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HONEYWILL, LESLIE C.E.R.A: 1910 - 1971 ORIGINAL FIVE [5] VOLUME MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF SUBMARINES IN THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE SERVICE WRITTEN BY AUTHOR, HISTORIAN, 'PLUMBER' AND ONE OF THE FOREMOST AUTHORITIES ON SUBMARINES	HONEYWILL, LESLIE C.E.R.A: 1923 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A LIFE UNDERWATER FROM THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ENGINE ROOM WRITTEN BY A BRITISH ROYAL NAVY WARRANT ENGINEER, HISTORIAN, AUTHOR AND 'PLUMBER'	HONEYWILL, LESLIE C.E.R.A: 1972 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK: 'SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIPS BASES & SUPPORT SHIPS' WRITTEN BY A BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINER, HISTORIAN, AUTHOR AND 'PLUMBER'
HONEYWILL, LESLIE C.E.R.A: 1973 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK: 'PERISCOPE PERSONALITIES 1901-1972' ABOUT THE MANY SUBMARINE COMMANDERS, OFFICERS, MATES AND SEAMEN SERVING IN THE ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE SERVICES WRITTEN BY A BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINER, HISTORIAN, AUTHOR AND 'PLUMBER'	ROY W. FERRENBACH: 1985 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY AND JOURNAL OF THE COMPLEX AND INTENSE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN ALASKA GOLD MINE	JOHN [AND CHARLES] BYERS: 1850s - 1870s ARCHIVE OF NOTEBOOKS AND JOURNALS DETAILING THE ACCOMPLISHED AND SCIENTIFIC LIFE OF NOTED CIVIL ENGINEER, GEOGRAPHER AND CANAL BUILDER IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY SOUTH
CLAYTON SMITH RICHMAN [TO FREDERICK RODGERS]: 1870 - 1900 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS FROM ONE SEAMAN TO A FRIEND, CAPTAIN AND CONFIDANT DETAILING HIS LIFE AT VARIOUS POINTS INCLUDING A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE FLORA, FAUNA AND CUSTOMS OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDS	FRANCES M. SIMMONS: 1914 - 1918 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5-YEAR DIARY OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO MOVES TO NYC TO BECOME A RED CROSS NURSE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WAR EFFORT IN A HOMEFRONT HOSPITAL	about JAMES DIMMICK: 1759 RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY UNIQUE HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL AND SUBSEQUENT PUNISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN DRAFT DODGER, UNWILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE BRITISH IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
BRIAN CAMERON GOURLEY: 1903 - 1906 PAIR [2] OF HANDWRITTEN, EXCEPTIONALLY DETAILED JOURNAL AND LOG BOOKS DETAILING THE EXCITING LIFE AND WORK OF A YOUNG ROYAL NAVY OFFICER AND SHOWCASING HIS ABILITY TO DRAW INTRICATE DIAGRAMS, MAPS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS	MARY AND ELLEN CLARK: MID & LATE 1800s ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX [6] DIARIES OF SISTERS COMING OF AGE IN TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN AMERICA, ONE THE BACKDROP OF THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE OTHER AN ERA OF DEPRESSION AND DISEASE	MARGARET C. HULSEY: 1857 PAIR [2] OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY AND MEMORY BOOKS RECOUNTING THE DEATHS (AND LIVES) OF MANY BELOVED FAMILY MEMBERS, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF QUAKER HYMNS, POEMS AND REMINISCENCES
GENERAL DANILO KALAFATOVIC: 1909 - 1930 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TEN [10] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY FORMER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ROYAL YUGOSLAV ARMY AND KEY PLAYER FROM WWI THROUGH WWII IN THE MILITARY, POLITICS & DIPLOMATIC EVENTS IN SERBIA, YUGOSLAVIA & THE BALKANS	ELEANOR REBEHL: 1939 ORIGINAL ECLECTIC AND FASCINATING SCRAPBOOK OF AN ARTISTIC AND POETIC YOUNG WOMAN'S ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO THE FAMOUS NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR	GEOFFREY BROWNE: 1915 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN TRAVELOGUE OF A JOURNEY FROM LIVERPOOL TO BUENOS AIRES BY AN OBSERVANT AND CLEVER ENGLISHMAN IN THE DANGEROUS, VOLATILE EARLY YEARS OF WORLD WAR 1
LYNN F: 1950 - 1951 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL DIARY OF A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL COMING OF AGE SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY, SUPPORTIVE BEST FRIENDS AND A FRUSTRATING STREAM OF CRUSHES AND LOVES LOST	FEGAN FAMILY [JOHN FEGAN, DANIEL B. FEGAN, JOHN R. FEGAN, JOSEPH G. CATHERINE]: 1880 - 1895 HANDWRITTEN LEDGER BOOK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL AND BUSINESS EXPENSES AND BILLS OF THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY OF STONE MASONS IN SMALL TOWN IOWA	J. G. BEILBY: 1942 - 1943 TWO [2] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS THAT SHOW TWO INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT VIEWS OF A LIFE LIVED, ONE CIVILIAN, ONE MILITARY, BY AN AUSTRALIAN PILOT IN CANADA
ALBAN SMITH PAYNE: 1844 - 1846 REMARKABLE AND UNIQUE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF PRE-CIVIL WAR MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM AN ASPIRING DOCTOR WITH A SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENTS FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DISEASES AND AILMENTS	SAMUEL J. [and FRED C.] BROWN: 1855 - 1891 SIX [6] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS FOLLOWING THE ADULT LIFE OF A MAN AS HE GROWS, MARRIES, HAS CHILDREN AND LIVES A BUSY SOCIAL LIFE IN SALISBURY MASSACHUSETTS	UNNAMED [with JOHN JAMES, PETER DAWSON, HARRY DAVIES]: c1940s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF A FASCINATING AND ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY TAKEN BY FOUR PROPER ENGLISHMEN AND THEIR ETHIOPIAN SERVANTS THROUGH EAST AFRICA BY LAND, SEA AND AIR
REV. [?] CLAIR: 1940 UNIQUE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOK OF A BRITISH ARMY SCRIPTURE READER [AND INTELLIGENCE AGENT!], PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD TO THE TROOPS, AND ADVOCATING TO BETTER THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST	JOSEPH HOLMES: 1850 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A WELL-TO-DO YOUNG MAN WHO EXPERIENCES HOMESICKNESS AND DEPRESSION AS HE’S SENT OFF TO CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS TO STUDY FOR HIS HARVARD ENTRANCE EXAM	MARGARET ELLIOTT: 1925 UNIQUE DEEPLY PERSONAL ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF A YOUNG LIBERATED WOMAN IN UNIVERSITY, LIVING AN EXCITING SOCIAL LIFE, DATING SEVERAL MEN, AND EMBODYING THE QUINTESSENTIAL ‘FLAPPER’ IDEAL
[to MISS S. R. CRAGIN]: 1846 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER DESCRIBING A RIGOROUS TRIP UP ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS ECOLOGICAL LANDMARKS, MT. WASHINGTON, AS WELL AS DETAILING AN EVENT IN THE DARKER SIDE OF NATURE	CALEB P. WILSON: 1867 UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK OF 20+ RECIPES FOR CAKES, PIES, ROLLS, AND MORE THAT SHOW A LESSER KNOWN SIDE OF LIFE IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA	JOSEPH E. SAWYER: 1868 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG, ASPIRING LAWYER WORKING FOR A NOTED JUDGE AND MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE PRESENCE IN POLITICS AND VARIOUS FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
UNKNOWN: 1930 ORIGINAL INSCRIBED CRUISE LOG BOOK AND JOURNAL OF A TRIP TAKEN TO NORTHERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER USSR ON THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE STEAMER THE ‘S.S. RELIANCE’	'LOU' W. SMITH: 1923 EXCEPTIONAL, FUNNY AND UNIQUE TYPESCRIPT DIARY OF A WITTY AND BITINGLY CLEVER WOMAN AS SHE TRAVELS FROM BROOKLYN TO HAWAII AND BACK, OBSERVING THE WORLD AROUND HER IN A MATURE AND REFRESHINGLY ORIGINAL WAY	MARY LUCILLE ARCHER: 1939 - 1944 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG STUDIOUS WOMAN WITH AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE OF FRIENDS, FASHION, AND BOYS UNTIL SHE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL AND BEGINS HER STUDIES AS A PROMISING NURSING STUDENT
J. H. STORER: 1942 - 1949 PAIR OF TWO [2] DIARIES BELONGING TO A MARINE CAPTAIN [LATER MAJOR] SERVING IN GUADALCANAL AND THE HOMEFRONT WHO EVENTUALLY LEAVES THE MILITARY TO BECOME A STEELWORKER, UNION MAN AND LABOR ADVOCATE	MRS. GEORGE C. KING: 1920 - 1925 + 1940 - 1944: THREE [3] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF THE LOVING AND DOMESTIC WIFE OF A CINCINNATI PLUMBING COMPANY OWNER, WHO HELPS HER HUSBAND AS MUCH AS SHE CAN AND LIVES AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE ENTERTAINING GUESTS AT HOME	VOLNEY FOWLER: 1908 - 1916 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL KEPT BY A LAND SURVEYOR DETAILING HIS LIFE, HIS WORK, AND THE TRAGIC AND SUDDEN DEATH OF HIS WIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH
ALEXANDER AVIRAM WIESEL: 1942 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 37 HEBREW LANGUAGE LETTERS SENT BY A JEWISH SOLDIER IN THE BRITISH ARMY DEPICTING HIS LIFE AND SERVICE AS WELL AS HIS INTIMATE FEARS AND DESIRES WHILE STATIONED IN THE MIDDLE EAST	PETER HAINING: c1960s LARGE ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL TYPED AND HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PAGES ALONGSIDE THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH THAT INSPIRED THEM BY ONE OF ENGLAND’S MOST NOTED AND CONTROVERSIAL JOURNALIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST AND AUTHOR	ARTHUR GORDON: 1928 - 1929 UNIQUE AND FASCINATING TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK AND JOURNAL OF A YOUNG MAN WITH A KEEN ARTISTIC EYE AS HE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHING HIS TRAVELS AND COLLECTING ENGROSSING POSTCARDS AND COMPELLING EPHEMERA
NIGEL WALKER, LINZI TAGAKI, JULIA ABEL SMITH: LATE 1980s, EARLY 1990s ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS ALONGSIDE A HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDMARKS OF A NOTED AND STORIED BRITISH ISLE	UNIDENTIFIED CREWMAN OF THE QUARTERDECK: 1825 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MERCHANT SHIP LOG BOOK OF THE FOUR MONTH JOURNEY OF THE SHIP ‘ANN’ FROM NEW ZEALAND SAILING ACROSS TWO OCEANS TO LONDON, ENGLAND	WILLIAM HARDY: 1795 FASCINATING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN STUDY NOTEBOOK OF GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY, SURVEYING AND MORE COMPLEX MATHEMATICS FROM A YOUNG MAN STUDYING AT AMERICA’S MOST RESPECTED UNIVERSITY
RALPH ALBRIGHT: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II HANDWRITTEN NAVAL COMMUNICATION JOURNAL KEPT BY A METICULOUS AND ARTSY OFFICER WRITING DOWN HIS COMPREHENSIVE MATERIAL WHILE TRAINING FOR WARTIME COMBAT	THOMAS J. ?: c1825 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF MATHEMATICAL RULES, CASES, EXAMPLES, AND DIAGRAMS RELATING TO THE ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY IN LAND SURVEYING	MR. DEKKER: 1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR 2 ERA TRAINING COURSE FOR A YOUNG NAVY SOLDIER LEARNING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT PROPELLER PLANES IN A NAVAL AIRCRAFT TRAINING COURSE IN CHICAGO
R. H. COBB: 1946 - 1947 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MIDSHIPMAN JOURNAL OF A SAILOR ON THREE DIFFERENT SHIPS PATROLLING BRITISH WATERS, ESCORTING THE ROYAL FAMILY TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND EXPERTLY DRAWING PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND NAVAL DIAGRAMS	MARGARET C. WEBSTER: 1876 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOK OF A BRIGHT YOUNG WOMAN BEING EDUCATED AT THE ABBOT ACADEMY, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES	BERNARD B. STONE: 1945 - 1946 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG OF A SOLDIER ON THE USS PROVIDENCE, PATROLLING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE END OF THE BLOODIEST WAR IN HUMAN HISTORY
ISAAC S. PEAR: 1862 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY OF AN OBSERVANT MANUFACTURER OF COTS AND BEDS FOR THE UNION SIDE, WHO WOULD ONE DAY BECOME A NOTED MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATOR	GUY SMITH, MIKE CROSS: 1956 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN RETROSPECTIVE JOURNAL DETAILING THE EXCITING AND GRIPPING EVENTS OF OPERATION MUSKETEER, AN ANGLO-FRENCH PLAN TO CRIPPLE THE EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE DURING THE SUEZ CRISIS	LUCY GREGORY: 1908 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL DIARY OF A YOUNG GERMAN GIRL LIVING A YEAR IN AMERICA, WRITING VIVIDLY OF HER TEENAGE LIFE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND FINALLY RELUCTANTLY RETURNING HOME TO GERMANY IN A STEAMBOAT
YOSEF (Joseph) HIRSCH: 1940 - 1942 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPT OF A JEWISH REFUGEE IN ISRAEL, KEPT AT THE NOTED DETENTION CAMP AT ATLIT AND THEN WORKING ON A KIBBUTZ IN THE MOUNTAINOUS GALILEE	CARL O. WEDERKINCH of the SILVER ISLET MINING CO: 1876 - 1877 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF DETAILED METALLURGICAL ANALYSES AND ASSAYS MADE FOR A NOTED MINING COMPANY LOOKING TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS BOTH IN CANADA AND ABROAD	OLIVER WHITFORD HOPKINS: 1839 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN SPECIAL MATHEMATICS WORKBOOK WITH THE UNIQUE AND SUPERB ADDITION OF BEAUTIFUL AND DETAILED DRAWINGS OF 19TH CENTURY SHIPS AND NAVAL SCENES
WILL [?]: 1904 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING AN EXCITING TRIP TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION IN ST. LOUIS MARRED BY THE MANY AILMENTS OF THE AUTHOR	JOSEPH A. CAMERATA: 1934 PRE WORLD WAR II ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED AND HAND DRAWN NAVAL TRAINING COURSE NOTEBOOK KEPT BY A TALENTED AND ASTUTE STUDENT AT THE U.S. NAVY ELECTRICAL SCHOOL	GUSTAVUS RAMSPERGER: ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE 1845 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF PHARMACY, KEPT BY ONE OF ITS MOST NOTED AND TALENTED MEMBERS, A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO MADE GOOD IN AMERICA
ANNIE MACLEOD: 1939 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF FIRST HAND OBSERVATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE ON DIET, NUTRITION, DIABETES, AND A HOST OF OTHER SUBJECTS DONE BY A YOUNG WOMAN LEARNING AND RESEARCHING AT THE BETH ISRAEL FOOD CLINIC	ROBERT LITT: 1820s ORIGINAL GORGEOUS AND HANDWRITTEN ALGEBRA BOOK FROM A RURAL SCHOOL IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND, SHOWING IN GREAT DETAIL AND EXCEPTIONAL PENMANSHIP HOW A CHILD LEARNED HIS MATHEMATICS IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY	BLANCHE BRADLEY: 1905 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING A FUN AND UNIQUE DAY VISITING THE LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, THE WORLD’S FAIR THAT WOULD BRING THOUSANDS TO PORTLAND, OREGON
M.McNALLY, CHAIRMAN of the BALTIMORE REPEAL ASSOCIATION: 1841 RELIC OF IRISH-AMERICAN HISTORY BEING AN ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER SENT BY THE BALTIMORE REPEAL ASSOCIATION, ATTEMPTING TO BRING LECTURERS TO EDUCATE IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN POLITICAL ACTIVISM AGAINST THE BRITISH RULE OF IRELAND	HUGH SMITH: 1861 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER DETAILING TIME SPENT IN A GROWING MID-19th CENTURY TORONTO, REMARKING ON ITS PEOPLE, FASHION AND LANDMARKS	MARY ELLEN LAWRENCE: 1922 ORIGINAL CHARMING LETTER OF LIFE IN SMALL TOWN NEW MEXICO IN THE 1920s, REMARKING ON NATIVE AMERICANS TRADITIONS AND SPANISH COLONIALISM
THOMAS TAYLOR: 1816 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM PRIVATEER THOMAS TAYLOR, SEEKING ANY INFORMATION TO BRING ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF THE MAN WHO STOLE HIS SHIP AND ROBBED HIM OF HIS TREASURE	ELENA DE HILLEBRANTH: 1960s SUPER ARCHIVE OF 20 LETTERS BETWEEN FELLOW ARTISTS ELENA DE HELLEBRANTH AND HER FRIEND IRENE RICE PEREIRA, RENOWNED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST, POET, AND PHILOSOPHER, AS THEY DISCUSS ART, LIFE AND RELIGION	STEER BROTHERS AND GENERAL MERCHANTS: 1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM NEWFOUNDLAND IMPORTERS THE STEER BROTHERS TO A SUPPLIER, DETAILING A BUSINESS TRANSACTION SOON TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THEM
GEORGE H. CLARK, CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR: 1889 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM A RECENT TRANSPLANT TO SELMA, ALABAMA, A CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR WHO DETAILS HIS NEW LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE KINDNESS OF HIS NEW NEIGHBORS	ISAAC G. BARNET to GARRET D. WALL: 1805 LETTER FROM A RECENTLY RELOCATED LAWYER DETAILING HIS MOVE TO OHIO AND HIS THOUGHTS ON THE SORRY STATE OF LAW IN THE NEW STATE, ALL TO GARRET WALL, WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A NEW JERSEY STATE ATTORNEY AND UNITED STATES SENATOR	L. S. MIDDLETON: 1859 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER PRESENTING A SNAPSHOT OF LIFE IN A TOWN THAT NOW LONGER REMAINS, DESCRIBING STORIES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM ONE SISTER STILL LIVING IN TOWN, TO HER SISTER WHO HAS LEFT LIKE SO MANY OTHERS
UNKNOWN: 1860 FASCINATING, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT DETAILING THE TENSE AND FRAUGHT MOOD ONLY TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT WOULD BE THE CATALYST FOR THE BLOODIEST WAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY	MOSES and ELIZABETH STARR: 1797 TWO [2] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM LOVING PARENTS WHO HAVE JUST RELOCATED TO WEST VIRGINIA, TO THEIR DAUGHTER FROM WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM IN NUMEROUS YEARS	UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHER: 1940 - 1941 ORIGINAL JOURNAL AND LOGBOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER DETAILING HER EFFORTS TO KEEP THE CHILDREN SAFE AND IN SCHOOL DURING THE GERMAN AIR RAIDS THAT TERRORIZED ENGLAND
CYRUS E. JOY, Midshipman: 1837 - 1840 EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL PRIVATE JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A MIDSHIPMAN AS THE SHIP TRAVELS TO RUSSIA TO MEET THE EMPEROR THEN MOVES ON TO SOUTH AMERICA, TASKED WITH PROTECTING AMERICAN COMMERCE AT ALL COSTS AS FLAGSHIP OF THE BRAZIL STATION	JULIUS MAYR: 1867 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN GERMAN RECIPE BOOK OF 100+ RECIPES FOR SWEET CAKES, DESSERTS, AND DRINKS THAT REPRESENT AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF TASTES IN AUSTRIA DURING THE REIGN OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH I	DAVID MOORE [to Mr. Firth]: 1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A COTTON PLANTATION OWNER TO HIS FRIEND AND ACCOUNTANT DETAILING HIS PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, DESPITE A BOUNTIFUL COTTON CROP THAT YEAR
ALEXANDER C. CHRISHOLY [to Allan McLean]: 1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LETTER OF A MEMBER OF THE GLENDALE RIVER INHABITANTS MISSION, AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ISOLATED IN THE DEEP WOODS OF CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA	WASHINGTON TEASDALE: 1860 - 1865 THREE [3] ORIGINAL LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED ENGLISH ENGINEER, SCIENTIST, AND PIONEERING PHOTOGRAPHER AS HE TRAVELS AROUND INDIA WORKING FOR THE MONUMENTAL PROJECT CONNECTING BOMBAY TO OTHER EAST INDIAN CITIES	AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT [translated by GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM]: 1788 An Essay Towards A System of Mineralogy, Translated From The Original Swedish, 2nd Edition, Printed for Charles Dilly WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTES
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