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Journal, commissions and orders concerning His Majesty's ships the Dorsetshire, Rochester and Royal Oak
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These two volumes record orders and naval operation while patrolling British waters in the Mediterranean during the war with Spain from 1717-1720. The first volume is a journal of H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Rochester and Royal Oak, and the second journal contains commissions and orders concerning the same ships
mssHM 57347 (vols 1&2)
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American Stocks: a memorandum by the London brokerage firm of Thomas Mullett & Co
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A detailed financial memorandum on the purchase and sale, terms of interest, and exchange rate mechanisms for investment in United States government bonds and in shares of the Bank of the United States at Philadelphia.
mssHM 73700
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James St. Aubyn journal
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The journal is bound in leather covers which have become damaged and fragile; it is marked 'Vol. 1' on the title page. The journal is a record of St. Aubyn's life of attending the theater, hunting and horse racing, attending balls, conducting love affairs and travelling throughout England in pursuit of these activities.
mssHM 80304
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D.J. Barber journal
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The journal titled "Notes on Travel" covers the period from Sept. 19 to the end of December of 1859. It begins with a detailed description of the trip to New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Virginia, and North Carolina; the latter portion includes discussion of the state's economy and social customs. The largest portion of the journal describes Augusta, Union Point, and Queensborough, Ga. The journal richly details the conditions of Negro slaves and their customs, including long descriptions of a prayer meeting, a wedding, and "corn shucking;" political life, (including an account of a Democratic meeting in Augusta, the state elections and discussion of the role of the Know-Nothing party in local politics); his debates with local planters about slavery; the mores, local customs, social life, economics, education, and religious practices (Barber was a Methodist.) Also included is a short glossary of Southern terms (ff. 78-78v).
mssHM 68483
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Muster or "Compleat" Books for the HMS Norge
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Muster or "Compleat" books for the Norge, consisting of printed pages, filled in, recordfing the names of each member of the crew (including marines), the day he was mustered in, his place of birth, age, time of discharge and why, articles of clothing and tobacco supplied and - less regularly - details of pay. A very few loose pages laid into vol. 4 give details of supplies issued to individual sailors.
mssHM 70983 (vols. 1-4)
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[Small red rose]
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A botanical album created by Lady Elizabeth Parker Fane; she started painting the illustrations in this album in 1765 which means she was just 14 years old when she began. Flower painting had become a fashionable occupation for the wives and daughters of the great houses of England and Elizabeth Parker Fane achieved exceptional ability under the tutelage of Georg Ehret. The album contains 25 watercolor and gouache paintings on parchment; depicted are both sides of the plant's leaves and also shown are more than one reproductive stage for each specimen: with the early formation of the blossom, the growing petals, and the full expression of the flower. The images in the album depict numerous plant specimens, sometimes with butterflies and other insects, most likely local to the Macclesfield estate, Shirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire. Only a small number of the paintings contain titles, though a few are dated by the artist. The 25 paintings are laid into the volume and the remaining pages are blank. The album is bound in a contemporary, richly gilt morocco wallet binding, with a green silk chemise to wrap top and lower edges; the binding was done by an unidentified binder. The album has a lock and key fastening, though the lock has been deactivated, the key is kept with the companion volume mssHM 84100.
mssHM 84101