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Beetham, John1
Hey, William (1736-1819)1

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BC MS Lt 31, f. 40r: Francis Quarles's poem
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Commonplace book of English verse, prose (mainly sermons), and miscellaneous information, compiled by John Beetham

Beetham, John

c.1670-1690

As well as the verse, separately indexed, the volume contains ff.1-2: signatures; ff.3v-8v: family records, also "bullings"; ff.11-29: sermons (one by Ainsworth); ff.30-40r: arithmetical tables, remed...

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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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