Commonplace book of Elizabeth Caton; 1796-1797. ff. xx. 160 x 195mm. Commonplace Books: Elizabeth Caton, of Silsoe, county Bedfordshire: Commonplace book of Elizabeth Caton: 1796-1797.
A. W. Turner Collection. Commonplace book of Edward Marshall and George Booth, R.N. of HMS Bellerephon; 1848-1850. Paper; ff. xx. 150 x 210mm. Commonplace Books: Edward Marshall, of HMS Bellerephon: George Booth, of HMS Bellerephon: Commonplace book of Edward Marshall and George Booth: 1848-1...
A. W. Turner Collection. Commonplace book of Harriett Yonge, wife of Gustavus Yonge (b. 1814, d. 1894), Acting Governor of Sierra Leone (1867); 1860. Contains verse, a photograph of five officers pasted on inner cover, and an imperfect letter to her mother written from Bolsover Castle. Paper; ...
A. W. Turner Collection. Commonplace book of Henry Bird, of Cheapside, London, containing verse, notes on writers on coins and medals, refining precious metals, parting gold and silver, ancient alphabets, and biblical notes; 1814. Paper; ff. xx. 115 x 170mm. Commonplace Books: Henry Bird, of ...
A. W. Turner Collection. ‘Poems by Mrs M. Robinson’; 1790-1800. Poetry by Mary Robinson (b. 1757, d. 1800), known as Perdita Robinson after the role she took in A Winter’s Tale in 1779. She had a two year relationship with the Prince of Wales, later King George IV and was painted by Gainsborou...
A. W. Turner Collection. Literary notebook; 1838-1841. Verse and prose copied by Selina Bristow for Georgiana Cook. Paper; ff. xx. 120 x 190mm. Selina Bristow: Georgiana Cook: Prose and verse , copied by Selina Bristow for Georgiana Cook: 1838-1841.
A. W. Turner Collection. Commonplace book containing observations on wit, oratory, humour, friendship, and tales and fables; aft. 1733. Anonymous. Paper; ff. xx. 140 x 180mm.
A. W. Turner Collection. Notebook containing texts of letters written from Ceylon by Robert Newstead (b. 1789, d. 1865), the first Wesleyan missionary in the country, with verse and observations; 1816-1819. Paper; ff. xx. 200 x 260mm. Robert Newstead, Wesleyan missionary in Ceylon: Letters by...