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An essay concerning toleration
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Some thoughts concerning education
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A work by John Locke about education
146690
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Essays and letter concerning Ishi
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This group of items includes two essays and a letter, all of which relate to the Yana Indian Ishi. One of the essays, written by anthropologist Darwin B. Lyon who assisted Professor T. T. Waterman with the examination of Ishi, describes Lyon's experiences with Ishi including the two of them creating a map of the area in which Ishi lived. Lyon also talks about the Indians in California and their history in general. The other essay and letter are written by Alfred Barstow and also talk about Darwin B. Lyon and Ishi; the letter is addressed to Leslie Edgar Bliss of The Huntington Library.
mssHM 68201-68203
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John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to John Quincy Adams :
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Regarding a case argued by John Adams in 1777 in favor of Colonel Elisha Doane and Shearjashub Bourne in maritime court in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before Judge Brackett.
mssHM 26328
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Terminal essay to "The thousand and one nights"
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"This exhaustive treatise is a supplement to ... the luminous essay by the late John Addington Symonds entitled A problem in Greek ethics." Burton theorizes in this essay that homosexuality is caused by climate, particularly a region known as "The Sotadic zone," and originally appeared as part of the first edition of his translation of the Arabian Nights.
635873
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Richardus Tertius : manuscript
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This manuscript is in two hands, and seems to follow the text of the copy in the University Library, Cambridge; folios 1 to 22 (half page) are in one hand and folios 22 to the end are in another. Preceding f. 1 is an old printed portrait of Richard III; bound in leather, blind tooled with slipcover, also has modern pencil autograph notes on beginning page.
mssHM 179
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Hope Ranch: essay
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This one-page essay, by an unknown author, covers the history of Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara County, California.
mssHM 69385