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A peep into the past: the East Coast, 1926

Clear shining after rain, Priaulx Library Collection

By D De La Rue, from the Guernsey Free Churchman, December, 1926, pp. 82-3. 'A few months ago the Editor was conversing with one of the octogenarians of our town and island, on the White Rock. The conversation revolved around the many changes that had taken place in the Harbour and its surroundings.' The illustration is taken from a local novel in the Library's collection, Mrs Carey Brock's moral but entertaining tale, Clear shining after rain, published in 1871.

Strangers, vagabonds, and other disreputable characters

From an Order of the Royal Court of Easter 1726.

Extra-parishioners, 1770

Locals who live outside their native parish.

Strangers, 1772

Order of the Royal Court, 27th April 1772.

News of Isaac Brock's death reaches Guernsey: November 24, 1812

From Le Publiciste, November 28 1812. The news was brought by Captain McCrindle of the ship Fame, out of Quebec with a cargo of timber. The newspaper also pubishes the reports from the Quebec newspapers McCrindle brought with him.

Tipperary, February 1915

From The Star, February 11, 1915. To much apparent jubilation, permission had been granted in this month to form a new Double Company of the Guernsey Militia from existing recruits. The 227 members had to be decided by ballot on the 5th February, as there were over 250 eligible men. The new Double Company was to be attached to the 6th Service Battalion of the Royal Irish regiment and was to leave the island for Fermoy to train before proceeding quickly to the front.

An appeal from Flanders: a Guernseyman to Guernseymen, July 1916

'You're very young and very small you boys, but your hearts are big.' His Excellency the General Officer Commanding has authorised in the public interest the publication of the following extracts from a letter received from a non-commissioned officer at the front, and the statement that every consideration will be given to the promotion of those men who have passed through the fiery furnace of this war. H St Leger Wood, Colonel, AA and QMG, August 8th, 1916.

Fiefs and hunting

The Chief Pleas of 1680.

Smuggling , April 1759

Plymouth, April 18th 1759, from Owen's Weekly Chronicle; and 1763, from the London Chronicle.

June letters from Havilland Le Mesurier

Two letters by merchant and functionary Havilland Le Mesurier, one to his wife Elizabeth Dobree and the other to daughter Harriet Le Mesurier, from nearly 200 written while he was away working for the Army's Commissariat, in the Library collection.

John Banister to Elisha Tupper, July 11, 1775

Elisha Tupper, son of Daniel, Priaulx Library collection

John Banister of Virginia describes the Boston Tea Party and the growing disaffection between Britain and New England, including the Battles of Lexington and Concord, to update his business associate, shipping magnate Elisha Tupper. The illustration, from the Priaulx Library collection, is of a miniature of Elisha (1720-1802), in the background of which a date, possibly 1785, is just discernible. The photograph was taken by or on behalf of Edith Carey, c. 1920.

Maybugs

A cruel pastime is banned.

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