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Manuscript Letter Copy Book of Arthur M. Greene, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, and later the founding dean of Princeton University's Engineering School, with letter copies of his contractor father, Arthur M. Greene, also of Philadelphia, dated 1885-1902

Quarto, approximately 356 letters, on thin tissue like paper, totaling 503 pages, bound in half leather, pebbled cloth, lacks spine, boards detached, corners and edges worn, front flyleaf detached, some water staining, letters dated 28 December 1885 - 17 November 1902. Most…
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Manuscript Friendship Album of Augusta A. Mills, 1824-1831

small quarto, 59 pages of manuscript entries, plus blanks, bound in full red Morocco, “Augusta A. Mills” tolled in gilt on front board, some minor wear and rubbing to edges and extremities, bookseller’s label of Peter Burtsell, Stationer, New York, on front…
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Collection of Letters by Axel Lindblom, Swedish American sailor aboard the U.S.S. Decatur, 1902, to his brother Knut

sixteen letters, 51 pages, inscribed in ink and pencil, primarily dated 1902, but includes one letter dated 1894 from Knut Lindblom to his brother Axel, several letters in Swedish, some minor wear and soiling, else in good legible condition.
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Correspondence of Wellesley College graduate Persis Loring Conant, of Portland, Maine, and her fiancé, later husband, Law Professor Hugh Webster Babb, of Boston University, along with letters of their parents, siblings, children, Wellesley College friends, and associates, including art collector Edward Perry “Ned” Warren, author of “A Defence of Uranian Love,” 1884-1964

Large archive of 1507 letters, 6631 manuscript pp., dated 31 October 1884 to 19 May 1964; plus over 300 pieces of ephemera, including two photograph albums, related to the Babb and Conant families. Note: A complete inventory of the collection, and biographical sketches…
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Correspondence of sisters, Vesta I. and Ruth Margaret Bailey, both clerks, and stenographers, of Middlebury, Vermont and West Somerville, Massachusetts, and family, 1875 – 1957

369 letters, 1489 pp., dated 18 January 1875 to 31 December 1957; bulk from the 1900s-1910s; mostly handwritten, several typed; mostly incoming letters to sisters Vesta I and Ruth Margaret Bailey, with various correspondents including friends and family, or with each…
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Group of Three Autograph Letters Signed written by Dr. Benjamin Bowen Carter, China Trader, and the First American to Learn Chinese written on a China Trade Voyage, Canton, New Holland, Australia, and “At Sea”, 1799-1800

Folio, 18 pages in ink, on 10 loose leaves, these letters were evidently retained copies, apparently excised from a letter-copy book, some marginal defects minor tears and punctures to several leaves, some chipping, but no loss of text. The letters are written…
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Collection of Correspondence and Ephemera, concerning Benjamin Fewkes and Family, lace and hosiery weavers, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, considered to be the originator of the Hosiery Industry in America, 1819-1866

49 letters, 120 manuscript pages, written on folio and quarto size sheets, some letters are joint letters, having one page written by a parent, another page from a sibling, all letters dated from 20 June 1819 to 15 October 1860. There are…
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Group of Incoming Letters to Politician and Insurance Executive, Everett Chamberlin Benton, of Boston and Waverly, Massachusetts, written by his parents Charles E. and Adda C. Benton, and brother Jay B. Benton, all of Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont, 1882-1893

94 letters, 219 manuscript pages, (with 52 retained mailing envelopes), plus 3 telegrams and 1 receipt, all dated from 1882 to 1893, as follows: 41 letters, 60 pages, (with 10 mailing envelopes), written by Charles Emerson Benton to his son Everett, plus 3…
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Correspondence of Beulah Irene Peters, of Parryville, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, written to Charles L. Miller, Superintendent of the Missouri Furnace Company, at St. Louis, Missouri, 1888.

Collection of 83 letters, 502 manuscript pages, no envelopes, letters dated January 11th to November 8th, 1888. Letters are in good condition, written in ink, in a legible hand.
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Manuscript Ballad “Bold Dighton” “Being the Account of an action fought of Gouadalope in 1805 where ninety five Americans and near three hundred Britons made their escape from the prison at that place”

small folio, 4 pages, portion of sheet clipped at bottom not affecting text, some scattered staining, foxing, and toning to paper, else legibly inscribed in ink, very good.
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