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Scope and Contents School essay headed "The Yellowstone National Park," on ten sheets of ruled paper, 9.5 x 6 inches. Describes the establishment and features of the park, particularly the geysers and hot springs. Writing of the local fauna, the author notes "The buffaloes that once were so numerous have sadly decreased in number." The essay ends with a note about the lack of "trouble" from Native Americans in the park, copying a line from John Wood Wingate's "Through the Yellowstone on Horseback" (1886): "the...

Scope and Contents Blank leatherbound book of 142 numbered pages (some numbered incorrectly), containing chemical names and recipes. Printed book label of Simon Veeder on front pastedown, with motto "Ne Scriptura evanesceret." A later owner has inscribed his name underneath the label: "John J. Vrooman, April 5th, 1920." Recipe notes also written on front pastedown.The bulk of the material seems to date from the middle decades of the nineteenth century (say 1830 to 1860 or...

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Manuscript part-book in an unknown hand on two folded sheets, headed "Die Seeschlacht & die Meerkatze: Rolle der Lisette." Gives the lines for Lisette and brief notations on the other characters. The play was first published in 1809. The watermark on the paper is not easily identifiable, but the handwritten seems to date from the early decades of the nineteenth century.

Scope and Contents Letter from Anne MacVicar Grant of Laggan (1755 - 1838) to the Irish poet James Wills (1790 - 1868). Written from Grant at Brae House to Wills at Blackwell Lodge in Kilmurry, County Kilkenny. Grant transmits a five pound note to Wills from the publisher William Blackwood as partial compensation for the loss of some Wills manuscripts which had gone missing while in the post to Blackwood. Grant offers to forward additional verse from Wills to Blackwood and tries to explain what might have...