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Account of Stow Park, England: manuscript

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    John Stow survey of London: incomplete manuscript

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    This is an incomplete transcript of portions from Stow's manuscript Survey of London. It is probably copied from the 1633 edition. The manuscript has some additional original pieces.

    mssHM 727

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    A narrative ; or an historicall account of the most materiall passages in the life of John Rastrick... : manuscript

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    An autograph manuscript of Rastrick's account of his life; the title page contains the subtitle: "...An unworthy Minister of Jesus Christ at Kirkton in Holland in Lincolnshire. And afterwards Preacher to a private Congregation at Spalding in ye same Country, & Rotheram in Yorkshire, and at Lyme-Regis in Norfolk." With limp vellum covers; in half morocco slip case. Facing the title page is a memorandum to Rastrick's son requesting that each of his children have an account of the narrative of his life; folio 89 is a family register which records deaths into the mid-eighteenth century.

    mssHM 6131

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    J. W. Stow papers

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    The collection consists primarily of letters and some documents related to the examination of quartz mines in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties, California, as well as several mines in Nevada. Many of the letters are addressed to Stow, but there are also a few addressed to Edward J. Pringle and others. The primary authors of the letters are W.A. Williams and Joseph Lee.

    mssHM 64102-64141

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    J. W. Stow papers

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists primarily of letters and some documents related to the examination of quartz mines in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties, California, as well as several mines in Nevada. Many of the letters are addressed to Stow, but there are also a few addressed to Edward J. Pringle and others. The primary authors of the letters are W. A. Williams and Joseph Lee.

    mssHM 64102-64141

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    The memorial : portrait of a family : manuscript

    Manuscripts

    A bound autograph manuscript by Christopher Isherwood; with a 98 word inscription to W. H. Auden, dated January, 1933. The final page is also dated: "London Sep. 1928" and "Berlin Nov. 1930," many of the pages have been trimmed to various lengths and there is some staining but no loss of text.

    mssHM 83281

  • Sarum manual : [manuscript]

    Sarum manual : [manuscript]

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    ff. 1-105v: [Sarum manual]: ff. 1-4v: Benediction of salt and water; ff. 4v-8v: Order for cathecumens; ff. 8v-11v: Benediction of a font; ff. 12-19v: Marriage service; ff. 20-21v: Benedictions of various foods and objects; ff. 22-27: Order for visiting the sick; ff. 27-34: Extreme Unction; ff. 34-45v: Commendation of souls before and after death; ff. 46-64v, 68-71v, 75-77v: Office of the Dead; ff. 65-67v, 72-74v: Office of the Dead from another manuscript; ff. 77v-89v: Burial; ff. 90-95: Gospel pericope for Christmas; ff. 95-98: Gospel pericope for Epiphany; ff. 98-101v: Blessing of candles for the Purification; ff. 101v-104v: Order for Ash Wednesday; ff. 104v-105v: Benediction of the palm fronds on Palm Sunday.

    mssHM 30986