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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Great Britain. Admiralty
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Smellie, William
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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certificate
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blank form
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seal
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burgess ticket
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burial in woolen affidavit
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death certificate
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engraving
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notebook
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pattern book
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Best, Stephen.
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Burial -- Great Britain.
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Customs inspection.
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Death -- Great Britain.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- England.
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Great Britain. Admiralty.
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Hand weaving -- Great Britain.
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Hand weaving -- Patterns.
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Harvey, Elizabeth.
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Harvey, Mary, -1680 -- Death and burial.
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Impressment.
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Lewis, George Robert, 1782–1871.
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Merchant marine -- Great Britain -- Manning of vessels.
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Merchants -- Great Britain.
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Prints -- Exhibitions -- Great Britain.
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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) -- Exhibitions.
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Shipley, Zephaniah.
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Ships -- Great Britain -- Manning.
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Smellie, John.
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Best, Stephen
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Harvey, Elizabeth
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Harvey, Mary, -1680
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Lewis, George Robert, 1782–1871
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Shipley, Zephaniah
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Smellie, John
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Smellie, William
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Waynman, Sarah
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Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
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English
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Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
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Smellie, William
Notebook on weaving
1693-ca. 1767
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Document signed by Benjamin West certifying the importation of prints for an exhibition at the Royal Academy
1819 November 12
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Great Britain. Admiralty
Seaman's protection certificate for Stephen Best,
1809 February 21