Unsigned autograph manuscript calculation of the cost of transporting a slave from Montevideo, Uruguay to Lima, Peru through Chile. Lists expenses including food, clothing, hire of mules, sea passage, totalling 113 pesos.
Description:
Phillipps MS 16220. Purchased from Alan G. Thomas on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1980. and Title reads: Calculo del costo que por razon de dños y transporte tiene un negro comprado en Montevideo con destino para venderse en la Ciudad de Lima, conduciendolo por la via de Chile.
Anonymous musical MS., Consisting of a 4 part canon for 2 tenors and 2 bassi, set to the text To Father Son & Holy Ghost All Glory be therefore., and Written in the shape of a square to be read from four sides of the paper.
Dupin, Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine, 1707-1779 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Published / Created:
[17--]
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 225
Image Count:
27
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript draft of an essay on the Salic law, with additions and corrections in the hand of Madame Louise Dupin. This manuscript is one of a series of essays written by Rousseau at the request of Madame Dupin in preparation for a book which she intended to write on women's rights. The manuscripts are described in Anicet Sénéchal's "Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Secrétaire de Madame Dupin" (in Annales de la Société J.-J. Rousseau, vol. 36, 1963-1965, p. 243, item 28) to which has been added a "Note sur la dispersion des papiers Dupin" by B. Gagnebin.
Description:
Modern[?] foliation in pencil. Most versos blank, not digitized.
Documents relating to the estate of John Hallett, a landowner in Barbados, written in manuscript in unidentified hands, most dated at Barbados: copy of an agreement, dated 1700, relating to Hallett's marriage to Sarah Andrews; copy of Hallett's will, dated 1716; document granting power of attorney for Hallett's estate in Great Britain, signed by Edmund Sutton and William Cogen, 1716; judgement settling Hallett's estate, signed by Robert Raymond, Baron Raymond, attorney general, 1722; inventory of the estate of William Andrews, administered by Sarah Hales, former wife of John Hallett, 1726; and list of accounts of William Andrews, 1727-1729. and Documents relating to the government of the colony of Barbados, written in manuscript in unidentified hands: copy of an appointment made by Sir Matthew Lamb for a hearing on legislation, dated 1761; document containing copies of extracts from letters, dated 1765, regarding seizure of the ship Patient Mary; articles of agreement relating to the office of secretary and remembrancer of the exchequer court, signed by Andrew Stone, 1770; and ALS from Henry Crichlow to an unidentified recipient, regarding his partnership with James Elder in the office of deputy provost marshall general, 1772. Also present is a document signed by John Gay Alleyne, granting power of attorney, 1747.
Subject (Geographic):
Barbados--Politics and government--18th century and Barbados--Social conditions--18th century
Subject (Name):
Alleyne, John Gay, 1724-1801, Andrews, William, plantation owner, Cogen, William, Crichlow, Henry, Elder, James, Hales, Sarah, Hallett, John, Lamb, Matthew, Sir, 1705-1768, Patient Mary (Ship), Raymond, Robert Raymond, Baron, 1673-1733, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Sutton, Edmund
Copyist's MS., Modern binder's blanks unscanned., Modern binding, in case with original boards., and Original boards scanned rather than current binding.
Subject (Name):
Bever, Thomas, 1725-1791, provenance and Boyce, William, 1711-1779, provenance