Manuscripts and Archives
Thomas Paine. Common Sense. The first London edition (1776), completed in manuscript
Paine, Thomas (1737-1809). Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America… A New Edition, with several Additions in the Body of the Work. To wh...
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The professional files of a disgraced G-Man during the Cold War
[Federal Bureau of Investigation] Curtain, John Thomas (1924 – 1989). Class Notes, Field Notebook, reports, and correspondence from the brief career o...
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35 American composers of art songs name their favorite tune
Goodjohn (Wu), Arlouine (1918-2015). An archive of 50 letters plus related materials received from over 35 American art song composers, 1961-1965. Col...
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A Clandestine political manuscript from early modern Venice
Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham-Nicolas (1634-1706). La storia delle massime e governo della Repubblica di Venezia, descritto da un segretario di un am...
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A Comprehensive Alpine Herbarium
Caviezel, Michael. Flora des Berninagebietes. Pontresina, Switzerland: M. Caviezel, ca. 1880. 151 leaves, 37cm. Cover bright, contents sound, but spin...
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A Great American Songbook: Ann Stewart's Revolutionary hymnal, c.1767 to 1789
Stewart, Ann (ca. 1741 – 1821) Manuscript Musical Notebook, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, circa 1767-1789. 4 ¼ x 8 ½ in. 86 pp. on 45 leaves (two blank). ...
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A jumbo Gillette Marketing Portfolio from the Mad Men era
Gillette Safety Razor Company. The Mighty Midget. Advertising presentation portfolio. [Boston: Gillette Safety Razor Company, ca. 1953]. 33 leaves, pr...
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A letter from Tahitian missionary George Pritchard to his daughter (1841)
Pritchard, George (1796-1883). ALS to his daughter, Elizabeth ("Eliza") Sarah Pritchard, Surrey Chapel House, 17 November 1841. 2 p. A short let...
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A memoir of the Black Hawk War and the Founding of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin (1833)
Smith, Henry (1798 – 1847), Indian Campaign of 1832. Holograph manuscript, 1833. 18 pp. 10 x 8 inches, approximately 4500 words. Authorial corrections...
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A richly detailed diary of Gold Rush California 1850-1852
Pangborn, David Knapp (1803-1874). Manuscript journal, 1850-1852, 1862-1864. 256 pp.; about 6½ x 8½ in. Bound in original calf journal with contrastin...
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A San Francisco judge starts in Cleveland (1849-1850)
Cowles, Samuel (1823-1880). Diary, July 1849 to July 1850. About 50 pages, written in a clear, easily legible hand with a few lines in Pitman's shorth...
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A witty manuscript by Voltaire with an intriguing history
Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] (1694 – 1778). Épître à Monsieur Suard. Manuscript poem sent as a letter to Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard (1732 – 1817)...
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