Author: John Abbot
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Category : Bulloch County (Ga.)
Languages : en
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Undated manuscript by Bulloch County, Georgia, entomologist John Abbot (1751-1840) describing his early life in England, how his interest in collecting and drawing insects developed, his emigration from England to Virginia, and his settlement in Georgia. He writes of his memories catching an pinning a Libella (Libellula, or small red damselfly), meeting entomologist and Linnean Society president Dru Drury (1724-1803) in London, and developing his collection, including the acquisition of a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris). Other topics include his voyage to America and life and travels in Virginia and North Carolina. While Abbot was boarding with William Goodall in Virginia, a fever spread through the area, killing one of Goodall's slaves and many neighbors, Abbot writes. At the conclusion of the manuscript, Abbot indicated he intended to continue the account "with many curious Anecdotes of the Times."
John Abbot "Notes on My Life," Undated
Author: John Abbot
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Category : Bulloch County (Ga.)
Languages : en
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Undated manuscript by Bulloch County, Georgia, entomologist John Abbot (1751-1840) describing his early life in England, how his interest in collecting and drawing insects developed, his emigration from England to Virginia, and his settlement in Georgia. He writes of his memories catching an pinning a Libella (Libellula, or small red damselfly), meeting entomologist and Linnean Society president Dru Drury (1724-1803) in London, and developing his collection, including the acquisition of a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris). Other topics include his voyage to America and life and travels in Virginia and North Carolina. While Abbot was boarding with William Goodall in Virginia, a fever spread through the area, killing one of Goodall's slaves and many neighbors, Abbot writes. At the conclusion of the manuscript, Abbot indicated he intended to continue the account "with many curious Anecdotes of the Times."
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Category : Bulloch County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Undated manuscript by Bulloch County, Georgia, entomologist John Abbot (1751-1840) describing his early life in England, how his interest in collecting and drawing insects developed, his emigration from England to Virginia, and his settlement in Georgia. He writes of his memories catching an pinning a Libella (Libellula, or small red damselfly), meeting entomologist and Linnean Society president Dru Drury (1724-1803) in London, and developing his collection, including the acquisition of a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris). Other topics include his voyage to America and life and travels in Virginia and North Carolina. While Abbot was boarding with William Goodall in Virginia, a fever spread through the area, killing one of Goodall's slaves and many neighbors, Abbot writes. At the conclusion of the manuscript, Abbot indicated he intended to continue the account "with many curious Anecdotes of the Times."
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., &c. &c. &c., Preserved at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., &c. ...
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Reports
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Death with Interruptions
Author: José Saramago
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
On the first day of the new year, no one dies; the reality hits home as families are left to care for the permanently dying. Death sits in her apartment and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again?
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
On the first day of the new year, no one dies; the reality hits home as families are left to care for the permanently dying. Death sits in her apartment and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again?
Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
Notes and Queries: a Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc
Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
List of members in v. 1; 2d ser., v. 7-25; 3rd ser., v. 2- (3rd ser., v. 10 containing members from the foundation of the Society to 1913) etc.
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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List of members in v. 1; 2d ser., v. 7-25; 3rd ser., v. 2- (3rd ser., v. 10 containing members from the foundation of the Society to 1913) etc.
The Letters of John Hus
Author: Jan Hus
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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