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Feast Books of St John's College, 1873-1920 and 1936-81.
Three volumes containing handwritten menus for meals held in College, arranged in chronological order. The menus include breakfasts, dinners, suppers, and feasts, and the courses are given in either French or English. The occasion for each meal is occasionally noted e.g. Fellowship Elections, Dinners to Members of the Foundation, Christmas, St John Ante Port Latin, Choristers' Suppers, and Old Johnian Dinners.
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Catalogue of law books bequeathed by Sir Soulden Lawrence. 1814.
'Catalogue of law books bequeathed to the College by Judge Lawrence 1814.' Lawrence (1751-1814) was educated at St Paul's School and St John's College, where he graduated BA in 1771 as seventh wrangler. He was elected to a fellowship in 1774 and was called to the bar in 1784. He served on common pleas and king's bench and was knighted in 1794. Lawrence's legal manuscripts survive in the libraries of Lincoln's Inn and the Middle Temple. (See ODNB).
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Harold Kirby, 'Two months in Berlin'. English, 1940.
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Christabel Maxwell, Dr Scott: the friend of Nelson. English, c. 1950-60.
Alexander John Scott (1768-1840) studied at St John's College, graduating BA in 1790. He subsequently served as chaplain, secretary and interpreter to Lord Nelson, and following Nelson's death pursued a clerical career (see ODNB). Christabel Maxwell was related to Scott and in 1949 published Mrs Gatty & Mrs Ewing.
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A.S. Tetley, copies of Greek and Latin prose and verse compositions. c. 1889.
Alfred Samuel Tetley (1868-1916) came to St John's College in 1887 from Taunton Grammar School and graduated BA with a 1st class in Classics in 1890. He subsequently pursued a career as a schoolmaster.
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W.R. Stephen, Illustrated diary of a walking tour in North Wales. English, 1848-50.
William Ravenscroft Stephen (b 1826) was the son of the lawyer and slavery abolitionist Sir George Stephen and a cousin of author Sir Leslie Stephen. He was admitted at St John’s in 1844 and graduated BA as 5th Senior Optime in 1848. Stephen worked at the Colonial Office in London until 1852 when he emigrated to Melbourne, where he worked in the Treasury Department.
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William Cooper, Papers re University petitions. English and Latin, 1801-5
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John Lee, diaries and sketchbooks detailing travels in Ireland and Scandinavia. 1806-9.
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Titus Livius de Foro-Juliensis, De republica. Rotograph of 15th-century manuscript.