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Commonplace book, circa 1760.

Title: Commonplace book, circa 1760.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 103 poems by various 17th- and 18th-century authors, both satirical and serious, on such subjects as love, beauty, writing, and religion. Unattributed verses include Some Verses made on the Dissenting Ministers. Found at Stamline Coffee House; On Seeing a Scull; To Miss Hy B-m with a Rose; An Idea of Wedlock Antient and Modern; The Dying Swan; The Poet and the Rose; and Morning Hymn. The volume also contains several Gospel Sonnets by Ralph Erskine, MA; other poets whose works appear in the volume include Joseph Addison, John Dryden, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl of Roscommon, and Isaac Watts. Occasionally the copyist also notes the publication from which the poem was taken, as when he notes that Our Saviour's Visit appears in the Rev. Mr. Thomas Gibbons' Juvenile Poems, while several other poems have been taken from the Spectator.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (154 p.) ; 16 x 11 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175286 View

[Thomas J. (Tommy) Gibbons].

Title: [Thomas J. (Tommy) Gibbons]. [1944?]

ArchivalResource: [11] leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7964213 View

Walton, George, 1749 or 50-1804. Noble Wimberly Jones petition, 1778.

Title: Noble Wimberly Jones petition, 1778.

The collection consists of a printed form of petition of Noble Wimberly Jones, Georgia member of the Continental Congress. The petition is entirely filled in and signed by Jones' attorney, J. Howly. Jones petitions to be paid 117:2:5, amount due him for various goods by Thomas Gibbons, Sr., who had never paid him. He asks that a suit be brought against Gibbons. Governor George Walton signs at the bottom of the page.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/423389016 View

Isaac Mann autograph collection, ca. 1750-1831

Title: Isaac Mann autograph collection ca. 1750-1831

The collection consists of 86 documents, mostly letters, gathered by Mann for their signatures. Most of the individuals represented are clergymen or preachers, particularly Baptists, and include Abraham Booth, Christmas Evans, Samuel Kilpin, John Ryland, and Basil Woodd.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.42'

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.manni View

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View