The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-08
Many RARE MANUSCRIPTS
historic TREASURES ~ TINE
IIBRiRl or CONGRESS-.
The q objection Particularly Rich IN Papers
RrIAtink 10 the History of the United
states Now ANaIlAhls for tho Use
Of students Mss. From Abroad.

left e entrance beyond the door hear
'ng the inscripiinn Division Of Manu-
scrIpts
The way il marked we'll. Here beneath
its gloss 10 the writing Of Major Andre
letter hsgging that ha might be shot and
spared the disgrace ~ the moose. IL
have merited aught - he pleads
Here across the way is the Last writing 81
George Washington. the fine. regular
and steady strokes putting To- shame
many a present day manuscript.
The morning Is snowy wrote Wash
inEton in his diary. The snow Is three
inches deep and u continues frnezing.-
for to the last he kept his diary and TN
faiingly led OF the days account with
mention of mercury and barometer
Close Ivy and IN contrasting schoolhoy
hand pages Of his Rules 81 Civility-
give a glimpse of Washington AZ II
On this side are the Revolutionary
Papers. over the signature of John Han
cock. while On that are the Laws 81 the
Confederacy,- over the signatur, of def
fsrson Davis Here are the Constitution
ofthe Continental c ons ress and the Agree
ment of Secession. drswn mp November o.
IT'S. and sample copies Of that largest
manuscript OF them all the Chinese
Encyclopedia in SOFA sections
Letters and muster rolls. autograph
albums Of signatures. records and docu-
unents Of all times and countries and
relations lie IN this national repository.
bound and unbound. from England. for
instance. a muster roll Of John lie Hunt q
company. 1899; from Spain papers re-
lAting To the capture of AlgierS. from
China a photograph IL Chinese edict
decreeing religious honors 20 the memory
81 Gen Ward, Burmese manuscripts
printed in round letter pail on palm leaves
and wound into a metal foil holder, the
Gregorian Chant bound in wood and
strapped and spiked and many a book
still wearing the chain by which in DAYS
gone by IL was fastened in some mon
astery library for safe keeping
Here in alcoVes and archives NAV
~ found the handwritten history Of each
Of the States and the Colonies. going
tack 20 the Columbus codes. 1902 80 and
the lstter OF Americus VespucCius tn
Lorenzo al Medici. 1901. These may be
taken put, cnriously gazed az or closely
studied by any visitor
The division Of manuscripts was ga
tabAsh'-d IN 1877 Ia create one central
deposit where every precautlon might
b. taken for the safety Of the manuscripts.
listed and all the documents kept ac-
o~-saDle TO the general public Every
modern appliance and convenience for
Receiving. storing and handling material
i A. hand, special cases for the display
~ material and specially designed steel
safe~ for Keeping the more valuable
documents There are repairerS and
binders Of such skill and knowledge m
restoring, repairing. mounting and bind
ing old papers injured by moisture. fire
NTV,F,. al
20 credit some of the r~StorationS from
originals preserved hv photographs
There are importan' collections of
papers OF many classes IN the library.
including
The Peter For. q. collie. o. ON ri,.'r IN oiprial
and ReyolutiDuar' history
Manu-rrip' materials ~ uni.us d-.
scription from The library 81 Thomas Jalar-
en-. chiefly relating 20 the colonial his'ory
OF Virginia
The RochAmhsau papers purchased hy
CONGRESS in 1855
Volumes relating TO the history - the
Spanish possessions in America IN the
eixteen'h and seventeenth CENTURIES sup
plemented nv the recent ACQUISITION Of the
Spanish records Of Easi Honduras Of New
MeNico 81 Porto Rico and Of Guam. with
attention also given TO 'he English spanish
and Dutch colonies in North America
Naval papers a. the papers of John
Barry. Of David Porter 81 the marine COM
mitiee ~ the Continental Congress. and IN
military history MANY orderly books which
cover the wars m which the nation has
been engaged
The letter books and diary Of ,iober
Morris Superintendent OF Finan'e IA the
Revolution.
The paper. Of Presidents Washington.
Jefferson Madison. Monroe. Ja"k- Van
Buren, Polk Pierce and Johnson
The paper- of the Iontineutal Congress.
Of BENJAMIN Franklin Of Alexander Hamil.
ton and The proceedings Of the loyalis'
Comm is-ioneru
The papers Of the following public men
Arthur Macarthur. John j Irit'end"n.
John NJ CLAYTON caleb X smith Daniel
Webster. James Brown. salmon y. tha-.
NUlsm Plumer. william Allen. John
Rre'klnridse. Robert J Br.ckinridE-. ".
3 Br-s kinridge. LYMAN rrumbull.
tuhu Washburne. Nirsil Nancy and Francis
NarE"s
Tho diplomatic papers 81 the Confederate
state, e Nm~rics and thO-- of the con
i-'i"rl'" post ON"
the rapeT- Of John Ftch. MILAN Thorn
Ton ll"ufv II SrhooIcran Ephrsim q
: .Usr and D. y. O'CallaghAn.
I.. Numerical papers Of Ellis aud Allen
az ~,Is anus Bourne and papers from Vari-
o., ,IztOm houses
Ihe Hslh~ell- Phillips collection Of Eng
..-h bills and accounts Of the seventeenth
t"u'ufy aud the Vernon Nagnrr letters
al records oi barbados
,pll~-ftOn ~ IN. sacred hooks 81 Burma
ol palm leaves. the k1khili collection
80 ,rHns-" aud Iibetan manuscripts sud
''rer urI.ntalia
--r,e- of transcripts Of documents
%. Ihgn-a libraries and the Public Record
u~.,s RELAXING to America. Ia Iudins the
allied Peace Transcripts. made ny