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    A map of New England & the country adjacent extending northward to Quebec & westward to Niagara, on Lake Ontario : shewing Gen: Shirley and Gen: Johnson's Routs ; & many places omitted in other maps ; communicated by a gentleman who resided in these parts

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    Submaps of three forts. Submaps: Fort Du Quene by French Deserters; Oswego an English Fort; Fort Frederick at Crown Point built by the French in 1731. MS note: Maps 25. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 150250.

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    Intrepid no. 9

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    Publisher: Intrepid Press (Buffalo, N.Y.) Related Content: "poem for the death of an American serviceman in Vietnam:" ; "a bad night -- blame the bourbon" ; "from the Dept. of English" (poems) Note: "C396-C398" written in ms. in upper right corner of p. 1. Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski

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    Tally ho--to hark forward

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    Pamphlet offers a humorous assessment of the author's friends (the "studs") in the format of a stud book, using hunting and racing similes. Ends with an engraved steeplechase hurdle with a list of the author's friends.

    646465

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    Southwestern Shipbuilding Company photograph album

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    An album of progress photographs of shipbuilding projects by the Southwestern Shipbuilding Company in San Pedro, California. The images are dated April 16 to October 16, 1918, and include views of mold lofts for ship hulls; workers, including many African American workers; lumber, steel, and other building materials. The photographs are chiefly 7.5 x 9.5 inches, with several fold-out panoramas of the shipyard. Signs can be seen identifying the ships being built: the S.S. West Carnifax, S.S. West Caruth, and S.S. West Catance, which were all cargo ships built for the U.S. Navy.

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  • A poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the plott, / written by a lady of quality

    A poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the plott, / written by a lady of quality

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    ESTC R40072 ; Anonymous. By Ephelia ; Verse - "Haile mighty Prince! whom Heaven has de-" ; Originally published in 1678 as: A poem to His Sacred Majesty, on the plot ; With a woodcut device, in which is figured the poem's addressee, Charles II, and the poem's author, Mary Villiers, in her ducal crown ; Conjectured place of publication from Wing ; Ephelia has been identified most recently as Lady Mary Villiers, later Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, by Maureen E. Mulvihill ("ReSoundings" website, 2001)

    471489

  • Steam ship of War Regent

    Steam ship of War Regent

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    Image of the steam ship Regent built for Spain in 1841 sailing through choppy water; several sailors visible on deck; other ships and a coastline visible in background; dimensions of ship and engine statistics in bottom margin.

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