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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Miscellaneous European Papers #11002, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received, in part, from Margaret Oliver of Washington, Pa., in March 1985.

Items in folders 6-17 purchased from Dominic Winter Book Auctions, Glouchestershire, U.K., September 2010 (Acc. 101375).

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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, May 1996 and Anna Kephart, December 2010.

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, February 2007

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844.
• Cherokee Indians--Pictorial works.
• Fitz-James family.
• Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
• Hittites--History.
• Ireland--History--17th century.
• Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
• Nodier, Charles, 1789-1844.
• Ostenaco.
• Payart family.
• Richie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919.
• Turkey--Commerce--History--18th century.
• World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda--Pictorial works.
• Wright, Patience, 1725-1786.

The collection contains miscellaneous European papers on a variety of topics. Included are research notes and a hand-drawn map relating to Hittite hieroglyphics and artifacts, apparently produced by a British scholar in the early 20th century; birth and death certificates and a certificate of payment on an annuity for members of the Payart and Fitz-James families, distant relatives of the French writer Charles Nodier; two letters, one, 1770, in Latin, bearing the seal of a theological academy, and the other, 1807, in German, from a philosophy professor to Friedrith Bartholomaeus, 24th Demie Brigade; and a handwritten note on "Little Scholars," an article by Anne Thackeray Richie, daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, found in a copy of The Cornhill magazine that was owned by Thackeray, describing how the article came to be published. Also included are a letter, 1654, in which Lieutenant Colonel William Brayne of the British army acknowledged receipt of an order from Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell to suppress a Royalist rebellion in Ireland; a letter, 1704, in which Thomas Savage wrote to business associates from Galata (Istanbul) concerning his trading activities there; several 17th century English financial agreements and receipts, several relating to prominent politicians and Exchequer officers. There are also engravings of Declaration of Independence signer John Hancock, wax portrait sculptor Patience Wright, British naval officer and politician George Johnstone, and Cherokee leader Ostenaco; a handwritten copy of a poem by Thomas Campbell; and a British anti-German propaganda postcard from World War I showing three German soldiers in uniform.