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Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1320-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 boxes
Abstract:: The Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection contains a myriad of materials spanning dates from 1320 to 2005. The materials in this collection can range from a single item in one folder to a brief exchange of correspondence containing several leaves in multiple folders. There are multiple languages including English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Examples of items found in this collection are letters, poems, photographs, small diaries, property transactions, legal documents, and historical curiosities. Some of the items relate to larger collections within the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts. Each distinct item has been assigned a title, box number, and folder number. This collection is added to as items are acquired.

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

John Riley Marsh commonplace book, 1829 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 1 photograph)
Abstract:: Commonplace book consisting of poems and songs kept by John Riley Marsh of Alvaston, Grange, Alvaston, Derbyshire, England written in 1829.

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

John Frederick Lewis collection of notebooks on mathematics and navigation, circa 1750-1810 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 volumes
Abstract:: This collection consists of two volumes dating from the turn of the 18th to 19th century in London. The first volume is on mathematics with definitions and practical questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and logarithms. The second volume is on navigation and sailing and includes definitions, rules and exercises on navigation and sailing techniques.

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

Henry Wansey "A Commercial Traveller's Journals", 1816 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (2 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains two travel journals from England in 1816 probably created by Henry Wansey. Each journal contains notes and observations about the author's travels through England and the second volume includes an "Alphabetical Index of Towns and Commercial Inns" and a table of the distances traveled.

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

David A. Jones account book, 1864-1866, 1869 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.8 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: David A. Jones was a Welsh attorney working in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. This account books documents his professional and household expenses and his income from 1864 to 1866 and in 1869.

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

Louisa Bull receipt book, 1834 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Recipe book kept by Louisa Bull dated 1834. The volume contains chiefly culinary recipes.

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

Recipe book, circa 1844-circa 1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume of 19th century English cooking containing a collection of culinary recipes by an unknown author.

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

Recueil de quelques préparations, galeniques et chimiques: avec quelque recettes utiles et curieuses, pour servir aux pharmaciens, chirurgiens, aux personnes charitables, et aux curieux. Le tout tiré des meilleurs auteurs, taut anciens que modernes, [?] en 1758, augmenté ... corrigé et transcris à Huningue en haute Alsace; relie à Basel en Suisse, chez M. Samuel Haag, dans le courant du mois de Mars 1786, before 1786 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: An eighteenth century, leather-bound volume with a fish scale pattern spine stamped in gold and a label that reads "recettes diverses." The volume contains a collection of pharmaceutical recipes providing remedies for various ailments on 140 pages. Each page has a black ink double ruled border. A majority of the recipes have explanations for usage and dosage

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

Recipe book, approximately 1860-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Paper booklet comprise of culinary recipes probably created in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

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

Marianne Kimball's recipe book, approximately 1800-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 1 leaf)
Abstract:: Small leather volume comprising recipes kept by Marianne Kimball during the 19th century.

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

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