Collection of company charters, pamphlets and regulations relating to the Dutch speculative mania
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2
Alternative Title:
Groote tafereel der dwaasheid
Description:
57 printed and 6 ms. items bound together under title page.: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid. and BEIN 2006 Folio 21: No. 28 of 63 items bound together.
Itinerario de la espedicion de San Carlos a Monclova el viejo... hecho por el Colonelo Emilio
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1
Abstract:
Itinerary of the expedition of Col. Emilio Langberg, military inspector of Chihuahua, along the Rio Bravo border in 1851. His account describes the regions and histories of Chihuahua and Coahuila, the customs of the local Indians, and their relations with
Subject (Geographic):
Chihuahua (Mexico : State), Coahuila (Mexico : State), Mexico., and United States --Boundaries --Mexico
Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678]
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1
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of notes on some cases heard in the Court of King?s Bench in 1677 and 1678. and Many of the notes concern the trials involving Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, including his suit for slander against Lord Digby, the habeas corpus issued for him, and his own trial in King?s Bench. The notes include summaries of the arguments made by Shaftesbury?s and Digby?s representatives and the debate concerning the """"prorogation"""" or """"adjournment"""" of Parliament.
Description:
Binding: contemporary sheep; impression of central boss on front panel. and Teaching resource: English Paleography Examples, 16th-18th century
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government --1660-1688 and Great Britain --Social conditions --17th century
Subject (Name):
Digby, John, Earl of Bristol, 1635?-1698, Great Britain. Court of King’s Bench, Great Britain. Parliament, 1661-1678, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and Taylor, John, of Guilfoord, Essex
Subject (Topic):
Atheism, Blasphemy, Law, Libel and slander, Trials, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
Doylestown (Penn.), New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Santa Fe (N.M.)
Collection Created:
William Watts Hart Davis, attorney, editor, military officer, and historian, was born on July 28, 1820 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Mexican War and Civil War and as a government official in the Territory of New Mexico (1853-1857)