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3.
Account book

Creator:
Chitty, Abraham, 1683-1759
Published / Created:
1735-1754
Call Number:
Osborn fc154
Image Count:
133
Abstract:
Highly detailed accounts of both receipts and expenses (written from opposite ends of the volume) kept by the London merchant Abraham Chitty, brother of Alderman Thomas Chitty. Receipts include records for rents on his properties in London, Westminster and Surrey, as well as income from an interest in a brewhouse and insurance records for warehoused goods such as wine. The record of Chitty’s personal expenses is particularly complete and includes 6s. "for Pamila. 2 Vollums;" "about L1.4s.6d to see The Conscious Lovers" at Covent Garden Playhouse in 1739; and 14s. for "Chockolate, Mackoroons, carraways and oysters." Also included are regular payments for housekeeping expenses "For Mrs. Chitty;" purchases at auctions and sales, such as "a barometer;" and frequent carriage repairs.
Description:
Both pastedowns contain notes on birth and death dates for family members., Related material: Abraham Chitty, Letters (Osborn c608)., and Volume contains unnumbered pages, blank pages (not digitized), and text written in both directions; both sections of text paginated separately.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Economic conditions --18th century and Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
Subject (Name):
Chitty, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
Amusements --England, Chitty family, Cost and standard of living --England --18th century, Family --England --Domestic relations, Home economics --Accounting, Luxury, and Middle class --England --London --18th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account book

5.
Bill of sale from Sir Francis Blake Delaval to Sir John Hussey Delaval of the household goods &c

Creator:
Delaval, Francis Blake, Sir, 1727-1771
Published / Created:
1761 Sep 11
Call Number:
Osborn c604
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Manuscript retained copy of a bill of sale containing a household inventory of the contents of Seaton Delaval Hall, sold by Sir Francis Blake Delaval to his younger brother in return for an annuity. The household inventory is particularly complete and includes listings of furniture, decorative items, household equipment, and plate for approximately forty rooms of the hall. "Pictures" are counted but not described.
Description:
Accompanied by: "Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland," magazine clipping from Country Life, November 6, 2003., Binding: modern case., and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Northumberland (England)--Historic buildings and Seaton Delaval (England)
Subject (Name):
Delaval, John,--Sir
Subject (Topic):
Material culture--England
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bill of sale from Sir Francis Blake Delaval to Sir John Hussey Delaval of the household goods &c, at Seaton Delaval and Dissington, 1761 Sep 11.

7.
Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript

Published / Created:
1722 October 25.
Call Number:
LWL Mss File 153
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Dividend receipt addressed "To Mr. Lockyer accomptant at the South Sea house" and annotated in the lower right by "Rich. Sarum". The body of the document reads: "Pray pay to the bearer Mr. Daniel Gell my share of the midsumer [sic] dividend due on two thousand four hundred forty four pounds eight shillings 10d.1/2 capital stock in the South Sea Company, and this shall be a sufficient warrant. Westmr. Octr. 25 1722".
Description:
The South Sea Company was granted a monopoly to supply African slaves to the islands in the South Seas and South America. The stock rose quickly until around 1720 when it collapsed (known as the South Sea Bubble)., In English., Title from auction description., In brown ink, tipped along upper margin into a folder., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript

8.
Financial papers

Creator:
Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1314
Collection Title:
Charles F. Bates papers
Container / Volume:
Box 14 | Folder 195
Image Count:
23
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Financial papers

9.
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

Creator:
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company
Published / Created:
1806 July 16
Call Number:
GEN MSS 841
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Connecticut. and The records contain approximately 300 manuscript papers including, in Box 1, correspondence, contracts and agreements, financial statements, toll both records, lists of stockholders, records for 12 scheduled dividends paid out between 1805 and 1826, dividend orders and receipts, and in Box 2, vouchers (invoices and receipts) for building, maintaining, and repairing the road. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Simeon Baldwin, but letters were also sent to James Hillhouse and Jeremiah Wadsworth.
Alternative Title:
[Dividend order and receipt for Dwight Foster]
Description:
Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934. and The Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company was formed in 1798 with the purpose of surveying and laying out "a direct road from New Haven to Hartford through the town of Berlin and through such towns and in such places as will best promote the public travel." The treasurer of the company was New Haven lawyer Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851).
Subject (Geographic):
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
Subject (Topic):
Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

10.
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

Creator:
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company
Published / Created:
1802 April 12, undated
Call Number:
GEN MSS 841
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 12
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Connecticut. and The records contain approximately 300 manuscript papers including, in Box 1, correspondence, contracts and agreements, financial statements, toll both records, lists of stockholders, records for 12 scheduled dividends paid out between 1805 and 1826, dividend orders and receipts, and in Box 2, vouchers (invoices and receipts) for building, maintaining, and repairing the road. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Simeon Baldwin, but letters were also sent to James Hillhouse and Jeremiah Wadsworth.
Alternative Title:
[Receipt for Henry Hartley's work on Sugarloaf Hill &c.] and James Hillhouse pd to Joel Cole for work at the well
Description:
Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934. and The Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company was formed in 1798 with the purpose of surveying and laying out "a direct road from New Haven to Hartford through the town of Berlin and through such towns and in such places as will best promote the public travel." The treasurer of the company was New Haven lawyer Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851).
Subject (Geographic):
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
Subject (Topic):
Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

11.
In congress

Creator:
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Published / Created:
1776 Jan 1
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1146
Collection Title:
Autograph letter and original commission of Nathan Hale
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Document commissioning Nathan Hale a captain in the nineteenth regiment of foot command by Colonel Charles Webb. Signed by John Hancock.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > In congress

12.
Inventory of books purchased by David Garrick from William Griffin

Published / Created:
1768 December 3
Call Number:
OSB MSS 125
Collection Title:
David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection, 1741-1776.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 41
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Letters, manuscript poems, financial papers, and other documents relating to David Garrick and his tenure as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Letters include a lengthy 1751 letter from Richard Berenger describing theaters and operas in Paris; transcripts of two letters from Garrick to Francis Hayman about plans for a series of prints from Shakespeare; and a 1767 letter from the actor Patrick O'Brien discussing his "exiled" life in New York. Manuscript verse consists of drafts of several prologues and epilogues, and copies of comic epigrams and songs. Other papers include a record of receipts for the first season of Drury Lane; "A Scheme for a Theatrical Society;" a list of characters performed by Garrick in 1741-42; and a copy of "Mr. Taylor's address to young students and lovers of landscape painting."
Alternative Title:
Other papers
Description:
David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated Shakespearean actor of his time and the successful manager of the Drury Lane Theatre for almost three decades. and Thomas Rackett (1755-1840) received his MA from University College, Oxford in 1780 and named rector of Spetisbury in Dorset shortly after; he held the living until his death in 1840. Rackett devoted much time to his antiquarian interests; he was a member of the Linnean Society, the Royal Society, and the Society of Antiquaries, and contributed several drawings to John Hutchins's History of Dorset. He died at Spetisbury in November of 1840.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David,--1717-1779, Griffin, William, fl. 1758-1776, and Rackett, Thomas,--1757-1841--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Actors--England, Theater--England--18th century, and Theater--Great Britain--18th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Inventory of books purchased by David Garrick from William Griffin

14.
Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex : manuscript

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Published / Created:
1757-1789.
Call Number:
49 2506A
Image Count:
45
Abstract:
A journal kept by Horace Walpole that documents the business of running Strawberry Hill Press, his private printing press at his home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, England. Starting on 25 June 1757 with the erection of the press by William Robinson, the first of several printers hired by Horace Walpole to operate his press, the journal contains a list of the titles published, receipts for payment to the printers and their assistants, the indenture of Joseph Forrester, correspondence between Walpole and his printers about operations and the choice of engravers, receipts for supplies, newspaper clippings announcing the publications from the press, and two vignettes used in the Press's publications. With a medley print by Jacobus Houbraken on front paste-down with portraits of early printers: Joannes Gutenburg, Joannes Faustus, Laurentius Costerus, Aldus Manucius, and Joannes Frobenius which was also the frontispiece to volume 1 of Michael Maittaire's work Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad annum MD (Hagae-Comitum: Apud Idssvu, Valillant, MDCCXIX. Also with two prints by Edward Edwards: tFarm yard and printing house at Strawberry Hill; and, a portrait of Thomas Kirgate
Description:
Title from text at head of page 1, in Walpole's hand. and In English with some French.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810., Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,, and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Private presses and Printers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex : manuscript

15.
Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 1 of 3]

Creator:
Vincent, George
Published / Created:
1822, n.d.
Call Number:
Osborn d398
Collection Title:
Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
11
Abstract:
Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
Description:
Blanks not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Some items numbered in pencil. Folders contain items in irregular order.
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Description and travel, Alps--Description and travel, Belgium--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, St. Bernard, Great, Alps, Switzerland--description and travel, and Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 1 of 3]

16.
Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 2 of 3]

Creator:
Vincent, George
Published / Created:
1822, n.d.
Call Number:
Osborn d398
Collection Title:
Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
10
Abstract:
Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
Description:
Blanks not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Some items numbered in pencil. Folders contain items in irregular order.
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Description and travel, Alps--Description and travel, Belgium--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, St. Bernard, Great, Alps, Switzerland--description and travel, and Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 2 of 3]

17.
Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 3 of 3]

Creator:
Vincent, George
Published / Created:
1822, n.d.
Call Number:
Osborn d398
Collection Title:
Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
7
Abstract:
Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
Description:
Blanks not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Some items numbered in pencil. Folders contain items in irregular order.
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Description and travel, Alps--Description and travel, Belgium--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, St. Bernard, Great, Alps, Switzerland--description and travel, and Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 3 of 3]

18.
Pay Roll, 1779 : MS.

Creator:
South Carolina Infantry. 3rd Regiment of Rangers
Published / Created:
1779 August-October
Call Number:
Z40 011
Image Count:
42
Description:
Multiple pages removed from end of volume.
Subject (Name):
South Carolina Infantry, United States. Continental Army. Southern Department, United States. Continental Army--Finance, United States. Continental Army--History--Sources, and United States. Continental Army--Pay, allowances, etc
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pay Roll, 1779 : MS.

19.
Receipt for compensation of members of the Expedition

Creator:
Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
WA MSS 304
Collection Title:
Lewis and Clark Expedition maps and receipt, ca. 1803-1810
Container / Volume:
Folder 66
Image Count:
2
Subject (Name):
Clark, William, 1770-1838 and Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Subject (Topic):
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Receipt for compensation of members of the Expedition

23.
Secretaries' records, 1883-1908

Creator:
Brasel, Jennie
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Muskogee, Indian Territory)
Published / Created:
1883-1898
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1904
Container / Volume:
Folder 4
Image Count:
16
Abstract:
Two volumes containing holograph manuscript minutes and lists of members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Muskogee, Indian Territory, 1889-1903; and one volume containing holograph manuscript minutes of the second through sixth annual conventions of the Second District, Indian Territory, 1904-1908. Minutes were written and signed by recording secretaries; most minutes recorded in Muskogee were written by Jennie Brasel. Laid in the first volume are reports, clippings, receipts, and notes pertaining to the Muskogee auxiliary, dated 1883, 1892, 1898, and undated. Convention minutes are preceded by a page inscribed, "1903 Record of 2nd District Convention." Laid in this volume are notes and correspondence of officers of the Second District pertaining to conventions, 1906-1908 and undated.
Alternative Title:
Items removed from front of volume of minutes, 1889-1898 / 1883, 1892, 1898, n.d.
Description:
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Muskogee, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was organized in 1883. This auxiliary was part of the Second District of Indian Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Indian Territory, Muskogee (Okla.), and Oklahoma
Subject (Name):
Brasel, Jennie, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Muskogee, Indian Territory), and Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Second District of Indian Territory
Subject (Topic):
Temperance --Indian Territory and Women --Oklahoma --Muskogee --Societies and clubs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Secretaries' records, 1883-1908

24.
Secretaries' records, 1883-1908

Creator:
Brasel, Jennie
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Muskogee, Indian Territory)
Published / Created:
1906-1908
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1904
Container / Volume:
Folder 5
Image Count:
11
Abstract:
Two volumes containing holograph manuscript minutes and lists of members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Muskogee, Indian Territory, 1889-1903; and one volume containing holograph manuscript minutes of the second through sixth annual conventions of the Second District, Indian Territory, 1904-1908. Minutes were written and signed by recording secretaries; most minutes recorded in Muskogee were written by Jennie Brasel. Laid in the first volume are reports, clippings, receipts, and notes pertaining to the Muskogee auxiliary, dated 1883, 1892, 1898, and undated. Convention minutes are preceded by a page inscribed, "1903 Record of 2nd District Convention." Laid in this volume are notes and correspondence of officers of the Second District pertaining to conventions, 1906-1908 and undated.
Alternative Title:
Items removed from front of volume of Convention minutes / 1906, 1908, n.d.
Description:
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Muskogee, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was organized in 1883. This auxiliary was part of the Second District of Indian Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Indian Territory, Muskogee (Okla.), and Oklahoma
Subject (Name):
Brasel, Jennie, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Muskogee, Indian Territory), and Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Second District of Indian Territory
Subject (Topic):
Temperance --Indian Territory and Women --Oklahoma --Muskogee --Societies and clubs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Secretaries' records, 1883-1908

25.
Statements of account and receipts

Creator:
Jones, John P. (John Percival), 1829-1912
Published / Created:
1892-93, 1897
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2462
Collection Title:
John P. Jones papers, 1884-1897.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
23
Abstract:
Business records of John P. Jones, eleven Nevada mill and mining companies, as well as the Pacific Reclamation Company, including statements of account, receipts, Nevada tax assessment documents, payrolls, and insurance policies. Records provide detailed descriptions of insured properties, day to day operational costs including the cost of equipment and supplies, and the names, wages, and duties of mine workers. Includes receipts for equipment and materials bought by W. B. Pless from Sonoma and San Francisco supply companies.
Description:
John P. Jones, mining investor and land speculator, earned his fortune in the silver mines of western Nevada after an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor of California. In 1873 Jones became a U. S. Senator for Nevada, a seat he held for thirty years. During his political career, Jones retained financial interest in several California and Nevada companies.
Subject (Geographic):
Comstock Lode (Nev.) and Virginia City (Nev.)
Subject (Name):
Atlas Mill (Nev.), Comstock Mill and Mining Company, Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, Devil's Gate Mill (Nev.), Jones, John P.--(John Percival),--1829-1912, Mexican Mill (Nev.), Nevada and Winfield Mill Company, Pacific Mill Company (Nev), Pacific Reclamation Company (Calif.), Petaluma Mill (Nev.), Pioneer Mill Company (Nev.), Pless, W. B, Sapphire Mill (Nev.), and Washoe Mill and Mining Company
Subject (Topic):
Insurance policies--Nevada, Mills and mill-work--Nevada, Mines and mineral resources--Nevada, Reclamation of land--California, and Silver mines and mining--Nevada
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statements of account and receipts

26.
Tax receipts

Published / Created:
1861-76
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1914
Collection Title:
Bement family papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 27
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Also present is a deed, dated 1845, autograph manuscript, signed by John S. Twiss, conveying land in Nauvoo, Illinois, to Bingham Bement, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Additional items are visiting cards and poems, undated; an autograph manuscript invoice for livestock, 1868; printed Salt Lake County and City tax receipts, completed in autograph manuscript, 1861-1876; and a printed program for a missionary farewell, Salt Lake City, 1897., Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kanosh, Millard County, Utah Territory. A few of these letters, written from Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, 1884-1885, relate to his experiences as a missionary in those states., and Other letters, 1873-1889, include ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher from Mary and Jessie Cook, Jasper Fletcher, Ida A. and Maria J. Searle, Addie L. Fletcher, Rosa Adams, and Annie Rogers. Also included are single letters from Alice M. Bement Fletcher to Charles H. Bement, from Charles H. Bement to Arthur Bement, and from Sarah Warburton to Jasper Fletcher. These letters mostly concern family news, some also referring briefly to Mormon religious life. A letter written by Sarah J. Bement to Fred C. Pierce, and a letter from him to Bement, relate to Pierce's research in Forbes-Forbush family genealogy.
Description:
Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H. and Arthur Bement; Mary and Jessie Cook, a sister and niece; Jasper Fletcher, a brother-in-law; and Ida A. Searle, a cousin. and From the collection of Herbert S. Auerbach. Purchased from Ken Lopez on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1992.
Subject (Geographic):
Millard County (Utah) and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa, Bement family, Bement, Arthur, Bement, Bingham, Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Middle West, Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889, Cook, Mary, Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement, Fletcher, Jasper, Forbes family, Forbush family, Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie, Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., and Warburton, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Millard County, Mormons--Utah, and Ranch life--Utah--Millard County
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tax receipts

27.
The tragedy of Hamlet, prince of Denmark : as is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's

Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published / Created:
1676
Call Number:
Ig 6c 676B
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
[Hamlet]
Description:
Bound with 4 other titles. To view other titles search by call number: Ig 6c 676B. and With manuscript "property bill" inserted at front, another manuscript "property bill" inserted before Julius Caesar, and a manuscript "bill for printing" inserted at end.
Publisher:
Printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn, and H. Herringman, at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-yard, and at the Blue Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The tragedy of Hamlet, prince of Denmark : as is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre / by William Shakespeare

28.
The works of Mr. Alexander Pope

Creator:
Bowyer, William, 1663-1737, printer
Lintot, Bernard, bookseller
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver
Published / Created:
1717
Call Number:
Ik P810 +B717 1
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
Works of Mr. Pope and Works. Vol. 1. 1717
Description:
Leaf O2 is a cancel., Port. signed: Geo. Vertue sculpsit., Signatures: pi⁴ a-c⁴ B-N⁴ O⁴(±O2) P-3I⁴ 3K²(3K2 blank)., Thick paper copy. Imperfect: half-title wanting. Printed receipt for first payment on subscription for Pope's Iliad, filled in to Richard Caryll and signed by Pope, mounted on front paste-down. Bookseller's label: Brick Row Book Shop., Vol. 1 only., and With half title.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates,
Subject (Name):
Caryll, Richard--Ms. notes and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Autograph
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The works of Mr. Alexander Pope

29.
This permit entitles the bearer to one thousand pounds share in the copartnership for carrying on a

Published / Created:
1720 June 13
Call Number:
BrSides Box 2009 4
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A stock certificate issued during the period of the South Sea Bubble mania. Such certificates were often depicted in contemporary prints as being blown away from the hands of investors by the wind of changing fortune.
Description:
Blanks filled in: No. 921, June 13, 1720. Enter’d per MJ. Jno. Hayles, secretary.
Publisher:
s.n
Subject (Geographic):
Bremen (Germany : Duchy), Germany --Commerce --Great Britain, Great Britain --Commerce --Germany, Hamburg (Germany), and Hannover (Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Lumber trade --Germany, Lumber trade --Great Britain, Mercantile system --Great Britain --History --18th century, South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, and Stock certificates --Specimens
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > This permit entitles the bearer to one thousand pounds share in the copartnership for carrying on a trade in masts, deals, timber, &c. from Hanover, Bremen, Hamburgh, and other parts in Germany, according to the Act pass’d this session of Parliament, for the encouragement thereof. Enter’d per [blank]. [Blank] secretary

30.
[Autograph letter signed] 1860 June 2, Keysville, Virginia [to] Friend Fondren

Published / Created:
1859 February 2 and 1860 June 2
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 251 (folio)
Collection Title:
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Alternative Title:
[Two receipts dated] 1859 February 2
Description:
Three items on one page.
Subject (Name):
Davis, Deupree & Co., Deupree & Fondren (Firm), and J.D. Fondren & Bro. (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Slave trade --Virginia --Richmond, Slave traders --Virginia --Richmond, and Slavery --Virginia --Richmond
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter signed] 1860 June 2, Keysville, Virginia [to] Friend Fondren

31.
[Collection of promotional materials and other ephemera related to Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.].

Creator:
Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.
Published / Created:
1939-1940
Call Number:
Zc78 +939si
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Description:
[1] Receipt for 1,000 shares of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. stock, made out to Mrs. George S. Ryan, dated Nov. 30, 1939 -- [2] TLS, dated Nov. 20, 1939, to Mrs. George S. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [3] TLS, dated Nov. 9, 1940, to Mrs. Martha H. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [4] TL ([1] p.) description of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. -- [5] "A brief description of the Silver Mountain Mines, Inc." promotional leaflet -- [6] TL ([2] p.) description of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed at end "P.P. Brevik." and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Fleming, Ralph S.--Autograph, Ryan, George S., Mrs.--Ownership, Ryan, Martha H., Mrs.--Ownership, and Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)--King County
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of promotional materials and other ephemera related to Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.].

32.
[Diary of J. G. Bruff]

Creator:
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
Published / Created:
Undated
Call Number:
WA MSS 50
Collection Title:
Diaries, journals, and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 11
Image Count:
24
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.
Alternative Title:
Receipts domestic and useful and Receipts medical
Description:
In two sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger. and Volume contains blank pages (not digitized) as well as 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]

41.
[Receipt dated] 1857 February 21

Published / Created:
1857 February 21 and 1859 March 9
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 251 (folio)
Collection Title:
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Alternative Title:
[Autograph letter signed] 1859 March 9, Hollow Square, Alabama [to] Friend Fondren
Description:
Two items on one page.
Subject (Name):
Davis, Deupree & Co., Deupree & Fondren (Firm), and J.D. Fondren & Bro. (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Slave trade --Virginia --Richmond, Slave traders --Virginia --Richmond, and Slavery --Virginia --Richmond
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Receipt dated] 1857 February 21

42.
[Receipt to Cadell and Davies, London]

Creator:
Ouseley, William, Sir, 1767-1842
Published / Created:
1799 November 20
Call Number:
OSB MSS 139
Collection Title:
Cadell & Davies letters from various authors
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 10
Image Count:
2
Subject (Name):
Cadell & Davies, Davies, William,--d. 1820, and Ouseley, William,--Sir,--1767-1842
Subject (Topic):
Authors and publishers--England--London, Authors, English--18th century, Booksellers and bookselling--England--London, and Publishers and publishing--England--London
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Receipt to Cadell and Davies, London]

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