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The offices of England collected according to the yeare of 1607, 1607.

Title: The offices of England collected according to the yeare of 1607, 1607.

Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, recording the salaries and fees of all the offices in the gift of the Crown, including the officers of the court of revenue, law courts, the royal household, forts, and forests. The manuscript also records some names of current office holders; the list of "Players of interludes" includes Richard Burbage and John Heminge, and the list of "Keeper of Parrys garden, of beares and mastifs" names Edward Alleyn and Philip Henslowe.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (90 p.) ; 27 x 19 cm.

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Meikleham, Septimia Randolph, 1814-1887. Randolph-Meikleham family papers [manuscript], 1792-1882.

Title: Randolph-Meikleham family papers [manuscript], 1792-1882.

Papers, 1820-1882, of Septimia Randolph Meikleham, include correspondence concerning Monticello, Edgehill, the University of Virginia, family matters, social life in Virginia, Boston, Mass., and Washington, D.C., her schoolmates in Cambridge, Mass., travel in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, courtship, and fashion; narratives about the Lewis and Clark expeditions, Monticello, and James and Dolley Madison; legal papers; and poetry. The papers also contain miscellaneous correspondence, 1836-1839, of the Randolph, Meikleham, Coolidge, and Bankhead families, concerning family and social matters, travelling to Havana, Cuba, and a trip to Philadelphia, Pa., during which Martha Jefferson Randolph sat for a portrait by Thomas Sully; and three letters, 1840-1844, from Dolley Madison to Septimia Randolph Meikleham relating to social and family matters, and specifically Meikleham's marriage. Of particular note are letters from Meriwether Lewis Randolph concerning life in the frontier town of Little Rock, Ark., including fighting off wolves; a letter, 28 August 1825, from John Hemings, a slave, to Septimia Randolph pertaining to the grounds at Poplar Forest; a letter, ca. 1829, from Martha Jefferson Randolph, Lynchburg, Va., to Septimia Randolph, Edgehill, Va., providing an account of her trip to Lynchburg, sewing; and a letter from George Wythe Randolph, 1860 October 14, speculating on the effect of Lincoln's election on the South. There is also a letter, 1843 October 2, from Edward Everett, London, Eng., involving the "Cary estate" and his admiration for Thomas Jefferson; and a letter, 30 January 1878, from Charles Stewart Parnell, Rathdrum, Ireland, to Septimia Randolph Meikleham, concerning his mother's visit to the United States. Of particular interest are a letter, 1792 November 2, from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, concerning family matters and Virginia politics and mentioning Madison and Monroe; a letter, 1820 April 17, from John St. George Randolph, Amelia County, Va., to Thomas Mann Randolph, Richmond, Va., on the dismissal of an overseer; and a list, ca. 1821, in Thomas Jefferson's hand, of slaves' bread distribution. A letter from Archibald Cary at the University of Virginia, to Septimia Randolph, 1834 Dec. 15, mentions that her "acquaintance A. F. E. Robertson (the young man you saw at Davis' & thought so handsome) was shot in the back by an old fellow, while endeavoring to take a dead negro for our anatomical dissections." Additional items include drafts of poems by Septimia Randolph, and Mrs. Hemans, fragments of Cornelia Randolph's music, and a photograph of an unidentified family home.

ArchivalResource: 183 items.

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Walker, Charles Clement, 1822-1897,. Autograph letters signed from Charles Clement Walker, Lilleshall, to Sir Theodore Martin, London [manuscript], 1896.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Charles Clement Walker, Lilleshall, to Sir Theodore Martin, London [manuscript], 1896.

(1) Invites Martin to the unveiling of the monument he has erected [to John Heminge and Henry Condell]; (2) He is sorry to hear Lady Martin is unwell; mentions sending a book to Martin. On letterhead from Lilleshall Old Hall, nr. New port, Salop.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 18 x 12 cm.

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Walker, Henry, d. 1616?. Bargain and sale from Henry Walker, citizen and minstrel of London, to William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent., and to his trustees, William Johnson, citizen and vintner of London, John Jackson, and John Hemmyng of London, Gents. [manuscript], 1612/13 March 10.

Title: Bargain and sale from Henry Walker, citizen and minstrel of London, to William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent., and to his trustees, William Johnson, citizen and vintner of London, John Jackson, and John Hemmyng of London, Gents. [manuscript], 1612/13 March 10.

Shakespeare's copy of the deed for his purchase of the Blackfriars Gatehouse, London. Consideration: £140.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 482 x 600 mm.

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Jackson, John, d. 1625. Bargain and sale from John Jackson and John Hemynge of London, Gents., and William Johnson, vintner of London, trustees of William Shakespeare, deceased, to John Greene of Clements Inn and Matthew Morryes of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent., trustees for the heirs of William Shakespeare [manuscript], 1618 February 10.

Title: Bargain and sale from John Jackson and John Hemynge of London, Gents., and William Johnson, vintner of London, trustees of William Shakespeare, deceased, to John Greene of Clements Inn and Matthew Morryes of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent., trustees for the heirs of William Shakespeare [manuscript], 1618 February 10.

For Gatehouse within the precinct of the late Blackfriars, London. Originally purchased by Shakespeare in 1613 (see Folger MS Z.c.22 (45)).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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