The Catholic school manuscript book collection, 1557-1876.

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The Catholic school manuscript book collection, 1557-1876.

The Catholic School Manuscript Book Collection consists of sixty-two bound manuscript volumes, mostly of an academic or devotional nature, and deriving, for the most part, from one or another Catholic educational establishment before 1800.

3.75 linear feet (8 boxes).

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