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John Pattison legal notebooks

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Description: The legal notebooks of London-based lawyer John Pattison; the notebooks include records of fees and actions in various courts. Volume I : 1632-1635, has a few pages removed and two pages used as a copybook (19th c.) ; Volume II : 1636-1638, some pages stained and some pages cut with portions removed, also with autograph notes (19th c.).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1632-1638.
Call number: mssHM 52689 (Volumes 1-2)
Creator: Pattison, John(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased through Maggs from Sotheby's July 23-24 sale, item 379, July 30, 1987.

John A. Dron field notebooks

Manuscripts

Thirteen civil engineering field notebooks for projects in and around Ojai, and Ventura County, California, kept by civil engineer John A. Dron. Projects include: topographical surveys of property, tunnels, roads, parks, sewers, and water pipelines. Accompanying the notebooks is a detailed list of the notebooks' contents.

mssHM 83497 (1-16)

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John Tyndall notebook

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The notebook contains two catalogues of Tyndall's books, listed alphabetically by author, and several pages of miscellaneous notes.

mssHM 72507

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John Tyndall notebook

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This notebook contains 79 pages of various notes by John Tyndall. The majority of the notes deal with physics and he talks about several other physicists including Michael Faraday.

mssHM 72084

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Sir James Houblon's notebooks regarding international trade

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HM 83393 : "A Relation of my voyage made with Sr Juan Esquerdo to Medina & ca." A manuscript account of a 1683 trip through Spain from Chicana to Medina, including the towns of Beheal and Coneal. This was a business trip for Houblon as he describes the harvest and markets for grapes and olives, but he also comments on capital punishment, medical care, religious houses, architecture, marriage and inheritance customs. The 17 page manuscript was removed from a volume and there are remnants of the spine remaining on the pages; there is a strong possibility this manuscript and HM 83394 were once part of the same volume.

mssHM 83393-83394

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John Hovey journal of a voyage from Newburyport, Mass. to San Francisco, Cal

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This journal follows the travels of John Hovey from Massachusetts to California. He departs from Newburyport aboard the vessel Charlott on January 23, 1849; a manifest of crew and passengers is included on pages one and two. Much of the seagoing details are concerned with the weather. The ship reached port on July 23, 1849. He journeyed along the Sacramento River and Mokelumne River with his companions, searching for gold. He was involved with separate disputes over claims with miners from Chile and France (see also HM 4384-4385 which are transcripts of these entries removed from this volume). Hovey departs California by ship on May 30, 1851. Bound volume, with many color illustrations.

mssHM 322

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John Warly notebooks

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Two manuscript volumes attributed to Reverend John Warly; included are biblical passages, sermon notes, and commentaries on spiritual matters and political subjects including the English Civil War. Entries are in secretary hand, primarily in English with a small amount of Greek. The volumes are signed by Lee Warly, a descendant of John Warly; both volumes are written in two directions with the text beginning at one cover then turned over and beginning again (tête-bêche style). The volumes have worn leather covers and fragile spines, HM 83773 is especially fragile with the spine mostly lacking and the pages loose; the volumes are housed in one box for preservation purposes.

mssHM 83773-83774

John Pattison legal notebooks

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