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Mahatma Gandhi Letter, Mahatma Gandhi Jan 1933

Mahatma Gandhi Letter, Mahatma Gandhi

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Gandhi writes from Yeravda Prison in Poona, India in 1933 in apparent response to Harry Deutch, of the Bronx.


Note From Francis Lieber To Merchant Regarding Shipment Of Goods, Date Unclear, New York., Francis Lieber Jan 1900

Note From Francis Lieber To Merchant Regarding Shipment Of Goods, Date Unclear, New York., Francis Lieber

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Verso abstract includes note: "Prof Col College, South Carolina, Now in N.Y."


John B. Magruder Orders The Purchase Of Wagons, Saddles, Saddle Blankets, And Bridles. Virginia, July 15, 1861., John Bankhead Magruder Jul 1861

John B. Magruder Orders The Purchase Of Wagons, Saddles, Saddle Blankets, And Bridles. Virginia, July 15, 1861., John Bankhead Magruder

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Brigadier General Magruder orders Assistant Quarter Master Captain Morrison to purchase 20 "good strong wagons" and 20 saddles, saddle blankets, and bridles. July 15, 1861.


Last Letter Barnard E. Bee Wrote To His Brother H.P. Bee, June 20, 1861, Barnard E. Bee Jun 1861

Last Letter Barnard E. Bee Wrote To His Brother H.P. Bee, June 20, 1861, Barnard E. Bee

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Bee sends his love to his brother's family and asks that his son be taken care of "should I fall in this war."


Matthew Fontaine Maury Letter To A Faculty Member Of The Naval Academy In Annapolis, Maryland; Washington, D.C., December 20, 1860., Matthew Fontaine Maury Dec 1860

Matthew Fontaine Maury Letter To A Faculty Member Of The Naval Academy In Annapolis, Maryland; Washington, D.C., December 20, 1860., Matthew Fontaine Maury

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No abstract provided.


John Hale Letter Acknowledging A Request To Speak At The Mercantile Library Association, September 14, 1845., John P. Hale Sep 1845

John Hale Letter Acknowledging A Request To Speak At The Mercantile Library Association, September 14, 1845., John P. Hale

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Hale writes that he has been so "harrassed with business" that he has "had but little time to attend to any thing else, or even to think of aught beside." "I have had to continue almost alone against the whole pack of profligate & venal newspaper Editors set upon me."


John B. Magruder Letter To John Earle & Co., John Bankhead Magruder Apr 1844

John B. Magruder Letter To John Earle & Co., John Bankhead Magruder

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Magruder, travelling under orders fromt he U.S. Army, in 1844, requests Earle "send up my clothes if possible tonight" as he must leave the following morning for Providence.


Caesar Rodney Letter To His Son John Rodney, Dated 1818, Wilmington, Delaware., Caesar Augustus Rodney Dec 1818

Caesar Rodney Letter To His Son John Rodney, Dated 1818, Wilmington, Delaware., Caesar Augustus Rodney

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Cesar A. Rodney was a lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Delaware. His uncle, also Cesar Rodney, signed the Declaration of Independence. In this letter he appears to write to his son, advising "I do not wish you to resign at this particular moment tho’ I shall not object to it ultimately if you desire it."


Letter From Pierce Butler Regarding His "Salvadore Lands" In South Carolina. 1806., Pierce Butler Jan 1806

Letter From Pierce Butler Regarding His "Salvadore Lands" In South Carolina. 1806., Pierce Butler

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Butler discusses financial and legal matters regarding his problems with squatters on his "Salvadore lands" in South Carolina. 1806.


Letter From Pierce Butler To John Ross Requesting Money, 1795., Pierce Butler Oct 1795

Letter From Pierce Butler To John Ross Requesting Money, 1795., Pierce Butler

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Pierce Butler requests "two or three hundred" dollars of John Ross, for "house use."