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Manuscripts, Archives & Photographs CATALOGUE THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO Manuscripts, Archives & Photographs WILLIAM REESE COMPANY 409 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 789-8081 This catalogue is another in a series devoted to historical evidence – the original letters, images, and archives from which much of our history is written. Among the material included are letters from men and women who were political leaders, members of the founding generation, and prominent in public life and the arts. There are archives of letters from Civil War soldiers who fought for the Union and those who fought against it, records of significant businesses including railroads and iron manufacturers, ship’s logs and journals of sailors, a letter from Valley Forge in January 1778, Revolutionary War orders, an archive related to a Native American leader, a manuscript cookbook from Mexico, a collection of pamphlets on cycling at the turn of the 20th century, and much more. Among specific highlights is a remarkable manuscript map showing the road from Boston to Penobscot Bay in 1765 (item 8), a letter from Cotton Mather casting aspersions on the character of a neighboring minister (47), election results from the 1804 New York Governor’s race – a precursor to the Hamilton-Burr duel (56), the log of a Spanish naval galleon in the 1760s (27), a remarkable music manuscript by a talented young woman in the 1820s and ‘30s (75), a collection of portrait miniatures by Quaker physician and minister Thomas Pole (66), and letters from the intelligent young daughter of an American industrialist in Tsarist Russia (28). A wide variety of material, appealing to a wide variety of interests. Available on request or via our website are our bulletins as well as recent cata- logues 366 Latin Americana, 367 Broadsides & Broadsheets, 369 Recent Acquisitions in Americana, 370 Natural History, and 371 African Americana. E-lists, available only on our website, cover a broad range of topics, as well as our offerings at recent book fairs. A portion of our stock may be viewed on our website as well. Terms Material herein is offered subject to prior sale. All items are as described and are considered to be on approval. Notice of return must be given within ten days un- less specific arrangements are made. Residents of applicable states must be billed state sales tax. Postage and insurance charges are billed to all nonprepaid domestic orders. Overseas orders are sent by air unless otherwise requested, with full postage charges billed at our discretion. Payment by check, wire transfer, or bank draft is preferred, but may also be made by MasterCard or Visa. William Reese Company Phone: (203) 789-8081 409 Temple Street Fax: (203) 865-7653 New Haven, CT 06511 E-mail: amorder@ reeseco.com www.williamreesecompany.com FRONT COVER: 66. Pole, Thomas: A Collection of Profiles by Thomas Pole, M.D. [London & Bristol. ca. 1785-1824?]. REAR COVER: 50. [Mexico]: [Collection of Proclamations and Documents from Nuevo León in the Mid-19th Century]. [Mexico. 1853-1870]. Photographic Memorial of a Christian Missionary in Kenya 1. [African Photographica]: Mbirika, Vincent Elyidardy Abukuse: POR- TRAIT OF THE LATE PETRO ANDAYI MBIRIKA [manuscript title]. Nairobi, Kenya. September 10, 1960. [37]pp., consisting of a manuscript narrative interspersed with seventy-four vernacular photographs (twelve 2¼ x 2¼ inches, the remaining sixty-two approximately 3¼ x 5¼ inches) all with extensive captions, and four mounted telegrams. Oblong quarto. Contemporary blue leatherette photograph album, string-tied. Minor wear and rubbing to covers. Near fine. A unique and heart-wrenching manuscript and photographic memorial documenting the last illness, death, and funeral of a Christian preacher in Kenya, Petro Andayi Mbirika, in the spring of 1960. The author of the narrative and captions, and compiler of the album, is Petro Andayi Mbirika’s son, Vincent Elyidardy Abukuse Mbirika. Vincent signs his name on the third page of the album, at the conclu- sion of the introductory manuscript text. Also, three images in the album capture the younger Mbirika, including one showing him at the side of his father’s coffin, dressed in coat and tie. According to the manuscript narrative at the beginning, Vincent composed the present album on his last night in Nairobi before returning to the United States “for higher studies.” Mbirika would indeed go on to higher education in the United States, earning a doctorate from New York University in 1970. His dissertation is titled “An Examination of the Functions of the Univer- sity of East Africa in Relation to the Needs of the People.” He then returned to a professorship in Kenya, where he apparently still lives. Ever the devoted son, Vincent writes that his father “was a great person, not by body, even not by fame, but he was great in the way he dealt with different people and in the manner in which he handled everyone....My father preached the Gospel of Christ from 1913 to his death, and in so doing established 10 churches in Kisa Location.” Vincent also recounts the circumstances leading to his father’s death, which involved his father falling more than twelve feet from the roof of his own house. Petro seemed to recover for a while, but was ultimately struck down with brain damage as a result of the fall. The subsequent photographs and captions record the life, death, and funeral of Petro Andayi Mbirika in vivid detail. Vincent includes several photographs of his father and other family members in happier times, and his father’s house from as early as 1956. These are followed by a handful of photographs of Petro in the hospitals at Maseno and Mwihila. After the four telegrams Vincent received from various friends informing him of his father’s accident and death, the remainder of the album is concerned with Petro’s wake and funeral, with numerous photographs of Petro’s body. Various images show Petro’s wife (and Vincent’s mother) “seated near my dead father’s body”; Vincent’s uncle “Ernest seated beside the dead body of his elder brother Petro Andayi”; various relatives in group shots and seated at Petro’s coffin; the funeral itself, which “more than 5,000 people attended”; preachers such as Rev. Andreya Muyela and Mr. Jotham Koli sermonizing at the funeral; the procession of the funeral to the gravesite; the fencing in of Petro’s grave “to stop it from getting spoiled by animals”; Sunday church service held near Petro’s grave; and finally the elaborate cementing of Petro’s gravesite in late August. Before 1963, Kenya was a British colony; as such, the Mbirika family members were British citizens at the time the present album was composed, but seem to have preserved many African traditions. One of these traditions is evident from the present album, in which the ritual of esilemba is observed and captured in six photographs. Esilemba is a funereal dance staged for respected members of the Abanyole people in Kenya, designed to elevate the spirit of and ward off evil influences surrounding the deceased. The ritual was performed for Petro Andayi Mbirika, a testament to his stature among his community. A sad but precious record of a devoted son’s final memorial to his departed father in Africa. $2000. Confederate Civil War Archive of Alabama Brothers Who Served in the Trans-Mississippi West and Atlanta, One of Whom Died in the War 2. Alldredge, William Valient, Sgt.: [Civil War]: [CONFEDERATE CIV- IL WAR ARCHIVE OF THE ALLDREDGE FAMILY, MOSTLY RELATING TO CONFEDERATE 3rd SERGEANT WILLIAM VA- LIENT ALLDREDGE AND HIS BROTHER, ANDREW PERRY ALLDREDGE, COMPANY “C,” 35th ALABAMA INFANTRY, WITH IMPORTANT BATTLE CONTENT IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI, THE BATTLES OF CHAMPION HILL AND CORINTH, AND ACTIVITIES AROUND ATLAN- TA]. [Various locations in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia. August 11, 1862 – September 13, 1864]. Thirteen autograph letters, signed, totaling forty-eight pages, plus approximately thirty-five pages of additional assorted manuscript documents. Minor chipping or loss to a few letters, costing a small amount of text; one separated along horizontal folds, moderate toning, old folds. More significant wear and old repairs to some later documents and family papers. Overall about very good. In plastic sleeves within a modern black plastic report notebook. A collection of autograph war-dated letters and other documents and family papers related to the Confederate Civil War service of William Valient Alldredge and his brother, Andrew Perry Alldredge. The Alldredge brothers were third-generation Alabamans who both fought in the 35th Alabama Infantry during the Civil War, as did their brother, Warren. William Valient Alldredge was the only one of the three brothers to survive the war. Warren Alldredge was killed in Atlanta on August 22, 1864; Andrew Perry Alldredge was captured at Oxford, Mississippi, and died in a military prison in Alton, Illinois. The most notable portion of the archive is a collection of thirteen war-dated autograph letters, signed, from William Valient Alldredge, all signed “W.V. Alldredge” and/or “Billy” or “Billie”; and two war-dated letters from Andrew Perry Alldredge, signed “Andy Aldridge” or “Andy Perry All- dredge.” Both of Andrew Perry Alldredge’s early war-dated letters are written on the same sheets of paper as William’s first two letters. The majority of the archive relates to Sgt. William Valient Alldredge (later normalized to Aldridge, including on his tombstone). William Alldredge served his regiment from its April 1862 inception (when he was just twenty-two years old) until the end of the Civil War. During the course of these three tumultu- ous years, the 35th Alabama earned an impressive array of battle honors.
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