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A manuscript volume containing 151 poems, songs, and essays; the volume consists of John Playle's own writings which he compiled for his son John who had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts. The volume was completed in 1868 and includes pieces that were written from 1809 to 1868; the volume also includes an introduction, with brief notes on many of the pieces. The writings cover many subjects, including family celebrations, special occasions, London, and historical events such as the Chartist Riots, the Crimean War, and the introduction of the electric telegraph. The volume is bound in brown leather with a damaged spine and loose pages. In addition to the volume is one loose song with the first line of: "Every bud, as it opes its eye..." (January 31, 1873); also enclosed is an offprint from the "Proceedings of the Huguenot Society" (Vol. XXVI No 5), entitled "Victorian Songs of a Friend of La Providence: John Playle's 'Miscellaneous Pieces'" (1997), written by David Stopford Brooke. The two additional items are housed in separate folders in the box with the volume.
mssHM 83786
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Land grant of John Stephens from George IV for 100 acres of land in the County of Oxford, London District, Ontario, Canada. Document witnessed by Sir Peregrine Maitland, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada.
mssHM 74099
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No old shelf mark. "This map was Undertaken with the Approbation and at the Request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, and is chiefly composed from Draughts, Charts and Actual Surveys of different parts of His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America; Great Part of which have been lately taken by their Lordship's Orders and transmitted to this Office by the Governors of the said Colonies and others. John Pownall, Secretary." A very small "Province of Main" with other imagined borders across the area. For a similar map with slight variations, see RB ephMPME0004. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
ephMPME0002
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No old shelf mark. "This map was Undertaken with the Approbation and at the Request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, and is chiefly composed from Draughts, Charts and Actual Surveys of different parts of His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America; Great Part of which have been lately taken by their Lordship's Orders and transmitted to this Office by the Governors of the said Colonies and others. John Pownall, Secretary." This is a copy of a portion of Pownall's map drawn later by Stone. For a similar map with slight variations, see RB ephMPME0002. Prime meridian: GM or London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
ephMPME0004
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Volume contains a table of contents and transcriptions of orders of decrees by the Commissioners of Sewers pertaining to state projects for the management of fens, marshes, and waterways in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. These decrees were compiled and are copies. They range in date from approximately 1601 to approximately 1638. In the inside cover is a dead ladybug that was found in the manuscript; it is now encapsulated in mylar.
mssHM 84000
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Kashnor notes, "A very important map in connection with the history of Canada, giving the names of the grantees of land, and indicating the principal roads, with the dates at which they were made." Note near center of map explains the boundary agreement. The River St. Croix is formalized and agreed on October 25th 1798, signed by three commissioners and the Secretary to the Commission. "Compiled from Plans deposited in the Patent Office Quebec; by Samuel Holland, Esqr. Surveyor General. To which is added A Plan of the Rivers, Scoudiac and Magaguadavic, Surveyed in 1796,97,and 98, by Order of the Commissioners, appointed to ascertain the True River St. Croix intended by the Treaty of Peace in 1783 between His Britannic Majesty, and the United States of America." See 105:764M for another copy. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 762 S49.
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