Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of poems dated between 1780 and 1798; and a collection of memoranda on horticulture, soil preparation, animal husbandry, vegetables, fruit trees, flowers, and shrubs dated in the 1840s. The first part co...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Lindley, John, 1799-1865., Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793., McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864., Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819., Pye, Henry James, 1745-1813., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Anecdotes, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Fruit-culture, Gardening, Horticulture, Plant-soil relationships, Recipes, Satirical verse, English, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of the diary of a dissenting divine living in Ireland who records, with close interest, the progress of the Dutch War and other domestic and foreign activities, including a famine in Ireland, the activities of Lo...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, America., Netherlands, and United States
Subject (Name):
Condé, Louis de Bourbon II, prince de, called "le Grand Condé,", 1621-1686., Eliot, John, 1604-1690., Mather, Increase, 1639-1723., Taylor, Timothy, 1626-1681., and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Anecdotes, Dissenters, Dissenters, Religious, Dutch War, 1672-1678, King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Colonies, Politics and government, Religious life and customs, and History
American museum or, Repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, &c prose and poetical 1787-89.
Description:
Editor: Mathew Carey.
Publisher:
Printed by Mathew Carey [etc.]
Subject (Name):
Adams, John, 1735-1826, Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, Griffitts, Samuel Powel, 1759-1826, McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817, Penn, William, 1644-1718, Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795, Warley, Felix B., 1749-1814, and Washington, George, 1732-1799
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Anecdotes, Conduct of life--18th century, Dueling, Home remedies, Indians of North America--Government relations--Periodicals, Slave ships--Pictorial works, and Slave trade --United States
Manuscript, in Walpole's and others' hands, of a collection of several dozen scraps of notes, verse fragments, sketches, and drawings, collected from Walpole's papers. The notes are primarily epigrammatic or anecdotal, on such topics as printing book...
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a diary written by the housekeeper of Thomas Secker, later the Archbishop of Canterbury, while he was Bishop of Oxford. The diary mentions the activities of the nobility, including the movements of Secker's f...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762. and Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Anecdotes, Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Diaries, Domestics, Women, Conduct of life, Women authors, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
