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The collection includes three manuscripts containing the histories of California, 1534-1850; Kansas, 1857; and of Mexico and Texas, 1845.

The papers of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American agent to Latin America and secretary of war in the Van Buren administration.

The papers of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American agent to Latin America and secretary of war in the Van Buren administration.

Library Company copy inscribed: Thomas Vaughan. Deo Dulu[?]:Comit. Natura. 1652; also inscribed on p. 107, with the annotation signed: H:V:S: [i.e., Henry Vaughan Siluris].

Library Company copy inscribed: Vaughan [i.e., Henry Vaughan], with manuscript notes on endpaper.

Racist trade card promoting James S. Kirk & Co.’s Satinet soap and depicting a caricature of an African American boy carrying an oversized branch of cotton and a red cloth that trails behind him. Shows the African American boy attired in a torn straw…

Papers of the Buchanan Family, including two boxes of books, 1 box of photographs, and 2 boxes of correspondence. The collection includes President James Buchanan's 1833 travel diary, letters regarding California business dealings, his admission to…

James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…

James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…

James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…