West India Company records

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  Three severall treatises concerning the truce at this present propounded. : The first, laying open divers considerations and reasons, why a truce ought not to bee contracted: propounded vnto the high and mightie lords of the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces: by the right honble the commissioners and deputies of the most hon: authorized Company of West India. In their owne behalfe. The second, discusseth this question very pithily and at large, whether or no it bee lawfull to make truce with the King of Spaine, with divers fitting considerations. Lastly, here is added a remonstrance, represented to the States theyr Excellencies, in the behalfe of the King of Bohemia, which hath a respect vnto the affaires in Germanie. All truly and faithfully translated out of the Low Dutch copie

  Rare Books

  59983

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  Gesta Venatica; Being a Record of Game etc. Bagged in India

  Manuscripts

  A signed, autograph manuscript; commencing in Poona, India. A record of the weapons used and animals hunted in various parts of India; with many fine ink drawings in both black ink and watercolors. Covers and many pages are loose; with blank pages.

  mssHM 32436

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  Letters and documents relating to a proposed East India Company Anglo-Philippine expedition

  Manuscripts

  Letters and documents relating to a scheme of the East India Company and the British Government to send a commercial, naval and military expedition to the Philippines. Some of the letters and documents are the product of the Committee of Secrecy of the Court of Directors and are written in cipher. The proposed scheme was never carried out as the East India Company forces were needed elsewhere in 1780.

  mssHM 80328-80338

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  Thompson & West records

  Manuscripts

  The collection consists of materials gathered for the publishing of local histories in California and Nevada from 1875-1890 (most of which relates to Yuba and Sutter counties in California). There is also some material on mining in California and Nevada (especially the Comstock Lode) and the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The collection also contains some materials on individuals such as Thomas Berdue, Samuel Brannan, Kit Carson, and William Thorrington. The collection also contains three scrapbooks of press clippings about the histories, 12 original drawings, and two books of engravings.

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  Hotchkis residence, San Marino, Calif

  Visual Materials

  Contains two gelatin silver prints by William M. Clarke depicting the house and landscape, plus a photocopy of a 22-page typed set of garden instructions, "Garden Maintenance Directions for Mrs. Preston Hotchkis," by Yoch and Council.

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  Charles Steward journal of the East India Company ship Duchess of Athol

  Manuscripts

  A ship's logbook written by Second Officer Charles Steward, recording the first voyage of the ship Duchess of Athol from England to Canton (Guangzhou), China. Entries run from 26 November 1821 to 24 May 1823. Contents include a crew list, passenger lists, weather reports, navigational records, and details of activities at port in India and China. With heraldic bookplate of Charles Steward. The volume is accompanied by three newspaper clippings, glued on paper, about the murder of Charles Steward, 1844 and 1845. The volume is partially blank.

  mssHM 84093