Historic Correspondence and Manuscripts

A collection of handwritten letters and manuscripts from notable authors and figures, reflecting personal messages and historical contexts in various styles.

Victoria Woodhull Martin autograph note to John Biddulph Martin, February 29, 1892 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Letter to Philip Zilcken, 1923 letter paper. ink writing (processes) / pen Montmartre

Emma Lazarus autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, New York, 8 July , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Blazing in Gold, 1866 , Sunrises & sunsets

Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, Concord, approximately March 1865 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926

Description of a composition.Leaf 78 recto from a sketchbook with 88 sheets.

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, Concord, 5 August 1866 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Longing is like the seed, 1873 , Love

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, Concord, 14 June 1862 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877, Dicey, Edward, 1832-1911

Victoria Woodhull Martin autograph note to John Biddulph Martin, February 29, 1892 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Fragment from Andries Pels' 'Use and abuse des stations' from 1681.Leaf 23 Recto from a sketchbook with 34 sheets.

Zula Maud Woodhull autograph note, Hove, Sussex, England, approximately 1927-1930. Zula Maud Woodhull autograph note, Hove, Sussex, England, approximately 1927-1930

Letter from Clara Schumann to Eberhard Peters

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside, Concord, 1 January 1863 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence

Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Travel book, from August 13 to 21, 1834. "I love him when his voice of sadness is veiled ...". Graphite pencil. 1834. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Illustrious album, sketchbook, travel book, drawing

Letter to Johan Philip van der Kellen, Jan Struiding, 1897 letter Deventer paper. ink writing (processes) / pen printed matter Utrecht

Notes about the Royal Dockyard in Chatham, c. 1841 - c. 1865 Page 30 from a sketchbook with 80 pages. Chatham (possibly) paper. pencil

Bible verses. Page 14 From a sketchbook with 31 sheets.

Anne Whitney autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Belmont, Mass., 1 December 1864 , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

A pencil sketchbook by Franz Alt from 1855-1867 containing multiple observational sketches including figures, landscapes, and architectural elements.

Helen Olcott Choate Bell autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Boston , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage, Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Parr, W. Max, 1889

Tileston, Mary W, 1892

A. Leyman autograph letter signed to Victoria Woodhull Martin, Onset, Mass., May 1897 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

A telegram form, addressed to Jan Matejko, with paper strips, with printed text in French. Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: I'll tell you how the Sun rose, 1862 , Sunrises & sunsets

Winslow, William Copley, 1887 - 1889

Travelogue from mid -July 1880, c. 1880 Page 63 Verso from a sketchbook with 110 sheets meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880. Ward chalk. pencil Ward

Margaret Fuller autograph manuscript (incomplete), Dec 1838 ,

Brief aan Philip Zilcken, in or before 1920 letter Paris paper. ink writing (processes) / pen diseases London

Letter from John Jubb, Suffolk Nansemond County Va., to Thomas and Harriet Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass., May 30, 1862 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Victoria Woodhull Martin autograph letter to John Biddulph Martin, London, approximately 1883-1897 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Travelogue, c. 1880 Page 107 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 sheets meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880. pencil

Bible verses. Page 9 From a sketchbook with 31 sheets.

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph letter signed to Mrs. Mackay, Concord, Massachusetts, 9 May , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Travelogue from the beginning of August 1880, 1880 Page 29 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 sheets meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880. Barentszzee pencil

Margaret Fuller autograph letter to W. H. Channing, 25 March 184- ,

Brief aan Philip Zilcken, in or before 1892 letter London paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)

Mulligan, G.M., 1886

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: The last of Summer is delight, 1876 , Summer

Letter from Clara Schumann to Constanze Dawison. Dresden, 30.04.1846. Sheet 1 verso from: Dresden: slub mscr.dresd.h.36,97

William Torrey Harris autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Concord, Mass., 6 October 1883 , Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter to James Thomas Fields, Concord, approximately 21 May 1864 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

Letter from John Jubb, Suffolk Va., to Thomas Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass., June 5, 1862 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Bible verses. Page 17 From a sketchbook with 31 sheets.

Brief aan Philip Zilcken, in or before 1892 letter London paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. photography, cinematography

Lavinia Norcross Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 7 October 1891 , Gratitude, Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: The soul unto itself, 1863 , Soul

Portrait of Wesley Merritt, created in 1885

Autograph letter signed to John Biddulph Martin, March 12, 1897? , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Letter from William Jubb, Lookout Valley, Tenn., to Jabez Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass., January 31, 1864 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Hammond, L.H., 1890

Emma G. Gilmore autograph letter signed to Victoria Woodhull Martin, Salinas, Calif., March 20, 1927 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Blad met notities.Page 105 from a sketchbook with 58 sheets.

Emily Tennyson autograph letter signed to Mr. Gatty, Farringford, Isle of Wight, 11 June 1860 , Authors' spouses, Great Britain, Correspondence, Families, Great Britain, Social life and customs, 19th century, Poets, English, 19th century, Family relationships, Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, Wolff, Joseph, 1795-1862

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Success is counted sweetest, 1862 , Victories

Blad met notities.Page 109 From a sketchbook with 58 sheets.

List of artists names.Leaf 3 recto from a sketchbook with 40 sheets.

Florence L. Williams autograph letter signed to Victoria Woodhull Martin, Philadelphia, November 20, 1906 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Travelogue of September 1880, 1880 Page 45 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 sheets meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880. Ward pencil Ward

Brief aan Emile Ernest Bernard in Héloïse Bernard -Bodin, Émile Bernard, 1878 - 1941 letter Letter dated 1894 in a later hand. ink writing (processes) / pen

Image 20 of Woodrow Wilson Papers: Series 20: Additions, 1881-1957; 1978-1980 Addition; Edith Bolling Galt Wilson file, 1915-1931, undated; Family correspondence; Wilson, Woodrow; Correspondence; 1915; Apr.-May | Library of Congress

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Because that you are going, 1874 , Death, Love, Gods

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: To undertake is to achieve, 1866 ,

Postcard to Pieter Anne Haaxman, Christoffel Bisschop, in or before 1891 The Hague cardboard. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)

Alexander Cozens, 1717-1786, British, 1746, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum, Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm) and Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (18.7 x 13 cm), architectural subject, buildings, forum, Grand Tour, ruins, sketches, trees, Italy, Rome

Bible verses. Page 15 From a sketchbook with 31 sheets.

Sarah Hammond Palfrey autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Hazelwood, 17 May 1908 , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Some keep the Sabbath going to church, 1862 , Sabbaths

Hugo Schneider Ag (n. - d.), Fund label containing four panzerfaust 60, recipe for cook at the reverse (common name), 1944. printed paper, ink. Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum.

Victoria Woodhull Martin autograph note, Bredon's Norton, Worcestershire, Eng.?, approximately 1901-1927 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Unknown (n.-d.), Certificate of requisition of the effects of Antoine Val by soldiers of the secret army (attributed title), 1944-02-28. Paper, pencil. Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum.

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter to James Thomas Fields, Concord, approximately 21 May 1864 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

Fragment from Andries Pels' 'Use and abuse des stations' from 1681.Leaf 22 recto from a sketchbook with 34 sheets.

John Biddulph Martin autograph note to Victoria Woodhull Martin, Tewkesbury, England, January 26, 1887 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Victoria Woodhull Martin autograph letter signed to John Biddulph Martin, London, approximately 1883-1897 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Letter from William Jubb, near Chattnooga, to Thomas Jubb, October 31, 1863 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Fanny Kemble autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Boston? , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Letter to Jonkheer Hendrik Teding van Berkhout (1879-1969), Martin Monnickendam, 1908 - 1934 letter Letter contains a postcard regarding returned works. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. art collecting. money

Margaret Fuller manuscript letter (incomplete copy) to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18 April 1842 , Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

Travelogue. Leaf 100 recto from a sketchbook with 110 blades meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880.

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Your riches taught me poverty, 1862 , Death

Lavinia Norcross Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 9 October 1890 ,

Travelogue, c. 1880 Blad 95 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 sheets meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880. New Zembla pencil

Travelogue. Leaf 67 Verso from a sketchbook with 110 blades meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880.

Hugo Schneider Ag (n. - d.), Fund label containing four panzerfaust 60, recipe for cook at the reverse (common name), 1944. printed paper, ink. Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum. Registration in a black setting (obverse).

Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: Mine enemy is growing old, 1880 , Revenge, Time

Husband, Mary Morris, 1880 - 1889

Dagboeknotities.Possible (partly) about the honeymoon from Witsen to northern France in 1893. Leaf 10 verso and leaf 11 Recto from a sketchbook with 23 sheets.

A business card of Professor Friedrich Pineles with a message to Edith Schiele dated September 4, 1918, written in black ink on paper, showing handwriting and card layout.

Maud (Howe) Elliott autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Boston, 18 January , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Gabrielle Greeley autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chappaqua, N. Y., 25 September 1883 , Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850, Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Mabel Loomis Todd, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter signed (initials) to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 24 August 1891 , Poetry, Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, to Thomas Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass., November 22, 1861 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Travelogue from early August 1880. Leaf 29 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 blades meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880.

Travelogue. Leaf 86 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 blades means during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880.

Alexander Cozens, 1717-1786, British, Draft of Correspondence to William Hoar Esq., Bath, 1746. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum.

Mabel Loomis Todd, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 6 October 1891 , Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

New York as a Historic Town, 1891

Margaret Fuller autograph letter (fragment) to William Henry Channing, 1840 ,

Hugo Schneider Ag (n. - d.), Fund label containing four panzerfaust 60, recipe for cook at the reverse (common name), 1944. printed paper, ink. Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum.

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