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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textTyped letter from Isaac H. Kempner to E. H. Thornton discussing a time of grief for himself and Mrs. Henrietta Leonora Kempner, following the death of son Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. Kempner writes about the Christmas Season relating to trust amongst himself and Thornton, mentioning spiritual and material improvements in the next year
Isaac Peirce letter to Jeffery Mathewson
No full textLetter written by Isaac Peirce, a settler in Belpre, Ohio, to W. Jeffery Matthewson. The letter discusses Peirce's efforts to find good tenants for Matthewson's land. It discusses attacks on the settlement by American Indians, troop strength, and general living conditions in the area. The city of Belpre was the second permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. Established along the Ohio River in 1789 by members of the Ohio Company, the location was surveyed the previous year as Belle-Prairie, French for "beautiful meadow.
Isaac-Thornton_8-27-1984
No full textCorrespondence to Dr. William Thornton from Godfrey Isaac, Attorney at La
The marriage record of Thornton, Isaac and Smith, Hannah
No full textMarriage license for Hannah Smith and Isaac Thornton. B.W. Wiley was the officiant
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to E. H. Thornton, Jr. enclosing a copy of the letter that he received from Dr. Leake. He also mentions that he'd like for him to attend a meeting of the Medical College Committee in his office on February 1st
Autograph by Isaac D'Israeli
No full textabstract: Concerning Isaac D'Israeli's autograph.Creation Date Details: Range of creation date is the author's lifespan.
Paper Details: Back of manuscript contains printed text.
Transcription Details: Manuscript reads:
Gough's Sepulchral Mon[]
3 Vole {?word}
Gough's Catalogue of his Library
D'Israeli
22 {?word}Curator's Note: Gough, Richard, 1735-1809 was a famous British author and antiquary
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from George Andre to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing the gas contract with E. H. Thornton, Jr
Letter to Isaac Hayward from unkown author
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/318461"Friday morning. Mr Blair begs to inform Isaac Hayward on conference with Mr P."63415
Item: [2011.0031.00196] "Letter to Isaac Hayward from unkown author
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Isaac H. Kempner to Richard Thornton signing a copy of the case
The recovered life of Isaac Anderson
No full text"Owned by his father, Isaac Harold Anderson (1835-1906) was born enslaved but went on to become a wealthy businessman, grocer, politician, publisher, and religious leader in the African American community in the state of Georgia. Elected to the state senate, Anderson replaced his white father there, and later shepherded his people as a founding member and leader of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church. He helped support the establishment of Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, and helped freed people leave Georgia for safe havens in northern Mississippi and Arkansas. Eventually under threat to his life, Anderson fled to Arkansas, and then later still, to Holly Springs, Mississippi. Much of Anderson's unique story has been lost to history-until now. In The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson, author Alicia K. Jackson presents a biography of Anderson and in it a microhistory of Black religious life and politics after emancipation. A work of recovery, the volume captures the life of a shepherd to his journeying people, and of a college pioneer, a CME minister, a politician, and a freed person"-
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