mss042 Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection , 1531-1956 Leslie Czechowski University of Minnesota Libraries June 2004
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski, June 2004 English Library staff Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 1531-1956 (bulk 1804-1889) University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division [mss] 146 items Includes manuscripts, account books, ships' journals, travel diaries, government manuscripts, journals, etc. purchased by Library staff and consolidated in one collection. Mss 42 English with some manuscripts in French and German Mezzanine Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

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Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss 42), Literary Manuscripts Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

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Items in this collection were purchased at various times before the establishment of the Manuscripts Division in 1970.

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 Arrangement

The collection is organized into seven categories:

Business Records Ships Journals and Log Books Government Documents Texts, Exercise Books, etc. Personal Papers Manuscripts, Articles, etc. Books Miscellaneous items Scope and Content Note

This collection includes manuscripts, account books, ships' journals, travel diaries, government manuscripts, journals, etc. purchased by Library staff and consolidated in one collection.

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Manuscripts, American Manuscripts, English Manuscripts, French Manuscripts, German </controlaccess> <dsc type="combined"> <head>Detailed Contents </head> <p>The following section contains a list of items in the collection. Descriptions of some items are the descriptions from the sales catalogs from which the items were purchased.</p> <c01 level="series"> <did id="a1"> <unittitle>Business Records</unittitle> </did> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Account Books</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Abraham Gardiner's account book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1844/1845">Feb. 1, 1844 to Dec. 15, 1845 </unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500040)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Account book of a dry goods establishment, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1846/1857">June 1, 1846-Oct. 4, 1857</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Folio, 3/4 leather. (#797928)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Baslaer, Frederick. Receipt book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1806/1851">1806-1851</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Shows rents paid by Baslaer to the various agents of Stephen Van Rensselaer, the 7th Patroon (#826512)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Bermond, Dominique. Original account book of a French tailor, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1787-1815">1787-1815</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>In wrappers (#548121)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Ferrers, Laurence Earl, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1760">1760</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Account book (#520712)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Geeting, Ephraim and J. Russell, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1962/1963">1862-1863</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Record of accounts against U.S. Government for supplies furnished to Locust Spring Hospital during the battle of Antietam (#1028774)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Holley, Newman, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1821/1835">1821-1835</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Original account book; 2 volumes (#1020636-37)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Ledger of merchandise used and prices of a Yarmouth (Maine or Massachusetts) general store, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1 Dec. 1801 - Oct. 1806</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>folio, leather (#797930)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Lumbermens [sic] defense committee. Account book. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1911/1915">1911 - 1915</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500017)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monckton, Robert (1726-1782). Account of General Monckton with Tho. Rabson, Hatter. Pall Mall, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1782">1782</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1122835)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Original account book of a tailor at Woodbury Connecticut, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1790/1797">1790-1797</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>12mo, wrappers. 2 v. (#1020638)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Weigley, J. A. Cash book. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1859/1867">1 Jan. 1859 - 10 Jan. 1867</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Weigley was a Pensylvania farmer and storekeeper. There is a list of Weigley's books at the end.</p> <p>folio, leather; (#896062)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wiltshire, George D. of Leestown, Vermont. Account book.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1839/1897">1839-1897</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>quarto, boards; (#1017933)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Day Books</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Daybook kept in general store at Milford, Delaware, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1833/1834">1833-1834</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Quarto, leather.</p> <p>First half of daybook pasted with clippings; apparently the scrapbook of John Price Wetherill Blattenbern of Upper Blacks Eddy, Bucks County, PA. Covers period 1 Aug. 1868-ca. 1881 (#816255)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Daybook of a Philadelphia printer, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1837/1842">21 June 1837 - 15 Feb. 1842</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Quarto, 3/4 leather (#608794)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Daybook of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania general store, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1829/1832">29 Jan. 1829 - 31 March 1832</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Quarto leather (#820224)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Daybook of a Portland, Maine merchant, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1831/1833">8 June 1831 - 20 Nov. 1833</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Folio, tooled calf (#797929)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>W. McCord & Co., Shenandoah, Virginia. Daybook of a dry goods store, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1818/1837">12 Nov. 1818 - 18 May 1837</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>quarto, leader; 7 volumes (#938601-607)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Bills of Sale, etc.</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Bill of sale for negro man, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1829</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500034)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Bounty Certificate, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1864">Feb. 16, 1864</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Conrad Haines entitled to $15.00 for enlisting from Easton, PA. (#851841)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Campsavana Estate. List of slaves,</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1834">1834</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#649812)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Slavery. "Manifest of negroes, mulattoes, and persons of colour, taken on board the Brig Uncas...Alexandria, V., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1834">1834</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Signed by Robert A. Windsor, consignor and others</p> <p>(#952639)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Vickeus, Thomas. Bill of sale for wine, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1724</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#553112)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Other Business Records</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Delta Land Company, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1912/1923">8 July 1912 - 2 Jan. 1923</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Minutes of the meetings of the stockholders </p> <p>Book of stock (#1500006-7)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Diamond Garment Cutter College diploma, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1903">March 1903</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500028)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Elliot, Wyman(?) </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1885/1895">1890?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>A plain statement of facts...interest on mortgage of Park Avenue Congregational Church, Minneapolis (#1500017)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Library fines, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1840</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Record of the trustees in school district no. 7 for penalties imposed by library regulations (#819083)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Minneapolis canoe company. Manuscript history, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1912</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500011)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Minnesota Industrial Commission. Hearings on the controversy between St. Paul Typographical Union No. 30 and Pressman's Union No. 42 vs. St. Paul and Minneaplis Typothetae, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1921">1-25 August 1921</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Exhibits (#1500018-19)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Neilson, Campbell W. Letter book of Neilson of Augusta, Georgia, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1801/1803">3 April 1801 - 3 Jan. 1803</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>J.E. Witt appears on inside front cover</p> <p>Quarto; boards (#505565)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Neilson, John, of Quebec, Printer. Inventory of Books and Stationary [sic] belonging to John Neilson of the City of Quebec, Printer: taken previous to the opening of Importation of 1799 </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1799">on 18th June 1799</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#630501)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Ships Journals, Log Books, etc.</unittitle> </did> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Diamond, H.M.S.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1881/1884">19 Nov. 1881 - 8 June 1884</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Two letter books. Details of Court martials, supplies, etc., written on several hundred leaves of copying papers (#962021-22)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Neptune, H.M.S. Logbook, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1860">1860</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#495711)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Royal Adelaide, H.M.S. Letter book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1836/1847">1836-37 - 1842-47</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>2 volumes (#1001228-229)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Royal Albert, H.M.S. Logbook, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1857/1858">1857-1858</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>In back: Marlborough, H.M.S. Logbook</p> <p>(#495710)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Sarracus. Journal of whaling schooner Sarracus, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1868">18 January - 29 November 1868</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1205443)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Ship's clearance papers signed by Horatio Jones Sprague.</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>In Folwell's papers</p> <p>(#1500039)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Victory, H.M.S. Proceedings, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1856/1857">1856-1857</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#495709)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wellesley, H.M.S. Two manuscript log-books, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1824/1825">28 April 1824 - 22 August 1825</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>The books record a voyage from Portsmouth to the Tagus and thence to Rio de Janeiro.</p> <p>2 v. small folio, unbound; (#887484)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Government Documents</unittitle> </did> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>United States</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Confederate States of America, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1868">1868</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Oath of eligibility of Thomas J. Beck. (#834520)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Confederate States of America. Army, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1862">Dec. 31, 1862</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Muster-roll and payroll. (#1500038)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Contractor's account book for rations supplied to troops stationed in New York, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1863/1864">covering the period July 16, 1863-Jan. 25, 1864.</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>New York (#851840)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Four Companys [sic] of Foot, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1725">8 Nov. 1725</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Contemporary copy from New York complaining of the miserable state and condition of the four companys of Foot, under the command of William Burnet. New York (#758096)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>New York. Laws and Statutes. An investigation of the laws which regulate the social evil in New York state, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1900">1900?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500031)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Reichmann, Col. Carl. Copies of reports as miliary observer and other documents, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1900</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#654821)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Reichmann, Carl (Captain, U.S.A.). Field diary as observer in Russo-Japanese war, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1904">1904</unitdate> </did> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>United States. Treaties. Treaty between United States and China, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1902">September 1902</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>John Goodnow's copy of the treaty, evidently used while a member of the treaty commission. Lettered John R. Hykes.</p> <p>Manuscript notes in text and margin. (#1500001)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>U.S. Army Headquarters. Original parole. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1781">1781</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>This is to certify that Thomas Horne is a prisoner of war to the British troops on parole.</p> <p>(#968568)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Other Governments</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Canada. Emigration and immigration,</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1830/1939">ca. 1836</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Agreement between the churchwardens and overseers of the poor and unspecified shippers for the emigration of the poor to Canada. (#1500037)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Committee Upon Promulgation of the Statues [sic] (Great Britain?), </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1796">1796</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Minutes of the Committee. 71 p.</p> <p>Bound with a printed Report from the Committee. (#758097)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Cornwallis, F.S.W. Petition of a group of Solicitors to Cornwallis concerning the Land Transfer Bill, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1889">June 19, 1889.</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Maidstone (#1500016)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Duffy, Honorable C. Gavan, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1860">1860</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Manners and customs of the aborigines of Victoria, Australia (#577502)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Executive Council, Division of. On the Courts Martial on Jos. Robert, A. Sanguinet, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1839">14 Jan. 1839</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Montreal (#1203306)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Executive Council, Division of. On the Courts Martial held on A. Mor in, Decoigne, Pare...</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1839">14 Jan. 1839</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Montreal</p> <p>Includes two other manuscripts (#1203307)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Executive Council, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1839">23 Nov. 1839</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Rebellion losses; manuscript report of a committee of the Executive Council to Sir Richard Downes Jackson, Quebec (#1203305)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>George III of England, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">Order 1815</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Order for overseers to appear with rate book for years specified concerning a dispute in which the governors Whitgift Hospital, Croydon, are parties. (#1500018)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Gregory XVI, Pope, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1838</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Letter to Enrico Casolani (#513241)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Hunterdon county militia, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1804</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>A return of the names of the delinquents [sic] of the second company of the independent battalion. (#929114)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>London. Edict. Acts. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1531 </unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>These ben the ordybabces, that the Emperour hath causes to be red and declared in his presence 1 to the states.</p> <p>Manuscript is late-19th century copy (#892514)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Petition of the inhabitants of St. Eustache...addressed to Lord Durham, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1838</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1203304)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Remembrances for order and decency to be kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lords when his majesty is not there. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1735">1735</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#899828)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Texts, Exercise Books, etc.</unittitle> </did> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Album amicorum composé en 1784 à Stutgard par un étudiant.</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>130 ff. pet. in-8 obl., maroquin vert, dos orné, large dentelle de rubans, rocailles et fleurs, milieu formé de fleurs, tr. dor. Etui de papier. (#748599)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Arithmetic notebook, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">(no date)</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Manuscript that apparently is the work of Isaac Brockway. (#1500002)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Barrett, Joseph. Curious old arithmetic book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1711/1714">1711-1714. </unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Numerous tables on weights, measures, land measures; how to barter hops for currants, sugar or tobacco, etc. (#929186)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Calculating Tables.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1700/1799">18th century</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Two 18th century tables from the family papers of Richard E. Scammon (#1500035)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Class notebooks in medical sciences, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">[no date]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Manuscripts (no #)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Codex Montipess (scholae medicorum). 344, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">[no date]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(En libris oratorii collegii Trecensis)</p> <p>Pages 1-2 in imitation manuscript lettering; p. 3 in same thing in modern script. (#587961)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Euler, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1800/1899">19th century</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Entomological note book</p> <scopecontent> <p>(#252226)</p> </scopecontent> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Goldman, Otto Berger</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Thermics: A text for designing and testing engineers, and for students (#1500014)</p> <p>Received from Mr. Teeter, 30 March 1949</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Inama-Sternegg, Karl Theodor Ferdinand Michael von. Vorlesungen über Finanzwissenschaft, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1872">1872</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Innsbruck (#258024)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Jones, Thomas. An exercise book of Thomas Jones of Cedar College, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1853">1853</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#835370)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Jones, William. The mathematical recreation..., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1785">1785</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>London; a 16-mo. card covered on both sides with pictorial symbols colored by hand; in a marbled envelope which bears the legend ((#857020)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Libby, Demas. Manuscript arithmetic and copy book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1803/1806">1803-1806</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Demas Libby of Scarborough (#792873)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Personal Papers</unittitle> </did> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Travel Diaries</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Agnew, J.A., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1850">1850</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Original manuscript of a journey through Belgium and Germany to Switzerland. (#551872)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Agnew, J.A., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1854/1856">Oct. 21, 1854 - Feb. 21, 1856</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Original manuscript journal of a journey to Alexandria, the Holy Land and back through Europe. 4 volumes (#551873, 551888-551890)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Agnew, J.A., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1850">1850?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Original manuscript journal of a trip from Liverpool to New York. (#551887)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Journal for the expedition to Canada and the marches of Capt. Israel Herrick's Company, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1758">21 May to 8 November 1758</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>38 typewritten folio pages (#797128)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>King, Paul. Journal of a tour in Belgium, Rhenish Germany and Holland, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1843">1843</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#583904)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Touts, William. Diary. Overland to Oregon in </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1850">1850</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#921875)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Wills</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Action Charities.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1782">1782</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Manuscript being an extract of the will of Edmund Dickenson establishing a charity for the assistance of labouring, industrious honest and sober persons newly entered into a state of matrimony in the Parish Action in the country of Middlesex, etc. (#919489)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Diaries</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Bailey, S. L. Diary, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1865/1881">Partially covering years 1865-1881</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>2 volumes (#572266-67)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Morrison, A.W. Yearbook, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1922">1922</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500009)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Album: Photographs, daguerreotypes, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1936</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Apparently from the Honorable D. B. Searle. (#1500012)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Daubney, John, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1819/1923">1819-1923</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Old settler of St. Croix Valley (#1500002)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Nachtrieb, Henry F. Scrapbooks, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1872/1876">1872-1876?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>3 volumes (#1500003-05)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Autograph Books, Common-place Books</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Autograph Book of Joseph E. King (New York), </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1860">October 1860</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500011)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Common place book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1820/1840">ca. 1830</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Red leather, containing poems. Watercolour sketch of Bath House Valley of Layon St. Vincent. A curious will with early rising clause, etc. (#929963)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Dickinson, Mary Ann, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1822/1824">1822 - 1824</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Album of autographs or friendship poems written to Miss Dickinson by various friends, chiefly at Hadley, Massachusetts; thirty entries (#1500019)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Reichmann, Carl (autograph book), </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1901">1901</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>A Farewell testimonial to Captain Carl Reichmann, on his departure to the Philippines, July 16, 1901, from his fellow members of the Twilight Club. Wheeling, West Virginia.</p> <p>(#1500001)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Letters, Letter books, and Notebooks</unittitle> </did> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Trinder, Richard. Letter-book.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1793/1795">1793-1795</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Copies of letters by Richard Trinder during his residence at Memel: shipments, trade and personal matters..</p> <p>(#679025)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wanamaker, Rodman. Letters written to the Berlin factory from Philadelphia, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1887/1888">29 July 1887 - 11 Aug. 1888</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#894202)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Whipple, John. Notebook. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1847">1847?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500008)</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Manuscripts, Articles, etc. </unittitle> </did> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Des Bibliotheques et de la Lecture </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">[no date]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Cúrieux manuscript de 18e siécle oú l'auteur fait le procés de l'imprimerie, cet art funeste qui a multiplé, reproduit, immortalisé les sottises des hommes. (#660413)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Blakey, Roy G. Mine taxation in Minnesota </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">[no date]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500009)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Bussière, Georges. Famille d'ouvríers en soie a Lyon..., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1900">1900?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>...and other manuscripts (#310055)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Carter, John Pim. Psalms in the spirit of Jesus, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">[no date]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Master text in loose leaf binders; 3 volumes (#1500021-23)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Catalogue of the books and manuscripts in the library at Hanworth park, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1860">1860</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>198 leaves; written in ink in an extremely nice hand, may [!] biographical notes added in pencil (#894810)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Chroniques de Normandie, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1800/1899">19th century</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>A modern manuscript, carefully overseen and corrected, on 277 leaves of paper in a neat 19th century hand. Ends about 1217. (#998260)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Cooper, T. F. Word formation in the Roman <emph render="underline">sermo plebius, </emph></unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1895">1895</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>An historical study of the development of vocabulary in vulgar and late Latin, with special reference to the Romance languages. LXVIII et 329 p. in octavo. Boston.</p> <p>Manuscript and printed proof sheets (#1500015)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Duval, V. J.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">[no date]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Memoires...Manuscript (#349892)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Les faits de Louis le Grand comparez aux plus nobles travaux d'Hercule.</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Man. in 4 de 145 pp., veau brun, dos orné. (Rel. Anc.)</p> <p>Beau manuscrit du commencement du XVIIIe siècle, d'une belle calligraphie imitant les caractères d'imprimerie; le texte est encadre d'un double filet noir.</p> <p>C'est une suit d'odes, d'épologues ou panégyriques en vers, composés à l'occasion des guerres victorieuses du grand roi.</p> <p>Le Meur catalog, 1935. no. 43. Item 525. (#627194)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle><emph render="italic">Home Circle, </emph></unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1862">1862</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>A magazine gotten out by the Fowler family of New Haven, CT in manuscript, each number illustrated with line drawings, colored issued during 1862 while the Civil War was in progress; 10 numbers (all issued) (#973472)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Hospice Library</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Manuscript inventory; typed copy (#1500030)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Hungerford, E. The factor of safety in American railroading, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1900</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p> (#1500032)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Jones, B. T. R. Wisdom in apothegm, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1956">1956</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500000)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Kirkwood, W. P. Publicity methods with something about the press agent's place in journalism, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1922">1922</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Submitted in somewhat different form as a thesis for a masters degree to the graduate faculty of the University of Missouri, April, 1922. M.A. degree granted (#1500003)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Kovarik, Anna Mary. A short sketch of the life and works of Anton Dvorak, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1942">8 Sept. 1942</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500000)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Kramer, F. F. I heard a voice: an autobiography, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1900">1900?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500007)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Lagerberg, Magnus. Audience of His Holiness Pope Pius IX., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1872">1872</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>An historical episode from the Swedish of the ... chamberlain to His Majesty Charles XV; London ((#978680)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Mallebranche. Traitte de l' infiny Crée, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1761">[1761?]</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Manuscript; Phillipps ms. 5484 (#271317)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Mann, Thomas. American lecture on Democracy, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1937-1938.</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500010)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>The Mask. London. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1894/1895">Dec. 1894, Jan. 1895, Mar. 1895</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Typescript; 3 v., 27cm., illustrated</p> <scopecontent> <p>The Mask is a typed manuscript magazine produced in 1894 and 1895 for a select group of subscriber-contributors. The magazine contains contributed articles, poems, illustrations, etc. and was forwarded from one subscriber to the next. The March 1895 issue carries a notice stating that the magazine would be discontinued with that issue. (#691580)</p> </scopecontent> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Maupay, Daniel. Catalogue of garden seeds, roots and plants.</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#753446)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Mayflower, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1910">1910</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>vol. 20, no. 2, pages 37-48; with manuscript garden list bound in 1910. (#1028418)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>The Meteor, or the Lucubrations of Benjamin Blaze, and republished...in the Dominica Chronicle, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1814/1815">1814-1815.</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#998323)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Military operations in North America, a review of, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1753/1757">1753, 1756</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Typed copy of a pamphlet printed in 1757 (#1500025)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Minneapolis journal. Report of Press run, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1907/1911">Jan. 1907 - March 1911</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500004)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Oakes, Mr. A manuscript "On the manufacture of pig iron," written in 1817, by Mr. Oakes, of Riddings, Derbyshire.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1817">1817</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#560299)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Le Parterre des Muses, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1765/1766">1765-66?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#304126)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Pinart, Alph. Samoan manuscript, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1865">1865</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500024)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Poesies manuscripts </unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>2 v.</p> <p>(#271187, 271188)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Rowlands, Samuel. Humors looking glasse. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1840">1840?</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#515120)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Russell, Arthur J. Vistas at fourscore, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1941</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500010)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Scotland. History.</unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1817">1817</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Copie d'un manuscrit concernant l' Histoire d'Ecosse, Appartenent a la Bibliotheque de Genéve, beautifully written in Old French of the MS. and also in modern French, on opposite pages, by Vaucher Strubing, Archvist, 1817, with drawing in blazon of the Scottish Lion.</p> <scopecontent> <p>The manuscript carries the history down to 1463.</p> <p>(#691799)</p> </scopecontent> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Séailles, G. La Philosophica de Charles Renouvier, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1905">1905</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>From the library of Irene Cornwell, author of book on Renouvier, close friend of Prof. Séailles.</p> <p>Gift of Mary Cornwell, sister of Irene.</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Spherics. Manuscript. A beautiful written manuscript in ink with numerous illustrations ... including Dr. Hook's wheel barometer with diagram... </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1801">1801</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#659821)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Symbols. A volume of original drawings of symbols from events before the conquest down to Queen Charlotte's time with meanings written on opposite pages.</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>38 pages mostly with several drawings on each</p> <p>8 vo. half calf; (#757686)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>The University communist, v.1 no. 1, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1937">11 January 1937</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Published by the University of Wisconsin faculty branch of the Communist Party.</p> <p>(#1500033)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Le Vesconte, Mrs. Lillie. My mother's story. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1800/1899">19th century</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1500036)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Withering, William. Brief reminiscences of the late riots, or the "Three days" of Bristol, October 29-31, 1831. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1835">ca. 1835</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>An original manuscript addressed to the editor of the Gentleman's magazine. Manuscript is 114 pages, with alterations and corrections inserted.</p> <p>quarto, rox.; (#624761)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Books </unittitle> </did> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle><emph render="underline">Bible. N.T.</emph> Apocryphal books. Acts of Paul and Thecla, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1893">1893</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Acta Pauli et Theclae (#587960)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Cookery book, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">no date.</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#478991)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Le Grand, J. L. Recueil de poesies diverses..., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1717">1717</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1052582)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Rathenau, Walther. The new political economy: an analysis of economic conditions in Europe by one of the leading business men of Germany ..., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1918">(1918?)</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Gift of James Ford Bell, May 1943.</p> <p>(#1500006)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Recueil de chansons choisies et de vaudeville</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#304097)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Testa, Giovanni Battista. Olgiati: Tragedy. </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">no date</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Tr. from the Italian by H.B. Doncaster.</p> <p>(#1019184)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Trendelenberg, Freidrich Afolf? (1802-1872). Geschichte der philosophie, von Trendelenburg, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1862/1963">winter 1862-63...</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#585484)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Miscellaneous Items</unittitle> </did> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Garfield, James Abram, pres. U.S., 1831-1881</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>First Associated Press dispatches relative to the shooting of President Garfield, 2 July 1881 (#513512)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Hatch, N. W., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1842">1842</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>List of splendid dahlias (#753447)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Hermann, F. B. W., </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1834/1835">1834/1835</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Finanzwissenschaft. Vorgetragen im Wintersemester (#702344)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Memphis, Tennessee. Letters and telegrams regarding yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, TN, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive">1873</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#526298)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Minneapolis journal. Objectionable advertising: </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1924/1928">1 Jan. 1924 - 29 Dec. 1924; 1 Jan 1925 - 24 Apr. 1926; 25 Apr. 1926 - 16 Nov. 1928</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>3 notebooks; Mss (#1500013-15)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Minneapolis Journal. Women's Northwest Conference on current problems, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1934">23-24 March 1934</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Proceedings (#1500008)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Piesse. Reccueil de plusieux.</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#365456)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Royal Arch Masonry</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent> <p>Certificate of the exaltation of Stephen Berry to the most sublime degree of Royal Arch Masonry in Mount Vernon R.A. Chapter, State of Maine on the 21st day of January -- 5056. [sic]</p> <p>(#1500029)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="item"> <did> <unittitle>West Indies. Sketch, historical and statistical, of the British settlements in the West Indies, </unittitle> <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1820/1829">ca. 182-</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent> <p>(#1029281)</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>