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Rules and Minutes of the Forensic Club
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E. V. Darling notice of election in Bear Valley, Calif
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Notice of election to be held in Bear Valley, California, on April 9, 1881, on the question of whether taxes should be raised to fund schoolhouse repairs. Attached is a tally of votes showing that the measure passed.
mssHM 73999
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Minute book
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This minute book contains a printed copy of the "Rules and Regulations" for the club (inside front cover) and meeting minutes from 1883 to 1900. There are also programs for plays (both glued in and loose), newspaper reviews, tickets and general flyers in the volume, all related to the drama club.
mssHM 78361
The Learned Lady; or, Double Reform
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Manuscript includes passage in text deleted, and marked too personal, in margin, by Larpent. There is a copy of note, Larpent to Kemble, objecting to a Passage in the 2d Act, which is of so personal a Nature that it ought to be omitted.
mssLA 842
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Minute book
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The minute book covers the Lemon Men's Club meetings from December 1904 to October 1909. In the minutes, all aspects of growing lemons are discussed including prices and costs, diseases and how to fight them, and shipping and storage.
mssHM 68189
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Lenore
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Bürger's Lenore, a German ballad written in 1773, had great influence on subsequent vampire literature. In Lenore, a young woman anxiously awaits the return of her fiance, William, from the Battle of Prague. After a brief argument with God, Lenore is visited by a man on horseback who claims to be William. He takes her to a cemetery, and as they arrive, the figure reveals himself as Death over the grave of her fiance William. Lenore is punished with her own death for arguing with God.
108575
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A Loyal Effusion [in Honor of His Majesty's Birthday]. Occasional piece, 1 act. Charles Dibdin
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No application. Prod. C.G., June 4, 1794. MS: dated 1794; headed A Loyal Effusion, Consisting of Dialogue Music & Spectacle to conclude with a Song & Chorus in honor of his Majesty's Birth-day written and composed by Mr. Dibdin. J.P.C. in B.D.: The date ought to be 1794 [B.D. gives it 1797] and Larpent enters it in his license-book on 29 May 1794-His copy was also dated 1794.
LA 1030