Historical Manuscripts
Original letters and documents relating to cultural, intellectual, and social history
A revolutionary Tagalog manuscript from the Philippine-American War
Trinidad, Críspulo (1839-1925). Buhay ni Judit. Holograph manuscript, signed by the author and dated 22 September 1899. 16 x 22 cm; 99 pp. written on ...
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A slave sale mandated by the Louisiana Supreme Court
Sale of Slave by Suc[cessors] of Woodruff to Dr. James G. Belden, dated 1 April 1858. Holograph manuscript on printed form folded to make 4 pages. A ...
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Indian Treaty for Catskill Land Purchase, with an Alexander Hamilton Connection
The Catskill Patent. The Indians to Cornelis Van Dyck & Marte Gerretse [Van Bergen]. Dated the 13th June 1684. Copy Deed Translated. A copy in Eng...
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Correspondence Archive of Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner (1771-1792)
Sumner, Increase (1746-1799). A small archive of 28 letters, mostly invitations sent to Sumner and his family, 1771-1792. Included is also a candid l...
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An important Methodist church register from the Second Great Awakening, recording a shark attack
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An important Methodist church register from the Second Great Awakening, recording a shark attack
Webb, Rev. Daniel (1778-1867), et al. Church Register of the Eastern Methodist Episcopal Church, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1813-1840. 21 x 16½ cm. (8¼ x 6 ...
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Nantucket Traders and Trojan Pioneers: A New York Archive, 1748-1834
Boardman, John (1758–1813) and Clarinda Starbuck Boardman (1773–1846). A substantial archive of over 80 letters and documents documenting the lives of...
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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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A Calligraphic Manuscript for a Pioneer in Religious Education
[Athearn, Walter S.] To Our Friend Walter S. Athearn, Dean, Boston University School of Religious Education and Social Service, 1918-1928. Four vellu...
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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 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 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 Whittier between the Devil and Lowell factory girls
Whittier, [ _____ ], letter to William West, July 9, 1832. A lengthy, substantial, and amusing letter written on three sides of a single sheet, 39 cm ...
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