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Noua terrae - Mariae tabula
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No old shelf mark. A later reproduction of this 1635 map bearing coats of arms of Great Britain and Maryland. "This northerne part of Virginia (the limitts wherof extend many degrees farther southwards) is heere inserted for the better description of the entrance into the Bay of Chesapeack." This map was originially published in A relation of Maryland; together, vvith a map of the countrey..., 1635 (see RB 18730). The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Attached notes: Original 1635, Phillips 390. Marulans 1635: repr. 1872? Prime meridian: Ferro? Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
ephMPMD0001
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Manuscript newsletters from London
Manuscripts
A series of 126 manuscript newsletters from London, January 23, 1689/90 to June 22, 1710 (with gaps), written by a number of professional scribes, mostly with the name of the addressee on the last page and many with franks and postmarks. Unbound and unnumbered.
mssHM 30659
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John Pattison legal notebooks
Manuscripts
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.).
mssHM 52689 (Volumes 1-2)
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Dame family correspondence
Manuscripts
This small group consists of eight letters from members of the Dame family, including Jeremiah Dame and William Horne Dame (1819-1884). Some of the subjects covered are William's missionary trip to England and his father's concern for him and his wife as they travel to Salt Lake City, Utah. The remaining ten pieces are legal documents and a patriarchal blessing of William Horne Dame (1819-1884) from William Smith. Also included are copies of the letters and the patriarchal blessing.
mssHM 65613-65630
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Alexander Spotswood letter to the Council of Trade
Manuscripts
Report to the Council of Trade contains accounts of a massacre committed by a troup of Tuscarora Indians upon Enlgish, Swiss, and Palatine settlers of North Carolina and complaints about pacifist Quakers refusing to work on fortifications.
mssHM 59962
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William Freeman letter book
Manuscripts
A Leeward Islands letter book containing 87 letters relating to the management of the estates, financial, and legal affairs of William Freeman. The majority of the letters concern the management of his estates in St. Kitts, Nevis, and Montserrat, the transatlantic sugar and indigo trades, the movement of enslaved persons, and other political, legal, and financial matters; letters include mention of the death of Charles II, the Monmouth Rebellion, and the invasion of William of Orange. The main correspondents are Henry Freeman (William's younger brother), and Robert Helme; there are also letters to William's sister-in-law Sarah Helme, other local merchants, and Sir Nathaniel Johnson, Governor of the Leewards from 1686 to1689. In early 1685, Henry Freeman had travelled to the Leewards to act on his older brother's behalf, with very mixed results, until Henry's early death in 1690. The volume is written in a variety of italic and secretary hands, by clerks and presumably William Freeman; it is in four gatherings, evidently once bound but now loose and secured at the inner margin with old tape. The volume also contains a duplicate copy of one letter laid in.
mssHM 84411