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Manuscripts
Henry Stafford, Barron Stafford commonplace book: manuscript
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Extracts from the works of Francis Bacon, maxims of state, notes on a book of ancient history, etc.
mssHM 1728
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Extracts from Year Books, abridgements of cases and decisions, law reports, precedents and formularies, notes on the Assize of Forests and other legal matters. Owned by and [partly in the hand of?] Sir John Port.
mssHM 46980
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Contains a Historical Dialogue in Scripture, as well as addresses, ballads, epigrams, epitaphs, extracts, poems and verses. The volume also includes works by or about Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and Sir Robert Walpole, among others. There is a Table of Contents (possibly incomplete) and penciled autograph notes on the flyleaf. Note: page numbering is not consistent.
mssHM 82623
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Extracts from medieval records about defense, including information about the general musters, the provision of ships for defense, the defense of the sea coast, and the use of beacons.
mssHM 30661
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A bound manuscript volume, possibly in the hand of George Wither; includes notes on court cases, legal opinions, etc. Half-bound in maroon morocco over cloth with ex-libris of Thomas Brooke, and an unidentified ex-libris; spine reads "Wither's M.S. Note-Book 1650-1660."
mssHM 103
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This notebook contains David F. Day's research on Junius. It contains lists of a variety of works about Junius, his possible identity, those who may have known him, etc., often with annotation to the left side in different ink, stating "I have it," or "To be procured." The list of works continues chronologically off and on throughout, sometimes with summaries, and annotations. The notebook also includes notes about the different people who could have been Junius including Sir Philip Francis, Benjamin Franklin, and George Grenville. There are also additional notes, clippings, several loose letters by John Edmands of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia, and a cabinet photograph of David F. Day.
mssHM 84125