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Bancroft (George) note

Formal title:: George Bancroft note
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: undated
Abstract:: George Bancroft (1800-1891) was a noted American historian, diplomat, and public official, who also kept a home in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection contains one undated note to an unidentified recipient.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.500

Formal title:: John Bristow arbitration award
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1755
Abstract:: This collection consists of an arbitration award between John Bristow and the owners of the Brigantine Amy: Henry Collins, Ebenezer Flagg, and Samuel Engs, all of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.563

Brown (John) letter

Formal title:: John Brown letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1859
Abstract:: This collection consists of a facsimile letter of John Brown (1800-1859) to his cousin, Reverend Luther Humphrey in Charlestown, Virginia, in which he reflects upon his imprisonment and upcoming death sentence as a result of his raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.550

Formal title:: Guide to the Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., collection of manuscripts
Extent:: 0.42 linear foot (1 document case)
Date range:: 1711-1920 and undated (bulk 1711-1870)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts from 1711-1920 that were collected by Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1910-2009). The majority of these documents regard various people, places, and events in Newport, Rhode Island, from the colonial period through the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.040

Formal title:: Marjorie W. Champlin papers
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (4 folders)
Date range:: 1943-1993 and undated (bulk 1980-1993)
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence Marjorie W. Champlin (1921-1993) of Jamestown, Rhode Island, received in reply to the letters she sent to various United States and Rhode Island legislators and politicians, college professors, journalists, a member of England’s House of Commons, and Queen Elizabeth’s personal secretary at Buckingham Palace.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.540

Formal title:: Cherokee Nation legislative act
Date range:: 1902-1903
Abstract:: An act of the National Council of the Cherokee Nation signed and approved by Principal Chief T. M. Buffington (1855-1938) and President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.572

Formal title:: Joseph Hodges Choate letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1915
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), New York lawyer and diplomat, to General Francis V. Choate (1850-1921), Army officer and a former Rhode Island resident.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.507

Formal title:: Cortazzo autograph collection
Extent:: 0.83 linear feet (2 document cases)
Date range:: 1656-1916 and undated (bulk 1880-1900)
Abstract:: Autographs, letters and letter fragments, postcards, notes, calling cards, poems, military orders, and other official documents collected by Emma Cullum Cortazzo and her daughter, Katherine Cortazzo, from various literary, historical, and royal figures.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.027

Formal title:: Ulysees S. Grant letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1877
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 18th President of the United States, to his friend regarding his plans for after his presidency and his opinion on the Election of 1876.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.518

Formal title:: Inferior Court of Common Pleas (Newport County) records
Extent:: 1.3 linear feet (1 volume)
Date range:: 1754-1756
Abstract:: Record book of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in Newport County documenting civil disputes between individuals. Also includes loose copies of court decisions.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.038

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