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Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887. The amateur poacher : [essay] / by Richard Jefferies.

Title: The amateur poacher : [essay] / by Richard Jefferies.

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Williamson, Henry, 1895-1977. Papers, 1920-1974.

Title: Papers, 1920-1974.

Correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, photographs, galleys, and other materials relating to his career as a writer of nature storeis and author of novels of country life in England.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (4 boxes)

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Jefferies family. Jefferies family papers, 1771-1936.

Title: Jefferies family papers, 1771-1936.

Chiefly papers of Capt. John R. Jefferies re real estate, Civil War, genealogical information, and business papers of Jefferies' mill; including letters, Feb.-14 May 1861, re Jefferies service in Maxcy Gregg's regiment; commission as 2nd Lieutenant, 22 Aug. 1861, 15th Regiment of S.C. Volunteers signed by Gov. F.W. Pickens; letter, 25 Aug. 1862, Jefferson, [West] Va., re leave of absence for gunshot wound; and 4 volumes, 1937-1938, "Jefferies' War Record," 1861-1865. Plantation account book, 1855, 1861-1869, Union District, S.C., listing accounts with overseers and African-Americans; letter, 21 Mar. 1865, Charlotte, N.C., from J.R. Jefferies [to John Jefferies, Sr.], re a hearing before medical board; volume, 1863, listing officers and men in Jeffries' company with remarks on service and deaths; letter, 15 July 1865, from M.A. Yates to James Jefferies, re offer of food, occupation by Union troops, and impact of Civil War. Eighteen items, 1861-1908, and undated, including muster roles of S.C. Volunteers, 15th regiment, Co. E; election certificate, 21 Nov. 1890, and minute book, 8 Mar. 1893, re Jefferies' activity with the S.C. Farmers' Alliance; letters of condolence, 1894, from family, friends, and politicians re death of J.R. Jefferies; business records and correspondence for Jeffries' mill including bonds, promissory notes, bills for sale of lumber, supplies for ginning cotton, and labor contracts. Also including land papers, 22 Sept. 1774 and 26 Aug. 1790, of Nathaniel Jefferies; land grant, 11 Dec. 1849, for 6543 acres of land in Union District, S.C., issued by Gov. Whitemarsh Seabrook to John Jefferies, Sr.; stock certificate, 16 May 1853, Spartanburg and Union Rail-Road Company, of James Jefferies, Sr. for purchase of 40 shares. Four volumes, 1939-1942, consisting of "'Jefferies Pioneers' and Their Descendants of Union and Cherokee Counties;" "An Authentic Review of the Life and Services of Captain John R. Jefferies," "A Collection of Letters' of Captain John R. Jefferies;" "Reminiscences of the Revolutionary War," 10 Dec. 1847, re experiences as a soldier serving in S.C., Ga., and Va., and the plundering of his father's home by Tories.

ArchivalResource: 567 items and 11 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44063203 View

Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887. The flying Dutchman : a legend of the Great Western Railway, ca. 1880.

Title: The flying Dutchman : a legend of the Great Western Railway, ca. 1880.

Handwritten draft of "The Flying Dutchman." The leaves of the item have been pasted on pages and bound in full green levant. The story deals with a railroad adventure.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (31 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367332144 View

Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887. Notebooks of Richard Jefferies.

Title: Notebooks of Richard Jefferies. [18--]

ArchivalResource: 16 volumes.

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Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887. Richard Jefferies manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1877-1882

Title: Richard Jefferies manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1877-1882

· To William Allingham, poet : 1 autograph letter signed (fragment) : [no date] : (MISC 1404) : [no place]; final page only; begins, "[...] five large farmers tenants of a nobleman in this district have sent in notice -- all at once -- that they must leave if rents are not reduced ..."; with cancelled pencil notes to a draft of some kind on the verso, possibly in the hand of Allingham. In the album of Fifty Nine Autograph Letters to William Allingham. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Allingham." · To J. Homer, Esq. : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 May [between 1877 and 1882] : (MISC 1490) : from 2 Woodside, Surbiton, Surrey : begins, "I return the proofs, & have inserted headlines above every column." · To George Murray Smith, publisher and businessman : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Sep 1880 : (MISC 1491) : from 28 Devonshire Place, Eastbourne; regarding an "insulting communication"; begins, "I am very much obliged by your immediate attention ..."; with the envelope.

ArchivalResource: 3 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/438928327 View