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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.
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:
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Gough's Catalogue of his Library
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22 {?word}Curator's Note: Gough, Richard, 1735-1809 was a famous British author and antiquary
Letter from Isaac Morley to Brigham Young, February 25, 1851
No full textUteIn this letter to Brigham Young Isaac Morley discussed the occurances of the settlment, including the theft of a horse by local Indians
Request for warrant for Young Pidgeon, 1885
No full textRequest for a writ of arrest against Young Pidgeon for introducing liquor.The back of this writ includes a signature by Judge Isaac Parker
Letter from Isaac Morley to Brigham Young Regarding Indian Children Purchased as Slaves, December 9, 1851
No full textUteIn this letter, Isaac Morley wrote to Brigham Young to discuss "Spaniards" purchasing Indian children to put them into slavery
A comparative analysis of two guitar transcriptions of Isaac Albéniz's Granada
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 131-135).The solo piano works of Isaac Albéniz have been extensively transcribed and performed by many guitarists. Granada, the first movement from his Suite Española for piano is a favourite amongst guitarists - sometimes even more so than amongst pianists. This dissertation offers a comparative analysis of the very first transcription of Granada by the renowned Romantic composer and guitar virtuoso Francisco Tárrega, and a more recent transcription by Stanley Yates. The aim of the study is to identify and critically evaluate various transcription techniques employed by these transcribers, in order to determine the extent to which their transcriptions of Granada are similar and different
General Correspondence, Mission; 1898-1899; Young, Seymour B.
No full textLetters between John Mills Whitaker and Seymour B. Young and Isaac Bray Young, 1898Letter dated 14 January 1898 at Salt Lake City, Utah, from Seymour B. Young to John M. Whitaker; Letter dated 20 January 1898 at Salt Lake City, Utah, from Seymour B. Young to John M. Whitaker; Note (undated) from Seymour B. Young to John M. Whitaker; Letter from Isaac Bray Young to John M. Whitake
Letter from Isaac Morely to Brigham Young on behalf of Arrowpeen, September 1851
No full textUteThis letter discusses a visit Isaac Morely had from Arrowpeen. Morely claims that Arrowpeen asked Morely to write to Brigham Young that Arrowpeen wanted to remain peaceful with the Mormons and with the Americans and did not want Young to think that he supported the recent negative incidents that happened between the Indians and the local Mormon settlers
Letter to Brigham Young from Isaac Higbee asking for permission to work with local Ute Indians, August 25, 1850
No full textUteIn this letter, Isaac Higbee wrote to Brigham Young to inform him of his desires to work with local Ute Indians obtain the horses that other settlers stole from Mormons
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