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Burns, Robert (1759-1796)1
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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.

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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...

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A manuscript anthology of early 19th century English poetry, including works by Lord Byron, John Keats and Anna Letitia Barbauld

Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824); Wordsworth, William (1770-1850); Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834); Keats, John (1795-1821); Clare, John (1793-1864); Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Barbauld, Mrs (Anna Letitia) (1743-1825)

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...

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