Talbot: Pocket notebook ('Hall’s Much Approved Velvet Paper Memorandum Books')
Scope & Content:
‘Hall’s Much Approved Velvet Paper Memorandum Books.’ (18 July to 9 September, 1828). W. H. F. Talbot, notes on travel, accounts. National Trust Accession: 24515.
Talbot: Pocket notebook ('Hall’s Much Approved Velvet Paper Memorandum Books')
Scope & Content:
‘Hall’s Much Approved Velvet Paper Memorandum Books.’ (15 February to 7 July, 1831). W. H. F. Talbot, diary, accounts, notes on travel. Some text crossed through. National Trust Accession: 24536.
This notebook contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform starting 'Obs. on some clay tablets in the B. Musm copied Oct 20, 22'. The notebook contains short notes on tablets from Nineveh. Back to front: starting 'A few notes concerning Niner, the mythic founder of Nineveh and some other prints of the c...
‘Wilson’s Theorem’ (31 October, 1869) to (8 January, 1870). Collected mathematical notes. 14 pages of text and one fragment. National Trust Accession: 26839. Mathematical notes, (1871). 11 pages of text. NTA: 26840. Mathematical notes, (undated). Six pages of text and diagrams. NTA: 26841. ‘M...
Talbot: Notebook ('Books Stationary News Papers 1 Dec 1815')
Scope & Content:
Records stationery, books, newspapers, prints etc. purchased between 1815 and 28 July 1825, partly during travels in Europe. Notebook started: 1 Dec 1815.
The notebook contains notes on Greek and Assyrian cuneiform text discussing individual Assyrian words and their meaning. It includes a few notes in Arabic, references to Hebrew and to mythology. The inside back cover lists an index of words. Notebook started: Millburn Tower, [Edinburgh], 10 Nov...
Brief notes on an Assyrian text related to the Bellino Cylinder (British Museum). The final pages appear to be notes for a talk. Altogether, the notebook contains only three pages of text. The notebook is not dated.
The notebook contains notes made from the Daily Telegraph (4 January 1873) on mythology and translations of two Babylonian myths. Notebook started: 16 Jan 1873, Bath.
Inscribed ‘Lady Elisabeth' on the front cover, this account book contains accounts for clothing and fabrics. The first page lists account summaries from 1825 to 1844. The entries are mainly by Lady Elisabeth (d 12 March 1846). Notebook started: 1 Jan 1839.