Manuscripts
![Folger M.a.11, title page Handwritten title page with simple hand-drawn decorative border](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/08/Folger-Ma11-titlepage-e1693164150488.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
Reattribution of M.a.11, An account of the many fine seats of noblemen &c. (1763)
Sometimes, we get new information about one of our collection items. In this case, Erin explains how we came to re-attribute the authorship of Folger MS M.a.11.
![Playbill for the Royal Arctic Theatre's 1853 winter season on board the H.M.S. Resolute, BILL Box G95 A67 1853](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/07/taming-of-the-shrew-scaled.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
The Royal Arctic Theatre and HMS Resolute
During the seemingly-endless heat waves of summer, I am drawn to reading about polar exploration. A few years ago I mentioned to a Folger colleague that I had just finished reading Alfred Lansing’s Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, and they replied,…
![Hyde-1a-scaled_960x600_acf_cropped](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/06/Hyde-1a-scaled_960x600_acf_cropped.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
FAST FACTS about our FAST ACCS (early modern manuscript edition)
Curator of Manuscript, Heather Wolfe, shows off some of the recent manuscript acquisitions.
![no.3 Image 6 115911 A section of a handwritten letter](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/05/no.3-Image-6-115911.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
A 17th Century Letter Collection, Part 3: Farming in Early Modern England, 1630-1632
A final look at the Powell family letters.
![Image of sealed letter with text transcribed above. A wax seal is visible at the top of the packet.](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/03/Image-1-115892.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
A 17th Century Letter Collection, Part 2: Travelling Around Early Modern England, 1630-1632
A continued look at the Powell family letters.
![hand written letter in english secretary hand; text as quoted above](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/01/William-7-1.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
“To the right Wor[shipfu]ll and my very louinge freinde the Lady Powell …”: A 17th Century Letter Collection
The first part of a series of posts examining the Powell family letters.
![A photo of the front and back of a golden coin. Both front and back seem to a depict holy figures with text around the edges.](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2023/01/Illustration-8-Venetian-Ducat-early-15th-century.jpg?fit=10%2C10)