19th Century Manuscripts

1845 American Missionary Letters from Erzurum, Ottoman Turkey, Where Mary Lawrence Herbert Peabody Describes Armenian Protestant Work Against “Satan’s Seat”

1838 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY THE SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA WHO PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS AND HELPS A WIDOW'S SON LAUNCHING THE CAREER OF A FUTURE ADMIRAL AND HERO OF THE CIVIL WAR PIERCE CROSBY JR.

1836 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM INCLUDING MANY NOTED DELAWARE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FIGURES

1844 HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF A 17 YEAR OLD BOSTON BOY DETAILING THE LIFE OF YOUNG MAN AND THE POLITICS OF THE DAY

1838 Handwritten Manuscript Document: Dismissal Statement Middlesex and Gorham Baptist Church Members

1843 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER [ALS] REGARDING THE KILLING OF MRS. BACON 'AND THE WRETCHES THEY HAVE CAUGHT' HANDWRITTEN BY A HARVARD MAN TO A WASHINGTON COLLEGE FRIEND

1847 ALMANACK OF A GERMAN BEER MERCHANT INCLUDING PAYABLES, RECEIVABLES, EXPENSES, CONTACTS AND PERSONAL WRITINGS

1845 - 1850 HANDWRITTEN FIRST HAND MANUSCRIPT OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND LEDGER OF A BUSY PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND MERCHANT AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

1838 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING THE POOR STATE OF HOME AND POLITICS DURING AND AFTER THE REBELLIONS OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA

1840s-1890s LARGE ARCHIVE OF 47 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO THE FAMED ASTRONOMER, ADMIRAL, INVENTOR AND AUTHOR ERNEST MOUCHEZ FROM HIS SISTER, CABINET MINISTERS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES

1836 SCHREIB ALMANACK OF A GERMAN BUSINESSMAN WITH HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTES INCLUDING PAYABLES, RECEIVABLES, EXPENSES, CONTACTS AND PERSONAL WRITINGS

1851-1905 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER AND EPHEMERA ARCHIVE OF 85+ MULTI GENERATIONAL FAMILIES INCLUDING THE REED, WOOD AND MERRILL FAMILIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

1839 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY A ROGUE, SCAMP AND HERO OF THE SINKING OF THE STEAMBOAT ANTHONY WAYNE

1842 HANDWRITTEN RECEIPT FOR HAVING RECEIVED HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG

1842 HANDWRITTEN CHANSONNIER - A ROMANTIC HOMAGE OF POETRY TO THIS SOLDIER'S LOVE

1842 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH AND MEMORY BOOK WITH DOZENS OF AUTOGRAPHED SENTIMENTS BY MANY NOTED RESIDENTS OF THIS FAMED WHALING HUB ON NANTUCKET ISLAND

1849 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT GOLD RUSH ERA WORK DIARY OF A BOSTON FREIGHT HANDLING COMPANY

1849 ARCHIVE OF FOUR [4] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE FORMATION OF THE LEESBURG LIGHT ARTILLERY

1836 LIMERICK MAINE BOOK OF MEMORY AND VERSE FROM ONE OF MAINE'S EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES

1837 HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY AN AMERICAN TEACHER DETAILING AND PROTESTING ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITIONS OF THE EARLY QUEBECOISE: "every few minutes my ears were saluted with a discharge of Musketry...on the Lords Day...a descecration they consider...

1848 and 1850 SMALL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HANDWRITTEN STAMPLESS LETTERS REGARDING PERSONAL BUSINESS AND PERSONAL ANECDOTES REGARDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1853 - 1866 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR AND PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY OF A 53 YEAR OLD OXFORD NEW YORK MAN

1837 - 1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] WRITING TABLETS BY NOTED IOWA POET - 50 YEARS OF WRITING

1851 HANDWRITTEN STAMPLESS COVER ALS TO THE SELECTMEN OF PLAINFIELD REGARDING SAMUEL HARVEY

1853 LITERARY EXERCISES OF THE YOUNG LADIES OF PROFESSOR METCALFE'S ACADEMY IN REVEREND MR. PORTER'S CHURCH - BROADSIDE

1852 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED DETAILING EARLY BOOK BUY BY FAMED BOOKSELLER HENRY WHIPPLE

1851 SUPERB - BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE FRANCE No 434 - DECRET RELATIF AUX PRIMES POUR LA PECHE DE LA BALEINE OU DU CACHALOT

1852 VILLE DE PARIS RARE VOTING CARD COMING SOON AFTER THE TROUBLES OF THE SECOND COMMUNE

1853 Handwritten Manuscript Diary of William Loving

1833 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH GENEALOGICAL PRECIS - CLAUDE DE LA MONNOYE [MONNOIE]

1834 + 1837 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FIVE [5] LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MASSACHUSETTS MAN SEEKING INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN ALABAMA ONLY TO MAKE AN ILL ADVISED MOVE TO TEXAS

1824 ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY KEPT BY A PROPER YOUNG ENGLISH GENTLEMAN ON AN EXTRAVAGANT, DELUXE TRIP TO A NUMBER OF DUTCH CITIES, LANDMARKS AND WATERWAYS

1802 Printed Almanack with Manuscript Margin Notes and Post-Revolutionary Diary Entries by a Columbia County, New York Citizen, Including Local and Historical References and Curious Coded Language

1815 - 1865 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF HIS AND HER MAJESTY NAVY LIEUTENANTS LIVING A LIFE RIGHT OUT OF MASTER AND COMMANDER WITH SENSATIONAL ROYAL NAVY EPHEMERA: THE LT.'S OWN COURT MARTIAL FOR MURDER

1822 ORIGINAL PRINTED NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC WITH OVER 45 PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN ENTRIES FROM AN ALBANY MAN DETAILING HIS LIFE AND TIMES AS A LANDLORD AND CHURCH GOER

1802 - 1803 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY AND MORE, GEARED TOWARDS THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS NEW TO THE SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TOWNSHIP

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

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

1802 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS AND POLITICKING IN WASHINGTON CITY BY ONE JOHN JENKINS TO HIS RENOWNED RELATIVE COLONEL JOHN JENKINS BACK HOME IN LUZERNE COUNTY

1835 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM A DOTING HUSBAND IN BALTIMORE TO HIS WIFE, TOUCHING ON FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE GROWTH AND LOVE OF THEIR CHILDREN TOGETHER