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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialJournal, 1779-1796, Spring 1789 entry Holograph page from the journal of Elizabeth Foote Washington discussing her relationship with her servants.
- Contributor: Washington, Elizabeth Foote
- Date: 1789-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLaws and orders concluded on by the General Assembly March the 5th 1623.
first laws made by the Assembly in Virginia, anno MDCxxiij | Virginia, Laws and orders concluded on by the General Assembly, Mar. 5, 1623/1624 | Legislative Provincial Assembly. Laws and orders concluded on by the General Assembly. March the 5th, 1623 | Virginia, March 5, 1624, Laws and orders concluded on by the General Assembly Title from Sowerby. The docket title is annotated in the hand of Thomas Jefferson: This was found among the manuscript papers of Sr. John Randolph and by the Honrbl. Peyton Randolph esq....- Contributor: Randolph, John - Jefferson, Thomas - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - Virginia - Randolph, Peyton
- Date: 1732
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialMiscellaneous records, 1606-1690. The Bland manuscript
Virginia, Miscellaneous records, 1606-1692, the Bland manuscript | Miscellaneous records 1606-1692, the so-called "Bland manuscript" | Virginia, 1606-92, Charters of the Virginia Company of London; Laws; Abstracts of rolls in the offices of State | Bland manuscript Title from Sowerby. Written in multiple hands. Contains the laws of 1639, 1642, 1652-1656, 1663, and 1666; and the charters of the Virginia Company. The compiler has numbered the pages of the...- Contributor: Bland, Richard - Jefferson, Thomas - Virginia - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1732
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialActs of Assembly, 1705-1711 : manuscript.
M.S. Laws of Virginia 1705 Oct. 25-1711 Nov. 7 | John Page manuscript | Vir. records Laws of Virginia, 1705 October 25-1711 Nov. 7. Title from Sowerby. Binder's spine title reads: Vir. Records. The first section (134 pages, wanting pages 1-4) contains the laws of October 23, 1705,...- Contributor: Jefferson, Thomas - Virginia. General Assembly - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1705
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialOpinions of learned counsel.
Opinions of learned council, 1681-1722 | Legal opinions on will cases, 1681-1721 | Series 8, volume 4 Title from Sowerby. The first part (p. 1-35) contain opinions of counsel relating to legal matters in colonial Virginia, dated 1681-1721; the next few pages are the opinion of Nathaniel Pigot [sic.,...- Contributor: Randolph, John - Jefferson, Thomas - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1722
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialOrderly book of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, AMs orderly book of the British 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot while stationed in Haiti during the expedition against the French in the West Indies. Written at headquarters, Port-au-Prince, and elsewhere. There...
- Contributor: Abercromby, Ralph - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 66th (Berkshire)
- Date: 1796
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWilliam Perry sea journals, Journals of two voyages, the first with caption: Journal of a voyage in the ship Jamaica, William Sherry, from Montego Bay bound to London (18 July-15 Oct. 1797). The second with caption:...
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Perry, William
- Date: 1797
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialEnglish military report on St. Augustine, with plans and views of St. Augustine Castle, the Spanish ...
Plan & view of St. Augustine Castle and Matance's Fort | Plan and view of St. Augustine Castle and Matance's Fort Manuscripts with detailed watercolor views and a plan of the Spanish fort at St. Augustine, Fla., written by an Englishman, apparently a first-hand witness, three years after the failed attempt of Governor...- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1743
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CollectionGeorge Washington diary, AMs written in the leaves of the 1762 Virginia Almanack. Topics include farming, horse breeding, and the management of Mount Vernon.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Washington, George
- Date: 1762
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialManner of making the Parmesan cheese.
Docket title: Parmesan cheese Undated manuscript, signed by Benjamin Franklin, sent to Catharine Ray Greene, wife of Rhode Island governor William Greene. Includes a recipe and the process for making Parmesan Cheese. Signed on back below...- Contributor: Greene, Catharine Ray - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Greene, William - Greene, Celia - Franklin, Benjamin - Greene, Ray
- Date: 1772
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialGeorge Washington draft letter and Martha Washington final transcription,
Portfolio cover title: Collaboration in letter writing | Portolio spine title: George and Martha Washington ALS written to Mrs. [Samuel] Powell [Elizabeth Willing Powel] on May 1, 1797, drafted by George Washington, initialled by Martha Washington with final transcription of same text signed by Martha Washington. Each...- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Washington, Martha - Powel, Elizabeth Willing - Sangorski & Sutcliffe - Washington, George
- Date: 1797
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CollectionBronislava Nijinska collection, Collection contains business papers, choreographic notes, correspondence, personal papers, photographs, posters, programs, scrapbooks, theatrical designs, and writings. There is a significant amount of material on her brother, dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky,...
- Contributor: Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Petipa, Marius - Dolin, Anton - Exter, Alexandra - Chagall, Marc - Stravinsky, Igor - Reinhardt, Max - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky ... Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Petipa, Marius - Dolin, Anton - Exter, Alexandra - Chagall, Marc - Stravinsky, Igor - Reinhardt, Max - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Pavlova, Anna - Nijinska, Bronislava - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Vertès, Marcel - Kirsta, Georg - Cuevas, George De - Jacob's Pillow - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Nijinska, Irina - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Poulenc, Francis - Diaghilev, Serge - Rubinstein, Ida
- Date: 1740
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialAutograph letter from Benjamin Franklin, London to Mr. Hopkinson, Accompanying typscript letter transcriptions including negative prints, summary notes, and a picture of Franklin's invention of the musical glasses. Holograph. In English. Title devised by cataloger. With autograph signature, in ink, of...
- Contributor: Franklin, Benjamin - Hopkinson, Francis
- Date: 1765
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Portraits engraved by William Blake and J. Chapman]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1839 Russell, A.G.B. Engravings of William Blake, 1912 Plate 1 (Edmund Pitts, Esq.) also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site....
- Contributor: Ponsford, John - Linnell, John - Earl, James - Blake, William - Chapman, J. (John) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Blake, Catherine Boucher
- Date: 1790
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialManuscript index to the Songs of innocence and of experience in the autograph of William Blake. ... Manuscript title page, followed by two leaves of ms. index, inserted. The proofs of nine plates on eight leaves, are inlaid. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1800 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography...
- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialVirginia House of Delegates , December 8, 1789. Broadside Extract. LAC nsk 2020-11-19 create (1 card)
- Contributor: James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Virginia House of Delegates - Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates
- Date: 1789-12-08
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Ivory hornbook].
Hornbook | Title from exhibition catalog: Ivory hornbook, eighteenth century, English | Ivory hornbook, 18th century, English Title from spine of case. An eighteenth-century English hornbook with the alphabet in upper (recto) and lowercases (verso) inscribed on ivory. Repairs made to broken handle. Housed in a lined case (16...- Date: 17??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQing pi lu : er juan
/ Ms. In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. April 26, 1950 0751J. 紅格鈔本 一冊一函 十二行二十字 四周雙邊 白口 單魚尾 無葉碼 版匡高21.7寬15.1公分 全書高28.3寬20.0公分 黃紙 卷内有少量墨筆眉批,以《本集》作校勘。並有部分朱筆勘正誤字和斷句。無收藏印記. 十二行二十字. Twelve...- Contributor: Yi, T́ŏng-Mu - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1770-01-01