18th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Additional D'Orville Manuscripts
D'Orville's manuscripts, including notes on classical languages and literature.
Extents: 14 shelfmarks
Dates: 18th cent.
Collection
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville. His chief collections were made with a view to editing Theocritus and the Greek Anthology. The bulk of the manuscripts are not ancient, and largely consist of collations in printed books, and transcripts and notes, with many papers of Scipio and Alberico Gentili, and much of D'Orville's own correspondence.
Extents: 618 shelfmarks
Dates: 9th-18th cent.
Collection
Papers of the Morton, Dorville and Gorham Families
Papers of the Morton, Dorville and Gorham families, including journals and diaries, correspondence, accounts, catalogues of books, notebooks, and wills and settlements, including:
Journal by Joseph Morton of voyages to Holland, 1789, and Denmark, 1791
Catalogues of the libraries of J.P. D'Orville, late 18th cent., and George and Elizabeth Dorville, early 19th cent.
Diary of…
Extents: 70 shelfmarks
Dates: 18th-20th cent.