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Christopher Columbus Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 00236
Scope and Contents
A handmade and handwritten booklet by Giovanni de Simoni, dated October 14, 1849, entitled “Transcript of three Autograph Letters of Christopher Columbus and of one Letter to Him from Old Bank of Saint George in Genoa: Dated in the years 1502 and 1503. Copied from the Originals in the Doge’s Or Ducal Palace at Genoa." Includes an October 14, 1849 from Giovanni Desimoni, Genova, to "Signore" about the transcript. Written in Italian. Letter from F. Rogue Cocchia, Archbishop of...
Dates:
1849,1880
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Edward C. Dyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2014.024
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, and financial documents related to Edward C. Dyer's business as an auctioneer and importer of cigars (segars) from Havana, Cuba. The majority of the documents are dated between 1853-1865 with the full scope of the collection ranging from 1808-1897. The bulk of the letters were written by John Benjamin Belt, a cigar exporter in Havana, detailing the Cuban import-export cigar trade including suppliers, brands, quality of various tobacco...
Dates:
1808-1897 and undated; Majority of material found in 1853-1865
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Grigsby-Galt Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.308
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881. The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia. The collection also contains the personal...
Dates:
1736-1982; Majority of material found in 1840-1930
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center