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Formal title:: United States Army Hospital meteorological diary
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1833-1835
Abstract:: A detailed daily recording of the weather, wind direction, and temperature maintained by a United States Army Hospital at Fort Wolcott on Goat Island in the Newport Harbor.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.592

Formal title:: Daniel Berkeley Updike letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1926
Abstract:: Letter from Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), printer and founder of the Merrymount Press, to James N. Gibson (1887-1957) of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.579

Formal title:: James H. and Candace Van Alen papers
Extent:: 102 linear feet (32 records boxes, 4 document cases, 4 half document cases, 12 small flat boxes, 49 oversize flat boxes, 2 textile boxes)
Date range:: 1746-2002 and undated (bulk 1949-1991)
Abstract:: James H. Van Alen (1902-1991) and Candace Van Alen (1912-2002), were a well-known high society couple who were instrumental in establishing the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of personal records, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and textiles which document the lives, interests, and residences of James H. Van Alen and Candace Van Alen both separately and as a couple.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.003

Van Dyke (Henry) letter

Formal title:: Henry Van Dyke letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1902
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), a Presbyterian clergyman, author, and professor concerning his old parish, the United Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.533

Formal title:: Samuel and William Vernon bill of exchange
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1768
Abstract:: This collection consists of one bill of exchange between the merchant firm of Samuel and William Vernon and Diederich Brameyer of Hamburg, Germany, on March 1, 1768, in which a payment is ordered to be made to Aaron Lopez (1731-1782), a merchant in Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.534

Wanton (Gideon) letters

Formal title:: Gideon Wanton letters
Extent:: .21 linear feet
Date range:: 1782-1786
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of letters sent by Gideon Wanton of Newport, Rhode Island, to members of his family detailing his experiences as a young man learning the mercantile trade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1782-1786.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.014

Formal title:: Diary of Samuel Ward, Jr., with transcriptions
Extent:: 0.15 linear feet (3 folders)
Date range:: 1792-1794, 1989-1990
Abstract:: Diary with financial accounts kept by Samuel Ward, Jr., (1756-1832), officer in the American Revolutionary War and later a merchant, while traveling to Paris on business. Two typed transcriptions of his diary are also included.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.034

Formal title:: Oliver Ring Warner letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1755
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Oliver Ring Warner (ca. 1729-1799) in Kingston, Jamaica, to his employers Samuel (1711-1792) and William (1719-1806) Vernon in Newport, Rhode Island, on January 5, 1755.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.535

Formal title:: Benjamin Weld spelling book
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1770-1772
Abstract:: This book belonged to Benjamin Weld (fl. 1770-1772) and was used for spelling and other small lessons.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.577

Wetmore family papers

Formal title:: Wetmore family papers
Extent:: .03 linear feet (3 folders)
Date range:: 1847-1950 and undated (bulk 1847-1854)
Abstract:: This collection consists of personal correspondence sent to and from members of the Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island. An unidentified photograph is also included.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.546

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