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3 July 1769

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

Written in Bristol- Massachusetts Bay

GLC07865.01

22 July 1786

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.02

1 June 1787

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.03

5 July 1787

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.04

1 October 1787

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.05

26 September 1789

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.06

11 September 1790

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.07

Circa 1790

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.08

10 May 1792

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.09

Circa 1792

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Jones

GLC07865.10

Circa 1792

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Envelope

Title: To Sir William Jones

"The Honorable Sir William Jones one of the Supreme Judges in India"

GLC07865.11

26 August 1850

Baxter, Thompson, fl. 1849-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Wife

GLC09234.01

6 September 1850

Baxter, Thompson, fl. 1849-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Wife

GLC09234.02

12 September 1851

Baxter, Thompson, fl. 1849-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Wife

GLC09234.03

1815-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thompson Baxter

A letter to Thompson Baxter, it is written in the form of a diary with multiple days worth of events seperated by the date it was written. In this particular letter Thompspn Baxter's wife has written about the death of their daughter on the 21 of October. Circa Oct 12- November 11

GLC09234.04

1815-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thompson Baxter

A letter to Thompson Baxter, it is written in the form of a diary with multiple days worth of events seperated by the date it was written. Circa 5th September- October 9th

GLC09234.05

11 September 1849- 27 September 1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: Dearest Husband

A letter to Thompson Baxter, it is written in the form of a diary with multiple days worth of events seperated by the date it was written.

GLC09234.06

28 August 1849- 10 September 1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: Dearest Husband

A letter to Thompson Baxter, it is written in the form of a diary with multiple days worth of events seperated by the date it was written.

GLC09234.07

1815-1860

Cooke & LeCount, fl. 1815-1860

Broadside

Title: [Scenes of California]

Printed cartoon panel ("This is a true Picture of Callifornia I have seen it And experienced it myself T. Baxter") notation on the bottom Possibly reads Published by Cooke & LeCount

GLC09234.08