Commonplace book : manuscript, [ca. 1771-1779]

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Gregory, Sarah, d. 1779.
Description:1 v. : ; 16 x 11 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Archives/Manuscripts
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4735861
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Other authors / contributors:Lousley, Job, 1790-1855, former owner.
University of Chicago. Library. Codex Ms. 523.
University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center.
Provenance:Acquired 1929.
Former owner's inscription in blue ink: A curious Manuscript of Hymns and other Poetry and memorandums of Death &c. which belonged to one Sarah Gregory of Newbury. Job Lousley's Book, Hamstead Norris, Berks, 1849.
Compiler's inscription on inside paste-down: W. Crofts. Sarah Gregory's Book 1771 / S. Gregory's / Sarah Gregory Tuesday March 8th 1774.
Compiler's inscription on top edge: Sarah [illegible cross-out].
Binding: Wallet style binding of green-stained vellum over boards; evidence of ties (missing); marbled endpaper (one side only); gold-tooled obsolete University of Chicago Library call number on spine; marbled edges.
Notes:Text in English.
Summary:Collection of poems, primarily hymns and elegies with a religious theme.
Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note:Description available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

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Call Number: Ms523
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