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A booke of sundrie justices works, what a Justice of the Peace may do: manuscript

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    Commonplace book. Poetical and legal: manuscript

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    Contains poems by Ben Jonson, John Done, Richard Corbett, and others with (in a different hand) a treatise on Justices of the Peace and criminal law arranged in alphabetical order by topic.

    mssHM 46323

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    El Dorado County, Justice Court, Diamond Springs Township. Docket book

    Manuscripts

    Legal process as conducted by a local justice of the peace.

    mssEl Dorado County

  • Thos. Foster his Book, 1779-1785

    Thos. Foster his Book, 1779-1785

    Manuscripts

    The largest portion of the manuscript consists of the diary that Thomas Foster kept from May 1782 through April of 1783, with individual entries dated Feb. 15 1782, and end of July 1781. The daily entries describe the weather, camp life, Foster?s duties and discuss war news and rumors, especially anxious expectations of peace.

    mssHM 643

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    A booke of exchange of merchants: manuscript

    Manuscripts

    A discussion of the principles of mercantile exchanges of weights and currencies, with examples, followed by a brief treatise on the Mint and coinage.

    mssHM 730

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    Letter book, docket, and correspondence of Oliver Cowdery, bulk (1833-1838)

    Manuscripts

    The unbound letter book consists primarily of copies of letters written by Oliver Cowdery. They cover such subjects as his duties as editor of the Evening and Morning Star, problems regarding the procurement of printing equipment, his political aspirations, the persecution of Mormons in Missouri, discussion on church doctrine, and his excommunication from the church.

    mssHM 63646-63653

  • Oliver Cowdery Letter Book

    Oliver Cowdery Letter Book

    Manuscripts

    The unbound letter book consists primarily of copies of letters written by Oliver Cowdery. They cover such subjects as his duties as editor of the Evening and Morning Star, problems regarding the procurement of printing equipment, his political aspirations, the persecution of Mormons in Missouri, discussion on church doctrine, and his excommunication from the church. Some of the addressees are Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876), Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), and Newel Kimball Whitney (1795-1850).

    mssHM 63646