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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824) | 2 |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) | 2 |
| Askew, Anthony (1722-1774) | 1 |
| Barbauld, Mrs (Anna Letitia) (1743-1825) | 1 |
| Bishop of Geneva | 1 |
| Burns, Robert (1759-1796) | 1 |
| Clare, John (1793-1864) | 1 |
| Grundy, John | 1 |
| Guildon, Dr | 1 |
| Haslam, John Frearby (1811-1850) | 1 |
General Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
1600-1984
Manuscripts on a range of topics including religion, engineering, poetry and language. The collection includes: Letters and papers of John Frearby Haslam; Prayers and sermons, written by Robert Sande...
Prayers and sermons, written by Robert Sanderson
Sanderson, Robert (1587-1663)
c.1640-1660
Comprises: Page 1: A prayer, beginning "O most great and most glorious ... "; Page 8: A thanksgiving, beginning "O most glorious, butt most gracious Lord our God ... "; Page 11: A prayer, beginning "O...
Correspondence and recollections related to Charles Waterton, and two letters by him.
Waterton, Charles (1782-1865)
1829-1942
Comprises: a) "Letter to the Right Honorable Robert Peel, from the author of the Wanderings in South America" (the author of the Wanderings" = Charles Waterton), 15 pp., printed. Kept with it: MS lett...
A manuscript anthology of early 19th century English poetry, including works by Lord Byron, John Keats and Anna Letitia Barbauld.
c.1825-1830
The anthology includes works by the following romantic poets: Lord Byron (including his My Soul is Dark), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (including his Fears in Solitude), William Wordsworth (including his E...
Engineering reports of John Grundy of Spalding.
Grundy, John
c.1767-1779
Comprises 16 out of a total of 17 vols. of Grundy's engineering reports, made for the purposes of record between 1767 and 1779. For a full records of contents see the article by O.S. Pickering referre...
Letters and papers of John Frearby Haslam, his family, and friends.
Haslam, John Frearby (1811-1850)
c.1825-1984
Comprises: (1) Many hundreds of letters by, or concerning, J.F. Haslam and members of his family from many generations, some original, others photocopied, or typed and pasted into exercise books, acco...
Parvula logica : manuscript notes of lectures on logic given by Dr Guildon, compiled by Sir Henry Hunloke.
Hunloke, Henry
1663
Contains Latin notes of what appears to be a complete series of lectures on logic given in 1663 by a certain 'Dr Guildon' of London, divided into ten parts. Since some parts are much shorter than othe...
A misticall expotition of Docter Salonius borne at Vienna and Bishopp of Fraunce, uppon the Ecclesiastes of Salomon in manner of a dialogue, by William Pollard.
Pollard, William
1615
Contains an English translation of Salonius, bishop of Geneva's Latin commentary on Ecclesiastes.
Miscellaneous Greek word-lists ; compiled by Anthony Askew, together with letters written to him by Johann Jacob Reiske and part of an index to Askew's library.
Askew, Anthony (1722-1774)
c.1766-1773
Comprises: (1) Greek word-lists to Nonnus: Paraphrasis S. Evangelii secundum Joannem; Aratus: Phaenomena & Prognostica; an unidentified work; and Manetho: Apotelesmatica; (2) Most of sections B-G of ...
Accounts on behalf of her children by Mrs Elizabeth Venn.
Venn, Elizabeth
1767-1773
Comprises Mrs Elizabeth Venn's financial accounts relating to her children between 1767 and 1770, with a later note by A. Morris dated 29 December 1773 appended to one of them.
Collection of extracts from religious writers and historians compiled by Nicholas Hill.
Hill, Nicholas
c.1600-1610
Divided into 53 sections containing extracts from a large number of different works, including Thomas Stapleton's 'Promptuarium', Petrarch's 'De remediis utriusque fortunÁ', and the 'Vita Jesu Christ...
A volume of poetry and autobiography compiled by John Bedford Leno.
Leno, John Bedford
c.1892-94?
A volume of poetry and autobiography, in the form of manuscript and printed proofs, compiled and heavily corrected by the author. Comprises: From one end of the volume (1) 'The People's Edition of Joh...