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A common-place book, 1770.
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CMV33044
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Firestone Library
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Manuscripts Collection Where to find it C0199 no. 139
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49366702
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Brief Summary:
A commonplace book compiled by William Bradford, Princeton Class of 1772.
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The commonplace book contains philisophical writings by Voltaire, Sterne, and other on marriage, avarice, revenge, humility.
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Avarice, Humility, Laurence Sterne, Marriage, Philosophy, Revenge
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94 pp.
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Height: 210 mm
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Two notes have been added to the MS. The first reads: ‘Nassau Hall, Jan. 1770’. The second reads: ‘Jan 3. 1846 Presented to Wallace Esq. by his friend William B. Reed’.
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