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Diary

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Description: Daily diary entries of a young man living and working in Bath, January-August 1769, recording weather, his health, relations with friends, thoughts of various young ladies of his acquaintance, philosophical musings, sermons heard (the diarist's father was a preacher), attendance at chapel (hears Charles and J. Wesley), and a very little about his work or business as a "turner" and/or perhaps in creating or copying stone statuary
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1769, January-August.
Call number: mssHM 62593
Creator: Parsons, Thomas (1744-1813)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Harry Bristow Catalog #303, lot #136, February 26, 1991.
Dimensions: 30 cm
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A new ballad called the Northamptonshire High Constable

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mssHM 60666

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Theron Parsons diaries

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John Coyle Civil War diary

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A diary kept by John Coyle while serving as an agent of the United States Christian Commission from July to October, 1864. Daily entries give detailed accounts of Coyle's ministry in Alexandria, Virginia, including hospitals, churches, schools, and prisons and his encounters with the patients, physicians, nurses, preachers, congregants, students, and inmates; the accounts of his ministry to soldiers wounded in the battles of the Overland campaign include African-American troops. Coyle met with many African-American preachers, including Leland Warring, a former slave turned preacher, the founder of Alexandria's "contraband school." Waring autographed the front flyleaf of the diary commemorating their meeting. Coyle's descriptions of the city hospitals include accounts of the L'Ouverture Hospital for African-American troops. The entries also describe some sightseeing, including a day trip to Mount Vernon. Reverend Coyle found service in the field less satisfying, as he was mostly engaged in distributing goods and newspapers, with very few opportunities to preach, but he did take the time to visit neighboring communities.

mssHM 83835

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Moses Parsons diaries : Byfield (Mass.)

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Daily records document personal and family matters; affairs of the local clergymen, including an account of a contested ordination in Amesbury parish in 1754 that involved a candidate who "went to hear Mr. Whitefield" and a short obituary of Aaron Burr; social and political life in Newburyport and Boston, including records of public fasts and thanksgivings, general elections, and schools; war news, including the closing of the King George's War, the events of the French and Indian War, and the siege of Havana in Aug. 1762. The diaries also contain extensive meteorological records that are arranged to match the respective entries in the Ames' Almanack, natural disasters that took place in Newbury and Boston areas -- fires, earthquakes, lightning strikes, storms, droughts, and epidemics

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The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan medal for Francis Hopkinson

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In 1790, Francis Hopkinson received The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan medal from the American Philosophical Association, for his invention of a spring block to assist sailboats. It reads: "Awarded by the American Philosophical Assocation to Francis Hopkinson for his invention of a spring-block to assist a vessel in sailing 1790."

mssHM 84359

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J. I. Stickney letter to his family

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In this letter addressed to his wife and daughters, J.I. Stickney gives his observations of the business and customs of the people of California, as well as personal details of individuals he has met or heard of, and a description of San Francisco and its inhabitants. Incomplete; first four pages of letter only.

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