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Letter from William Boltwood to the Amherst Committee of Correspondence asking to be restored to public favor and endorsing measures taken by the Continental Congress.

Book titled 'The Pocket Letter Writer embracing practical illustrations of Epistolary correspondence'

Handwritten letter to Ruth Payne Burgess announcing her election to President of the Woman's Art Club of New York

Letter written to Ruth Burgess from Mary Cassatt speaking about artists in Paris working as independents

This is a letter of petition to Thomas Pownall, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts. John Nash, Isaac Ward, and Nehimieh Dickinson propose that the new town that is separating from Hadley should be named after Baron Jeffery Amherst.

One page, typed, signed letter from Booker T. Washington to Clifton Johnson, on Tuskegee Institute stationery. Washington thanks Johnson for sending a book for the library and inquires about the photographs Johnson had recently taken.

A letter to Robert Francis from Lloyd J. Reynolds,Professor of Art at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, asking permission to use Francis' poem, "Watching Gymnasts," as part of the sixth National Italic Handwriting Competition.

A fan letter dated April 12, 1916 to Ray Stannard Baker/ David Grayson sent by Sarah Wilson of Churchville, Pennsylvania

Letter to Mary Boltwood from her husband on the day before he says he is to set sail with a large contingent of soldiers, from Lake George to Ticonderoga.

Fort Ticonderoga controlled the route between the Hudson River Valley and Canada in the wars…

Dr. Erastus Sargeant writes to Major General William Shepard describing being captured by Shays' Regulators as they attack and loot the town of Stockbridge. They are defeated during a final bloody encounter with government militia at Sheffield, MA on…

Letter from a fan asking if David Grayson was also Ray Stannard Baker, dated October 4, 1915

Letter from Everett R. Perry, librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library to David Grayson dated December 17, 1915

Letter from George C. Baldwin to David Grayson addressed 'David" dated April 27, 1916

Letter from Robert Francis to William Merrill, Director of The Jones Library, regarding plans for Founders Day.

Letter written from Robert Francis to Nonny Burack while Francis was in Firenze, Italy. Burack managed Francis' affairs in Amherst while he was abroad. The letter sends holiday greetings, discusses receipt of mail, and remarks on Francis' Christmas…