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Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713. [Commonplace book of historical extracts].

Title: [Commonplace book of historical extracts]. [ca. 1800]

Manuscript commonplace book containing primarily extracts from historical works about England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Extracts are grouped somewhat thematically and topics range from methods of entering illegitimate children in parochial registers, to the history of hackney coaches, to anecdotes about Sir Robert Walpole, to bon mots of Charles II, among many, many others. Extracts appear to have been taken from published works such as Stow's and Holinshed's Chronicles as well as parliamentary proceedings and manuscript parish record books. The volume was probably composed in the late 1700s to early 1800s, as the latest date mentioned in the text is 1788.

ArchivalResource: [302] p., bound ; 29 cm.

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Virginia proclamations, 1606-1683.

Title: Virginia proclamations, 1606-1683.

Eighteenth-century copies of royal proclamations concerning colonial affairs. Probably copied from the Thomas Rymer's Foedera (1704-1717) and William Waller Hening's Statutes at Large (1809-1823).

ArchivalResource: 9 items.1 microfilm reel.

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Vol. VI. (ff. 235). 1703-1759. 1. T[homas] M[adox], antiquary, to Edward Floyde [Lhwyd], "at the Museum in Oxford," ending "There is nobody yet appointed Keeper of the Cotton-Library, nor any salary settled on that place,"; London, 18 Feb. 1702 [3]. ...

Title: Vol. VI. (ff. 235). 1703-1759. 1. T[homas] M[adox], antiquary, to Edward Floyde [Lhwyd], "at the Museum in Oxford," ending "There is nobody yet appointed Keeper of the Cotton-Library, nor any salary settled on that place,"; London, 18 Feb. 1702 [3]. ... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Autograph letter signed : [Clapton], to Jacob Tonson, [1693] Aug. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [Clapton], to Jacob Tonson, [1693] Aug. 30.

Mentioning his stay in Clapton and his translation of Ovid; noting that the Queen [Mary II] has "commanded her Historiographer [Thomas] Rymer, to fall upon [Dryden's] Plays" because Dryden criticized her government; sending greetings to [William] Congreve.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21cm.

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Campbell, Hugo, fl. 1714-1715, student of University of Leyden,. Miscellany compiled in Leyden by H[ugo] Campbell [manuscript], compiled 1714-1715.

Title: Miscellany compiled in Leyden by H[ugo] Campbell [manuscript], compiled 1714-1715.

Excerpts from books on many topics, largely contemporary, including Rymer's Foedera, Hamlet and Pope. Campbell occasionally comments on his passages. Contains partial index.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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