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Gale, George H. Miscellaneous Western Americana manuscripts, 1838-1917.

Title: Miscellaneous Western Americana manuscripts, 1838-1917.

Articles of agreement between Thomas McShane & Co. and the Little Miami Railroad Company to adapt and prepare for the reception of railways part of the line owned by Little Miami Railroad; L. W. Wakeley's summary, dated 19 Apr. 1916, of the geographical development of the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad in the territory between Lake Michigan and the Rocky Mountains, with reference to the character of its traffic, its influence and service as a transportation system within the territory, and a comparison of its gross earnings for the years 1854, 1901, and 1915; agreement, dated 3 Aug. 1849, among Capt. Lot Wheelwright, Henry Leland, and others for forming a company to obtain gold in California; George H. Gale's memoir, dated at Detroit, Mich., 1 Jan. 1903, concerning his birth in Vermont, traveling to Michigan in 1836, then to California in 1849, and his work as a miner during the gold rush; typescript transcription of William Richardson's diary of a trip from Boston to New Orleans, 17 Feb. 1815-11 Apr. 1815; typescript transcription of a letter from Mrs. William Hooper to "Edith," dated at Lincoln, Neb., 11 July 1917, concerning Charles Elliott Perkins and his connection to the First National Bank of Lincoln; a biographical sketch, dated 1908, of I. S. P. Weeks, chief engineer of the Burlington Railroad, for the lines west of the Missouri River; a transcript typescript of a letter to Ezekiel Whitman, of Portland, Me., on the Whitman family in america and economic conditions in the middle West, dated Rochester, Racine County, Wisc. Ter., Octr. 28, 1838, appended with a typescript genealogical chart showing A.H. Whitman's ancestry and his connnection with Martin Cole Whitman; and other material.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.25 linear ft.)

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Catalogue of the scarcest portraits, circa 1800.

Title: Catalogue of the scarcest portraits, circa 1800.

Manuscript catalog of portrait prints, probably belonging to a British printseller, ca. 1800. The inventory is in three sections, with headings "Portraits anglois, rares" (p. 4-212), "Etrangers en Angleterre, rares" (p. 214-238), and "Portraits étrangers" (p. 239-241), apparently incomplete. Within each section, items are arranged alphabetically by subject. Each item is annotated with varying amounts of notes, recording information such as artist, engraver, engraving technique, and a brief description of the portrait. Many of the items are also annotated with references to published works about portrait prints or references to auctions of prints; references to auctions include prices, in English currency. Many of the items are coded with the initials S.W.M., followed by a price. These are prints from the collection of Sir William Musgrave, with the prices they fetched at auction, by William Richardson, in 1800. Consult: British portraits. A catalogue of a genuine and extensive collection of English portraits. [London], 1800. The description of entries in the manuscript frequently matches that of this printed work. Items coded "R. fev 1799", with prices, refer to A catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. comprising ... an auction catalog by William Richardson from February, 1799. Other codes refer to important catalogs of prints. The code 'G', with a Roman numeral and Arabic number, refers to volume and page numbers in James Granger's A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution, first published in 1769. Granger's catalogue was the first important catalogue of English portrait prints and helped to create a fashion for portrait print collecting in England. Similarly, items coded 'B' in the manuscript refer to page numbers in A catalogue of engraved British portraits, from Egbert the Great to the present time, by Henry Bromley (pseudonym of Anthony Wilson), first published in 1793.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([241] p.) ; 22 cm.

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