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A Logbook of H.M.S. 'Elk'
A memoir of life as a colonial officer in Sierra Leone, West Africa
Memoir (228 pages) accompanied by notes and rough drafts (circa 100 pages). An index is filed with the collection.
A Morall Apologeticall Discourse of Obedience and Government by T.W. gent.
Written in two hands. Includes a synopsis of logic Discourse (1st hand, English) beg.: 'Time & season sweeten fruits & ripen ...'; ends: '... can testifye it is the candid truth.' Unprinted. Synopsis (2nd hand, Latin) begins at fo. 21. It is imperfect at both ends, and partly misbound.
A mythology of Nova Scotia
An unpublished collection of typescript prose and poetry fragments, 162 pages, described by the author in a letter to the R.C.S. Librarian, 26 September 1996: 'This resulted out of a year spent in Cambridge in 1979-80 and the literary effort trying to mend the split in my mind between Cambridge and Nova Scotia/Canada'.
'A patriarch of Empire': typescript autobiography
A memoir of Sir Frederick Young with related papers.
[A photograph of a drawing of Napier in 1864]
A print, mounted on card, and measuring 142 x 100 mm, with a caption stating 'Napier, N.Z. 1864' and signed 'E.J. Mountier. 1894'. The photograph is a reproduction of a painting of the young settlement viewed from an overlooking hill, with the sea at the left and houses and enclosed land in the foreground.
A. S. F. Gow: Letters from Cambridge
Typed copies of 70 letters from Gow, dated but missing addressees; it would appear these were sent to a large number of people, as a serial of Ludlow's opinions and experiences, appearing to be very much one-sided. Some letters appear multiple times.
A Satyr against Injustice: or, Sc[ro]gs upon Sc[ro]gs
Facsimile tracing.
'A Short Character of Charles the Second'
'A short Character of Charles the Second King of England setting forth his untimely death &c', an anonymous short account of the character of Charles II (1630-1685; King, 1660-85), by someone who knew or served him. It is unbound, and includes reference to the opinion of Dr. Thomas Short, physician, that Charles II was poisoned. 10pp.
A short history and description of the Parliament House, Melbourne
'A short history of Paterson, Simons & Company'
A 'short terrier' (draft) of lands to be auctioned, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire
A sketch of the constitution of the Kandyan kingdom
A work on the constitution of the Kandyan Kingdom, the last independent state in Sri Lanka, which had its capital at Kandy, 414 pages. The manuscript is endorsed at the end 'Copied by J.H. Direckize Translator of the Ratnapura Kachcheri (?) 28th Octr. 1892'.
'A Tale of Ludlow Castle'
A view in Belize
'A walk to the Nyassa country'
An account of Edward Steere's journey to Lake Nyassa written in Zanzibar, Lent 1876, 24 pages. There is an accompanying letter from Steere to Major Evan Smith, Consul General, 23 August 1875, informing him of his plans for the expedition.
A.B. Brewster photograph album
200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.
A.B. Farn: Correspondence
Correspondents include Granville Clutterbuck, Francis Jenkinson, G. Bertram Kershaw and others. Also includes some correspondence of Francis Jenkinson.
A.B. Farn: Letters
Letters written by A.B. Farn, with a few photographs.
'Abolitionist societies 1787-1838: a half-century of abolition': University of London MA thesis
380 pages.
Aboriginal Australian Art
Loose prints produced by the Australian Information Service. The printed captions on the reverse have been recorded as found.
Aboriginal Australians
Book containing two portrait images.
Abraham de la Pryme: Diary
Titled 'A Diary of my own life containing an account likewise of the most observable things that I have taken notice of from my youth up hitherto.' The first volume has a brief family history and summary entries for de la Prynne's youth, written in circa 1690, when he began writing the diary. The first volume ends in 1699, with the second volume continuing in 1700 with the final entry in 1704. Both volumes include printed material, correspondence and notes pasted in.