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Obadiah Rich collection, 1450-1843

Title: Obadiah Rich collection 1450-1843

Collection consists of letters, documents and transcripts relating to the discovery, conquest and colonization of Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, the Moluccas, and the Philippines; and to the Casa de Contratación and the Council of the Indies. Correspondents include the kings of Spain and their emissaries in the New World. Transcripts are from the 1780s and mostly in the hand of Antonio de Ugina. They appear largely to duplicate other transcripts in the Muñoz Collection at the Biblioteca de la Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid. In some cases, however, they are believed to be the only surviving copies of documents.

ArchivalResource: 24 linear feet (20 boxes); 113 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2570 View

James Lenox papers, 1823-1936, 1840-1880

Title: James Lenox papers 1823-1936 1840-1880

Papers document the life of the New York bibliophile James Lenox, with an emphasis on his book collecting and philanthropic activities.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet linear feet; 9 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1732 View

Bernáldez, Andrés, d. 1513?. Historia de los reyes catolicos Dn. Fernando y Da. Isabel : / escrita por el bachiller Andrés Bernaldez, cura que fue de la villa de los Palacios. Capellan de Dn. Diego Deza, arzobispo de Sevilla, sacado de un códice antiguo que tiene en su poder Dn. O. Rich, consul de los Estados Unidos de America en Madrid : manuscript, 1827.

Title: Historia de los reyes catolicos Dn. Fernando y Da. Isabel : / escrita por el bachiller Andrés Bernaldez, cura que fue de la villa de los Palacios. Capellan de Dn. Diego Deza, arzobispo de Sevilla, sacado de un códice antiguo que tiene en su poder Dn. O. Rich, consul de los Estados Unidos de America en Madrid : manuscript, 1827.

Includes table of contents (pp. 1477-1514). Believed to be a transcribed copy of Historia de los reyes catolicos in the possession of O. Rich, made for the research use of William H. Prescott.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (1514 p.) ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612741448 View

Galíndez de Carvajal, Lorenzo, 1472-1532. Anales del rey D. Fernando el católico : / escrito por D. Lorenzo Galindez de Carbajal, sacado de un códice antiguo que tiene en su poder D. O. Rich, consul de los Estados Unidos de America en Madrid : manuscript, [ca. 1827]

Title: Anales del rey D. Fernando el católico : / escrito por D. Lorenzo Galindez de Carbajal, sacado de un códice antiguo que tiene en su poder D. O. Rich, consul de los Estados Unidos de America en Madrid : manuscript, [ca. 1827]

Believed to be a transcription of the Anales del D. Fernando in the possession of O. Rich, made for the research use of William H. Prescott.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (405 leaves) ; 37 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612741467 View

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850. Rich provenance collection, ca. 1845-1848.

Title: Rich provenance collection, ca. 1845-1848.

Collection consists of negative photostats of letters and accounts, original printed catalogs, and a photostat of an annotated catalog.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot (1 box, 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576184 View

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850. [Books relating to America, 1701-1827, ca. 1827?]

Title: [Books relating to America, 1701-1827, ca. 1827?]

ArchivalResource: pp.25.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77061825 View

Francois André Michaux papers, 1802-1911, 1802-1911

Title: Francois André Michaux papers, 1802-1911 1802-1911

Relating especially to American Philosophical Society business, these papers contain letters to and from men of science and institutions in Europe on the purchase and shipment of books and on the pubications of the Society. Many of the letters are to or from John Vaughan.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, Ca. 300 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.M58.1-ead.xml View

Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843. Papers, 1810-1842.

Title: Papers, 1810-1842.

This is the most extensive collection of documents relative to the career of Isaac Hull and his many years service in the U.S. Navy. The papers span the years 1810 to 1842 and include letters and letter-books, ledgers and account books, log books and ships papers, legal records and official reports, meteorological observations and sundry printed matter. Some of the more interesting documents were published in Commodore Hull: Papers of Isaac Hull (Boston, 1929). The bulk of the collection falls around 1840, during his period of service in the Mediterranean, when he had command of "Ohio," "Cyane," "Brandywine" and "Preble." Of great importance are the many letters from officials in Washington and U.S. consuls overseas, including William Tudor, Obadiah Rich and Hosea Sprague, which give a good account of political and military conditions at home and abroad. The papers, in sum, present a vivid picture of the development of the U.S. Navy during a critical period, beset by frequently hostile European forces and by suspicious bureaucrats in Washington, yet strengthened by the character, resolve and the organizational abilities of clear-minded sailors such as Commodore Hull. Also included in the collection are William Miller's account of the battle of Ayacucho (1825) and Bernardo O'Higgins' "To the virtuous inhabitants of the Archipelago of Chiloe" (1826).

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes + 16 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13087734 View

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850,. Bible, [ca. 1270].

Title: Bible, [ca. 1270].

Ms. Bible with a double psalter, consisting of two parallel versions by Jerome, the Gallican in the left column and the Hebraic in the right. Written and illuminated in England in the 1270s (Bennett, 1973, formerly suggested the 1260s; Morgan, 1988, pp. 184-185, no. 108, proposed the 1270s).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (458 leaves) : parchment, ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/177647730 View

Lenox, James, 1800-1880. James Lenox papers, 1823-1936, bulk (1840-1880).

Title: James Lenox papers, 1823-1936, bulk (1840-1880).

Collection consists of correspondence, Henry Stevens papers, Presbyterian Church materials, subject files, and personal papers.

ArchivalResource: 3.7 linear feet (12 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122456001 View

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Papers, 1655-1959; bulk: 1775-1859

Title: William Hickling Prescott papers, 1655-1959; bulk: 1775-1859.

Papers of author and historian William Hickling Prescott, 1655-1959, pertain to his writings about the rise and fall of the Spanish Empire. Papers includes correspondence; diaries entitled "Literary Memorandum"; drafts and proofs of his books Phillip II, Charles V, Ferdinand and Isabella, Conquest of Peru, Conquest of Mexico, and Memoir of Abbott Lawrence; research notes; Spanish manuscripts; diplomas; commissions; and newspaper clippings. Correspondence pertains to Prescott's research and publications, and his lifelong problems with his eyes. Correspondents include Sir Charles and Lady Mary Horner Lyell, Don Angel and Frances (Fanny) Erskine Inglis Calderon de la Barca, Thomas Aspinwall, George Bancroft, George Cabot, Nathan Dane, Edward Everett, Pasual de Gayangos, William Moody, Theophilus Parsons, Oliver Peabody, Catherine Green Hickling Prescott, William Prescott (1726-1795), William Prescott (1762-1844), David Sears, Jared Sparks, Obadiah Rich, Israel Thorndike, and George Ticknor, among many others. Also includes correspondence between Prescott and his parents William and Catherine Prescott, and a diary kept by Prescott during a voyage to visit his maternal grandfather in the Azores, and to treat the "rheumatism" of his eye in Europe, 1815-1817. Also includes Prescott family correspondence; business and legal papers of William Prescott (1762-1844); a diary kept by William Prescott (1762-1844), 1824-1845, deeds for family property in Groton and Pepperell, Mass., and Maine; a commonplace-book of Susan Amory Prescott, ca. 1842; diaries kept by Catherine Greene Hickling Prescott, 1786-89, while on a trip to the Azores and England; a travel diary kept by William Greene, 1778; a paybook kept by Col. William Prescott (1726-1795), 1775-1804; and an orderly book of the 7th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment commanded by his grandfather, Col. William Prescott (1726-1795), during the Siege of Boston and the New York campaign in 1776.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 10 vols.

http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0222 View

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1882,. Manuscripts and documents relating to Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1794-1886 (bulk, 1800-1864).

Title: Manuscripts and documents relating to Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1794-1886 (bulk, 1800-1864).

Correspondence, invoices and other items from auctioneers, booksellers and printers, including John Lowe, Obadiah Rich, Thomas Thorpe and Bernard Quaritch. Thirty catalogs of various portions of the collection, mainly in manuscript, created between 1816 and 1872. This collection includes manuscript catalogs of the libraries of Arthur Capel (Earl of Essex), Bishop Samuel Butler and Leander van Ess. Items from the auctioneers Payne and Foss concern their purchase for Phillipps of material from the Richard Heber sale of 1833 and the Benjamin Bright sale of 1844-1845. There is also miscellaneous correspondence, including letters from Brasenose College (Oxford) and the Bodleian Library about gifts from Phillipps, as well as several letters by him, including copies of letters for 1854-1855 madeby the Wedgwood Patent Manifold Writer. Materials concerning Phillipps' Continental tours include, but are not limited to, visas, his notes on Continental libraries, and letters from the librarian of Lille to the librarian of Cambrai regarding Phillipps' use of their collections. The collection also includes Phillipps' holograph manuscript of a "Visual shelf list" (an early attempt to systematize the arrangement of his collections), notes of the expenses involved in moving the collections from Middle Hill to Thirlestaine House, and lists of manuscripts in the libraries of collectors Walter Sneyd and John Lee drawn up for his Catalogus manuscriptorum in bibliothecis Angliae. Among the miscellaneous manuscripts are items relating to the purchase of the estate of Donald Fenton and a manuscript book of miscellaneous poems, including "Amor Patrie," a poem spoken at Manchester. Material about the disposition of Phillipps' collection after his death incudes a listing of his furniture, plate and pictures by James Toovy, and autograph letters from Edward Bond, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum.

ArchivalResource: ca. 80 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568450 View

William Maclure letters; 1796-1848, 1796-1848

Title: William Maclure letters; 1796-1848 1796-1848

This collection includes letters to Maclure, journals of travel in Europe and America, notes and essays. Also included are manuscripts, transcripts, and notes relating to Maclure.

ArchivalResource: 11.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.283,513,74-ead.xml View

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871. Letters received, 1832-1851.

Title: Letters received, 1832-1851.

ArchivalResource: 4 items, tipped-in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14707217 View

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. [Letter, between 1816-29, Paris to] to M. Marcks [Paris] / Lafayette.

Title: [Letter, between 1816-29, Paris to] to M. Marcks [Paris] / Lafayette.

Lafayette states that he expects news from the United States and will give it to Mr. Miller and that Mr. Rich, U.S. consul in Spain, leaves Saturday. Asks where to address the letter.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7211420 View

Chandler, Richard, 1738-1810. Nova methodus graeca / P. F. Thomae abbreviata : manuscript, [17--]

Title: Nova methodus graeca / P. F. Thomae abbreviata : manuscript, [17--]

Summary of F. Thomas' Greek grammar, published in Paris, 1709 (colophon, p. 49 provides bibliographic citation with English notes). Includes discussions of verb conjugation and word declension, as well as a vocabulary list.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (49 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612776535 View

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850,. Obadiah Rich collection, 1450-1843.

Title: Obadiah Rich collection, 1450-1843.

Collection consists of letters, documents and transcripts relating to the discovery, conquest and colonization of Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, the Moluccas, and the Philippines; and to the Casa de Contratación and the Council of the Indies.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 24 linear feet (20 boxes)Copies: 113 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687048 View

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850. Letter to Col. Aspinwall. [London, Eng.]. 1849 Feb. 20.

Title: Letter to Col. Aspinwall. [London, Eng.]. 1849 Feb. 20.

Concerning Aspinwall's account.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122335132 View

Maclure, William, 1763-1840. Letters ; papers, 1796-1848.

Title: Letters ; papers, 1796-1848.

This collection includes letters to Maclure, journals of travel in Europe and America, notes and essays. Also included are manuscripts, transcripts, and notes relating to Maclure.

ArchivalResource: 11 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122624276 View

Rich provenance collection, ca. 1845-1848

Title: Rich provenance collection ca. 1845-1848

Obadiah Rich (1783?-1850) was an American book dealer who dealt extensively in Americana. In 1844 he bought Henri Ternaux de Compans's collection of American early printed books and manuscripts, then sold it through Henry Stevens to James Lenox in 1848. Collection consists of negative photostats of letters and accounts, original printed catalogs, and a photostat of an annotated catalog. Letters (from Obadiah Rich to Henry Stevens) and accounts concern the sale of rare books and manuscripts to James Lenox, John Carter Brown, the British Museum and others. Catalogs are of the Rich collection of manuscripts as offered for sale. Photostat is of catalog with Lenox's manuscript annotations (transferred from original by library employee).

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot (1 box, 2 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2568 View

Kelly, Edward, 1555-1595. Edoardi Kellaei angli : Theatrum astronomiae terrestris : manuscript, [ca. 1594].

Title: Edoardi Kellaei angli : Theatrum astronomiae terrestris : manuscript, [ca. 1594].

Transcription in an unidentified hand followed by miscellaneous notes on alchemy in Latin and French. 16 pen and ink drawings illustrate Kelly's treatise.

ArchivalResource: 77 leaves, bound : ill. ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612803567 View