all went down to see me off…left at 12:15. Had a compartment alone…Got to feeling blue. Wrote letters. Read "My China Days" Sokall gave me. He also gave me some gold buttons. The Davys were awfully nice to me. Arrived Mukden at 7:10. Kirk met me. Went to Yamato Hotel. Had dinner and a bath. Train left at 9". Things begin looking up when she meets her new suitor Colonel Arion on the ship on October 20.: "Met Col Arion. Played tournament with him. Sat out on deck talking and dancing with him until 1:30. He's a peach. Danced with him. Dances divinely". After a stopover together in Honolulu we discover that the Colonel will follow her back to New York: "the Colonel and I arranged about our transportation - he's going with me. Had lunch alone with him. Did an errand for him while he interviewed people." Together they travel through San Francisco Omaha and Chicago finally reaching New York on November 2 1920. Real life quickly resumes for our author whose writing clearly indicates that her heart is still in China. However she must now introduce the Colonel to her parents hunt for a job first casually then more seriously when she finds she has gone broke! and attend the theatre. The diary ends on New Year's Eve as our author prepares to ring in 1921. It ends with talk of China. "After dinner the Moore's Ethelyn's mother and CM came up and watched the old year out. Cocktails and champagne and talked of China code". Included tucked in is a small photo that may be the author and her mother but we can only speculate. Fascinating on so many levels: exotic extended travel to Asia meeting and making friends men and experiences a culture entirely foreign to her yet one that she is able to embrace and bring home with her to life in New York City the retelling of her travels make for super reading and a significant historical record of a significant time in China's history. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF TIENTSIN CHINA TRAVEL DIPLOMACY DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS DEBUTANTE GRAND TOURS ASIA THE ORIENT THE FAR EAST PRE COMMUNIST CHINA MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT NEW CULTURE MOVEMENT P WUSÌ YÙNDÒNG SHANDONGTHE SIEGE OF TSINGTAO AMERICANS ABROAD AMERICANS TRAVELLING IN CHINA EARLY 20TH CENTURY TIENTSIN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING 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 PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002209

‎Graeme, John‎

‎A Boy of the Old Brigade: A Story of the Peninsula and Waterloo Campaigns‎

‎Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover. Good/No Dj cover. GC.Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.No date given but previous owner's inscription dated 1914.Pictorial hardbacksome marksnicksdents and scratches on the cover and spinesmall tear on the edges of the spine in GC no Dj cover.Illustrated with colour plates.Clean pages with ink marksaged and tainted on the outer edgessome creases and nicks on the edges of the pagesa couple of marks and foxing marks inside the edges of the front and back coverprevious owner's name and date written inside the first blank page of the book.The book is in GC for its age with some shelf wear.224pp. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 8627

‎MRS HELEN BACKER‎

‎1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SOUTH AMERICAN OCEAN VOYAGE TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INTELLIGENT OBSERVANT PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN‎

‎ASEA BOLIVIA CUBA PERU PANAMA. Good. 1937. On offer is a detailed original 1937 travel diary handwritten by a Washington Pennsylvania woman named Helen Backer who along with her husband Harold and we believe as research suggests her sister Mrs. Stella D. Wallace - a number of ephemeral pieces tucked in are in her name travel extensively from New York to Cuba Panama Bolivia Peru Chile and back to America. Writing in a large 9 x 7 inch loose leaf 3-ring binder Helen does a great job detailing the highs and lows of her trip. Adding charm and depth to the entire journal are quite a few ephemeral pieces including stationery tickets and notes she seems to have taken while off ship or out of the hotel. In total there are about 43 pages of entries and up to a dozen other notes. She goes the traditional route much of the time going to Sloppy Joe's in Cuba Hemingway's favorite haunt and not being very impressed with it; meeting Cecile B Demille's brother who was also traveling on the same ship much much more. We understand from later materials Helen became a military nurse in World War II. There is some brittleness to the pages some age toning but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF TO CUBA PANAMA BOLIVIA PERU CHILE SOUTH AMERICA LATIN AMERICA TRAVEL OCEAN TRAVEL TRAVEL BY SHIP PRE WORLD WAR II HELEN BACKER HAROLD BACKER STELLA D. WALLACE WASHINGTON PENNSYLVANIA 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001614

‎DOROTHY L MORTON‎

‎1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY YOUNG WOMAN STUDENT OF COLBY COLLEGE IN MAINE‎

‎WATERVILLE MAINE. Good. 1928. On offer is an original charming manuscript 1928 diary handwritten by Dorothy Morton who provides an excellent view of a life of a young woman at Colby College in Waterville Maine in 1928. Dorothy is an eager attentive student. She writes about classmates who get caught going to a public dance and then punished. She notes advice on how to deal with men sex avoid smoking. Dorothy from Melrose Massachusetts writes about her trips home touring Boston and area berry picking near Waterville teaching Sunday School. Prof. Weber drives a friend and Dorothy to Boston and they tour Boston historic sites Cambridge Concord lunch at Brunswick Cafeteria. Casual research finds that Dorothy L. Morton died Feb. 19 2002 at age of 93. She was employed for 42 years by Boston Children's Services Association. The red leather diary has some chipping to the cover is about 75% full 7.3 x 15.2 cm. is Overall G. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF COLBY COLLEGE DOROTHY MORTON BOSTON CHILDREN'S SERVICES ASSOCIATION WATERVILLE MAINE MELROSE MASSACHUSETTS GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES POST SUFFRAGE 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001701

‎VITTORIA BUSSONI‎

‎1937 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE 5 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ITALIAN GIRL LIVING THE FUN AND FRIVOLOUS LIFE UNTIL THE HARSH REALITY OF WORLD WAR II COMES TO HER BELOVED HOME OF TRIESTE‎

‎TRIESTE ITALY. Good. 1937. On offer is a fascinating group of five 5 original manuscript relics of World War II and Italian home front life. Handwritten by Vittoria Bussoni a 17 year old in 1937 girl who does a super job detailing her life just prior to the onset of the War in Europe through 1945. The specific dates are 1937 1938 1941 1944 and 1945. Vittoria does a super job throughout the years of keeping up her diary though in 1945 she peters out in August with the final brief message on Nov 1st of that year. Even with the backdrop of impending war Vittoria lives a life of fun and frivolity between school and work we believe in a fabric store going dancing with Wilma and going to her house going to the Corso with Carmen and Sofia going to see "Wake Up and Live" Il fantasma cantante starring Alice Faye meeting boys going out with boys and even notes the King and Queen of Italy in Trieste on one occasion and much much more. Understandably the narrative turns less playful and frivolous in the later diaries as the War becomes a harsh reality and she confides her fears in the diary. Here are some translated snippets: Sunday 6 Cloudy day. At 11:30 at Primitati was accepted to do the course at Torino in Corso at Caffe' Specchi with Ita Pino Stelsio then Albine Rino Giovanni were at the bar at 4 met up and went to Dreher. Stelvio put on a uniform and pretended he had to depart passed by Fossi then went to "7 Dwarfs". Not really in the mood to dance everyone is tired from the night before. from the night before they stole a bottle of champagne and came home late. Monday April 7 Rainy day the evening went in Corso with Ita. Then Stelvio introduced us an officer of the San Marco division at 9 met up and went to the Dreher beer house then home by foot nice evening with moon. The officer walked Ita home. Tuesday 8 Cold cloudy day the evening home with Ester inc. Stelvio walked . the strong order tomorrow at 8:30 with Ita and the officer to the Principe a cinema "A desperate cause" Jerry Hugo cute outside Stelvio walked me home said goodnight to each other. Friday 27 April Cloudy Rainy. Political events- almost everything and Italy "settentrionale" nord Liguria Piemonte e Lombardia; Occupied by the patriots. The Americans already crossed the Po. Taken Piacenza Parma. The evening in Corso there's something in the air. They wanted to cut off the equipment lights of the port. Hope it will be resolved here like in the other cities. Saturday April 28 Rainy cloudy. In Germany the Russian armate joined or met up/bumped into the Americans at the town of Fiume. The Partisans battle the Russians. The German forces in Trieste like in the other cities of north Italy surrender to the American troops. At 17.30 closed the store and went home. Sunday April 29 Nice day. Spent whole day at home alone went for walk to Stefano's house then wanted to go to the movies but there were too many people at home at good hour early. At 10 in the evening the artillery began shooting all night. Monday April 30 Nice day wanted to go to work but it was impossible battles in the streets Eddy came ran away from the Germans this night. Today came up the Comitato Nazionale di Liberazione made many Germans prisoners. The S.S. although does not surrender any of the battles. 29 June Sunday Cloudy around 5 met with Stelvio went to "Stella di Rio" magnificent work at 7:30 went outside walked me home underneath the Portici gallery Franco saw me I am saddened. NOTES page: We are without electric current and without water made some reserves hope we won't have to go through anything worse than this. I came to know that the English army will continue advancements without interruption surpassed Padova Mestre the Piave and there is talk that they already are today at 12 and Monfalcone troops Neo-Zelandesi I dread the troops of colour. What will be of us I'm very scared. BIO NOTES: Vittoria Bussoni Via del Molino a Vapore 61 Trieste b. April 26 1920. Overall G.s G.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ITALY ITALIAN HOME FRONT DIARI ITALIANI WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 MUSSOLINI VITTORIA BUSSONI PARTISANS ITALIAN REPUBLIC WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001799

‎Multiple Authors‎

‎1940 - 1941 ORIGINAL HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT DAY BOOK OF THE GREEK NATIONAL YOUTH ORGANISATION E.O.N. DETAILING VOLUNTEERS AND DOCTORS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE INCLUDING THEIR MEMORIAL PAGE FOR THEIR BELOVED DICTATOR ON HIS DEATH‎

‎GREECE HELLAS. Good. 1940. On offer is an interesting original 1940 - 1941 manuscript relic of Greece and World War II being a handwritten and signed day-book relating to health services provided to volunteers of E.O.N. the Greek National Youth Organisation much like the Nazi's Hitler Youth formed by the Greek politician general and eventually dictator Ioannis Metaxas. The importance and reverence due their founder Ioannis Metaxas is marked in a highlighted nearly full page memorial entry marked by a black banner in the upper left corner on a page dated January 29th 1941 the day of the dictator's death. Casual translation notes details of volunteers Doctors and daily notations of duties. Here is a translation of a typical day entry: Tuesday 17 December 1940 About midday the volunteer patient-carriers were notified to gather at the organization at about 12:30 pm. We arrived there at the above hour and were informed that we will leave at 18:00 and arrive at 21:00. As a result the volunteers dispersed and came back at 21:00. At about 23:30 we left the organization and transferred to the Larissis station under the leadership of Lieutenant Zabrami Immanuel 30 in number of patient-carriers. There we were informed that the train will arrive at the station at about 2:30 night. After the command of sir Governor due the late of the hour most of the volunteers went to their homes and others returned to the organization and stayed there till 2:30 at which time the injured were offloaded from the train the injured were about 300 in number. Due to the severe cold that was there and also of the late of the hour the volunteers were the only ones who were being used for that purpose they showed great energeticness and created great admiration from the soldiers and officers. The transportation of the injured ended at about 5:00 in the morning. The names of the volunteers that participated are as follows: 1 Sabramis Immanuel lieutenant 2 Sapountzonglu George Team leader 3 Geogiadis Eleutherios team leader 4 Psimaris Pantelis Delta. team leader 5 Sambanis Evaggelos 6 Mparous Nick volunteer 7 Georgiadis George 8 Nikolopoulos Nikitas 9 Koumpatis Xaralampos 10 Ladis Konstantinos 11 Ligouriotis Panagiotis 12 Famprikaris Paul 13 Mpelesis Anastasios 14 Tsilimparis Nicolaos 15 Berikokos Dimitrios 16 Xaraktidis Alexandrou 17 Metaxas Nicolas 18 Mixalopoulos Dimitrios 19 Asimakopoulos Panagiotis 20 Pianeas Panagiotis 21 Giannaros Panagiotis 22 Liapopoulos Theodoros 23 Palafoutas John 24 Mpalafas Periklis 25 Dimas Stamatios. Observations: From the above volunteers the following 4 volunteers were distinguished for their excellent work: 1 Nikolopoulos Nikitas volunteer; 2 Tsilimparis Nicolaos; 3 Mixalopoulos Dimitrios and 4 Berikokos Dimitrios. The 11.5" x 7.85" 36 page book has some general ageing rubbing cardstock covers somewhat dirty but otherwise G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GREEK FASCISM METAXISM DELTA TAU EPSILON 4TH OF AUGUST REGIME IOANNIS METAXAS GREEK GREECE WORLD WAR II WWII WW2 HITLER GERMANY NAZIS E.O.N. GREEK NATIONAL YOUTH ORGANISATION EON HELLAS WORLD WAR TWO HELLENIC AEGEAN STUDIES MEDITERRANEAN MODERN GREEK HISTORY WAR IN EUROPE 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001862

‎WILLIAM H BALLOU‎

‎1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A SHIP'S FIREMAN DETAILING A TRIP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AMERICA AND THE AMAZON DELTA HANDWRITTEN WITH INCREDIBLE DETAIL AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PERSONALITY‎

‎ABOARD THE S.S. WEST CACTUS BRAZIL SOUTH AMERICA. Good. 1935. On offer is a super pair 2 of manuscript 8 x 10 inch notebooks handwritten we believe by a sailor named William H. Ballou. While he does not identify himself in these books he is known though other writings to be one and the same person. The notebooks detail an extended trip from the USA to South America including the Amazon River dated February 19th 1935 - September 17th 1935 aboard the SS West Cactus of the McCormick Steamship Co. William's job title is Fireman aboard the ship but has other duties and is kept very busy but he is a dedicated diarist who details the characters aboard ship the Ports of Call including: Port Gamble Port Ludlow Coos Bay Port Townsend Amazon Delta Atlantico Beach Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo and many many more. They are carrying a load of lumber and passengers including an author only identified as Mr. Gifford who we believe could be Edward Winslow Gifford who wrote a couple of books regarding south America. William is a character as is evident from his writings. He describes ship board life and all the shore trips his mates even telling the reader 'their stories'. He begins the first book with a story of his own: 'There is a bug in the outskirts of my bunk that keeps nipping me in spite of my attempts to exterminate him. I tried strategy last night I took a fire ax turned in and covered myself entirely. Then I stuck a finger out and held the ax up ready to mash finger and bug when he rose to the bait. It didn't work due to the fact I fell asleep dropping the ax which cut my head off and the damn bug bit me anyway. I have yet to find out whether the pest was drowned in the blood that followed. Maybe my achievement was successful after all. Later I got the bug all right but he has a wife. Now it's a race whether I get here before she starts one herself. If I do it will be a case of winning a race before it started.' Droll but keen eyed and observant he does a superlative job of putting the reader aboard ship with him and along with his adventures ashore. The two books are 104 pages and 20 pages and the pages fully written. Ballou even goes back to entries and makes further notes or clarifies entries in the margins. The earlier book has a loose text block section but all are complete and overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WILLIAM H. BALLOU SS WEST CACTUS MCCORMICK STEAMSHIP CO EDWARD WINSLOW GIFFORD MARINE NAVAL NAUTICAL TRAVEL OCEAN TRAVEL STEAMSHIPS SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL AMAZON RIVER AMAZON DELTA 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001877

‎PRIVATE GROVER PERRY DEERWESTER‎

‎1918 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN IN INTIMATE DETAIL BY A SADLY TYPICAL FOR TIMES RACIST AT CAMP JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA‎

‎CAMP JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA FORT JACKSON. Good. 1918. On offer is a very interesting original 95 page manuscript relic of World War I being the diary of Private Grover Perry Deerwester Battery D 6th Regiment F.A.R.D. Field Artillery Replacement Depot of Bucyrus Ohio handwritten in incredible intimate and graphic detail. It appears that Grover 1888 - 1938 was the son of Commodore Perry Deerwester. The private is at Camp Jackson South Carolina in the Base Hospital and then the Convalescent Hospital. Deerwester on the one hand proves to be somewhat typical of the times and of the sort flinging racial slurs and his thoughts about being in this "hell hole" but he is also a super diarist giving the a long very sad description of a young man that hung him self in the hospital ward a sand storm which he almost did not survive about the men with venereal diseases and much more. The 2 ½" x 5 ½" book begins with over 2 dozen pages of names some autographs and addresses of some of his friends with notes as to what happened to them later on in life for example: "Timothy Dempsey 240 West 67th St. New York City. Gone over seas in O.A.R.D. from 6th regt. F.A.R.D. Edward H. Germit Napoleon Ohio. RFD #8 Box 55. Transferred from 6th Regt. F.A.R.D. to 4th Regt. Cook in Supply until sent back to Camp Sherman." Another rather startling note is crossed out and by it he writes "Deserter". The balance of 60 pages begin in July of 1918 and provide lengthy daily entries about the hospital and his antics and adventures. Here are some snippets: "My Experience in a sand storm. October 18th which I was on guard in the 6th Reg. The moon was shining thru the pines in the Gun Park. It was so light by the moon and the sky was clear. It was a beautiful southern night and as I walked my post I forgot about the war. I forgot that I was in the land of horn toads sand fleas and sand storms. I suppose I even forgot my general and special orders as I walked along on my post. I was thinking of home of my old hometown and the people who lived there. I thought of dad and mother and though how I'd like to surprise them by going home on pass. I was also thinking of my little blue eyed blondie. I wondered if they would all look the same as they did when I last saw them……I don't recall what relief was on that night anymore. I think it was the 3rd the watch from 10 to 12 P.M. I had Post No. 10 and was stationed the farthest away from the guard house and as I walked my rounds thinking over those cherished memories I noticed that a thick fog was gathering then a little breeze sprang up and I thought it was going to rain. I had charge of the gun park and we had to keep a strict watch on them. There were 56 pieces or guns in this park No. 10. Both French and American 75's and the guns and caissons were all covered with heavy tarpaulin covers. Ropes on the covers to tie them down with. It was only a few minutes till it was quite windy….the air was full of sand and dust so thick that a man could hardly see. Not saying anything about what it meant to breath….The storm covers a great territory and are much fiercer than our little whirl winds. I walked my post till I could hardly see and breathing seemed impossible and when the full blast struck I dispensed with general orders and everything else. I called "Corporal of the Guard No. 10 Relief" and repeated the call twice. I heard my calls repeated from other posts but no relief came. I didn't quit my post. I only stopped making the rounds. I took my 45 from its holster and put in a clip of 3 blanks and turned the blanks first for use. But I didn't use them for signal. I had no instructions to use them. So I held the pistol in my right hand gripped and ready to fire and took off my heavy overcoat and laid flat on the ground on left side and put my over coat over my head so I could breath and covered my pistol too. As I lay there in that fiendish storm I thought my wind pipes would burst. As I lay there I said my prayers and cursed that sunny southern land. From many a time I was caught in a storm but never one so fiendish as this one was. I thought to myself so long Ohio and so long my little Blondie….I'll never see any of you anymore. I guess the gig is up for me and when relief came at last the storm was over and the moon was shinning brightly again…." He also relates how he almost shot his relief because his eyes were nearly swollen shut. He also tells of how his face had patches of blood and sand; he was relieved from duty and taken to the Infirmary. It takes an hour for them to get the sand all out of him and they let him sleep in the Regimental Police Sergeants bunk. They had to help him out of bed the next day and gave him a cold shower bath and rubbed him down sprayed "some kind of dope" up his nose and sprayed his throat and dropped some "liquid fire" into his eyes. 1918 "July 17th This date finds me still in the hospital still in ward H-3 under the care of Capt. Latin. I will be released from the hospital tomorrow morning or tomorrow July 18th some time. My old comrades of the Smoky City leave for overseas tomorrow morning at 6 O'clock. I trained for the same purpose of going over with this same bunch of Devil May Care lads and now I'll be getting out of the hospital in time to be transferred into some rotten outfit. Any civilized man would call that "Sho Nuff". Some were to pass the artillery exam for overseas. Some had venereal disease and some were flat footed like a duck. My old pal Hudson from N.Y was too short in one end…." "July 18th Today I will be released from this temporary purgatory on earth. God how happy a man should be to get out of this place alive. It isn't a fit place for the dead. No mentioning the living. Last night another lad ended it all by taking his own life. Oh! I could never do that never. I'd let them chop me up in 1 inch squares before I'd do that. A lad by the name of McGown from Ward H-4 next ward to ours or the one I was in. He had some kind of growth in his throat some thing like a goiter and the surgeons were going to operate on it in a few days and he refused them. Last night the 17th of July he committed suicide by hanging himself with a bed sheet. I don't know how he tore the sheet without his pals hearing him but he took a sheet from his cot and tore it into strips and braided these strips together forming a rope. The head of the hospital cot is about two feet to the top from the mattress. McGown tied the rope like a cord about his neck in a slip knot and then tied the other end to the head of his cot at the top and threw the covers over his head and this morning the orderly found him dead at 4:30 A.M. and his bunk mates never heard him struggle or anything from him last night………" "July 19th Oh! Yes. One important feature about this here Convalescent camp is that it doesn't matter as to your complexion. You may be red white black or blue and you are accepted here. The different races don't sleep in the same tent with the whites but the tents are side by side. One tent has white folks and the other black. You needn't worry if the cover of your nearest neighbors skin doesn't compare with yours of you don't like niggers you can find em from a "high yallow" to an octoroon. If you don't like that kind you can pick out a wop or guinea. The blacks fall in a line by themselves and start for the patient's mess hall which is a good half mile away from this camp and the whites fall in and march to the mess hall in charge of a N.C.O. Well when we reach the mess hall the walks are all screened in like a penitentiary and we must wait out side until these darn coons eat first. After the shines have had their mess the white birds go in and eat next. Every time we enter themes hall some one says "The American Eagle won't scream on skimmed milk." "July 21st The convalescent is the filthiest place I ever got into. Hope it won't be ling that I have to stay here. There are men here who have all kinds of diseases. Some are very contagious and some aren't. There are some here who are quarantined to their quarters who have that dread and very contagious disease called "Meningitis." Nearly every victim of this disease is a cripple after he gets over it if he ever does. I have seen many of the boys who have had it who are cripples for life. No operation can cure them. Many of them walk with a cane as their legs have been drawn crooked so that they can never walk straight again. Their days of soldiering are limited and they are handicapped for life. The men with this disease have their own quarters and bath rooms and they are not allowed to be out with any of the other men. There is one disease here that should be kept in a place by its self too that is the "venereal diseases". But they are not. They are allowed to be out with all the other men eat in the same mess hall bathe in the same bath house use the same toilets and all. In this way I think many a lad who is clean and tires hard to keep his body pure from these hellish diseases of a venereal nature are often a victim by contracting it from the others who have it. Where if these boys were kept in a separate place they wouldn't be exposing innocent lads to the dread of these awful diseases. These boys who have it are low down dirty damn slackers if they don't try to keep a clean lad from getting it." "July 23rd The bathroom is a little shack here about 8ft x 16ft. All classes bathe here. Once a week once a month or when ever they feel like it. Venereal's and all in the same latrine. I have never taken a bath here and thank God I don't have to. I take a bath every other night but not here. I go over to the hospital and get permission to take my bath there….Every lad has a dread for this place. It is so much more like a prison then a detachment of the hospital. It seems more like the mouth of the infernal regions than a place of rest and quiet. We have no freedom here. We can not go to the canteen without falling into line and a N.C.O. takes us over and back again…." "August 6th Oh Boy! After mess today noon I get looked over by Dear old Captain Latin himself and two majors of the medical staff and maybe I'll get to go back to my old 17th this afternoon yet. Oh! Gee Oh! Gee! Gosh "Wow" whoopee. I hear mess call now. I hope this is my last feed of poor old rotten cantaloupe and dried up tomatoes….I wish they would hurry up with that old buzz cart. Gee I'll bet the boys will wonder back at headquarters where I blew in from anyway. Wonder if there is any mail there for me. I haven't gotten but three letters all the time I was in the hospital and convalescent. Oh! Here it comes the Buzz car. We are off……" It should be noted we found 2 pages excised from the book. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GROVER PERRY DEERWESTER BATTERY D 6TH REGIMENT F.A.R.D. FIELD ARTILLERY REPLACEMENT DEPOT BUCYRUS OHIO CAMP JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA RACISM GENDER STUDIES MEN'S STUDIES UNITED STATES ARMY WORLD WAR I WWI WW1 THE WAR TO END ALL WARS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001899

‎William C WEISS‎

‎1935 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER SERVING IN THE PHILIPPINES‎

‎Camp John Hay Baguio PHILIPPINES. Good. 1935. On offer is an original handwritten manuscript diary written by an American soldier during his service in the Philippines. The book starts September 20 1935 at Camp John Hay Baguio P.I. and lists his unit Second Observation Squadron Nichols Field. There are entries until Nov 21 1935. William writes true to his unit - detailed notes on sightings of natives dress and custom hikes to Cal Horr Gold Mine and much more. Notebook style book is perhaps 40% written on some 60 pages some days a few notes and some many pages. The few back pages have what look like language translation and focusing necessay for photography.; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL STEAMSHIP SAIL PHOTOGRAPHY 19TH CENTURY ENGINEER ENGINEERING TRAINS TRAIN RAILROAD SURVEY SURVEYING AMERICANA RINGLING BROTHERS WASHOUTS ; Signed by Autograph . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000657

‎GEORGE E METCALFE‎

‎1884 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING 31 YEAR OLD CONNECTICUT PEDDLER‎

‎Connecticut CT. Good. 1884. Full-Leather. On offer is an original 1884 handwritten diary of a needle peddler George E. Metcalf of Connecticut. George was once a teacher; now he crisscrosses Connecticut as he sells needles then oranges then stationery then back to needles. He zips across the state first on train or "the cars" but thinks nothing of walking ten or more miles between towns peddling his wares. He gets a letter from his wife in early January that their baby is sick so he takes the train home. One minute he's in Bristol then Glastonbury then Windsor Locks then New Haven then Poquonock then Branford then Cheshire and Southington. In March another baby is born. In April it appears his wife Alice has had enough and heads home to Middleton with the babies. In Bristol he stays in a traveler's home "thick with bedbugs." He sells in Waterbury and Millvale Guilford and Middletown. He visits the P.T. Barnum side shows in Hartford. George has an oyster breakfast at Branford and then goes oystering in Guilford on Long Island Sound. Then on to Saybrook and Deep River. Walked to East Lyme then over to New London. He notes that he has turned 31 and is just a peddler! He watches a Republican torchlight parade in New Britain Oct. 16 Democratic procession Oct. 23. On Nov. 26 he's selling stationery in Colchester and reports that he's made the most money today that he's ever made-- $6.48. He spends Christmas at home with his parents in Middleton. He receives a handkerchief for a gift. No more mention of wife or babies but he looks forward to better sales in 1885. Description: ~120 pp. 7.5 x 12 cm. Standard leather diary with closure tab; With weights and measures tables interest laws for all the states tide table distance and time by shortest mail route population of cities etc. Good condition.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; Peddling Peddler Naive Economy Commerce Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000989

‎FRANK BEARD JR‎

‎1877 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 14 YEAR OLD NEW YORK BOY AND DEDICATED ERUDITE AND ROMANTIC DIARIST‎

‎HALLS CORNERS NEW YORK NY. Good. 1877. On offer is a super look at the life and times of a teenage boy in 1877 Ontario County New York. This 6" x 3" diary for the year 1877 is written by Frank Beard Jr. of Halls Corners Ontario County New York. Frank turns 15 during the writing of the diary and lives with his mother father and younger brother Charlie on a farm. Uniquely for a boy Frank is a tireless erudite and somewhat romantic diarist and he faithfully has an entry for every day from Jan 1st when he bids "good bye to the Centennial Year until June 17th. Many of the remaining pages are filled with figures for purchases and work performed and lists of the names of "witnesses". Frank wrote of his daily activities work on the farm his school trips to the surrounding towns - Geneva Penn Yan Canandaigua - where he and his parents sell produce etc. He makes meticulous notes on what was paid for the produce and what he spent on clothing food etc on these trips. Both he and his brother perform chores 7 days a week as well as plowing seeding milking tapping trees and making syrup etc. He travels to Halls Corners to the Post Office for his copy of "The Youth's Companion" which he reads diligently. He also writes and very sadly sometimes of his neighbors and of the horrible toll of small pox taking their lives as well as of his own vaccination. He notes one family losing 6 members to smallpox. He mentions Hayes becoming President. Although his grammar is not the best he appears to have been an intelligent and hard-working young man. A few of his entries: Jan 1- "Good bye to the Centennial Year. The new year has come. The centennial year has gone and the new century begins. I feel a little better today. There has been 6 died with the small pox. Jan 3 - "I have had a very sore arm from vaccinating. It is getting better now. Staid home all day. I done the chores this morning. Pa and I drawed the buggy in the barn. There is another one of the B.girls died of the small pox. There is 5 in that family died". Mar 4 - " I staid at home most all day. We done the chores this morning. It froze up today. It is quite cold. This is the 4 of March the day they inaugurated the President - Grant is no longer President. George Rolf is very sick. Several names of neighbors and relatives are mentioned throughout. The leather cover of the diary is damaged but the inside pages are in good condition. It takes some getting used to Frank's poor hyphenating and some misspelled words but his writing is legible. This is a very interesting look at rural life in the 1800's. Overall Good.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES ECONOMICS NEW YORK POST CIVIL WAR ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT GENEALOGY SMALLPOX EPIDEMICS MEDICAL POX . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000751

‎PEARL F ADAMS‎

‎1923 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT CHARMINGLY DETAILS THE LIFE AND FAMILY OF A MASSACHUSETTS HOMEMAKER AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHER‎

‎MERRIMACK MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1923. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript 1923 diary of Pearl F. Adams of Merrimack Massachusetts who diligently records the events in her life as a homemaker and substitute school teacher. Her husband 'G.O.' children Norman Edwin and William her folks and the endless visitors to listen to the radio all figure large in Pearl's life. She used the train to Boston and home sometimes a 'jitney' she is often going to shows movies in Boston. She writes of trip to Maine to pick berries and trip to Moosehead Lake and Montreal and other parts of Quebec then Fort Ticonderoga in summer. Trips to Gloucester and Salisbury beaches also Salem Willows and Canobie Lake. Big Christmas party Dec. 21st. Pearl's birthday is Dec. 24th and she spent it baking pies and a pudding getting ready for Christmas. For Christmas they burned the candles to the socket and stayed up to after 12 o'clock. Entries for all of 1923 and up to Feb. 9th 1924. This is a charming detailed look at life post World War I era. Standard black cloth diary with almanac pages tidal information public holidays antidotes for poisons etc. Tab closure tab broken. Overall G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; World War I Era Education Teaching Rural Life Pre Suffrage Post Suffrage Genealogy ephemera Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000994

‎BH PEABODY B H‎

‎1866 - 1867 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY/JOURNAL/NOTEBOOK OF A SUCCESSFUL KINSMAN OHIO BUSINESSMAN‎

‎KINSMAN OHIO OH TRUMBULL COUNTY. Good. 1866. On offer is the handwritten manuscript diary and journal of B. H. Peabody of Kinsman Ohio. Mr. Peabody is a farmer and entrepreneur who in this ledger style book records his daily business dealings visits local events and the economics of the day. Beginning January 1st of 1866 he continues over 93 numbered pages until November 8th 1867. There is a break between November 1st and December 31st 1866. A very very hard working and obviously successful businessman Mr. Peabody is also very pious as is evidenced in his comments of the day - at one point he mentions preaching the funeral service for a particular woman. He is also a very dedicated diarist always providing full names of his contacts and clients. The inside back cover has a chart which appears to be a planting breakdown of varieties if apples. There are also nmany references to the local cheese market. Local historians and genealogists will find a wealth of information in this book which is quite legible but requires a glass in places as the period ink is on the lighter side. 7 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches the front cover has a split where the cover meets the spine. Two strings in the center of the book hold the cover to the spine. Back cover is good. Pages are also good. The edges of the covers are worn. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES ECONOMICS POST CIVIL WAR ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT OHIO KINSMAN RECONSTRUCTION APPLES CHEESE TRUMBULL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000744

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1873 THE SADDEST MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN DIARY EVER OF A NORWICH SHERBURNE NEW YORK WOMAN‎

‎Sherburne New York. Good. 1873. Cloth. What a sad sad diary. When reading some of these wonderful manuscripts one comes to realize over and over again how tough times were back then. The year is 1873 and the person writing this journal was in a great time of sorrow in their life. Yet through it all they kept their eyes on God. Likely it's a woman writing but couldn't find a name anywhere nor could we assess with out doubt the local but she talks of going to Sherburne and Norwich quite often. The diary is full give or take a handful of days of handwritten entries mostly about deaths anniversaries of deaths religious meeting and the deep desire for expressed by our author to come closer to God while in her depths of despair. The last entry for the year says "January 31st 1873. Our S.S. Anniversary took place this evening. We had a very pleasant time. Many have been the trials of the last year and yet more numerous have been the blessings. Help me to be thankful for all of the goodness of Got to me." Then on the opposite page you'll find the simple yet powerful word written "Amen". To really give you an idea of what life was like for our author I've quoted a few excerpts from her diary as follows; "One year today Orville went from here. Now Eva. My best is O' Lord give me Grace to sustain me and help me to live for thee……A day of sadness and trials….My heart is very sad……3 months to the day that dear Orville died….A wet morning. Went to Norwich and attended the cornerstone laying of the new church. Had a very interesting time….The anniversary of my mother's death. A day of sadness… Aunt my Marion was buried today. How rapid our dear friends are passing away….How much I miss my dear Aunt. I am trying to perform every duty. Thank God for all his mercies to he.Visited the grave of my dear brother….20 years today since my dear grandfather passed from earth. Have had some very solemn reflections. How gracious he had been to me. Lewis Lawrence was buried today….Mr. Colzells daughter was buried today. A day of disappointment….Mrs. Powers was buried today. Oh for more grace in my heart….One year ago today we followed dear Orville to the house appointed for all flesh….A day of deep anxiety and trials. Was disappointed in not attending prayer meeting. Oh Lord sieve thy work in my heart….Attended the funeral of Deacon Wood. How blessed it is to die in the service of Christ…." She also mentions many many names some of which are; Northup Herrington Allen Elder Jones Carpenter Brooks Elwood Reynolds Harris Haywood Jewetts Comstock Brown Williams Collins Gallespie Jennings Sarah Knowels Pease Eastman and more. The diary is a black pocket diary measuring about 3 ¼" x 5" and does have a small worn worm hole on the back cover but other then that it is in great shape. ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; Women's Studies gender Studies Pre Suffrage Religion Genealogy 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 . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000407

‎DAVID B GRUBB‎

‎1868 - 1872 - 1879 ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARIES‎

‎GOSHEN SYRACUSE INDIANA ELKHART COUNTY CONCORD TWP. Good. 1868. On offer are three greatly filled diaries handwritten in 1868 1872 and 1879 by David B. Grubb from Indiana. The earliest diary 1868 reveals he lived in Goshen Indiana Elkhart County Concord Township. In the later two diaries 1872 & 1879 he had moved to Syracuse Indiana. Mr. Grubb is a cobbler for the most part but does labor for farmers and shopkeepers. He also loves his tobacco and beer and spends quite a bit of money on each on a weekly basis. Collectors of Indiana history will be pleased that Mr. Grubb writes daily and mentions names and places. He is a very dedicated diarist and seems to enjoy recording his daily events local history and contacts with others. Here are snippets: 1868 "January 1st Was at Spot's. They had a turkey roast and some of the neighbor's was invited in to roast. I and Eliaz took the team and sled and went to Plainfield and fetched the preacher Hiller. Went home with Maria's and helped to doctor a horse for Brock. Was up till about twelve o'clock. It was cloudy all day and kind of a snow wind." "February 1st Got ready to got to Plainfield and went down to the grove to look at a tree and come back up the river and went across the river to Haines to trade horses but Haine was not at home. Come back to Plainfield and come home &c. Bought 5cts worth apples. The weather was nice but cold and sleighing was poor across the river." "February 8th Went over to Yang's and got Jacks buggy and started for Joliet. Came to Joliet and put our mare in the stable and went over to W. Hein_____ and got dinner then went up town and got some saddler awls and needles for 10cts and 40cts for drink. The weather was snowy before we got to Joliet and turned into rain before we got back and got some wet before we got back." "February 22nd Got breakfast and went down town awhile. Paid $1.10 for lodging breakfast & cigar. Took the eleven o'clock train and went to Goshen. Paid 35cts for my ticket 40cts for something to eat 25cts for cigar 10cts for beer 10cts for cardamom. Come home to Grubbs got supper and went to singing at Cattown. The weather was cold and rough." "April 26th Went to Sunday school in the forenoon and home and got dinner and back to singing and up to Goshen and got a rig and went to singing at the Excelsior. Had Mag and Miss Jarvis. Paid $3.00 for admission. The weather was nice fair &c." "June 3rd Went to the big meeting above Goshen. Walked up and was up till evening then come home on John Millers wagon. Spent 55cts for eat and drink…." "June 20th Went over to Meese's sale. Spent 35cts for something to eat and candy. Come out to Kulp's and played baseball then went to Goshen. Spent 40cts for tapping my boot 12cts. for beer and tobacco…" "July 4th Went to Elkhart to a celebration and stayed down for the fireworks &c. Come home with Linda on the buggy." "July 25th Put away two loads of hay then got ready to go to Goshen to a convention. Spent $2.62 sundries. Stayed till after night and seen the torch light procession. Come home with the girls Letie Mat and Lou on foot. Had some fun. Sent off four letters." "August 23rd Went with Kryder over to Bristol to see the folks and went over to Garver and Jarvi's who was in the grape business &c. The weather was nice and warm. Spent 10cts. for a lottery ticket no 28. Give M. Garver 5cts for fun." "October 12th Went to Goshen to a Republican rally one of the largest ever held in Goshen. Colfax was there. The weather was nice and fun. Spent $1.40 Rode home with Hecox." "October 24th Fetched a boat up from the dam and worked on the bridge till four o'clock then come down to town and come home with row. Spent 95cts for tob. and drink…." "December 12th Went to Goshen on foot most of the way. Will Snook was here. Spent 85cts for drink. Come home with Frank on the sled. Helped him to cut a load of wood." "December 25th Went to Goshen on foot and spent 2.85 for Christmas &c. The weather nice but a little cold and went to meeting at the Sugar Grove schoolhouse with our team and sled." 1872 "March 4th Was at home and mended my boots and half soled a pair for John Butt &c. The weather was cold and rough and John Butt dr. 25." "March 8th ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ALS ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES CIVIL WAR ERA WAR BETWEEN THE STATES INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT COBBLER COBBLING SHOES . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000801

‎CAROLYN R MOORE‎

‎1905-06 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TRAVEL JOURNAL OF A YOUNG WOMAN OF MEANS AND THE PREJUDICES OF THE DAY - EARLY DESCRIPTION OF THE DAYTONA CAR RACE‎

‎PLAINFIELD NEW JERSEY NJ DAYTONA FLORIDA FL. Good. 1905. On offer is the very interesting travel journal and diary of Carolyn R. Moore from Plainfield New Jersey. She is a young woman of means her family owns a hotel where Carolyn works very hard but uncomplainingly and possesses the common prejudices of the day writes from 1905 - 1906. This is a densely written diary wherein Carolyn writes intense detailed accounts of family friends daily activities local gossip and various trips via ship road and train from Daytona Florida to St. Augustine a stop at Sandy Hook during a storm at sea a trip to Atlantic City NJ New York and others but this is also a portrait of the times for good and bad. Main portions appear to be written while in Daytona Florida with some time spent enjoying the beach. Carolyn has a keen and observant eye which provides for super passages about one of the early races and the large crowds in Daytona Florida viewing the auto "races" on the beach. Carolyn also has an eye for nuance - she writes of particular hat; "it's not pretty but it is fetching." She also writes vivid descriptions of an automobile accident with injuries and a chauffeur being killed social outings/dances shopping for the latest woman's fashion including abandoning her "corset" for a chemise reading cooking pies and making candy sewing music lessons various local accommodations dinners with family and friends and her snobbish opinions of the people she meets aboard ship. On the bad side we read several comments that reflect racial attitudes including casual references to "the black church" "dark skin" or seeing "some coon do stunts." Here are more snippets: "Mr Wooley called and ate a plate of my cake. Went over to the beach by the south bridge & I came home on my wheel with Eleanor Gordon and Miss Anderson. Saw several racers among them Vanderbilts winners of last year. An awful accident up toward Ormond - Richard Croker's son injured his chaffeur killed & man on motorcycle legs broken." "Mr. Sharb came over at 10 with the horses. Mine is a great black brute. Cath's a cute pony. He made us mount & we tore off. It was fierce." "The cottage is cute with 2 bedrooms 2 parlors & a basement kitchen and dining room combined. Finished my leaf and holly pillow. Aunt Mag's 7th wedding anniversary." "Great crowds on the beach. We saw Mr & Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt at close range. Very young. The Ormond is packed - the racing didn't seem to be fully underway yet. Letter from ." "Went to Sunnyside for dinner as usual and all walked to the foot washing over in Midway at the colored church. Great time & a big crowd of white people. Ma came home after 9 & didn't see the great event. But the preaching was really funny. Glorious night." "Pleasant day - I started to hemstitch a white waist. Letters from Chanters." "Quite cool. I made a pair of unmentionables & walked downtown at 3" "I took a walk along the river - went to Grant's Tomb & strolled on down. Picked up a couple of cute fellow - exchanged cards." "Left on the 841 - spent the day shopping. Went over to Roseville at 4." "He wanted me to go to Coney with him - said he'd come down to Pat in his "Cadillac" sometime. Very pleasant but quite old - at least 40." "Letter from Puss. She spoke of looking for an apartment downtown - none fit to live in less than $180 or $200 a month." "Next to slave mart - old city gates. Fort Marion & the stores - had a bath in the swimming pool at the Alcazar - Cute office clerk here & another rubberneck. I got some postals. Took the 10 to Jacksonville.went to the boat I stayed up til 11:30 waiting for the trunks." "Sailed at 6 - Spent the day on the decks - couple of men talked to me. The porter is very decent." "Fine day. Met nice girls from N.Y. Talked to them.Very good looking high class Germans. We walked the decks a good deal - played cards etc. A bum crowd on the boat. Hotel help going north etc. Very few decent people." "Several orange trees in the back yard but we are only allowed to pick the sour ones." "This morning I baked a 4 layer chocolate cake and a cherry pie. Latter especially good.I made fudge - best in a long while." "Rode around a good deal - made two cakes.Went down to see some coon do stunts. Saw some of the racing machines too." "Lovely day. We didn't go to the beach as they said the real racing didn't start today. Rode around some on my wheel." "Made 2 cherry pies and got drivers for Aunt M's family - Ma & I went to the train to see them all off. Aunt Ida goes north & the rest to Braidentown.Letters from Puss Curley Jim Moore and L.R. Brown. Hurrah!" Diary is leather bound with pencil holder on the inside. Small strap slides through band on cover to hold closed. Written in ink in a legible hand on almost all pages with very little fading.G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA DAYTONA FLORIDA AUTO RACES RACING AUTOMOBILE RACING NEW JERSEY NJ FL RACISM RACIAL NEGROES BLACK STUDIES FEMINISM FEMINIST PRE SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE SUFFERAGE WOMEN STUDIES TURN OF THE CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000780

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1888 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CULTURED UPSTATE NEW YORK RENAISSANCE MAN WHO FARMS BUILDS AUCTIONEERS ACTS AS INTERPRETER AND WORKS FOR JUSTICE‎

‎CASTORLAND WATERTOWN CARTHAGE UPSTATE NEW YORK NY. Good. 1899. On offer is an original 1888 manuscript diary handwritten by an unidentified upstate New York man. There are many mentions of Castorland Lowville Dublin Black River and Carthage placing the writer somewhere east of Watertown New York. Unusual for a rural diary is the very cultured hand of this man who works as auctioneer interpreter and lawyer or maybe even a Justice of the Peace mentioning at least two trials plus he does the thousand chores rural people of the day did from making cheese and soap to digging potatoes. Local historians or collectors of the area will perhaps find more given the authors descriptions of events and names mentioned which include: John Zehr J.W. Henry Yousey George Busm La Juett Family Nicholas Paquet Frank Henry Peter Ritts Old Mrs. Effly George Stoddard Anna his wife. He also mentions being an interpreter for Antoine and Mrs. Maugery; Rama and Katie came home from the woods; and he writes of going to his factory to turn out something in wood; sawing ice for ice house and also sleighing. He mentions many births deaths and marriages. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; POST CIVIL WAR INTERPRETER TRANSLATOR CASTORLAND WATERTOWN CARTHAGE UPSTATE NEW YORK NY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES NEW YORK ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT BINGHAMTON UPSTATE NEW YORK CATSKILLS antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001150

‎LESTER E FIELDING‎

‎1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A UMASS SENIOR LIVING THE HIGH LIFE AND SOON TO BE FIGHTING THE KAISER AT THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE‎

‎MALDEN AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Good. 1918. Softcover. On offer is an original 1916 manuscript diary handwritten by Lester E. Fielding from Malden Massachusetts a senior at Massachusetts Agricultural College now UMass Amherst. Lester keeps a detailed record of every day until Oct. 2 when he declares that for efficiency a diary takes up too much time and he quits. He writes about his visits with his dear Hazel notes daily letters to her. Then Alice appears on the scene. Frat life. Lester zips around Massachusetts on "the cars" faster than today with an automobile. Lester takes Hazel to see Ethel Barrymore at the Hollis St. Theatre in Boston. In May there's lots of baseball and tennis hardly time for classes. Graduation festivities spread over several days ending June 21. On July 11 Lester goes to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox and Chicago in a double header. He's traveling all over Massachusetts and up into Vermont giving demonstrations at churches and taking orders. Aug. 7 he attends a Boston Braves game-- they beat Cinci 2-0 and 6-0. Aug. 15 he sees Red Sox beat Washington 1-0 in 13 innings. Aug. 16 he watches Red Sox beat the White Sox 5-4 in 16 innings. Aug 23 he watches Sox beat Cleveland 7-3. Aug. 25 he and Hazel take boat up the coast to Bath Maine then up the Kennebec to South Bristol. Finally he sees Sox lose to St. Louis 1-2 on Aug. 31. Note: According to MAC history Fielding served Nov. 1917-April 1919 in Military Police in AEF in World War fighting in Battle of the Marne St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I WWI WW I UMASS AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 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 document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001193

‎MAE McLOUTH‎

‎1913 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S TRAGIC STORY OF HER MOTHER'S EARLY DEATH A FATHER'S LOSS OF LOVE A TREACHEROUS AUNT AND A CARNIVAL THAT LEADS TO COCAINE AND CRIMINALITY‎

‎Buffalo New York NY. Fair. 1913. On offer is an extraordinary original manuscript journal detailing the beginning and up to the almost ending of a young 13 year old girl whose life turns so tragically with the death of her mother in early 1913 the loss of her father's love and the steady and not too slow descent into drugs and all manners of criminality. Using a 14.5 x 10.5 inch scrapbook our author Mae McLouth b. April 25th 1899 who inscribes the book with instructions for its delivery after her death to a friend. In all there 47 or so pages fully written with her story plus a few pages of genealogical notes and other writings pertinent to her family. The story of her life is all too tragic and certain: a mother's untimely death a father unable to recover older siblings with no care a treacherous aunt who delivers her to a convent an escape and then joining a carnival she escapes further. Soon after she is taking cocaine 'dope' discussing needles 'hypos' and within a few pages she is in prison. She does a short essay on the differences between cocaine and morphine and paints a real picture of early 20th Century drug culture and drug abuse and of course the consequences. Life continues along the same vein many years but then in the last entry dated 1940 written 3-4 years since the entry before she was not great dating entries where we read with some relief that she and her husband Joe are now settled have a trucking and moving business and rent out rooms. She seems to have made up with some of her siblings too. A happy ending but very unexpected given the depth of her self abuse. The large folio book has covers detached front cover present back cover absent. The pages are brittle on the edges but so far there is no loss. Overall Fair.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: DRUGS DRUG ABUSE ADDICTION ADDICTS ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR GETTING CLEAN GOING COLD TURKEY DRYING OUT GOING STRAIGHT SELF MEDICATION MORPHINE COCAINE WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES HEROIN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Als antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001400