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31.
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

Creator:
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company
Published / Created:
1806 July 16
Call Number:
GEN MSS 841
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Conn...
Alternative Title:
[Dividend order and receipt for Dwight Foster]
Description:
Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934.
Subject (Geographic):
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
Subject (Topic):
Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

32.
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

Creator:
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company
Published / Created:
1802 April 12, undated
Call Number:
GEN MSS 841
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 12
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Also present in Box 2 is an unrelated printed indenture with manuscript annotations, dated September 2, 1799, transferring 100 acres of land in Ontario County, New York, from Oliver Phelps of Hartford, Connecticut, to Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, Conn...
Alternative Title:
[Receipt for Henry Hartley's work on Sugarloaf Hill &c.]
James Hillhouse pd to Joel Cole for work at the well
Description:
Gift of the estate of Delia Lyman Porter, 1934.
Subject (Geographic):
Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Ellsworth, Oliver,--1745-1807, Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company, Hillhouse, James,--1754-1832, Phelps, Oliver,--1749-1809, and Wadsworth, Jeremiah,--1743-1804
Subject (Topic):
Roads--Connecticut, Toll roads--Connecticut, and Transportation--Connecticut
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hartford and New-Haven Turnpike Company records, 1799-1853 (bulk 1799-1840).

33.
A manuscript, 1784.

Creator:
Hamilton, Mary, Lady, 1739-1816
Published / Created:
1784
Call Number:
Osborn fc137
Image Count:
122
Abstract:
Manuscript of a satirical novella concerning an imaginary voyage by the narrator to a distant planet inhabited by giants, during which he encounters the "Royal Academy" of the planet and the "Chief Minister" (modelled on Pitt the Younger).
Description:
First leaf inscribed: "Manuscript, 1784. By Walker. Bolton Street Piccadilly."
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William,--1759-1806 and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745--Influence
Subject (Topic):
English fiction--18th century, Fantasy fiction, English--Women authors, First person narrative, Satire, English--18th century, and Women authors--Great Britain
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A manuscript, 1784.

34.
A collection of poems mostly moral divine and instructive selected from a much larger performance

Creator:
Hamby, Nathaniel
Published / Created:
1729
Call Number:
Osborn c244
Image Count:
41
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred poems on primarily moral or spiritual subjects, many taken from printed works by such poets as John Dryden, William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Isaac...
Description:
Autograph on flyleaf: S. S. Toms.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Dryden, John,--1631-1700, Hamby, Nathaniel, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616, Steele, Richard,--Sir,--1672-1729, and Watts, Isaac,--1674-1748
Subject (Topic):
Autobiographies, Bible.--O.T.--Psalms, Conduct of life--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epitaphs, English, and Religious poetry, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of poems mostly moral divine and instructive selected from a much larger performance in three folio's, now reduced into a portable size. Written out at leisure hours with an eye only to the amusement and innocent diversion of the transcriber;

35.
Redemption or paradise regaind a poem, [late 18th-early 19th century].

Creator:
De Fleury, Maria
Published / Created:
[late 18th-early 19th century].
Call Number:
Osborn c494
Image Count:
65
Abstract:
Long, original poem in four parts, inscribed "unfinished" at the end; following the poem are a series of "Extracts From a Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings by the Rev. David Simpson, M.A. Minister of Christ Church, Macclesfield, 1808. Addresse...
Subject (Topic):
Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Redemption or paradise regaind a poem, [late 18th-early 19th century].

36.
Antiguidade da arte da pintura : [Portugal], [ca. 1696].

Creator:
Costa, Felix da, 1639-1712
Published / Created:
[ca. 1696].
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 144
Image Count:
154
Abstract:
Bound autograph manuscript in an unidentified hand on the art of painting. Includes bibliographies of works on painting and on practical perspective. Excerpts published by Crillo Volkmar Machado in his Collecçao de memorias (Lisbon, 1823).
Description:
Bound in red full levant morocco, gold tooled, possibly for Manuel II, King of Portugal.
Subject (Name):
Manuel--II,--King of Portugal,--1889-1932--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Painting
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiguidade da arte da pintura : [Portugal], [ca. 1696].

37.
Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine

Creator:
Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862
Published / Created:
1822 April 2-24
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 427
Image Count:
53
Abstract:
Notes recorded between April 2nd and April 24th, 1822 on the Lancasterian plan of education (the 'Bell-Lancaster method' or 'Monitorial system'). Includes description of class levels, lesson plans, teacher duties, classroom organization and school adm...
Description:
Binding: paper wrappers with "Notes" in ink capitals on front cover.
Subject (Topic):
Education--North Carolina, Monitorial system of education--North Carolina, Schools--North Carolina, and Teaching--North Carolina
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : written while acquiring a knowledge of the plan under Alfred Hadley, teacher at Hopewell, in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 April 2-24 / by Elijah Coffin.

38.
al-Qaṣīdah al-Muḥammadīyah / lil-imām al-Būṣīrī. -- 1878.

Creator:
Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Published / Created:
A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878)
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 431
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Copied in A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878).
Description:
Copied in the form of a primer of calligraphy; calligraphic hand.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Poetry, Arabic language and literature--Primers (Calligraphy), and Islamic binding.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > al-Qaṣīdah al-Muḥammadīyah / lil-imām al-Būṣīrī. -- 1878.

39.
Commonplace book, circa 1787.

Published / Created:
circa 1787
Call Number:
Osborn c138
Image Count:
31
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 8 primarily melancholy poems copied from various authors, on such subjects as love, solitude, and loneliness. The collection contains Alexander Pope's Eloise to Abelard; Mrs. Madan's Abelard to Eloisa; ...
Description:
Binding: full parchment.
Subject (Name):
Héloïse,--1101-1164--Poetry, Hill, Aaron,--1685-1750, Madan, Judith,--1702-1781, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--18th century, Solitude--Poetry, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1787.

40.
Ketubah : Damascus, Syria, 1905, April 14.

Call Number:
Hebrew MSS suppl 208 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 9th of Nisan, 5665 (1905) at Dameśeḳ. The text is written within an arched gilded border in the bottom half of the document. Above it and on both sides are painted large vases with flower...
Alternative Title:
כתובה : דמשק, סוריה, ‪5665 ניסן 9.
Description:
Bride: Ester ha-mitḳaret Tirah bat ha-manoaḥ Nibtsah Eliyah.
Subject (Geographic):
Damascus (Syria)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Buqqaʻi, Raḥamim ben Yosef, Ester bat Nibtsah Eliyah, אסתר בת ניבצאל אליה, and בוקאעי, רחמים בן יוסף
Subject (Topic):
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law) and Ketubah--Syria--Damascus
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ketubah : Damascus, Syria, 1905, April 14.

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