Yeatman, Jas. E. [1818 - 1901]; Greeley, C. S.; Partridge, George; Johnson, J. B.; Eliot, W[illiam. G[reenleaf. 1811 - 1887]. - Western Sanitary Commission
44 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8" "The Western Sanitary Commission was a private agency based in St. Louis that was a rival of the larger U.S. Sanitary Commission. It operated in the west during the American Civil War to help the U.S. Army deal with sick and wounded soldiers. It was led by abolitionists and focused on the needs of Freedmen. It was founded in St. Louis August 1861 under the protection of General John C. Frà mont and under the leadership of Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot and James E. Yeatman. Its first mission was to care for the wounded from the Battle of Wilson's Creek. In its first six weeks it established four large general hospitals with over two thousand beds. It later set up convalescent facilities. A major activity was acquiring adequate stocks of medicines and medical supplies for the hospitals run by the U.S. Army. Working with Dorothea Dix it took charge of finding women to be civilian nurses and nurses' aides in Army facilities. The Western Sanitary Commission generally handled all sanitary affairs west of the Mississippi, and operated on a budget of $50,000 a month (about one-fourth the size of the rival national organization). The money came from private fundraising in the city of St. Louis, as well as from donors in California and New England. Parrish explains it selected nurses, provided hospital supplies, set up several hospitals, and outfitted several hospital ships. It also provided clothing and places to stay for freedmen and refugees, and set up schools for black children. It continued to finance various philanthropic projects until 1886." [Wiki] Age-toning. Rear cover almost detached. With a nod to the rear cover, a VG copy. Original publisher's printed light brown paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve
Unpaginated, though 40 pp. Front Dunwoody section: 14 pp with mss entries. Rear section with 13 pp of mss entries. 3 blank pages. The pages with entries have varying degress of fulsomeness, from completely filled with manuscript notes, to just a few lines. Used primarily as a expense & employment record, one medicinal recipe is note: "To Make Pills". Cuts are captioned, from top left, clockwise: "Two Sturdy Bull Dogs", "The Fox and the Goat", "A Dog and his Shadow" & "An Ass and his Master". 7-5/8" x 6-3/8" For one entry of May 16, 1815, John signs his name "John Dunwoody Executor", a position perhaps explaining the need of this volume, i.e., to record actions in that capacity. Of particular note in this volume are a number of entries for female employment, e.g., an April 1808 entry with just 4 lines of writing [though that with some historical import, "Hana Davis Came here on tryal, to Stay and Remain untill [sic] She Arived [sic] to the Age of Eighteen years in our Service by her Father's & Mothers Consent". Much wear to covers, with front cover top layer pealing at corner & edges. One leaf with top 1" excised. Many entries "X"d out [indicating completion?]. A Good copy of this rare survivor. Stiff[er] stock covers, stitched, with 4 woodcuts to front cover, title hand-inked. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve
Single sheet of lithographed white glazed card stock, 8 lines of text, fancy fonts. Blank verso. Nickleby portrait of Dickens at top; ornamental wreath, with 2 cherubs, surrounding text. Card: 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" This ticket was to hear Dickens speak at a fundraising event held at the Manchester Athenaeum, a local society engaged in promoting education in the city. At the time, Manchester was renowned across the world as one of the most important hubs of the Industrial Revolution, but its sudden growth had been at great social expense, and itâs believed that the strict utilitarian rules and poor pay imposed by factory owners on the city's workers inspired Dickens to imbue Ebenezer Scrooge with a lack of charity and empathyâ"as he famously says, âAre there no prisons? ⦠And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation?â This, of course, on the heels of Nicholas Nickleby, a novel which also drew attention to the plight of underprivleged children. While tickets to Dickens' later readings [late 1850s / 1860s] come regularly to the market, tickets from early 1840s events are much less common, decidely so. Rare. General wear & age-toning. Faint evidence of prior mounting. A Very Good copy of this rare survivor.