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Manuscript receipt book and household treasury, circa 1870-1874 (inclusive)

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1 volume (256 pages + 2 leaves)

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A printed volume with a title page, preface, table of contents, and sections with blank ruled pages used for recording recipes. The volume was published in Philadelphia by Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, second edition, 1870.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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John Wilson account book, 1849-1899 (inclusive)

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1 volume (+ 1 photograph, 3 leaves)

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An account book kept by John Wilson who lived in Troutbeck and Windermere, Westmorland, England spanning the years from 1849 to 1899. The volume comprises Wilson's recorded business transactions with clients. Wilson's records suggest he was probably a literary agent, editor, and stationer. He was paid for editing, writing, arranging, and printing and was employed by newspapers such as the Kendal Times and the Lake Herald and writers including George Augustus Sala and Eliza Winstanley. Bound at the end of the volume is Reynold's astrological and prophetic almanack for 1849 on sixteen printed pages.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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A catalogue of the library of the United Service Museum : Middle Scotland Yard, London, 1836-1841 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

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A printed library catalog with interleaved blanks is the house copy of the United Service Museum as part of the Royal United Service Institution. The volume has copious annotated bibliographic entries on the printed pages and interleaved blanks to accommodate additions to the library. The volume was in use from the years 1836 to 1841

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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The literary diary ; or, improved common-place book : |b to which are prefixed an explanatory treatise ; an abridgment of the Aurifodina Drexelius, by Bishop Horne : an index, formed, with some variations, on the celebrated plan of Mr. Locke, 1830-1852 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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A commonplace book written by an unnamed compiler in England spanning the years from 1830 to 1852. The volume, published by Taylor and Hessey in London, 1811, has a printed title page followed by eight printed pages comprising an explanation of a commonplace book, an abridgment of George Horne's Aurifondina Drexelius, a table of general subjects, and an index.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]