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Extent:: 1 volume (+ 6 leaves)
Abstract:: An oversize volume chiefly comprising clippings from English newspapers by an unknown compiler spanning the years from circa 1832-1871. Many of the items appear to be cut out from newspapers in Bath, England and include epigrams, events, illustrations, poems, parliamentary news, stories, and theater news.

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Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Volume bound in black cloth comprising culinary recipes written by an unnamed author in England in 1865.

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Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Oblong volume created in 1817 by a thirteen year old boy named John Gillibrand of England containing practiced penmanship and calligraphy.

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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.

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

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Extent:: 1 volume (+ 24 leaves)
Abstract:: A volume comprising medicinal and household formulas written by Thomas B. Langridge of Rotherfield, Sussex, England spanning the years from 1874 to 1921.

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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.

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