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Blake, T. Papers, 1775-1824.

Title: Papers, 1775-1824.

Manuscript, news clippings, calling card, toy. Items of interest include: a verse said to be written by Rev. Mr. L. Sterne which is not included in Wilbur Cross's edition of Stern's works, Sterne not being known for verse writing; an account of an impromptu verse by Sheridan on the attempt to assassinate the King at Drury Lane Theater on May 15, 1800; and an epigram on Mrs. Jane Leigh Perrot, an aunt of Jane Austin, tried in Ilchester on a charge of stealing lace in a milliner's shop in Bath. Her nieces Jane and Cassandra Austin volunteered to accompany her to jail, but she forbade it as unsuitable for "elegant young women." Inserted at the end of the book are: A calling card from Marchese e la Marchesa Rondinini; a spinning illustrated toy that appears to be a man and woman talking when in motion; a thank you note; and a prayer, written in Latin.

ArchivalResource: [85] leaves, 7 loose p. ; 21 cm.

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Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk).

Title: Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive); 1738-1866 (bulk).

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

ArchivalResource: 9 volumes (2 linear ft.)

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T. Blake Papers, 1775-1824

Title: T. Blake Papers 1775-1824

Manuscript, news clippings, and other items compiled from 1775 to 1824 by T. Blake. The volume, a commonplace book entitled "Miscellanies," was formerly the property of the Earl of Powis, Powis Castle, Montgomery.

ArchivalResource: 0.03 Linear feet; 1 volume (85 pages)

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Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893. Autographed letters and portraits of theologians from the United States and England [manuscript] 1805-1939 (inclusive).

Title: Autographed letters and portraits of theologians from the United States and England [manuscript] 1805-1939 (inclusive).

Letters written by eminent theologians including Phillips Brooks (17 letters), Samuel Wilberforce, William Ware, James Martineau, Hubbard Winslow, Sydney Smith, Thomas Chalmers, William Jay, Charles Hodge, Cardinal Manning, and W. Emery Barnes.

ArchivalResource: 76 items : ports. ; 26-13 cm.

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Papers, 1714-1852, 1772-1821 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1714-1852, 1772-1821 (bulk)

Elias Boudinot and Boudinot family correspondence; and material concerning American Bible Society (ABS), including letters to ABS officers, 1815-1821, resolutions and addresses, 1814-1821, and letters and constitutions of some local Bible societies. Correspondents include John B. Romeyn, William Jay, Elisha Boudinot, John Owen, Samuel Bayard, Stephen N. Bayard, John Marsden Pintard, Lewis Pintard, Susan Stockton, Hannah Stockton Boudinot, Annis Stockton, Rachel B. Bradford, Fanny Martel, Philip Stockton, and Richard Stockton.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel, 99 items.

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