Hand Written Collection (#4)

William Bartrams travel journal
William Bartrams (1739-1823) journal of his travels in Georgia for the year 1805

Albeniz, Isaac (Camprodon, 1860-Cambo-les-Bains, 1909). Spanish composer and pianist. The Alhambra. N. 1 La Vega. (end of the work). Manuscript signed in Paris, February 1897

Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Blanchards balloon and apparatus
A representation of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon and apparatus, with annotations. Below the large round balloon is a parachute, and under that two men in the gondola with wings for steering. 1780s

Sketch of Cockings parachute
Drawing of R Cockings parachute in which he died. Above it is a handwritten note by John Sadler, stating that his last ascent in a balloon was from St Jamess Park, London, on 1 August 1814

Mr Fitzpatrick Kights balloon flight
A hand-painted drawing showing a man standing in the gondola of a balloon waving umbrellas. A handwritten note reads: Mr Fitzpatrick Kights Ascension bought in a native bazaar, Calcutta April 1853

Flying Globe

Tribute to French ballonist Henri Giffard in the form of a handwritten French text shaped as a balloon, inside a printed floral border. Tribute written by Mr

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Two Metropolitan Police radio operators in the control room. One officer is giving instructions for an announcement to be broadcast over the microphone. Date: mid 1950s

Diary reminder, post-it note
Diary reminder. Post-it note placed on a diary to remind the diary owner not to forget an appointment

Drawing of the Great Comet of 1881. Also known as C/1881 K1, 1881 III, and 1881b, this comet was discovered on 22 May 1881 by the Australian astronomer John Tebbutt (1834-1916)

PART2A-00063
Leonardo da Vincis backward handwriting on his design for a lamp using a globe filled with water. 19th-century woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

EVRV2A-00126
Draft of the Declaration of Independence in Jeffersons handwriting, page 1. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

European man in a white suit, Middle East
A European man in a dazzling white suit with rather short trousers and white shoes poses in front of a handwritten sign in arabic writing, in a street somewhere in the Middle East

Six Great Western Railway tickets
Six tickets issued by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1864 and 1865. Stations mentioned include Swindon, Wolverhampton, Oxford and London

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

Baptism Note 1876
A handwritten copy of a baptism certificate issued in 1876 for a baptism in 1840

Twin puppies, inside cover
Twin puppies on the inside cover, with a handwritten inscription for Christmas 1910, the year the book was published

French Passport 1871
The handwritten modification of this passport, changing Empire to Republique, reflects the changes in France after the war with Prussia and abdication of Napoleon III

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