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1. Add MS 88897

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Add MS 88897
Title:
Autobiographical Writings of Alice (Wandesford) Thornton (1627-1707), of East Newton, Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
Contains accounts of events in her life from her childhood until her widowhood in 1668, arranged under headings rather than as a chronological narrative and interspersed with passages of religious meditation
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1668-1707
Extent:

2 volumes

2. Add MS 88897/1

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Title:
No title, but first page begins 'B[ishop] Halls Observations in his booke of Meditations and Vowes'. The fly-leaf reads, 'The Contents of this Book are written by the hand of Mrs Alice Thornton; The Great Great Grandmother of me Thomas Comber 1789'
Scope & Content:
Consist chiefly of accounts of specific events and providential 'deliverances' under headings, chiefly in chronological order, with an index at the end
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1668-1707
Extent:
1 volume (303 pages with original pagination).

3. Add MS 88897/2

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Title:
Alice Thornton: 'An Account of memorable Affaires, and Accidents, on my selfe, & Family; & Children with Deliverances, and Meditations thereon Since my Widdowed condition since Sept: 17th 1668'. With a note on the fly-leaf, 'A Manuscript written by my Dear Grandmother Mrs Thornton'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1668-1707
Extent:
1 volume (original pagination: 1-216, plus many blank leaves at the beginning and end)

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