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Obituary and Records for the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton, from the commencement of the present century to the end of 1859

Justin Simpson · 1861 · Scanned text

203,800 words · about 14 h 16 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PDM · British Library Digitised Books dataset db14 (doi 10.21250/db14) marks the OCR texts CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 (c. 1510-c. 1900 publications); text+metadata JSONL release doi 10.23636/r7w6-zy15 is CC0 1.0. Public Domain Mark is a status label, not a new copyright licence. · Digitised by the British Library (with Microsoft). Text: British Library Digitised Books, CC Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Author
Justin Simpson
Language
English
Published
1861
Length
203,800 words · about 14 h 16 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Preface about 12 h 4 min
  3. Appendix about 2 h 11 min

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Front matter

dMritMttf unit %mxh FOB THE COUNTIES OF LINCOLN, RUTLAND, & NORTHAMPTON, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OP THE PRESENT CENTURY TO THE END OP 1859. BY JUSTIN SIMPSON, Author of " A List of the Monumental Brasses of England" and " Historical Sketch of the Roman Legionaries Ss Auxiliaries of Britain." '' He who collects is laudably employed : for though he exerts no great talenta in the work, he facilitates the progress of others ; and by making that easy of attainment which is already written, may give some mind, more vigorous or more adventurous than hia own, leisure for new thoughts and original designs." Dr Johnson. STAMFORD : WILLIAM P. NEWCOMB, JIM.II STREET j BOSTON: J. M. NEWCOMB LONDON : SIMPKIN, M__BSHALL, is Co, 1861. STAMFORD : riUNTED BY WM. K. NEWC0MB. HIGH STREET. TO THE RIGHT HON. GILBERT JOHN HEATHCOTE, $ar<m of OF NORMANTON PARK, IN THE COUNTY OF RUTLAND, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE INSCRIBED (BY PERMISSION), WITH DEEP BESPECT, BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.

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