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United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures

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A letter from William Clayton Spencer to Lewis. December 1, 1831. Rio de Janeiro.

ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
Título: Carta de William Clayton Spencer to Lewis. 1° de dezembro de 1831. Rio de Janeiro.

AUTHOR/CREATOR
Spencer, William Clayton

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Rio de Janeiro: December 1, 1831

NOTES
Summary: Holograph letter from Frank C. Cosby to Lewis upon his arrival in Brazil. The letter includes descriptions of Rio de Janeiro, Praya Grande, the Port of Rio, the emperor's palace, Inquisition prison ruins, and the natural beauty of Brazil. This letter is written on a page in a scrapbook and may be a copy of a letter that may or may not have been sent.

Cosby family papers, 1834-1917, 7 items, 1 container, 0.4 linear feet. LC Control Number: mm 00084753. (digitized Box-1/Folder-6: title page, table of contents, a letter: "Dear: Louis"). Use only partial pages from this item for the project. Journals kept by Frank C. Cosby as captain's clerk on a voyage (1 v., 1857-1858) patrolling African waters to intercept slave ships and on a Mediterranean voyage (2 v., 1860-1861) during which he recorded the resignation of several officers upon receiving word of South Carolina's secession and the start of the Civil War in the United States.

Summary: Cosby family papers have two notebooks. The notebooks kept by Spencer Cosby, American military attaché to the French military delegation to the United States during World War I, recording his impressions while accompanying Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre on a trip by train from Washington, D.C., to Chicago, Ill. Also included is a scrapbook presented by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera relating to the journey.

Resumo: Carta manuscrita de Frank C. Cosby para Lewis sobre a chegada no Brasil. A Carta inclui descrições do Rio de Janeiro, Praia Grande, o Porto do Rio, o Palácio do Emperador, ruinas da prisão da inquisição, e a beleza natural do Brasil. A carta é escrita no caderno de notas e pode ser uma cópia da carta que foi ou não enviada.

RELATED NAMES
Cosby, Frank C. (Frank Cervill), 1840-1905.

LANGUAGE
English

CALL NUMBER
MMC-3755
LC Control Number: mm 00084753

PART OF
Cosby Family Papers, 1834-1917

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
mbrcos 001006
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mbrcos.001006

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