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James P. Hammet accounts

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Description: Misc. records and accounts that Dr. Hammet entered in in January - May 1861 (ff. 1-21 v., 61-62); October 1862 - August 1863 (42-46, 49, 59, 66 v.) and July - November 1865 (ff. 22- 31 v, 40, 42, 46 v., 57-58) The entries list his patients' names, medicines and treatments administered, and fees received. Dr. Hammet's clientelle consisted mainly of local families and their slaves and employees of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. The patients include John Wyn Davidson, Gabriel C. Wharton, "Capt. Ward No. 1 Hospital Camp case," "William, slave of Miss Virinia Allen," "Wyatt slave of Miss Lettinch hire to Bob Buchner," "Dick, slave of Col. Garnett," and others. At the end of the book (ff. 70 v. - 71), there is a summary of the accounts of "D. Barnett" from July 1853 to Apr. 1859 and the 1860 accounts with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company (f. 73 v.).
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Production date: 1861-1865.
Call number: mssHM 71550

Account book of the estate of Peter Jefferson, (bulk 1743-1758)

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The accounts of Peter Jefferson's estate compiled ca. 1759 by an executor of Peter Jefferson's estate, probably John Harvie (1706-1767). The book covers the period from 1743 to 1758 and consists of the accounts with the estates of Col. William Randolph, Peter Jefferson's father, Thomas Jefferson (1679-1731), (these accounts cover the period from 1728 to 1732 and include a record of the sale of a "Negro woman Call'd Phillis & 2 children Call'd Dinah & Goliath, purchased of Capt. Henry Wood at Publick sale"), and Joshua Fry. Also included are accounts with "Messrs. Thomas Chamberlayne & Co," John Bisnell, College of William and Mary, Albemarle County, Doctor Thomas Walker, and others. More detailed accounts of Col. William Randolph's estate include lists of vouchers of payments made by Peter Jefferson, "An Account of Tobacco made at Col. Randolph's Quarters," "Overseers Accounts," and "Sundry payments made to the Sheriffs of Goochland & Cumberland on Account of Col. Randolph's Estate" (ff. 28v -- 32 v.). Also included are records of Peter Jefferson's surveyor's fees (ff. 34 v. - 38), and alphabetical index (ff. 45 v. - 46 v.)

mssHM 911

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Moses Parsons diaries : Byfield, Mass

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Moses Parsons's diaries for the years 1774-1783. The volume also contains two diaries of Gorham Parsons for the years 1773 (ff.1-10) and 1777 (ff. 42-47 v.)

mssHM 59827

Gradual : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-58v: [Gradual]: ff. 1-10: feasts of the Virgin, beginning defectively; ff. 10v-17: Secundus, including a prose; ff. 17-22: Holy Spirit; ff. 22-25: Sebastian; ff. 25v-28v: Raphael; ff. 29-32v: Kyrie, Agnus dei, Gloria in excelsis deo; ff. 33-42: Mass for the Dead; f. 42r-v [added in 17th cent.]: Stella celi extirpavit; ff. 43-58v: sung portions of the Office of the Dead.

mssHM 31543

Portiforium, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

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Part 1. ff. 1-45v. [Portiforium, Sarum use]. Latin. ff. 1-7v: Day offices and mass of Thomas of Canterbury; ff. 8-19: Day offices and mass of All Saints; f. 19: Variant blessings for the seventh lesson at matins, depending upon the gospels; ff. 19v-20v: Memoriae of the Cross, the Virgin Mary, and All Saints.; ff. 21-45v: Variants for the office of the Virgin Mary on different days and during different liturgical seasons. Part 2. ff. 46-62v, f. iv verso. [Prayers]. Latin. ff. 46-52v: The Fifteen Oes of St Bridget; ff. 52v-53: Prayer, written for a female supplicant: "Deus qui Susannam a falso crimine liberasti. . ."; ff. 53-54v: Prayer to the Name of Jesus; ff. . 54v-55v: Prayers to be said at mass beginning: "Ave verum corpus natum. . . "; ff. 55v-56v: Four prayers to the Trinity; ff. 56v-58v: Three prayers to the Virgin Mary, the first written for a male supplicant; ff. 58v, 60r-v: Prayer to Christ; f. 60v: The opening words of a prayer "Te deprecor sancta maria mater; f. 59r-v: The prayer Obsecro te, to be said by a supplicant named William, beginning imperfectly; f. 59v, A prayer to the Virgin; f. 61: A version of the Arma Christi; ff. 61-62: The Verses of St. Bernard; f. 62: A suffrage of the Archangel Gabriel; f. 62r-v: A prayer for strength against the devil; f. iv verso: An excerpt from a Passio of Thomas of Canterbury.

mssHM 55665

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Prose and poetry

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Prose and poetry: memoirs of Wheeler's parents and account of family history entitled "The Miniatures," (ff. 1-36); birthday reflections 1851-1867 (ff. 37-61 v.; ff. 86 V. - 91 V.); poems, 1838-1874 (ff. 62-86; 92-194), including newspaper clippings of published pieces; Hebrew texts (ff. 194 V.-197)

mssHM 60323

Ptolemy, Geographia : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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ff. 1v-2. [World map from Francesco Berlinghieri's Geographia]. One engraved world map extracted from the incunable Francesco Berlinghieri's Geographia; hand colored with gold leaf border, nomenclature overtraced in color or gold; some water damage. ff. 3v-54. [Portolan atlas]: ff. 3v-4, British Isles (with part of Thule at top right); ff. 5v-6, Spain and Portugal; ff. 7v-8, France; ff. 9v-10, Germany; ff. 11v-12, Northern Adriatic region, Italy and Yugoslavia; ff. 13v-14, Italy, Corsica; ff. 15v-16, Sardinia, Sicily; ff. 17v-18, Baltic Sea to Black Sea; ff. 19v-20, Adriatic Sea to Black Sea; ff. 21v-22, Greece; ff. 23v-24, Northwest Africa; ff. 25v-26, North central Africa; ff. 27v-28, Northeast Africa; ff. 29v-30, Northern half of Africa; ff. 31v-32, Turkey; ff. 33v-34, Russia (Sarmatia); ff. 35v-36, Black Sea to Caspian Sea; ff. 37v-38, Mediterranean Sea to Persian Gulf; ff. 39v-40, Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf; ff. 41v-42, Red Sea to Persian Gulf; ff. 43v-44, Central Asia, east of Caspian Sea; ff. 45v-46, Parts of Russia and Iran (Scythia, etc.); ff. 47v-48, Indus River; ff. 49v-50, India; ff. 51v-52, Ganges River and Burma; ff. 53v-54, Ceylon (i.e., Taprobana, spelled "Tarrogane " on map and "Trapobanem " on accompanying table). ff. 3-53. [Europe Tabula Prima. Tables pertaining to maps ] Incipit: Prima europe tabula insulas brittanicas ... Explicit: finis Asiae tabularum duodecim. [f. 54v, 2 lines of text:] tunc velut natum permistica santificatum fulgura de sursum depellit omni malignum.

mssHM 1092

James P. Hammet accounts

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