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2.
- Published / Created:
- [1815]
- Call Number:
- File 64 Sa141 815+++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- A description of the island of Saint Helena, with twelve numbered points of interest keyed to the letterpress text below that appears on either side of the caption title. Below the title are two columns of text with detailed description of the topogra...
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. and E. Wallis, 42, Skinner-Street, Snow-Hill; and J. Wallis, Jun., Marine Library, Sidmouth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Saint Helena
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A descriptive sketch of the island of St. Helena : including its extent, climate, productions, population, government, means of defence, &c. &c.
3.
- Creator:
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622
- Published / Created:
- 1576-1579/80.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 195
- Image Count:
- 87
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper tablet of Account book, being a record of Stiffkey mill belonging to Nathaniel Bacon (1546?-1622) for the time period 8 December 1576-1579/80. Contains weekly statements of George Brigges, John Wilson, Thomas Shorten, William Fethe...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account book
4.
- Published / Created:
- 1720.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in undentified hand, containing an overview of the terms and conditions for the creation of a merchant trading company by the mayor and vroedschappen of the city of Woerden in the Netherlands. Signing up for the company is announced on Oct...
- Description:
- In Dutch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Woerden (Netherlands), Europe, and Netherlands
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Burgermeesteren en vroedschappen der steede Woerden hebben op iterative instantien en wel gegronde ... : manuscript
5.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 4
- Description:
- BEIN 2006 Folio 21: 57 printed and 6 ms. items bound together under t.p.: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Netherlands. and Netherlands
- Subject (Topic):
- Speculation, Financial crises, Economic conditions, and Charters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of company charters, prospectuses, pamphlets and regulations relating to the Dutch speculative mania of 1720
6.
- Creator:
- Smith, William, 1762-1840
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3197 Sm684
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript contract, signed, in the hand of William Smith, between Smith and Andrew C. Barnett, for relocation of one hundred sixty enslaved African American plantation workers and farming property owned by Smith from his plantations in Alabama to his...
- Description:
- William Smith (1762-1840), plantation owner and member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1836-1840.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alabama., Louisiana., Louisiana, and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Barnett, Andrew C. and Smith, William, 1762-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- African Americans, Farmers, Slavery, History, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839
7.
- Published / Created:
- 1720 October 28.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in undentified hand, containing a list of changes that the mayor and leaders of the trade company of the city of Veere have made to the current trade company terms and conditions. This includes a change in the terms of payment and of the n...
- Description:
- In Dutch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Veere (Netherlands), Europe, and Netherlands
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De commissarissen provisioneelyk gecommitteerd tot de saaken van de commercie navigatie, en assurantie compagnie binnen deese stad notificeeren ... : manuscript
8.
- Published / Created:
- 1720.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in undentified hand, containing an overview of the terms and conditions for the subscription to bonds in the city of S' Gravenhage, now The Hague. Includes a description of sums, interests rates, and differences in classes of subscriptions...
- Description:
- In Dutch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- The Hague (Netherlands), Europe, and Netherlands
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Directeuren van de comp[anie] van beleevinge eet opgeregt binnen S' Gravenhage; met voorkennis en aprobatie van de Heeren van de magistraat laten doen een inteekening in obligatien ten lasten vant gemeene land van Holland en Westvriesland en van het comptoir generaal van de unie te verdeelen in twaalf en combinatien te weeten : manuscript
9.
- Creator:
- Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
- Published / Created:
- 1798 June 1-1803 June 27.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc215
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 995
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or contai...
- Description:
- Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., London, and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851., Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus), Treyer, Martha Evans., and Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cigar industry, Snuff, Tobacco industry, Tobacco use, Tobacco workers, Upper class, Social life and customs, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fribourg & Treyer daybook : manuscript
10.
- Creator:
- Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
- Published / Created:
- 1393 February 27.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 10
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing letters patent granting Thomas de Greystoke the right to hold a market every Monday and an annual three-day fair on the manor of Greystoke in Cumberland
- Description:
- In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters patent for Thomas de Greystoke
11.
- Creator:
- Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.00.00.34+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- British merchants and farmers congrete in two groups weeping and sad-faced, bemoan the loss of the high profits that they enjoyed for their domestic produce during the Revolutionary Wars
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Economic conditions, Prices, Farmers, and Merchants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Long faces at Smithfield. Peace, long faces at the Corn-Exchange [graphic]
12.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 327
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Merchant's commonplace book
13.
- Published / Created:
- 1720.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in undentified hand, containing a proposal for the creation of a trade company in the city of Middelburg. After the introduction follow 19 terms and conditions which include the appointment of commissioners and directors, and the assemblin...
- Description:
- In Dutch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Middelburg (Netherlands), Europe, and Netherlands
- Subject (Name):
- South Sea Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Na dat het voorgaande concept tot het opregten in de stad Middelburg, van eene maatschappy tot het assureren van scheepen soo kwam dit volgende in het ligt : manuscript
14.
- Published / Created:
- between July and December, 1720.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in unidentified hand, containing different merchantships and subscriptions related to the city of Rotterdam in the year 1720. Page [1] contains a proposal for the creation of pooled capital or "samengevoegd kapitaal" followed by a list of ...
- Description:
- In Dutch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe, Netherlands, and Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Subject (Name):
- South Sea Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nademaal het assureeren van scheepen en coopmanschappen soo voor de gevaren van de zee, van die oorlogh, en pirateryen, nootsakelyk is voor de negotie en zeevaart, en dat men siet in Engeland een maatschappy daar toe opgeregt, om door een groot samengevoegd capitaal, die geene zoo sig willen doen assureeren, volstrektelyk gerust te stellen... : manuscript
15.
- Creator:
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
- Published / Created:
- 1622 October 26-1623 November 9.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS FILE 1131
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Printed bond, completed in manuscript in an unidentified hand, issued by the Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie. The bond is signed by Dominicus Van Heemskerk on verso
- Description:
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, known as the Dutch East India Company, specialized in trade in Asia and was the first joint-stock company in the world.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Netherlands., Netherlands, and Middelburg (Netherlands)
- Subject (Name):
- Van Heemskerk, Dominicus, active 1622-1623. and Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bonds, Finance, Stock companies, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie bond : printed text and manuscript
16.
- Published / Created:
- 1720.
- Call Number:
- 2006 Folio 21
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in unidentified hand, containing a proposal for the creation of pooled capital or "een groot samengevoegd kapitaal" in the city of Delft in the year 1720, in imitation of the city of the Rotterdam which had just instituted the same capital...
- Description:
- In Dutch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe, Netherlands, and Delft (Netherlands)
- Subject (Name):
- South Sea Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overmits het assureren van scheepen en koopmanschapen soo voor de gevaren van de zee, van die van oorlog als zeeroveryen, noodsakelijk is voor koophandel en zeevaard, en dat men siet in Engeland een maatschappy daar toe opgeregt en self onlangs tot Rotterdam, om door een groot samengevoegd kapitaal, die geene die sig willen assureren volstrektelyk gerust te stellen, ... : manuscript
17.
- Published / Created:
- 1814.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 275
- Image Count:
- 13
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A manuscript in a single hand, signed by the clerks and witnesses, providing a record of the answers to fifteen questions, prompted by an 1814 parliamentary investigation into the living conditions of ‘Lascars and Chinese’ which ended with the publica...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- China., India., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- East India Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Employees, Merchant mariners, Economic conditions, and Social conditions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Queries, Lascars and Chinese : manuscript
18.
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (C...
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Economic conditions, Lifting & carrying, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].
19.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 685
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 72
- Abstract:
- Collection of 65 legal documents, on parchment, from the region around Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine. Dating from between 1254 and 1469, most of the items are in Old Provençal (Occitan) and document various land transactions, including sales, le...
- Description:
- Digital version available;
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., France, Aquitaine., and Aquitaine (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Administration of estates, Church lands, Land tenure, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469
20.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 685
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 60
- Abstract:
- Collection of 65 legal documents, on parchment, from the region around Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine. Dating from between 1254 and 1469, most of the items are in Old Provençal (Occitan) and document various land transactions, including sales, le...
- Description:
- Digital version available;
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., France, Aquitaine., and Aquitaine (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Administration of estates, Church lands, Land tenure, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469
21.
- Creator:
- Swain, 19th century, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- November 22, 1879.
- Call Number:
- Print00622
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and date from item.
- Publisher:
- Bradbury & Evans
- Subject (Name):
- Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 and St. Cyres, Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount, 1869-1926
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Economic conditions, Alchemy, Politicians, Chemicals, and Bellows
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The alchemist or, "The magic of patience!" [graphic]
22.
- Creator:
- Joyners Company (London, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1710?]
- Call Number:
- File 63 710 J89+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Case of the joyners and cabinet-makers and Case of the joiners and cabinet-makers
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England and Wales, India, and East Indies
- Subject (Topic):
- Cabinetmakers, Economic conditions, Foreign trade regulation, and Commerce
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The case of the Joyners Company against the importation of manufactured cabinet-work from the East-Indies
23.
- Published / Created:
- [1774?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Guinea (Coin), Coinage, Law and legislation, and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last speech, confession, and dying words of a Queen Ann's guinea : who was tried and condemned on a late Act of Parliament, for being too light and executed by the unmerciful hands of a butcher in, Salisbury market
24.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 October 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.10.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wellington drives a large new coach pulled by three horses with human heads. He is dressed in a a triple-caped greatcoat and broad brimmed hat and flicks the long whip with skill on the backs of the horses depicted with the heads of John Bull and on ...
- Alternative Title:
- Omnibus
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholics, Catholic emancipation, Debts, public, John Bull (Symbolic character), Economic conditions, Buses, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The omni-buss [graphic]
25.
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 1796.
- Call Number:
- 796.12.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt sits astride a huge pile of bundles strapped to the back of a bull (John Bull); he is about to enter a high archway inscribed 'Trea[sury]'. His pose and expression combine jauntiness with dignity. His head is in profile to the right, his right h...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, Duke of, 1736-1803., and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Finance, Public, Economic conditions, John Bull (Symbolic character), Debts, Public, Loyalty Loan, and Musical instruments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William the Conqueror's triumphal entry!!! [graphic]
26.
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 1796.
- Call Number:
- 796.12.00.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt sits astride a huge pile of bundles strapped to the back of a bull (John Bull); he is about to enter a high archway inscribed 'Trea[sury]'. His pose and expression combine jauntiness with dignity. His head is in profile to the right, his right h...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, Duke of, 1736-1803., and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Finance, Public, Economic conditions, John Bull (Symbolic character), Debts, Public, Loyalty Loan, and Musical instruments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William the Conqueror's triumphal entry!!! [graphic]
27.
- Creator:
- Meghen, Peter, scribe
- Published / Created:
- 1502.
- Call Number:
- Osborn a50
- Image Count:
- 300
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, containing copies of several treatises: 1) Tractatus de Sacramento Corpus Christi, by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 1-26); 2) De Vero Sapientia, Dialogus I and II, attributed here to Petrarch (now believed to be by N...
- Description:
- Peter Meghen (d. 1537), of 's-Hertogenbosch in Brabant; scribe who copied works for several English clients, including Christopher Urswick and John Colet, and served as a courier for Erasmus and Sir Thomas More. Meghen's other patrons included Cardina...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., England, and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Meghen, Peter,, Nicholas V, Pope, 1397-1455., and Urswick, Christopher, 1448?-1522.
- Subject (Topic):
- Conduct of life, Envy, Kings and rulers, Duties, Lord's Supper, Sermons, Wisdom, Manuscripts, Medieval, Economic conditions, Intellectual life, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Moral and theological treatises copied for Christopher Urswick].
