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Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992 12 boxes 61 bound

Campus:
Indiana University Bloomington
Repository:
Lilly Library
Collection ID:
LMC 1754
Date:
2100 BCE-1992
Creator:
Various
Scope Content:

Note on Indexing Term - "Law": Of particular interest: Apr. 13, 1640-Mar. 28, 1681: Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, Journals. Oct. 21-Dec. 30, 1678. Great Britain, Parliament. House of Commons. Journal Book of the House of Commons for the Sessions of Parliament begun at Westminster... 1723. Majmuai fetawa (Legal decisions) written by 'Ali ibn Mustafþ. 18th cent. Huccatlar (Legal opinions of judges on land tenure law in Turkey).

Note on Indexing Term - "Medicine": Of particular interest are the following: 1652, Mar. 8. al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The canon of medicine) by Avicenna, physician. 1730?. Extract from the Pen-ts'ao chang-mu by Li Chi Tsin [written by Jacques Francois Vandermonde, physician.] This item discusses the practice of Chinese medicine. 1780-1829. Compendium of Physic and Surgery, attributed to Joseph Flowerden, published London, 1769. n.d. Manafai ' al-nas written by Nida'i, head medicine man of Sultan Salim II. It deals with medicine in Turkey during the 16th century.

Note on Indexing Term - "Music": Of particular interest is a 1884-1909 album of autographs, signatures, and letters of musicians and others. Many of the autographs are accompanied by bars of music.

Note on Indexing Term - "Voyages and travels": Of interest are the following items: Jan. 24, 1587: Passport granting safe conduct to St. John of Lisbon, Portuguese ship, sailing to Brazil for a cargo of sugar, wood, etc. Nov. 16, 1652-Sept. 20, 1653: "Naval affairs, the Dutch war in K. Charles ye 2d's reign..." written by Sir John Lawson. Aug. 15, 1683: Letter from Governor of Jamaica, Sir Thomas Lynch to Charles II, King of Britain. Concerns recovering sunken treasure off the coast of Hispaniola, George Churchill who commanded the frigate "Falcon" and piracy. 1794. Navigational profiles-sailing directions from the Isle of Wight to the Anamba Islands...written by John Cottrell, naval officer. Sept. 6, 1803: Letter from Horatio Nelson, deals with desertion of seamen and marines. Dec. 24, 1812-Apr. 17, 1818: Volume of copies or drafts of letters from and to the ship brokers, McNeill Co. Jan. 1-Dec. 28, 1816: Account book of a merchant who lists costs of various voyages to Jamaica, Hamburg and Lisbon. Oct. 7, 1820-June 12, 1821: Log of Proceedings on board the "Albion" of London. Apr. 21, 1866: Certificate of the arrival and departure of the "Barca" Louisa Cook.

Note on Indexing Term - "Religion": n.d. G.R. Steele, Notes on the history of the Covenanters in Scotland and on the life of David Jamison Shaw. n.d. Thai book of Buddhist religious literature. n.d. (folio). The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses ('phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol du phyin pa brgyad stong pa).

Note on Indexing Term - "Science": Of interest: 1795 astrophysical text entitled, Elementa Philosophie Universe written by professor Thoma Garcia de Zuniga. March 24, 1820 letter from astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre to mathematician Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. 1845 copy of a text in Turkish which deals with medical and pharmaceutical chemistry. Undated German text written by Indiana University botany professor Frank Marion Andrews entitled Zoologie.

Note on Indexing Term - "Travel": Of interest is a 1834-1841 journal and memorandum book of the plantation "Thomas" in British Guiana and travels in Great Britain. Includes descriptions of several trips to the United Kingdom written by plantation owner R.G. Butts. Also, an 1834-1835 journal of an European tour written by Henry Bertie and an anonymous 1849 diary of boat and overland trips in the U.S. and Canada.

Note on Indexing Terms - "West (U.S.)" and "Americana": Of particular interest is a diary of boat and overland trips in the U.S. and Canada dated Jan. 1- Nov. 14, 1849.

Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1914-1918": Of particular interest is a 1914- 1916 diary of Philip Sass, soldier and businessman. Written in German, this diary gives a day to day account of a German soldier fighting Russian troops.

Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1939-1945": Of interest is a Jan. 24, 1940 letter from Margaret Steggall to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burke of Bloomington, Indiana which contains a description of London in wartime.

Physical Description:
12 boxes 61 bound
Place:
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
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Pashley, Sarah. Numeration Table., 19th century - box 6

Date:
19th century -
Scope Content:
Decorated with flourishes in red, green, and black ink of exotic birds and people Leaves pasted on larger pages, 27.8 cm. Leaves enumerated in pencil: 2-10, 12-16, 18-21 Partial contents: Numeration Table, Addition of Integers, Troy Weight, Averdupoize Weight, Cloath Measure, Subtraction of Integers. See Inventory for complete contents Three of the Tables bear business letters on verso dated: June 10, 1803; July 30 and Aug. 7, 1806 (pencilled leaves 3, 4, 10) Sarah Pashley's name appears twice on pencilled leaf 18
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Shepherd, James, naval officer. Log of Proceedings on board the Albion of London kept by James Shepherd, commanded by William Wade West Esq., lieutenant Royal Navy, commencing with a 2nd voyage in October 1820, in three parts., 1820, October 7-1821, June 12 - Bound Bound

Date:
1820, October 7-1821, June 12 -
Scope Content:
Contents: 1) Log of Proceedings...in three fragments, 1820, Oct. 23-Nov. 10, 16 p.; 1820, Nov. 13-Dec. 10, 28 p; 1821, Jan. 8-9, 18-19, 22-23, 6 p. Cover page gives details of the ship's construction; 1820, Oct. 23, remarks on board; 1820, Oct. 29-1821, Jan. 23, ship's log of voyage from London to Mauritius, with concluding remarks... "the sweet vurder [sic] from the plantation was very refreshing..." 2) Remarks on board the Albion bound to the Mauritius, William Wade West, commander October 7, 1820, bound in linen, 96 p. 1820, Oct. 22-1821, Jan. 23, journal of the Albion from London to Mauritius, with concluding remarks..."the sweet verdure from the plantations was very refreshing...," p. 1-21; 1821, Jan. 24-Mar. 20, journal of the period at Port Louis during which the cargo of sugar with ownership markings was loaded, the ship repaired with the help of black people, and on feb. 15 an incident about the slave trade reported p. 22-30; 1821, Mar. 21-May 26, ship's log of voyage from Mauritius to London, p. 31-96; p. for the entries of 1821, May 27-June 12 are missing; the name of James Shepherd appears in the entry for Apr. 4, 1821. 3) Track of the Albion form London to the Mauritius and return, William Wade West, commander, 1820-1821...completing a voyage of 23500 miles in seven months; outward bound voyage shown in red; inward bound voyage shown in blue; continents outlined in green, red, and blue; signed in lower left hand corner by James Shepherd, 1821, Port Louis. Autograph map signed 1 leaf 45 x 39 cm.
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