Noah Webster signed certificate of a share in Union School House owned by John Miles

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  Daniel Webster Andrews letters and family papers

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  The first series includes correspondence and documents belonging to Daniel Webster Andrews and his family, chiefly his father John Andrews and his mother Susan Masson Andrews. The material is organized alphabetically by family member. In the letters by John Andrews to his brother William Andrews (who apparently was killed on August 23, 1814 in the explosion of Gunboat #146), he talks about the frigates Constitution and Independence, other ships in the Navy Yard in Charleston, and news of battles between the US troops and the British including the Battle of York (April 1813). In the letters of Daniel Webster Andrews, he writes about his experiences as a naval officer on the ship Ino. He also writes about Fort Monroe, Virginia (one of his letters is written on a pictorial lettersheet of "Fortress Monroe") and witnessing the USS Minnesota almost get hit by a torpedo as well as the sinking of the USS Patapsco. Also included is a letter from Frank Hull to Lizzie Blood describing a trip to Central City, Colorado in August 1863, as well as an 1817 commission to George Manners signed by George IV. There are also two letters by Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting, wife of William Bayard Cutting of New York, to her niece Jane Murray; one of her letters states "I feel sure that Professor [Max] Farrand will do everything possible in showing you the treasures of the Huntington Museum." Max Farrand was the Huntington Library's first director.

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  John Tyler, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State Daniel Webster :

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  Authorizing and directing Secretary of the State Daniel Webster to affix the seal of the United States to a letter to Queen Victoria of England, written in reply to her announcement of the birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Printed form, filled in; signed by Tyler.

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  Halcyon Christie Miles diaries

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  The set consists of two diary volumes kept by Hallie Christie Miles from June 1907 until June 1909. The first volume, which ends in June 1908, was kept while Hallie was mainly living at home in Rock Creek, Kansas, and giving music lessons to students in nearby Hall's Summit, Long Creek, Rosemont, Agricola, and Long Creek. Most of the entries focus on the weather and Hallie's daily activities, such as sewing, household chores, reading, writing and receiving letters, attending church (including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches), and visiting friends and relatives. Hallie had friends with both horse and buggies and automobiles, and writes frequently of traveling in both (she also drove the horses herself, which on one occasion almost led to an accident when she "met an engine and nearly had a smashup"). She also takes local trips by train, including those to Hutchinson and Ottawa, Kansas, as well as a longer trip to Arlington, Colorado. In the second diary, which begins in September 1908, Hallie writes of her extended travels in the western United States, which lasted from October 1908 until March 1909. Hallie traveled by rail through Colorado to Boseman, Montana, and down through Butte. Her entries are usually austere, but she points out that this portion of the trip "afforded very beautiful scenery and the conductor was very kind to tell us interesting things along the way." She also records seeing "Indian wigwams and a cowboy girl" near Missoula and a wagon team crossing the Flat Head River. After an engine breakdown in the Cascades, Hallie arrived in Seattle, where she stayed at the Y.W.C.A. (her usually accommodations throughout her travels). She toured Washington state by car (finding time to attended the Tabernacle, Methodist Church, and Catholic Cathedral) and took a three-day boat trip to Vancouver, Canada. In January 1909 she traveled through Oregon and California, briefly stopping in San Francisco before taking the train to Los Angeles (along the way she describes railway tunnels, the Santa Clara Valley and Santa Clara College, and the Henry Miller cattle ranch). She spent the next month taking day trips in the Los Angeles area (including seeing construction on the Owens River Aqueduct). In February she began the return trip to Kansas, passing through Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Grand Junction, as well as taking a few days touring Pueblo, Colorado.

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