Poems copied by James Diman, ca. 1730-1733

Small pamphlet-sized notebook containing handwritten transcriptions of three poems copied by James Diman, likely in the early 1730s. The notebook contains "The Catholic Remedy. to ye Tune of To all you Ladies, not at land &c.," "Father Ab--y's Will. Col. Sweeper Camb: Dec. 1731," and "The Poet's Lamentation for ye Loss of his cat, w'ch he used to call his Muse" copied from the London Magazine, November 1733. The "Catholic Remedy" begins "You Peope who desire to mend / your Desperate Estate..." and includes the note, "Made upon A--D--'s goving over to take orders. The note refers to the voyage of Addington Davenport (Harvard AB 1719) to England join the priesthood of the Church of England in 1730. "Father Ab--y's Will" begins "To my dear Wife, / My joy and Life..." and was a humorous poem published in 1731 after the death of Harvard College Sweeper Matthew Abdy, and attributed to Jonathan Seccombe (Harvard AB 1728). The "Poet's Lamentation" begins "Oppress'd with Grief, in heavy strains I mourn..." and was written by Joseph Green (Harvard AB 1726) as a parody of a psalm composed by Mather Byles (Harvard AB 1725). Pages 10-12, holding part of "Father Ab--y's Will" are missing, and pages 13-15 are no longer attached to the item.

Indexes of agricultural production for the Western Hemisphere, excluding the United States : rev. 1958 through 1966, preliminary 1967.

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James Burrill Angell

President of the University of Michigan, minister to China and Turkey. On verso: Card Imperial By Sam B. Revenaugh, 28 Huron street (Upstairs) Ann Arbor, - Mich.

Dr. James B. Angell

President of the University of Michigan, minister to China and Turkey. On verso: North & Oswald Photographers, Toledo, Ohio. Established 1864. Take the Passenger Elevator at St. Clair Street Entrance, and Visit our New Studios, 45 Hall Block. Largest and finest in the West. All negatives preserved and Registered...

In the matter of: Public hearing before Special industry committee no. 32-C for the paper, paper products, printing and publishing industry in Puerto Rico. August 29-30, 1957. Reporters: James A. Brownlee and John F. Hrozencik.

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How to organize a branch of the Union Supply & Mutual Benefit Co-operative Association /

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A digest of the law of evidence as established in the United States : adapted from the English work of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, with references to decisions of the federal and state courts /

Of the original 143 articles of evidence, 23 are entirely reworked, and 47 more altered to accomodate an American audience.

Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope, during the years [1868-1879] /

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The American Home Economics Association, 1950-1958. A supplement to the AHEA saga,

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Papers presented at the Controlled Thermonuclear Conference held at Washington, D. C., February 3-5, 1958.

"TID-7558."

A preliminary assessment of the hydrologic characteristics of the James River in South Dakota /

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Books about the Negro for children : the James Weldon Johnson collection, the New York Public Library /

"Reprinted from America [i.e. American] Unity, issued by the Council Against Intolerance in America, October, 1944."--p. [8]

The letters of Henry James.

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The life of James Clerk Maxwell : with a selection from his correspondence and occasional writings and a sketch of his contributions to science /

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