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Commonplace book, 1798 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume containing a collection of copied excerpts and quotations chiefly regarding the history of Great Britain, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire. The codex is written on 180 numbered pages by an unknown compiler. "Extracts 1798" is written on the spine.

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

A favorite book: a drawing of O.H. & very few prints, pleasing variety of good extracts, 1830 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume containing the commonplace book of Mrs. A. L. Bishop, probably of Surrey, England dated 1830.

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

Ellen Turner commonplace book, 1847-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume comprising copied passages, poems, and quotations along with dried flowers kept by Ellen Turner spanning the years from 1847 to 1860.

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