Rothschilds of Demerara: single page of a hand-written legal document, attested by Henry Gloster, judge of the Supreme Court of the district of 'Demerary', British Guyana, rel to the transport of the plantations Leonora, Edinburgh, and Tuschen de Vrienden, all situated in the parish of St. Luke, West Coast Demerara 1837 (MS1287)
Castleton Temperance Society: minute books (2), incl details of routine activities and meetings, and an overview of their rules 1868-1925 (MS1289)
Hanover Street Youth Institute, Peckham: periodical; subjects of articles incl abolition of enslavement (slavery), life as a student, tour of Antwerp 1888-1889 (MS1300)
Ellen Kirkham (fl1767-1789), parish apprentice: Poor Law Case rel to Kirkham, single woman aged 21, born out of wedlock at Crowdecote, Derbyshire 1767-1789 (MS1299)
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician: songs for children, includes various songs written in shorthand 1780 (MS1288)
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