George Boyle White - literary notes, ca.1852-1874

B 650 - B 653

series

ca. 1852, 1858, 1863-1864, 1869, 1873-1874

104698

4 volumes - 0.08 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)

1852, 1858, 1863-1864; List of phrases from Shakespeare's plays with references numbers, index of mensor 1858, memo of books purchased with Mr Lamb's furniture January 1864, and G.B. White's books 1863. (Call No.: B 650)
ca. 1860; Quotes from the Bible, individuals, and famous speeches, as well as miscellaneous notes. Includes Geological eras, list of English lighthouses, causes of commercial crisis, democracy and politics, and English history. (Call No.: B 651)
n.d.; Extracts from literature including Childs Harolds Pilgrimage, Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, Churchill's Roseidd [or Rosebud], and some of Byron's and Burn's works. There is an index at the back of the volume. (Call No.: B 652)
1869, 1873-1874; Contains literary extracts (quotes and sayings) and notes relating to surveying. Includes discussion of cottage and fences of property near Raymond Terrace Road, boundaries of Patterson River, measurements, sketch of floor plan of house and elevations, and sketches of allotments of land, and a record of floods. (Call No.: B 653)

Each volume has a brass clasp for closing mechanism.

"General Index, memoranda &c. &c., Mensor 1852" handwritten inside front cover of B 650.
B 650 and B 652 are reversible as they have been used from front to back.

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.