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Van Mildert Papers, 1639-1883

Title: Van Mildert Papers 1639-1883

ArchivalResource: 2 metres

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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.)

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ORIGINAL LETTERS addressed to John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (ob. 1745), on antiquarian subjects, principally heraldic or genealogical; 21 Oct. 1700-19 Mar. 1741/2. The last letter, dated 12 Apr. 1746, must be to John Anstis jun. The names of the w...

Title: ORIGINAL LETTERS addressed to John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (ob. 1745), on antiquarian subjects, principally heraldic or genealogical; 21 Oct. 1700-19 Mar. 1741/2. The last letter, dated 12 Apr. 1746, must be to John Anstis jun. The names of the w... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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[Commonplace book], circa 1749-1756.

Title: [Commonplace book], circa 1749-1756.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about a dozen prose extracts, many on moral or religious subjects. The volume begins with four sermons by Daniel Waterland, followed by a several dozen moral maxims by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, duc de La Rochefoucauld, copied from an English translation published in 1749. Other items in the manuscript include a copy of the 1744 translation by Henry Layng of Giovanni Battista Gelli's La Circe; an account of the trial of Corbet Vezey (1732); extracts from Commentaries by Sir Francis Vere; extracts from a biography of Philip, Duke of Wharton; an epitaph on Sir Dudley Ryder; and a short poem titled On viewing that noble structure the Foundling Hospital [London], August 22d: 1753.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (137 p.) ; 19 x 13 cm.

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Sykes, Arthur Ashley, 1683 or 4-1756. Arthur Ashley Sykes papers, [1730?]-1752.

Title: Arthur Ashley Sykes papers, [1730?]-1752.

Correspondence and literary works including letters to Sykes from Thomas Bott, 1744-1746; John Clarke, 1743; Caleb Fleming, 1746; and John Jackson,1744. Also includes five works by Sykes, consisting of a commentary on a sermon by Daniel Waterland; three complete sermons and a fragment of one sermon; a paraphrase of I Corinthians; and miscellaneous notes on various subjects.

ArchivalResource: .42 cubic ft. (2 half-size letter archive boxes)

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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