Found 2 collections related to Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

A small quantity of letters, notes, calling cards, autographs, and other items from American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman Edward Everett Hale. Several letters are to New York Public Library Director John Shaw Billings, and relate to books owned by James Lenox. Also included is an emended draft of an essay titled "Ministry", and a menu from a dinner at the Aldine Club held in Hale's honor less

Edward Hand (1744-1802) was a physician and Army officer. Collection consists of correspondence while Hand was stationed at Fort Pitt in 1777-1778, dealing with the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier; letters, 1779, relating chiefly to matters of transportation and supply for Sullivan's expedition against the Indians; and letters, 1781-1782, while he was adjutant general concerning various details of Army administration. Letters by Hand include 145 to Jasper Yeates, 1775-1785, relating to the American revolution. Five letters, 1898, concerning this collection were written by John Shaw Billings and others. less