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LIEUTENANT HENRY CABELL MADDUX, JR., USN: 1941 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [7] AND NOTEBOOK [1] DETAILING THE SERVICE, DUTIES AND SOMETIMES EXTREME OPINIONS OF AN OFFICER OF THE STORIED USS RANGER, AMERICA'S FIRST TRUE AIRCRAFT CARRIER SENATOR JAMES THOMAS 'COTTON TOM' HEFLIN: 1930s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF EXPENSE VOUCHERS, ACCOMPANYING LETTERS AND UNUSUAL INSIGHT TO THE TRAVEL AND WORKINGS OF ONE OF ALABAMA'S NOTED AND NOTORIOUS SONS JOHN [JACK] I. LASHWAY: 1966 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY, PHOTO ALBUM AND SCRAPBOOK OF TWO [2] BIG GAME HUNTING TRIPS BY A WILDLIFE ARTIST STALKING MOOSE AND CARIBOU IN CANADA AND ANTELOPE IN WYOMING
LT. FRANCIS JOHN HEXT, 83rd REGIMENT OF FOOT: 1844 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY ABLE 27 YEAR OLD OFFICER IN THE 83rd REGIMENT OF FOOT SOON AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM CANADA HARRY: 1904 ORIGINAL ALBUM OF SNAPSHOTS DEPICTING THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOWN OF FRANK AND THE WORST CANADIAN NATURAL DISASTER IN NEAR ARCTIC HISTORY CHAPLAIN JOHN WESLEY ADAMS: 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
ELISE R. TYSON for J.H. BUCKINGHAM: 1840 RIVETING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING BY FIRE AND EVENTUAL RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN PACKET SHIP FILLED WITH COMBUSTIBLES AND PASSENGERS GEORGE W. OLIPHANT: 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WWI DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INTREPID SAILOR DETAILING A FRAUGHT FILLED CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC for SAMUEL W. COMSTOCK: 1833 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG OF A 155 DAY VOYAGE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO TO NEW YORK CITY
UNKNOWN: 1890s RARE WORLDWIDE TRAVEL PHOTO DIARY ALBUM OF 200 ORIGINAL PHOTOS, MANY HAND COLOURED M.A. PAIR, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER et al: 1850s - 1870 ORIGINAL GROUP OF REPORTS, DOCUMENTS AND DATA DETAILING THE STATE OF MEDICINE, HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON ON EARTH ADMIRAL FREDRICK W. RODGERS: 1902 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOK OF THE TRAVELS AND DIPLOMACY OF THE FLAGSHIP ADMIRAL OF THE ASIATIC FLEET ON THE CHINA STATION AT THIS MOST PERILOUS TIME IN CHINA AND JAPAN RELATIONS
MARK BENNITT [sometimes BENNETT]: 1902 - 1906 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING MUCH OF THE MACHINATIONS AND PUBLICITY OF THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION FOR THE 1901 PAN-AMERICAN AND 1904 LOUSIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITIONS COMPILED BY THE HEAD OF PUBLICITY THEOPHILUS TAPPIN: 1838 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN ENJOYING LIFE, WORK AND SUNDAY SCHOOL IN GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK GOVERNOR THOMAS JONES [?]: 1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND OPINION ON THE EVILS OF RECONSTRUCTION FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND LIKELY HANDWRITTEN BY THE FUTURE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA
SENATOR JAMES THOMAS 'COTTON TOM' HEFLIN: 1932 ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY ALABAMA'S MOST COLORFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL ANTI CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATORS WHO ALSO CREATED ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED NATIONAL HOLIDAYS G.H. DUDLEY: 1885 ORIGINAL NINE PAGE AUTOGRAPHED LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION REFINING COMPANY IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO HIS CORPORATE BANKERS IN CINCINNATI OHIO UNIDENTIFIED: 1944 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH SOLDIER ON LEAVE TOURING COPTIC CHRISTIAN MONASTERIES IN EGYPT ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ONE DAY FAMOUS NEW ZEALAND FRIEND AND HERO OF THE GREEKS
CADET LOUIS G. RUGGLES: 1901 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CADET IN TRAINING ABOARD AMERICA'S NOTED TRAINING SHIP THE USS ENTERPRISE AND WHO WILL GO ON TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AT SEA IN WORLD WAR I MARJORIE MABIE: 1908 - 1913 + 1929 GROUP OF EIGHT [8] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A LOVELY SMALL TOWN GIRL OF A WELL KNOWN FAMILY LIVING IN WHAT WILL ONE DAY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TOWNS ON THE PLANET MICHAEL KARNER, KONDITOR: 1907 SUPERB, ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL WITH 100s OF DESSERTS, CONFECTIONS, BAKED GOODS AND EUROPEAN PASTRY RECIPES, PLUS ICING DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS: A MASTER BAKER AND KONDITOR'S TREASURE TROVE
L. W. BEARD: 1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REQUESTING PRIME FARMING LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTLING AND COLONISING NORTHERN FARMERS INTO ALABAMA K. L. KLOPFER: 1942 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF ONE MAN'S SERVICE AS A MECHANIC AND PIPEFITTER AT THE PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD REPAIRING SOME OF THE MOST STORIED SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FRANK P. GAGE: 1946 ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A WIDE EYED MASSACHUSETTS MAN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TREASURE ISLAND IN THE BAY
MARY EDITH RUSK: 1893 - 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, A DEDICATED DIARIST WHO DETAILS HER FATHER'S LAST DAYS OF PAIN MERE WEEKS AFTER THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR AND MUCH MORE JEREMIAH GOULD [?]: 1849 - 1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, INTROSPECTIVE INDIANA SURVEYOR DETAILING HIS LIFE AND FAMILY HARDSHIPS OF TRAGIC ILLNESS WHO STILL SEES THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD WHILE VISITING THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE EXPOSITION J.P. WILSON or J.D. KING [?]: 1909 - 1927 ORIGINAL GROUP OF EIGHT [8] MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS AND LEDGERS OF A BUSY RURAL ALABAMA DOCTOR
UNIDENTIFIED: 1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A GREAT FALLS MONTANA SINGLE DAD WHO WORKS HARD TEACHING HIS SON THE MANLY ARTS OF SHOOTING, HUNTING, TREATING SKINS AND READING BOOKS UNIDENTIFIED: 1685 ORIGINAL ANCIENT ENGLISH ROYAL WARRANT HANDWRITTEN A MERE FOUR DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF CHARLES II AND IN THE NAME OF THE NEW KING JAMES II GIFTS AND LARGESSE ARE SHOWERED ON HIS FAMILY AND RETAINERS WILLIAM ROUSY: 1841 ORIGINAL STAMPLESS MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY HIS ELDER BROTHER FILLED WITH ADVICE, ADMONITIONS [AND WARNINGS AGAINST INTERCOURSE] TO A NEWLY MINTED MIDSHIPMAN ON THE SLOOP OF WAR CYANE
C.B. PENDLETON, CAPTAIN: 1853 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER AND HANDWRITTEN RELIC OF SEA FARING COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN BY A CAPTAIN VERY SOON TO BE NOTED IN DISPATCHES FOR HIS GALLANT SAVING OF PASSENGERS AND CREW IN THE 'SAN FRANCISCO' SHIPPING DISASTER UNIDENTIFIED: 1940s to 1950s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 350 HANDWRITTEN FILE CARDS EACH WITH THE LYRICS OF POPULAR SONGS OF THE ERA FROM BROADWAY, MOVIES AND RADIO JOHN WYCH: 1857 ORIGINAL ANTE BELLUM MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALABAMA MAN IN A FINANCIAL PREDICAMENT FROM THE LOSS OF HIS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BY FIRE
LIEUTENANT (JG) G.H. PENN: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG AND DIARY OF AN AMERICAN ARMY LIEUTENANT FOCUSED ON WINNING ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC FIGHTING AN ENEMY MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE JAPANESE ARCHIBALD [ARCHIE] M. MCLAUCHLIN: 1858 - 1876 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 17 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A NORTH CAROLINA MAN NOW LIVING IN ALABAMA DETAILING TO HIS SISTERS AND BROTHER ALL ABOUT HIS LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR MORVEN M. JONES: c1870s ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR DIARY DETAILING THE BRUTAL TREATMENT AND SCANDALOUS TRIAL OF 3 UNION OFFICERS HANDWRITTEN BY A KEY PLAYER & MUCH MALIGNED MIDDLE AGED UNION ARMY OFFICER, ATTORNEY WHO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAD THE EAR OF PRESIDENTS
UNKNOWN SCRIVENER: 1750 SUPERB ORIGINAL FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC BOOK OF PIETY, PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS HANDWRITTEN IN A STUNNING CALLIGRAPHIC HAND UNIDENTIFIED: 1915 + 1917 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DOSAGE LOGS OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH NARCOTICS AND A SIGNIFICANT LOOK AT EARLY 20TH CENTURY DRUG TREATMENTS ENSIGN CARL HOLBROOK: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 30 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND EPHEMERA OF AN ALABAMA ENSIGN AND BOY NEXT DOOR WHO WRITES HIS MOM IN FORT PAYNE
DR. O.L. CHASON, DR. JOHN M. MCKEE, HARRY SEALE et al: 1966 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT AND TYPED LETTERS REGARDING A NOTORIOUS DOUBLE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN MOBILE ALABAMA IN THE 1940s DR. BRYAN C. (B.C.) WEST, JR., YALE L. SAFFRO et al: 1980s ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND HAND MADE DRAWINGS BY 29 WORLD WAR II AIR FORCE ACES FROM BOTH THE EUROPEAN THEATER AND THE PACIFIC FOREMAN LEROY ALPAUGH, USMC: 1917 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK COMPILED WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY A UNITED STATES MARINE SERVING AT GUANTANAMO DURING THE SUGAR INTERVENTION
E. POTWOROWSKI, G. WEETMAN, B. POISSON: 1964 ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA GUIDE TO HIKING, CAMPING, CANOEING, ROCK CLIMBING AND MOUNTAINEERING AROUND MONTREAL CANADA SARAH ?: 1888 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT LETTER HOME TO HER SIBLINGS IN NEW YORK STATE DESCRIBING HER LIFE IN POMONA CALIFORNIA 'NOW WITH 3 HORSES' UNIDENTIFIED: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY CAPABLE WOMAN SUFFERING THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF A LOVE TRIANGLE WHILE DEATH RAINS FROM THE SKY DURING THE SUMMER OF THE BUZZ BOMB AND HITLER'S V1 CAMPAIGN TO TERRORIZE ENGLAND & BREAK BRITAIN'S SPIRIT
EMMA FREIDA GERZ: 1912 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENIGMATIC YOUNG LOS ANGELES WOMAN TRYING TO BECOME A STAGE ACTRESS ONLY TO BE OUTRAGED WHEN SHE IS CAST AS A 'NEGRO MAMMY' ROY NEWELL: 1916 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A BUFFALO MAN'S TRIP TO DUNNVILLE ONTARIO AND A RETELLING OF HIS SCARY TIME IN THE BANANA ROOM MIDSHIPMAN ALEXANDER SHARP: 1877 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY AN 'OLD SALT' MIDSHIPMAN WHO WILL SERVE HIS COUNTRY AT SEA WITH DISTINCTION AND ONE DAY EARN HIGH PRAISE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
JAMES LEE: 1840s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF A BRITISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON WHO EXPOUNDS ON TEMPERANCE, THE NORTH POLE AND A DIARY OF HIS SURGERIES AND CASES OF INTEREST LOUISE VANN: 1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LIVELY, CHARMING NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN'S COLLEGE SENIOR WHO HAS A WHIRLWIND SOCIAL LIFE BETTIE G. HICKS: 1878 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALABAMA FRIEND OF THE MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY REPORTING ON THE STATE OF FAMILY INTERESTS NOW THAT ARCHIE HAS PASSED
HOWARD P. DUNHAM: 1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NEAR 'ZELIG' LIKE CONNECTICUT MAN WHO WORKS AND SOCIALIZES IN THE UPPER ECHELONS OF CONNECTICUT POLITICS JAMES S. QUINN: 1934 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GRAND MANAN NEW BRUNSWICKER WHO REGALES HIS FRIEND WITH TALES OF WHALES AND RUM RUNNING ROCKEFELLERS UNIDENTIFIED: 1854 ORIGINAL NAIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY FILLED WITH THE DAILY DETAILS OF LIFE IN EAST BOSTON HANDWRITTEN BY A ELDERLY WOMAN WHO STILL REMEMBERS THAT HER FATHER WOULD HAVE BEEN 112 HAD HE LIVED
CAPT. LOUIS MCKEEHAN: 1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CRITICALLY TIMED TRIP TO WAR TORN ENGLAND BY AN AMERICAN PHYSICIST WHOSE DETERMINATION AND OUTSIDE-THE-BOX THINKING WILL PERFECT THE ART OF TORPEDO WARFARE MRS. ARCHIBALD [ARCHIE] M. MCLAUCHLIN: 1870s ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR [4] PARTIAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS OF LIFE, DEATH AND THE LEGACY OF HER HUSBAND to GEORGE NEUMANN: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 100+ LETTERS SENT IN THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO AN EXEMPLARY AMERICAN WHO MADE IT HIS SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II TO LIFT THE SPIRITS AND FEED THE SOULS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SERVICEMEN WHO GAVE THEIR ALL
RICHARD J. O'FARRELL: 1849 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A NEAR DESPERATE IRISH IMMIGRANT BEGGING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM A FELLOW COUNTRYMAN JEROME B STILSON: 1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR LETTER SHOWING THAT WAR ALONE CANNOT STOP PROGRESS OR COMMON COURTESY AS THE MAN IN CHARGE OF BUILDING THE BALTIMORE COURTHOUSE PROVES WILLIAM WILSON: 1848 + 1849 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE MAN WHO HAS A GRASP OF BOTH THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF THE DAY
LYMAN REED: 1858 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REVEALING A CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY RELATED TO POTATO ROT BY A BALTIMORE AREA NATURALIST JOHN B: 1900 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING A MASSIVE BLAZE IN BALTIMORE CITY HENRY PERKINS GODDARD: 1885 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY THE 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB OF BALTIMORE ON ONE OF THE MORE ECCENTRIC VISITORS TO HIS HOME
GEARY BEAM: 1887 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ITINERANT NEAR ILLITERATE THOUGH WONDERFULLY DESCRIPTIVE TRAVELER LIZZIE [ELIZABETH] MORRIS: 1857 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR [2] OF LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE SISTER TO HER NEW YORK BROTHER WHO AMIDST THE BREEZY FAMILY TALK VOICES CONCERNS OVER THE ELECTIONS AND THE MOBS CRAWFORD R. BUELL: 1972 ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT: LONG WALK RECOLLECTIONS BY NAVAJOS BY NOTED HISTORIAN PLUS HIS EDITORS COPY
DR. F.E. GORDON: 1847 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A SOUTH CAROLINA MAN NOT HAPPY WITH THE LESS CIVILIZED, LESS HOSPITABLE ALABAMA WHICH HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE HIS NEW HOME AND MEDICAL PRACTICE GEORGE SHAPLAND: 1788 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DUAL PURPOSE BOOK: CIPHERING AND COMPLEX MATHEMATICS WITH NAUTICAL AND NAVIGATIONAL EXERCISES AND OBSERVATIONS HANDWRITTEN BY AN ADVANCED SCHOLAR BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED HERMAN T. PARKER: 1901 - 1902 ORIGINAL, SUPERB GROUP OF FOUR [4] FOLIO MANUSCRIPT BOOKS DETAILING THE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES ON THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME FOR A NEW CADET ON THE UNITED STATES TRAINING SHIP ENTERPRISE
CAPT. HENRY HAWKINS, GEORGE HAWKINS: 1810 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG AND LEDGER OF A BUSY COMMERCIAL SHIP TRYING TO PLY IT'S TRADE IN THE INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS WATERS FACED BY AMERICAN SHIPPING FROM THE BRITISH NAVY AS COASTAL WATERS AND THE ATLANTIC CROSSING HEAT UP AS THE WAR OF 1812 LOOMS MARIE BARBE THERESE HENROTAY: 1805 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK AND ANCIENT TREASURE OF EUROPEAN CULINARIA MRS. JACKSON: 1820 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITISH COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS
UNIDENTIFIED: 1880s - 1906 ORIGINAL PAIR OF OF ENGLISH COOKBOOKS WITH RECIPES FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA THROUGH TO EDWARDIAN TIMES SIDNEY SCHULMAN: 1941 + 1945 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, THEN COLLEGE FRESHMAN AND 3 YEARS AND ONE WAR LATER A MAN SEARCHING THE FLESHPOTS OF ASIA AND RAINING DEATH ON AMERICA'S ENEMIES UNIDENTIFIED: 1850s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF GLASSMAKING RECIPES, PROCEDURES AND FORMULAES
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