Archibald Brown, George Buchanan

The Sacred Dramas of George Buchanan, translated into English verse by Archibald Brown

. Unknown Binding , Condition: Acceptable.

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Book number: mon0000157882

GEORGE WILLIAMS BROWN

1948 Manuscript Draft of a Review of the Report on the Public Archives of Canada by George Williams Brown

Canada, 1948. Non-Book. On offer is a handwritten and corrected draft written and signed by Canadian historian and editor George Williams Brown [1894-1983]. The draft is of a review of a Report on the Public Archives of Canada Written from the University of Toronto, in pencil on both sides. Signed George W. Brown. Dated circa 1848 by mention of the appointment of Dr. W. K. Lamb as Dominion Archivist. BIO NOTES: George Williams Brown PhD, LLD, FRSC was a Canadian historian and editor. In 1925 joined the History Department at the University of Toronto, where he taught Canadian and American History. From 1953 to 1954 he was Canadian visiting Commonwealth Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. He served as president of the Canadian Historical Association (1943-44) and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1945. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia in 1952. In 1959 he retired and became Professor Emeritus and in the same year, became the founding General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB). A gold medal is presented annually in his name to the top graduating history student at Victoria College. A collection of Brown's papers, in particular with reference to his involvement with the Canadian Historical Review, is held in the York University Archives, Toronto. Single sheet of lined paper, 4to. Frayed along the left side without loss of text and quite creased, otherwise in good condition.; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2 pages; Signed by Author. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 0012378

Catalogue: 20th Century Manuscript

Keywords: Canadiana

Brown, George William [d. 1847]

ARCHIVE Of BROWN / SMITH FAMILY LETTERS & PHOTOGRAPHS, Primarily from Texas, Beginning in 1845

: , 1983. All now housed in a modern, commercial 3 ring binder, the letters [primarily] housed in document holders therein. The overall number of letters in the collection is 60, the inclusive dates are 1845 to 1983. Some of the letters have enclosures (usually accounts) pinned to them. One 1886 letter and its enclosures (a set of bills and accounting sheets) is torn, and one letter, also from Lyne Jr. dated February 29, 1936, has some insect damage. The bulk of the letters (28) date from the 1870s. Also included are three clippings, one funeral card, one lock of hair, six drawings or notes that do not appear to have any context that can be identified, one modern handwritten genealogy of the Lyne family, and six 19th century portrait photos. The collection consists primarily of letters to Elizabeth Brown Glenn, [nee Hinch, 1828-1884]. The earliest letters are from her husband George William Brown [1818-1848]. Brown was born in Henrico County, Virginia apparently in about 1820. Also in the collection are various items, mostly letters, pertaining to the Smith family, and some material pertaining to the Lyne family. The Smith family and the Lyne family appear to be related to Elizabeth Brown Glenn's second husband, Edward Musgrove Glenn [1818-1873]. The earliest letters in the collection date from the 1840s and are from George William Brown to Elizabeth Brown. In one letter, dated July 15, 1845, George addresses Elizabeth as "My Dear Girl," perhaps indicating that they are not yet married. The letter is from Austin, Texas, where George is a delegate to the state constitutional convention. He has little to say about the convention itself, his mostly assuring Elizabeth of his love and fidelity. In four letters from 1846 and 1847 George addresses Elizabeth as "My Dear Wife." On October 14 in a letter from San Felipe, Texas, he mentions the death of "Capt. Gillespie," evidently and acquaintance in the Battle of Monterey (September 21-24, 1846) and writes that he provides an enclosure describing the battle, which is unfortunately missing. In a letter dated the next day, he discusses a lawsuit in which he appears to be the plaintiff, and complains of a cough, which he says was relieved by his use of a patent medicine. It appears the cough was far more serious than George realized; he died of tuberculosis in 1848. Elizabeth remarried in 1851to Edward Musgrove Glenn. There are no letters to or from Edward Musgrove Glenn in the collection. The only letter from that decade is from Ed Brown, presumably George's brother, who addresses Elizabeth as "Dear Sister." The letter is dated July 18, 1850. He thanks her for a miniature she has sent, and promises her miniatures of his own children, but not immediately. Two of them, he says, ".. had sores on their faces which would have caused them to appear badly." The stationery on which he writes his letter has a lithograph of Whig politician Henry Clay at the top of the sheet. One letter and one deed (probably an enclosure with the letter) from the 1860s pertain to a parcel of land usually referred to as the "Pace Tract. This was a parcel of 640 acres that George W. Smith, evidently a relative of the Glenn family, had an interest in. A letter from Smith himself, dated September 27, 1862, explains the cause for litigation over the tract, and his efforts to secure title to it. Legal actions regarding land - perhaps this parcel, but that is not clear - occur throughout the collection, mostly in the 20th century. The only other letter from that decade is from Shelly Smith [1858-1880] to "Dear Pa," it is dated April 27, 1868, and Shelly writes about his visit to Galveston, and his riding on streetcars. There are some doodles on the verso of the letter. Letters from the 1870s are almost all from Shelly Smith to "Dear Aunt," or "Aunt "Lizzy" - that is, Elizabeth Brown Glenn. On April 23, 1873, Shelly writes to his aunt on Texas House of Representatives letterhead that he hopes to become a page at the Texas State Senate in Austin. By May, his ambition is realized, and he writes to Elizabeth about life in Austin, his duties ("..what I hafter do.."), attractions like the circus, and his interest in the city's fire engines. He also hints at the darker side of city life in his letters to Elizabeth, like an outbreak of meningitis at his school, the attempted suicide of a man who cut his own throat, and a Dutchman who killed himself taking Laudnam (sic). One recurring theme in his letters home during his tie in Austin is his concern for his dog, who has run away, and his pleas to his aunt to take care of his "pupies." Shelly stays on in Austin after his duties in the Senate end, and attends the Taxes Military Institute (TMI) as a cadet. Most of his correspondence during this period is to persons who are not family members, and concern things like prospective roommates, friends he made on visits elsewhere, and finally, in a letter dated September 5, 1879, Shelly writes to a merchant house, W.D. Cleveland & Co. asking for a job as a clerk. It is unclear if he was hired; the last letters from Shelly are to his aunt from Ford's Hotel in San Antonio. He tells her he is being treated by a physician, and mentions his use of "Wizard Oil," evidently a patent medicine. Shelly Smith appears to have died in 1880. 20th century material consists almost entirely of letters to and from lawyers concerning land ownership, and specifically the ownership of mineral rights as oil companies seek permission to drill. Most of this material, the latest letter dating from 1983, seems to have to do with the Pace Tract. One letter, from April 9, 1936, from Lyne Smith Jr. at Harvard Law School, gives a detailed recapitulation of a lecture made by Senator Gerald Nye about the findings of a Senate Committee, chaired by Nye, about U.S. involvement in World War I.

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Book number: 48548

Catalogue: Americana

George-Brown

In My Way: The Political Memoirs of Lord George-Brown

VGC. Victor Gollancz, 1971. First edition-first impression. Brown hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small nicks and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with some ink marks on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover(slightly tainted inside the edges of the Dj cover). 299pp including List of illustrations, appendices I and II, bibliographical notes, index. Price un-clipped. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780575006966

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Book number: 10539

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Political

Keywords: : George Brown 9780575006966

Brown, George

In My Way: The Political Memoirs of Lord George-Brown

(Book Club Associates, rpt., 1971) Hardback. Very good in edge worn dustwrapper. 299pp.

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Book number: A9356

Keywords: 057500696X, political, politics, memoirs, Lord George-Brwon, George Brown, Britain, British, history, Labour party, Labour, Peabody Buildings, twentieth century, 20th, MPs, Members of Parliament

BROWN, George

In my way: the political amemoirs of Lord George-Brown

London, Penguin Books , 1972. Used - Good. SIGNED copy. Good paperback New edition. Signed by George Brown on title page. Pages a little browned; slight wear to spine. Photo:. ISBN: 0140035079

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Book number: BOOKS153298I

Lewis Brown; George Amberg

Lewis Brown: Costume Design. (Exhibition: May 12 to June 21, 1964. )

Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 1964. 8vo. 4 pp. Soft cover. Very Good+. Typographical paper wraps with staple binding. B&W plates. Scarce. .

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Book number: 17-0806

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BROWN George

In My Way the Political Memoirs of Lord George-Brown

Penguin, 1972. 0140035079. Reprint signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (covers tanned at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 288 (pages tanned at edges; no other inscriptions). .

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Book number: 142509

Catalogue: Biography

GOODE, George Brown.:

A memorial of George Brown Goode, together with a selection of his papers on museums and on the history of science in America. [Ann. Rep. Smithson. Inst,. 1897.]

Washington 1901. 8vo, 22.5cm. Pp. xii,515, photogr. frontisp. portr., 109 portrait plates, notes & refs., bibliogr. of Goode, detailed index. Orig. cloth gilt.

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Book number: 13052

GEOFFREY HILL, SEAMUS HEANEY AND GEORGE MACKAY BROWN. David Annwn.

Inhabited Voices. Myth and History in the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill, Seamus Heaney and George Mackay Brown.

Bran's Head Books Ltd. Frome, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good .

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Book number: ARC93050

Smith, Iain Crichton; MacCaig, Norman; Brown, George MacKay

Penguin Modern Poets 21: Crichton Smith, MacCaig, Mackay Brown

Penguin Books Ltd. Paperback ISBN: 0140421432, Condition: Good.

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Book number: mon0000350981