Box Small Collections 14

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

Gasto ordinario de casa: desde el 1 de Noviembre de 1858, hasta el fin de Diciembre de 1863, 1858 - 1863

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1003 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1003-i0001
Scope and Contents

Diary largely consists of numbers, but no English transcript is currently available. Handwritten diary, some fading and damage may cause reading issues.

Dates: 1858 - 1863

Commonplace Book with Poetry, circa 1818

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1004 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1004-i0001

David Grieve Patent, signed by John Adams and Timothy Pickering, 1797 June 8

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1005 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1005-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a patent from 1797 for David Grieve for an invention in looms. The patent is signed by President John Adams, Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, and Attorney General Charles Lee.

Dates: 1797 June 8

Map - A Plan of the Late Siege of the Havana and Moor's Castle, & their Environs, circa 1762

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1006 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1006-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains three maps depicting naval battles in Cuba during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1762-1763. The engravings were created for the London Magazine.

Dates: circa 1762

Map - A Plan of the Straights of Bahama, through which the Expedition Fleet was Conducted in the Year 1762, against the Havana, circa 1762

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1006 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss1006-i0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains three maps depicting naval battles in Cuba during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1762-1763. The engravings were created for the London Magazine.

Dates: circa 1762

Map - A View of the Moor's Castle near the Havana Whilst Beseiged by Us, circa 1762

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1006 - 3
Identifier: spc-mss1006-i0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains three maps depicting naval battles in Cuba during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1762-1763. The engravings were created for the London Magazine.

Dates: circa 1762

Photographs, 1905

 File — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0992 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0992-g0001

Letter from a Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer on Racial Violence, 1882 August 1

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0987 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0987-i0001
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter, some water damage may make reading difficult. No transcript available at this time.

Dates: 1882 August 1

Letters, 1818-1884

 File — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0988 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0988-g0001
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters from the Hutchinson family, outgoing correspondence. Some letters are nearly illegibile due to fading ink and water damage. No transcript available at this time.

Dates: 1818-1884

Original Engravings by Theresa Sherrer Davidson for Donald Davidson's The Long Street; Poems, 1961

 File — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0995 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0995-g0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains seven original engravings by Theresa Sherrer Davidson for her husband Donald Davidson's The Long Street; Poems, published in 1961.

Dates: 1961

Royal Decree which makes a Kingdom of the State of Brazil, 1815 December 16

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0996 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0996-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection, dated December 16, 1815, contains a typeset royal decree in Portuguese declaring the Kingdom of Brazil a constituent Kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.

Dates: 1815 December 16

Diary of Edna Witwen, 1918 - 1919

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0997 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0997-i0001

Photographs of Edna Witwen (2), 1918 - 1919

 File — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0997 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0997-g0001

Stagecoach transport register, 1849 - 1850

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0998 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0998-i0001
Scope and Contents

Transport register is handwritten. Some wear due to old age may cause difficulty reading. No transcript available at this time.

Dates: 1849 - 1850

Report on 61 railroad bridges in North Georgia, East Tennessee, and Central Tennessee, circa 1863

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1015 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1015-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains documents related to railroad defense by Union soldiers during the American Civil War. There is also a detailed report on 61 railroad bridges on lines in North Georgia, East Tennessee, and Central Tennessee. Information includes distance from the city indicated, location, river crossed, length, height above water, number of spans, type of bridge, and remarks. Finally, there are documents related to Lt. Henry Osterheld's service during the war.

Dates: circa 1863

Documents related to railroad defense and Lt. Henry Osterheld, 1863 - 1865

 File — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1015 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss1015-g0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains documents related to railroad defense by Union soldiers during the American Civil War. There is also a detailed report on 61 railroad bridges on lines in North Georgia, East Tennessee, and Central Tennessee. Information includes distance from the city indicated, location, river crossed, length, height above water, number of spans, type of bridge, and remarks. Finally, there are documents related to Lt. Henry Osterheld's service during the war.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Certificate of Appointment of Henry Osterheld to First Sergeant, 1862 November 28

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1015 - 3
Identifier: spc-mss1015-i0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains documents related to railroad defense by Union soldiers during the American Civil War. There is also a detailed report on 61 railroad bridges on lines in North Georgia, East Tennessee, and Central Tennessee. Information includes distance from the city indicated, location, river crossed, length, height above water, number of spans, type of bridge, and remarks. Finally, there are documents related to Lt. Henry Osterheld's service during the war.

Dates: 1862 November 28

Letter from Napoléon Bonaparte, 1796 May 4

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1027 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1027-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains one letter sent by Napoleon Bonaparte regarding a military matter dated May 4, 1796 and a single woodcut print of Napoleon.

Dates: 1796 May 4

Woodcut print of "Napoleon in Spanien"

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.1027 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss1027-i0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains one letter sent by Napoleon Bonaparte regarding a military matter dated May 4, 1796 and a single woodcut print of Napoleon.

Dates: 1796 May 4

James Lockhart Scudder Letter to Colonel Henry B. Davidson, 1862 October 22

 Item — Box: Small Collections 14, Folder: MSS.0990 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0990-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a letter dated Oct. 1862 from James Lockhart Scudder to Confederate Colonel Henry B. Davidson, his brother-in-law. In the letter, Scudder assures Davidson of the falsity of the rumor "that [he] had turned Union man."

Dates: 1862 October 22

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