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Manuscript Diaries/Letters/Memoirs:

Dana, Charles A. . ORIGINAL SIGNED MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN TO E. N. DICKERSON
Manuscript letter in ink on both sides of 5x7 inch piece of paper. Date line "New York Nov 1, 1864". Letter asks Dickerson to help a recent Rensselaer Polytechnic grad named A. E. Desverrine find a job as a civil engineer. Dana, 1819-1897, was editor of NY Tribune, Assistant Secretary of War (1863-64), owner and editoy of NY Sun and co-editor of New American Cyclopaedia. VG. (a51265)
$75.00 Dana, Charles A. . ORIGINAL SIGNED MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN TO GENERAL HAWLEY
Manuscript letter in ink on two sides of 8x10 inch New York Sun letterhead folded in half. Date line New York Jan 23, 1877. Letter asks Hawley to consider a proposal in connection with the late Centennial Exhibition that will be shown to him by Mr. De Montainville and Mr. Sternheim. Dana, 1819-1897, was editor of New York Tribune, Assistant Secretary of War (1863-64) , owner and editoy of New York and co-editor of New American Cyclopaedia. Some later ink notation on blank rear of letter about the letter. VG. (a51266)
$65.00 Cram, Attwood . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
One page business letter about products purchased, written by Cram in Portland, Maine, Jan 28, 1826 to Duff Green Esq. in Falmouth. Has original postal cancel stamp. Fair, worn, tearing at folds, several small closed tears, fraying on edges. (a51579)
$35.00 Clarke, Thomas . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
One page letter written by Clarke in Paris (probably Paris, Maine) Dec. 5, 1820, to Hon. William Russell and Gen. James W. Ripley in Fryeburg. Official county business. Good. (a51581)
$35.00 Cram, N. H. . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
One page business letter written by Cram from Portland, Maine, Oct 29, 1840 to Misters J. and J. E. Godfrey in Bangor, Maine. Original red postal stamp. Good, several closed tears. (a51582)
$25.00 Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1821-1882) . HARDCOVER BOUND VOLUME OF 175 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN TO CHESTER WATERS FROM JOSEPH CHESTER ABOUT GENEALOGY
175 original handwritten letters are nicely bound into one green cloth hardcover volume with mounted red leather spine label. 7-1/2 x 5 inches; 19x12cm. Book's cover is green cloth with mounted red leather spine label with gilt lettering. Cover of book is Fine. All letters legible and in very good condition. All letters have address printed in blue ink on top left (16, Liden Villas, Blue Anchor Road, Bermondsey.) Main interest of each letter is history and genealogy of many different English families but there is also personal news in the letters as well. Letters are detailed and informative. Letters date from 1874-1878. Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. VG. (a52029)
$2000.00 (cuba) . COLLECTION OF 8 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN FROM CUBA 1905-06
A wonderful and poignant collection of 8 letters written by a Spanish emigrant in Cuba 1905-06. The letters total 39 sides on 12 sheets of paper, all handwritten in ink in Spanish, and addressed to Sra. Mercedes Chueca Alonso in Barcelona. All are signed Pepe who also identifies himself as Jose Vila Maria and as Jose Vicente. The letters include a fairly detailed account of his voyage to Cuba via Barcelona, Paris, Marseille; a comparison of Havana to Barcelona; advice to a prospective emigrant (Mercedes's brother); and some account of his attempts to seek his fortune, apparently in the miitary. In passing he mentions something of the events of the time - the August 1906 uprising and subsequent American military intervention:...El haberme hecho ciudadano Cubano fue con objecto de ingresor en la academia del cuerpo de artilleria mas me imponian condiciones que no pude aceptar, pues tenia que entrar de soldado y firmar un contrato por cuartro anos y el examen para oficial era libre pues aqui el servicio es voluntario mas (illegible) quiero que aqui solo (illegible) la influencias y son muchos los libertadores que de la ultima guerra existen, resultan que por muy benos examanes que se hagan, podran (illegible) a extranjero a (illegible) la plaza inguesaron cuando la intervencion americana, fueron relevados en sus cargoes... (April 1, 1906) ...Hace unos dia me intregaron dos targeta y una carta tuya; en esta ultima me manifiestas estraneza por no tenor noticia mas...a circumstancias por que ha estado atravesando la Habana; pues en momentos en que ya tenia el nombramiento...a ingresor en el cuerpo del ejercito contro lo que era de esperar intervinieron los americanos por lo que me virprecisado a marcher a Port Tampa, Estados Unidos en donde he permanecido hasto unos dias antes de pasar por aqui...los muchos destrozos que en esta capital... (November 20, 1906) Also included is a letter from Pedro Marden of Barcelona postmarked 1907 informing Sra Chueca of the death of Vicente, presumably the Pepe of the other letters, in Cuba of unknown causes. Together with 9 stamp-bearing envelopes. (a58469)
$350.00 Fox, Clinton Crowell . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY FOR 1921 AND 1922
12mo., 65pp., hardcover. Legible, short daily entries. Fox lived somewhere near Danury and Bethel, Connecticut. Good. (a66807)
$175.00Barratt, Norris Stanley. COLLECTION OF 11 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN TO NORRIS BARRATT
All letters from friends in Philadelphia. Letter writers include: Robert Sturgeon (1953 - typed) John Samuel (1887), several from Mayer Sulzberger 1920-22 , David Wallerstein (1922), J. Bunford Samuel (1922), Henry Wessel (1922). All letters and notes are handwritten (except one) and relatively short, usually thanking Barratt for a book or complimenting him on a speech he had given-most all in reference to study of Jews in Philadelphia. VG. (a67948)
$100.00 Frischbein, Mrs. (possibly) . 12 VOLUMES OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF GERMAN JEWISH WOMAN 1826 TO 1872
12 small hardcover volumes, about 9x14 cm or 5.5 x 3.5 inches, of varying bindings, some leatherbound, some cloth. Each volume was sold as a diary for a specific year and has printed dates for each day of the year (a few of the diaries are Kleiner Notiz-Kalenders published by Trowitzsch in Berlin , most are Schreib and Termin-Kalenders by Carl Kuhn of Berlin.) Only the following years remain in the collection: 1826, 1829, 1830, 1833, 1835, 1840, 1841, 1857, 1864, 1870, 1871, 1872. All the entries are in brown ink, in German and in the same female handwriting. All are neat but the writing is tiny and dense and would likely be somewhat hard to read. A few pages suffer from light bleeding from one page to next. Maybe a third to a half of all days have entries but many entries are a page long or more written on interspersed full size pages with no printing, presumably provided by the publisher for this purpose. There are just a few pages with children's scribbling but fortunately these two children scribbled their names: Otto Frischbien and Karl Frischbien. To find an original diary covering over 40 years of one person's life is Rare and Remarkable. Unique and desirable. (a68032)
$850.00 Boughton, Willis . THREE VOLUMES OF MANUSCRIPT DIARY 1899-1924
Group of 3 volumes : February 1, 1899-June 30, 1924; July 1 1924-January 7 1932 ; January 8 1932-May 1924. Ink entries. About 100 pages per volume. Messy but legible. Boughton, born in 1854, lived in Brooklyn, went to Amherst. He become a teacher at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. Later he moved to central administration for New York City Schools. An active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Son, Willis A., graduated from Harvard in 1907. The diary is in fair condition, all 3 volumes are becoming disbound, have letters and newspaper clippings stuck in, and covers are very worn. But appears to be complete for the years given. (a68327)
$650.00 (colonial letters) . TWO MANUSCRIPT LETTERS SIGNED MURRAY MUMFORD & BOWEN 1786
Two short mss letters, September and October 1786, to Col. John Topham, New York. Both letters concern Abraham Livingston, apparently recently deceased. One letter is in good condition, the second is tearing along fold lines. Pair of original letters: (a68609)
$90.00 Dunbar, Daisy (Mrs. Jesse M. Dunbar) . TWO INK MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN FROM MOSCOW , RUSSIA, FEBRUARY AND MAY 1930
Legible ink manuscript. 4to., 7 leaves (written on rectos only). Addressed to: Dear Folks. Interesting. VG plus. (a69700)
$180.00Brown, Thomas F. of Preston County, Virginia. THREE PAGE MANUSCRIPT LETTER DATED OCTOBER 8th 1835
Brown is writing a letter to Joseph Emerson of Newcastle Indiana, possibly an attorney. Brown is very angry about unpaid services rendered - he appears to be an auctioneer - and is asking Emerson for help. Good, somewhat worn but fully legible. Remnants of original red wax seal still present . (a77831)
$45.00 Hamilton, Clayton . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER TO FAN
Letter is 2 complete sides of 4to sheet. Stationery has embossed name, and lgo of The Players, Sixteen Gramercy Park. Letter is dated April 5, 1941, to E. Giding, Esg (?) who requested a signed photo of Hamilton, who is pleasantly outraged at this request. Hamilton says that if Mr. Giding will send him a check for ten dollars endorsed to Hamilton's favorite charity, The John Drew Fund for aging actors, he will agree to the request. VG. (a77832)
$35.00Johnston, Capt. Alexander. TWO ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER JOHNSTON TO CAPT. JOHNSTON IN CARE OF HAZEN KIMBALE ESQ. OF SAVANNAH 1819
1819 letters densely written but easy to read , 4to, written from Wiscasset, Maine, February and March 1819. One letter is 3 pages long, other 1 page. Each has original red postal ink wax seal residue. Concern shipping business, cargo details, destinations, and so on. Details: first letter is written from Wiscasset Feb 4 or 14, 1819 to "Dr. Brother" 2 page detailed letter about business eg offers ox hides or $5.75 per 100. Some things he is eyeing to purchase. "I could purchase better hay than any you had at 8 cents per ton if i had money." other business concerns, eg "I have often felt anxious about the Charleston money" etc. Letter 2: also written from Wiscasset, March 4, 1819 . also written to his brother. Also a business letter . Begins: "Since my last to you I have received a very polite letter frm Alex rown & Sons, Baltimore, acknowledging the receipt of our joint (? illegible to me)...so that business is settled." on other matters: "Hunt is poor and must be paid half or more when making the brick. " "Elwell has sold Buck Point Farm and Mills to a Mr. Maguire of Boston for $8000 - pretty good price." this letter is only one page. Faint cancel stamp on both letters. Good. Pair: (a78275)
$99.00 Gray, Capt. Joshua . THREE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN BY CAPT. JOSHUA GRAY OF NORTH YARMOUTH, MAINE, DATED 1835, 1836 AND 1838
Three original handwritten letters, 4to, all letter written from New York. 1835 letter to Dear Wife who lived in Maine, 3 dense pages; 1836 to Dear Sir, 2 pageS; 1838 to his Mother in Maine, 1 page. Each has original red postal ink wax seal residue. Concern family matters, shipping business, cargo details, destinations, and so on. Red cancel stamps on all 3 letters. All folded to 3x5 inches. All Near VG with some wear, small hole caused by wax stamp, etc. (a78276)
$145.00 Hammond, A of Westacre, Brandon, Norfolk . FIVE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN BY A. HAMMOND OF WESTACRE, BRANDON, NORFOLK TO L. A. GURNEY, ESQ OF NORTH BUNETON, LYNN
no date, c 1850. 5 short handwritten letters, 4 in original envelopes, of which 3 have green cancel stamps and 2 have original postage stamp. One letter is written to his daughter, Kitty, giving some advice. Three are written to Sommie (likely Somerville Gurney as that is a name on a card with the letters) about visits; one to Gurney about a death of someone in India. Good. Five letters. (a78281)
$120.00 (maine) . LEGAL DOCUMENT
1815. Ink manuscript letter written in Kennibunk concerning the death of Nathaniel Lord, Esq and his estate. Addressed to Misses Bainbridge and Brown. Appears to be a rough draft. (a8027)
$45.00D. T. Sanders and Son of Greenville, Maine. COLLECTION OF 59 ORIGINAL LETTERS 1863-1868
Collection of 59 original handwritten letters, dated 1863 - 1868, written to D. T. Sanders and Co. of Greenville and Bangor, Maine. All legible. All concern business. Most from grocery suppliers. Several from D Eddy, J W Mayo and F H Drummond, among others. All letters folded vertically to roughly 8x2 inches. Most letters one page, several longer. VG. (a81922)
$220.00 (civil war) . AMERICAN UNION COMMISSION MARYLAND BRANCH, BALTIMORE
Original two-page printed announcement plus one original one-page manuscript letter by G. S. Griffith. Announcement is dated November 1865; letter is dated November 24, 1865. Griffith was the president of The American Union Commission "constituted for the purpose of aiding and co-operating with the people of those portions of the United States which have been desolated and impoverished" by the American Civil War. Announcement is VG with horizontal folds; letter is Good with one inch chip from text taking out 2 or 3 words of text. Pair of documents: paperback ephemera. (a82333)
$75.00Anonymous. ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OCTOBER 8, 1836 TO MARCH 14, 1837 OF BOSTONIAN MAN TRAVELLING TO EUROPE
1836 , 1837. Diary is just volume one (of at least 2 volume set). One volume 7-1/4 x 4 -1/2 inches, 80pp., limp leather-covered boards. Brown ink manuscript entries, very legible. Author was a Bostonian who travelled to Boston to New York then on to Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, London, Paris. He travelled on the ship "George Washington" under command of Captain Holdridge. He travelled with fellow Bostoninans Mrs. Thorndike, Shaw, Cushing, A. Slade, Josiah Colby, J. B. Hutchinson and New Yorkers Norton, Kelly, Hay. A total of 45 persons plus 8 servants were aboard. Author is clearly highly intelligent and writes in an engaging, even funny style: "Time spent on shipboard is nothing but a blank to me. so much blotted out of existance. The pain of going to bed. the misery of getting up, the pleasures of eating and greater pleasure of vomiting for the benefit of the fishes." Lots of interesting observations: "In coming from Manchester through Yorkshire I was exceedingly struck with the great contrast between the lower classes in this country and in our own. Intemperance, licentiousness and every other sin that degrade people prevail here to a more alarming extent."(Glasgow Nov. 18). "Anywhere but in France it would have seemed strange to see a madam of 65 waltzing and dancing, but so it is here. Pelasure, present enjoyment seems to be the whole object of a Frenchman's life". (Paris Feb. 23rd) Louvre was "too much crowded to see the paintings. It is quite as much as one cna do to keep from being trode upon." Note at end indicates volume 2 follows but we do not have any other volumes beyond this first one. Good, solid, light wear, becoming loose in cover. (a83513)
$450.00(Leech, John ?). ORIGINAL NOTEBOOK DATED 1848 WITH ORIGINAL VERY FINELY DRAWN PICTURES - POSSIBLY WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY JOHN LEECH
One volume. 6-1/2 X 8 inches. Fully ink manuscript. Title page gives place as Islington and date as 1848 which is consistent with Leech's location in that year. There are 106 pages of ink handwritten text with 6 hand drawings, some in ink and some in pencil ( and a pencil sketch of a man's head which is so faint as to be barely visible.) Although Leech's name does not appear anywere on the notebook, the drawing of two boys on p. 19 is initialled by Leech and the style of all the drawings is the same as published drawings by Leech. However a brief perusal of all his known drawings did not match any seen in the diary. The handwriting is possibly not all by the same person but it is hard to tell. Several of the drawings have a small note nearby indicating that they appeared in Punch. Numerous newspaper clippings, almost all about Graphology, are laid in. 4to., 3/4 red leather binding. Binding is very secure. Text is clean and the writing is neat but often, though not always, it is very difficult to read due to excessively squiggly notation. Album exterior is worn. Unique. (a84920)
$700.00 Ludlow, Peter . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED LETTER
Dated New York, 1797. Concerns a debt. One paragraph long, ink manuscript. VG. (a8517)
$55.00Farrar, Henry W. and Lina. TWO MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES OF TRAVEL DIARY 1861-1863 RECORDING SAME TRIP BY TWO DIFFERENT TRAVELLERS
Two royal octavo hardcover volumes, matching bindings, full black leather with gilt trim and metal clasps (one clasp working, one broken.) Both diaries begin Wednesday June 26, 1861 when Henry leaves Boston with Lina (likely his sister) , his Mother and Joseph Emerson Smith, cousin of Lina (and Henry?), for extensive travel in Europe. Henry's diary continues through to Monday July 21, 1863. (370pp.) Lina's diary begins on the same day, Wednesday June 26, 1861 as family leaves Boston for Europe and continues through to July 7, 1863 (252pp.). Next follows about 50 blank pages and then Lina's diary has a 5 page mss entry about a trip to Ireland and Scotland she takes in 1883. Entries here date from June 20 to July 8, 1883. The remainder of Lina's diary is blank. Unique oppportunity to see two different viewpoints on same vacation. After Henry's travel entries end, the rest of his volume - 109 pages- is a careful listing of his financial debts and expenses from 1861-62. He writes a detailed account of price, goods or services , date, to whom lent, borrowed, spent or received. Both diaries densely handwritten in ink. Legible. neat. Travel in England, France, Italy for the most part. Lina's diary notes that she took 4 trips: June 26 1861 with Mother , Henry ,Joe and Lina; June 16 1883 with Uncle Ben, Maud, Louisa and Lina; June 7, 1890 with Elsie, Maud, Louisa, Lina and November 26 1892 with Lu-Lu, Ripley, Louisa and Lina. Bindings secure. Good plus, light cover rubbing. Two volumes. (a85939)
$680.00 Lebeson, Anita Libman (wife of Herman Lebeson) . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MEMOIR
One volume, hardcover, 9x7 inches. Full violet-blue leather with full gilt trim and full embossed panel in gilt of Renaissance portrait on front panel. End papers are full bright thick silk brocade. Notebook has 23 pages with handwriting and 22 blank pages at the end. The first entry is dated August 25, 1932. Memoir begins : "For my dearly beloved children - my son David and my daughter Mariamne - I want to write the story of my life. I was born on the Fourth of July 1896. My parents, Morris Libman and Leah Elizabeth Oleiskaya Leibman were married January 18, 1894. I was their eldest child." The next entry is dated May 2, 1940. Here she describes what she can remember of her childhood, Vilna, her homes (she includes a floorplan drawing of one home), her clothes, the radical male student who slept on their sofa. There are a few more dated entries. One , May 2, 1940, states "the world black and ruined. A manman, an evil force cast in human form destroyed the once fair world". Sometime in this period the family moves to the United States. An entry for August 3, 1944 says David is off after a home visit to fight in Europe. Then on Feb 27, 1945 she records that David has been killed. There are no more entries until December 24-29, 1963, which is a long eulogy and remembrance of David and his childhood ,full of joy and gratitude for the few years he did enjoy life. For example, she remembers that the last check David wrote before he left the US to go fight overseas was a donation to the United Negro College Fund. This is a moving and poignant document but very brief. Easily legible. One wishes there were so many more pages in the book, the reader is left with so many questions about the family and their lives. We are told that David's sister Mariamn married a man named Goldstein and had two daughters, Beth Ann and Deborah. Text is VG, a bit messy, but very easy to read. Binding very secure; hinges not broken at all. Cover Good plus, with light wear and rubbing on leather. Laid in: an original 2x3-1/2 inch photograph showing the gravestone of David in Margraten 1955 (identification and date handwritten on back of photo.) (Data matches family living in Skokie, Cook County, Illinois.) Anita Libman Lebeson, 1896-1987, is the author of a number of books include Jewish Pioneers in America, Pilgrim People, Jewish Women in American History, etc. (a87368)
$400.00Hungarian Manuscript Letter Collection - Torday Family. COLLECTION OF 32 LETTERS, 11 POSTCARDS, 6 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF TORDAY FAMILY OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY AND WANTAGH, NEW YORK
Original ephemera. All items are written in Hungarian except one letter and a few postcards in English. All but three letters are written from addresses in Hungary (almost all Budapest, a few from Komarom. One letter is from Stockholm) to residents of Budapest from 1943 to 1945 . Most in original envelopes but almost all stamps removed. One 1960 letter is from Vera Rohonyi, daughter of Dr. Oscar Rohonyi, who has apparently immigrated to California (her letter is written in Hungarian with 3 original photographs of her family enclosed with the letter.) One other later letter is also dated 1960 and is a typed signed letter to Maria Torday detailing her inheritance from her grandmother Josefa Taussig . Majority of letters are addressed to Maria Adler in Budapest and many are from Dr. Barta Gyorgy but also from other people as Dr. Klein Laszlo, Dr. Halberg Gyula and others. Other letters are addressed to Bonta Sandorne or to Nini. The 11 postcards are addressed to Stephen Torday of Wantagh, New York, and are dated 1959-1962. Three additional original photographs are included, clearly taken in Hungary but not identified, one shows 3 young women doing very heavy labor, second a a group of young women eating outdoors and third, the inside of a nice restaurant. Probably ther is some interesting information about life in war torn Budapest at end of WW2 if one can read Hungarian. Collection: (a87377)
$350.00. FULLY MANUSCRIPT IN GERMAN NOTEBOOK SIGNED AND DATED 1829 - 1832
6-1/2 x 4 inches. 46 pages. Fully hand written in German. two text dates of 1829 and 1832. Owner signed twice but it is hard to read the signature. Text clean and legible, binding secure. Original plain stringbound grey paper wraps. Pictures available on request. VG. (a87379)
$100.00Bishop, Mrs. Carlton T.. MANUSCRIPT MEMOIR OF TRIP TO TEXAS IN MAY 1943
One volume, 12mo., 68 leaves, stiff wraps. Several pages have tipped in souvenirs as railway tickets, color postcards, newpapers articles. Quite fun to read: "In this month of May, in the year of our lord 1943, with all mankind in a gigantic struggle for survival of ideals and even life itself, let me here make it plain that it took a three-fold purpose to mark Carlton and me consider sallying forth from our comfortable home into the utter chaos of travel. " The major reason "was to acompany Marjorie Floyd , fiancee of our son Gordon , to be present at their marriage." Majorie Floyd and Lieutenant Gordon Bishop were both from New Haven, Connecticut. Professor Carlton T. Bishop was professor at Yale for over 34 years. Diary is in excellent condition. VG plus. (a87389)
$299.00 Doubet, Alexi (1860-1874) . BOUND VOLUME OF OVER 100 LETTERS WRITTEN BY ALEXI DOUBET TO PARENTS AND SIBLINGS 1871-1874
Collection of over 100 charming and endearing handwritten letters from a young girl sent off for an education at St. Mary's Convent in Mt. Saint Vincent, New York. Apparently a major interest of her parents was that Alexi become fluent in French. Alexi suddenly dies at age of 14. Letters are of many different sizes but all folded up and bound together. Almost all letters are in English but toward the end of the book, a number of letters are in French. A few letters have just been laid in. In full leather album. Sad book. A number of French-speaking Doubets lived in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, at this time - perhaps related to Alexi. VG. (a87393)
$450.00 Mace Family of Massachusetts . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF YOUNG SCHOOLTEACHER FEBRUARY 1, 1856 TO SEPTEMBER 29, 1856
A Miss Ware is the school teacher. She is teaching school in Randolph, Massachusets. Diary is 6-1/2 x 8 inches. 108p., fully mnauscript. Good day to day account of life of a young teach away from her home, her endless need for order in the classroon ("I gave him a good whipping with my ruler" "barefaced impudence" ) Diary shows difficulty in establishing control of classroom, of establishing herself as an acceptable teacher (One day the school master, Mr. B. Dickerman, calls her into his office for a critical evaluation: "How he would impress me with the idea that I am not a fit teacher for his schools here in this town! I am sorry to day the dear man has failed to do so. I detest Dickerman and always did. He is so cringing, always scraping to everybody's will. ") Includes lengthy account of her 3 week vacation at home. Fairly good, cover warped and worn ; on a few pages the ink has faded almost away but is still legible with effort but the vast majority of pages are very easy to read. Binding secure. (a87437)
$420.00 Eaton, Sarah B, . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY JULY 18, 1842 - OCTOBER 23, 1842
Octavo, 35p., wraps. On the wraps is printed "The Property of....." and "Sold wholesale and retail by B. Cranston & Co Printers...Providence." From handwritten text, Eaton probably lived in Massachusetts, near Sudbury. Easton is 39 years old while writing the diary. She lists her chores and activities, death of a neighbor's child and a trip to Maine. Easily legible. Good, some small chips on cover, somewhat worn, light soiling. Binding secure. (a87521)
$390.00Everett, Charles. ORIGINAL DAILY DIARY OF CHARLES EVERETT 1879
Volume is 5x3-1/2 inches, full folding cloth, preprinted diary format allots 3 days per page. Diary entries begin on August 4, 1879 and continue daily through Jan 1, 1880. Everett lived in Lansing, Michigan and was still going to school so likely 14 or 15 years old. Everett writes usually 3 -5 lines per day. Manuscript. In Pencil. Typical entries: "Drawed oats all day. Hot. Pa and Ma went to P. T. Barnum show" (Aug 5); "Went to school meeting last night had an awful time. : (Sep 2); "Went to school. Am studying philosophy, German and algebra. Rained all day." (Sep 3)' "Pa took the hog to town. I went...borrowed hay knife and cut down straw. Done chores rest of day." (Dec 17) Easily legible entries. VG. (a87537)
$180.00Everett, Charles E. of Lansing Michigan. COLLECTION OF 7 VOLUMES OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF CHAS E. EVERETT 1887-1928 (INCOMPLETE RUN)
Seven different volumes, different sizes and shapes of volumes. Entries begin April 24, 1887 and end June 9 1929 but some volumes are missing. Some volumes are thick, eg. 481 pages in initial volumes but some are thin, eg, 152 pages in final volume. Over 1300 pages in all. All neatly written in ink. Clearly Everett is a student in 1887 and he becomes a music teacher with time but also does a lot of farmwork. A few pieces of ephemera laid in. Several pages have lists of financial information, stock purchases, debts, itemized list of "Pa's Estate" etc. Good, all volumes worn.Group of 7 volumes: (a87569)
$850.00Erwin, Gladys Pearl (Stapleton) of Warrensburg, Missouri. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY- SPRING AND FALL 1924 WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF GLADYS LAID IN
One volume. Hardcover. Octavo, 65 pages of diary entries with 19 additional pages of copied jokes, essays, poems, one page of addresses, etc. A tiny inch square original photograph of Gladys is laid in. All in ink, very easy to read. Diary begins as Gladys goes off to Central Missouri State Teacher's College. From the diary we learn she is married and has a child - Willowdean - whom she leaves with her parents. Her husband Noah Erwin (only mentioned briefly in the diary by the initial "M" for some reason) is out of the picture. On April 6th, Gladys writes in her diary that she is asked by Sheriff Duncan to come "to Judge Cockerell's office and talk with him. Said M asked him to tak with me and try to get me to come back. Duncan's answer: "M - do you think i'd ask a woman to do anything for a man who would sit in a court room & talk about a woman like you did your wife?" Said M talked half the time when he didn't know what he was talking about. The boy's crazy." Certainly Gladys does not seem to be in mourning at all. She is gay , silly and sounds very happy . She goes on dates , frequently goes into town to have photos taken, and enjoys "kisses". Interesting details include her excitement in getting the latest haircut - presumably the flapper bob cut - "I purchased a hair cut. Most wonderful one I ever had." But then when she goes to class the next day, she "Put a net over my hair this morn so Miss Kennedy wouldn't know I had had a fresh bob. I was afraid it might cut down on my grade if she realized the fact." Internet genealogy indicates that Gladys was the daughter of Sterlin Price and Mollie Hadley Stapleton, was born in Exeter, Barry Co, Missouri on April 9, 1897 and died Feb 4, 1947 in Barry Co, MO. Gladys never remarried. Her daughter, Willodean Erwin Hughes died at age 83 in Siloam Springs, Benton Co, Arkansas leaving her husband Manville Hughes to whom she was married since March 9, 1939 and several children and grandchildren. Diary is in Very Good condition. (a87594)
$750.00 Gudebrod, Glady M. . MY TRIP ABROAD - MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY - JUNE 28 TO SEPTEMBER 17, 1923
Single volume of handwritten diary of cruise taken on board the S. S. Pittsburg, White Star Line in 1923 by Gladys M. Gudebrod. There is no name written on the diary but a printed ticket stamped "Montreux, Auot 1923" with her name written in which is laid in and diary was found with another diary which did have her name on it. She arrived in Paris June 28 and then travelled throughout France, down to Italy, going to Pisa, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan then to Montreaux, Interlaken, Lucerne , back to Paris and London then home to Southampton. 86 pages, 18 lines per page. Very easy to read. Ink. About 10 pages of names/addresses written in at end. Typical entry: "August 3. Again we were luxuriously lazy in the mornng but finally dressed and explored a bit more of the town (Montreux). After lunch we rested and wrote letters and the doctor came to see J and pronunced her much better. He told of Pres. Harding's death. Very much shocked to hear it." VG. (a87706)
$350.00Everett, H. M. (of Rhode Island, likely Providence). MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF TRIP FROM USA TO GERMANY JULY 20, 1895 THROUGH DECEMBER 1895
Small octavo, 103p., 22 lines per page, fully manuscript with about 10 newspaper illustrations (mostly of large German buildings) carefully tipped in throughout the text, full black leather notebook. Several pages of names/addressses written in at end. Author was travelling with "Helen", presumably his wife. Author is most interested in art and architecture and writes often on buildings he sees and on paintings seen in museums. Typical entry: "The most attractive place we have seen in all our travels thus far is Wilhelmshohe. The Schloss was built in 1798..etc" Everett travelled through Holland into Germany where diary ends at Christmas,1895. Good plus, not much wear. Legible. (a87707)
$360.00 Anonymous . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF SOUTHAMPTON PORT , ENGLAND, DOCKMASTER (?) 1869-1873
Single volume. Sm.4to., 287p. (no blanks), marbled boards with leather spine. Entirely manuscript. Title of first page: "Diary Commencing Sunday Oct 3, 1869 at Colombo, Ceylon". Diary ends April 13, 1873. First 38 pages are very interesting as the diarist describes in fine detail- with frequent touches of dry humor - his adventures as he travels on the Simla Steamship from Colombo, through the Suez Canal, back to London. He mentions that he has taken this trip before. The rest of the diary is written in England, apparently in Southampton and most all entries follow a pattern of first describing the day's weather and then listing ships going in or out, their passengers, and/or their cargo (usually coal, slate or peat). A few personal notes are given but not often. On his way up to the Suez Canal, the Simla stops to pick up coal. Diarist writes: "Aden is very rocky with a dry scorched burnt appearance little or no soil & no vegetation...hot & the glare of the sun exceedingly effecting to the eye." He goes inland to a settlement where he finds "half a dozen of the Simla passengers surrounded by almost two dozen of native trading Jews particularly anxious to pass their wares ostrich eggs and feathers....the din and noise they made baffles description drowning our voices so that we could not hear each other speak...After a quarter of an hour spent in the noisy battling with our salesmen, I became the purchaser of some ostrich feather white and gray." Later in trip the ship's Lieut. Col. Lacy "died suddenly after a few hours illness of heat apoplexy". The next day the ship's chaplain refuses to assist at the funeral services as he believed Lacy brought on his own death by drinking too much. Typical entries once back in London: "January 9, 1872 . Light airs and colam. Reaper sailed at morn...light breeze from NE with rain second case of diptheria reported in Island at Windbreck. Dr. Logic came here on sunday ." "July 3, 1872. Moderate light breeze...Boat off for first load of peats. Simson came in with cargo of slates." From the text is seem likely that the diarist worked either as the Dockmaster or employee of some sort at the Southhampton dock or as an employee of a shipping company located in that area. Some names mentioned in the diary: J. W. Heddle, Capt. James Cromarty, J. W. Laughton and his son John, John Storach and Charles Henry Sparkes. Diarist does say his brother-in-law was Samuel L. Louttie who died unexpectedly on October 22, 1869. Another interesting note is that diarist mentions that "The Bank" began July 15, 1872. Neat and legible. Diary is in near VG condition with no spotting or tears but some light cover wear. (a87745)
$950.00 Day, Laura V . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY "ACCOUNT OF MY SUMMER SPENT IN EUROPE IN 1885" in 2 VOLUMES
Two volumes. Octavos, 194p., 113p., (about 50 blank pages at end of second volume.) Diary begin May 20, 1885 as trip begins and ends as they see Fire Island (New York) on October 9, 1885. List at end of diary gives all places they visited and name of hotel at which they stayed. Locales include; Bremen, Berlin, Dresden, Carlsbad, Nuremberg, Munich, Innsbruch, Ragatz, Coue, Muhlen, St. Moritz, Thusis, San Bernrdino, Locarno. Airolo, Andermatt, Fiesch, Vernayaz, Charmonix, Geneva, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Baden-Baden, Frankfort, Cologne, Amsterdam, Hague, Antwerp , Paris, London, Ventnor, Southampton. Hotels include Bellevue, Four Seasons, Victoria, Beau Rivage, etc. Laura is travelling with her parents, brothers Harry and Sherman and Nora and Una who are relatives or possibly maids. They are clearly well-off financially. If not sightseeing, Laura and her mother are shopping, buying lots of gold jewelry and dresses and hats. Typical entry: (Paris, Aug 21, 1885) "I went out with Papa & Mama to the Bon Marche and Papa got me a pretty perasol . After lunch Mama and I went to the dressmakers and spent the rest of the afternoon shopping. ..Nora bought a gold watch and chain yesterday at $40. We all went to the Hippodrom this evening." Very easy to read. First volume cover is quite worn and chipping but text is VG plus and binding very secure. Second volume is VG. Bindings of two volumes are not alike. Set of 2 volumes: (a87746)
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