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Beckford, William, 1760-1844. William Beckford collection, 1735-1967.

Title: William Beckford collection, 1735-1967.

The William Beckford Collection consists of correspondence, a few manuscripts, personal papers of Beckford family members, and other papers relating to Beckford research and collections.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 linear feet (13 boxes) + 1 oil painting.

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Henley, David, 1749-1823. David Henley papers, 1788-1800.

Title: David Henley papers, 1788-1800.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980681 View

College of William and Mary. President and Masters. Appointment, 1774 February 21, of Hancock Taylor to assistant Surveyor of Fincastle County, [Va.].

Title: Appointment, 1774 February 21, of Hancock Taylor to assistant Surveyor of Fincastle County, [Va.].

Designates Taylor as Surveyor W[illia]m Preston's assistant. [Signed by] John Camm, S[amuel] Henley, T[homas] Gwatkin and James Madison.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18143348 View

College of William and Mary. Bursar's ledger, 1770-1777.

Title: Bursar's ledger, 1770-1777.

Financial records for the College of William and Mary. Income generated from tuition payments, and rents on lands owned by the College in King William and Surry counties, and the "Notoway [sic] [Nottoway] Quarter." Expenses include faculty salaries, household expenses for Brafferton Manor, fees paid to the Surveyor General's office, duties on liquor, furs, skins and tobacco, and interest on accounts owed. Prominent individuals mentioned include John Blair, Richard Bland, John Camm, Richard Graham, Benjamin Grymes, Samuel Henley, James Horrocks, Josiah Johnson, Emmanuel Jones, Philip Ludwell, Robert Miller, John Norton, Peyton Randolph, and Edward Champion Travis.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (136 p.) ; 41 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19927550 View

Samuel Henley papers, 1769-1795.

Title: Samuel Henley papers, 1769-1795.

Primarily of bills and receipts reflecting the personal and business expenses of Samuel Henley, a merchant of Charlestown, Mass. Also includes orders for tea, cloth, and other goods sold by Henley and tax records relating to his duties as collector of excise taxes for Middlesex County, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 43 DS ; 5-39 cm.

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Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737-1815,. Autograph letters signed from Mrs. Abington to Horace Walpole, Garrick, Ozias Humphrey, [George Hardinge], [John?] Bell (readdressed to the Rev. [Samuel?] Henley) and others [manuscript], 1771-1791.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Mrs. Abington to Horace Walpole, Garrick, Ozias Humphrey, [George Hardinge], [John?] Bell (readdressed to the Rev. [Samuel?] Henley) and others [manuscript], 1771-1791.

Accompanying the letter to Bell is a poem by Honorio entitled, On seeing the celebrated portrait of Mrs. Abington by Sir Joshua Reynolds ... and beginning, As late I wander'd thro' that ancient pile.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281721239 View

Vol. VII (ff. 221). Letters to C. G. Woide: Arcularius-Hobman. Preceded by a letter of condolence from Mrs Alice Goodhart to Woide's younger daughter on the death of her brother-in-law, Joseph Goodhart.includes:f. 1 Mrs Alice Goodhart: Letter to M...

Title: Vol. VII (ff. 221). Letters to C. G. Woide: Arcularius- Hobman. Preceded by a letter of condolence from Mrs Alice Goodhart to Woide's younger daughter on the death of her brother-in-law, Joseph Goodhart.includes:f. 1 Mrs Alice Goodhart: Letter to M... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Winthrop, James, 1752-1821. [Documents concerning the estate of Elizabeth Reed, 1788-1789].

Title: [Documents concerning the estate of Elizabeth Reed, 1788-1789].

The first document, a receipt dated 2 October 1788, was written by Register James Winthrop concerning debt paid to Abigail Chub and John Edmunds from the estate of Elizabeth Reed. Second document, a bill of sale dated 13 August 1789, concerns the "sales of household furniture belonging to the estate of Elizabeth Reed deceas'd sold at publick auction August 13 1789" by Samuel Henley, administrator.

ArchivalResource: 2 ADS ; 8-32 cm.

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Tilton, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marguerite), 1913-. Papers, 1770-1991.

Title: Papers, 1770-1991.

This collection includes nine letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson as well as letters of Louis Agassiz, Amos Bronson Alcott, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, John Lothrop Motley, Charles Sumner, and John Greenleaf Whittier. In addition, there are two incomplete manuscripts by Emerson and one document from the Liverpool Custom-house signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne as Consul for the United States. The collection also includes the corrected typescript, index, and page and galley proofs for Thomas Franklin Currier, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (New York, 1953) which was edited by Professor Tilton. Also, some early correspondence and photographs of the Tilton family and friends. There are letters from the actors Annie Louise Ames, Richard J. Dillon, and Hans L. Meery to Tilton's grandfather, Bernard Paul Verne, as well as photographs, tintypes, and daguerreotypes of the Verne family and friends. 1992 Addition: Her professional papers include correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and printed materials on many aspects of 18th and 19th century American literature, especially literary New England. Among her papers are files compiled in editing volumes 7 and 8 of THE LETTERS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON (New York, 1939-1991). These files contain correspondence, card files, notes, transcripts, photocopies, book typescripts, printed materials, and other related items. There are also similar files relating to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and to her books, AMIABLE AUTOCRAT: A BIOGRAPHY OF DR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (New York, 1947) and LITERARY BANTLINGS: ADDENDA TO THE HOLMES BIBLIOGRAPHY (New York, 1957).

ArchivalResource: 68 linear ft. (ca.93,000 items in 81 boxes, 58 file drawers, 88 card file boxes & 1 oversized folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122600490 View

Henley, Samuel, 1740-1815. Letter, ca. 1775-1800, to [?] Johnson, St. Paul's Courtyard, [London, Eng.?].

Title: Letter, ca. 1775-1800, to [?] Johnson, St. Paul's Courtyard, [London, Eng.?].

Concerns a debt owed to Johnson and asks for latest [?] edition of Pitt's Virgil published by Dodsley.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 22.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24569117 View

VOL. XIII. "A three days' Tour into France. By William Clubbe, 1790," f. 1; Letter of J. Price; Oxford, 8 Apr. 1808, f. 57b; Abstract of survey of the manor of Edwardston Hall, 1684, f. 112; Account of the family of Curzon, in a letter of H. Jermyn; ..., 1684-1812

Title: VOL. XIII. "A three days' Tour into France. By William Clubbe, 1790," f. 1; Letter of J. Price; Oxford, 8 Apr. 1808, f. 57b; Abstract of survey of the manor of Edwardston Hall, 1684, f. 112; Account of the family of Curzon, in a letter of H. Jermyn; ... 1684-1812

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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William Beckford collection, 1735-1967

Title: William Beckford collection 1735-1967

The William Beckford Collection consists of correspondence, a few manuscripts, personal papers of Beckford family members, and other papers relating to Beckford research and collections.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 13; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 7.75

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

Eleanor M. Tilton Papers, 1770-1991

Title: Eleanor M. Tilton Papers, 1770-1991

ArchivalResource: 68 linear ft. (ca.93,000 items in 81 boxes, 58 file drawers, 88 card file boxes & 1 oversized folder).

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