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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Final concord between John Rabie, John Penticost and Judith, his wife: manuscript
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This manuscript is a treatise on Aristotle's book De generatione et corruptione (On generation and corruption). It includes several hand-drawn illustrations. It is in Latin and undated. Nothing is known about the author and it could be a copy of another authors' text.
mssHM 75695
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This manuscript is about Stow Park in Lincolnshire, England. It gives a descriptive and historical account of Stow and the nearby town Gainsborough. The manuscript appears to be part of a larger manuscript; it contains "Part VIII" and "Part IX," and the pages are p. 98-118. It is incomplete and it ends mid-sentence.
mssHM 80991
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This is an incomplete transcript of portions from Stow's manuscript Survey of London. It is probably copied from the 1633 edition. The manuscript has some additional original pieces.
mssHM 727
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Text is in Latin; manuscript notes regarding a law text. Formerly laid into Noua Statuta (RB 59497).
mssHM 82941
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Manuscripts
Book of Hours of the Jernegan family, England; text is in Latin, with decorated initials, no miniatures.
mssHM 56796
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Draft of John Adams's speech on the occasion of presenting of his letter of credence to George III on June 1, 1785. With a note by James G. Palfrey dated January 7, 1854, attesting that the manuscript "was given to me on this day by his grandson, Charles Francis Adams." Includes engraved portrait of John Adams, approximately 1830-1833; "drawn & printed by Childs & Inman, Philadelphia" and "Pub'd by Peabody & Co., New York." Speech is hinged to mounting paper; bound in full green Morocco; gilt stamped cover and spine. Cover title: "John Adams. Holograph Manuscript of his Speech on Being Presented to the King of England as American Ambassador. 1785." Spine title: "John Adams. Original Manuscript."
mssHM 783