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Typescript transcript of diary. Transcript of three volumes of diaries, 1st diary :- 13th July 1884 (leaves 1-83) - 20th January 1890 ; 2nd diary :- 1st January 1890 - 13th January 1892 (leaves 84-172); 3rd diary :- 13th June 1892 - 21st July 1894 (leaves 85-227). On leaves 66-83, originally in another hand, are extracts from Catherine's father in law H. H. Pollard's diaries including notes from his fuller diary 1871-1896.
'Absolutely fascinating . . . A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books' Janice Hallett, author of The Alperton Angels A true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers: the literary crime that fooled the world - and the daring young booksellers who uncovered it London, 1932. Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, he is renowned on both sides of the Atlantic for unearthing the most stunning first editions and bringing them to market. Pompous and fearsome, with friends in high places, he is one of the most powerful men in the field of rare books. One night, two young bookseller...
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An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."
Listed in Harold Lancour's Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, this work consists of an alphabetical list of 2,250 immigrants to New England during the period 1700 to 1775. Entries contain important information such as place of origin and place of settlement, dates of departure and arrival, name of wife, date of marriage, and names of children. The data derives from a variety of printed sources (town records, family compendia, genealogies, local histories, etc.), and in each instance the exact source of information is cited, thus serving as a guide to further research. An eleven-page index contains the names of brides and others mentioned in the entries.This volume is available on our Family Archive CD 7504.