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Bowater, Richard1
Fairfax, Henry1
Hey, William (1736-1819)1

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BC MS Lt q 40, f.3r: The opening of the Earl of Halifax's poem
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Commonplace book of Richard Bowater, containing English poems, a library catalogue, and business accounts and correspondence.

Bowater, Richard

1694-1725

Comprises: (1) Ff. 1v-2r: list of books in a library; (2) Ff. 3r-16v: 9 English poems, largely on affairs of state, including items by Halifax, Milbourne, Pope, and Bold, apparently in the hand of Ric...

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Medical commonplace book, including a catalogue of the books in the Medical Library at the Leeds General Infirmary

1783-1799

Bound with boards and a vellum backstrip which is partly lost through damage. Comprises extracts on various subjects, but chiefly medical, written between 1783 and 1799, as follows: ff. 1-4, An obs...

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BC MS Lt 43, f. 34v: Henry Fairfax's poem
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Poetical commonplace book, compiled by Henry Fairfax

Fairfax, Henry

1679-1682

Many references to Yorkshire localities, e.g. Denton, Tadcaster, Otley, Kettlewell, York. As well as poetry there is much in prose, including recipes. References to writer's brother B. and sister S.

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