- Creator:
- Cavendish, Jane, Lady
- Published / Created:
- [mid 17th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b233
- Image Count:
- 32
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of 78 poems by Jane Cavendish. Many are addressed to family members, including one titled "On my sweete brother Charles," another called "On my Noble Uncle Sr Charles Cavendish Knight," and several to her father, as well as others addressed to her sisters, mother, grandparents, and the King and Queen. There are also poems on passion, the "chamber-mayde," and "A noble lady." The manuscript includes a poetic dialogue by her sister, Lady Elizabeth Brackley Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, titled "A Pastorall," with a cast of witches, country wives, and shepherds, and which is preceded by a verse dedication to their father, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. The manuscript as a whole is prefaced by a dedication by Jane Cavendish to him.
- Description:
- Binding: full black morocco; gilt decoration.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish family, Cheiney, Jane Cavendish, Lady, Egerton, Elizabeth Cavendish, 1626-1663, and Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, English poetry--Women authors, and Nobility--Great Britain
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Poems], [mid 17th century]
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122.
- Creator:
- Botesdale Book Society.
- Published / Created:
- 1778 Oct 6 - 1789 Jul 6
- Call Number:
- Osborn c173
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of entries related to the regulation and administration of the Botesdale Book Society, a subscription library. The volume contains members' names, minutes of meetings, the results of the elections of the society president, lists of books purchased,and lists of books borrowed and of books to be sent for. The books mentioned in the volume include novels; plays; memoirs; histories, including "Revolution in America"; comedies; and periodicals.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary vellum. Title written on cover: Botesdale Book Club, Began 1778. Ended 1789. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century. and Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading--Great Britain., Collection development (Libraries)--Great Britain., Library circulation and loans., Library rules and regulations., and Subscription libraries.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Record book]
- Creator:
- Osborn, Sarah, 1714-1796
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 361
- Collection Title:
- Sarah Osborn-Susanna Anthony papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Sarah Osborn and Susanna Anthony were Congregationalist writers on religion, and were close friends. Both lived in Newport, Rhode Island.
- Description:
- Imperfect: mutilated with some loss of text.
- Subject (Name):
- Anthony, Susanna, 1726-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- Congregationalism, Diarists, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Sarah Osborn memoir]
124.
- Published / Created:
- 1758-1766
- Call Number:
- Osborn c663
- Collection Title:
- Diary and household notebook, 1758-1766
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Name):
- Barton, Miss
- Subject (Topic):
- Cooking, English, English diaries --Women authors, and Recipes --Great Britain
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Selected pages]
125.
- Creator:
- Frush, Wm. H. (William H.)
- Published / Created:
- [1850]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 206
- Collection Title:
- Overland journey across the Plains to Oregon /by William H. Frush, 1850-1852
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- In 1850 Frush traveled from Missouri to Oregon by way of St. Joseph, Blue River, the North Platte, and Fort Laramie, where he met his brother John and Kit Carson. They continued by South Pass, Bear River, Soda Springs, Fort Hall, Fort Boise, the Dalles, and Portland. He records graves, the names and homes of other travelers, and ends his account with events in Oregon. The diary contains drawings of Chimney Rock, Court House Rock, profile of the Snake River, and a map of the Burnt River.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oregon --Baker County --Maps, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, and West (U.S.) --Maps
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Selected pages]
126.
- Published / Created:
- [1651-1757]
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc61
- Collection Title:
- [Collection of poems], [1651-1757]
- Image Count:
- 9
- Description:
- Several titles on nine pages.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Selected pages]
- Creator:
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
- Published / Created:
- [1906?]
- Call Number:
- Za C789 B906W
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- [Cooper's works] and The Spy
- Description:
- "The author's autograph edition of the Writings of J. Fenimore Cooper is limited to sixty-three signed and numbered sets, of which this is number [blank]"--Leaf following t.p. of every vol. Printed signature of the publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons., [1] The deerslayer -- [2] Last of the Mohicans -- [3] The pathfinder -- [4] The pioneers -- [5] The prairie -- [6] The spy -- [7] The pilot -- [8] Red Rover -- [9] Wing and wing --[ 10] The water-witch -- [11] The two admirals -- [12] The sea lions -- [13] Homeward bound -- [14] Home as found -- [15] The crater -- [16] Afloat and ashore -- [17] Miles Wallingford -- [18] Jack Tier -- [19] Precaution -- [20] Lionel Lincoln -- [21] Wyandotte -- [22] Wept of Wish-ton-Wish -- [23] The bravo -- [24] The ways of the hour -- [25] The redskins -- [26] Mercedes of Castile -- [27] The chain-bearer -- [28] Satanstoe -- [29] The Heidenmauer -- [30] The headsman -- [31] The monikins -- [32] Oak openings -- [33] Ned Myers., BEIN Za C786 B906W: Number 56. Tipped in to The spy: J.F. Cooper manuscript holograph leaf ( 32 x 21 cm.) for Oak openings., Each volume has separate t.p., and Illustrations by F.O.C. Darley and others.
- Publisher:
- G.P. Putnam's Sons : and The Knickerbocker Press,
- Subject (Name):
- Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Ms. notes and Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [The writings of James Fenimore Cooper].
- Published / Created:
- 1825-1828
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 533
- Collection Title:
- Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering’s Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom
- Image Count:
- 27
- Abstract:
- The journal describes the 1825-28 voyage of the ship Blossom from Spithead, Isle of Wright to Cape Horn, Chile, the Society and Hawaiian islands, then Kamchatka and the Bering Sea. The ship went back by way of California, Hawaii, the Philipines, and China. The ship continues through Awats Bay, Bering Strait, to San Francisco, Mexico, Chile, around Cape Horn to Brazil, the Azores,and Spithead. Appendices include notes of Blossom’s other voyages, an Esquimaux vocabulary, and star and weather readings.
- Description:
- Blanks not included in pagination.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Pacific Ocean --Exploring expeditions
- Subject (Name):
- Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, Blossom (Ship), and Wolfe, James, 1807-1848
- Subject (Topic):
- Meteorological records--19th century, Northwest Passage, and Voyages around the world
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Title and selected pages]
- Published / Created:
- 1623
- Call Number:
- Ig D226 609
- Collection Title:
- The civile wares betweene the howses of Lancaster and Yorke / corrected and continued by Samuel
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- A letter from Octavia to Marcus Antonius
- Subject (Name):
- Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683
- Collection Created:
- Printed at London : by Simon Watersonne, 1609
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Two pages including manuscript annotation]