Diaries, Journals, Log Books, Cyphers and Scrapbooks

1840s ORIGINAL, MASSIVE, MAGNIFICENT RESEARCH EFFORT TO CATALOGUE ALMOST 40 CENTURIES OF THE WORLD'S CONFLICTS AND THE RANKING COMBATANTS FROM 1980 BC TO 1847 AD

1840s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF A BRITISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON WHO EXPOUNDS ON TEMPERANCE, THE NORTH POLE AND A DIARY OF HIS SURGERIES AND CASES OF INTEREST

1840 RIVETING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING BY FIRE AND EVENTUAL RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN PACKET SHIP FILLED WITH COMBUSTIBLES AND PASSENGERS

1840 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A BRITISH ARMY OFFICER'S [WHO MAY VERY WELL HAVE BEEN A SPY] TOUR OF ENGLAND'S OLD FOE AT A TIME OF CHAOS AND COOPERATION

1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF COMPLEX EQUATIONS, MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS FOR NAVIGATION, MEASURING DISTANCES, SETTING COURSES AND WORKING OUT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ALONG WITH A CHARMING, ENGAGING 15 PAGE MINI-NOVEL

1839 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN SPECIAL MATHEMATICS WORKBOOK WITH THE UNIQUE AND SUPERB ADDITION OF BEAUTIFUL AND DETAILED DRAWINGS OF 19TH CENTURY SHIPS AND NAVAL SCENES

1838 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN ENJOYING LIFE, WORK AND SUNDAY SCHOOL IN GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK

1838 - 1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A TORTURED, CONFUSED, RELIGIOUS ENGLISHMAN AS HE ARRIVES IN HONDURAS SEEING THE SIGHTS, VISITING THE SICK, LUSTING AFTER THE COLONEL'S WIFE MERE DAYS AFTER HONDURAS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE

1837 ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY OF A MAN’S 3 MONTH TRIP FROM NEW JERSEY TO ILLINOIS, ON HORSEBACK, COACH AND FOOT, AND COMING BACK BY RIVER STEAMERS ON THE ILLINOIS AND OHIO RIVERS

1837 - 1840 EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL PRIVATE JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A MIDSHIPMAN AS THE SHIP TRAVELS TO RUSSIA TO MEET THE EMPEROR THEN MOVES ON TO SOUTH AMERICA, TASKED WITH PROTECTING AMERICAN COMMERCE AT ALL COSTS AS FLAGSHIP OF THE BRAZIL STATION

1836 SCHREIB ALMANACK OF A GERMAN BUSINESSMAN WITH HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTES INCLUDING PAYABLES, RECEIVABLES, EXPENSES, CONTACTS AND PERSONAL WRITINGS

1836 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG OF A US NAVAL WAR SHIP STILL PATROLLING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA PROTECTING AMERICAN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS 20 YEARS AFTER THE LAST BARBARY WAR

1836 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM INCLUDING MANY NOTED DELAWARE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FIGURES

1836 LIMERICK MAINE BOOK OF MEMORY AND VERSE FROM ONE OF MAINE'S EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES

1833 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG OF A 155 DAY VOYAGE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO TO NEW YORK CITY

1832 UTTERLY CHARMING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF OBSERVATIONS, SAGE ADVICE, INSTRUCTION IN DECORUM, POETRY AND QUOTATIONS OF FAMED AMERICAN ICONS AND PHILOSOPHERS TO HER TWO YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER

1832 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COPY AND STUDY BOOK RELATED TO ONE YOUNG MAN'S STUDY OF NAVIGATION, SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP

1832 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK DETAILING THE CRAFT, RULES, PROCEDURES OF FREEMASONRY

1832 - 1904 TYPED MANUSCRIPT COPY WITH HANDWRITTEN CORRECTIONS BEING A RETROSPECTIVE MEMOIR BY A NOTED ALABAMA PREACHER OF LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH

1831 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY YOUNG DANISH BOY ON HOLIDAY/BUYING TRIP IN DENMARK

1830s SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOKS [2] AND HANDWRITTEN STUDY HIGHLIGHTING THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN FRANCE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

1830s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE VISITOR TO THE ISLANDS OF IZU AND THE SEVEN ISLAND CHAIN et al IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

1820 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITISH COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS

1820 MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL: Annals of Curling Documenting the Early History of the Hamilton [Scotland] Curling Club Complete with Club Song - RARE EARLY RELIC OF THE ROARING GAME

1819 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 'POOR RATE' BOOK FOR DEWSBURY WEST YORKSHIRE

1811 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MATHEMATIC AND ARITHMETIC CYPHERING COPYBOOK FILLED WITH COMPLEX EQUATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

1807 HANDWRITTEN LATIN BOOK OF MATHEMATICS AS STUDIED IN THE COLLEGIO ROMANO UNDER THE FAMED ABBOT CALANDRELLI

1805 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK AND ANCIENT TREASURE OF EUROPEAN CULINARIA

1803 - 1805 ORIGINAL NELSON ERA MANUSCRIPT CYPHER AND EXERCISE BOOK BELONGING TO A ROYAL NAVY MIDSHIPMAN ABOARD A STORIED SHIP WHILE THE ENGLISH BLOCKADE BREST AND PLAY CAT AND MOUSE WITH THE FRENCH FLEET

17th Century Handwritten Latin Philosophy Manuscript

1795 FASCINATING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN STUDY NOTEBOOK OF GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY, SURVEYING AND MORE COMPLEX MATHEMATICS FROM A YOUNG MAN STUDYING AT AMERICA’S MOST RESPECTED UNIVERSITY

1788 An Essay Towards A System of Mineralogy, Translated From The Original Swedish, 2nd Edition, Printed for Charles Dilly WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTES

1786 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT STUDY OF ASTRONOMY, CARTOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY AND PHILOSOPHY FROM THE FAMED UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN

1784 ORIGINAL POST REVOLUTIONARY COMPLEX MATHEMATICS AND CYPHER BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CITIZEN OF ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE

1781 - 1786 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS COPY BOOK OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY SOON TO BE ADVOCATE GENERAL DETAILING THE TRADE, COMMERCE, ECONOMY, POLITICS AND PERSONAL PASSIONS OF 'JOHN COMPANY'S' MAN ON THE ASIAN SUB-CONTINENT

1751 ORIGINAL, SUPERB MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF GEOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY AND NAVIGATIONAL WISDOM AT THE THEN APEX OF SCHOLARLY KNOWLEDGE DURING THE AGE OF SAIL

1750 SUPERB ORIGINAL FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC BOOK OF PIETY, PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS HANDWRITTEN IN A STUNNING CALLIGRAPHIC HAND

1830s - 1870s ORIGINAL MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [50] AND HANDWRITTEN LETTERS [65+] DETAILING THE LIFE AND LOVES AND RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY COUSINS

1830s - 1840s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF MEMORIES, SENTIMENTS, ESSAYS, POETRY, HYMNS, RIDDLES AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN A STUNNING BURGUNDY LEATHER FINE BINDING

1830 - 1867 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CONNECTICUT MEDICAL DOCTOR AND DENTIST PLYING HIS TRADE IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA