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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.


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."


Letter From William Loughton Smith To Mathew Clarkson, New York, 1805., William Loughton Smith Jan 1805

Letter From William Loughton Smith To Mathew Clarkson, New York, 1805., William Loughton Smith

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Smith complains of poltical attacks against him and explains that he is unable to pay a debt to Clarkson. Smith was a South Carolina Congressman and U.S. diplomat.


Oliver Ellsworth Letter Written In Bath, England Regarding U.S Relations With France, 1801., Oliver Ellsworth Apr 1801

Oliver Ellsworth Letter Written In Bath, England Regarding U.S Relations With France, 1801., Oliver Ellsworth

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

In England when he wrote this letter, Ellsworth had been appointed by President John Adams to serve on a diplomatic delegation with Patrick Henry and William R. Davie to negotiate a treaty with Napoleon. In this letter he appears to refer to said treaty.


Letter From Henry Laurens To General Mcintosh, Henry Laurens Apr 1777

Letter From Henry Laurens To General Mcintosh, Henry Laurens

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Letter of encouragement in reply to General McIntosh, signed Henry Laurens, dated April 12, 1777.