Collection Outline
II. Washington University Papers.
IV. Autographs and related items.
VI. John Paul Jones. Commemoration at Annapolis, 1906.
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| Creator | Bixby, William K., 1857-1931 | |
| Title | The William Keeney Bixby Papers | |
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William Keeney Bixby, 1857-1931, was born in Adrian, Michigan, the son of Alonzo Bixby, a lawyer native to Batavia, New York. His father's interest in the South seems to have been a determining factor in his career. The senior Bixby, Adrian's prosecuting attorney, had lived in Texas and fought with the Texas Rangers at Reseca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Buena Vista. He became intensely Southern in his sympathies and was considered a “copperhead” during the Civil War.
In 1875, after graduation from high school, William Bixby went armed with a letter from Jefferson Davis to the Governor of Texas, a Confederate veteran, who got the sixteen-year-old a job as night watchman and baggageman for the International Great Northern Railroad at Palestine, Texas. An Algerish touch to this story is the part played by the roughly dressed old man who frequently dropped around at night and pestered the boy with apparently idle questions about railroading. Because the boy was courteous and intelligent, at the end of a year the old man revealed himself as H. M. Hoxie, president of the railroad. The result was promotion to the post of general baggage agent in San Antonio for young Bixby. Now he could afford to marry Lillian Tuttle who was visiting her brother in San Antonio, from Bolton, New York. Mr. Hoxie's benign influence was not over. When he became president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the couple moved with him to St. Louis, where Bixby became printing and stationery buyer for all the Gould lines.
After several years in St. Louis, William McMillan, president of the Missouri Car and Foundry Company, offered the rapidly rising young man a still better job. Within the now-traditional year he again attracted signal attention to himself. His employers had made a ruinous contract for the purchase of pig iron and by his direct honesty Bixby renegotiated the contract, making a long-range, profitable ally for his company. At the age of thirty-one he became vice-president and general manager.
Soon the company became such a large factor in freight-car building that it found it advantageous to merge with the Peninsular Car Company, the first step in a series of mergers out of which came the American Car and Foundry Company, of which Bixby became President, and soon thereafter was elected chairman of the board. At the age of forty-eight, in 1905, he retired.
His aesthetic appreciation had always been keen and he was a voracious reader, reading books by the paragraph and the page rather than the sentence. He now devoted himself to collecting books, autographs, and paintings, with the same avidity with which he had pursued his business career.
Inevitably he accumulated duplicates of his books, and, in combination with Henry E. Huntington, he disposed of these by auction in 1916 and 1917. In 1918 he sold his English and American autographs to Huntington. Hardly slowed down, he started collecting again in 1920 and in 1929 sold the new collection to Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach.
Among his better-known treasures were the Mary Wollstonecraft copy of Queen Mab, the manuscripts of Burns's To Mary in Heaven, Kipling's Recessional, Thoreau's Walden, AndrÉ's Journal, Burr's Journal, Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth, Shelley's Note-Books, Ruskin's Seven Lamps of Architecture.
His art collection was no less impressive. It included a fine Rembrandt, several paintings by Corot, a Franz Hals, and a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.
Mr. Bixby was a quiet but vigorous supporter of educational and charitable foundations in St. Louis, Washington University being a particular beneficiary. He was also generous in making available to scholarship his manuscript material. Thus the Bibliophile Society reproduced twenty-eight manuscripts, the Franklin Club of St. Louis reproduced two, the Society of Dofobs of Chicago two, and the Burns Club of St. Louis one. At Christmas he frequently distributed facsimiles of his manuscripts to his friends. The considerable rare book collection at Washington University had its basis in gifts from Mr. Bixby.
After his retirement as Chairman of the Board of the American Car and Foundary Company, Mr. Bixby's life seems to have been fuller than ever. He was a very active director of the St. Louis Union Trust Company. He served for a while as president of the Laclede Gas Company of St. Louis and later, in 1909, as receiver of the Wabash Railroad. From June 1928 to June 1930 he was president of the Washington University Corporation in St. Louis. While president of the City Art Museum he had a large part in persuading the city of St. Louis to set aside a portion of each tax dollar for support of the Museum. When president of the Missouri Historical Society he gave that organization Thomas Jefferson letters, the original Burr-Hamilton correspondence, Eugene Field letters, autograph material relating to the activities of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston. He was a director of the St. Louis Public Library, an original incorporator of the American Red Cross, vice-president of the American Federation of Art, and a director of the National Gallery of Art. He spent part of his time in foreign travel, which included big-game hunting in Africa and lacquer and jade hunting in China. However, most of his time and energy were devoted to the promotion of art, education and literature.
Howard S. Mott
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Personal papers and miscellaneous autographs, 1678-1931.
The Bixby Collection includes a variety of materials, ranging from Bixby's personal correspondence relating to his collecting interests, through his connection with Washington University and the St. Louis Burns Club, and including many items from his manuscript collection.
The correspondence in each series is arranged chronologically. Items in other subseries are arranged alphabetically. The correspondence in Series I relates primarily to Bixby's collecting interests, publication of items in his manuscript collection, and his work on the Capitol Decoration Committee of Missouri, 1921-1927, 681 items. Series II contains items relating to gifts made by Bixby to Washington University, 1913-1927, 66 items. Series III contains items relating to the Burns Club of St. Louis but is in no way a complete archive of the Club's activities or of Bixby's relation to it, 80 items. Series IV contains autograph letters and related documents of notable individuals, primarily of significance in American and English literature and history, 891 items. Series V concerns Eugene Field and includes correspondence, numerous original manuscripts, editorial materials, printed items, and miscellaneous personal items, 281 items. A list of the correspondents included in each series preceeds the section of the register devoted to that series. Included at the end of the register is a list of 15 items relating to John Paul Jones tipped in U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. John Paul Jones commemoration at Annapolis... (Washington, 1907).
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Gift of Wm. K. Bixby
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| Individuals represented in Bixby's personal correspondence include Lawrence F. Abbott, Elmer Bragg Adams, Henry Augustus Brudenall-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury, J.R. Aitken, Edwin Anderson Alderman, Charles Dexter Allen, Abram Piatt Andrew, William Loring Andrews, John Dustin Archbold, W.E. Baillie, Baillie's Institution, Erwin S. Barrie, Bernard Quaritch, Firm, John Bianchi, John Shaw Billings, Hiram Bingham, Edwin Howland Blashfield, Henry Stiles Bradley, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, Clarence Saunders Brigham, William Brown, Adolphus Busch, J.L. Buskett, Wm. C. Buskett, Wm. N.C. Carlton, Andrew Carnegie, Stephen Grover Cleveland, Harris D. Colt, Sidney Colvin, Thomas Augustine Daly, Charles A. Decker, Alice P. DeHasse, Thomas W. Dewing, Franklin Dickey, Wm. K. Dickson, George Francis Dow, H. Rieman Duval, R. Henry W. Dwight, Edmund Henry Eitel, Ezsex Institute, Julia Sutherland Field, Roswell Martin Field, Joseph Wingate Folk, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Harry Buxton Forman, David Rowland Francis, Daniel Chester French, Mrs. Edwin D. French (Mary), Edwin David French, John P. Frieden, Robert Singleton Garnett, Frederick T. Gates, George Jay Gould, Thomas Watt Gregory, Henry Guppy, Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, Henry Howard Harper, Henri Harpignies, Albert B. Hart, Burton Jesse Hendrick, Henry Sotheran, Firm, Louis Hertle, Walter M. Hill, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Herbert Hoover, David Franklin Houston, Joseph J. Houwink, Elbert Hubbard, Henry E. Huntington, Charles L. Hutchinson, Abraham Jacobi, Francis J.H. Jenkinson, Clare Jerrold, Walter Copeland Jerrold, Geo. S. Johns, Robert Underwood Johnson, Francis W. Kelsey, Charles Welbourne Knapp, M. Knoedler, Firm, Theodore W. Koch, Arthur A. Kocian, Frederick H. Kreismann, John LaFarge, Gardiner Martin Lane, Wm. C. Lane, Henry W. Lanier, Richard H. Lawrence, John Davison Lawson, James Wideman Lee, Frederick Wm. Lehmann, Paul Lemperly, Robert Todd Lincoln, Clarence C. Little, Charles Dealtry Locock, Henry Cabot Lodge, Amy Lowell, John Livingston Lowes, Edward Verrall Lucas, Wm. Gibbs McAdoo, V.F. McCalchy, Wallace MacMullen, Falconer Madan, Edwin Markham, Edward Percival Merritt, Sir Humphrey Summer Milford, Richard E. Miller, Edwin Knox Mitchell, Silas Weir Mitchell, Wm. Samuel Morse, Sir John Murray, John Murison, Charles Nagel, Alfred Edward Newton, Charles Dyer Norton, Sir Wm. Osler, Cora Herndon Painter, Sir Horatio Gilbert Parker, George F. Peabody, John Pickard, Henry Smith Pritchett, Herbert Putnam, Howard Pyle, Wm. A. Read, James A. Reed, Wm. Marion Reedy, Elisabeth Mills Reid, Whitelaw Reid, Geo. H. Richmond, Ernest Cushing Richardson, James Whitcomb Riley, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Wm. Michael Rossetti, Henry Sherburne Rowe, Wm. H. Sampson, F. B. Sanborn, Walter Henry Sanborn, Charles M. Schwab, John C. Schwab, Sir John Shelley, Samuel Luckett Sherer, John Franklin Shields, Wm. Green Shillaber, Clement King Shorter, Francis H. Smith, Wm. R. Smith, Edwin Wm. Stephens, B.F. Stevens, Firm, Walter B. Stevens, Melville Elijah Stone, James Sullivan, Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Egerton Swarthout, Florence G. Sylvester, Frederick Oakes Sylvester, Wm. H. Taft, Wm. Watts Taylor, Slason Thompson, Kate Nichols Trask, Dwight Wm. Tryon, Emory S. Turner, Gabriel Weis, Wm. Henry Welch, Wellesley College, Harry Elkins Widener, Francis Wilson, Mary H. Wilson, George Parker Winship, John P. Woodbury, Sir Charles Theodore Wright, Lucien Wulsin. | |||||||||||||
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| 1/1. | , 1874: Feb. 25-1903: Dec. 9. (14 items, 25 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/2. | , 1904: Feb. 9-1905: April 3. (14 items, 22 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/3. | Including: Washington, George. Letters to Tobias Lear. Page proof., 1905: April 8. (3 items, 90 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/4. | , 1905: April 10-Aug. 22. (18 items, 33 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/5. | , 1905: Sept. 5-[1905?]. (19 items, 45 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/6. | , 1906: Jan. 29-April 26. (15 items, 44 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/7. | , 1906: June 5-Oct. 23. (20 items, 42 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/8. | , 1906: Nov. 3-Dec. 10. (27 items, 40 pp. & 17 clippings) | ||||||||||||
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| 1/9. | , 1906: Dec. 10-Dec. 20. (5 items, 10 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/10. | , 1907: Jan. 4-Feb. 19. (13 items, 42 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/11. | , 1907: Mar. 25-Nov. 24. (16 items, 37 pp. & 1 card) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/12. | , 1908: Jan. 9-Sept. 7. (16 items, 42 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/13. | , 1908: Sept. 27-Dec. 12. (11 items, 12 pp. & 5 clippings & 2 bookplates) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/14. | , 1909: Jan. 7-Feb. 24. (15 items, 46 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/15. | , 1909: April 20-Dec. 16. (20 items, 28 pp. & 7 clippings) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/16. | , 1910: Jan. 6-Mar. 4. (18 items, 25 pp. & 4 photos) | ||||||||||||
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| 2/17. | , 1910: April 10-Dec. 13. (13 items, 27 pp. & 1 card & 2 checks) | ||||||||||||
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| 3/18. | , 1911: Feb. 2-Sept. 19. (18 items, 72 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 3/19. | , 1911: Sept. 11-Oct. 30. (18 items, 22 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 3/20. | , 1911: Oct. 31-Nov. 4. (18 items, 26 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 3/21. | , 1911: Nov. 4-Nov. 8. (19 items, 26 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 3/22. | , 1911: Nov. 9-Nov. 28. (18 items, 28 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 3/23. | , 1911: Dec. (5 items, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/24. | , 1912: Jan. 12-May 29. (14 items, 45 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/25. | , 1912: June 7-Dec. 26. (13 items, 26 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/26. | , 1913: Jan. 11-Nov. 23. (14 items, 29 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/27. | , 1914: Jan. 19-Dec. 2. (7 items, 12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/28. | , 1915: Jan. 4-Nov. 28. (13 items, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/29. | , 1915: Dec. 20-Dec. 26. (12 items, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/30. | , 1916: Feb. 16-Mar. 31. (12 items, 199 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/31. | , 1916: April 11-Oct. 16. (29 items, 46 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 4/32. | , 1916: Nov. 29-[1916?]. (5 items, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/33. | , 1917: Jan. 11-April 9. (13 items, 27 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/34. | , 1917: May 10-Dec. 7. (18 items, 27 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/35. | , 1918: Jan. 9-[Dec.]. (18 items, 21 pp. & 2 clippings.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/36. | , 1919: Jan. 9-1921: May 8. (16 items, 49 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/37. | , 1921: Sept. 11-Nov. 23. (9 items, 24 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/38. | , 1922: Jan. 3-Dec. 20. (12 items, 13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/39. | , 1923: Jan. 4-Nov. 11. (15 items, 22 pp. & 1 photo.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/40. | , 1924: Jan. 3-Dec. 28. (15 items, 23 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/41. | , 1925: Mar. 25-May 25. (16 items, 16 pp. & 1 photo.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/42. | , 1925: June 13-Dec. 12. (15 items, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/43. | , 1926: Feb. 3-July 14. (15 items, 18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/44. | , 1926: July 17-Dec. (13 items, 13 pp. & 1 photo.) | ||||||||||||
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| 5/45. | , 1927: Mar. 27-[n.d.]. (13 items, 20 pp. & 1 photo.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Membership certificate for Wm. K. Bixby., 1896: Oct. (1 item, 1 p.) | |||||||||||||
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| 6/46. | Congressional Country Club, Washington, D.C. Life mambership certificate for W.K. Bixby. Signed by Herbert Hoover., 1922: Sept. 1. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/47. | Childs, Marquis William, 1903-, American journalist. Interesting St. Louisans: Wm. K. Bixby[newspaper article]. Clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine., 1929: Nov. 3. (1 item, 2 pp. in pieces) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/48. | [Bixby, Wm. K., 1857-1931, American collector]. Lists of books and manuscripts in his collection. Ts. & ts.[carbon] copies., [ca.1923]. (1 item, 49 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/49. | [Bixby, Wm. K., 1857-1931, American collector]. Memorandum of trip to India, British East Africa... in 1921-22[travel diary]. Ts.[photocopy] with photographs. Bound in three-quarter zebra skin. Inscribed by Bixby to W.U., [1923]. (1 item, 180 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/50. | Bixby, William K., 1858-1931. Memorandum of trip to Iceland, North Cape, Norway, etc. [travel diary]. Ts. copy with photographs, bound in plain black cloth. One of 10 copies. Inscribed to W.U. by Bixby., [1924]. June, 1924 (1 item, 60 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/- | Index to personal correspondence, (1 card file) | ||||||||||||
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| The letters concern gifts which Bixby made over the years to Washington University. Items often include lists of books and manuscripts. Correspondents include Bixby, Frederic A. Hall, Winthrop H. Chenery, and James A. McMillen. One letter apparently from McMillen to Edward Caldwell of McGraw-Hill Publishing Company includes a list of Eugene Field materials presented by Bixby to Washington U. | |||||||||||||
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| 8/1. | Correspondence. , 1913: May 22-1923: Dec. 20 (21 items, 41 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 8/2. | Correspondence. , 1924: Feb. 6-[n.d.]. (24 items, 82 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 8/3. | Washington University Libraries, St. Louis. Lists of books and manuscripts presented to Wash. U. Libraries by William K. Bixby. Ts. and ts.[carbon] copies of 12 lists., [ca.1925]. (12 items, 41 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 8/4. | Washington University Libraries, St. Louis. Wash. U. duplicates for exchange. Ts. copy with prices annotated in pencil., [n.d.]. (1 item, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Chenery, Winthrop H. Announcing a gift of books from William K. Bixby. Signed., 1927: June 3. | |||||||||||||
| No author. Announcing gifts of books from William K. Bixby and C.F. Sparks., [n.d.]. Ts. copy. | |||||||||||||
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| 8/6. | Copyright assignments made by The Bibliophile Society, Boston, to William K. Bixby and in turn to Wash. U. Items include Thoreau, Henry David, First and last journeys[essay], vols. I & II, and unpublished poems by Wm. Cullen Bryant and H.D. Thoreau., (5 items, 8 pp. & card.) | ||||||||||||
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| 8/7. | Washington U., St. Louis. Alumni Bulletin, Washington University. Containing an article about a gift from William K. Bixby. , 1932: Feb. (1 item, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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9/1. | III.1 Correspondence. , 1906-1923. (26 items, 49 pp. & 1 card) | ||||||||||||
| The letters relate to activities of the Club. They are often responses to invitations which had been sent to Burnsians outside St. Louis. Correspondents include Henry H. Harper, J.D. Price, George Williamson, Thomas Sutherland, Roy Sherman, D. McNaught, Mathew Smith, W. Hakes, W. MacNeile Dixon, William Marion Reedy, J.C. Ewing, K. O'Malley, and Eugene H. Angert. Most are addressed to William K. Bixby. | |||||||||||||
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| 9/2. | [Bixby, William K., ed.]. Burns letters. Printed pages pasted in a blank book; auto. notations on blank pages; brown paper wrappers., [n.d.]. (1 item, 36 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/3. | Black, James,, Detroit Burnsian. The Geddes Burns”[address]. Delivered at the first regular meeting of the Burns Club of Detroit., [1867: May 1]. “ (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/4. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. The cotter's Saturday night[poem], with an intro. by [H.H. Harper]. Page proofs corrected by Harper., [n.d.]. (2 items, 11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/5. | Burns Cottage Association, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Historical sketch and catalogue of the exhibits of the Burns Cottage Association[catalog]. Catalog of the items exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis., 1904. (1 item, 37 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/6. | Daley, Thomas Augustine,, American journalist. The birth of Tom O'Shanter[poem]. Galley proof, corrected. Signed by the author and inscribed to William K. Bixby. Clipping from the St. Louis Republic[newspaper], of the poem as printed;clipping concerning the reading of the poem; tear sheet from Reedy's Mirror[magazine], concerning Daly's speech before Burns Club. Included is Bixby's card on the galley., [n.d.]. [n.y.]: Jan. 26, [n.d.], (5 items, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/7. | Hubbard, Elbert Green, 1856-1915, American writer. Little journeys to the homes of English authors[travelog]. Printed booklet., [1899]. (1 item, 35 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/8. | Law, James D.,, American author. What's what and what's not so regarding Robert Burns[essay]. Inscribed by the author to William K. Bixby, Printed booklet with envelope., 1927. 1927: July 21. (1 item, 57 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/9. | Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow. Various items related to the Exhibition as follows:, 1911. | ||||||||||||
| Prospectus, listing officers and regulations., 1 item, 8 pp. | |||||||||||||
| Announcement., 1 item, 3 pp. | |||||||||||||
| Program, including a description of the Exhibition and a brief history of Glasgow., 1 item, 28 pp. | |||||||||||||
| Glaister, John, Convener of the Exhibition. Precautions for safety of historical exhibits[leaflet]., 1 item, 1 p. | |||||||||||||
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| 9/10. | Tom O'Shanter[poem]. Printed booklet bound in brown cloth with quarter leather, gold stamped spine., [n.d.]. (1 item, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/11. | Thomas Agnew & Son, London. The Burns Cottage Collection[catalog]. Exhibit catalog of exhibition held to benefit the Westminster Hospital., [1918]. (1 item, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 9/12. | Wilson, John, et. al. Speeches and essays[literary criticism]. Published by the Burns Cottage Association. Paper wrappers. Signed by Bixby., 1904. | ||||||||||||
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| Wilson, John, et. al. Speeches and essays[literary criticism]. 4th edition - enlarged, pub. under the auspices of the Jean Armour Burns Club. Paper wrappers, signed by Bixby., 1908. (2 items, 197 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| 10/13. | Burns cottage[photo]. Photo. to be included in an unidentified book, edition limited to 300, pub. for members of the Burns Club, [St. Louis?]., [n.d.]. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 10/14. | Burns Club, St. Louis. Meeting of Burns Club - [program]. Ts.[carbon] draft., [1924: Jan. 25]. January 25th, 1924 (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 10/15. | Burns Club, St. Louis. Menues, invitations, etc. Various items relating to Club activities as follows:, 1912-1921. | ||||||||||||
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| Burns Club, St. Louis. Two menues for the annual Club dinner., 1919: Jan. 25. (2 items, 8 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Burns Club, St. Louis. Menue for the annual Club dinner., 1921: Jan. (1 item, 5 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Burns Club, St. Louis. Menu for the annual Club dinner., 1923: Jan. (1 item, 4 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Burns Club, St. Louis. Painting by H.J. Dobson reproduced by Bixby for the annual Club dinner., 1912: Jan. 25. (1 item, 1 p.) | |||||||||||||
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| Burns Club, St. Louis. Three invitations to the annual Club dinner., 1915: Jan. 25. (3 items, 12 pp. & envelopes.) | |||||||||||||
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| Burns Club, St. Louis. Burns dinner. A list of songs and poems to be used at the annual Club dinner. Auto. draft, prepared and signed by Bixby., 1921. (1 item, 2 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| 10/16. | Burns Club, St. Louis. Minutes of special meeting of the Burns Club of St. Louis to bid farewell to Wm. M. Porteous on the occasion of his departure from St. Louis to reside in Los Angeles, California[club minutes]. Printed sheet, , 1923: April 19. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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| 10/17. | Burns, Robert. Portraits[engravings]. Two engraved portraits., [n.d.]. (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Burns, Robert. Proposals, for publishing by subscription, Scotch poems[subscribers' list]. Photo. mounted on brown board. With a note from J.C. Ewing to William K. Bixby, , 1916: June. (1 item, 2 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| 10/18. | Burns Clubs, United States and Great Britain. Items from various Burns Clubs including those in Liverpool, Blackburn-on-Almond, Glasgow, Portland, Atlanta., 1915-1916. (11 items) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Samson, Wm. H.,, New York Book Dealer. A.L.S. to William K. Bixby. Included is a ts.[carbon] copy of a document titled Records of the committee of the synod of Galloway for visitation of churches, , [n.y.]: May 17. 1697. (2 items, 34 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| 10/19. | Misc. items as follows:, | ||||||||||||
| John Bartholomew & Co. Bartholomew's new reduced survey: Sheet 4, Ayr & Clydesdale[touring map]. Signed by Bixby on the inside sheet., [n.d.]. | |||||||||||||
| Walsh, Honor. The[poem]. Newspaper clipping., [n.d.]. | |||||||||||||
| J. Pearson & Co., London. Tearsheets from a booksellers catalog., [n.d.]. | |||||||||||||
| [Auto. notes concerning Burns manuscripts]., [n.d.]. | |||||||||||||
| Ts. notes concerning Burns books and manuscripts., [n.d.]. 2 items, 4 pp. | |||||||||||||
| 6 items, 13 pp., clipping & map80 items | |||||||||||||
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11/1. | Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907, American author. Originality [poem]. Auto. copy, signed. Prescience[poem]. Auto. copy, signed. (Published in Aldrich's Writings, Boston, , 1903: Feb. 4. 1881: Jan. 3 1907.) (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/2. | Andersen, Hans Christian, 1805-1875, Danish author. A.L.S. to “Dear Sir”. A dealer's quote is included., 1871: July. (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Anon. The crisis: Or, Britain's glory[broadsheet]., 1808: June 16. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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11/3. | Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887, American clergyman. A.L.S. to William Greenleaf Eliot, appended to a spurious Beecher letter and commenting on it., dated Oct. 20, 1870, (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/4. | Bennett, [Enoch] Arnold, 1867-1931, English author. A.L.S. to Alfred Reeve., 1915: Sept. 7. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/5. | Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910, Norwegian writer. A.L.S. to Bertha von Suttner., 1899: Apr. 5. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/6. | Blouët, Leon Paul, 1848-1903, French author. A.L.S. to “Dear Sir”., 1888: June 1. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/7. | Bonheur, Marie Rosalie (Rosa), 1822-1899, French painter. A.L.S. to “Monsieur”., (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/8. | Booth, Edwin Thomas, 1833-1893, American actor. A.L.S. to J.B. Wright., 1858: July 23. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/9. | Bourgeois, LÉon Victor Auguste, 1851-1925, French statesman. T.L.S. To Bertha von Suttner., 1911: June. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/10. | Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872, English statesman and writer. A.L.S. to William A. Baker. Including a copy of Watchman! Tell us of the night[hymn]. And a facsimile used as Bixby's Christmas Greeting for 1919, printed by the Merrymount Press, Boston., 1870:Aug. 24. (2 items, 10 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/11. | Brown, John, 1800-1859, American abolitionist. A.L.S. to his wife, Mary Anne Day Brown. Including a ts. transcription. (Pub. in Brown's Life and Letters, 5th ed., Concord, Mass., , 1855: June 28. 1917.) (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/12. | Brown, John, 1800-1859, American abolitionist. A.L.S. to Seth Thompson. Including dealer's quote., 1848: Dec. 12. (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/13. | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861, English poet. Poems, childhood. Copies of early Browning poems, probably not in the autograph of Browning. Including a descriptive card., (2 items, 3 pp. & ts. card) | ||||||||||||
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11/14. | [Browning, Elizabeth and Robert]. Ts. summaries of the letters in folders 15-16., (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/15. | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861, English poet. Ts. copies of nine letters to Elizabeth C. Kinney., [1855] -1858: July 25. (9 items, 27 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/16. | Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, English poet. Ts. transcriptions of 5 letters to Elizabeth C. Kinney., 1853: July 25-1871: Jan. 6. (5 items, 16 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/17. | Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, American poet. To a waterfowl [poem]. Auto. copy signed, without revision. (Pub. in Bryant's Poems, New York, , 1877: Dec. 6. 1947.) (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/18. | Bryce, James Bryce, viscount, 1838-1922, British historian. A.Ls.S. to Marshall Snow., 1892: Jan. 14 & [n.y.]: Dec. 16. (2 items, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/19. | Buckle, Henry Thomas, 1821-1862, English historian. A.L.S. to “Dear Sir”., 1861: Apr. 20. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/20. | Bunner, Henry Cuyler, 1855-1896, American writer. To a hyacinth plucked for decoration day [poem]. Auto. draft signed, with light auto. revision. (Pub. in Bunner's Poems, New York, p. 95)., [n.d.]. 1896, (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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11/21. | Burns, Gilbert, Brother of Robert Burns. A.L.S. [facsimile] to Rev. Dobie. (Pub. in Burns' Letters, Oxford, , 1829: Oct. 13. 1931.). (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/22. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Correspondence in facsimile with various individuals including Mrs. Dunlop, Mr. Nicol, John Richmond, William Stewart., 1786-1793. (6 items, 16 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/23. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Correspondence in facsimile., [n.d.]. (7 items, 18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/24. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. A.L.S. to William Stewart, Including ts. copy., [n.d.]. (2 items, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/25. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Account sheets. Auto. draft [facsimile]., 1793. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/26. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Elegy on Lord Glencain [poem]. Auto. [facsimile] draft., [n.d.]. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/27. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. A fable [poem]. Auto. [facsimile] draft., [n.d.]. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/28. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Vault The five Carlins [song]. Auto. draft, without revision. Bound in green gold-stamped leather. (Pub. in Burns' Complete Poetical Works, Boston, , [n.d.]. 1897). (1 item, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/29. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Lines sent to the Earl of Buchan [poem]. Auto. draft [facsimile]., 1791: Sept. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/30. | Burns, Robert. Song - tune, humors of glen [song]. Auto. draft [facsimile]., [n.d.]. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/31. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Song for Miss Craig [song]. Auto. draft [facsimile]., [n.d.]. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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11/32. | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, Scottish poet. Auto. manuscripts [facsimile]., [n.d.]. | ||||||||||||
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11/32a. | Byron, George Gordon, 1788-1824, English poet. Lord Byron to Tom Moore: A facsimile of the original manuscript of “My boat is on the shore”[poem]. Printed by the Merrymount Press, Boston, in an edition of 400 to be used as a Christmas Greeting by Wm. K. Bixby, , 1927. 1927. (1 item, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/33. | Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844, British poet. L843: A.L.S. to [Wm.?] Ayrton., July 18. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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11/34. | Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, British essayist. A.L.S. to Robert Browning. Including envelope and dealer's quote., 1844: May 21. (3 items, 6 pp. & envelope) | ||||||||||||
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11/35. | Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, American industrialist. T.L.S. to Baroness Bertha von Suttner. Including envelope., 1910: June 30. (1 item, 1 p. & envelope) | ||||||||||||
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11/36. | Cary, Alice, 1820-1871, American poet. A.L.S. to Edwin Percy Whipple. Including a biographical newspaper article written by Luella Clark and clipped from an unidentified newspaper., [n.d.]. (2 items, 4 pp. & clippi) | ||||||||||||
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12/37. | Cavender, John,, St. Louis slave holder. Deed of emancipation for Eliza. Certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court. Auto. draft., 1845: Nov. 17. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/38. | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, earl of, 1694-1773, English statesman. A.L. [fragment] to his son Philip Stanhope., [n.d.]. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/39.1 | Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, American statesman. A.L.S. to John Thompson and others. In response to their letter addressed to Clay and also included. An engraved portrait of Clay and a dealer's quote for the two letters are included., 1850: Aug. 14. dated Aug. 8, 1850, (4 items, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/39.2 | Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, American writer. , 1869: June 1. (A.L.S. to “Friend John”.) | ||||||||||||
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| , 1871: Sept. 28. (A.L.S. to “Lant”.) | ||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [novel]. Proof of the suppressed plate., [ca. 1885]. | ||||||||||||
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12/40. | Connor, Annie Hoyt,, St. Louis writer. A.L.S. to Marshall S. Snow., (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/41. | Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851, American writer. A.L.S. to Samuel F.B. Morse. Including a dealer's quote., (2 items, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/42. | Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille, 1796-1875, French painter. Auto. note signed to [unidentified]., [n.d.]. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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12/43. | Cressey, George Croswell,, American educator. 18. 2 A.L.S. to Marshall S. Snow., 1888: Oct. 10, (2 items, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/44. | Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897, French writer. A.L.S. to Arthur Gundaccar von Suttner., (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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12/45. | David, Carroll M.,, St. Louis educator. A.L.S. to Marshall S. Snow., 1889: May 8. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/46. | Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, President of the Confederacy. Speech delivered to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States. Auto. draft signed., 1862: Aug. 18. (1 item, 23 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/47. | Defoe, Daniel, 1659?-1731, English writer. Tell me preist[untitled poem]., [n.d.]. (Auto. draft of Canto 2.) | ||||||||||||
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| , 1959: Nov. 12. (T.L.[carbon] from L.W. Aycock summarizing various opinions as to the authenticity of the manuscript.) | |||||||||||||
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12/48. | Dickens, Charles John Huffam, 1812-1870, English novelist. A.L.S. to James Toole. Included are an engraved portrait of Dickens and photographs of his various residences and his grave., 1846: Mar. 23. (7 items, 1 p. & photos.) | ||||||||||||
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12/49. | Dickens, Charles John Huffam, 1812-1870, English novelist. A.L.S. to Dudley Costello, L855: Included is Bixby's card on the letter., Mar. 7. (2 items, 2 pp. & card) | ||||||||||||
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12/50. | Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784, French philosopher. Misc. manuscripts[photostats]. Selected pages from various manuscripts., [n.d.]. (22 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/51. | Dole, Nathan Haskell, American writer. The Congenialogy of Hilarius Bibliomaniacus Dofobius[poem]., 1852-1935, 1906: Dec. 25. (Auto. draft.) | ||||||||||||
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| A May walk[poem]., 1904: May 27. (Auto. draft.) | |||||||||||||
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| The oriole[poem]., 1904: June 5. (Auto. draft.) | |||||||||||||
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12/52. | DorÉ. Gustave, 1832-1883, French artist. Auto. note. Included is an auto. copy made by someone else., [n.d.]. (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/53. | Douglas, W.S.,, Scottish Burnsian. A.L.S. to [unidentified]. Facsimile., 1880: Mar. 25. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/54. | Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931, American inventor. A.L.S. to A.A. Reade., 1882: Apr. 4. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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12/55. | Eliot, Charlotte Chauncy (Stearns), 1843-1930, Daughter-in-law of Wm. G. Eliot. A.L.S. to Marshall S. Snow., 1904: May 23. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/56. | Eliot, Henry Ward, 1843-1919, American educator. Philosophy. The science of truth[lecture]. Auto. draft. Included is a slip with the return address of Marian C. Eliot., 1863: June 18. (2 items, 11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/57. | Eliott, Sir George Augustus, 1717-1790, British soldier. A.L.S. To Simon Fraser. Included is an engraved portrait of Eliott, an unsigned biographical sketch, and Bixby's card on the letter., 1782: Mar. 7. (4 items, 6 pp. & 1 card) | ||||||||||||
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12/58. | Elisabeth, queen consort of Charles I, king of Rumania, 1843-1916, Rumanian queen. A.L.S. to Bertha von Suttner. Included is the envelope and Bixby's card on the item., 1892: Oct. 10. (2 items, 4 pp., card, & envelope.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908, American Orientalist. Rubbing of the Fenollosa monument[ink rubbing]., [1920: Dec. 3]. (1 item) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Finch, Francis Miles, 1827-1907, American poet. The blue and the gray[poem]. Auto. copy., 1867. (1 item, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/59. | Fiske, Abby (Morgan),, wife of John Fiske. A.L.S. to Mrs. Hellman., 1906: Feb. 8. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/60. | Fiske, John, 1842-1901, American historian. A.L.S. to Mrs. Botta., 1889: Jan. 5. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/61. | Flammarion, Nicolas Camille, 1842-1925, French astronomer. A.N.S. to Bertha von Suttner appended to a letter from his wife to Suttner., 1900: Oct. 2. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/62. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, American statesman. A.L.S. to James Searle., 1780: Nov. 30. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/63. | Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849, American statesman. A.L.S. to Francis Few, his neice., 1809: Nov. 9. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/64. | Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898, British statesman. A.L.S.[facs.] to Edward Everett. Included is a ts.[carbon] copy of the letter of thanks from Jerrold Orne, Director of Libraries, to Charles Everett, who presented the facsimile, , 1860: June 29. 1947: Aug. 4. (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/65.1 | Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898, British statesman. A.C.S. to William Heinemann., 1895: Mar. 11. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/65.2 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, 18th President of the U.S. A.L.S. to Admiral David D. Porter., 1863: Jan. 31. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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13/65.3 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, 18th President of the U.S.A.L.S. to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman., 1863: May 4. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/65.4 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, 18th President of the U.S. A.L.S. to Admiral David D. Porter., 1865: June 10. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Great Britain, Playbills. Playbills for various British theaters., 1794-1848. (14 items, 29 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/66. | Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872, American journalist. A.L.S. to Henry H. Abbott., 1868: July 21. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Haggard, Sir Henry Rider, 1856-1925, English writer. New year greetings to the women of America[message]. Auto. draft., [n.d.]. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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13/67. | Hallam, Arthur H.,, acquaintance of Tennyson. Ts.[carbon] copies of 32 letters to Emily Tennyson., 1831-1833. (32 items, 40 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/68. | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, American statesman. A.L.S. to Nathaniel Appleton. Included is an undated engraved portrait of Hamilton, and Bixby's card on the item., 1791: Mar. 17. (3 items, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Hamilton, Alexander,, Judge, 8th judicial circuit, Mo. Record of escape for a slave belonging to Andrew G. Gist[court document]. Auto. draft., 1850: Oct. 21. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/69. | Hancock, John, 1737-1793, American statesman. Invoice. Auto. document., 1768: Dec. 26. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/70. | Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, English novelist. A.L.S. to [Alfred Arthur Reade]. Included is a T.L.S.[photocopy] from Robert M. Schmitz to Marjorie Karlson, concerning the Hardy letter. (Published in Hardy, Florence Emily, The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, (New York: pp. 204-05., 1882: Dec. 5. 1969: Aug. 26, 1928) (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/71. | Havana. Murder trial. Auto. proceedings of a murder trial. Included is Bixby's card on the item., [1826-27]. (2 items, 105 pp. & card) | ||||||||||||
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13/72. | Hay, John, 1838-1905, American statesman. Compensation[poem]. Auto. copy. (Pub. in Century Magazine, 45: 222, , [1892]. Dec. 1892.) (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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13/73. | Herder, Johann Gottfried von, 1744-1803, German philosopher, Abraham und Nimrod[religious essay]., [n.d.]. (Auto. fragment.) | ||||||||||||
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| Abrahams kindheit[religious essay]., [n.d.]. (Auto. fragment.) | |||||||||||||
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| Both are fragments of Herder's Jüdische dichtungen und fabeln., | |||||||||||||
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| Included is a document from the Goethe-Shiller-Archiv, Weimar, attesting to the authenticity of the documents, and ts. copies of them., [n.d.], | |||||||||||||
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13/74. | Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902, St. Louis lawyer and educator. A.L.S. to William G. Eliot., 1867: July 19. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/75. | Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902, St. Louis lawyer and educator.Three A.Ls.S. and 1 T.L.S. to Marshall Snow., 1887-1889. (4 items, 11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/76. | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, American writer. Lord, let war's tempest cease[untitled poem]. Auto. copy. Included is a magazine photo. of Holmes , 1882: April 21. dated 1888: May 8. (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/77. | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, American writer. Portrait[engraving]., [n.d.]. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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13/78. | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, American writer. We love him[untitled poem]. Auto. copy[facsimile]., 1889: May 3. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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13/78a. | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, American writer.. [Untitled poem]. Auto. card on verso of ad for Mound City Ice Co., [n.d.]. | ||||||||||||
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13/79. | Hurst Fannie, 1889-1968, American writer. T.L.S. to Winthrop H. Chenery; A.L.S. to Chenery., 1913: June 4. 1913: Nov. 1. (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/80. | Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906, Norwegian dramatist. A.L.S. to Bertha von Suttner. The envelope is included., 1892: July 17. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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13/81.1 | Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899, American lawyer. A.L.S. to K.K. Jones. Included is a dealer's quote., 1881: Mar. 27. (2 items, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/81.2 | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, American writer. Notes, extracts, etc.[notebook]. Auto. notes concerning his reading., 1825. (1 item, 86 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.1 | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, American writer. A.L.S. to Don Juan Wetherell. Included is a dealer's quote., 1830: Dec. 7. (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.2 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1854, 7th President of the U.S. A.L.S. to Rachel (Donelson) Jackson. (Pub. in Jackson's Correspondence, Washington, I, 400-01.), 1813: Dec. 19. 1926-1933, (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.3 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1854, 7th President of the U.S.. A.L.S. to Andrew Jackson, Jr. (Pub. in Jackson's Correspondence, IV, 365-66.), 1831: Oct. 27. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.4 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1854, 7th President of the U.S.. A.L.S. to Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1832: Sept. 30. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.5 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1854, 7th President of the U.S.. A.L.S. to Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1833: Nov. 23. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.6 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1854, 7th President of the U.S.. A.L.S. to Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1834: Feb. 8. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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13/82.7 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1854, 7th President of the U.S.. A.L.S. to Andrew Jackson, Jr. (Pub. in Jackson's Correspondence, V, 263-64, where it is misdated , 1834: May 1. May 4, 1834.) (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/83. | Jacob, Lambert,, St. Louis slaveholder. Deed of emancipation. Auto. document., 1836: July 14. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/84. | James, Henry, 1843-1916, American writer. A.L.S. to [unidentified]., [n.y.]: Jan. 29. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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14/85. | Johnson, Sir William, 1715-1774, British officer in North America. A.L.S. to Robert Henry., 1774: July 28. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/86. | Jordan, Dorothea, 1762-1816, British actress. 3 A.Ls.S. to the Duke of Clarence, later William IV of England. Included is Bixby's card on the items., [n.d.]. (5 items, 10 pp. & one envelope) | ||||||||||||
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14/87-90. | Jordan, Dorothea, 1762-1816, British actress. Correspondence with the Duke of Clarence, later William IV. Ts.[carbon] copies., [1790-1811]. (352 items, 391 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/91. | Jussomme, RenÉ,, Early resident of St. Louis. Document of indenture for an Indian girl. Auto. document. Included is Bixby's card on the item., 1813: July 7. (2 items, 7 pieces) | ||||||||||||
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14/92. | Keats, John, 1795-1821, English poet. As young & pretty as the bud [untitled poem]. Auto. draft with auto. revisions. Attributed to Keats. Mounted and bound in green gold-stamped morocco, in a green gold-stamped morocco case. The poem's actual author was John Hamilton Reynolds., 1818: April. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/92a. | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, British author. If[poem]. Broadside inscribed to W.U. by William K. Bixby., [c1910]. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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14/92b. | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, British author. The outlaw[poem]. Printed broadside inscribed to W.U. by William K. Bixby., (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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14/92c. | The sons of Martha[poem]. With an intro. by Arthur M. Lewis. Inscribed to W.U. by William K. Bixby., [n.d.]. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/93. | Labadie, Victoire,, St. Louis slaveholder. Deed of emancipation for a slave. Auto. document., 1853: Jan. 19. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. La Beaume, Louis A.,, St. Louis slaveholder. Deed of emancipation for a slave called Samuel. Auto. document. Included is Bixby's card on the item., 1845: Dec. 3. (2 items, 1 p. & card) | ||||||||||||
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14/94. | Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, English essayist. Letters, ed. by H.H. Harper [collection of letters]. Partial galley proof, corrected., 1905. (1 item, 18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/95. | Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, English essayist. Trial proofs of title page engraved by Edwin Davis French., (3 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/96. | Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, English essayist. Introduction written by H.H. Harper. Ts.[carbon] copy with light auto. revisions., (1 item, 37 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/97. | Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, English essayist. A.L.S. to Charles Ollier., [1826: Feb. 4]. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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14/98. | Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, English essayist.Correspondence with various individuals including Coleridge, Robert Lloyd, W.T. Manning, and J.J. Morgan. All items in this folder are fascimiles., 1798-1814. (11 items, 38 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/99. | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Scottish scholar. A.L.S. to [unidentified]. Included is a dealer's quote on the item., 1892: Jan. 12. (2 items, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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14/100. | Leduc, M.P.,, early St. Louis resident. Deed of sale for land. Auto. document., 1806: Jan. 8. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/101. | Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870, American army officer. A.L.S. to Hugh W. Mercer., 1861: May 3. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/101a. | Lewis, Allen. Burial of Joseph Glover[woodcut]. Printed by the Pynson Printers of New York., 1926. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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15/102.1 | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, 16th Pres. of the U.S. A.L.S.[fascimile] To Major Ramsey. Included is a folder from the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company of Chicago which describes the process by which the letter was reproduced., 1861: Oct. 17. (2 items, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/102.2 | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, 16th Pres. of the U.S. Auto. note signed., [n.d.]. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/102.3 | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, 16th Pres. of the U.S. Stuart & Lincoln. Legal brief prepared by the law firm of Abraham Lincoln., 1838. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/103. | Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810, American army officer. A.L.S. to George Washington., 1787: Dec. 4. (1 item, 34 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/104. | Locke, John, 1632-1704, English philosopher. A.L.S. to Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd earl of Shaftesbury. Included is a dealer's quote on the item., 1702/3: Mar. 12. (2 items, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/105. | Longfellow, Henry Wasdworth, 1807-1882, American poet. Excelsior[poem]. Auto. copy., 1867: Feb. 27. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/106. | Longfellow, Henry Wasdworth, 1807-1882, American poet. A.L.S. to Henry H. Clark. Included is a poem clipped from a newspaper, At seventy-three, by Henry Henderson., 1880: Mar. 3. (2 items, 6 pp. & envelope) | ||||||||||||
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15/107. | Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st baron, 1803-1873, English writer. A.L.S. to Lady Mary Cotton, Viscountess Combermere., 1863: Dec. 2. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/108.1 | Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873, English actor. A.L.S. to Charles Mackay. Included are two engraved portraits of Macready in different parts., 1846: April 16. (3 items, 6 pp. & envelope) | ||||||||||||
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15/108.2 | Madison, James, 1751-1836, 4th President of the U.S. A.L.S. to Robert Madison., 1813: May 7. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/109.1 | Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793, French revolutionary. Polish letters [pol. satire]. Ts.[carbon] translation with auto. revisions made by the editor. Published by the Bibliophile Society, Boston, , [n.d.]. 1905. (1 item, 191 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/109.2 | Marshall, John, 1755-1835, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice. A.Ls.S. to James M. Marshall dated as follows: , 1799: Dec. 6, 1806: Feb. 13, 1822: July 9, 1825: Feb. 14, 1826: Dec. 29, 1831: Dec. 19. (6 items, 22 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/110. | Massachusetts (Colony). Provincial Congress. Bonds. Printed documents., [1781-82]. (2 items, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/111. | Massachusetts (Colony). Provincial Congress. Five auto. documents as follows:, 1774-1775. | ||||||||||||
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| Report of the committee appointed to take into consideration the state of rights, state of grievances, and the association, as stated by the Continental Congress. (Published in the Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, Boston, pp. 57-58.), 1774: Dec. 3. 1838, | |||||||||||||
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| Report of the committee relative to the public moneys. (Pub. ibid., pp. 65-66.)., 1774: Dec. 9. | |||||||||||||
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| Report of the committee on the state of the province. (Pub. ibid., pp. 69-72.), 1774: Dec. 10. | |||||||||||||
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| Report relative to the power of the committee of safety,, 1775: Feb. 9. (Auto. draft possibly by Samuel Adams. (Pub. ibid., pp. 89-90.)) | |||||||||||||
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| Report of the committee appointed to draught a letter to the colonies of Conn., R.I. and N.H., 1775: April 10. (Auto. draft possibly by Samuel Adams. (Pub. ibid., pp. 136-37.)) | |||||||||||||
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15/112. | Mercer, Thomas H. A.L.S. to Hugh W. Mercer., 1861: April 10. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/113. | Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921, American poet. A.L.S. to W.U. Husel, Included is a photographic portrait of Mifflin., 1912: April 9. (2 items, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/114. | Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin), 1839-1913, American poet. Centennial Day in Philadelphia[description]. Auto. draft., [1876]. (1 item, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/114a. | Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, St. Louis. Two receipts to William Chauvenet. Issued by the Treasurer's Dept. Printed documents completed in auto., 1864: April 20. (2 items, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/115. | Moir, David Macbeth, 1798-1851, Scottish physician and poet. A.L.S. to I.F. Hislop., [n.y.]: Jan. 24. (1 item, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/115a. | Moore, Clement C., 1779-1863, American poet. A visit from St. Nicholas[poem]. Facsimile of the original manuscript. Used as a Christmas greeting by Wm. K. Bixby. 4 copies., [n.d.]. (4 items, 20 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/116. | Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Irish poet. Who'll tie my love-knots?[song]. Auto. copy of words and music. (Pub. in Moore's Poetical Works, London, pp. 244-45.), [n.d.]. 1910, (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/117. | Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872, American artist and inventor. A.L.S. to [unidentified]., [1845]: Aug. 7. (1 item, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/118. | Motley, John Lathrop, 1814-1877, American historian. A.L.S. to [unidentified]., [n.y.]: July 19. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Napoleon I, 1769-1821, emperor of France. Commission of Joseph Laurent Demont as brigadier general. Signed by Napoleon, Berthier and Maret., 1800: Sept. 16. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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15/119. | Napoleon III, 1808-1873, emperor of France. Document authorizing publication. Auto. document., 1853L June 7. (1 item, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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15/119a. | Newton, Alfred Edward, 1863-1940, American Bibliophile. John Mytton[biographical sketch]. Booklet printed as a Christmas greeting for Newton's friends. Bixby, Ser. IV., 1924. (1 item, 10 p.) | ||||||||||||
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15/120. | Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727, English scientist. A.L.S. to Robert Hooke. Included is an engraving of Newton's birthplace., 1678: Feb. 2. (2 items, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/121. | Orsay, Harriet Anne Frances (Gardiner) comtesse d', 1812-1869, English poet. A sketch[poem]. Auto. draft with light auto. revision., [n.d.]. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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15/122. | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, American political theorist. A.L.S. to Charles Wilson Peale. Included is a ts.[carbon] copy of biographical sketches of Paine and Peale, and a dealer's quote on the letter., 1803: July 29. (3 items, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Vault. Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, English poet. Windsor forest[poem]. Auto. draft with extensive auto. revision. Bound in tan cloth, quarter leather, gold stamped on spine. (Pub. in facsimile, St. Louis, W.U. Studies. New Series. Language and Literature, No. 21.), [n.d.]. 1952. (1 item, 18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Map case. Reedy, William Marion, 1862-1920, St. Louis Journalist. Reedy's Mirror[newspaper]., 1919: Jan. 31. (1 item, 16 pp.) | ||||||||||||