Search Results: Manuscript from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1838 MAGOUN & SON BOSTON BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE FROM ANTWERP] MAGOUN & SON, BOSTON: 4-page notice and letter, 8-1/2" x 10-1/2" with folds as mailed partly typescript form letter and partly handwritten letter dated August 15, 1838, unstamped ship's letter, notice to T. Magoun & Son, Boston, from Antwerp, Belgium, the four pages are: (i) handwritten address "Messrs. T. Magoun & Son, Boston" with Antwerp return address, date, and name of firm; (ii) form letter to T. Magoun & Son (handwritten) announcing that the firm "Mertens, Mosselman, & Co." is resuming business after having liquidated in 1832 with the intention of so resuming at a "more favourable period by the junior branches of the families"; (iii, left inside page) handwritten letter dated Antwerp August 25, 1838, to Magoun & Son, Boston, reading in part, "Gentlemen: At the recommendation of our mutual friend Baring Bros. & Co. of London we beg leave to refer you to the circulars and to offer you our best services…The demands for Sugars have… Read More

[LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO, 1853] ELIZA 'LIZZIE' PATTERSON (nee Pearson); 19th CENTURY HOME MEDICINE] 1853 ELIZA PATTERSON LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO to her brother Gaston about her concerns for his health and advice on remedies, dated Oct. 15th /53 [1853;], no location but Eliza Patterson was known to be in San Francisco on this date as evidenced by other letters by her acquired with this letter (see Notes below), blindstamped crest with initials "E.P. P" for Elizabeth Pearson or Pollock Patterson (Pollock was her husband's middle name) at middle of top of first page, one sheet folded for four pages 4-1/4" x 6-1/2", 4-plus pages including crosswriting/estimated 500 words, no envelope, letter reads in part, "My own precious brother…your trip to the White Mountains [New Hampshire]…have not received the benefits [of the trip for health reasons] you hoped…increased your cold by bathing at Newport [Rhode Island]…leave college [Harvard] and put yourself under the care of the best physician that the… Read More

[1853 LETTER DE LA RUE, LONDON FIRM, TO ITALIAN SCULPTOR GIOVANNI BATTISTA CEVASCO, NEW YORK TO GENOA, ITALY] "All Egregio Scultore, Giovanni Battista Cevasco, Genova" New York, 29th Oct. 1853 embossed circular crest with wording "De la Rue London" in upper left corner of first page, 1-page handwritten letter/ALS, in Italian, first page of sheet folded for four pages, 4-1/4" x 6-1/2"/about 100 words, handwritten text in Italian, signed "Pinolto Valerios", a De la Rue representative in the U. S. as indicated by other letters this one was among (see Provenance below)…Valerios writes that Signor Pearson is carrying this letter as an introduction to Cevasco, traveling to Italy in the hope of improving his health in the warm climate, and out of friendship with Cevasco, Valerois requests that he look after Pearson to make his stay comfortable and salutary…Gaston Pearson is from a leading Washington, D. C. area family, such introductions for travelers by hand-carried letters and requests for hospitality… Read More

[1853 MISS PRINCE'S ACADEMY OF DANCING, LONDON, LETTER FROM NEW YORK FREIND] 1853 LETTER TO "MISS PRINCE" IN LONDON FROM "YOUR FRIEND, ELIZABETH S. CHARLES" [?, name unclear from handwriting], dated New York, Oct. 29th / 53 [1853], one sheet of paper folded to 4" x 6-1/2" with two horizontal folds for mailing in small envelope addressed to "Miss Prince, 48 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London" in lower left corner "Mr. Gaston Pearson", 3-1/2 pages/about 225 words, Miss Prince's friend in New York City writes about her few visits with a mutual acquaintance, thanks Miss Prince for the "nice biscuits you have sent me", but writes mainly to introduce Gaston Pearson who "leaves today [for London] for his health", letter reads in part, "[His] stay in London will be very short…as he hastens on to a warmer climate…I am anxious that he be with you [to stay in Miss Prince's comfortable home, and to be with someone who will care for him if he gets ill]…I am glad you decided not to go to Sidney…should… Read More

[GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY, CROSKEY & CO., MONTHLY FREIGHT CIRCULAR, 1855] CROSKEY & CO.'S MONTHLY FREIGHT CIRCULAR, 67, Gracechurch Street, London, August 1st, 1855, 8-1/2" x 11", 4 pages, unstamped ship's letter, three vertical and two horizontal folds for folding for mailing3 pages completely typeset, page 1-2 the circular beginning "We have to advise a better feeling in out Freight Market, and an advance in chartered rates from India {followed by paragraphs on freight conditions, pricing for shipments of various goods, and related advise for Calcutta, Akyab [Sittwe, Myanmar], Bombay ["becoming a favorite port with Americans"], , China, Pacific ["Coal, at 60 shillings, in the only freight for San Francisco"], Australia, United States and West Indies, [British] Government Transport Service…page 3 with heading American Ships in Tonnage and Destination (with last 3 words presumed from information in the columns as these words have been lost when the stamp on the other side/page 4 was cut… Read More

[1867 BRITISH INSURANCE DOCUMENT, 2 RELATED DOCUMENTS] 1867 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2 related documents concerning life insurance policy for John Watkins Freeman, (i) letter dated 16th Nov. 1867 with letterhead Atlas Assurance Office, Life Department, London, typescript with blanks filled in by hand pinned to (ii) handwritten notice to the Atlas Assurance Office from the "Solicitors of said Mary Ann Freeman"; NOTES: ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY was a British life and fire insurance company established at the beginning of the 19th century in England. Its headquarters were in London, and it had several branches around the world…." (wikipedia) /// CONDITION: well-preserved, light normal wear. keywords: business history, 19th century British insurance company, insurance policy historical document

1867 BARING BROTHERS BANK LONDON HANDWRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE] HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED LONDON 14TH JULY 1867, FROM BARING BROTHERS BANK, LONDON, TO MAGOUN & SONS, BOSTON, 1 page, 8-1/2" x 10-1/2", unstamped ship's letter, concerning notice of "Account Current…showing a Balance of 855.16 [British pounds]…Baring Brothers" [signature faded but legible]; NOTES: BARING BROTHERS: Baring Brothers & Co., Baring Bank was a British merchant bank based in London, and the world's second-oldest merchant bank after Berenberg Bank, Baring's close collaborator and German representative. It was founded in 1762 by Francis Baring, a British-born member of the German-British Baring family of merchants and bankers…The new partnership [formed in 1804] was called Baring Brothers & Co., which it remained until 1890…The bank collapsed in 1995 after suffering losses of £827 million (£1.6 billion in 2019)[ resulting from fraudulent investments, primarily in futures contracts…" (wikipedia); Magoun & Son, Boston,… Read More

[FABIAN SOCIETY; ENGLISH SOCIALISM PROGRESSIVISM; WOMEN'S INTERESTS] BEATRICE WEBB, 1929 letter to Theron J. Damon in Constantinople, Turkey, typed letter hand-signed "Beatrice Webb" above typescript Mrs. Sidney Webb,-1 page/about 90 words, 8" x 10", folds as mailed, returned address typed in Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hants [Hampshire] [crossed out 44, Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment], December 30, 1929, typescript in lower left corner "T. J.Damon Esq.,Robert College, Constantinople", Beatrice Webb thanks Theron and his wife for their appreciation of her book [presumably "My Apprenticeship" published in 1926], recollects a visit with the Damons, and mentions a couple of political matters, letter reads in part. "[She and her husband Sidney] often think of that lovely Bosphorus palace and its pleasant inhabitants, and we wonder whether there are any new developments of hostility or friendliness from the present Turkish Government…fortunate to have such [schools] provided for their young people… Read More

[1942 DEAR ADOLF, 5 (of 6) RADIO SCRIPTS; STEPHEN VINCENT; COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY] STEPHEN VINCENT BENET, 5 (of 6) 1942 RADIO SCRIPTS FOR THE PROGRAM / SERIES "DEAR ADOLF", series of six radio letters written each week by Stephen Vincent Benet based upon actual letters written to Hitler by representative Americans and delivered over the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council for Democracy — (1) Letter from a farmer, June 21, 1942, featuring Raymond Massey, (2) Letter from a business man, June 28, 1942, Melvyn Douglas, (3) Letter from a working man, July 5, 1942, James Cagney, (4) Letter from a housewife and mother, July 12, 1942, Helen Hayes, [MISSING: Letter from An American soldier, July 26, 1942], (5) Letter from a foreign born American, August 2, 1942, Joseph Schildkraut…original ribbon typescript/probably teletype, 8-1/2" x 14"/legal size with bottom 3" folded, single space, variously 4 or 5 pages , in upper right corner of first page of each stamp "COPYRIGHT 1942… Read More

[1942 WORLD WAR II MILITARY AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION; ARTHUR CASAGRANDE; RARE ARTICLE] PROPOSED SOIL CLASSIFICATION FOR AIRFIELD PROJECTS by A. Casagrande, Cambridge, Mass., Sept 5. 1942, in upper right corner U. S. Engr. Off., Division Engr., North Atl. Division, NA 6790, NAD 36/1, 10/8/42, New York, NY, light purple mimeograph pages, 8 pages of text, 8-1/2" x 11", single space, followed by 1 page fold out chart Table 1 –Soil Classification for Airfield Projects, 4 page carbon copy, single space letter dated November 10, 1942, from a major in the U. S. Engineer Office, New York, to The Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division on the point the study has reached to date and plans for further study noting that "Dr.Casagrande [reports] that it is difficult to set up a soil classification which will apply to subgrades, base and surface courses [because of] variations in soils", followed by a copy of a letter from the War Department and a copy of a letter from the Division Engineer Office of the North… Read More

[1944 NAZI / GERMAN HOLOCAUST FINAL SOLUTION LEBENSBORN DOCUMENT TRANSLATED; HIMMLER, KALTENBRUNNER] TRANSLATION OF A NAZI SS DOCUMENT FOR EVIDENCE IN THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, original ribbon/presumably teletype copy, 3 pages stapled at upper left corner, single-spaced, 8-1/2" x 14"/legal size, at top above dashed line TRANSLATION: [heading of document as translated] CHIEF OF THE SECURITY POLICE AND THE SECURITY SERVICE, Berlin, SW 11, 14 April 1944, to the Reichsfuehrer SS [Heinrich Himmler], Subject: Placement of families of German origin in protective custody of home schools…In reference to: attached order of the Reichsfuehrer SS' Record number 47/46/43g…[3-page typescript English translated copy of the original order in German ending with typescript "Signature: KALTENBRUNNER] in part, "The enclosed order of the Reichsfuehrer SS was presented to the Commandant of the Security Police and the Security Service at Lublin together with the report dated 6.4.43. The parents were not to be taken into… Read More

[1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL] ILLICIT TRAFFIC — MEMORANDUM BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION FOR 1958, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fourteenth Session, Item 4 of the provisional agenda, United Nations document E/CN. 7/369 [published for general distribution] 18 March 1959, English [original in French], 68 pages, staple bound by 2 staples at left edges of pages, mostly charts and tables with details of arrests according to type of narcotic, country where arrest occurred, specific location (e. g., aboard British ship 'Ben Lomond", at trafficker's home [Thailand], and individuals arrested (e. g., Israeli, Turkish seaman, Pakistani), RARE, one copy only recorded with WorldCat/OCLC (7/6/22) at International Labour Office, Geneva, none found for sale (7/6/22); CONDITION: pages lightly age-toned and somewhat brittle at edges, loss of upper right corner of front page/title page, 1-1/2" slanted cut at upper part of right edges pages 1-6, light creasing at upper… Read More

[1910ca. SCOTTISH FOLK MUSIC HANDWRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION] MARJORY KENNEDY-FRASER, KENNETH MACLEOD, 3 HANDWRITTEN MUSIC SCORES WITH LYRICS, handwritten by music folklorist Nelson Sprackling (occasionally worked with Alan Lomax on folk music preservation) in preparation for publication by Boosey & Co., undated, but about 1910, Boosey published music works by Kennedy-Fraser and Macleod starting about 1908 through the 1920s with later reprintings in various editions, three 4-page music composition sheets 9-1/2" x 12-1/2", (1) A HEBRIDEAN SEA-REIVER'S SONG (Na Reubarean), Old Gallic Works [?] and translation from Kenneth Macleod Air from Penelope MacDonald Eriskay, arranged by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, 4 full pages, score with lyrics, Nelson Sprackling handwrittten signature in upper right corner of first page, (2) THE ROAD TO THE ISLES [A Tramping Song], Songs of the Hebrides, (by) M. Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth MacLeod, (published) Boosey & Co., ca. 1916 (sheet music published in 1917), 3 pages (of 4),… Read More

[CALLIGRAPHY; DRAWING; AMERICAN EAGLE; FOLK ART] WILLIAM W. LIVERMORE, hand drawing of name/calligraphy below drawing of American eagle, many flourishes as seen in engravings of the period, original drawing, undated/est. 1830s from style of the eagle, calligraphy, and flourishes. on one sheet 8" high x 12-1/2" across with vertical midfold, ink drawn by hand, limited scattered small spots of foxing; NOTES: William W. Livermore has not been able to be identified in online research, but possibly William W. Livermore, 1814-55, born in Worcester County, MA, died in New York City, item was purchased at in estate sale in the wider New York City area ///// CONDITION: generally well-preserved, varying darkness of part as originally drawn for contrast and dramatic effect, vertical midfold, light creases at corners, two small losses at edges, overall well-preserved with paper supple.

[SUFFRAGETTE AMY TALBOT DUNN LETTER SIGNED 1883 RARE] AMY TALBOT DUNN, 19TH CENTURY SUFFRAGETTE, handwritten letter signed/ALS, dated Knob View, MO [Missouri], Crawford Co[ounty], October 27, 1883, 5-1/2" x 9"/about 125 words, lightly waxen paper, folds as mailed, to Israel A. Barker (Brooklyn), replying to letter from Israel about her situation and scheduling when to meet with him when she is in Brooklyn, letter reading in part, "I have been living in great seclusion for some months and have sought no means of advertizing myself…My home has been in Indianapolis until this year…It will probably be changed now to the above address [in Missouri, see address with date above]…I shall expect you…as usual, to defray my local expenses when in Brooklyn…"; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee; AMY TALBOT DUNN: d. 1916 in Los Angeles…"In pioneer days. Mrs. Dunn was an act­ive suffragists and had been associat­ed in the work of the movement for a number of years" (obituary… Read More

[BLACK DAHLIA LOS ANGELES MURDER MYSTERY DOCUMENTS / ANN BANKS, JANICE KNOWLTON, WILL FOWLER] DOCUMENTS/MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO THE SENSATIONAL 1947 LOS ANGELES UNSOLVED "BLACK DAHLIA" (Elizabeth Short) MURDER MYSTERY gathered by leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter Hal Jacques active from the 1950s-'80s, (1) ANN BANKS, typed letter signed 2x/TLS, dated Sept. 25, 1972, on SuperStar International Productions, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, letterhead to "Dear Sir" at National Enquirer, Latana, FL (National Enquirer was one of the periodicals Hal Jacques wrote articles for), 8-1/2" x 11", about 60 words signed in pen "Ann Banks" in salutation and at top with handwritten note under the letterhead, "Make it a morning call, please, Ann Banks", excerpts, "We wish to set up appointments to discuss publication in the National Enquirer on the following re: scheduled motion picture 'I Killed the Black Dahlia': and book publication under the same title…We not only name the killer…but depict the 'mechanical device'… Read More

[1940 BLITZKRIEG ARTILLERY PLAN Weidinger in German typed manuscript 8 pp original] "Gedanken über Feuerleitung stärkerer Artillerie" ["Thoughts on stronger artillery fire control line"] by the WWII German officer Colonel Wilhelm Weidinger (see Notes). The date "Februar 1940" is written in pencil at the upper right-hand corner of the first page indicating the essay was written about three months before the Nazi Blitzkrieg beginning in May 1940. On page 3, Weidinger writes, "[I]t is safe to assume that the struggle in the West [blitzkrieg invasion of Belgium, etc., opening in May 1940] will not take place as it did in Poland [invasion, September 1939]". In a few places are marginal pencil notes by the officer Walter Limberger (see Notes) Weidinger presumably gave his essay to when the met when both working at Wa Pruf 8, a WWII German research and development center for weapons and operations (see Notes)…the essay concerns organization of artillery fire to maximum effectiveness and how to achieve… Read More

[BROOKS ATKINSON 2 LETTERS SIGNED / ROYAL MURDOCH POETRY / LGBTQ INTEREST] BROOKS ATKINSON, TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED/TLSs, as N. Y. Times critic on N. Y. Times stationery, 7" x 8-1/2" with horizontal folds as mailed with envelopes addressed to recipient with "Brooks Atkinson" typed above N. Y. Times return address, Atkinson replies to a friend of the gay poet Royal Murdoch who is helping Murdoch get publicity for his poetry, Atkinson declines to write anything saying he is not knowledgeable about poetry, but offers suggestions, (1) September 22, 1964, excerpts, "I enclose a copy of the first column on Alger…I have found over the years I can't write interesting columns on subjects with which I am not [inserted by hand in pen] or in fields in which I have no [inserted by hand in pen above crossed out word "some"]. Judging the value of poetry is something I am not prepared to do with confidence…":, (2) October 2, 1964, excerpts, "very interesting verse, especially the humorous jingle…I know very… Read More

[ENGLISH ARTS & LITERATURE; 20th CENTURY] LEWIS HIND, 1862-1927, [Charles Lewis Hind] was a British journalist, writer, editor, art critic, and art historian, 2 short autograph letters dated 1889, 4-1/2" x 7", with The Art Journal dark brown oval logo in the upper left corner and address 294, City Road, London, E. C. to the right: (1) July 18, [18]89, 1 p. of 4 pages as folded/about 25 words, writing to unidentified "Dear Sir" that Hind will be "here between 10 and 11 am" on Friday and Saturday if the recipient wants to come by to see him; (2) Sep. 21, [18]89, 2 pp., front and back of single sheet, writing to unidentified "Gentlemen" [plural]…We are just going to press with that portion of our Paris Exhibition Supplement dealing with you exhibit. I enclose proof and rough pulls of illustrations" and asking that these be reviewed for correctness and returned; HISTORICAL NOTE: the "Supplement" and the exhibit referred to are related to the Exposition Universelle world's fair in Paris in 1889;… Read More

[1943 CBS FORECAST RADIO PROGRAM SCRIPT; BLACK AMERICANA/PAUL ROBESON; MEDIA HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY/WWII] COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM – FORECAST, Monday, August 25, 1943, 9:00 - 9:30 PM EDST, FINAL, original ribbon typed script double-spaced, 29 pages 8-1/2" x 11" held by rusted paperclip at upper left corner; the introduction to the program reads in part, "The Columbia Broadcasting System brings you the tenth and eleventh [tenth episode only follows] in a series of twelve proposed new radio programs…These broadcasts are radio 'first nights' — dress rehearsals…of shows ear-marked 'For Future Reference'…Forecast Number ten, from New York: 'Three Wishes', an unusual variety show with Alan Lunt and Lynn Fontaine…Paul Robeson…Moss Hart…master of ceremonies…Carl Van Doren…" followed by more than 20 pages of sections of representative dialogue and performances of Forecast Number ten; Robeson's limited appearance is on page 16 (words of the song he performs are not given), reading in… Read More