The Conundrum Crop for 1859 manuscript, 1859

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Summary

Creator:: Anonymous
Abstract:: This volume, titled "The Conundrum Crop for 1859," is a blank book containing 36 handwritten riddles and their answers. They include references to agriculture, literature and prominent figures (e.g. Lord Byron, Cowper, Louis Napoleon, Victor Emmanuel, Pope Leo, Shakespeare, Ivanhoe, Bunyan, and John G. Saxe), military culture, technology (iron steamers, railroads), race, gender, and geography.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, March 2024

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Scope and Content:: This volume, titled "The Conundrum Crop for 1859," is a blank book containing 36 handwritten riddles and their answers. They include references to agriculture, literature and prominent figures (e.g. Lord Byron, Cowper, Louis Napoleon, Victor Emmanuel, Pope Leo, Shakespeare, Ivanhoe, Bunyan, and John G. Saxe), military culture, technology (iron steamers, railroads), race, gender, and geography.
Biographical / Historical:: No historical or biographical information is available for this finding aid.
Acquisition Information:: 2023. M-7991 .
Arrangement:: The collection is a single bound volume.
Rules or Conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)