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2.
- Creator:
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622
- Published / Created:
- 1576-1579/80.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 195
- Image Count:
- 87
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper tablet of Account book, being a record of Stiffkey mill belonging to Nathaniel Bacon (1546?-1622) for the time period 8 December 1576-1579/80. Contains weekly statements of George Brigges, John Wilson, Thomas Shorten, William Fethe...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account book
3.
- Creator:
- Smith, William, 1762-1840
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3197 Sm684
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript contract, signed, in the hand of William Smith, between Smith and Andrew C. Barnett, for relocation of one hundred sixty enslaved African American plantation workers and farming property owned by Smith from his plantations in Alabama to his...
- Description:
- William Smith (1762-1840), plantation owner and member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1836-1840.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alabama., Louisiana., Louisiana, and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Barnett, Andrew C. and Smith, William, 1762-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- African Americans, Farmers, Slavery, History, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839
4.
- Creator:
- Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
- Published / Created:
- 1798 June 1-1803 June 27.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc215
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 995
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or contai...
- Description:
- Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., London, and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851., Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus), Treyer, Martha Evans., and Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cigar industry, Snuff, Tobacco industry, Tobacco use, Tobacco workers, Upper class, Social life and customs, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fribourg & Treyer daybook : manuscript
5.
- Creator:
- Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
- Published / Created:
- 1393 February 27.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 10
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing letters patent granting Thomas de Greystoke the right to hold a market every Monday and an annual three-day fair on the manor of Greystoke in Cumberland
- Description:
- In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters patent for Thomas de Greystoke
6.
- Creator:
- Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.00.00.34+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- British merchants and farmers congrete in two groups weeping and sad-faced, bemoan the loss of the high profits that they enjoyed for their domestic produce during the Revolutionary Wars
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Economic conditions, Prices, Farmers, and Merchants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Long faces at Smithfield. Peace, long faces at the Corn-Exchange [graphic]
7.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 327
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Merchant's commonplace book
8.
- Creator:
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
- Published / Created:
- 1622 October 26-1623 November 9.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS FILE 1131
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Printed bond, completed in manuscript in an unidentified hand, issued by the Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie. The bond is signed by Dominicus Van Heemskerk on verso
- Description:
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, known as the Dutch East India Company, specialized in trade in Asia and was the first joint-stock company in the world.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Netherlands., Netherlands, and Middelburg (Netherlands)
- Subject (Name):
- Van Heemskerk, Dominicus, active 1622-1623. and Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bonds, Finance, Stock companies, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie bond : printed text and manuscript
9.
- Published / Created:
- 1814.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 275
- Image Count:
- 13
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A manuscript in a single hand, signed by the clerks and witnesses, providing a record of the answers to fifteen questions, prompted by an 1814 parliamentary investigation into the living conditions of ‘Lascars and Chinese’ which ended with the publica...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- China., India., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- East India Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Employees, Merchant mariners, Economic conditions, and Social conditions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Queries, Lascars and Chinese : manuscript
10.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 685
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 72
- Abstract:
- Collection of 65 legal documents, on parchment, from the region around Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine. Dating from between 1254 and 1469, most of the items are in Old Provençal (Occitan) and document various land transactions, including sales, le...
- Description:
- Digital version available;
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., France, Aquitaine., and Aquitaine (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Administration of estates, Church lands, Land tenure, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469