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Great Britain

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

British advertisements for Valentine's Day lottery

 Collection — Box BW-7: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-HUT-032
Abstract

An artificially assembled collection of four lottery advertisements, publicizing what was possibly the largest lottery in Britain in 1816. The items span from approximately 1815 to 1816. The slips were likely printed in 1815, but mass distributed in 1816.

Dates: circa 1815-1816

British Illustrators scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030170231]
Identifier: MS-0348
Abstract

The scrapbook which forms this collection is a bound volume containing around fifty illustrations representative of the subjects and style of nineteenth-century British book illustration. In the scrapbook are caricatures, cartoons, foreign scenes, social commentary, and hand-colored engravings.

Dates: 1829-1850

Charles Howard Carter diplomatic history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0339
Abstract

Charles Howard Carter was born in Baker, Oregon on April 3, 1927. He was Professor of History at Tulane University and a noted specialist on Spanish and European diplomacy in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

Dates: 1960-1990

Craufurd (George) of Rotterdam letter

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030058139]
Identifier: MS-HUT-002
Scope and Contents The letter was written by George Craufurd of Rotterdam, a Dutch economist, to the Scottish economic writer, George Chalmers. In the letter, Craufurd discusses Chalmers' An estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain during the present and four preceding reigns, and of the losses of her trade from every war since the revolution. He is specifically concerned with the question of bullion and its relation to the balance of trade. The manuscript is bound, and shelved with the...
Dates: 1783

Davenant, Charles (1656-1714)

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030058113]
Identifier: MS-HUT-011
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two photostatic copies of pamhlets written, 1696-1697, by English economist, Charles Davenant. The copies were produced in the 1930s, and the location of the originals is described in the Provenance. Each photostatic copy is bound as a single volume."A Memorial concerning Creditt And the means and methods by which it may be restored" was written in 1696, and "A Memorial Concerning the Coyn of England," was written in 1697. Davenant...
Dates: 1930

David Ricardo collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-HUT-006
Scope and Content Note The collection consists of one holograph letter of March 29, 1822 by David Ricardo in which he explains his refusal to become a candidate for Member of Parliament from Liverpool. Apparently, Ricardo had been encouraged to stand for the Liverpool election. The letter cites the expense, anxiety, and future restraints on his time as reasons for declining and states his satisfaction with sitting for Portarlington, Ireland. The letter ends with remarks concerning options for paying duty by...
Dates: 1822

David Spring papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0634
Abstract

David Spring was a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University for forty years (1949-1989). The collection contains notes and references from manuscripts researched by Dr. Spring while in Britain, photocopies of manuscript pages, and course lecture notes. Exact collection dates are unknown, since the collection has not been processed.

Dates: approximately 1790 - 1990

Ellen Bankes Friend handwritten recipe book

 Collection — Box BW-8: [Barcode: 31151030119063], Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-0745
Abstract

Ellen Bankes Friend (born Ellen Pigeon) (1816-1883) was married to John Bankes Friend (1808-1881), a Director of the Globe Insurance Company, and a Governor of Christ's Hospital in England. This collection includes a handwritten recipe book and one loose leaf recipe, previously folded into the book, compiled by Ellen. The recipe book is dated February 14, 1840.

Dates: 1840 February 14

Frank N. Pilling papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0370
Abstract

Frank N. (Francis Nelson) Pilling was born in Baltimore, October 17, 1908. The papers consist largely of his personal writings, some in typescript and some in published form. Other items include correspondence, photographs, genealogical records, and documents and notes from his wartime service in London.

Dates: 1923-1984

Frederick Sandham Waller sketchbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0671
Abstract

This collection contains four sketchbooks created by the British architect Frederick Sandham Waller. The volumes include notes, sketches and watercolors, and are dated to approximately 1870.

Dates: approximately 1870