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Formal title:: David Priestly Hall and David Prescott Hall papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot (1 record box)
Date range:: 1819-1907 (bulk 1854-1907)
Abstract:: This collection contains letters and commonplace books from New York City lawyers, who often spent their summers in Newport, Rhode Island: David Priestly Hall (1798-1868) and his youngest son, David Prescott Hall (1845-1907). Also included is a series of drafts recounting the history of the United States, written by David Prescott Hall as a young child, and letters sent between father and son.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.005

Formal title:: Adam Philippe, comte de Custine letter of recommendation
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1782
Abstract:: Adam Phillippe, comte de Custine (1740-1793) was the colonel of the Saintonge regiment, part of the French expeditionary force led by Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), during the American Revolutionary War. In this document, written in French, Custine lists the various soldiers in his regiment and explains why they are deserving of payment, a pension, or promotion.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.512

Formal title:: Alexander A. Phillips letters
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1966-1987 (bulk 1971-1975)
Abstract:: Letters received by Alexander A. Phillips of Newport, Rhode Island, from various prominent political, literary, and artistic figures.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.511

Formal title:: William Coddington papers
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1735, 1775
Abstract:: This collection consists of a copy of the Brenton family marriage and birth records and minutes from town meetings in Newport, Rhode Island, both transcribed by William Coddington (b. 1710), town clerk.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.509

Conkling (Hilda) poems

Formal title:: Hilda Conkling poems
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: undated
Abstract:: Hilda Conkling (1910-1986) was a poet who produced all of her work by age fourteen. This collection includes three of her poems printed by the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in Vermont under the title of “Hill Songs.”
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.510

Formal title:: Toussaint Louverture letters
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1800-1802
Abstract:: Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) was the leader of the Haitian Revolution (1794-1804) and in these two letters, written in French, he writes to a fellow citizen requesting the payment of certain accounts.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.532

Formal title:: George C. Mason, Jr. letters
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1902
Abstract:: This collection consists of two letters by George C. Mason, Jr. (1849-1924), architect, and Mary Edith Powel (1846-1931) of Newport, Rhode Island, concerning
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.524

Formal title:: Edith O’Shaughnessy letters
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1916
Abstract:: This collection consists of two letters written by Edith O’Shaughnessy (1870-1939), author, journalist, and wife of a diplomat, to an unidentified ambassador about her first publication in 1916,
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.529

Formal title:: William Sowden Sims papers
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: undated
Abstract:: This collection consists of a letter from William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), an U.S. navy admiral, and a blank postcard given in thanks to contributors in Newport County, Rhode Island, for a doll house given to his children.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.530

Mumford family papers

Formal title:: Mumford family papers
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1776-1796
Abstract:: The Mumford family resided in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection consists of a note signed by John Mumford claiming the loss of livestock from his farm and a list of births, deaths, and marriages for members of the family.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.528

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