Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of poems dated between 1780 and 1798; and a collection of memoranda on horticulture, soil preparation, animal husbandry, vegetables, fruit trees, flowers, and shrubs dated in the 1840s. The first part co...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Lindley, John, 1799-1865., Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793., McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864., Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819., Pye, Henry James, 1745-1813., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Anecdotes, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Fruit-culture, Gardening, Horticulture, Plant-soil relationships, Recipes, Satirical verse, English, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper, in a single Italic hand, of a history of the political, religious, and military events from the death of James I in 1625 to the restoration of Charles II in 1660
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685., Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658., and Warwick, Philip, Sir, 1609-1683.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, History, and Politics and government
Album containing a collection of early 18th century manuscript verse, mainly on contemporary political topics. There are several poems on the Nonjuring controversy; on events during the reign of Queen Anne; and against Louis XIV and on the Triple Alli...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Abney, Thomas, Sir, 1640-1722., Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714., Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Scott, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1594., and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Controversial literature, Parties and movements, English poetry, Nonjurors, Political satire, English, Triple Alliance, 1717, Verse satire, English, and Politics and government
BEIN Osborn pd330: 22 cm. Armorial bookplate: Richard Strachey, Ashwick Grove. No. 14 of 14 works bound together with binder's title: Ilchester Gaol tracts etc.
Publisher:
Printed by and for Joseph Grove
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hone, William, 1780-1842. and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Political satire, English, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper in a formal secretary hand of a petition to James I, signed by 33 members of the English peerage, protesting the king's generous creation of new Scottish and Irish peers. The signatories state that they are acting "to challenge & p...
Description:
Signatures: R. Warwick; Richard Dacre; Edwarde Bergevennye; Jo. Darcy; Stafford; Thomas Windesore; Tho. Wentworth; Jo. Mordaunt; Edwarde Stowrton; [Dudley?]; Henry Hunsdon; Oxenford; Ro. Essex; Ri. Dorset; W. Salisbury; Ro. Willoughby; Sheffyld; Henry...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Ardglass, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of, 1594-1653., Bedford, Francis Russell, Earl of, 1593-1641., Bergavenny, Edward Neville, Baron, d. 1622., Bolingbroke, Oliver St. John, Earl of, 1580?-1646., Campden, Edward Noel, Viscount, d. 1643., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1584-1656., Dacre, Richard Lennard, Baron, d. 1630., Darcy, John Darcy, Baron, 1579-1635., Dorset, Richard Sackville, Earl of, 1589-1624., Dover, Henry Carey, Earl of, ca. 1580-1666., Dudley, Edward Dudley, Baron, 1567-1643., Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646., Gerard of Gerard's Bromley, Gilbert, Baron, d. 1622., Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637., Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, Earl of, 1586-1643., James I, King of England, 1566-1625., Lincoln, Theophilus Clinton, Earl of, ca. 1600-1667., Lindsey, Robert Bertie, Earl of, 1582-1642., Mulgrave, Edmund Sheffield, Earl of, 1565-1646., Oxford, Henry de Vere, Earl of, 1593-1625., Paget, William Paget, Baron, 1609-1678., Peterborough, John Mordaunt, Earl of, 1599-1643., Salisbury, William Cecil, Earl of, 1591-1668., Saye and Sele, William Fiennes, Viscount, 1582-1662., Spencer, Robert Spencer, Baron, 1570-1627., Stafford, Edward Stafford, Baron, 1572-1625., Stamford, Henry Grey, Earl of, 1599?-1673., Stourton, Edward Stourton, Baron, 1555?-1633., Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641., Suffolk, Theophilus Howard, Earl of, 1584-1640., Sunderland, Emanuel Scrope, Earl of, 1584-1630., Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1658., and Windsor de Stanwell, Thomas Windsor, Baron, 1591?-1641.
Subject (Topic):
Nobility, Precedence, Titles of honor and nobility, Court and courtiers, and Politics and government
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Call Number:
Osborn d413
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph commonplace book kept by Grenville in a printed commonplace book form. There are extensive notes and comments on his reading of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and of Smith's translator and critic Germain Garnier; on Dugald Stewart's Mora...
Description:
Binding: contemporary green vellum over boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Joseph, 1692-1752., Elmsley, Peter, 1773-1825., Garnier, M. 1754-1821. (Germain),, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834., Smith, Adam, 1723-1790., and Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading, Classical school of economics, Finance, Public, Political ethics, Production (Economic theory), Wealth, Statesmen, Economic conditions, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a large collection of religious and political prose and verse excerpts. The prose contents include notes extracted from Edward Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, 1625-42; Queen Anne's speeches to Parliamen...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674., Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Sharpe, Isaac.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Infant baptism, Political poetry, English, Satirical verse, English, Politics and government, and Religious life and customs
