ACCOUNT of "a tour into the Indian Nations" made by General James Edward Oglethorpe, Commander of the British Forces in S. Carolina and Georgia, "to establish peace between them and the English," and of his subsequent operations against the Spaniards, including an attempt on the Fort St. Augusti...
"JOURNAL of a Voyage performed by order of the N.W. Company, in a bark canoe, in search of a passage by water through the N.W. Continent of America from Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean, in summer 1789"; [by Sir Alexander Mackenzie]. A pencilled entry on the first fly-leaf states that this is the ...
JOURNAL of the ship Chesterfield, Matthew B. Alt commander; 28 May, 1793-21 Oct. 1794. In two parts: Part i. (ff. 1-28) is the journal of the voyage made in company with the Hormuzeer, William Bampton commander, from Norfolk Island through Torres Strait to Timor, 28 May-11 Sept. 1793. An abridgm...
MISCELLANEOUS topographical collections, consisting chiefly of transcripts made in the 18th cent., viz.: - 1. Papers relating to Thornbury, co. Gloucester, 1305-1583. ff. 1-4, 7-60. They include-(a) Appropriation of the church to Tewkesbury abbey, in 1305. Lat. f. 1;-(b) Institution of the vicar...
COLLECTIONS relating to Corporations, 13th-18th centt., being chiefly transcripts of the 18th cent., viz.:- 1. "An abstract of the Grant of King Charles the First to the Trust- of the City [of London], 25o Sept. 4o Car. 1" [1628]. f. 2. On the cover is the name of Sir Peter Pett, Commissioner ...
EXTRACTS from the Quo Warranto, Assize and Plea Rolls, chiefly of counties York, Cumberland and Durham. Lat. The dates given extend from 25 Hen. III. to 1 Hen. IV. [1240-1400]. At ff. 2-6 b, "Iste sunt libertates quas Burgenses de Scardebury [Scarborough, co. York] clamant habere." Paper; ff. 20...
PERAMBULATIONS of Royal Forests in cos. Huntingdon and Gloucester and several other counties, made tempp. Hen. III.- Edw. I. Lat. and Fr. At the end are copies of :-(a) Charter of Edward the Confessor concerning the endowment of Westminster Abbey, 5 Kal. Jan. 1066, [28 Dec. 1065]. Lat. f. 39. Pr...
COLLECTION Of papers relating to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, viz.:- "A memorial relating to the Universities," suggesting amendments in the statutes; [ 1717-18]. f. 2. Pr.by J. Gutch, Collectanea Curiosa, 1781, vol. ii. p. 53. Gutch says (p. ii.) that it was generally ascribed to...
ANTIQUARIAN NOTES and references concerning Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Cambridgeshire, in the hand of Thomas Martin of Palgrave (ob. 1771). Paper; ff. 16. Duodecimo. Thomas Martin, of Palgrave: Antiquarian notes concerning cos. Bedf., Berks and Cambridge: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Bedfordsh...
MINISTERS' ACCOMPTS and muster-rolls for Buckinghamshire; 1593-1649. Among other matters are:- 1. Accompts of William Andrewes, collector of fifteenths and tenths granted by Parliament [22 Mar.] 35 Eliz. [1593], for the hundreds of Newport, Buckingham and Cotteslowe; including (f. 4 b) a royal...