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2.
University plays written for performance at Cambridge : [Cambridge], [16--].

Creator:
Alabaster, William, 1567-1640
Brooke, Samuel, d. 1631
Hacket, John, 1592-1670
Hawkesworth, Walter, d. 1606
Published / Created:
[16--].
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 214
Image Count:
80
Abstract:
Volume containing manuscript transcripts in an unidentified hand of 5 plays written in Latin for performance at Cambridge University in the 17th century. Includes Walter Hawkesworth's Leander and his Labrynthus (printed 1636); John Hacket's Laiola (printed as Loiola, 1648); Samuel Brooke's Scyros; and William Alabaster's Roxana (printed 1632).
Description:
From the library of Shipdham Church in Thetford, Norfolk County, England. and Some pagination is erroneous.
Subject (Name):
Shipdham Church (Thetford, England) Ownership
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > University plays written for performance at Cambridge : [Cambridge], [16--].

5.
Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].

Creator:
Andrews, Gad, 1803-
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 31
Image Count:
308
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of genealogies of families of Curtiss, Barnes, Newell, Potter, Woodruff, and Hart in Connecticut, particularly from the towns of Southington and Farmington. The volume includes copies of wills; land deeds; detailed accounts of where they resided; and personal anecdotes, including family members' involvement in religious activities; the American Revolution; and the Civil War. The manuscript notes the marriage of Hawkins Hart of Wallingford to Mary Widow of Street, "grand daugthter of Rev John Eliot the Apostle to the Indians, Author of a translation of the Bible into the Indian language ..."
Description:
In English., Tipped in: dealer's description of manuscript., Seventeen leaves at the beginning left blank., Laid in at p. 178: newspaper clipping of "the only complete record now existing of citizens of Southington who enlisted in the late War of the Rebellion.", Laid in at p. 341: small square of embroidered cloth., Paper blind-embossed stamp: Congress J. Smith., and Binding: machine-grain black morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and Missouri
Subject (Name):
Andrews, Gad, b. 1803., Barnes family., Curtis family., Hart family., Newell family., Potter family., Woodruff family., and Yale College (1718-1887)
Subject (Topic):
Alumni and alumnae, Genealogy, History, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].

7.
Recollections of an old soldier

Creator:
Antes, William
Published / Created:
[18--?]
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2898
Image Count:
143
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript memoir, signed, of William Antes' service in the United States 1st Cavalry Regiment, known as the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, from 1854 to 1859.
Description:
Pages 140-164 blank, not digitized. and William Antes was a soldier in the United States Army 1st Cavalry Regiment, known as Dragoons.
Subject (Name):
Antes, William and United States.--Army.--Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers--United States--19th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Recollections of an old soldier

9.
"Sholem Asch's Picture of Jesus. An Address to the Chicago Ethical Society"

Creator:
From the Collection: Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957
Published / Created:
1939 Nov 19
Call Number:
GEN MSS 115
Container / Volume:
Box 6, folder 62
Image Count:
15
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sholem Asch papers (GEN MSS 115) > Series I: Writings > > NOVELS > Der Man fun Notseres (The Nazarene) > Related Writings > "Sholem Asch's Picture of Jesus. An Address to the Chicago Ethical Society"

10.
Notebook, 1846-1863.

Creator:
Atkins, Thomas, 1797-1882
Published / Created:
1846-1863
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 542
Collection Title:
Thomas Atkins Notebook
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
68
Abstract:
Notebook containing verse and notes for lyceum speeches by Atkins, along with receipts and drawings. Topics covered in speeches include Middlefield, Connecticut history and education, the fugitive slave law, and temperance movement. Accompanied by one silhouette drawing and one clipping, the "Swan Song of Parson Avery," by John G. Whittier.
Description:
Notebook written from both sides. Continuous pagination provided by cataloger. and Thomas Atkins (1797-1882), author.
Subject (Geographic):
Middlefield (Conn. : Town)--History
Subject (Name):
Atkins, Thomas,--1797-1822, United States.--Fugitive slave law (1793), and Whittier, John Greenleaf,--1807-1892
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--19th century and Temperance--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook, 1846-1863.

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