Papers of J. Ross Browne
Letters written by J. Ross Browne, 1840-1875 & n.d.
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1840-1859
1860-1870
1871-1875 & n.d.
Letters written to J. Ross Browne.
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Journal of his whaling cruise, in two parts
Part 1 - July 2-Sept. 17, 1842.
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Part II - begins July 2, 1842; (written at a later date?)
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Manuscripts of his writings - holographs
An American Diplomat in China - incomplete draft and notes - 1868
The Banker 1860
Beauty and the Beast. A Lamentation from the House of Martyrdom 1860
The Chinese Question
A Christmas Story for the Children - incomplete
[Crusoe's Island]
Draft of title page (Mas-a-tierra: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Robinson Crusoe and Other Sketches).
Draft of portion of Chapter 1 and other pages.
Background material on his 1849 voyage, including manuscript newspaper, "Pacific Daily Journal" for the barque Atlantic.
Notation of charges brought against Capt. H. I. Tibbetts by the passengers.
Browne's address to passengers, July 4, 1849.
Notes on Rio.
Ephraim Tadpole - with illustrations
[Incidents of a Diplomatic Career in China] - incomplete draft
The Lady Gopher - removed from a letter addressed to his wife, Feb. 3, 1860
[Lecture on whaling]
The Old Fogy - removed from a letter addressed to his wife, Feb. 17, 1860
The Old Musician - incomplete
The Pale Spirit of Azamont (in oversize folder 1)
[Theatrical Sketch] - removed from a letter written to his wife, Dec. 31, 1859
[Untitled MS] - with a typed transcript entitled "Poem"
Miscellaneous MSS - fragmentary pages
Printed copies of his writings
Address to the Territorial Pioneers of California, on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Admission of the State into the Union. (Sept. 11, 1875)
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Another Peep at Washoe.
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The Chinese Question: Mr. Robert Hart, Inspector General of Imperial Maritime Customs, on the Present Situation: Origin of the Chinese Embassy.
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The Coast Rangers; A Chronicle of Adventures in California, Harper's (June-Dec. 1861; Feb. 1862)
A Dangerous Journey, Harper's (May 1862)
Explorations in Lower California, Harper's (Oct. - Dec. 1868)
Incidents of a Diplomatic Career. Photostatic copies from the San Francisco Examiner (Dec. 20, 1870-Jan. 11, 1871)
The Island of Santa Rosa, Overland Monthly (Sept.; Dec. 1874)
Melhatchee, the Enchanted Warrior, photocopy from the Southern Literary Messenger (June 1840)
The Old Sea King or the Wonderful Adventures of Little Mitche, Harper's Weekly (Jan. 19, 1861)
A Peep at Washoe, Harper's (Dec. 1860-Feb. 1861)
A Quarter of a Century, Overland Monthly, (Oct. 1875)
Reclamation of Marsh and Swamp Lands ... in California [cover title]. Agricultural Capacity of California. Overflows and Droughts, reprint from Overland Monthly (April 1873)
Report of the Bounty Allowances to Fishing Vessels (in Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Finances.) 33d Cong., 1st sess., House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 3. 1853
Ross Browne's Letters. European Correspondence of the Union.
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The Suppressed Intelligence from California.
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A Tour through Arizona, Harper's (Oct. 1864-Mar. 1865)
Tropical Journeyings, Harper's (March-April 1858)
Under the Dragon's Footstool: The Chinese Embassy to the West, Overland Monthly (Feb. 1871)
Under the Dragon's Footstool: Arrival at Pekin, Overland Monthly (March 1871)
Miscellaneous papers
Appointment as 3rd Lieutenant in U.S. Revenue Service, Dec. 26, 1848.
Passport issued by the Consulate General of the U.S.A., Frankfort on the Main, Jan. 30, 1861
Memorandum of duties to be performed by J. Ross Browne on the Pacific Coast [as special agent of the Dept. of the Interior to examine into the condition of Indian affairs, 1863].
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Discharge paper from Arizona volunteers - typed transcript - 1866
"Memorandum for Lucy" from J. Ross Browne, Apr. 9, 1866.
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[Announcement of service as an agent in Washoe to examine and report on mining claims] n.d.
Statement of my affairs, Nov. 17, 1874.
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Sketchbook, n.d.
Miscellaneous accounts, 1868-1869
Papers re royalties
Land papers - leases, memoranda, etc.
Papers re Pittsburg Mine (Nevada Co.), 1871-1874. See also oversize folder
Papers re swamp lands, 1869-1883
Memorandum of agreement, July 29, 1871, with Leonard Wray, to act as his agent in acquiring mining property in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties
Items re J. Ross Browne
Translation of an article from the Riga Journal, 1865
Tear sheet of article, Making the Magazine, from Harper's, Dec. 1865
Papers re the settlement of his estate
Obituaries
Joaquin Miller's tribute to Browne - typed transcript
Frank Soulè's tribute to Browne (copy)
Report on the Chips Quartz Mine, Sierra Co. By William A. Farish, Sept. 20, 1872, made for James R. Johnson
[Report on potentials on mining property owned by Tumacacori Company in Mexico] n.d. Author unknown.
Remarks on Ballenas and Scammons Lagoon with Sailing directions; Notes on the Coast of Lower California and Wind and Weather by C[harles] M[elville] Scammon
Papers on China
Additional articles to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Ta-Tsing Empire, of June 18, 1858. [Marked "Confidential"] Washington, July 28, 1868 (printed)
Alcock, Sir Rutherford. Printed British government reports on Chinese situation, including two despatches (1869-1870) from Alcock, British Minister to China, and Memorial of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce ... on the ... Revision of the Treaty of Tientsin, addressed to Alcock
Appointment of J. Ross Browne as Minister to China, March 11, 1868
Authorization to Draw Salary, Department of State, Washington, May 22, 1868. Marked "Duplicate." Photocopy also included
Calling cards of J. Ross Browne and Ross Hoffmann
Browne's Despatches, while Minister to China, to the Secretary of State William H. Seward. No. 15, Peking, Jan. 14, 1869
Browne's Despatches, while Minister to China, to the Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. No. 40, 42, 47-48, 50-51, 53, Peking, June-July 1869.
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Great Britain. Official correspondence relating to China, 1862-1864.
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Great Britain. Official correspondence relating to China, 1869.
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Hart, Robert. Note on Chinese matters. Peking, June 30, 1869.
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Hart, Robert. Progress of China. Peking, June 18, 1869, with Remarks on the foregoing, by J. Ross Browne.
[Robertson, J. Barr] The Political Situation in China. III. To the Editor of the Daily News. 1869 [?]
Miscellaneous newspapers and newspaper clippings re China 1867-1869, includes Shanghai (English-language) papers.
Miscellaneous printed and published material on China 1867-1872, including:
The United States Consulates in China.
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Notice of the Reception of the Ministers of Western Powers by the Emperor of China. (translation) [Feb. 23, 1873]
Lay, Horatio N., C. B. Our Interests in China. A Letter to the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K. G., ..... London, [1864?]
Returns of Trade at the Treaty Ports in China, For the Year, 1868. Part I. - Abstract of Trade and Customs' Revenue Statistics, From 1864 to 1868. Shanghai, 1869
Miscellany.
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PAPERS OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BROWNE FAMILY
Lucy Anna (Mitchell) Browne [Mrs. John Ross Browne]
Letters written by her to her children and to various members of the family, 1868-1894 & n.d.,
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Lucy Croghan Browne [daughter-in-law; wife of Spencer C. Browne]
Letters written from Peking, China, to her husband, describing life there, 1869.
MS, An American Family in Peking, by a Junior Member, with related material
Scrapbook, containing miscellaneous clippings, programs, etc., 1870s-'90s; some material pertaining to J. R. Browne. Loose items from the scrapbook in a separate folder.
Spencer Cochrane Browne [son]
Letters to him, including two from John H. Boalt and one from Harper & Brothers
His article, Queer Sights and Ways in Pekin, as published in The Overland Monthly, Sept. 1871
Spencer Cochrane Browne, Jr. [grandson]
Letters written by him
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Letters written to him
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MS of The Curious Observer, unpublished biography of his grandfather
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Notes for The Curious Observer
Notebooks used for the biography
His bibliography of the published works of J. Ross Browne
Scrapbook, ca. 1862-1906.
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Copy of The Truth about China, a series of articles reprinted from the Peking & Tientsin Times, Feb. 1921
Lina (Fergusson) Browne [Mrs. Spencer Cochrane Browne, Jr.]
Letters written by her, 1949-1972 & n.d.
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Letters written to her, from publishing firms, editors, scholars, and family members, pertaining to her research on J. Ross Browne and publication of her book.
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Biographical material re J. Ross Browne
Material re Browne and Mitchell families
Miscellaneous notes
Notebook with notes on China material, on material "from Evelyn's trunk," and miscellaneous notes
Text of her talk on Browne to California Writers' Club, 1970
Tear sheet of article, J. Ross Browne in the Apache Country, edited by Lina F. Browne. From New Mexico Quarterly, Spring 1965, and typescript of her introduction
MS, Pagoda Hill, with related notes
Notes on material loaned by Evelyn Browne and for Muleback to the Convention
MS of Muleback to the Convention
Notebook containing notes on books by Browne
Notebook containing notes for J. Ross Browne ...
Notebook containing list of Browne letters typed through Oct. 26, 1853 with approximate number of words
Notes on Browne letters
Typed transcripts of J. Ross Browne letters for her book. In two series: "first sheets" and "Second sheets."
Typed transcripts of China material
Typed transcripts of material re voyage to California
Portions of J. Ross Browne: His Letters ...
Typed transcript of Browne's whaling cruise journal, 1842
Typed excerpts from Browne's Yusef and Crusoe's Island
Announcement of publication of her book, Muleback to the Convention, by The Book Club of California
Reprints and tear sheets of articles about Browne
Reviews of Browne's books
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Reviews of her book, J. Ross Browne ...
Copy of Francis J. Rock's dissertation, J. Ross Browne: A Biography, Catholic University of America, 1929
Notices from book dealers' catalogs, etc., on prices of books by Browne
Xerox copies of John Seelye's introduction to facsimile edition of Browne's Etchings of a Whaling Cruise
Material relating to Thomas Egerton Browne
Miscellaneous family papers
Biographical Sketch of the Ancestors of Evelyn Ross Browne written by her father, Ross Egerton Browne. Privately printed, 1915.
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Miscellaneous Browne family letters, 1849-1954.
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Clippings from newspapers and magazines; transcripts of a few clippings
Scrapbook of clippings on various subjects.
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Alcock, Sir Rutherford, 1809-1897
2 letters, 1868. British Minister to China.
Boalt, John Henry, 1837-1901
2 letters, 1876-1878. To Spencer C. Browne (carton 2).
China. Prince Kung.
5 letters, 1868-1869.
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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Letter, March, 1851.
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Cole, Cornelius, 1827-1924
Letter, Jan. 15, 1872.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Letter, March 14, n.y.
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Great Britain. Embassy, Peking
See Alcock, Sir Rutherford
Harper & Brothers (firm)
Letter, 1895. To Spencer C. Browne (carton 2).
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902
Letter, Dec. 23, 1870.
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Latham, Milton Slocum, 1827-1882
Letter, Feb. 27, 1871. To Junius S. Morgan, as letter of introduction for J. Ross Browne.
McCormick, Richard Cunningham, 1832-1901
Letter, April 11, 1872.
Morris, William Gouverneur, d. 1884
Letter, Feb. 7, 1872.
Nye, Gideon, Jr.
2 letters, 1869. To George F. Seward, U.S. Consul General, Shanghai, enclosing copies of correspondence with N. B. Dennys, 1868-1869.
Orth, Godlove Stein, 1817-1882
Letter, Dec. 21, 1870.
Poston, Charles Debrill, 1825-1902
2 letters, 1869 and n.d.
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Reid, Whitlaw, 1837-1912
2 letters, 1872-1873.
Richthofen, Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm, freiherr von, 1833-1905
3 letters, 1868-1869.
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Robertson, J. Barr
2 letters, 1869 and n.y.
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Russia. Legation, Peking
Letter, July 8, 1869. From the Secretary (in French).
Sargent, Aaron Augustus, 1827-1887
Letter, Dec. 20, 1870.
Seward, Frederick William
See U.S. Department of State
Seward, George F.
See U.S. Consulate. Shanghai
Smith, Grant Horace, 1865-1944
Letter, Nov. 29, 1933. To Spencer C. Browne, Jr. (carton 3).
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Taylor, Alexander Smith, 1817-1876
2 letters, 1870-1872.
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
2 letters, 1862.
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U.S. Consulate. Shanghai
3 letters, 1869, as despatches numbered 164, 166 and enclosure to 42. From George F. Seward, consul general.
U.S. Dept. of State
2 letters, 1868, from Frederick W. Seward, Acting Secretary, informing Browne of his appointment as Minister to China.
U.S. Legation. Peking
See Williams, S. Wells
U.S. Treasury Department
Letter, Jan. 1, 1849, from R. J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury, to Lt. John Ross Browne, U.S. Revenue Marine, re assignment as special messenger to Oregon, via San Francisco.
Walker, Robert John, 1801-1869
See U.S. Treasury Department
Williams, George Henry, 1823-1910
Letter, Dec. 30, 1870.
Williams, S. Wells
2 letters, 1868-1869.
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Yusef, Simon Badra
Letter, Jan. 16, 1854.
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American Heritage
9 letters, 1963.
Arizona Historical Foundation
Letter, Oct. 3, 1962.
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Arizona State Museum
2 letters, 1972.
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Belknap, George Nicholas, 1905-
Letter, April 18, 1961.
Brophy, William Aloysius, 1903-1962
See Fergusson, Erna
Browne family
24 letters, 1949-1968 and n.d.
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California Historical Society
3 letters, 1949-1954.
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Dickey, Roland
2 letters, 1966-1969.
See also New Mexico. University. Press
Dillon, Richard Hugh, 1924-
17 letters, 1960-1970.
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Fergusson, Erna, 1888-1964
Letter, n.d.
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Fergusson, Francis, 1904-
3 letters, 1960-1969.
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Hart, James David, 1911-
Letter, Aug. 5, 1955.
Harvard University. Press
2 letters, 1965.
Hine, Robert V., 1921-
2 letters, 1958-1960.
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Howell, Warren Richardson, 1912-198(?)
Letter, July 27, 1960.
Knopf (Alfred A.) Inc.
2 letters, 1961, from Angus Cameron, editor.
See also Fergusson, Francis
Lottinville, Savoie
See Oklahoma. University. Press
New Mexico. University. Press
32 letters, 1961-1971.
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Oklahoma. University. Press
Letter, Aug. 8, 1961. From Savoie Lottinville.
Faisano Press, Balboa Island, Calif.
See Parker, Horace
Parker, Horace
13 letters, 1960-1969.
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Poston, Charles Debrill, 1825-1902
See Arizona Historical Foundation
Rutgers University. Press
4 letters, 1962.
Seelye, John
4 letters, 1965-1967.
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Shumate, Albert, 1904-
3 letters, 1967.
Walker, Franklin Dickerson, 1900-1979
3 letters, 1968-1969.