2 August 1852

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Mary

Excerpt: 2 August 1852: "The county was generally beautiful; many parts of it exceedingly so - naturally fertile but many parts poorly cultivated and every part filled with wretchedness, starvation and beggary - owing in part to an unjust and tyrannical system of government, systematically pursued for the last hundred years, but perhaps mainly to the miserable system of letting lands, by which the tenant can be turned out at any moment, without a care of remuneration for any improvements he may have made on the Land. Another reason of the wretched condition of many of them is their own…

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16 May 1851 - 27 July 1851

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Diary

Title: Diary of John Moore

Excerpt: Diary entries 12 June 1852: "The Tower has been so often described that it is unnecessary to enter into any description of it. There is no place in the world, perhaps where one can see so many specimens of all the varieties of arms that have been used from the earliest ages, together with coats of mail and every description of defensive armor. The cell in which Sir Walter Raleigh was so long confined is shown and a gloomy looking dungeon it is. The block on which he was beheaded is still preserved. The crown jewels and regalia are also kept in an apartment of the Tower." 13…

GLC04192.06

14 July 1810

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear and Beloved Son

To Benjamin Lincoln Lear

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23 October 1811

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear and Beloved Son

To Benjamin Lincoln Lear Small tear where seal was opened

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5 June 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Uncle

To Samuel Storer Esqiure

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22 October 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear and Honored Grandmother

To Mary Lear

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26 October 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Uncle

To John L. Storer Esqiure

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02 July 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph document signed

Title: By His Excellency

A Certificate of good health for travel from Gibraltar to Algiers

GLC07827.06

11 April 1758

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain John North

GLC07901.01

15 April 1758

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Brigadier Monckton

GLC07901.02

23 January 1760

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. John Thomas

GLC07901.03

31 March 1750

Coldon, fl. 1750

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ja Hamilton

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29 September 1762

Monckton, Robert, fl. 1762

Autograph document signed

Title: to John Tabor

GLC07901.05

17 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

V-Mail

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

V-Mail. Sylvia rushed after dinner to N.Y. Union Headquarters, only to find that she had gone on the wrong night. So she dashed over to the movies with Ben and Mad [sister and her boyfriend]. Says another week has slipped away; but February 22nd [Washington's Birthday] is coming up and a holiday will help.

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21 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia is happy that Moe shared his furlough in London with her in his letters, and is happy because the next day is a holiday-glad George Washington was born for many reasons. Is listening to Music to Read By [WQXR] and hears "The Merry Widow Waltz." It reminds her of him. Reports on family and friends.

GLC09414.0170

1829

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Pamphlet

Title: Translation of the laws, orders, and contracts,on Colonization

Stephen F. Austin. Translation of the Laws, orders, and contracts on colonization... in Texas.... San Felipe de Austin, Texas: Printed by Godwin B. Cotten, November 1829. 71 p. (Translated with S. M. Williams, p.26.) [With 3 newsclippings pasted into front.]

GLC02753.01

1831

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Pamphlet

Title: Address to the Reader of the Documents

Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company.... New-York: Printed by G. F. Hopkins & Son, January 1, 1831. 38, 69 p. (Annotated.)

GLC02753.02

9 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

V-Mail

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

V-Mail: No time or place noted. Sylvia says she doesn't like the V-mails and hopes that's not unpatriotic of her. She prefers writing on paper at home because there are less distractions and it feels more "real." Notes the "lousy' weather, and Reports on friends. Talks about the film she sent him to take pictures with.

GLC09414.0154

9 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia comments on fact that the letter is in pencil, has nothing else to write with at her mother's. Wanted to get to bed early, but her parents had to go to see Aunt Fanny who is very ill and she had to stay at her parents' and watch (her nephew) David. She tells a story about a sixty year old woman who needs funds for an operation and yet is frightened to go through with it.

GLC09414.0155

10 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

V-Mail

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

V-Mail: Written at work. Sylvia saw a film at work and then they were let go at 1:00 PM because there was no heat. She and a co-worker, Ruth, went to the Brooklyn Paramount and saw Preston Sturges' "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek." She will be going to the Draft Board again tonight, has a very difficult interview to conduct.

GLC09414.0156

10 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia went to the Draft Board, interviewed a schizophrenic type who is "anxious, pessimistic and self deprecating." She hopes she can get her "B" gasoline ration status back because of her connection with the Draft Board. Reports that most people are optimistic there will be an early victory. Can't understand why he is not receiving the PM subscription she has sent him.

GLC09414.0157

11 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

V-Mail

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

V-Mail: Sylvia plans to shovel her driveway. Her supervisor at work just has found out that her husband's pre-induction notice is waiting at home for him. Tells him she is ready for whatever comes and is going to Rose Haber's tomorrow and will be able to tell him all about Fort Lewis, because her husband is stationed there.

GLC09414.0158

11 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia has heard that London is being bombed and is afraid for him. Says Fascism is rearing its ugly head [in the United States]. Both Houses passed the Anti-Subsidy Bill and Roosevelt's veto is expected. She also went to Prospect Park [Brooklyn] to see her Mom.

GLC09414.0159

12 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia got up and had french toast, and never shoveled the walk.; a kid did it. The car is marooned and she won't be able to get it out. She is meeting friends at the Chesapeake restaurant at Madison and 34th Street [Manhattan] for dinner. Discusses different restaurants they had eaten in, and various friends.

GLC09414.0160

13 February 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia reports that her parents have gone out and she is watching [her nephew] David. After dinner last night, went to the theater, got out at 11:15PM and tried to get a cab in the freezing weather. Later they went to her friend Rose's house. Rose's husband wants her to leave her $65.00 job and her home and join him in Fort Lewis and live in a rooming house and work in a Shipyard. The next day she went over to a friend's (Bess) and met a doctor, a Captain, stationed at Camp Kilmer [New Jersey], he had just come in from England. She has just heard on the news that London has been bombed again.

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