July 29, 1784

Gregorie, Catharine S.M., 1765-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated July 29, 1784. She comments on her recent visit to the Greenwich Hospital as a place of British pride, and hopes that with her she will not forget England when she travels to America.

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August 30, 1784

Gregorie, Catharine S.M., 1765-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregoire dated August 30, 1784. She is staying with Mrs. Gregoire and expresses admiration for her. Expresses that she has improved her manners in her mother's absence.

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October 4, 1784

Gregorie, Catharine S.M., 1765-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated October 4, 1784. Pertains to her mother arriving in America, retrieving items she requested, and reminding her mother that it was her birthday.

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December 1, 1784

Gregoire, Catharine S., 1764-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated December 1, 1784. She reports the payment of 250 pounds on a Scottish mortgage. She enquires whether balloons have yet become fashionable amusements in America for travel.

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January 4, 1785

Gregoire, Catharine S., 1764-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated January 4, 1785. Pertains to viewing a play where the British royalty were in attendance. Also mentions that she received the painting of her mother. She includes a list of all the purchases and prices she has made for her.

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March 1, 1785

Gregoire, Catharine S., 1764-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated March 1, 1785. Pertains to a visit from an American military man named Colonel Miranda who brought news of his mother. Expresses concern that her mother will not go to South Carolina or Virginia on account of the poor health conditions there. She reports her latest reading, including various travel accounts, Plutarch, ancient history, poetry, and theological reading.

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May 3, 1785

Macauley, Catherine S., fl. 1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated May 3, 1785. Reports her mother's most recent bill which she promises to pay promptly. Expresses joy that she will be returning to England promptly. Also states that the latest election resulted in the rejection of a grand parliamentary reform.

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December 5, 1785

Macauley, Catherine S., fl. 1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated December 5, 1785. Pertains to her mother travelling. She expresses concern that her mother has been out of the country for so long. Updates her on local neighbors and extended family.

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February 7, 1786

Gregorie, Catharine S.M., 1765-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie acaulay dated February 7, 1786. Pertains to her mother's finances and publications. Expresses concern about her finances under the care of Mr. Rudd. Following the end of the letter written in the mother's handwriting are notes on patriotism, the necessity of acts of violence committed by government, Helvetius's thoughts on education and the passions of men, etc.

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October 17, 1796

Gregorie, Catharine S.M., 1765-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Catharine S. Gregorie dated October 17. 1796. Pertains to her grief for her husband's death and contemplating their marriage.

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March 7, 1874

Butler, H. Vincent, fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George May Powell

Butler & Fleetwood Publishers and Booksellers are very impressed with the maps and books of the Bible lands, but because of a previous deal with another publication, they are not in a position to sell George May Powell's. He would like to pay a visit when he is in New York City.

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January 7, 1875

Rawson, A. L., fl. 1875-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George May Powell

Letter is on Oriental Topographical Corps. letterhead. In the letter, A. L. Rawson suggests an agreement for royalties on publication of his Bible Hand Book, with suggestions for future contracts.

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February 24, 1875

Hurd & Houghton (publishers), 1864-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George May Powell

The letter is on Hurd and Houghton Publishers and Booksellers letterhead, mentioning that they propose to publish Rawson's Bible Hand Book on certain terms of royalties, with George May Powell providing illustrations.

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February 25, 1875

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. L. Rawson

He agrees to the predetermined royalties and will proceed to have Hurd & Houghton publish, advertise, and sell the Rawson Bible Hand Book. He further proceeds to provide future arbitration services in regards to copyright. Rawson agrees and signs the back of the letter

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7 March 1875

Hurd & Houghton (publishers), 1864-1878

Document signed

Title: [Memorandum of an Agreement]

A contract between George May Powell of the Oriental Topographical Corps and Melancthon M. Hurd and Albert G. Houghton, Publishers and Booksellers, to publish Rawson's Bible Hand Book. GMP will provide illustrations at his cost and will retain ownership. Signed by GMP, Hurd, Houghton, and Rawson.

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December 27, 1774

Knowles, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay Graham

She writes of their gentle friendship. She describes the whooping cough sickness and recovery of her son. She notes Catharine Macaulay Graham's response to "maladministration" and yearns for liberty and peace. She refers to recent political events in England. A partial draft response by Catharine Macaulay Graham is included on the back page, and expresses a harsh response to Quaker sympathies.

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June 1, 1777

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

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February 2, 1862

Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] The men took up a collection to replace the twenty-three dollars he lost, and he says, "It came unexpected but was welcome and shows a good feeling towards me that pleases me much." He sent fifteen dollars home to avoid losing it again. He responds to the news of Carrie's death [his sister] and the receipt of a book from home. Rum in camp caused a scuffle between some soldiers. He notes the movement of some military ships. Numbered in pencil "47." Written at Camp Hamilton/

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May 4, 1866

Turner, George, fl. 1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. F. Williams

The Surgeon General gave him a circular of Condell limbs and he would like more information. He poses some specific questions about the locket. Letter's date reads April 26, but no year is given.

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December 1, 1871

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A.R. Spofford

Powell secures copyright of his book, Financial Schedule, with the Library of Congress. Letter partially printed.

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June 7, 1892

Foote, Alfred S., fl. 1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George May Powell

He sends his sympathy and reports there is no charge for digging graves and burial lots. He writes about Samuel Powell's arrival in the town, his work lecturing and writing for different papers, watching his last disease, his death on May 7, and his funeral. No middle name listed for Samuel, so could be Samuel Wells Powell or Samuel William Powell.

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1861-1877

Bishoff, Lydia A., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph manuscript

Title: Lines to my Husband

The poem describes the feelings of a wife as she contemplates being replaced by another after her death. "The love which once I called my own/To her will then be given," Bishoff writes, later describing how "My children will then be taught/ To call her mother dear." Presumably, Bishoff is referring to her own familial situation, as she was Major David Stemple Jr.'s second wife, and took over the duties of mothering the seven children Stemple had by his first wife, Elizabeth Wotring (who died in 1862).

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1861-1877

Bishoff, Lydia A., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph manuscript

Title: Young Sandy the Sailor

The poem describes the story of a sailor who dies at sea, and who is attempting to console his loved one, telling her that, "The storm is past and I'm at rest/ So mary weep nomore for me."

GLC03523.40.30

February 6, 1876

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Osgood

Writes to her publisher concerning reprinting her early book, "The Mayflower," for the benefit of "a great fair...at my brothers church in Brooklyn for the 'Mayflower Mission' supported by Plymouth Church for the care of the poor in a destitute section of Brooklyn." In a vertical postscript she writes, "I trust you are keeping an eye out about renewing the Copy right of Uncle Tom ["Uncle Tom's Cabin"]." Written from Mandarin, the Stowe's vacation home in Florida. Two black and white bust engravings of Stowe included.

GLC02506

February 27, 1912

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to Stan Henkels

Thanks Henkels for gift of Bradford's Bibliographical Manual.

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