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Roger Senhouse, notebooks and literary papers including some letters
Senhouse, Roger (1899-1970)
c.1937-1970
Comprises: (1) 6 autograph manuscript notebooks kept by Roger Senhouse between ca. 1942 and 1962, numbers 1, 3, and 4 being commonplace-books (chiefly containing notes on books and on meetings with ot...
Frederick William Rolfe, (Baron Corvo), collection
Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913)
1881-2011
Includes works and letters by Frederick Rolfe and the papers of Donald Weeks' who wrote and researched extensively on Rolfe.
GUDGEON Collection
1847-1868
Gudgeon family commonplace and accounts book, Marfin Brod, St Petersburg etc, 1847-1869 /1/. Homemade French-Russian vocabulary book /2/. Postal and other receipts, 1854-1868 and nd /3-9/. Recipes, li...
Account book and commonplace book relating to the coal industry, ca.1700-1720, by Joshua Arthington
Arthington, Joshua
c.1700-1720
Contents: (1) [f. 1r] Accounts for getting coal, notes of agreement for sinking pits etc., at Farnley, 1710-1720; (2) [f. 129v] Accounts of a similar nature, 1711-1714; (3) [f. 155v] Commonplace-book ...
Commonplace book containing extracts copied from accounts, books and lectures
c.1725-1775
Includes commercial accounts (mostly related to the shipping of commodities such as wheat); copies of contracts; statistical extracts from the Annual Register; and notes on various books including Tho...
Commonplace book, mostly written by Marianne Hogg of Kettering, containing selections of poetry, and related material
Hogg, Marianne
c.1830-c.1843
(1) Commonplace book, (2) Items formerly inserted loose inside the commonplace book, including letters from Eleanor Elizabeth Parr and Robert Arthington, and a printed pamphlet by James Haldane Stewar...
Commonplace book belonging to Thomas Eskricke
Eskricke, Thomas
c.1710-c.1748
Contains mainly veterinary preparations, but also notes on farming, as follows: (1) ff.1-15, veterinary preparations, ca.1710-ca.1748; (2) ff.24-19 (inverted), mathematical examples; (3) f.18v, sundry...
Commonplace book containing culinary recipes and various household directions, in various hands, commenced by Jane Bolt in 1694 and completed by M.P. Gutch in 1841
Bolt, Jane
1694-1841
Text from f.33v to end inverted; signature of M.P. Gutch on f.1r; signatures of Jane Bolt on ff.1r and 2r; recipes dated 1840 on ff.1v and 2v and dated 1841 on ff.96r and v
A commonplace book of Mary Cowgill containing mainly notes on astronomical, medical and natural history topics
Cowgill, Mary
c.1801-1850
Contents include: (1) a plan of York Minster (f.33) and local topographical notes on Malham Cove, Whernside, Ingleborough, Pen-y-Ghent and Pendle Hill (ff.40v-41); (2) financial accounts dated 1838 on...
Cookery and commonplace book, compiled partly by Margaret Walker
Walker, Margaret
1778-1869
At one end of the book is a collection of cookery recipes and notes on family and local events. At the other end, inverted, is a collection of poems and notes on further local events. On end-paper: 'M...
Diary of Isaac Stockton Clark
Clark, Isaac Stockton
1807-1813
Contains: (1) Extracts from poems; (2) List of "books which I intend [to] purchase when capable"; (3) Notes on family events (1800-1813); (4) Miscellaneous cash accounts