In this letter addressed to his wife Maris, Doddridge thanks her for her letter and writes: "You will God willing see me on Monday. I long to be with you." The letter is written on irregularly cut paper, with some of the edges frayed or otherwise...
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; Letters; Seals (Closures); Sealing-wax
Astor writes about some sort of trouble with the law that either he or some of his friends are in. He talks of trials and such. Astor seems to be worried that a bill he wants to pass will get rejected. Pages 3 and 4 have remnants of red sealing...
Bierce discusses Neale, then decides that it would be a good idea to refrain from talking about Neale because of his feelings towards him. There are some edits made to the text in ink, as well as some notes in pencil.
This leather-bound collection includes two letters and a portrait of Carlyle. The leather is trimmed with gold, and the pages have some spots of discoloration.
Letter written in ink on parchment. There is some discoloration where the ink has bled through, and there is a self-made cover with remnants of red sealing wax.
De Quincey thanks his correspondent for "disposing of the books" for him, promising more to choose from as he goes through "the whole" of a collection. He notes that it may take him some time, as he works on it "only at intervals of resting from my...
In this note, Perkins summarizes the June 8 Doddridge letter and includes some biographical information, but does not transcribe the letter. He includes the date of purchase at Dawson's Book Shop as 1929 November 21. The note is written in pencil...
Play by John Dryden dated 1691. Bookplate on inside front cover describes this book as a third edition. It is in fair condition with some discolored pages.
Dupont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865; Biographical information; Biographical sources; Collecteana files
Perkins notes some historical information about Dupont from Appleton Cyclopaedia of American biography and summarizes the letter. This note is written in pencil on light blue paper.
Ade is explaining that he has been out of town in the Philippines for three weeks. He was unhappy about what he saw there. The letter is messy with some spills on it.
Notes written in pencil on beige paper. Perkins also writes biographical information on Ellery and Huntington taken from Appleton's Encyclopaedia of American Biography. There is some yellow discoloration.
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Collecteana files; Biographical information; Moreau, Jean Victor Marie, 1763-1813; Biographical sources
Perkins discusses a letter from Astor to Daschkoff about building boats. There is a very brief biography about Astor and a partial transcription of the letter. Page 4 contains some biographical information on General Moreau. The Astor letter was...
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948; Transcriptions; Collecteana files; Biographical information
Perkins notes the spatial and temporal information about this letter, and also states that the letter was from Dawson's Book Shop. There is also some biographical information at the top of the second page. Perkins then transcribes the letter....
