Pocket diary of William Bland, senior, containing a comment on Voltaire, 1775-1785

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CMV33066

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Kent History and Library Centre

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U771/A16/4, ‘Personal Accounts: William Bland, senior’

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Pocket diary of William Bland, senior, containing a comment on Voltaire, 1775-1785

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William Bland, Sr.: Author

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English

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Brief Summary:

A pocket diary owned by William Bland, Sr.

Detailed Summary:

The pocket diary contains:

Elegiac lines to the memory of Maurice Margarot by Clio Rickman
A fragment by Clio Rickman
Impromptu Reply to Impertinence by Clio [Rickman]
A mathematical riddle on the name of Napoleon Buonaparte
Passport issued to William Bland, 1816 to travel from London to Paris via Calais
Half sheet of a letter about procuring certain Roman coins the writer requires and how much he is willing to pay. On the back is a sentence about Voltaire and ‘this blockhead Lewis’.

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Coins, Elegy, Mathematics, Passport, Riddle

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Notebook

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Ink on paper

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Part of the deeds of the Osbourne family (1282-1924).

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024