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A.A. Low & Bros.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1813
1 box, 1 v
Import firm founded by Abiel Abbot Low (1811-1893). Collection consists of bills of lading, fire insurance policies, and scrapbook on Far Eastern trade and interests in the Low Moor Iron Co. of Virginia.
Abbbott, Benjamin Vaughan, 1830-1890
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6431
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American lawyer and author. Brother of Austin Abbott, and partner with him in the law firm, "Abbott Brothers.". Two letters.
Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3808
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letter to Ed., N.Y. Tribune re subscription, 1873; Letter to John Shaw Billings, NYPL, 1897
Abbot, Ezra, 1819-1884
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6422
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American biblical scholar, teacher, and bibliographer. Three letters to the editors of the New York Tribune regarding payment for subscriptions.
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood, 1836-1903
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6423
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American philosophical writer. Three letters dated 1870, 1874, and 1875. Letter dated June 2, 1874 is addressed to "The Tribune" requesting a copy of the Tribune extra no. 19 containing Dr. Hammond's lecture.
Abbot, Henry L., 1831-1927
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6425
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American army engineer. Co-author of "Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River"(1861). . Pay vouchers from U.S. Army, and letters received concerning the construction of a canal in Panama.
Abbott, Austin, 1831-1896
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6430
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American lawyer and author. Brother of Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, and partner with him in the law firm "Abbott Brothers."
Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6432
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6433
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Poem or verse, titled "Paul & Virginia." Handwritten note indicates that it was written in Montreal on January 1, 1883.
Abbott, Gorham D., 1807-1874
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6434
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6435
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American Congregational clergyman, educator, and prolific writer of children's books.
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6436
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letters to Mr. Thatcher, Henry F. Williams, and a testimonial in favor of Helen M. Wall.
Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6449
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Abeel, David, 1804-1846
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6440
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American missionary. Letter written from St. Croix in Feb. 1897 where the author was recovering from an illness.
Abercrombie, Ralph
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6444
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Receipt of pay from the U.S. Army dated Aug 1, 1855 for 2nd Lt. Ralph Abercrombie 1st Infantry.
Abert, John James, 1788-1863
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6448
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American topographical engineer. Folder includes multiple letters and United States Army pay vouchers. Two letters to a C.E. Zoeller, and three to a Francis Markoc.
Adam, Juliette, 1836-1936
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6460
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letter written in French on paper from "La Nouvell Revue."
Adams family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 21
.6 linear feet (1 box)
Charlotte, Levina and Susan Adams were sisters who lived in Medway, Mass. during the first half of the 19th century. Charlotte married Christopher Slocum of New York and Levina married Cephus Taylor. Slocum's sister Esther married Rev. Lewis... more
Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6468
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American lawyer and historian. Grandson of John Quincy Adams. Three letters. Two letters to N.Y. Tribune with enclosed check for subscription, dated Mar. 22, 1873 and Mar. 23 1873. Third letter dated May 23, 1896 regarding a project the... more
Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6469
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. Responses to... more
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6470
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Includes correspondence with NY Tribune regarding subscription, a check from NY Tribune for $20 (cashed), and correspondence with J.S. Billings, Esq. NYPL donating copies of work to the library.
Adams, Charles Henry, 1824-1902
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6471
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
U. S. Congressman from New York, 1875-77. Instructions to withdraw money.
Adams, Francis William Lauderdale, 1862-1893
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6474
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
The folder contains papers related to Francis W.L. Adams. Enclosed is a "note" regarding an investigation into his suicide that cleared his wife of neglience for not preventing it. Adams shot himself with a revolver; he was long suffering from... more
Adams, George E., 1840-1917
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6477
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Adams, Henry C. (Henry Carter), 1851-1921
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6480
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letter dated Mar. 20, 1884 from Ithaca NY discussing the reception of Adams' lectures by the people of Rochester, NY.
Adams, Henry Sylvanus, 1842-1883
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 13
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This diary was kept by Henry Sylvanus Adams, adjutant of the 41st Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry and later lieutenant of the 3rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Cavalry, from November 21, 1862 through November 14, 1863. Entries cover the... more
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 12
.2 linear feet (1 box)
Henry Adams (1838-1918) was an American historian, novelist, and critic. The collection consists of twenty-eight autograph letters signed by Henry Adams, 1871-1899; his undated autograph memoranda on the art of writing biography (4 p.);... more
Adams, John Quincy, 1833-1864
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6486
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
American politician. Grandson of the 6th President John Quincy Adams. Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1867 and 1871. . Two letters. One letter to Gordon L. Ford Esq.
Adams, John, 1825-1864
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6484
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
John Adams was a 1st Lt. in the Regimental Dragoons of the U.S. Army. After secession of Tennessee he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate Army where he attained the rank of Brigadier General. . U.S. Army pay voucher dated 31 July... more
Adams, Mary Newbury, 1837-1901
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6488
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letter to Theodore Tilton dated July 11, 1869 regarding her rejection as the commencement speaker for the young ladies literary society at Grinnell College in Dubuque, Iowa.