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Alexandre Chessin lectures
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030118909]
Identifier: MS-0665
Overview
Alexandre Chessin was born in St. Petersburg in the Russian empire in 1866 and was a professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University from 1895 to 1899. This collection contains photocopies of handwritten lectures given by Chessin from the 1895 to 1896 academic year, collectively titled: "Introduction into the Study of the Theory of Functions--Lectures Delivered at J.H.U. in 1895-96 by Alexandre S. Chessin--Part I. Functions of Real Variables"
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Anna Berkley Stevenson copybook of poems
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030055713]
Identifier: MS-0439
Overview
Collection consists of a volume of poems, hand copied by Anna Berkley Stevenson (born in 1869 in Maryland). Includes three poems clipped from newspapers dating from approximately the 1890s to 1903.
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Benedict Arnold forgery
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030055580]
Identifier: MS-0240
Overview
Benedict Arnold (1741 – 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who fought for the American Continental Army, and later defected to the British Army. The collection consists of a forgery of a note from Arnold ([1780]) as well as later correspondence debating its authenticity from 1942 and 1951.
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British advertisements for Valentine's Day lottery
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-HUT-032
Overview
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.
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Costakis collection of World War I posters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0573
Overview
The collection includes a number of Russian propaganda posters ranging from the early days of World War I to the Russian civil war and the Revolution.
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Ellen Bankes Friend handwritten recipe book
Collection — Container: 1 [31151030119063], Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-0745
Overview
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.
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English indentures regarding settlement of husbands' wills by their widows
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-HUT-033
Overview
An indenture is a legal contract that reflects a debt or purchase obligation. This collection includes four 19th century English indentures, regarding the settlement of their husbands' wills by their widows. The indentures include the names of the husbands and wives, and the names of witnesses who attest to the existence of the marriages. The contracts are dated from 1866 to 1867.
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German autograph album
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030079705]
Identifier: MS-0444
Overview
This collections consists of one leather bound volume that contains nine notes and autographs; six in German, three in English. The entries range in date from 1862-1863 to 1880.
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German passport
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0516
Overview
Collection consists of a German passport from 1840. Printed fields completed in longhand.
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Handwritten horoscope for unnamed male subject
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0729
Overview
A horoscope is an astrological chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, astrological aspects, and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such as the moment of a person's birth. It is used as a method of divination regarding events relating to the point in time it represents, and it forms the basis of the horoscopic traditions of astrology. The item is a detailed manuscript horoscope for an unnamed male subject. The birth chart and the descriptive...
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