urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00834 Thomas Hammond: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Joan Sibley and Michael Ramsey Harry Ransom Center, 2011 Finding aid encoded by Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham 15 April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Hammond, Thomas, b. 1748 Thomas Hammond Collection 1765-1780, undated 2 boxes (.84 linear feet) Includes a memoir and other papers of Thomas Hammond, an English stableboy turned traveling equestrian performer. English; one manuscript written in Greek; some text written inLatin, Portuguese,French, and Spanish. Manuscript Collection MS-1817 Access:

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Joan Sibley and Michael Ramsey, 2011

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This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.

 Container List Works: 2.2 Memoirs on the life and travels of Thomas Hammond; written by himself for his own perusal, Volume I, handwritten manuscript in Greek, 1780? Memoirs on the life and travels of Thomas Hammond; written by himself for his own perusal; translated from the Greek characters of his original first volume, handwritten manuscript, 1780. 1.2 Volume 1 1.3 Volume 2 1.4 Volume 3 2.1 Volume 4 1.1 The surprizing adventures of Don Juan, handwritten manuscript, undated. 2.3 Voyages, handwritten manuscript, undated. Miscellaneous: 2.5 A copy of verses on the sudden and lamentable death of his royal highness William Duke of Cumberland, handwritten manuscript, 31 October 1765. 2.4 An alphabetical list of _____, bills, debts, etc., handwritten manuscript, begun January 1786. 2.5 The epitaph of Thomas Goodrich, handwritten manuscript, undated. 2.5 List of Roman Emperors, handwritten manuscript, undated. (All items from the Messmore Kendall Collection.)