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Yellowed paper with R.S. Russell's reflections of the Drexel & Co. banking firm handwritten in black script.
A handwritten lecture script by a former “counting house boy” and clerk identified as R.S. Russel, who worked at local businesses that used Drexel & Co.'s services in the 1830s–1840s. The manuscript appears to have been written for presentation to…

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A four-page pamphlet printed double-sided on a single sheet of paper and folded in half. The document was created by H. G. Ganss, Rector of St. Patrick‘s Church and School Chaplain to Catholic students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in…

“S.Y. Sultana off Dartmouth, England. My second Home for 15 Years. World 3 Year Cruise.” William Rasmussen diary excerpts [photocopy].
Photocopy of a diary page showing a picture of the Sultana and an 1893 portrait of William Rasmussen.

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“The Goroet ‘band’ which came to serenade us seven times one afternoon. The bamboo instruments produces very melodic music.” Volume 3, page 13.

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Journal of Trip to South America
The original handwritten account and typed copy of "Journal of trip to South America" by Francis M. Drexel 1826-1830, with forward and notes by Sarah D.F.VR from December 1916. The inscription states: "Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer Grandchild of…

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Photocopy of a typed copy of a document written by Francis M. Drexel later in his life, describing his early years and travels in Dornbirn, Austria and Europe.

A handwritten note at the beginning of the document reads:

"The accompanying MS is…

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