‎Family‎

‎Newman Janis Cooke‎

‎Russian Word for Snow The : A True Story of Adoption‎

‎New York: St. Martin's Press 2001. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition stated. Memoir of a woman struggling to conceive a child with her husband but they ultimately taking up a new struggle to adopt a child from Russia spending a month in Moscow during great post-Soviet turmoil dealing with authorities there the immigration obstacles much more. Hardcover with dust jacket contains illustrations 232pp. A very nice copy the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. First Edition stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. St. Martin's Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 00007742 ISBN : 0312252145 9780312252144

‎Newman Janis Cooke‎

‎The Russian Word for Snow : A True Story of Adoption signed‎

‎New York:: St. Martin's Press 2001. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped 22.95. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. "First Edition March 2001" is so stated with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Bound in the original black boards with shiny silver lettering on the spine. From the publisher: "Honest humorous and insightful -- a story of adoption set against the turmoil of Russian politics. THE RUSSIAN WORD FOR SNOW is Janis Cooke Newman's enchanting funny and perceptive account of her emotional journey toward motherhood from Newman's efforts to become pregnant to her first visit with the child who would become her son to the upheaval of Russia's first democratic election. Newman and her husband chose their son originally named for the Russian word for snow because he was born in the winter from a videotape of Russian orphans. Four months later they were caught up in Moscow's social and political unrest desperately trying to get that child out of the country. American families adopt more children from Russia than any other country. Unlike most books on the topic Newman's work describes in unflinching detail what it feels like to adopt. This book is a must-read for anyone who has adopted or considered adoption and for anyone who is looking for a heartfelt story set against an exciting international backdrop." From the Dust Jacket: "In this memoir Newman describes how her mother's death from breast cancer influenced her decision to have a child. 'Pregnancy seemed the antithesis of cancer; another condition that caused cells to multiply and divide but with an entirely opposite result.' And how her son Alex reacted to videotape of himself in a Moscow orphanage." . Signed by Author on title page - signature only. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. viii 232pp. St. Martin's Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 005437 ISBN : 0312252145 9780312252144

‎Newman Marjorie‎

‎Green Monster Magic Young Corgi Books‎

‎Corgi 1990. New edition. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3195654</p> Corgi paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3195654 ISBN : 0552526207 9780552526203

‎Newman, Christina; Sangster, Dorothy; Wuorio, Eva-Lis; Jones, Douglas William; London, Jessie; Campaigne, Alan; Collett, Elaine; Wilcox, Vivian; Hubbell, Catherine; Fines, Beatrice E.; Et al‎

‎Chatelaine (Magazine) - The Canadian Home Journal, November 1963, Vol. 36, No. 11: Cover Photo of Prince Charles, "The Loneliest Boy in the World"‎

‎104 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for All detergent features housewife giving thumbs-down to high suds; One-page colour-photo ad for Northern Electric shows a variety of their phones; Volunteers help the Teismaki family of Banff; Dorothy Stronach of London, Ontario helps boys with hockey; Nice two-page colour-illlustrated ad for Swift's Premium Ham shows lady with platter holding off two gents in suits; Sexy colour-photo ad for Tex-Made sheets; Are Old Maids a Vanishing Breed?; Prince Charles - The Loneliest Boy in the World - article with photos; Keep Supper Warm (story); The Best and Worst TV Shows for Children; Edge of the Circle (story); 70 Best Jobs for Homemakers Returning to Work; The New Approach to Entertaining; Spectacular Party Foods; Romantic At-Home Clothes; Get the best results from Home Perms (Permanents); Nice one-page two-colour ad for Cream of Wheat; Nice colour-photo ad on back cover for Red Roase tea shows smiling couple watching tea pour. Covers loose but present. Chips from backstrip. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine‎

‎Newman, Peter C.; Frayne, Trent; Phillips, Bluebell S.; Harner, Hugh; Pawle, G; Hockley, Vernon; Jackson, A.Y.; Et al‎

‎Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept.) 1, 1956: The Secret War of Charles Goodeve (Part 2) - How They Opened the Door for D-Day‎

‎64 pages. Features: Cover art by John Little features Grey Cup final game at Vancouver's Empire Stadium between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes; The revolution that's changing your shopping habits - topsy-turvy trends produced by the frenzied battle for the consumer's dollar; Will they ever beat the Eskimos? - with their baffling split-T the Edmonton Eskimos have won the CFL's Grey Cup twice in a row - the task they pose is not to stop them but to find the ball; We adopted a family of criminals - Rev. Gordon Phillips and Bluebell Stewart Phillips took in prostitutes, murderers aand gunmen, and rejoiced when they went straight; Remember when we raved about the radio? - in the depression thirties, when there was little to laugh about, the comedians on radio convulsed a continent and made the radio in the parlor the centre of every family's life - many great photos; The Secret War of Charles Goodeve, Part Two - How they opened the door for D-day - with photos, including his floating bridge and rocket-propelled grapnel inventions; What would Carrie Nation do?, by Vernon Hockley; Amazing General Motors colour centerfold featuring a kitchen completely finished in pink; Canadian Club ad features colour photos of white water skiing in Austria's Salzach River, a sport (first called skiyaking) invented by Austrian champ Harald Strohmeier; Painter A.Y. Jackson recalls his most memorable meals - one in Tom Thomson's shack on Severn St. in Toronto, the other given by Lord Beaverbrook; Great colour vintage ad for Labatt's Chrystal lager beer shows man relaxing with smoke being served by his wife in front of the tv after he has been cutting grass; Expensive Sunbeam Bread promotion was Canada's biggest; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features old man in white rocking chair. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Magazine‎

‎Newson Leslie‎

‎Nuffield Primary Science 4 – Understanding Science Ideas: A Guide for Primary Teachers‎

‎Collins Educational 1997. Hardcover. Used; Good. Ex Library. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3342002</p> Collins Educational hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3342002 ISBN : 0003100189 9780003100181

‎Newton Corky‎

‎Generation Risk: How to Protect Your Teenager from Smoking and Other Dangerous Behavior‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: M Evans & Co 2001. Jacket and boards have only slight wear. Pages are clean text has no markings binding is sound. Fep is removed. . Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. M Evans & Co Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 034360 ISBN : 0871319403 9780871319401

‎Newton Sylvia‎

‎Lonsdale GCSE Essentials – AQA Additional Applied Science: Revision Guide 2012 Exams Only‎

‎Letts 2007. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2906972</p> Letts paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2906972 ISBN : 1905896212 9781905896219

‎Ney Claude:‎

‎98 Lecons d`Amour. R�v�lation pour Elle et pour Lui.‎

‎Les Cahiers de Paris 1966. Les Cahiers de Paris, 1966. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 208106

‎Ney Family‎

‎Memoirs of Marshal Ney‎

‎Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart 1834. First American Edition. Octavo. Two books bound as one 216pp. and 222pp. 2pp. publisher's catalog and a smaller 18pp. publisher's catalog bound after first catalog at rear. Ney was considered one of the greatest generals produced by the French Revolution. He displayed diplomatic talents of a high order under the guidance and instructions from Charles M. Tallyrand minister for foreign affairs to the French Republic. Ney's retreat from Russia in 1813 was considered a masterpiece of strategy. He was the first to improve upon the old system of military tactics and founded the system which was then followed by the French armies. Ney's death was by firing squad for his supposed treason. This work was put together under the direction and management of the Duke of Elchingen Marshal Ney's second son. Bound in a modern 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards raised bands gilt red morocco spine label gilt renewed endpapers title page to volume I has a nice repair to upper right corner light scattered foxing throughout but more prominent to title pages. A good copy. E.L. Carey and A. Hart unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 022529

‎NGUYEN VAN YEN (Christian)‎

‎DROIT DE L’IMMIGRATION, coll. Thémis Droit, 1èreéd.‎

‎, Paris, P.U.F. 1986, br., neuf, ENVOI DES AUTEURS AU PRÉSIDENT LAROQUE, 352p.‎

Bookseller reference : 29246

‎NIBOYET (Frédérique)‎

‎L’ORDRE PUBLIC MATRIMONIAL, Préface de Janine Revel, Bibl. de droit privé, t. 494‎

‎br., ENVOI DE L’AUTEUR, très bon état‎

‎NICOLEAU (Patrick)‎

‎DE LA PREUVE JUDICIAIRE DE LA PATERNITÉ NATURELLE, Thèse de IIIeCycle, juill. 1984, Université de Bordeaux, Président: JeanHauser; Suffragants: Jean-FrançoisOverstake, AndréSabatier‎

‎, Bordeaux, [non renseigné] 1984, A4, br., ENVOI DE L’AUTEUR et lettre de l’auteur, accompagnée du rapport sur la thèse de 1984, d’une recension de la thèse d’État de l’auteur Le rôle de la faute dans la preuve judiciaire de la paternité naturelle, ainsi qu’un courrier du Conseil régional des notaires du ressort de la Cour d’appel de Bordeaux du 15juin 1992 annonçant l’attribution d’un prix de thèse, (couv. fanée et lég. insolée), intérieur très frais, [Cet ouvrage provient de la bibliothèque personnelle du professeur Jean Carbonnier (1908-2003)], 322ff.‎

Bookseller reference : 47975

‎NICOLE‎

‎L'A.B.C. DES SCENES DE MENAGE.‎

‎JULLIARD. 1960. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 167 pages - couverture contrepliée - déchirure sur la dernière page de l'ouvrage sans conséquence sur la lecture - coins frottés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 306.8-Mariage et famille‎

‎Classification Dewey : 306.8-Mariage et famille‎

Bookseller reference : R240068821

‎NICOLAÏDÈS (Nicolas)‎

‎LE DROIT À L’HÉRITAGE, Arbres généalogiques - Répartition entre héritiers, Préface de Jean-François Pillebout, coll. de l’Institut national de formation notariale‎

‎, Paris, Litec (LexisNexis) 2007, in-8, br., ENVOI DE L’AUTEUR, (couv. fanée), bon état, XI-306p.‎

Bookseller reference : 40411

‎Nicarthy Ginny‎

‎Getting Free: You Can End Abuse And Take Back Your Life‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Seal Pr 1990. Light wear to cover surface edges and corners. Binding tight and secure. Text clean and free of markings. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Seal Pr Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 203408 ISBN : 0931188377 9780931188374

‎Nichol Jon‎

‎Government and People 1700-1900 Evidence in History‎

‎Nelson Thornes Ltd 1987. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2535512</p> Nelson Thornes Ltd paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2535512 ISBN : 0631914005 9780631914006

‎Nicholl, Noel E.‎

‎For My Mummy and Me‎

‎Inscription inside front board. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with foxed, dusty covers and chips, nicks and rubbing mainly to upper edge. 123pp. A delghtful photo-gallery of children, indoors and outdoors throughout the year, with a short story written round each of them with mummy reading them in mind‎

‎Nicholls Sally‎

‎Close Your Pretty Eyes‎

‎Marion Lloyd Books 2013. 1. Paperback. Used; Good. Ex Library. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3307286</p> Marion Lloyd Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3307286 ISBN : 1407124323 9781407124322

‎Nicholls Sally‎

‎Ways To Live Forever‎

‎Marion Lloyd Books 2008. Paperback. Used; Very Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2116402</p> Marion Lloyd Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2116402 ISBN : 1407104993 9781407104997

‎Nichols Plumb Norris Family Correspondence‎

‎Archive of Family and Business Correspondence of the Plumb-Nichols-Norris Families of Denver and Fort Morgan Colorado 1856-1960‎

‎<p>Archive consisting of 940 letters 2359 pages of correspondence both manuscript and typescript approximately 76 items of related family ephemera in good clean legible condition.</p><p> Extensivecollection of correspondence pertaining to these three inter-married families who emigrated west from New York State to the mid-west and then on to Colorado in the 1860s. Lafayette W. Nichols was a pioneer in the lumber and building supply industry in Denver. He ran a business dealing in lumber and mill work in the 1870s which helped build the city. He later was an investor in real estate and mining. Much of his correspondence concerns his investments and the "Silver Question" which was of concern to Coloradans in the 1890s. He married Mary Plumb their daughter Josephine married William A. Norris. </p><p> Norris was formerly a lawyer from Kansas who ran into trouble there. Norris later became a cattle broker. He was president of the Cornucopia Cattle Company of Fort Morgan Colorado brokering and selling dairy cattle primarily Holstein and Guernsey cattle but also short horns. He traveled extensively throughout Colorado and surrounding states in the course of his business as far east as Wisconsin and as far west as Oregon buying and selling cattle often by the train car-load. His letters are written primarily on the letterheads of hotels from towns and cities small medium and large in Colorado. His letters form a collection in themselves on the hotels of Colorado in the early 20th century. Norris also was president of The Better Roads Association. Based in Fort Morgan dedicated to improving roads in the state; its motto was: "Everybody for Better Roads Better Roads for Everybody." He was also market manager of the Morgan County Dairymen's Association also based in Fort Morgan.</p><p> Norris seems to have been a troubled man. He worked very hard was constantly on the road but he seems to have perennially struggled economically. Norris and his wife appear to have lived apart much of the time Josephine remained in Denver and Norris was often either in Fort Morgan or traveling. His letters to his wife sometimes several a day describe his travels business and efforts to improve their economic situation. </p><p><b>Nichols & Norris Families</b></p><p> Lafayette W. Nichols 1828-1925 was born 3 September 1928 at Randolph Cattaraugus New York; died 18 May 1925 at Denver Colorado; he was the son of Daniel Franklin Nichols 1800-1883 and Lydia Bishop 1793-1859. He was living at Dutch Creek Iowa by 1856 and is enumerated there on the 1860 Census where he is listed as a farmer and enumerated only four families from his future wife's family Mary Plumb and her father F. M. Plumb. He married Mary Plumb on 17 October 1860 at Dutch Creek Iowa. Lafayette W. Nichols was considered one of Colorado's lumber pioneers he moved to Colorado in the 1860s. Mr. Nichols entered the Denver lumber business in 1872 he ran a dealership in sash doors blinds lumber lath and shingles located at the corner of Larimer and 20th Streets Denver Colorado however by 1880 Nichols was listed as a retired lumber merchant and his wife Mary was keeping house. His address was then 12 Nichols Block Denver. In 1900 he was still residing at Denver and listed with no occupation. When the 1910 Census was taken Lafayette was listed in the gold and silver mining business as an employer. In 1920 he was listed without an occupation again. He died in 1925. </p><p> Mary Plumb was born 15 July 1836 Trumbull Co. Ohiodaughter of Francis Merrill Plumb 1806-1899 and his wife Laura Mary Hyde 1810-1854. She is found in 1850 living with her parents and siblings at Kinsman Trumbull Co. Ohio. When her parents moved to Dutch Creek Iowa she moved along with them as per the 1860 Census where she worked as a teacher. She met and married her husband in 1860 at Dutch Creek. By 1880 she was living with her husband Lafayette and their daughter Josephine in Denver where she lived for the rest of her life. Mary died on 28 December 1931. </p><p> In 1910 Mary was listed as a practitioner of Christian Science on her own account. At one point she practiced clay modeling and one of her pieces was put into marble and exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago. She and her husband had one child a daughter Josephine M. Nichols.</p><p> Josephine M. Nichols was born in June 1868 at Washington Iowa and died in 1950 in Denver Colorado. She is found enumerated in 1880 at Denver where she was living with her parents. Josephine was listed as a teacher at a university in Denver in 1910. She married William A. Norris in 1911. In 1917 Josephine is found as the President of The College of Speech Arts at Denver. In 1920 although married she lived at home with her parents and was still listed as a teacher. Despite their marital and economic problems Josephine and her husband never divorced. By 1930 she was listed with no occupation presumably caring for her mother who lived with Josephine and her husband. By 1940 after the death of her mother in 1931 she appears to have taken a job again as a teacher at a private school. Josephine lived in Denver until her death in 1950.</p><p> William A. Norris 1862-1954 was the 8th of 15 children born to Andrew Jackson Norris 1825-1893 and Euphany Lewis 1830-1911 of Concord Kentucky. Norris is found living at Concord in 1870 and 1880. On 5 April 1889 Norris was admitted to practice law and is found in Salina Kansas as an attorney where he was elected to the office of County Attorney. In 1897 Norris was accused with at least six counts of accepting money for conducting his official acts. The story made the front page of <i>The Salina Daily Union</i> on 2 September 1898. Norris declared his innocence and hired an attorney and a famous detective Sylvia Marshal to secure evidence of his innocence. He denied all the accusations. The case was investigated and went to the Kansas State Supreme Court. Norris was found guilty and disbarred in 1899 and removed from the office of County Attorney. Norris' guilt was due to a practice of many years by country attorneys of accepting a fee of $250 for cases dismissed while apparently illegal all those years it was never prosecuted but when he was prosecuted and was found guilty Norris was the County Attorney. While not given a jail sentence he was disbarred and lost his job as County Attorney. In 1908 an attempt was made by attorneys to have him reinstated as per <i>The Lindsborg News- Record</i>Lindsborg KS 4 Dec 1908 but it was not successful Norris left Kansas for Colorado where he met and married Josephine M. Nichols on 19 September 1911. The couple made their home in Denver. He lived with his wife at Denver for the rest of his life where he appears to have been an attorney at one point. Later in 1930 Norris was listed as a salesman of livestock and in 1940 was listed as a literary writer. He died at Denver in 1954 outliving his wife by four years.</p><p><b>References:</b></p><p>Ancestry.com compiled genealogies of the Plumb & Norris families as viewed on 8 Jan 2021.</p><p>Newspapers.com as viewed on 9 Jan 2021. Used for stories of Norris legal troubles as per editions quoted in text above.</p><p><i>The Times</i> Streator IL 22 Sept 1911 Page 1 – announcement of the marriage of Josephine M. Nichols and William Norris.</p><p><b> Francis Merrill Plumb 1806-1899</b></p><p> Francis Merrill Plumb was born 18 September 1806 at Litchfield Herkimer Co New York. He was the son of Theron Aaron Plumb 1785-1864 and Harriet Merrill Merry 1785-1835. Francis was the eldest of at least 13 children born to his parents as follows: </p><p>Francis 1806-1899; Martha 1808 -; Theron Calvin 1810-1838; Samuel 1812-1882; Mary 1813-1836; Jacob 1815-1861; Col. Ralph Oberlin 1816-1903; Calvin C. 1816-1840; Hiram Abiff 1820-1869; Edward B. 1822-1869; Harriet 1823 -: Julius Ashtabula 1827 -; & Elizabeth 1828 -. </p><p>Francis's father Theron was the son of Ebenezer Plumb Jr 1739-1821 and his wife Mary Skeel 1739-1833 who were married about 1767 at Richmond Berkshire Co Massachusetts. Francis' father is died in 1864 at Clay Washington Co. Iowa at the age of 80. Francis's mother Harriet was the daughter of Samuel Merry Sr. 1750-1827 and his wife Hannah Merrill 1747-1814 who were married about 1769 in Hartford Connecticut.</p><p> Francis Plumb married Laura M. Hyde on 19 October 1830 at Hormon Trumbull Co. Ohio. She was born 9 February 1810. She and her husband Francis had at least 15 children as follows:</p><p>Hyde Plumb 1831-1855; Ezra Nelson Plumb 1833-1911; Faucett/Fawcett Plumb 1834-1919; Mary Plumb 1836 -1931; Sarah Plumb 1838-1921; Isabelle Plumb 1839-1859; Rosa Hyde Plumb 1841-1924; Dahlia Plumb 1842-1850; John Brough Plumb 1844-1921 he worked a job as a typesetter on the "Central City Register"; Robert Porter Plumb 1846-1921; Laura Mary Plumb 1848-1926; Jennie Laura Plumb 1851-1932; and Annie Plumb 1852 -.</p><p> In the 1850 Census Francis is found with his wife and ten of his children living at Kinsman Trumbull Co. Ohio listed as a farmer. The 1855 Iowa State Census finds Plumb enumerated at Pleasant Ridge Lee Co. Iowa and in 1860 his first wife having died in 1854 Francis was now found enumerated at Dutch Creek Washington Co Iowa living with several of his children. The 1865 Illinois State Census shows Plumb then residing at Kendall Kendall Co Illinois. When the 1870 Census was taken Plumb was now found enumerated at Central City Gilpin Co. Colorado Territory and was again listed as a farmer with his son Nelson living with him and listed in the mining business. Francis moved to Central City and soon after founded a quartz grinding mill followed by a timber mill. By 1872 he relocated to Streator Illinois a town said to be virtually founded by his brother Ralph Oberlin Plumb 1816-1903.</p><p> Francis's brother Ralph Oberlin Plumb was a Representative from Illinois. He was born in Busti Chautauqua County New Yok on 29 March 1816. He attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and moved to Ohio. He became a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1855. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Oberlin Lorain County Ohio. During the Civil War Ralph served in the Union Army as captain and quartermaster of Volunteers 1861-1865. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel. After the war he moved to Illinois in 1866 and settled in Streator where he engaged in the mining of coal and the building of railroads. He became the mayor of Streator Illinois 1882-1885 and then was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth U.S. Congresses March 4 1885-March 3 1889. He engaged in banking until his death in Streator on 8 April 1903.</p><p> Francis M. Plumb lived a peripatetic life. we find he may have also lived or travelled to: Kinsman Ohio March 1852; Pontiac Illinois Feb. 1867; Kenosha Wisconsin Feb. 1867; Kinsman Ohio March 1867; Orangeville Ohio March 1867; Dover Plains Dutchess Co. New York May 1867; Patterson Putnam Co. New York June 1867; Denver Colorado Territory Oct. 1869; Central City Colorado Territory Nov. 1869 Jan. 1870 March 1870 Oct. 1870 Nov. 1870; Denver Colorado Territory Dec. 1870; "Plumbville on the Divide El Paso Co. Colorado Territory Jan. 1871; Denver Colorado Territory Feb. 1871; "At the Mill on the / Divide in Col. T.Y. / Sixty Miles from anywhere" March 1871; Kiowa Colorado Territory May 1871; Streator La Salle Co. Illinois Feb. 1872; Streator Illinois Sept. 1876 Jan. 1877. March 1877; and finally Joliet Illinois March 1884 where he appears to have lived until his death.</p><p> After the death of his first wife Laura on 9 November 1854 he remained a widower until he was married a second time on 15 June 1881 to Hattie Elizabeth McIntire. She was born 19 March 1830 at Fredonia Chautauqua Co New York. She had previously been married to Jones H. Whitney in 1848 and had two children with him. Mr. Whitney died shortly after the Civil War and Hattie a widow went to live in Joliet where she met and married Plumb.</p><p> Francis M. Plumb died 25 January 1899 at age 92 at his then home in Joliet Will Co. Illinois and was buried at Kinsman Presbyterian Cemetery Kinsman Trumbull Co. Ohio.</p><p> Francis' sister Mary Plumb Sutliff 1813-1836 was said to have been the first wife of Levi Sutliff 1806-1864 who was a major force in the local Underground Railroad movement died at Trumbull Co. Ohio. The Sutliffs were a pioneer family in Trumbull County coming from Connecticut. They settled in Vernon Ohio and succeeding generations were influential civic leaders through 1955. Brothers Levi active in the Underground Railroad in Trumbull County and Milton 1808-1880 Ohio Supreme Court Judge and Senator supported the Abolition movement and the Underground Railroad financially and politically. They both attended the organizational meeting of the National Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia in 1833. Levi's daughter Phebe T. Sutliff a scholar and the first woman president of Rockford Illinois College was instrumental in the formation of many civic organizations in Warren. She was also a candidate for Congress in 1924.</p><p><b>Sample Quotes:</b></p><p>Bear Creek Colorado Dec. 13th 1863 Julia to Mary Plumb</p><p> "My Ever Dear Mary</p><p> Your kind and most welcome letter came to hand Friday last. It found us still living on Bear Creek… I have been to see your brother once since you left he was well and if I am any judge of housekeeping he is getting along nicely … Porter is gone to the River. So the boys tell me. I have not been to Denver since I went with you… Mrs. Mowry has had no parties since the people say Mr. Mowry is drinking very hard. I presume you have heard of Mr. Dunn's death he killed himself drinking and I am afraid Mr. Mowry will go much the same way. … recd a letter from Mr R last week he was at Kearney on the fifth of this month said he had quite a hard trip of it… Wallace Milliag has returned from the new mines he says Griffith is doing well there. Wallace done well & is going back in March. Mary let us go to the new mines. What do you say … I have not seen any of the Denver boys since you left expect to go to Denver this week then perhaps I may see some of them…" </p><p> London England June 7th 1875 Ralph Plumb to L. W. Nichols Denver Colorado</p><p> "You are doubtless aware of the departure of the health seekers from Omaha about the 1st inst as I am informed by cable and you can sympathise with me in the deep interest felt for the undertaking… I make the distance from Omaha to Colorado Springs via Denver by wagon road to be about 700 miles and if Geraldine should endure the journey and improve it will take them some 40 days or say 35 days to Denver. I shall expect to have a cable from some point on the Union Pacific besides letters by every steamer… </p><p> My year of banishment has not been entirely lost even if the business which called me here shall prove a failure for I have had an excellent opportunity for observing the English people high and low rich and poor learned and ignorant and to trace in their present condition the effects of their religious and political institutions. </p><p> … I do not thus judge from any present appearance of opposition to monarchy in Great Britain. On the contrary there is a remarkable unanimity of feeling in favor of Queen Victoria and no one advocates a change. But let another come to the throne who is in any sense a king and not as the present Queen is a mere cypher and then an elements now existing here which would develop and crystalize into shapes that nothing could resist. The masses of England are now fearfully ignorant but the school master is abroad they are copying our system of schools and are making slow but sure progress towards free schools and universal education. </p><p> Another influence is also quietly at work which in due time will powerfully aid in overthrowing monarchy in England and that is the disestablishment of the church … Disestablish the church make education universal and extend the suffrage to all who are of age and the next thing will be the overthrow of Monarchy. But the English move slow they are tied to old forms and will not adopt new ideas with the rapidity of Americans in fact if a change re to come <u>only</u> because an enlightened public opinion demanded it great would be the delay. Here as elsewhere great forces are silently at work which cannot be resisted and these though but dimly seen at present are sure to assert their power. England has attained her present commanding position by employing her laborers profitably and very largely in the manufacture of steel and iron for which articles the United States has been her very best customer. It is now demonstrated by actual working that both iron and steel can be made at less cost in the United States than here even with cheap labor and cheap capital in Englands favor so that in the immediate future not only will the United States cease to be Englands customer but will become her most formidable competitor for the markets of the world not only for their articles but for many others. Now remember there are here 32000000 and where these are deprived of profitable employment either force or a concession of natural rights must be employed to keep the laboring portion quiet. Force cannot be successfully used and concession must be adopted…"</p><p> Streator Il Oct. 25 1885 Ralph Plumb to L. W. Nichols Denver Colorado</p><p> "The Rocky Mt News having an article on the much mooted silver question came duly to hand and is already in my scrapbook to which a lot of literature on that subject has found its way.</p><p> Up to this writing I cannot see that the coinage of silver should be changed in any way except to make it free as is gold coinage. Coining less than all that is mined and not wanted for the arts tends strongly to depress the market price in fact it is difficult to see why it would not go to par if coinage was not restricted. No doubt the objector would say that you would make money too plenty.</p><p> Doubtless it would seem so to the holder of bonds and securities for it would open the power of his holdings but for the great debtor masses such decrease in the power of money would work no harm but on the contrary good and as between these two classes patriotic justice demands that the latter should be served. I take no stock in the idea that silver is not wanted by the people because of its cumbersomness; a silver certificate is no more cumbersome than is a gold certificate and it will pay as many debts and buy as much property as either gold or silver itself. True it may be necessary for the government to provide storage but what of that What is government for if not for the purpose of serving the people who are or at least ought to be the masters of the government.</p><p> It is well to inquire who it is that demands the denomination of silver or the stoppage of coining it even. The whole discussion has been introduced and engineered by the monied class and no one else – True I must often with the average citizen who has heard so often that silver is driving gold from the country that he half believes it and is of course alarmed lest something terrible is about to happen but even such an easily made to see that gold never leaves the country as long as the balance of trade is in our favor as it now is -is likely to be and has been for years. No unless a light from some pinnacle higher than any Wall Street house comes to correct me I cannot aid in disturbing silver – let "the dollar of the daddies" roll from every mint without let or hindrance. It is good for our people the people are the government and the United States is able to do what ever is for the peoples good…" </p><p> House of Representatives Washington D.C. January 17 1887 Ralph Plumb to L. W. Nichols Esq. Denver Colorado</p><p> "Dear Sir</p><p> I notice in the newspapers that ex-Senator Hill contemplates establishing Smelting works in Aurora Illinois. Now if he has such a thing in mind it would be a great mistake to adopt Aurora as a location when Streator is so much better that out of pure regard for Senator Hill's interests I desire to call his attention to Streator as possessing superior advantages to any location for such a purpose in the State of Illinois.</p><p> Smelting requires fuel and the cheaper the fuel the greater the profit. Vermillion coal is unequalled for smelting purposes. It produces bot gas and coke to a degree that no other Illinois coal equals. The railroad facilities of Streator are more than double those of Aurora but I need not enlarge for you know these facts as well as I.</p><p> It may not be true that Senator Hill contemplates such a move but I would ask you to interview him and tell him what you know about Streator. I have written him to-day so that you need not inform him that you see him at my request. It would be a "ten strike" for Streator to have such an acquisition as the proposed smelting works. …" </p><p> "Streator Illinois Oct. 16th 1892 Ralph Plumb to L. W. Nichols Denver Colorado</p><p> "Returning from Iowa Dakota and Minnesota yesterday I found yours enclosing check for three hundred fifty seven $357 dollars which is endorsed on your note and pays interest until July 1892. In my absence RG Ingersoll delivered his lecture on Voltaire at the Opera House. While regretting we did not hear him we are glad a full house greeted the great agnostic and were well paid for their interest.</p><p> You ask about Bald Mountain. Lillie is still trying to get the tunnel far enough ahead to reach the gold bearing grand channel but has not found it and may never do so but with a dogged perseverance which we call faith we are persisting and have hope. The tunnel is now considerably over a mile long. I had heard of J D McCords great loss. I know how heavy a blow the death of his wife must be to him.</p><p> We have all of the excitement we need for the present. The worlds fair dedication and a McKinley meeting will take up the present week…" </p><p> Baltimore August 10th 1893 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… I have kept close watch of the reports from Colorado and see what terrible times you have been having there. If Congress does nothing to relieve the situation I will inevitably have a good deal of Colorado property back on my hands. The pressure is just beginning to tell on us here in Baltimore. But the last day or two "since the Presidents message to Congress". I have taken new courage. I believe the bulk of the party will leave him and that Congress will pass <u>some</u> kind of a free silver law. Then we shall se whether Cleveland will veto it or not. They are bound to have very exciting times in Washington for the nest month or two and I am thankful that Colorado has two such able men in the Senate." </p><p> Baltimore August 16 1893 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… I will let you have the money you asked for just as soon as it can be got out of the Boulder Bank and I will write to Dr. Bond today. I suppose he has the hardest kind of a time to keep his Bank open at all. But I presume in a very few days it will be in better shape. We are beginning to feel the pressure of the tight money market here. Not a dollar can be borrowed from the banks here now with any kind of security. We have been building a good deal this summer and have used all our spare money. I think money will get plentier very soon now as people begin to see that we are not going to the single gold standard. I am encouraged at the outlook in Congress and think all will be well…" </p><p> Baltimore December 15 1893 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… Times here are just beginning to get hard to keep soul and body together. It is a very queer state of things. Money is plenty and commands a very low rate of interest and all kinds of produce is very low in price but the poor can get no work to do to earn anything. No new enterprises are being started and Factories are constantly reducing wages and discharging their hands. All enterprise has been crushed out. I don't think we have seen the worst here yet. Colorado I believe is going to recover sooner from the crash than this Eastern country. We shall not have real good times again in my opinion until we get free coinage of silver again which I believe will be within five years. I see there are four new States likely to be admitted into the Union. Then with a western silver President we will be in shape to accomplish it. Our business here don't suffer from hard times as much as I anticipated…" </p><p> Streator Illinois Dec. 29th 1893 Ralph Plumb to L. W. Nichols Denver Colorado</p><p> "Dear Sir</p><p> … I return herewith the letter of your Balt correspondent. I hope he may prove prophet as to free coinage. There are indications of financial trouble throughout those European countries that have adopted the gold standard and are trying to rob silver of its money quality and it begins to appear to thinkers in Europe that the almost universal depression is traceable to the crucifixion of the white metal. Should this sentiment obtain and become a conviction it is probable that the back track will be taken and the great mischief be undone but as the battle now stands there is no hope for help from the other side of the Atlantic nor from those of our own financiers whose opinions are imported from Europe free of duty. As to our own country at this writing the gold bugs are on top. They have the democracy with them through ignorance and enough republicans through greed to control the situation.</p><p> The US could dictate free coinage to the whole world if determined to do so and it is in the power of a compact party of voters enough to hold the balance of power to win the fight but it must act with both wisdom and firmness. Many of the free coiners are demagogs pure and simple – none such are capable of leading on to victory. It requires a revolution among the voters – a throwing off of party allegiance – a devotion to the public good such as is borne of wide spread adversity – The required condition is now supplied and if leaders come to the front sufficiently devoid of political itch for personal preferment the work of reinstating silver can be accomplished.</p><p> But we can't "go it alone" with the balance of trade against us and nothing short of protection will insure us against the adverse balance. "Protection and Free Coinage" is an issue on which victory can be secured." </p><p> Streator Illinois January 17 1894 Ralph Plumb to Mary P. Nichols Denver</p><p> "Dear Niece</p><p> The newspapers said a Ben Hur organization had been formed in Crawfordsville Ind at which place Lew Wallace resides. At Rose's suggestion I called Gen Wallaces attention to your statue of Ben and suggested that the "Tribe of Ben Hur" purchase it if it was for sale. Enclosed I send you the General's reply. If you can forward a photo to Frank Snyder of Crawfordsville it may lead to business. I will write to Mr. Snyder telling him that a photo may possible be had…"</p><p> Accompanied by Wallace's letter to Plumb dated January 15 1894.</p><p> Baltimore April 15th 1896 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… We have not sold any stock since we sent the 2nd Draft but hope to be able to do so soon. The times continue very dull and money hard to get … I am greatly interested in the movement in the political world these days. The gold men are making frantick efforts these days. The N.Y. World today argues that if a free coinage law was passed it would so contract the currency that all kinds of property would go down so tremendously in price as to ruin everybody except the extremely rich. It makes the bold statement that it would reduce prices <u>one half</u>. Perhaps it thinks <u>none</u> of the fools are dead I cut from the news Washington letter of last evening and inclose. It shows how true it is that the silver craze is dead. You know it has been saying in every issue that the silver craze was fast dying out was in fact dead and buried. If the politicians will let the people vote on it squarely I have no fear of the result. The danger is in the silver men dividing their forces. The gold men will vote as a unit…" </p><p> Baltimore May 20 1896 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "Some days ago Jack sent you by Express all of those Thunder Bute shares you left when you were here $50000 I see by the papers that people are moving out of West Creek and presume the mines there did not turn out as well as we or they hoped they would. If it is thought advisable not to expend any more money there on the Thunder Bute property the money on hand might be expended some where else so that those buying the stock might not loose perhaps after all. I shall be anxious to see how that district turns out … I have been interested in the political outlook lately. I think the cause of silver has never grown faster than it has for the last few weeks especially in East of Colorado. If the Chicago Convention would nominate a good Silver man preferably N. M. Telller it would sweep the Country like a cyclone in my opinion. Even the gold men in Maryland would have a hard time to carry the state."</p><p> Baltimore July 16th 1896 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… right in the face of the frantic efforts of all the great news papers of this city to sweep back the tide. Of course I was greatly disappointed that Teller did not get the nomination at Chicago but Bryan was my <u>second</u> choice. </p><p> I believe there is a good chance to carry even Maryland for Bryan and Silver. I have made it a point to talk with our contractors for a long time on the silver question … and now I believe <u>every one</u> will vote for Bryan & Sewall will be elected. But the gold men are rattled and will do every thing possible and there must be no let up on the part of silver men until the election is won. Our office has got to be quite a free silver headquarters as I was one of the first silver men here …" </p><p> Baltimore Sept. 22 1896 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… I found a strong silver sentiment in both Cattaraugus and Chatauqua counties. Still a large part of the farmers are so dumb as to stick to the Republican party and advocate the gold standard. Uncle Alvah however is not one of that kind and all of our neighborhood in Cold Spring are for silver. … But New York State will undoubtedly go for McKinley I think. Money is being used in the most disgraceful manner and also intimidation of employers in favor of McKinley. Bryan is however a host within himself I have heard him twice once at Jamestown N.Y. and over here in both places he created the greatest enthusiasm. It is very hard to tell what will be the outcome in this State but it is liable to go for Bryan. At the B &ORR Shops in the City the Gold Bugs have organized a financial school and the ones who are the quickest to learn the gold catechism are to retain their places and those not answering to the satisfaction of the teachers are to be discharged. But thanks to the Australian Ballot when they are in the Booths they are free men. I am not all satisfied with the populists in this campaign. They mixing things up uselessly and may be the cause of loosing the election to McKinley. One of our Baltimore papers yesterday claimed that Colorado was likely to be carried for McKinley of course I knew better. How is the mining business Is there anything being done with the Thunder Bute property. Those to whom the Stock was sold are enquiring of me and I don't know what to tell them. …" </p><p> Baltimore Nov. 27th 1896 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… not knowing exactly what to be thankful for. To say that I was disappointed in the outcome of the election is putting it very mildly although I realized the great power of the money and the Trusts and Corporations but I did not fully realize the dense ignorance of the Farmers of Iowa for instance and even of the farmers of the middle and eastern states. There is no excuse for them. They had no business to be controlled by the power of money. The Laborer in the eastern cities are wholly dependent upon their employers and then they are densely ignorant and don't know their interest. The Negroes voted almost to a man for McKinley simply because he is a republican. I don't know how it will terminate but I think in a revolution before many years. I think that a peaceful solution of the money question is now out of the question <u>unless</u> the American people are content to be ruled by a monied aristocracy and become industrial slaves. A foreign war might change the situation. Of course things may have a different outlook in 1900 but at present the future for America to me looks gloomy. … About the most disreputable performances during the last campaign has been the part the ministers and churches have played. With a few honorable exceptions. It has been very disgusting to me and exasperating beyond measure. I was thankful that Colorado came to the scratch in such fine shape and I am proud of her… When we do have cold weather there will be great suffering by the poor. The Coal Trust raised the price of coal one dollar per ton over the price they sold it for last year in all these eastern cities although they pay their laborers less than one year ago. They rob the people of one dollar or more on every ton of coal they use and give back a small proportion of it to secure their votes so as to enable them to continue robbery indefinitely." </p><p> Baltimore Oct. 10th 1898 Robert Culver Real Estate and Loans to L. W. Nichols Denver</p><p> "… About "politics" I fully agree you that we are helpless and can only lie still and see them work out their Devilish schemes. It seems almost impossible to make the average Maryland voter realize and understand the effect of the single gold standard and the contraction of our money. They <u>will not</u> use their brains and are growing more ignorant and poorer every day Maryland is really controlled by voters who cannot read or write. They hold the balance of power and <u>expect</u>and <u>are</u> paid for their votes one way and another but largely with cash. It don't take but a little money to buy a Darkeys sic vote. I am disgusted with the politics of Maryland and I am persuaded it is little better elsewhere. Not quite as much ignorance perhaps but rascality and corruption everywhere. The present administration I think is the most corrupt in the history of the Nation. There is jobbery everywhere. The welfare of the common people is not considered at all. I get discouraged and think sometimes that the Government can never be wrested from the Boodlers the Trusts & Money Sharks. Money seems to be all powerful in the Elections and they have it and use it…Have thought some of going to Cuba or Porto Rico but I think now things will be too unsettled …" </p><p><b> Collection Inventory:</b></p><p> The collection can be divided into three sections:</p><p><b>I. </b><b>Nichols- Plumb Family Letters</b></p><p>a. Letters by Lafayette W. Nichols 1850's-1860's</p><p>7 letters 21 pages</p><p>b. Letters to Lafayette W. Nichols from various correspondents 1855-1913</p><p>65 letters 168 pages</p><p>c. Letters from Ralph Plumb Streator Illinois to Lafayette W. Nichols Denver 1875-1900</p><p> 16 letters 29 pages</p><p>d. Letters from Robert Culver Baltimore to Lafayette W. Nichols Denver 1893-1898</p><p>19 letters 28 pages</p><p>e. Letters to Mary Plumb Nichols wife of L.W. Nichols 1856-1923</p><p>30 letters 113 pages</p><p>f. Plumb-Nichols-Norris miscellaneous correspondence 1860's-1905</p><p>24 letters 71 pages</p><p><b>II. </b><b>Letters to Josephine Nichols Norris</b></p><p>a. 1870's 4 letters 10 pages</p><p>b. 1902 2 letters 9 pages</p><p>c. 1903 primarily from her mother Mary P. Nichols 54 letters 192 pages</p><p>d. 1904 3 letters 8 pages</p><p>e. 1906 2 letters 2 pages</p><p>f. 1909 hereafter letters are primarily from her fiancé and later husband William A. Norris 62 letters 200 pages</p><p>g. 1910 137 letters 363 pages</p><p>h. 191 87 letters 199 pages</p><p>i. 1912 2 letters 9 pages</p><p>j. 1913 43 letters 100 pages</p><p>k. 1914 52 letters 98 pages</p><p>l. 1915 97 letters 239 pages</p><p>m. 1916 76 letters 142 pages</p><p>n. 1917 36 letters 57 pages</p><p>o. 1918 51 letters 113 pages</p><p>p. 1919 23 letters 65 pages</p><p>q. 1920 8 letters 24 pages</p><p>r. Undated letters to Josephine N. Nichols from W. A. Norris 23 letters 53 pages</p><p>s. Later letters to Josephine N. Norris 1920s-1930s 6 letters 18 pages</p><p>t. Later letters to William A. Norris 1920s-1940s 12 letters 28 pages</p><p><b>III. </b><b>Plumb-Nichols-Norris Ephemera 1856-1960</b></p><p>Approximately 76 items including: bills receipts invoices circulars promotional items viewbooks family photographs autograph book small account book deeds promissory notes botanical specimen book school ephemera et cetera.</p> books‎

Bookseller reference : 30897

‎Nicholson William‎

‎Seeker‎

‎Egmont Books Ltd 2005. Paperback. Used; Good. Previous owners inscription. Wear to extremities. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3031380</p> Egmont Books Ltd paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3031380 ISBN : 1405222956 9781405222952

‎Nick & Tony Lyons Editors‎

‎The Quotable Dad‎

‎New York: Hallmark 2001. Hardcover Hardcover. Used - Very Good. gift notation on ffep else clean & tight Hallmark hardcover‎

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‎Nick Fisher‎

‎BOYS ABOUT BOYS. The Facts Fears and Fantasies‎

‎Pan Macmillan paperback 1991 111 pages. Message to boys: Much of what you've heard behind the bike-sheds may be wrong. The author Agony Uncle for 'Seventeen' magazine gives rank and helpful information for boys. May also help girls understand boys! Light edge staining otherwise good. ISBN 0330325930. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 22836 ISBN : 0330325930 9780330325936

‎Nick Saunders‎

‎The Story Of Julius Caeser‎

‎Ticktock 2006. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2312587</p> Ticktock paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2312587 ISBN : 1846960053 9781846960055