My dear friend your deep interest in the cause of the perishing slave ...
Description:
BEIN BrSides Box 2022 2: Manuscript letter on page [3] from Julia Griffiths, dated, "Rochester, Sept. 18th." Manuscript address of Dr. Bardee [i.e., Dr. Henry Barden], postmark stamp, and wax seal remnant on page [4].
Publisher:
North Star Office
Subject (Topic):
African American press, African Americans, and Social conditions
Collection consists of a diary, in the form of letters written to Bodichon's father, Benjamin Leigh Smith. These letters cover the period 6 Dec 1857 to 11 Jun 1858, and describe in detail the tour of America made by Barbara Bodichon and her husband E...
Description:
are available on microfilm
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States and United States
Subject (Name):
Bodichon, Eugène., Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882., Gratton, Mr., Longden, Dorothy., Ludlow, Isabella Leigh Smith., Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880., and Smith, Benjamin Leigh.
Subject (Topic):
Enslaved persons, Social conditions, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
A manuscript in a single hand, signed by the clerks and witnesses, providing a record of the answers to fifteen questions, prompted by an 1814 parliamentary investigation into the living conditions of ‘Lascars and Chinese’ which ended with the publica...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
China., India., and London (England)
Subject (Name):
East India Company
Subject (Topic):
Employees, Merchant mariners, Economic conditions, and Social conditions
Horizontal print has four vignettes of camp life during the Gold Rush. At upper left: "A Sunday's Amusements" (two men doing laundry). At upper right: "A Daily Pleasure" (two men cooking a meal). At lower left: "Occupation for Rainy Days" (two men men...
Description:
Title from caption at top of image.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Britton & Rey Cornr. Montgomery & California Sts. S.-Francisco
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Topic):
Miners, Social conditions, Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, and Mineral industries
Image contains four illustrations. The upper left illustration depicts two miners in a store. The upper right illustration depicts two miners trudging through heavy snow toward a cabin. The lower left illustration depicts a town scene with horses and ...
Alternative Title:
Winter of 1852 and 3 and Winter of 1852 and 1853
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 404: Manuscript annotation at top of sheet: "Views of our rainy season & destitution of the miners, which are very good." Manuscript annotation at bottom of upper left image: "Store in the mines." Manuscript annotation at bottom of uppe...
A photograph album, owned at one time by Theodore Guarvarius Cockrill, chief of the San Francisco police, with identification photographs of Chinese and Chinese-American men, circa 1874. Each photograph includes the name of the individual and an ident...
Description:
Theodore Guarvarius Cockrill (1834-1899) of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was chief of the San Francisco Police Department in California from 1873 December to 1875 December.
Subject (Geographic):
California, California., and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Cockrill, Theodore Guarvarius, 1834-1899. and San Francisco (Calif.). Police Department.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Chinese Americans, Identification photographs, Police, Race relations, and Social conditions
Manuscript copies of letters from Denison to her friend "Mary" in Bath, describing the last stages of an extended Continental tour. The first volume begins with the author's description of her family's three month tour of Switzerland, including their...
Description:
Binding: half morocco with marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Italy, Naples (Italy), and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Denison, Harriet.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Women travelers, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social conditions, and Social life and customs
Manuscript copies of letters from Denison to her friend "Mary" in Bath, describing the last stages of an extended Continental tour. The first volume begins with the author's description of her family's three month tour of Switzerland, including their...
Description:
Binding: half morocco with marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Italy, Naples (Italy), and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Denison, Harriet.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Women travelers, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social conditions, and Social life and customs
