Memoranda books, 1755-1758.

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Memoranda books, 1755-1758.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702172421

Five holograph notebooks containing notes and daily calendars for 1755-1758, including itineraries, lists of dinner guests, notes on various topics taken from reading, conversations and sermons, and garden descriptions. One notebook is titled "Tour of Scotland, 1758" and contains detailed descriptions of sights seen and travel arrangements. Accompanied by a notebook in another hand containing notes on a tour from Verona to Rome.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768

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Joseph Spence (1699-1768), anecdotist and professor of poetry in New College, Oxford, is best known for his Essay on Pope's Odyssey (1727) and his Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men (1820), published posthumously. From the description of Joseph Spence papers, 1649-1859 (bulk 1739-1768). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138266 ...