John Ralph commonplace book

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{"value"=>"2521", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Ralph commonplace book"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1757-1794", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1757/1794"}

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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1757

date_inclusive_end

1794

origination

{"value"=>"Ralph, John", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Ralph was an 18th century English shorthand writer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Commonplace book, 1757-1794, was written in an English shorthand system probably developed by John Ralph. Front end papers of the volume contain information about Ralph's marriage and the birth dates of his children. The back end of the volume contains several prescriptions and recipes.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 89M20"}

{"date"=>"07/17/89", "source"=>"Pirages, Phillip J", "address"=>"P.O. Box 504, 965 West 11 Street, McMinnville, Oregon 97128", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Pirages, Phillip J, 07/17/89"}

keydate

1757

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Ralph commonplace book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"John Ralph was an 18th century English shorthand writer. Commonplace book, 1757-1794, was written in an English shorthand system probably developed by John Ralph. Front end papers of the volume contain information about Ralph's marriage and the birth dates of his children. The back end of the volume contains several prescriptions and recipes.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1757

date_end

1794

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