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to Clara M. Miller
27 May 1900
Sherzer, Edwin B., fl. 1900-1902
re: Very descriptive about the scenery around him--is ship journey, Russian Orthodox Church ceremony with Indian boy choir. Encounters with some Indians
GLC05755.003
11 June 1900
Red ink, and written recto only. re: Daily activities on the boat and off the boat. Wrote about the animals(skin), roommates(seasick), Indians and the scenery (Monarch Island, glacier).
GLC05755.005
16 June 1901
re: No boats because insurance companies wouldn't cover. Temperature was dull. No boats arrived in 2 weeks that meant no mail. Describes a huge ice blockade, which covered a whole town. Talks a little about a senator from Seattle, and that lot ships...
GLC05755.042
22 June 1901
En. has long note dated 7 a.m. 7-1901. re: He is waiting for the next boat to arrive. He is concerned about his sister's health. He is glad to find out that Clara is recovering from the mumps. Tells Clara not to worry because he is staying...
GLC05755.043
2 August 1901
re: It has been 3 weeks since a boat has landed in Nome. There is a rumor that the engineers are on strike. Writes about the best native in Nome.
GLC05755.046
9 August 1901
re: Anxious to get those letters, but the ships didn't arrived. Talks about the weather for while. But then he mentions the Senator from Seattle. Then he says "This state affairs has made it quite dull at the post office….".
GLC05755.047
6 October 1902
A American-Russian Company to develop Atlantic. Has made an arrangement to go home.
GLC05755.098
19 October 1902
Will leave on the "Senator" for San Francisco.
GLC05755.100
A Narrative of Voyages and commercial enterprises
1842
Cleveland, Richard Jeffry, 1773-1860
Published by John Owen. First edition. Original cloth. Vol. II signed in pencil by F.A. Fruman, possibly the owner, in New York in 1861. Includes discussions of Captain Cleveland's voyages to China, Hawaii, Alaska, South America, California and...
GLC05760
to Theodore Sedgwick
3 September 1840
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Tappan, an abolitionist supporting the freedom of the Amistad Africans, discusses a letter from Roger Sherman Baldwin to Sedgwick. States that Mr. B. (Baldwin) requests the advice of Sedgwick and Seth Staples regarding the trial. Refers to Judge T...
GLC05799
Passport for "Eagle" of John Sanders re: cessation of war, proclamation of peace
1783/02/06
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Printed document cosigned by American peace commissioners Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, mentioning the cessation of hostilities between Great Britain and the U.S., and asking for passage for the ship "Eagle" now at London and bound for Jamaica....
GLC06398
to William Whipple
26 June 1779
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
Colonel Lee, a Continental Congressman, discusses politics with Whipple, who was in Congress in Philadelphia. Of Virginia, states "We have neither wicked ... or foolish Politicians here, whose misconduct makes us fear for the safety of our country....
GLC06411
Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" leaving Tampa, Fla., U. S. A. for Santiago.
1898
Keystone View Company
A ship crowded with "Rough Riders" seen from a slight distance. A flag flies from its prow. In the foreground, a man is hitching (or unhitching) a boat from a pier. Note: This picture is a probable variant of no. 10: the same shot, taken from a...
GLC06449.09
The Yucatan carrying the Famous Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" to Cuba.
Strohmeyer & Wyman
A boat shown in 3/4 orientation. The Rough Riders cover the deck, the boat roofs and the rigging.
GLC06449.10
to the Commanding Officer of the Boston recruiting station
18 August 1836
Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871
Discusses Benjamin Harris' appointment as a "Seaman for the South Sea Surveying and exploring expedition." Requests that Harris be paid for "three months ... when he appears on board the receiving ship." States that he received orders regarding...
GLC02460.15
[Officers of the Kearsarge]
1906
Howard, Arthur P., fl. 1906
Depicts officers of the ship Kearsarge, first launched 11 September 1861 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Apparently reprinted by Howard in 1906. Depicts Civil War-era officers. Accompanied by three lists citing the names of officers depicted in the...
GLC02464.16.02
Civil War naval officers: 17 letters & docs [decimalized .01-.17]
1834-1900
[decimalized 02466.01-02466.17]
GLC02466
re: applying for mastership of Brig
1844/08/22
Parker, Foxall A., fl. 1844
GLC02466.10
re: acceptance in literary society
1845/08/25
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
GLC02466.15
[Warrant ordering John Winslow to pay a debt for an anchor and stock for the boat at Rainsfords Island].
19 December 1765
Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779
Also signed by Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay John Cotton. John Winslow signs on verso. Sir Francis Bernard was Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1760 to 1769.
GLC02468.06
[Bill of sale for the brig Mary, formerly called the Port Royal, from Thomas Dongan to Samuel Shrimpton]
20 July 1691
Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715
Witnessed by E. Shrimpton and Nathaniel Myles. Dongan was Royal Governor of the Colony of New York from 1683 to 1688.
GLC02468.11
to Henry A. Wise
January 12, 1862
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Written on letterhead of the War Department of the Confederate States by Acting Secretary of War Judah Benjamin to Brigadier General Wise. States that the bearer of this letter, William A. Pratt, wants to import "some cargoes of iron" from abroad...
GLC02469.01
to Mssrs Leroy & Baynard re: business matters
1787/11/21
Fitzsimons, Thomas, 1741-1811
GLC02470.12
to Thomas Jefferson
February 21, 1793
Clinton, George, 1739-1812
New York Governor Clinton writes to Secretary of State Jefferson to transmit an act of the New York legislature (not included) ceding lands on Montauk Point to the federal government.
GLC02471.07
to [Thomas Jefferson] re: ship carrying clothing & money for convention troops in Va. and Maryland
1781/04/27
Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819
Maryland governor Lee asks Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson to allow delivery of the enclosed letter [no longer present] to a recently-landed flag ship bearing supplies for General John Burgoyne's captured army, the so-called Convention Troops. Lee...
GLC02471.27
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