Correspondence, 1857.

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Correspondence, 1857.

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This collection contains six letters, February-May 1857, written by Henry Ward Poole and addressed mainly to his brother William and his mother Eliza Poole ( - ). The letters were written in Ajuchitlan and Acapulco, Mexico, and provide much detail concerning his travels through Mexico as an engineer for the Mexican Pacific Coal and Iron Mining and Land Company. There are descriptions of the land and its people--their customs, food, clothing, and religious celebrations. One letter to his mother contains sketches of Mexican trees and fruit. He wrote also of his work and finances.

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American Antiquarian Society

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American Antiquarian Society

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Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894

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Librarian of the Newberry Library. From the description of Letter : Chicago, to Sarah K. Bolton, Cleveland, 1890 Oct. 24. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 550365576 American librarian and bibliographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to Mr. Ford, 1887 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617952 Historian, librarian, and first Librarian of the Newberry Library. Born in Massachusetts in 1821...

Poole, Elizabeth, 1969-....

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Poole, Henry W. (Henry Ward), 1825-1890

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Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890) was an American engineer, professor and collector of Mexicana. He worked as an engineer for the Mexican Pacific Coal and Iron Mining and Land Company in 1856-1857 and then returned to Mexico to teach at the College of Mines in Mexico City and amass his collection of Mexican documents. From the guide to the Henry Ward Poole collection of Mexican documents, 1610-1857, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Henry Ward Pool...

Mexican Pacific Coal and Iron Mining and Land Company.

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