19th Century Manuscripts

1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND OPINION ON THE EVILS OF RECONSTRUCTION FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND LIKELY HANDWRITTEN BY THE FUTURE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA

1864 - 1865 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE RENOWNED 'FIGHTING SECOND' NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT HANDWRITTEN BY THEIR BELOVED CHAPLAIN AND BATTLE READY COMRADE

1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE WISCONSIN MAN'S LAST MONTHS OF WAR AND FIRST HARDSCRAP MONTHS BACK HOME - RETURNING TO A SICK WIFE AND SICK FARM

1868 - 1872 ORIGINAL SHIP'S LOG AND CAPTAIN'S DIARY WHO LIVES A ROLLICKING SEA FARING LIFE BUT PINES FOR HIS CARRIE

1864 - 1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK OF A COMMERCIAL VESSEL THE 'SCHOONER NAPOLEON' PLYING IT'S TRADE FROM THE UNION NORTH TO THE CONFEDERATE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR

1865 - 1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG ANGLO WOMAN LIVING IN THE FRENCH HEART OF LOWER CANADA

1865 ORIGINAL 200+ HANDWRITTEN RECIPES OF GERMAN - EUROPEAN COOKERY FROM SOUPS TO SAVORIES, ASPIC TO WURST

1865 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED DIVINITY STUDENT OF THE FAMED COOPER UNION COLLEGE A MERE FIVE YEARS AFTER THE SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED

1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A US NAVY ENGINEER FROM CALLAS PERU TO HIS PAL ON LEAVE

1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A US NAVY ENGINEER ABOARD THE USS DACOTAH DESCRIBING HIS TRIP TO TALCAHUANO BAY CHILE

1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY US NAVY ENGINEER DETAILING HIS TRIP TO FUNCHAL PORTUGAL

1862 ORIGINAL, UNIQUE FRENCH LANGUAGE CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NEW IMMIGRANT WHO DETAILS HIS BATTLE EXPERIENCE FROM ROANOKE ISLAND, THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN AND ANTIETAM

1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THIS 87 YEAR OLD MAN WHEN HE LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1791

1863 ORIGINAL TWO OF THREE VOLUMES LATIN DISCOURSE: THEOLOGIA DOGMATICA

1863 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED DOCTOR A MERE 3 YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN DEMISE

1869 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN IN THE STYLE OF A NOVEL BY THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER

1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PROLIFIC CONNECTICUT COBBLER AND FARMER

1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 22 YEAR OLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND PENSIONER

1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF PRIZE WINNING POETRY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TORONTO UPPER CANADA MAN WHO WILL GO ON TO FIND HIS TRUE LOVE IN LIFE AND IN LAW

1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST CIVIL WAR DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WELL TO DO BUILDER LIVING IN THE WINTER HILL AREA OF SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS

1869 ORIGINAL HEARTFELT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND TRAGEDIES OF A WELL CONNECTED, WELL RESPECTED BOSTON FAMILY

1868 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS COPYBOOK/TRAVEL DIARY BY A BRITISH SOLDIER ON HIS WAY TO INDIA SHARING INTIMATE DETALS WITH HIS MATER, PATER AND KITTY

1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN AUBURN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY GUARD AND CIVIL WAR VETERAN THANKFUL HE RETURNED FROM HIS SERVICE IN THE CAROLINAS FOR 'UNCLE SAMUEL'

1868 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED SALEM NEW JERSEY BOOKSELLER

1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF US NAVAL ENGINEER, VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR AND WITNESS TO ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WARS IN SOUTH AMERICA EVER

1865 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION ERA DIARY DETAILING A NEW YORK MAN'S TRIP TO GEORGIA TO BUY COTTON AND FINDS DOUBLE-DEALING PARTNERS

1864 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 71 MANUSCRIPT TELEGRAMS WITH ORDERS FROM THE WAR DEARTMENT OF THE UNION INCLUDING THE PROVOST GENERAL, THE SECRETARY OF WAR et al

1864 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY THE SISTER OF NOTED CONFEDERATE GENERAL AND 3 TIME PRISONER OF WAR WHO WOULD LATER BECOME A US SENATOR

1862 ORIGINAL INTRIGUING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ENGINEER AND SCHOOL TEACHER WHO INSISTS HE IS INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES

1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NEW JERSEY CIVIL WAR HOMEFRONT DIARY OF A 29 YR OLD WOMAN HOPING TO BE A BETTER CHRISTIAN IN THE NEW YEAR

1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG HURON COUNTY OHIO FARMER DETAILING HIS LIFE, TIMES AND TRAVELS IN POST CIVIL WAR OHIO

1869 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF THE HARD RURAL LIFE OF DEATH, DISEASE AND NEVERENDING WORK DURING A VERY COLD YEAR IN CENTRAL VERMONT

1867 - 1868 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY FROM AMERICA TO IRELAND THROUGH TO ITALY ONLY TO WITNESS THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS

1864 + 1865 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY MASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST MINISTER AND NOTED DOCTOR OF QUACK REMEDIES AND PATENT COMPOUNDS

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

1868 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO RELISHES CANDY, ELEGANTLY FROSTED CAKE AND CHESS

1865 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARMY 95TH REGIMENT OF FOOT [DERBYSHIRE] WHILE IN KURRACHEE

1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF SUTTON MASSACHUSETTS BOOTMAKER - COBBLER AND SUPPLIER TO THE UNION ARMY

1868 - 1873 ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER BOOKS OF A PROSPEROUS, SUCCESSFUL COBBLER