![[Transcriptions]: Trading Pumpkins for Medical Care in 1850s New Hampshire](https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241030_125224-1080x675.jpg)
by Cheney Schopieray | Dec 6, 2024 | Collections, Library Work, Manuscripts
One of the many professions represented in the wealth of account books at the Clements Library is that of the country doctor. Here, for example, is a page from the ledger of Dr. Josiah Morse of Stewartstown, New Hampshire, whose patient network extended well beyond the boundaries of his hometown. The following transcribed excerpt shows interactions between John Lamphier of Canaan, Vermont, and Dr. Morse.
![[Transcriptions]: Grimké and Weld Women Vote in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, March 7, 1870](https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sarah-cropped.jpg)
by Cheney Schopieray | Nov 5, 2024 | Collections, Library Work, Manuscripts
Sarah Grimké Weld was 25 years old when she wrote the following letter to William Hamilton. She, along with her mother Angelina Weld and aunt Sarah M. Grimké marched with around 50 other women to vote in local elections at Hyde Park on March 7, 1870. In this letter to her friend and future husband, she explained the significance and purpose of the vote, commented on her dentist’s affection for her (which she rejected), and updated him on her work at the Woman’s Journal.
![[Transcriptions]: A Clerk’s Harrowing Account of the 1880 U.S. Election, Madison County, Florida](https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241030_162448-1080x675.jpg)
by Cheney Schopieray | Nov 4, 2024 | Collections, Library Work, Manuscripts
Read a letter written by John P. Varnum, a 26-year-old who tried to establish a political and legal career in Florida in the 1870s. During the 1880 U.S. election, Varnum collected and counted ballots in Madison County, Florida. In this harrowing letter to his wife Josephine, Varnum described crowds of African American men protecting him against violence, and coordinated efforts to suppress Black votes through deception, fraudulent voting, and attempted murder. He wrote about calls for recounts and ballots printed on different types of paper to allow blindfolded men to favor one party over the other for discarding.
by Cheney Schopieray | May 9, 2024 | Books, Collections, Manuscripts
In the second week of February 2015, longtime Clements Library donor Dr. Duane Norman Diedrich shared a laugh with the Curator of Manuscripts. They had formally added a manuscript letter to the Diedrich collections, pertinent to a hired organist whose upbeat music...
by Cheney Schopieray | Oct 27, 2021 | Featured, Manuscripts
The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce the availability of a digitized version of the William Howe Orderly Book, 1776-1778. This volume of orders for the British Army under General Howe, covering around two years of the American Revolution, is a...
by Cheney Schopieray | Jun 15, 2021 | Collections, Featured, Manuscripts
The William L. Clements Library has recently made available online three archival collections pertinent to the trade of enslaved persons, slavery in Jamaica, and antislavery activities in Michigan. They include the Thomas Leyland Company Account Books, 1789-1793;...
by Cheney Schopieray | Oct 1, 2019 | Featured, Manuscripts, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce that an additional five manuscript collections are digitized and freely accessible online. The digital versions are complete and presented in a manner that reflects the collections’ physical/intellectual arrangements....
by Cheney Schopieray | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured, Manuscripts, News
The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce that five of its manuscripts collections are digitized and accessible online. These collections mark the beginning of the Library’s efforts to provide free and open digital access to its collections of...
by Cheney Schopieray | Feb 21, 2019 | Acquisitions, Featured, Manuscripts
Research projects can begin in a variety of different ways. On one end of the spectrum, a query about some aspect of the past may prompt the scholar to seek out and identify relevant primary sources that help answer their question. On the opposite end, a scholar may...
