1909/10/06

Horsfall, Charles G., fl. 1900-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Owen Horsfall

His investment in the "dredger machine" is not going as planned. The heating plant was denied by "the powers that be in Washington" for financial reasons. He received drawing supplies and will use them to continue his correspondence studies. He is glad that Owen has left Turkey for Germany although the situation for Mormons there "is not a bed of roses on acc- of the Govt." He advises Owen on hygiene. He expresses regret about moving to Nome but says Alaska has taught him self-reliance and confidence. He counsels Owen on choosing a wife according to the "Planet under which they are born…

GLC05245.50

1909/06/16

Horsfall, Charles G., fl. 1900-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Owen Horsfall

Discusses the family; Owen, who is 24, wrote from Turkey of Constantinople, Adena, and government control of the telegraph; Ed is attending Utah University, where he has joined fraternities; and Carol is in Grammar school where there are two seasons there "winter and July." Reports the Alaska Yukon Pacific Fair will be at Seattle and that there has been a great influx of Russians, Greeks, and Finns. Written at Fort Davis

GLC05245.47

1828/11/28

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown re: transmitting a sample of Patrick Henry's handwriting

Madison notes that Henry "must, it would appear, have been in early life when the letter was written."

GLC04842.30

1791/12

Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823

Autograph letter

Title: to Loring Andrews

Writes a letter to the editor of the Western Star to condemn the practice of using public funds to pay for parish teachers linked to denominational majorities. Such taxation and town treasury appropriations, he charges, violate the constitutional protections of minority denominations. Grounds his objection in the Massachusetts constitution and its Bill of Rights.

GLC07160.04

1735/05/19

Zenger, John P., 1697-1746

Newspaper

Title: New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 933, no. 80 (May 19, 1735)]

Argues for the education of "women of quality." States several reasons why education should be more available to women: a woman's domestic lifestyle is better suited learning than a man's lifestyle and women's natural gift of speech can be put to better use in education than in bitter gossip. Also includes a section on foreign affairs with news from Warsaw, the Hague, and London. Section on local New York news and entries and departures from the New York Customs House. An advertisement section includes an announcement for the sale of a young woman slave by the name of Mary Kippin.

GLC07336

1885/12/24

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Yale Law school.

Offers to fund a black student's education to Yale Law School: "we have ground the manhood out of them & the shame is ours, not theirs."

GLC07971

1859/10/01

Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906

Letter

Title: to Dear Sir

Agrees to speak before a lyceum during late June on the subject "The True Woman." "My terms[ are] the same you pay the men lecturers of your course."

GLC04360.032

1872/12/05

Jeffery, Richard W., fl. 1855-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Jeffery

Reports on the weather in Petersburg (cold with snow) and then goes on to comment on Aaron's studies. He compliments him on his interest in history and philosophy but cautions him not to neglect to also "...study grammar, dictionary & ciphering." Richard also mentions their aquaintance William R. Galt, a photograph received of their cousin Fanny [Timberlake], his confining schedule, and the building of an ice making factory.

GLC01896.094

1873/08/14

Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Jeffery

Discusses the health of Mrs. Gibbons and others, Mary's upcoming wedding, and other small happenings. Requests that Aaron "...say a lesson or read something every day."

GLC01896.095

1874/01/14

Jeffery, Aaron, fl. 1855-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his uncle Richard

News about his life at school and the formation of an athletic club. Each member of the group put in 50 cents to purchase a trapeze [from which he fell and muddied his clothing] and "rops with iron rings at the end of them" which you would swing from. Aaron also mentions a "...thing that I never saw before called a whirligig and an acting bar."

GLC01896.096

1875/08/05

Archer, Robert, fl. 1842-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Jeffery

Discussion of Aaron's poor penmanship, the growing of tomatoes, cleaning of Aaron's mother's house [white washing], Richard's [Jeffery] potential as a preacher.

GLC01896.097

1876/08/03

Archer, Robert, fl. 1842-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Jeffery

Letter from Aaron's grandfather praising young Aaron's style and the fact that "not a word was misspelt." Also, mentions visiting guests, pleasant weather, and that he doesn't "...know what got into [Aaron's] hens. they stopped laying as soons as you left home. I suppose they are grieving at your absence." Ends with a humorous anecdote about Aaron's dog , Leo, getting himself into "mischief" at the butchers.

GLC01896.098

1882/11/20

Robinson, C.V., fl. 1870-1880

Manuscript signed

Title: [Resolutions of condolence and mourning in honor of Dr. Richard W. Jeffery]

Resolutions of condolence and mourning in honor of Dr. Richard W. Jeffery, along with a newsclipping fragment of Jeffery's obituary. "Resolved, That, as a Faculty, we testify our sense of loss and acknowledge his worth by attending his funeral in a body; and that we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days." Signed by "C.V. Robinson, Secretary" and "James W. Claiborne, President."

GLC01896.111

1884/02/03

Coleman, R.J., fl. 1874-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the students of the Medical College of Virginia

Thank you letter for the gift of fruits and flowers the class sent to him while he was ill in bed. A pencil inscription at the end of the letter reads: "Died March 4th / [18]84".

GLC01896.112

1886/01/09

Document

Title: [Invitation from the Mozart Academy of Music]

"We respectfully request your attendance at the Grand Inaugural Performance in Honor of the Opening of the New Mozart Academy of Music on Tuesday Evening, January 12th. With the Compliments of Herzog & Co., Proprietors and Managers." The production being put up is "The Mikado."

GLC01896.113

1886/01/12

Pamphlet

Title: [Program for Mozart Academy of Music performance of "The Mikado"]

"Souvenir Programe of the New Mozart Academy of Music . . . Grand Inaugural Performance January 12, 1886. With Gilbert and Sullivan's charming opera, entitled The Mikado; or, the Town of Titipu. By the National Ideal Opera Co." Inside program pages are made of silk.

GLC01896.114

1863/09/22

Jeffery, Richard W., fl. 1855-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anne [Jeffery]

Promises Anne that he will repay his overdue debt to her, and then goes on to muse on the fortunes of the war in the wake of Gen. Braxton Bragg's victory [Battle of Chickamauga]. He points out early Confederate victories at Mannassas and Big Bethel and the North's inability to find a successful commanding general for the western Federal army as evidence of major Yankee failures. Jeffery asserts that each time the Yankees have come into the South, they have been soundly "whipped", adding "...now that 'luck has changed' we may hope that success will follow success..." on to victory by wearing…

GLC01896.060

1863/11/06

Jeffery, Richard W., fl. 1855-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron [Jeffery]

Requests that Aaron always write "...as fully as you did in the last letter," and praises him for deciding not to take Ann out of school to save money. Richard promises that as soon as he is able he will send money to help the family out--enclosing twenty dollars in this letter. He admits that his "extravagance and high prices" have kept him from saving any of his pay. Goes on to speculate that the "Yankees will demolish Sumter if they can but thus far their ability has not been equal to their desire," even though their artillery daily kills and wounds some of the garrison. Richard frets…

GLC01896.065

1866/09/30

Alfocord, E.B., fl. 1860-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Jeffery

Confidential discussion of legal efforts to have custody of "poor dear Richards [Jeffery] little orphan children," and despite the great amount of trouble they have caused her since their mother's death [Ann Jeffery], she is going to "October court" where "there fate will be decided." Offers to give Aaron money [$50] to aid in sending her great niece, Annie, to school. Also, hopes that "...the children have recovered from the whooping cough..."

GLC01896.087

February 8, 1850

Gibson, Gibson, fl. 1846-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his brother Tobias Gibson

Gibson tries to prepare his brother for his wife's (Louisiana Gibson) death, as she is gravely ill. He also discuss failures on his plantations and the education of his children.

GLC04501.059

February 10, 1865

Timmons, Isaac, fl. 1865

Printed document signed

Title: List of monies, turned over to Capt. T. A. Walker, Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee, on account of the Freedmen's Department.

Partially printed. Timmons certifies that he has turned $20 over to Captain Walker "for rent of two rooms in Shelby Street School house from 10th Febry to 9th March 1865." Served as one month's rent.

GLC08649.05

1831/02/11-1901/02/11

Rogers, Matilda, fl. 1817-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: an account of family affairs

Written by Johnston Livingston's sister Matilda (Livingston) Rogers, who often signed her letters "Til." She writes that their uncle has made a bet with a Mr. Wilson that he can not run/walk 10 miles in one hour, and explains how Mr. Wilson is preparing to successfully challenge the bet in the spring. She gives an account of their family's activities, apologizes for her failure to write sooner, and hopes that her brother is taking care of himself at college.

GLC03107.04064

1831/02/25-1901/02/25

Livingston & Alexander

Letter

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: Johnston's failure to correspond

Apparently written by a sister of Johnston Livingston. She chides Johnston for failing to correspond with either his sister or his parents, who have gone to great ends to provide for him while he is away at college. She also notes that his last letter contained a number of grammatical errors, and she invites him to improve his writing skills by corresponding with her more frequently. The remainder of the letter gives an account of the family, including their sister Sarah and her children. Address leaf on p.4.

GLC03107.04065

1831/10/05

Rogers, Matilda, fl. 1817-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: advice for a student

Matilda praises Johnston for his previous letter and informs him that their mother recently purchased some necessary clothing for him. For the remainder of the letter, she offers Johnston advice for a successful term of study, and also wonders if his shyness is to blame for a lack of friends and companions at school.

GLC03107.04070

[n.y.]/02/11

Rogers, Matilda, fl. 1817-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: life in the country

Apparently written by a sister of Johnston Livingston. She reprimands Johnston for his neglect to write, and notes that the family is anxious since they heard he is failing. She mentions that their sister Sarah sprained her ankle, and relates her thoughts regarding the romantic nature of the countryside. Address leaf on p.4.

GLC03107.04072