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Contains 124 Results:

Letter from Mary Ann and A. W. Loomis, San Rafael [California] to My dear Sister Jane, n.p., May 24th [presumably 1865]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Mentions murder of Lincoln and capture of Jeff Davis, inquires about family, "General Lee as a gentleman murderer of thousands of his prisoners."

Dates: May 24th [presumably 1865]

Manuscript Sheets, 1847, Mar. 24, 1847, Apr. 6, 1847

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Undated note on a Warranty Deed, which was dated Mar. 24, 1847 and Rec. Apr. 6, 1847 , and sketch of same land.

Sketch of a plot of land showing a mill, dam, and a flume.

Dates: 1847; Mar. 24, 1847; Apr. 6, 1847

Poem, "The Dearer Dead", n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: n.d.

Survey by S. L. Loomis, Surveyor of Seba Loomis farm in Road Township (Madison County) reservation, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: n.d.

Watercolor of two roses (portions of map on reverse)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: 1803-1897.

Pictures of Ward Loomis (AWL's nephew?)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

1. About 3 years

2. About 9 years

Dates: 1803-1897.

"Julia's curl" (1 loose piece of brown hair)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: 1803-1897.

1 Book Mark - "Cousin Jerusha"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: 1803-1897.

Obituary of Edwin Dwight Loomis, n.d., no newspaper, and obituary of Mrs. Edwin Dwight Loomis (Mary Jane Root), n.d., no newspaper.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: 1803-1897.

"Our Father's Care." (pamphlet) Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union. 34 pp. (Ward)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). These letters are mainly concerned with the Loomis' religious views and activities, their impressions of the places to which they traveled, in particular Hong Kong, Canton, Chusan, and Ningpo, China; Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois; St....
Dates: 1803-1897.