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UNIDENTIFIED: 1866 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF COMMERCE, ECONOMY AND HOME LIFE OF AN IMPORTANT ONEIDA AREA OF WEST CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE POSTMASTER OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
WILLIAM HALE EDWARDS: 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG BOY IN DEPRESSION ERA SUPERIOR WISCONSIN
Henri Georges Stephane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz: 1893 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY RENOWNED JEWISH JOURNALIST TO NOTED PUBLISHER BEHIND WILLA CATHER'S SUCCESS
J. DREUX MONCRE: 1801 HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER [ALS] BY FRENCH EMIGRE TO PHILADELPHIA DESCRIBING HIS VOYAGES AND FINANCES
ESTHER BLANKE: 1902 AND 1903 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CHICAGO METALWORK ARTIST ESTHER BLANKE SISTER OF MARIE ELSA BLANKE, EARLY LOVER OF JANE HEAP
SAMUEL HOWARD: 1861 HANDWRITTEN UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LITERARY ADELPHI SPEECH AND EARLY RELIC OF THE CIVIL WAR
ROBERT C. ERNST: 1922 - 1923 LARGE ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN COURTSHIP AND LOVE LETTERS BY A STUDENT, NOT SUPRISINGLY, OF CHEMISTRY
VIOLA BRODBECK: 1911 THROUGH 1917 ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF A YOUNG WOMAN DILIGENTLY GIVING HER ALL TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL SINGER
MARY K. BARBER: 1904 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG ACERBIC CONNECTICUT GIRL
DR. CHARLTON THOMAS LEWIS: 1897 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF EDUCATOR, ACTUARIAL, LAWYER, LECTURER, ARTS PATRON AND SPEAKER AT HARVARD AND YALE
DOCTOR JAMES W. POLAND: 1864 + 1865 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY MASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST MINISTER AND NOTED DOCTOR OF QUACK REMEDIES AND PATENT COMPOUNDS
ROBERT WHYTE JR., MARGARET [MACLEROY] WHYTE: 1880 - 1956 HUGE ONE OF A KIND LIFETIME ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES, JOURNALS, LETTERS OF MARGARET AND ROBERT WHYTE JR. AND FAMILY - FAMED CELLISTS, SINGERS AND SYMPHONIC CONDUCTORS
ETHEL FISKE: 1899 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG ASPIRING SINGER WHO TRAVELS THE ATLANTIC TO STUDY WITH SOME OF EUROPE'S GREATS
UNIDENTIFIED MARINE FROM TENNESSEE: c1947 PHOTOGRAPHIC AND TYPESCRIPT JOURNAL OF A MARINE FROM TENNESSEE - SUPER RELIC OF WWII BY A CHARMING NEAR POETIC SURVIVOR OF GUADALCANAL
WILLIAM FRANK KEITH: 1925 - 1939 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF 8 DIARIES BY AN OBSESSIVE WRITER, REPORTER AND TRIVIA ENTHUSIAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND WORLD AND LOCAL EVENTS
FRANCES MESSER, EMMA C. HAYWARD, ADDIE et al: 1872 - 1886 SMALL ARCHIVE OF 4 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS DETAILING WOODS HOLE MASSACHUSETTS LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
WILLIAM STARBUCK MAYO: c1866 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY NOTED NEW YORK DOCTOR COMPLAINING OF BEING SWINDLED DURING THE ITALIAN AUSTRIAN CONFLICT
AUBIN, JOURDAIRE: 1795 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE OF A 68 YEAR OLD MAN FROM THE INFAMOUS AND NOTORIOUS PRISON AND LUNATIC ASYLUM 'THE BICETRE'
FRANCIS PINGREE: 1826 - 1845 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT COBBLER'S LEDGER AND SUPER RELIC OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMERCE AND ECONOMY
RICHMOND FAMILY et al: 1861 - 1865 ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS - INTERESTING RELIGIOUS, PERSONAL AND CIVIL WAR CONTENT
SGT. WALTER ALDRICH: 1944 - 1945 HUGE ARCHIVE OF 200+ MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A PACIFIC THEATER BASED SERGEANT INTENT ON SHARING HIS WAR WITH HIS CONNECTICUT WIFE
R.B. GARDNER et al: 1878 - 1891 ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS, LETTERS, RECEIPTS ETC. HANDWRITTEN AND PRINTED RELATING TO THE BRIG 'ANNIE BATCHELDER'
ROBERT CARL SHUSTER: 1936 - 1940 MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE ALLENTOWN TEENAGER'S PERSONAL HISTORY OF ENLISTMENT THROUGH HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE - INCLUDES HIS PRIZED AUTOGRAPHS OF WORLD SERIES NEW YORK YANKEES HEFFNER AND RUFFING
AMELIA MARIA [ELY] HOWE: 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF A NOTED BOSTON SURGEON DETAILING A LIFE OF CULTURE AND WEALTH
HARRY SWETORS [?]: 1884 CHARMING HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ONE LEICESTER FAMILY'S TRAVELS IN NORTH WALES
RAY JOHNSON with JOHN TERREAULT: 1933 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL DETAILING A DEPRESSION ERA CANOE TRIP FROM MONTREAL TO NEW YORK CITY AND BACK - BONUS FEATURE: CANADIAN BOY MEETS AMERICAN GIRL - MARRIAGE ENSUES!
GRACE E. JEFFERS: 1917 - 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PERSONABLE BUT PERHAPS UNSUITED STUDENT AT A STRICT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
STANLEY TAYLOR, RAF: 1943 - 1946 ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF ONE WELSH BOY'S SERVICE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE INCLUDING INDIA, ITALY, NORTH AFRICA
JOSEPH M. GREGO: 1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NEW JERSEY BOY WHO TRAINS FOR WAR BUT ENDS UP FIGHTING IN A COURTROOM
UNKNOWN: 1976 & 1982 MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN DIARIES OF AN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE WOMAN - TWO YEARS OF DETAILED NOTES OF A MADWOMAN
ETHEL DYSON: 1913 CHARMING HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF TWO TOURS BY A YOUNG WOMAN DIARIST
"LADY" and MARY: 1906 ENIGMATIC HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY IN TWO HANDS DETAILING PREPARATIONS FOR A WEDDING, THE HONEYMOON AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
JOYCE LOHNES: 1944 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN HALIFAX HOMEFRONT ORIGINAL DIARY
L.S. FRY: 1887 - 1903 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY A MISSOURI MAN TAKING A GRAND TOUR OF WESTERN AMERICA BY STAGECOACH, RAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT PLUS 15 YEARS OF MILESTONES AND GENEALOGY
WILLIAM CLINTON NEWMARCH, USN: 1937 - 1939 PERSONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A UNITED STATES NAVY RADIO OPERATOR WHO SEES SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND CHINA
UNKNOWN: 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT DIARY
T. DYSON HOWARD: 1890 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF COMMERCE, MERCHANDISING, TRADE AND POETRY IN MANCHESTER ENGLAND BY AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MAN
UNIDENTIFIED: 1888 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CULTURED UPSTATE NEW YORK RENAISSANCE MAN WHO FARMS, BUILDS, AUCTIONEERS, ACTS AS INTERPRETER AND WORKS FOR JUSTICE
UNIDENTIFIED: 1873 - 1874 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING ST. ALBANS VERMONT AREA MAN
Hahn, Gotthold: Der Pilzsammler oder Anleitung zur Kenntnis der wichtigsten Pilze Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Ländern
GEORGE DOUGLAS: 1838 Handwritten Manuscript Document: Dismissal Statement Middlesex and Gorham Baptist Church Members
HAZEL BARRETT: c1930s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN YOUNG GIRL'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOK OF POETRY, ESSAYS, STORIES AND A LITTLE ARITHMETIC
UNIDENTIFIED: 1984 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG TEENAGE SCHOOLBOY AND HIS LOVE AND DESIRE TO PROTECT HIS ABUSED FRIEND SARAH
NETA RODIER WEST: 1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEW JERSEY WOMAN
MRS. TIMOTHY [ANNA] CRONIN: 1936 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF A HARDWORKING DAIRY FARMER
Edward Hughes: 1907 - 1909 HANDWRITTEN ARCHIVE OF FAMED ARTIST EDWARD HUGHES RELATING TO A PORTRAIT FOR QUEEN ALEXANDRIA
GRACE W. INGALLS: 1936 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, CHEERFUL BOSTON AREA DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT
CAPTAIN JAMES MARTYN EAVES: 1914 - 1921 HUGE ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [5] AND LETTERS [196] DETAILING THE WORLD WAR I SERVICE, LIFE AND TIMES HANDWRITTEN BY A CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS AND LATER DEPUTY OF THE QUARTER MASTER GENERAL
PVT. GEORGE S. ROUNTREE, JR. [later Ensign]: 1943 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS [ALS] DETAILING THE DISASTERS AND DEPRIVATIONS OF BOOT CAMP AND BASIC TRAINING
WARD L. BERTHOLF: 1921 THROUGH 1939 ARCHIVE OF TWELVE [12] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THIS YOUNG UPSTATE NEW YORK ALL AMERICAN BOY AND MUSICIAN THROUGH THE ROARING TWENTIES THROUGH THE DEPRESSION TO THE VERY CUSP OF WORLD WAR II
WARD L. BERTHOLF: 1925 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE GROOM DETAILING AN EPIC 5100 MILE HONEYMOON TRIP FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN
CHARLES STEVENS: 1861 ARCHIVE OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIZER TAUNTING HIS BROTHER 'A LINCOLN MAN'
ELAINE HANNEY: 1920 ARCHIVE OF NINE [9] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTERS DETAILING THE BUDDING RELATIONSHIP AND CRUSH OF ONE SEMINARY GIRL FOR ANOTHER
SAM CHAMBERS: 1802 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A VOYAGER ON THE FAMED USS CONSTELLATION DURING THE FIRST BARBARY WAR AND EARLY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS [USMC] CONTENT
KARL GEORGE LEES: 1918 NEW YEAR'S EVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] HANDWRITTEN BY A CANADIAN SOLDIER VETERAN OF VIMY RIDGE AND PASSCHENDAELE ON BLIGHTY LEAVE COMPLAINING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND OF THE HIGH AND MIGHTY 'YANKS' AND MORE
MRS. HAROLD MILLER: 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ENGLISH WOMAN MOVING TO RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL ONLY TO BE WITNESS TO THE START AND END OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN REVOLUTION
SOPHIE D. PRIDEAUX [MRS. CLARENCE EDMUND FRY]: 1861 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF VICTORIAN REMEDIES, RECIPES, SALVES, CURES AND CHEMICAL FORMULAE COMPILED AND HANDWRITTEN BY A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOURTURIST AND WIFE OF ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
GEORGE NAPIER TOMLIN, RN REAR ADMIRAL: 1914 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY THE COMMANDER OF THE FAMED AND NOTORIOUS HMS AGINCOURT FROM DETERMINED MOBILIZATION TO THE DANGEROUS NORTH SEA
FAUBIER ??: 1662 HANDWRITTEN MULTIPLE SIGNATURE MARRIAGE CONTRACT AND FAMILIAL BONDING IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE - WOMAN TAKEN AS CHATTEL?
LIEUTENANT PARTICULIER, RAPPORTEUR: 1666 PRINTED 'FACTUM' TRIAL DOCUMENT SUMMARIZING FINDINGS OF AN EXPERT IN HANDWRITING REGARDING THE WILLS AND LAST TESTAMENTS OF FRANCOIS GIBERT, A HERO OF THE BATTLES BETWEEN THE DUTCH AND THE ENGLISH IN JUNE OF 1666
GEORGE JAMES TOMLIN, CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY: 1882 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT BY NAVAL CAPTAIN OF THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PORT
NICOLAS MARY DESFONTAINES by way of JEAN BARATGIN: 1759 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT FRENCH CATHOLIC RELIC: THE TRAGEDY OF SAINT ALEXIS [SAINT ALEXIS TRAGEDIE or L'ILLUSTRE OLYMPIE]: "Tragédie copiée par moy Jean Baratgin habitant du lieu de Bourisp le 24 May mil Sept Cent cinquante neuf 1759"
SAMUEL M. CONLEY: 1905, 1907 & 1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS, LOGS AND DIARIES OF THE STEAM YACHT 'ARIA' - OWNED BY THE STORIED ONE-TIME MAYOR OF BANGOR MAINE EDWARD H. BLAKE
UNIDENTIFIED: 1912 - 1917 ORIGINAL, DETAILED MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF A RURAL NEW HAMPSHIRE DOCTOR AND FIRST-AT-THE-SCENE ACCOUNT OF A GRISLY MURDER
McCAULL, ATKINSON, McDOWELL Families et al: c1870s ARCHIVE OF EIGHTEEN [18] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TYPIFYING LIFE IN THE GREAT MIDWEST
UNIDENTIFIED: SUPERB 1788 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TREATISE ON THE CURE AND TREATMENT OF TETANUS BY DAZILLE ADDRESSED TO AND WITH HOLOGRAPH NOTE BY EDME-CLAUDE BOURRU ESTEEMED FRENCH DOCTOR, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE IN PARIS AND ORATOR AT FUNERAL OF GUILLOTIN
As acquired by GEORGE NAPIER TOMLIN, RN REAR ADMIRAL: c1914 ORIGINAL BRITISH ROYAL NAVY RELIC: SILVER PLATED MATCH HOLDER AND TRAY FROM THE HMS IRON DUKE TAKEN ABOARD THE HMS AGINCOURT
MAXWELL STEWART SIMPSON et al: 1920s THROUGH 1970s ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL ART, CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS, CLIPPINGS AND OTHER EPHEMERA DETAILING THE LIFE, TIMES AND ART OF NOTED NEW JERSEY PAINTER INCLUDING THE ARTIST'S PERSONAL PHOTGRAPHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS LIFETIME BODY OF WORK
UNIDENTIFIED: 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE SAILOR WHO FINDS LOVE IN SHANGHAI WHILE SERVING IN THE EMPEROR'S NAVY
EDMUND VANCE COOKE: 1929 TYPED POEM BY THE NOTED 'POET LAUREATE OF CHILDHOOD' TO HONOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT SOON AFTER HIS DEATH
ABEL BROWN: 1813 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR, PROTEST OF LAND TRANSFERS AND SCHOOL POLICIES OF EARLY NEW HAMPSHIRE
HORACE G. CHASE: 1844 HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF A 17 YEAR OLD BOSTON BOY DETAILING THE LIFE OF YOUNG MAN AND THE POLITICS OF THE DAY
UNIDENTIFIED: 1829 - 1834 THREE [3] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGERS FOR A VERY BUSY GENERAL STORE TYPIFYING THE LOCAL COMMERCE, ECONOMY AND TRADE OF DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE
MRS. JOHN ANDERSON [?]: 1911 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY HARDWORKING PITTSBURGH FAMILY WOMAN
MAJOR SIDNEY G. PAGE: 1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OBSERVANT MEDICAL OFFICER STATIONED IN ORAN WITHIN WEEKS OF THE CITY'S FALL TO THE ALLIES AND AMID THE EXCITEMENT OF THE BUILD UP TO THE INVASION OF ITALY