Scope and Contents Manuscript volume of sixty (60) leaves, containing French verse in ink, all in the same hand. Contents:[first leaf] blank[second leaf] Title page: "Thuisiana. | ou | choix de quelques pieces de poesies | pour des Amis. | [pen flourish] | " . . . ne te ut miratur turba labores, | contentus paucis lectoribus. | Horace."[i]-ii: "Vers à Mrs Lutwyche. | en lui adressant le Recueil." At the end of the poem...

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Letter from Alfred Herbert Tubby to Sir Reginald Wingate, November 22, 1920. Tubby sends a copy of his recently published book, "A Consulting Surgeon in the Near East."

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Letter or a copy of a third-person letter from Tyrwhitt to Mr. Nichols, with "2" written twice in red pencil at the top of the leaf. Previously mounted.

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Undated manuscript play, "Dorothy Clyde; or, The Squire's Daughter." Sixteen sheets, written on both sides. Written in black ink, with stage directions and other additions in pink. At the end of the text is written "Revised by F. Lizzie Peirce." This is perhaps copied out of a published volume in which the play appeared.

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Letter to Dr. Hirschmann, 1908, in German.

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Letter from Chester Wells to Captain Franklin Whitney at Binghamton, July 25, 1828. Writing from Jersey, Wells laments his ill health, reports on the state of the haying season and that they have had no rain, and urges Whitney to come to Jersey.

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Letter in Russian and German to unidentified recipient from unidentified sender, August 21, 1968.

Scope and Contents Letter from Elven Henry of Durhamville, Oneida County, NY to his sister Mary H. Harwood in Barre, Massachusetts. Dated March 5, 1843, Henry's letter describes his six-month-old daughter Mary Amelia Henry, discusses various family visits, his intentions to visit Barre, the cost of railroad travel, and the state of business in his area. He describes "the subjects which excite the public mind this winter" as "protracted meetings, Animal Magnetism and Millerism," reporting recent debates between...

Scope and Contents Letter from homeopathic physician Stillman Spooner to his fiancee Lydia Lucretia Thorp at Camillus, Onondaga County, NY, April 9, 1843. Written from Wampsville, Madison County NY, this letter comments on the spread of the doctrines of Rev. William Miller: "It is truly astonishing what an excitement is got up through the land on this subject. A great many of our most inteligent men are becoming believers in that doctrine. My dear did the thought ever strike you what if thise doctrine is...

Scope and Contents Letter from Loran R. Case at Hamilton, Madison County, NY to his brother Victor Case at Knoxville, Tioga County, PA. Written January 24, 1836, this letter provides family news and updates, particularly about their brother Joseph, then living in Chicago. Joseph was sick and unable to pay off his debts. He also mentions brothers Sanford ("at work at threshing machine business in Cazenovia), George ("lives at home") and Alexis ("goes to school"). He discusses recent "protracted meetings" and...