Scott & Fulton, Printers Van Ingen, William H., b. ca. 1831 Whitney, Amos B Whitney, J. E
Published / Created:
1855 July 1
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2055 W611
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
Autograph letter signed to Whitney's brother Moses relating that he is happy and in good health in Saint Paul, describing his work at a lumber mill, and discussing the financial gains to be made in the lumber industry. The first page contains a half-page woodcut of the "City of Saint Paul," by W. H. Van-Ingen printed by Scott & Fulton, Printers, Chicago, from a daguerreotype made and published by J. E. Whitney.
Alternative Title:
City of Saint Paul.
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota--Description and travel and Saint Paul (Minn.)--Pictorial works
Autograph letter signed written in response to recipient's request for information regarding the whereabouts of family member Christopher. Hill describes his partnership in a land claim with "Chris" on farmland in Red Wing, Minnesota, between November 1855 and September 1856, and Chris's relocation to Superior, Wisconsin, where he was hired as a member of the surveying party of the northern section of the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad. Hill briefly describes his own position as a clerk and draftsman; his unmarried status; and his agreement with the recipient that a visit to the West would be interesting to him. Hill provides Chris's address in a postscript. The letterhead contains a printed woodcut view of "St. Anthony, Minnesota, [now part of Minneapolis] on the Mississippi."
Description:
St. Paul, Minnesota resident; surveyor and draftsman.
Subject (Geographic):
Red Wing (Minn.)--Description and travel, Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872)--Pictorial works, and Saint Paul (Minn.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, A. J.--(Alfred James),--1823-1895, Hotten, John, and St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad
"Little Nell and the Marchioness" is the dramatized version of "Old Curiosity Shop" ... As now played by Miss Lotta, it is the result of the combined labor of the late John Brougham and Charles Dickens, Jr."--P. 1., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens H299 1: Original wrappers with back wrapper advertising Boyd's Opera House., and Wrapper title.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Crabtree, Lotta,--1847-1924, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870.--Old curiosity shop, and Dickens, Charles,--1837-1896
At head of title: ... Shakspere's plays. and George Gissing's copy, with his autograph and manuscript notes, inscribed by him: "Acted at Lind. [Lindow] Grove Xmas 1873." Bookplate: George Matthew Adams.
Publisher:
Ireland & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Gissing, George,--1857-1903--Autograph and Gissing, George,--1857-1903--Ms. notes
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 1796-1871
