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Miss Leslie's Magazine, 1843 (inclusive)

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1 book
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Miss Leslie's Magazine was a monthly women's magazine of literature and fashion published in Philadelphia from January of 1843 to July of 1846, when it was absorbed by Godey's Lady's Book. This book contains volumes 1 and 2 of Miss Leslie's Magazine, dating from January 1843 to December 1843; each volume contains 6 issues. Eliza Leslie was a Philadelphia-born writer of popular cookbooks, children's stories, and guides for women on domestic life and work. Miss Leslie's Magazine incorporates Leslie's recipes and instructions for maintaining a household with fashion plates, essays, and stories and poems from contributing writers such as N.P. Willis, Lydia H. Sigourney, T. S. Arthur, Park Benjamin, and Miss Leslie.

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Chaff. A Monthly Illustrated Paper, published by the Chaff Publishing Company of the University of Pennsylvania, 1882-1883 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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Chaff was an illustrated monthly humor magazine published by the "Chaff Publishing Company of the University of Pennsylvania" from October 1882 to June 1884. Penn Kislak Center holds Vol. I of Chaff, published for the academic year 1882-1883.

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Nineteenth-century English broadside ballads, circa 1800s (inclusive)

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49 items
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Nineteenth-century London printers of broadside ballad sheets supplied both traditional and original songs to "hawkers and the trade," as well as selling to customers in their own shops. Most compositions are anonymous (though their authors are sometimes named or identifiable) and they enjoyed a wide audience. This collection contains 49 publications from a variety of printers, including the heirs of John Pitts and James Catnach (Elizabeth Hodges and Anne Ryle, respectively) and Henry P. Such. Researchers interested in nineteenth-century popular song or the London printing trade will find this collection of use.

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The Adult, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

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20 items
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The Adult was begun in June, 1897 as the "organ of the Legitimation League," a London organization that promoted free unions (cohabitation outside legal marriage) and free love. The journal ran for twenty monthly issues, surviving a prosecution for obscenity and undergoing a significant change of editorship in the wake of that scandal. Its purpose was to create a forum for discourse on "tabooed topics:" its editor, the Legitimation League's Honorable Secretary George Bedborough, wrote in the first issue that the journal's pages would "be open for the discussion of important phases of sex questions which are almost universally ignored elsewhere." The Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds a full run of the journal.

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Dutch diplomatic correspondence and documents, 1718-1801 (inclusive)

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12 boxes
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"Dutch diplomatic correspondence and documents," dating from 1718 to 1801, consists of twelve boxes of material, documenting the Dutch political scene in the 18th century. The bulk of the collection consists of diplomatic correspondence sent to the States-General from 1747 to 1748. Other documents relate to the Batavian Republic from 1799 to 1801, to Gelderland from 1775 to 1781, and to Holland and West Friesland from 1718 to 1783. There are also a significant number of miscellaneous documents dating from 1725 to 1787.

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Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive DVD collection, 1919-2015 (inclusive)

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354 items
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The Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive aims to collect, preserve, and promote musical and spoken-word recordings of the Jewish people. This finding aid represents the Archive's materials on Digital Video Disc (DVD).

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Malinda E. Beiler Lapp diary, 1917 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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Pocket calendar from the year 1917 containing the daily diary of Malinda E. Beiler Lapp, who was part of the Amish community at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Remembrancer of old friends, 1840-1869 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 5 leaves)
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A volume containing copied poems and elegies with Christian themes handwritten by Eliza Maria Dalton from 1840-1869.

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Commonplace book, approximately 1813 to 1840 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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Commonplace book containing copies and excerpts of eighteenth and nineteenth century poems and songs written between 1813 to 1840.

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Edwin T. Darby Dental Society records, 1912-1935 (inclusive)

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0.08 linear feet (2 volumes)
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This collection contains the constitution and bylaws, meetings notes, and members' lists of the Edwin T. Darby Dental Society of the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1923 in the first volume and 1924 to 1935 in the second volume. It is named after Dr. Edwin T. Darby, one of the founding members of the University of Pennsylvania Dental School.

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Henry Wharton letterpress copybook, 1874-1878 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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This oversize volume is a letterpress copybook containing the outgoing correspondence of Henry Wharton's law practice in Philadelphia, located in Washington Square. The letters span almost four years from 1874 to 1878. Wharton's practice served prominent Philadelphians and dealt with many facets of real estate law prominent Philadelphians. Some letters concern Philadelphia ordinances and legal matters.

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Colonel T. Allston Brown history of the American stage notebooks, circa 1905 (inclusive)

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0.6 linear feet (5 volumes)
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T. Allston Brown, was a theater critic, newspaper editor, talent agent and theater historian who lived from 1836 to 1918. Brown spent the majority of his adult life in Philadelphia, PA and published extensively on the history of American theater. The collection includes five bound volumes containing handwritten notes and newspaper clippings concerning the history of the American stage from 1749 to 1905. The volumes are organized by geographic location. The first three volumes are respectively focused on Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City. The fourth volume includes information on Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, greater Pennsylvania, New Jersey, greater New York, and Rhode Island. The fifth volume includes information on Brooklyn.

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Adelaide Horatio Seymour Spencer commonplace book, 1848-1851 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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A volume comprising excerpts from the works read by Adelaide Horatio Seymour during the years from 1848 to 1851 providing a record of her reading interests with many contemporary titles included.

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Norman Freed diaries, 1946-1947 (inclusive)

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2 volumes
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Diaries kept by Norman M. Freed (1919-1994) of Brooklyn, New York. The two small volumes span the years from 1946 to 1947.

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Harbor shipping records, 1813-1823 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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A volume listing the arrival of ships, probably at Boston Harbor spanning ten years from 1813 to 1823. Ships are entered by date of arrival.

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Clinton C. Cook formulary, approximately 1900 to 1940 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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Volume containing pharmaceutical recipes and remedies spanning the years from approximately 1900 to 1940 written in two hands. The first twenty-three pages are written by pharmacist Clinton C. Cook (1864-1914) and following eleven pages are written by Michael A. Jackson (1887-1955).

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Mary Emma Jocelyn diary, 1851-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 1 leaf)
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This volume contains the diary of Mary Emma Jocelyn of Williamsburg, New York, spanning ten months from November 1851 to September 1852.

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Miscellany, circa 1762-1777 (inclusive)

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1 volume (+ 4 leaves)
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Parchment covered volume comprising a collection writings by an unnamed Anglican clergyman who lived in Bristol, England. The volume contains materials on a myriad of subjects spanning the years from 1762 to 1770 handwritten on 147 numbered pages.

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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.

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Wallace E. Frank notebook, 1945 (inclusive)

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1 volume (+1 leaf)
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A green cloth volume, manufactured by the U.S. Government Printing Office, containing field notes written by Wallace E. Frank in 1945 while he was assigned to the United States Public Health Service at the Carter Memorial Laboratory in Savannah, Georgia.

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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.

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Alexander Henry Wylie diary, 1832-1833 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 2 leaves)
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Volume containing the travel diary of Alexander Henry Wylie's journies through Europe and Havana, Cuba. The diary spans the years from 1832 to 1833.

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R.W. Bragg dentist's notebook, circa 1906-1909 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear_foot (1 volume)
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This notebook, which is actually three notebooks bound together, was likely owned by dentist Robert Waller Bragg II, D.D.S. (1872-1956), of Richmond, Virginia. The notebook contains manuscripts or treatises-- possibly speeches or lectures-- on methodology concerning dental crown work. Sections are titled: "Crown Work," "Treatment of Exposed Pulps," "Bridge-Work (Continued)," "Chemistry," and "Preparation of the Mouth for Artificial Dentures." The third volume also includes a section titled, "Condensed Facts Concerning Metals," that features tables of technical information.

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Dr. William Gibson Arlington Bonwill poems, 1899 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet (1 box)
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Dr. William Gibson Arlington Bonwill (1833-1899) was a dental surgeon, an inventor, a teacher, an artist, and a writer. This collection consists of two volumes compiled in 1899 of Bonwill's poems written between 1889 and 1899. These poems are annotated and cover a wide range of subjects, including dentistry, the seasons, religion, love and women, time and age, and emotion.

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Maberly family diaries, 1817-1870 (inclusive)

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5 volumes
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Small collection of family diaries comprises five volumes written by two authors, presumably father and son Charles Hensley Maberly and Alexander Cahill Maberly. The first four volumes were written in French by Charles Hensley spanning the years from 1817 to 1821. The fifth volume was written by Alexander Cahill Maberly in 1870 during a European tour.

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Medicinal recipe book, circa 1800-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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Brown leather volume written by an unnamed author probably in England between the years 1800 to 1850 comprising instructions for the homes of the poor, caring for the poor, and medicinal recipes.

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Fahnestock, French and Co. ledger, 1871-1872 (inclusive)

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0.1 linear feet (1 volume)
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Fahnestock, French and Co. was a firm of merchants operating in the nineteenth century in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 393 West Madison Street, the firm sold the Gold Medal Sewing Machine and was also contracted to sell the Walking Motion Treadle for Sewing Machines by Keith, Baldwin & Co. This collection consists of a sales, advertising, and commission ledger, dated from 1871-1872, an alphabetized index book corresponding to the ledger, advertisements, blank bill heads, a contract, and an instruction booklet.

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Recipe book, circa 1857 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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A volume containing a small collection of culinary, household, and medicinal recipes written by an unidentified English author, circa 1857.

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Rezepte, circa 1850-1890 (inclusive)

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1 volume
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A slim volume in German by Peter Dauwalder comprised of recipes for wine and ink. Probably written between 1850 to 1890.

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William Addison Shelly notebook, 1835 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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A notebook consisting of medical vocabulary written and compiled by W. A. Shelly in 1835 probably as a study guide for medical school.

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Samuel Skevington formulary, 1836-1874 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 8 leaves)
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This volume is a compilation of medicinal, household, and veterinary formulas and preparations written and compiled by Samuel Skevington spanning the years from 1836-1874.

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Jonathan Murduck notes on Materia Medica lectures delivered by Benjamin Smith Barton at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1802 (inclusive)

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0.1 linear_foot (1 volume)
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This volume of handwritten lecture notes, titled "A Course of Lectures on the Materia Medica by Benjamin Smith Barton M.D., Professor […] at the University of Pennsylvania," was kept by medical student Jonathan Murduck in 1802, and provides a fairly comprehensive survey of the medicinal substances commonly in use in the early nineteenth century United States.

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Scrapbook of clippings, circa 1832-1871 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 6 leaves)
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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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Hiester H. Muhlenberg and Wellington Smith Mason notes on lectures delivered by Drs. Nathaniel Chapman, Judson Daland, and J.K. Mitchell at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1832, 1894-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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This notebook contains lecture material transcribed by two different students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. One portion of the volume contains notes taken by Hiester H. Muhlenberg in 1832; the later material was written by Wellington Smith Mason during two separate courses of lectures between 1894 and 1895. The notes taken by Muhlenberg record a series of lectures delivered by Dr. Nathaniel Chapman on hemorrhages, fevers, cardiac disease and nervous disorders. The notes taken by Mason, decades later, document Dr. Judson Daland's lectures on physical diagnosis and Dr. J.K. Mitchell's lectures on symptomatology.

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Julie A. Burnham choice recipes, 1860-1867 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 9 leaves)
Abstract:
Small volume comprising recipes and some poems compiled by Julie A. Burnham spanning the years from 1860 to 1867.

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M. A. Prideaux recipe book, 1820 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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This volume was compiled by M. A. Prideaux in 1820 and comprises medicinal, household, and culinary recipes along with a copy of a sermon. The volume was probably written in England.

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The effusions, collection of volumes, 1905-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 2 photographs, 2 leaves)
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The effusions, a collection of volumes consists of several issues of a handmade magazine bound in one volume. The magazine was created by the Philadelphia club named Ell Kube and was founded by a group of young Jewish men in 1904. There are seven volumes spanning the years from 1905-1914.

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Joshua Allen commonplace book, 1749-1762 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 2 leaves)
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Commonplace book spanning the years from 1749 to 1762 kept by Reverand Joshua Allen of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The volume comprises excerpts from the Bible, theological writings, and philosophy in addition to copies of personal correspndence.

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Library catalog Québec, Canada, circa 1880 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 3 leaves)
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Volume comprising an inventory of a personal library probably from Québec, Canada, circa 1880. The works listed in the volume concern the history and exploration of Canada and North America.

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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

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Address book Norfolk, England, circa 1836-1848 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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An address book possibly owned by Robert Fellowes of Shotesham Hall, Norfolk, England spanning the years from circa 1836 to 1848.

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Lord Charles Townshend inventory, 1829-1834 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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A volume containing the inventory of one of Lord and Lady Charles Townshend's homes either Cavendish Square or Raynham Hill. The inventory spans the years from 1829 to 1834.

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Recipe book, 1815-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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An oblong volume comprising culinary, medicinal, and household recipes by and unknown compiler who probably lived in Derbyshire, England. The recipes were written between the years 1815 and 1842.

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