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Notebook, circaa. 1861-1865, of Latin and Greek verse.

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Manuscript Latin exercise book.  English exercises consisting of original aphonisms on schoolmasters, rules of life, extracts from contemporary letters, notices of a few remarkable events, etc. on one page with the Latin translation opposite 1672-1674. 180 pp.  Latin exercises done by Richard Wardell.  At end of book, the exercises were done by Thomas Bullen in 1721.

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A leaf from what was likely a book of hours. The leaf is 8 x 5 3/4 inches and is written in Latin with a mix of black ink and colored pigments. The illuminated letters appear to be gilded.

Scope and Contents Treatise, 1703, on physics (copied in Latin). The volume includes pen and ink diagrams and one red crayon portrait of an unidentified man.Notations in front of book, "Libris, Robert Bolling, junior, 1764" and "This Book MSS was in the library of Robert Carter [Councillor] of Virginia."William & Mary Physics professor John McKnight shared the following notes: Aristoleian physics; pre-Newton physics; organization of general physics (properties of matter, motion,...

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Contains Latin notes (Tacitus), scattered diary entries (concerning weather, farming and court business), drafts of deeds and agreements, drafts of speeches by Waller while running for commonwealth's attorney of Spotsylvania County and accounts, concerning corn and the rebuilding of Waller's Church. Includes a folder of loose Waller family items which concern the War of 1812, the Baptist Church and the Readjuster Party.

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