Unbound. This three-page common school certification, which was required for the school teacher to be paid by the county, measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. The inside two pages contain a table showing daily attendance for 18 boys and girls that attended Hiram Roys’s common school, officially in school..... More
University of Wisconsin, 1959-1960. Varies. This archive contains 18 items. All are in nice shape. 1. 18 Dec 59 – Postcard sent to Wally Degner with information about reporting to the station for the train trip to California. 2. Undated –Unused, four-page “Rose Bowl Trip Expense Record”..... More
University of Virginia [Charlottesville, Virginia]: Circa 1849. The cover was sent to John Harwell Cocke at his famous Bremo Plantation in Fluvanna County from the University of Virginia and is noteworthy for the red strike of the school’s oval postmark with manuscript date and “10” rate mark. It is the..... More
Connecticut: 1850. Unbound. This three-page stampless folded letter written on an illustrated Yale College letter sheet measures 15”x9.75” unfolded. The letter, datelined “Northford June 22d, 1850,” was written over several days by C.B. Brooks and sent to a friend, “Hon. Smith.” In nice shape. The letter sheet features a...... More
Oakland, California: 1880. Unbound. This eight-page letter was written by Elva C. King at Mills Seminary for Young Women in Oakland, California on May 18th, 1880 to an old school friend with whom she had not corresponed in years. In nice shape. It reads in part: “I supposed..... More
Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University, 1886. Envelope or Cover. This Vanderbilt University report card for G. D. Hicks measures 5” x 9½“. It was sent to Hicks, who resided in Nashville on College Street. The report card, for the term ending January 31, 1886, is enclosed in its original illustrated mailing..... More
West Point, New York: 1845. Envelope or Cover. Unfolded, the letter, written on 25 May 1845 by Cadet James Oakes, to his sister in Milton, Pennsylvania, measures 15.5” x 9.5”. It bears a circular West Point postmark along with a manuscript “18½“ rate mark. It also bears both a “Paid”..... More
California: 1873-1883. Envelope or Cover. These four letters were sent by Joseph D. (Dieffenbach) Layman in California to his cousin, John E. Dieffenbach in Pulaski, Iowa. The letters are enclosed in their original mailing envelopes. All of the letters and two of the envelopes are in nice shape; one of..... More
Various locations: [circa 1895 – 1925]. This archive consists of four medical school tests, eight letters, and one handbill advertising the sale of Grace’s mansion. All in nice shape, however, worn mailing envelopes accompany three of the letters. Grace was the daughter of Abraham Hillard Frances, a prosperous..... More
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1878. Unbound. This letter from R. (Reuben) D. Reid, son of Governor David S. Reed, to his mother who was managing the family hotel in Reidsville is datelined “Chapel Hill N.C. / Sept 25th 1878”. No envelope. In nice shape. In his letter Ruben reports..... More
Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania: 1815-1855. String. This group consists of five homemade books of varying sizes; the smallest is 7¾” x12”, the largest 8½” x 14”. One ciphering book and one account book belonged to William Pickering. One ciphering book belonged to Jacob Pickering. One ciphering book belonged to..... More
