Atcheson L. Hench Autograph Collection [manuscript] 1650-1826, n.d.

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Atcheson L. Hench Autograph Collection [manuscript] 1650-1826, n.d.

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Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods includes samples reflecting his interest in medieval, Old English, Middle English and Elizabethan scripts. The collection contains deeds, 1650; will of London merchant George Warcupp, 1654; indentures, 1657, 1664, 1691; an account for the estate of John Oliver, 1673; sermons of J. Hickson, c. 1677 and Luke Milbourne, ante 1720; a commonplace book of Kinard de la Bere, 1684-1686; a statement concerning Charles II's lack of money; an engraving and signature of John Lowther; theological extracts, c. 1690; a calendar of statutes, 17th c.; a satirical poem on Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon, 17th c.; a royal charter for the Chelsea Water Works, 1722/23; a glssary of Old English words, c. 1750; a commonplace book, 1765 containing accounts with Lord Robert Manners; a letterbook of Congregational minister Charles Buck, 1790-1791; a "Political dailogue between Mr. Fairdebate & Mr. Meanwell" on petitioning the king to remove a minister, c. 1790; a bound volume of songs, 1794; copies, 18th c. of extracts of letters, 1659-1660, from Algernon Sidney to Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester and postcards of initials in an Italian missal. Of interest are a letter to Sir James Stewart concerning Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 1659; Sir William Beecher's "A relation of the success of the love of King Henry IV to the Princess of Conde"; a Lambarde family archive concerning the Titus Oakes Plot, 1678, together with articles of impeachment for high treason against Thomas Osborne, the Earl of Danby; a satire "A diaglogue between Sue and Kate...." 1708; a projected commercial treaty between Peter I of Russia and George I of Great Britain, post 1714; and a note on a portentous overflow of Earwell Pond, 1727. Also "Manners A Satire" by Paul Whitehead, c. 1739; a letter from the 2nd Earl of Albemarle regarding the settling of an account in Herfordshire, 1741; an early 18th c. copy of the memoirs of Sir John Langham; 18th c. extracts from "The paradoxal discourses of F. M. Van Helmont"; a memoir of John Mason describing a rise from poverty, late 18th c.; a journal kept by Sir Charles Witham, a naval officer, 1811-1812; selections copied, 1826, from Roger Wilbraham's Cheshire glossary; and transcripts of early documents concerning the Manor of Northall, Middlesex. There are also inventories of Lambarde family manuscripts and biographical notes concerning William Lambarde;

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