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22.
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c83
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Contain more than 1100 numbered extracts from works by various authors; a number of the poems are signed or initialed by William Warren Porter (1776-1804) or his sister, so possibly the books were compiled by a member of the Porter family.
- Alternative Title:
- Pompey's Ghost
- Description:
- Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: vellum, without titles.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [late 18th century].
23.
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c53
- Image Count:
- 94
- Abstract:
- Collection of English verse, epitaphs, copies of letters, and descriptions of voyages to Germany; contents include: "A Journey to Duderstadt, with a description of the Ceremony of The Nuns taking The Veil, as performed there, ... Sunday 13th June: 1751".
- Description:
- Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: contemporary vellum, without title.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [late 18th century].
24.
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c83
- Image Count:
- 18
- Abstract:
- Contain more than 1100 numbered extracts from works by various authors; a number of the poems are signed or initialed by William Warren Porter (1776-1804) or his sister, so possibly the books were compiled by a member of the Porter family.
- Description:
- Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: vellum, without titles.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [late 18th century].
25.
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [September 1759]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585c no. 1
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A design proposed for the monument to Roger Townshend in Westminster Abbey; sent in Horace Walpole's letter to the deceased's mother Lady Townshend, Friday 21 September 1759. In his letter he attributes the design to Richard Bentley and acknowledges authorship of the epitaph: "To the memory of Roger Townshend her youngest son slain in the service of his country at ... 1759, Ethelreda Viscountess Townshend dedicates this marble. Lov'd Son, adieu! Tho' from a Mother's eyes fond tears you call, She thanks you, that without a blush they fall. Lady Townshend did not use this design but instead a design by Robert Adam
- Alternative Title:
- To the memory of Roger Townshend
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Watermark in center of sheet: GR., and For transcription of the letter along with a reproduction of the image, see: Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 40, p. 166-67.
- Subject (Name):
- Townshend, Roger, Sir, -1493., Townshend, Ethelreda Harrison, viscountess, 1708?-1788., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monuments & memorials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for Roger Townshend's monument] [art original].
26.
- Creator:
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
- Published / Created:
- 1849 August-September
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 50
- Collection Title:
- Diaries, journals, and notebooks
- Container / Volume:
- Box 4
- Image Count:
- 25
- Abstract:
- The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary of J. G. Bruff]
27.
- Creator:
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
- Published / Created:
- 1849 November-1850 March
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 50
- Collection Title:
- Diaries, journals, and notebooks
- Container / Volume:
- Box 6
- Image Count:
- 115
- Abstract:
- The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary of J. G. Bruff]
28.
- Creator:
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
- Published / Created:
- 1849 December-1850 February
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 50
- Collection Title:
- Diaries, journals, and notebooks
- Container / Volume:
- Box 7
- Image Count:
- 50
- Abstract:
- The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
- Description:
- In two sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger. and Volume contains text written in both directions.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary of J. G. Bruff]
29.
- Creator:
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
- Published / Created:
- 1850 April-June
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 50
- Collection Title:
- Diaries, journals, and notebooks
- Container / Volume:
- Box 8
- Image Count:
- 28
- Abstract:
- The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary of J. G. Bruff]
