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Copybook belonging to Peter Allen, Braintree, Mass., February 17, 1801

This leather-bound copybook belonged to "Peter Allen, Aged 15, Braintree, February 17 in the Year 1801", and includes a separate 4-page biographical note written upon his death in 1860. The title page also carries the date 1799. Entries include arithmetical tables, such as weights and measures, prob...

Date: February 17, 1801

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375889

Ref. Code: MS003.020

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Copybook of practice words, undated

This untitled copybook consists of rows of practice words (amend, mammon, rain) occasionally adorned with sketches of domestic objects such as a wineglass, a teapot, a shovel. As the writer progresses, the pages begin to read in short sentences which, as the pages unfold, turn into a verse about the...

Date: undated

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375890

Ref. Code: MS003.021

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Copybook belonging to the Bacon family, May 27, 1823

This slight 5-page booklet carries the family name "Bacon" and is dated May 27, 1823. The content (written in brown ink) refers to the rules of grammar, parts of speech and how to parse a sentence. The handwriting is clear and even.

Date: May 27, 1823

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375891

Ref. Code: MS003.022

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Copybook belonging to Henry Hole, 1835-1836

This copybook, owned by Henry Hole, is covered in brown wrapping paper attached with sealing wax and is dated 1835-1836. The contents appear to be short essays written in Latin (one entitled "De imperio Tiberii", another "De Julio Caesare"; others are untitled). Of interest are the notations of erro...

Date: 1835-1836

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375892

Ref. Code: MS003.023

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Copybook belonging to Frederic Dodge, 1856-1858

Copybooks worked on during three years of the education of Frederic Dodge at ages 9, 10, and 11, in the years 1856-1858 when he was a student at Harvard Grammar School. Among the many words he practiced are "Animation," "Bennington," and "Manumission." Accompanying these copybooks are two essays wri...

Date: 1856-1858

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375893

Ref. Code: MS003.024

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Copybook belonging to Eliza H. Merriam, New Salem, Mass., 1885

This is an exercise book containing columns (3 to a page) of spelling words written in pencil by Eliza H. Merriam, whose name is on the cover. A loose page of practice words carries the date 1885 and the place: New Salem, Mass.

Date: 1885

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375894

Ref. Code: MS003.025

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Copybook belonging to Pamela Holden, undated

In this "Writing Book," Pamela Holden copied out the words to several Civil War songs of the poignant and sad variety. Some titles are "Nellie Gray," "Mother is the Battle Over," "Tramp Tramp Tramp or the Prisoners Hope," and "The Dying Soldier." The handwriting in ink is neatly done.

Date: undated

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375895

Ref. Code: MS003.026

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Copybook of William Bentley Fowle, Monitorial School, Temple Place, Boston, Mass., 1830

In the year 1830, William Bentley Fowle, a teacher at the Monitorial School, preserved a sample of each of approximately 75 students handwriting. An interleaved memo places the Monitorial School on Temple Place (Boston, Mass.) and later on lower Washington Street. In a short preface, Mr. Fowle expl...

Date: 1830

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375896

Ref. Code: MS003.027

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Copybook belonging to Elizabeth M. Saunders, Gloucester Academy, June 10, 1799

Second of two parts of a copybook of Elizabeth M. Saunders, Gloucester Academy, dated June 10, 1799. This section continues with Punctuation Rules 22-33 followed by Semicolon Rules 1-4 and rules for using periods, question and exclamation marks, parentheses and so on. The writer ends with a paragrap...

Date: June 10, 1799

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 375898

Ref. Code: MS003.005b

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Maine and New Hampshire Glass Plate Negatives

This collection contains 135 glass plate negatives captured during trips taken in Maine and New Hampshire, circa 1900-1901. There are 84 negatives, size 4 x 5" and 51 negatives, size 5 x 7". Subjects include individuals, groups, urban and rural settings, landscapes (coastal and woodlands), occupatio...

Date: 1900-1901

Collection: Maine and New Hampshire Glass Plate Negatives

GUSN: 375901

Ref. Code: PC094

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Collection: Newburyport, Massachusetts glass plate negatives collection placeholder

GUSN: 375902

Ref. Code: PC095

The fairy grotto and fantoccini waltz

Cover depicts a fairy grotto. Fairies drift down a river on boats that are leaves. "Respecfully dedicated to H. Hannington, Esq."

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 375908

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.10

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Fans / [text by Kay Staniland ; edited by Valerie Cumming.].

12 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Date: 1985]

Creators: Staniland, Kay. Cumming, Valerie. Museum of London.

GUSN: 146147

Call Number: Coll. NK4870.M98 1985

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The Care and conservation of Georgian houses : a maintenance manual for Edinburgh New Town / Andy Davey ... [et al.]

xxiii, 262 p. : ill., facsims., maps, plans ; 30 cm.

Date: 1986.

Creators: Davey, Andy. Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee.

GUSN: 146148

Call Number: HisPres. NA7334.E3

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Structural assessment / prepared by the National Institute of Building Sciences.

57, 33 p. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1986.

Creators: National Institute of Building Sciences (Washington, D.C.)

GUSN: 146149

Call Number: HisPres. TH439.S77 1986

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A history of the Codman collection of pictures / by Cora Codman Wolcott, Twin Pines Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts.

[2], 179 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : facsim. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1935.

Creators: Wolcott, Cora Codman, b. 1874.

GUSN: 146150

Call Number: Codman Box 195

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Oldtown folks / Harriet Beecher Stowe ; edited and with an introduction by Dorothy Berkson.

xxxviii, 519 p. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Berkson, Dorothy.

GUSN: 146152

Call Number: Coll. PS2954.O5 1987

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Technologies for prehistoric & historic preservation.

xi, 198 p. : ill., forms, 1 map ; 26 cm.

Date: [1986]

Creators: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.

GUSN: 146153

Call Number: HisPres. E159.T24 1986

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Die Bèuhne im Bauhaus.

84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943.

GUSN: 146154

Call Number: Rare N332.D4 B8 1924

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Moseman's illustrated catalog of horse furnishing goods : an unabridged republication of the fifth edition / by C.M. Moseman and Brother.

303 p. : all ill. ; 31 cm.

Date: 1987.

Creators: C.M. Moseman and Brother.

GUSN: 146155

Call Number: Coll. SF285.4.C23 1987

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The law of tax-exempt organizations / Bruce R. Hopkins.

xii, 949 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Hopkins, Bruce R.

GUSN: 146156

Call Number: HisPres. KF6449.H6 1986 (and 1 more)

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Joel Whitburn's Pop memories, 1890-1954 : the history of American popular music : compiled from America's popular music charts 1890-1954.

657 p. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1986.

Creators: Whitburn, Joel.

GUSN: 146157

Call Number: Coll. ML156.4.P6 W485 1986

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The Window handbook : successful strategies for rehabilitating windows in historic buildings / Charles E. Fisher, editor ; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division and the Center for Architectural Conservation, College of Architecure, Georgia Institute of Technology.

1 v. (loose-leaf) : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: 1986-

Creators: Fisher, Charles E. (Charles Elbert), 1947- Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Architectural Conservation. United States. National Park Service. Preservation Assistance Division.

GUSN: 146158

Call Number: HisPres. TH2261.W46x

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The window workbook for historic buildings / Window Conference and Exposition for Historic Buildings, 1986.

1 v. (loose-leaf) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.

Date: 1986.

Creators: Historic Preservation Education Foundation. Window Conference and Exposition for Historic Buildings (1986 : Boston, Mass.)

GUSN: 146159

Call Number: HisPres. TH2261.W461x

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Survey of Early American design : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; preface by Roy Underhill.

240 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C.

GUSN: 146160

Call Number: HisPres. NA707.S94 1987

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Addison B. Le Boutillier : Andover artist and craftsman / Clark Pearce ; with research by Neville Thompson ; an exhibition at the Andover Historical Society, March 1-May 27, 1987.

31, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.

Date: 1987.

Creators: Pearce, Clark. Thompson, Neville.

GUSN: 146161

Call Number: Coll. NA707.L4 A4 1987

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A glimpse into the shadows : forgotten people of the eighteenth century / ed. by Barbara McLean Ward ; contributors, Mary Anne Caton ... [et al.].

48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1987.

Creators: Caton, Mary Anne. Ward, Barbara McLean. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

GUSN: 146162

Call Number: Roth E162.G4 1987

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Early architecture of the South / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

236 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146163

Call Number: HisPres. NA720.E16 1987

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How to evaluate and nominate designed historic landscapes / by J. Timothy Keller and Genevieve P. Keller.

14 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1987.

Creators: Keller, J. Timothy. Keller, Genevieve P. United States. National Park Service. Interagency Resources Division.

GUSN: 146164

Call Number: HisPres. E159.N2 no.18

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New England by the sea : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

248 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C.

GUSN: 146165

Call Number: HisPres. NA715.N49 1987

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Curatorial care of works of art on paper : basic procedures for paper preservation / Anne F. Clapp.

x, 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Clapp, Anne F.

GUSN: 146166

Call Number: Reg. TS1109.C55 1987

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Village architecture of early New England : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

238 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146167

Call Number: HisPres. NA715.V5 1987

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Early American southern homes : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

236 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146168

Call Number: HisPres. NA720.E15 1987

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The Evolution of colonial architecture : from material originally published as the White Pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

248 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy. National Historical Society.

GUSN: 146169

Call Number: HisPres. NA7210.E96 1987

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Colonial architecture of the Mid-Atlantic : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

248 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146170

Call Number: HisPres. NA717.C65 1987

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Early architecture of Rhode Island : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins ; editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

239 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146171

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7234.R4 E16 1987

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The Homes of New York and Connecticut : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

254 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146172

Call Number: HisPres. NA7235.N7 H66 1987

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The Duxbury book, 1637-1987 / compiled and edited by Katherine H. Pillsbury, Robert D. Hale, Jack Post.

228 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill (some col.) ; 24 x 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Pillsbury, Katherine H. Hale, Robert D. (Robert David), 1928- Post, Jack. Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (Duxbury, Mass.)

GUSN: 146173

Call Number: Stacks F74.D95 D88 1987

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Historic preservation law and taxation / by Tersh Boasberg, Thomas A. Coughlin, and Julia H. Miller.

3 v. (loose-leaf) : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1986-

Creators: Boasberg, Tersh. Coughlin, Thomas A. Miller, Julia H.

GUSN: 146175

Call Number: HisPres. KF4310.B63 vol. 1-7 (and 2 more)

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Fifteenth biennial Conference on Tax Planning for the Charitable Sector / program chairman, Stanley S. Weithorn ; co-chairman, William J. Lehrfeld.

1 v. (various pagings) ; 24 cm.

Date: 1987.

Creators: Weithorn, Stanley S. Lehrfeld, William J., 1936- New York University. Conference on Tax Planning for the Charitable Sector (15th : 1987)

GUSN: 146176

Call Number: HisPres. KF6449.A75 F6 1987

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Joseph Moxon's mechanik exercises; or, The doctrine of handy-works applied to the arts of smithing, joinery, carpentry, turning, bricklaying.

xxxvii, 352, [76] p., 1 fold plate : ill., 1 port. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1970.

Creators: Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691. Montgomery, Charles Franklin.

GUSN: 146177

Call Number: HisPres. TT180

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Modern Connecticut homes and homecrafts; a book of representative houses, interiors, gardens, decorations, furnishings and equipment appropriately described and illustrated by several hundred beautiful engravings.

160 p. illus. 30 cm.

Date: [1921]

GUSN: 146178

Call Number: Rare NA730.C82 M6

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Tea drinking in 18th-century America : its etiquette and equipage / Rodris Roth.

61-91 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1961.

Creators: Roth, Rodris.

GUSN: 146179

Call Number: Roth Q11.U6 no. 225 1961a

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Every day life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony / George Francis Dow.

xii, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Date: 1988.

Creators: Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936.

GUSN: 146180

Call Number: Little F67.D68 1988

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Technology in miniature : American textile patent models, 1819-1840 / Barbara Suit Janssen.

vi, 147 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1988.

Creators: Janssen, Barbara Suit. National Museum of American History (U.S.)

GUSN: 146181

Call Number: Coll. TS1109.J325 1988

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Catalogue of the architectural exhibition, Boston architectural club, in the gallery of the Boston art club from May 5th to 19th inclusive.

174 p. : ill.

Date: 1902]

Creators: Boston Architectural Club. Boston Art Club

GUSN: 146182

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA2440.B657 1902

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Historic preservation & land conservation easements : tools for protection : June 6, 1986, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine / sponsors, Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation in cooperation with Maine Coast Heritage Trust ; co-sponsored by Maine State Bar Association-Section for Continuing Legal Education ... [et al.].

1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 30 cm.

Date: 1986?]

Creators: Maine State Bar Association. Section for Continuing Legal Education. Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation. Bowdoin College. Historic Preservation & Land Conservation Easements Conference (1986 : Bowdoin College)

GUSN: 146183

Call Number: HisPres. KF658 H5 H47x

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Blueprints for America's past : from material originally published as the White pine series of architectural monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown / Lisa C. Mullins, editor ; Roy Underhill, consultant.

224 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Mullins, Lisa C. Underhill, Roy.

GUSN: 146184

Call Number: HisPres. NA712.B58 1987

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Seeing through clothes / Anne Hollander.

xvi, 504 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1988.

Creators: Hollander, Anne.

GUSN: 146185

Call Number: Stacks N8217.C63 H64 1988

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Exeter, New Hampshire, 1888-1988 / by Nancy Carnegie Merrill and the History Committee.

xxxiv, 568 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Merrill, Nancy Carnegie, 1923- Exeter Historical Society (Exeter, N.H.). History Committee.

GUSN: 146186

Call Number: Stacks F44.E9 M47 1988

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