Collection of 66 personal letters, in a single hand, from Spence to Massingberd. In his letters, Spence primarily shares and inquires about news of mutual acquaintances and family, especially to their friend Captain Edward Rolle, Massingberd's brothe...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747., Massingberd, William Burrell, d. 1802., Massingberd family., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 2d duke of, 1701-1750., Rolle, Edward., and Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading, Gardens, English, Learning and scholarship, Medicine, Nobility, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Manuscript in at least two hands containing 7 medical charms and 25 medical receipts. There are treatments for worms, sore throats, ague and fever, hornet stings, snake bites, whooping cough, scurvy and rashes, as well as a recipe for opodeldoc. The c...
Collection of correspondence, financial records, and documents relating to members of the Saunders and Sebright family. Material relating to Thomas Saunders (approximately 1600-1667) includes correspondence discussing personal debts, agriculture, and ...
Description:
Thomas Saunders (approximately 1600-1667) studied law in London and served as agent for the Committee for Sequestration in the 1640s. He inherited Beechwood Park, near Markyate, Hertfordshire, England, in 1628. His son was Thomas Saunders (1631-1698) ...
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, Great Britain., Herefordshire., Beechwood Park (England), and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, Charles Lyttelton, Baron, 1628-1716., Saunders family., Saunders, Thomas, 1631-1698., Saunders, Thomas, approximately 1600-1667., Sebright family., Sebright, Thomas Saunders, Baron, 1692-1736., England and Wales. Parliament. Committee for Compounding with Delinquents., and Great Britain. Privy Council.
Subject (Topic):
Administration of estates, Families, Domestic relations, Formulas, recipes, etc, Household supplies, Law, Study and teaching, Manors, Medicine, Wine and wine making, History, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on paper, in several hands, of Latin quotations grouped by philosophical and moral subjects such as Bellum; Fortuna; Humilitas; Ingratus; Patientia; and Virtus Moralis. Other entries include several religious poems; medical recipes "for th...
Description:
Binding: full sheep; blind-stamped decoration on covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--1066-1687, Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century, and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, Latin poetry--17th century, Medicine, Meditations (Religious), Philosophy, and Prayers
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 43 entries including religious meditations; Biblical notes; religious poems and verse paraphrases on Biblical subjects; sermon extracts; a play titled "The Tragedye of Jepthas daughter;" a treati...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581.
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, English drama, English poetry, Medicine, Medicine, Popular, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, Sermons, English, Politics and government, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of about 73 entries, including prayers, poems on primarily romantic subjects, and culinary and medicinal recipes for such items as "orange water the Countess of Desmonds way"; black pudding; "to m...
Description:
Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Feilding (Fielding) family.
Subject (Topic):
Cooking, Embroidery, English poetry, Elegiac poetry, English, Medicine, Popular, Medicine, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Women authors, Religious life and customs, and Social life and customs
