Found 64 collections related to Commonplace books

Eugénie de Vergès, née Choppin d'Arnouville. She was born on September 13, 1774 to René Choppin d'Arnouville, chevalier, a counsellor to Louis XV and president of the Cour des Monnaies; and his wife, Marguerite-Élizabeth de Chazot. On February 4, 1793, in Paris, she married Jacques-Claude de Vergès. Their first son, Marie Fortuné (1794-1864), was a notable civil engineer; their second son, Adolphe Florimond (1795-1875), was a councillor at the Cour de Cassation. Eugénie de Vergès died on April 4, 1843. The larger of the two volumes (89 manuscript pages; 77 total leaves + 4 loose manuscript inserts) is a commonplace book containing original poems, translations, and notes on a variety of subjects. On the front paste-down is a contemporary note ("Ouvrages de Mlle Eugénie Choppin, depuis Mde. Devergès, faits depuis l'anée 1790") and the large engraved stationer's ticket of De Lermoy, Versailles. The smaller volume (40 manuscript pages; 75 total leaves) is chiefly devoted to accounts and contains entries from 1811 to 1840; with the stationer's ticket of Niodot, Place du Vieux Louvre. Both volumes in contemporary green boards. less

William Jenkins, pells office, Treasury Chambers, Dublin Castle, deputy clerk of the pells. Two of his sons were William Jenkins (1805-1874), lawyer, of Clifton Court, near Bristol; and Thomas Lowten Jenkins (1812-1869), lawyer and rower, of Wraxall House, Somersetshire, who paracticed for a time in India. "M. Jenkins" may be the wife of the elder William Jenkins and the mother of the younger William and Thomas. Three manuscript notebooks of varying sizes containing excerpts on women and women's issues from various authors, most of whom are contemporaries: Byron, Southey, L.E.L., Thomas Gisborne, Madame de Staël, James Hogg, Thomas Moore, Bernard Barton, Madame Cottin, etc. The first notebook (MISC 2304) is made up of 23 full-sheet letter covers addressed to "William Jenkins / Treasury," sewn together and folded to make 92 pages (26 cm in height), each of which bears ink manuscript transcriptions in what appears to be the same hand. The second notebook (MISC 2305) is made up of six partial sheets sewn together and folded to make 24 pages (17 cm in height), of which 22 bear ink manuscript transcriptions, apparently in the same hand as the first volume. The third volume (MISC 2306) is a 30-page notebook (15 cm in height) in stiff marbled boards with the manuscript book label of "M. Jenkins," an unidentified member of the Jenkins family, perhaps the one responsible for all three notebooks. In addition to extracts on "woman," this volume also contains "Receipt for the Cure of Cancers," "To the Gouty the following article is copied," and "Gout Cordial," all in what appears to be a different hand from the rest of the volume. All three notebooks were formerly owned by the book collector Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps MS. 27051) and kept in buff wrappers labeled "Extracts on Woman.". less

A commonplace book kept around 1780 containing notes on a colony between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the French and Indian War. Also includes notes and excerpts from books by ancient and contemporary writers on matters of history, geography, political economy, colonies, agriculture, equestrianism, giants, science, religion, fetishism, heraldry, and French poetry. Entries are in French, English, Latin, and Italian less

A commonplace book kept by Edward Schütte circa 1833 containing geographical and statistical notes about America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia; statistics relating to the British Royal Marines and Royal Navy in 1832; and memoranda on the wonders of natural history, and on voyages and shipwrecks. In German less

Possibly put together by relatives of the Reverend John Leroux, Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, who died in 1819. He had two children: George Wilson Leroux, an army officer who died in 1822 at the age of 27; and Louisa Mary Leroux, who died in 1836. Mixed volume of manuscript and printed material. On the front free endpaper (half of which is cut away) is scripted in ink, on the verso, "Began in the year 1821," followed by a later pencil addition, "by [?] Leroux of Long Melford." Leaves 1-52 and 75-77 are in manuscript, in divers hands, and contains a mixure of prose and verse, the prose typically being anecdotes of famous people. A short poem criticizing Shelley's Prometheus Unbound is on leaf 41 recto; another on Byron's Cain is on leaf 42 recto. Leaves 78-122 contain mostly pasted-in printed material (clippings of newspaper stories and poems) but also two small pasted-in manuscript pieces: a short letter addressed to "Madam" dated 1827, and a four-line joke. Also included in this section is a small broadside, "Memoirs of Buonaparte," with a hand-colored "hieroglyphic portrait" of Napoleon; and a handbill, "To the Capital Burgesses, and Burgesses at large of the Town of Wisbech," by Thomas Skrimshire. The remainder of the volume is mostly blank with occasional printed illustrations pasted in, including an engraving of "Long Melford Hall, Suffolk" and two hand-colored etchings by T. L. Busby: "More free than welcome" and "Many a slip between the cup the Lip" (dated Feb. 1827). Laid in is a post card with an engraving of Woodhill House in Danbury and "With Best Wishes" printed at the bottom. less

Cecilia Smith was born on January 23, 1811, the fifth child of the Rev. Samuel Smith (1765-1841), later dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and his wife, Anne. In 1833 Cecilia married the Rev. Richard Harington (1800-1853), who became Principal of Brasenose College in 1842. The Haringtons had three children: Richard (later Sir Richard Harington, 11th Bart.), Charles and Margaret. Cecilia Harington died June 18, 1844, aged 33. Poetical commonplace book containing poems apparently copied from contemporary printed sources. Most poems by Byron and Thomas Moore; others by Samuel Rogers, Wordsworth, Felicia Hemans, Lady Caroline Lamb, etc. Ownership signature on front pastedown: "Cecilia Smith Sep 21st 1827." Notebook bound in dark blue-green half roan over marbled boards. less

Thomas Jefferson Hogg, friend and biographer of the poet Shelley. Copybook used by Thomas Jefferson Hogg for drafts of his academic assignments and as a commonplace book while he was a student at University College, Oxford, in 1810, probably during the Michaelmas term. A holograph poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Oh wretched mortal" (PBS 0215), is on leaf 5, recto. Bound in original half red roan with marbled boards. less

Sewn notebook containing 26 manuscript pages in an unidentified early 19th century hand; most pieces apparently copied from contemporary British printed sources. The last seven leaves contain 32 mounted clippings from newspapers (one, at least, from The Morning Post); another small clipping is laid in. The earliest dated clipping is apparently from 1796; the latest year mentioned in a clipping is 1813. less

Rushmore G. Horton (1826-1867) was editor of The Weekly Day Book (later the New-York Weekly Caucasian and the New-York Weekly Day-Book Caucasian), a New York City pro-slavery newspaper, as well the author of several publications, including The Life and Public Services of James Buchanan, The History of the Tammany Society, and A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in the United States, from 1861-1865. He was secretary of the Anti-Abolition States Rights Society and an active participant in the anti-abolitionist movement in New York State. The Rushmore G. Horton papers include correspondence, autographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous personal and financial papers. The collection includes letters to Horton, John H. Van Evrie, and Nathaniel R. Stimson as editors of the New York Weekly Day-Book Caucasian, as well as personal letters to Horton and his wife from George Pope Morris, Samuel F.B. Morse, William G. Brownlow, George Ripley, James Kirke Paulding, William Winter, Thomas H. Seymour, Thomas F. Bayard, and William H. Peck, and autographs by such notable figures as James Buchanan, James A. Bayard, Jr., John Cochrane, and Brigham Young. Miscellaneous papers include invitations, receipts, small notebooks, a certificate of membership to the Anti-Abolition State Rights Society, and a Confederate States of America bond with attached coupons. Most of the material has been pasted into a published blankbook intended for use as an index rerum. Loose material has been removed to separate enclosures. Additional items were added posthumously. less

Family correspondence of descendants of Revolutionary War officer Maj. Pierson Sayre (1761-1852). Most numerous are letters, 1943-1946, from Marine Dobbs to Anna Roberta "Bertie" Vergin Ellis concerning their family. Also included are some 19th century family letters and documents,an autograph album and photograph of Sarah E. Sayre, and a commonplace book of Lewis P. Sayre, as well as genealogical notes and clippings less

Commonplace book of Henry Granbery, which he titled "Select Pieces in Prose, Blank Verse and Poetry: From the most eminent writers / And also a few pieces of Poetry written by Gentlemen in Norfolk." He kept this volume in Norfolk, Virginia beginning in January 1826. Inside front cover contains pencil drawing said to indicate the route taken from Norfolk to North Carolina by H.A.T. Granbery and his wife when they eloped less

Diary and commonplace book in German entitled Erlebter und Erdachtes ein Vermächtnis von Dr. Franz Herz, dated at Wein, 1938. Included are autobiographical details, philosophical reflections, a list of his publications, and numerous family photographs and other memorabilia pasted in. The last entry is dated June 1945. The writer emigrated to the United States in 1947 and Americanized his name to Francis Joseph Harvey less

Euphemia M. Olcott lived in New York City. Collection consists of Olcott's correspondence, 1892-1911; her diary of a trip to Europe, 1902-1903; school notebooks and compositions, 1856-1860; and commonplace books, 1850-1920. Also included are items removed from family albums, 1832-1834, and newsclippings, 1858-1911. less

The collection consists of miscellaneous corporate records of Bowne & Co., Inc., and papers relating to the Bowne family of Flushing, Long Island, N. Y., including original letters by Robert Bowne and other members of the Bowne and related families. The collection was assembled by Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. (1924 - ) a former president and chairman of Bowne & Co., Inc. during the course of his research for his books on the history of the firm. less

Louise E. Dew (1871-1962), an American writer, editor and literary agent, began her career working in Chicago as a reporter and editor on special assignments for a variety of newspapers and magazines. She moved to New York City in the 1900s and continued writing, editing and acting as an agent for many authors. Her published works in the 1930s and 1940s were mostly romantic fiction. Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts and notes, financial papers, commonplace books, photographs, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1910-1952, with friends, relatives and business associates document Dew's private and business activities. Business correspondence, 1899-1949, highlights specific periods in her career. Materials, 1925-1933, relating to Hub Fairhurst, a prisoner Dew tried to help, include correspondence and clippings. Literary manuscripts and typescripts are by Dew, her clients and other authors (some are annotated by Dew). Also, notes for lectures, financial documents, commonplace books from 1881-1882 and 1884-1885, clippings and printed materials on spiritual and religious topics, and photographs of prominent people and various places and events. less

This commonplace book, created by John Fletcher in 1719, contains notes on heraldry, an argument concerning the day of Judgment, the life and history of Pocahontas, dialogues of the dead, notes of famous men, places and beings, and other topics. Contains bookplate of Frederick William Cosens less

Julia M. Wass Carpenter of Boston was the grandmother of Lilias Hazewell MacLane Seligmann. The papers consist of Carpenter's diaries of travel through the west and Mexico, and commonplace book of limericks with accompanying sketches. The diaries give a vivid portrait of Carpenter's travels through Missouri, California and Mexico during the latter part of the 19th century by railroad, boat and carriage. Sites visted include Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland, California. The remainder of the papers consists of miscellaneous letters to or from family members Albert Carpenter, Alan MacLane, Fanny Friend MacLane and J. Hendrix MacLane. less

Clifford Smyth was a literary critic and editor of the New York Times Book Review. The nature of Smyth's relationship to American actress, dramatist, and poet Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie is unknown. Smyth's papers consist of letters from William Dean Howells, Percy MacKaye, Richard Le Gallienne, and Upton Sinclair dating between 1914-1931. The papers also include a collection of commonplace books, prompt books, scripts, and other material belonging to Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie dating from the 1820s through the 1860s. less

The Beeks family papers consist mainly of personal correspondence. Also included are manuscripts, a commonplace book, a few photographs, and other personal miscellany. The bulk of the material dates between 1899-1928, and includes a letterpress copybook documenting the law practice of James Beeks between 1899-1901; correspondence written to his wife, Sarah Jane Brackinridge Beeks during his business trip to Cuba in 1902; and the correspondence of his eldest son, Edward Beeks, while living in Shanghai from 1911-1928. Other correspondents include Beeks' children McCary W. Beeks, Gertrude Beeks Easley, Helen Beeks Lounsbury, and various members of the extended family less

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts by and about the author, correspondence, two forgeries of correspondence, a notebook for 1890 through 1892, a commonplace book for the years 1930 through 1940, portraits, and pictorial works. less

William Bodham Donne made entries in this commonplace book between 1830 and 1860. It contains notes on books and historical/antiquarian subjects, some original poetry, classical criticism, and entries on other topics, along with extracts of poetry and prose, among them several memoranda concerning Milton's life and prose works and their political influence less