Manuscript journals and commonplace books [manuscript], 1765-1858.

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Manuscript journals and commonplace books [manuscript], 1765-1858.

Journal of Dr. Moses J. De Rossett, 1855-1856, written while he was studying medicine in Geneva and Cologne; "Lectures on the Application of Philosophy to the Useful Arts" by Jacob Bieglow; and the commonplace book of Jane Ermina Locke, 1765-1815. The volume contains original poems, translations, literary extracts and tipped in letters of Fanny Kemble and James T. Fields, among others.Pasted in the latter volume are receipts for money paid out by the Selectmen of Ashley, Mass., 1765-1815. Manuscript Journals and Commonplace Book, 1765-1858, Accession #5703, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

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