Miscellanies. 185 



Ducatus Lancastriae, Pars Prima. ( Calendar of Inquisitions, post 

 mortem.) Pars Secunda et Tenia. ( Calendar of Pleadings, 

 ^c.) 2 vols, folio. 

 Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem, sive ^scaetarum. Hen. 

 III. Edw. I. II. III. Rich. II. Hen. IV. 3 vols, folio. 



Vol. IV. Hen. V. VI. 

 Edw. IV. and Rio. III. vi^ith an Appendix. 

 Inquisitiones Nonarum in Curia Scaccarii. Temp. Edw. Ill, folio. 

 Catalogue of the MSS. in the Cottonian Library, folio. 

 Harleian MSS. 4 vols, folio. 

 Lansdowne MSS. folio. 

 Calendars of Chancery Proceedings in the Reign of Elizabeth. 



Vols. I. II. and III. folio. 

 Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons. Vol. I. folio. 



Vol. II. 3 parts. 

 Inquisitionum Retornatariim Scotiae Abbreviatio. 3 vols, folio. 

 Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, folio. 



(Royal Charters of the Kings of Scotland.) 



Acts of Parliament of Scotland, folio, Vol. II. to XI. 



(The first volume is not yet published.) 



Rotuli Scotiae. 2 vols, folio. 



In reference to the above, the Corporation of the College, at their 

 last meeting, passed the following resolves : 



Resolved, That the grateful acknowledgments of this Board be 

 presented by the President to the Record Commission in Eng- 

 land, and, through them, to the British Government, for the munifi- 

 cent gift to the College of seventy-four folio volumes of the publica- 

 tions of the Record Commission ; and for the liberality of feeling 

 hereby manifested towards the interests of sound learning and 

 thorough investigation in the literary institutions of our country. 



Resolved, That the thanks of il)is Board be presented by the 

 President to Mr. O. Rich, of London, for the generous regard which 

 he has shewn for the interests of this College, by his influence and 

 aid, in procuring and transinilling the valuable publications of the 

 Record Commission of the British Government. 



22. Telescopes. — In the number of this Joiinial for January, 1833, 

 we noticed the successful efforts of Mr. Amasa Holcomb, of South- 

 wick, Mass., in the manufacture of Telescopes. We have now the 

 pleasure to add, that Mr. Holcomb has since that period prosecuted 



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