Content Description From the Collection: An eight page letter from G.S. Meade in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Mr. Atkinson. Meade was staying in the home of a British Bishop while touring the islands. Along with describing the native Hawaiian people, and the environment of Hawaii in detail, the letter names specific Hawaiians Meade met at a garden party. Meade writes that "to me it is no pleasant sight to see a favored land with its own princess to govern it, actually in the hands of another race, its trade taken by foreigners, its...

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Six letters sent by Richard Cumberland to his mother from Maranhao, Brazil. Cumberland, who was British, worked for a mining company that was operating in the jungle outside of Rodondo, a village in Maranhao. He writes about the living conditions, the climate, the pay, and the people he encountered.

Content warnings for derogatory language, mentions of racially motivated violence, drug use.

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A letter from Henry Clay to Josiah Bigelow. In it, Clay responds to a rumor Bigelow heard about a General Harrison joining the Antimasons. The letter is one page long, and is housed with a cover sheet that served as an envelope, as well as a typed transcription of the text.

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Six envelopes with different images commemorating the 61st and final reunion of the United Confederate Veterans in Norfolk, Virginia. There is also a block of four uncanceled three cent commemorative stamps.

Items are accompanied by three newsletters referencing the envelopes sent by Jeff Toalson to the James City Cavalry of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Scope and Contents

This book is the one marked "Records."

Scope and Contents

This is the book marked "Ledger."