Octavo 3/4 cloth and leather bound journal with marbeled edges. Writen in a small neat hand, entries dated 1872-1874. This may be a writing book kept for school assignments. Topics range from "Winter Flowers" to a book review of "Virgil's Enied" and a "Day in the Laboratory." Front inner hinge broken. Item #34143
This collection consists of two folders of letters belonging to Mary Ellen Chase, her father Edward Everett Chase, and his colleague Charles Dunn. Mary Ellen Chase was born in Blue Hill, Maine and studied at the University of Maine and University of Minnesota. Chase began teaching English at Smith College in 1926, and taught there for nearly 30 years. In addition to her teaching, Chase wrote over 30 books and received several accolades for her writing. The first folder contains 17 letters, 7 handwritten and 10 typed, from Mary Ellen Chase to “Judge” mostly dated 1917-19. This “Judge” is presumed to be Charles Dunn, a former associate of her then deceased father handling the family’s legal affairs. These letters primarily focus on managing Chase’s financial affairs and the family property, her travels to and from Maine, and updates on Chase’s studies in Minnesota. In one letter from Minneapolis, she discusses not pursuing a PhD and instead “buy[ing] the Peters’ field from Mother… build[ing] a house on the hill” and “adopt[ing] three children.” Several letters discuss her younger brother Charles’ struggles, and potentially joining the military, a topic so difficult she tells Dunn to “destroy this letter if you don’t mind.” Chase also discusses personal matters, including sending Dunn a copy of her latest book and Christmas gifts, and current affairs, noting that “President Wilson made a good speech, and like you, I should have voted for the War Resolution” in a 1917 letter from Montana. Also included in this folder are a few miscellaneous notes and letters: one telegram for Charles Dunn, three handwritten letters to Charles Dunn, an unaddressed note from Mary, a letter from Mary to “Charles”, and a letter from the Merrill Trust Company to Mary. One of the letters and the telegram to Dunn are dated to 1900, while the letter to Charles from Mary and Merrill Trust Company letter date to 1918, and the rest are undated. Outside of the folder are five handwritten letters to Friend Dunn from W. F. Chase, all but one are not dated to the year, with the last one dated to [18]99. These letters were sent from Newtonville, MA to Charles Dunn regarding financial and property advice. There is also a handwritten “Memo of Creditors of W. F. Chase” dated to April 18th, 1899, signed Mrs. W. F. Chase in the same hand as the letters. Additionally, there is an undated letter from W. F. Chase to Friend George describing Mr. Dunn as the assigner of all her property, suggesting further financial or legal troubles. Neither Mary Ellen Chase, nor her father Edward Everett Chase have a sibling named W. F. Chase, although it is possibly a more distant relative. The final folder contains Edward Everett Chases’s papers. The bulk of this collection (39 items) are typed and handwritten letters from Edward Everett Chase to Charles Dunn, a colleague at the firm of Hale & Hamlin where Dunn learned to practice law. Most of these items concern upcoming legal cases, Chase’s whereabouts, and both men’s efforts to be elected to office, with Dunn winning the race for the Maine House of Representatives, all dated to 1899-1900. Also in this section are several letters and documents dated from 1917-8, presumably from Dunn’s papers. This includes two letters to Mable Chase, Mary Ellen’s mother, from her daughter-in-law Mrs. E. E. Chase concerning a property in Blue Hill Maine from 1917, and a single page from a longer letter about John’s efforts to join the military, which suggest along with the previous documents, that Dunn served as the family attorney following the death of Edward Everett Chase Sr. There are also several letters related to Dunn’s legal and political career from 1917-18, and a letter of congratulations from his election in 1900. Item #601150
Original typed manuscript of a novel for young adult readers by a Mrs. V. D. Foot of Rye New York. Date of manuscript unknown. The story involves a young boy's adventures in France. The manuscript pages are held together with one brad at top and placed in the tie packaging for *Sphinx Packet Caravan Bond* sheet paper. Item #34140
![Item #34140 Fun in France [ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT]. Mrs. V. D. FOOT](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/34140.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1530626851)
This unique handmade comic book by William C. Heeber features 22 hand drawn illustrations depicting Army Life. The 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch book is covered in a gold colored paper over soft cardboard, with 11 black craft paper sheets fastened with brads. The cover is illustrated. The hand drawn cartoons include text that humorously outlines life in the U.S. Army including the draft, induction, basic training and deployment during the 1950's. Item #31387
A one-of-a-kind hand-typed bound collection of essays by American author Mabel G. Jackson; dated 1938. Octavo. 1/4 leather and marbled paper boards with gilt lettering and embellishments on spine with gilt top edge. A collection of original essays, prose and poetry personally typed and bound by Mabel Jackson for her godchild entitled “Travels, Tales and Verses”; inscribed and signed by author, with a photograph portrait of the author on facing page. On each chapter title page, Jackson includes typographical ornamentation created with her typewriter; the designs vary and increase in complexity throughout the book. Subjects include Old Seville and Relics of France. Poems include Spring in Paris. Very Good. Item #34167
Original 1918 typed manuscript of Act Two of a play entitled THE RED HERRING (A Farce in Three Acts). The wrapper/cover sheet contains the logo of the stenography company that typed Mr. Levine's script: Z. & L. Rosenfield Stenography Typwriting, New York. The original wrapper is chipped; mid-sized tears at the corners, the paper is very thin typewriter paper from the era and is fragile. Harold Zachary (H. Z.) Levine was the publicity manager for the Solax Film Company, in New Jersey, one of the early film production companies; in his role as publicist, he often contributed to Photoplay magazines as well as other industry publications. Earlier in his career he worked for The Brooklyn Eagle, which in its day was one of the most respected newspapers of the New York City area, and which was known for its extensive use of photographs. Later, he went into the film industry and became advertising manager for Blaché, publicity director in London for the Universal company, advertising manager for Fox, and, by 1916, a purchasing agent for Triangle. This play is listed in the copywright catalogue for January 1918, but no record can be found of a production, nor no known complete copy of the full play. Item #34138
Wentworth Family in Revolutionary History by Annie Russell Marble. Typed Manuscript; 29 pages with handwritten corrections (presumably Ms. Marble’s) in ink; in contemporary manila envelope. Typed 7 3/4 x 10 inch linen paper manufactured by The Invincible Paper and Pulp Corporation. It is estimated that the manuscript was typed in the 1920’s. The manuscript details the Wentworth Family genealogy and historical contributions going back to the earliest mentions in the British records, and follows the branch of the family that became American colonists and later revolutionary patriots. Annie Russell Marble (August 10, 1864 – November 23, 1936) was an American essayist and editor, whose work dealt with early American historical figures, as well as authors of the Transcendental movement, some of whom she knew personally. Marble's career in literature began in 1897 with the publication of a new edition of Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History, which she edited, with notes and introduction. She published many essays on literature, literary criticism, and bibliography, such as the 1905 book:Books in Their Seasons (T.Y. Crowell & Company, New York). She edited and wrote the introduction to many new editions of classic works of American literature. In the 1920’s Ms. Marble wrote several pieces focused on women in American history including the book:The Women Who Came In The Mayflower (The Pilgrim Press, Boston). Marble graduated from Smith College in 1886 and received her graduate degree in 1895 also from Smith. It is known that Annie Russell Marble was the chairwoman of the historical research committee in 1918-1919 of the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter of the DAR, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mother was a Wentworth. It may have been in her capacity as member / historian for this chapter of the DAR that she compiled this history, or it may have been written for a family member. The last page of the manuscript states that the piece has been '…written in accordance with your regulations and wishes,' which would indicate that Ms. Marble had been commissioned to write this account. Item #34132
Letter written by Sir. Wiliam Nicholson, dated April 10, 1900 with hand drawn sketch by the artist of a rider on horseback. The letter is written on 3 3/4 x 6 inch paper, two sheets, front and back. The first page of the letter is embossed with a stamp which reads: Chaucer's House Woodstock (referring to former home in Oxfordshire of Thomas Chaucer, son of the author Geoffrey Chaucer, and Speaker of the English House of Commons). this property was a private home in 1900. Item #34133
Hand written leather bound copy of *Lectures Upon the Scheme of Mercy* by Rev. Robert E. Pattison D. D. from his Christian Theology course and also Abstract of Lectures Upon Ecclesiastical Polity by Rev. Henry J. Ripley DD. This hand-copied book likely belonged to a student at Newton Theological Institute, one: Eduard C. Mitchell 1852 (as inscribed on title page). Robert E Pattison graduated 1826 from Amherst, taught Math from 1827-29 at Waterville (now Colby college); was a pastor in Salem, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island; Returned to Waterville as President (1836/39), then Newton Theological institute in Massachusetts. Item #34141
Large octavo, 8 1/2 x 11 leather bound original typed manuscript essay, literary criticism, subject: the poems of Archibald McLeash. Also inserted at the front of book, is a typed essay entitled "Victorian Genius." Very Good. Item #34136
