The archive includes: 16 letters, 45 manuscript pages, dated 1824-1838, with 11 manuscript pages of documents and papers, dated 1827-1836, plus 162 manuscript page genealogy book of the Bradford family, dated 1825; and a 76 page manuscript “Friendship Book” of Mary… more >
Large archival collection of family papers which includes: 18 manuscript pocket diaries, 1852-1882, totaling 2,642 pages of dated entries, 92 pages of accounts, and memoranda, plus blanks. The collection also includes 2267 family letters, from later generations of the family totaling 5839… more >
19 letters, 39 pages, plus 10 manuscripts totaling 76 pages, as well as related ephemeral material.
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Archive of 316 letters, comprising 1,311 pp., with 28 pieces of ephemera, (including calling cards, used envelopes, and postcards), all dated between 1925 and 1951, with the bulk of material being 1925 to 1938. Of the 316 letters, 112 of them (545… more >
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1816, octavo, 23, [1] pp., sewn as issued, untrimmed, ex-library, hand and blind stamps on title page, text somewhat tanned, else a good copy. more >
[Harrisburg: Hamilton & Son, printers,1832] 12mo, 8-page pamphlet, original plain paper wrappers, ex-library, small handstamp on first page, else a very good, clean copy. more >
Large archive of personal and family correspondence consisting of 1,144 letters, 4,183 manuscript and typescript pages, approximately 85 related ephemeral items, 3 account, scrap and notebooks, 4 photographs.
Archive of… more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub