The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Leontine, G. E.
Title: Watermark collection
Dates: ca.1491-ca.1830
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 79x169
Quantity: ca.350 items (3 boxes)
Location: 15 C 6
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
G. E. Leontine was a doctor in
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Collection contains complete and incomplete
manuscripts and pages from books, all gathered for their watermarks. Often, documents were trimmed in order to fit
into Dr. Leontine’s folders. Paper in
the collection, dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries, is chiefly of
European origin but also includes some from
ORGANIZATION
Alphabetically by watermark.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English, Latin, German, and
French.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Barbara McCrimmon.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Watermarks -
Watermarks –
Deeds.
Accounts.
Letters.
Advertisements.
Bills (financial).
Maps.
Receipts.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 15 C
6
Folder 1: A/DDG
(fleur-de-lis in a circle) (.1)
[initials
do not appear on the paper]
blank
paper, with the dates 1645 to 1650 penciled in
Folder 2: AH
(.2)
Part of an advertisement for
Folder 3: AJ(?)
(initials under a jester’s head) (.3)
Blank
paper, with date 1577 penciled in
Folder 4: AL
(.4)
Blank
paper, 1707 penciled in
Folder 5: AR
(with 1792 Fabrica di Fossano in an oval) (.5)
[The initials are in the
form of a monogram, and might actually be something else, but AR is what
appears on the folder.]
Folder 6:
Mathematical exercise
book of Nabby W. Huse, 1794
Folder 7: B inside a crowned shield (partial
mark only) (.217)
Note, William Shaw,
Folder 8: BG (as is written on folder, but it
looks more like BC) – inside a rectangle, with a teardrop between the two
letters (also includes a crest topped by a crown, with circles inside the
crest) (.7)
Pages are perhaps from a
French geography book, 1652 penciled in
Folder 9: BP,
inside a circle (partial watermark only) (.8)
Title
of a French book published in 1735, Lettre
de Hyacinthe Paoli
Folder 10: R
Bage (.9)
Bill from paper maker and
novelist Robert Bage (b.1728); no watermark is discernable, but the bill is for
paper.
Folder 11: D
Bemis & Co (.10)
Bill
to Nathl. Cushing from
Folder 12: Bickings
(with fleur-de-lis in a shield ) (.11)
Part
of a map of
Folder 13: F
Bicking (.12)
Part
of a map, showing Corsica, southern
Folder 14: C
List
of property owned by John Ellis, deceased, of
Folder 15:
Account of Becca Ellis,
administrator of estate of John Ellis,
Bill, Thomas Phillips owes
to Solomon Sprague, for medicine, 1771—1772 (.15)
Folder 16: CA
[could possibly be GA] (.16-.17)
Part
of a map of
Blank
piece of paper, Dutch, 1640 (.17)
Folder 17: CD,
ND (with heart between them), below a coat of arms inside an oval (.80)
Blank
sheet of paper, penciled in: ms. Of 1626, French
Folder 18: CH
(initials under a horn) (.18)
Title
page of book by Joanni Guilielmi Baurn, Italian, 1671
Folder 19: CL,
Deed of land, Samuel
Stoughton to his grandson Israel Stoughton,
Folder 20: CLP
(initials under a crown inside a ring) (.317)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 21: CS
(initials appear under a crest) (Curtis & Son) (.20)
Letter, from Tho. Langdon,
Leeds,
Folder 22: DB
(inside a coffee pot, with symbols on top) (.21)
Last
page of a book,
Folder 23: E
& P, 1794 (initials in script) (.23)
Part
of a page from a book, 1794
Folder 24: Edmeads
& Pine (.24)
Letter,
I. Chekood(?), Glanmire near
Inquiring
after Malone’s success in his matrimonial pursuits
Folder 25: FG
(initials in a circle, under coat of arms,
Blank
sheet of paper taken from “book pub. in
Folder 26: FP
(under fleur-de-lis) (.26)
Blank
sheet of paper, with 1638 penciled in
Folder 27: GL
(with an arrow between the two initials) (.259)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 28: GM
(under a coat of arms) ( .27)
Penciled
in: Italian, 1671
Folder 29: GMT
(in the second of three circles) (.28)
Blank
sheet of paper taken from “book pub. in
Folders 30-31: GR
(under a crown or a coat of arms) (.29-.33, .34-.37)
Blank
sheet of paper, dated 732 (.29);
Bill, Nathl. Cushing bought
of Jos. Blake,
Cover
sheet for Dr. Fothergill, 1773 (.31);
Blank
sheet of paper (.32);
Cover sheet for Margaret
Dunton’s deed to Eliakam Morse, 1769 (.33) (see also .53 and .82);
Part of a speech or letter,
written at the Fortress of St. Philip in
Cover sheet for something
relating to the Duke of Devonshire(?), 1759 (.35);
Page
from an account book, with accounts dated 1821-1824 (.36);
Cover
sheet for Agent Mauduit’s letter, 1763 (.37)
Folder 32: HCV
(under a shield) (.306)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 33: HO,
under two men (one a king, the other a jester) (could be OH) (.252)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 34: HS (with two small shields, one with a
coat of arms and the other with the head of a king) (.264)
Blank piece of paper
Folder 35: Hayes
& Son (.38)
Account
of work done by William Standish for Ephraim Tubbs, 1811
Folder 36: Hayes
& Wise (.39)
Capt.
Silvanus Smith’s private account with John Bulkeley & Son,
Folder 37: IAL
(inside a rectangle) (with a shield) (.288)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 38: IB
(.41)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled note: English, 1739
Folder 39: IB
(with crowned circle or garter belt and a design inside the circle) (.42)
Letter, Dagworthy Jones,
Unity Grove, to Thomas Bradford,
Folder 40: IBR
(initials inside a rectangle) (.43)
Part
of a manuscript index; penciled note: French, 1702
Folder 41: IDG
(with hearts between each initial (.44)
Part
of an engraving showing a woman’s head
Folder 42: IFM
(with a swan inside a decorative border) (.253)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 43: IHS
(inside a circle) (.316)
On
part of a page printed in French, penciled in:c.1761
Folder 44: II
(.45)
Blank
sheet of paper, penciled note: French 1710
Folder 45: IID
(could be DII)(with a dove standing on a rock) (.310)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 46: IP
(with grapes or a pinecone and fleur-de-lis) (.46)
Page
from a book about the instrument of regeneration,
Folder 47: IV (.48 includes a Pro Patria design,
with lion inside a fence, watched over by Britannia) (.47-.51)
Part
of title page of The Works of …Stephen
Charnock, vol. 2, 1684 (.47);
Blank
piece of paper, with penciled note: not later than 1736 (.48)
Cover
sheet for warrant for Earl Waldegrave, 1738 (.49);
Blank
piece of paper, 1778 penciled in (.50)
Partial map of Atlantic Ocean
off Cape Breton Island and
Part of letter addressed to
James Geo. Douglas,
Cover sheet for something
addressed to Mr. Garrick, 1758 (.51b);
Part of title page for Family Expositor, v. 2, by P. Doddridge,
Part of page from a book,
Part of a letter from Chas.
Whitworth, Lybourne, 1757 (.51e)
Folder 48: IV
(under a beehive, inside a crest topped by a tree) (.52)
Folder 49: IVR
(with an oval with flowers on the inside – see also .303) (.305)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 50: JH
(or HL) on either side of a crested shield (.298)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 51: JSB
[Jeremiah Smith Boies] (.54)
Blank
piece of paper, 1790 penciled in
Folder 52: K
inside a circle (.237)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 53: J
Kool & Comp (under a crowned lion carrying a sword) (.56)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: Dutch, 1657
Folder 54: LR
(inside fish scales) (.57)
Cover
sheet marked One quarter to Christmas 1773
Folder 55: 4
LS, above a post horn (.294)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 56: LVG;
LV Gerrevink (with various designs of shields) (.58-.72)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: 1776 (.58);
Piece of paper on which
names of owners (both Dutch) are written, penciled in:
Address sheet: to Mr.
Nourse,
Blank piece of paper,
penciled in:
Cover sheet dated 1751
(.62);
Part of map of St.
Christophers, alias St. Kitts, by H. Moll, geographer, penciled in: between
1736 and 1751, (.63);
Part of a letter to Mrs.
Bentham, penciled in: 1757 (.64);
Piece of paper dated
Part of letter, penciled in:
Lord Trevor, 1725 (.66);
Part of a government
document, 1720 (.67);
Part of a printed notice to
John Garth about an English land tax, 1732 (.68);
Cover sheet for Ld. Le
Despencer, 1763 (.69);
Cover sheet for Lord
Stormon, 1761-1762 (.70);
Part of a bill from Wilson,
Chapman, and Sheppard, Woollen drapers,
map of the seat of war in
Folder 57: 1795,
S Lay (.73)
Title page and one page from
The Life of Petrach, by Mrs. Dobson,
4th ed., vol. 1,
Folder 58: Litchfield
(.74)
Receipted
bill, Christopher Peirce owes to Thomas Moor,
Folder 59: MB
(with cross) – photos and negatives only (.211)
Folder 60: MC
(with hand) (.75)
Two sheets of paper, an
manuscript index of some sort, penciled in: German, bound in book dated 1497
Folder 61: MH [or HM] (one set of initials inside a
deer; the other set under a crested shield) (.280, .280a)
Two
blank pieces of paper
Folder 62: NG
(under a castle tower), also includes 4SM (.293)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 63: ring
around which is written Napoleon empereur et roi, 1810 (.76)
Letter, Cornelia, Newbury,
[Massachusetts], to Elizabeth Withington, Dorchester, March 31, 1819, about
Elizabeth’s brother’s death, religion, and other news
Folder 64: Owen
& Hurlbut (with seven-pointed star) (.78)
Note, J.W.(?) Copeland, Middlebury,
to Warren or Warner Carr, Brandon, Vermont, June 8, 1830, about a debt owed by
S. Hosmer(?)
Folder 65: fancy P with flower growing out of top;
numeral 4 (or crossed legs) with a design on top (.79, .79a)
Two blank sheets of
paper, .79 has date penciled in – 1561, and .79a has 1596 penciled in
Folder 66: P under a design of some sort (.231)
Blank sheet of paper
Folder 67: PH
(initials are inside a bishop’s miter) (.296)
A
piece of paper on which are a couple of words (in German) and letters
Folder 68:
Blank
sheet of paper, penciled in:
Folder 69: R
above a circle with crossed keys in the center (.234)
Manuscript
index, written in Latin
Folder 70: RR-FR
(.83)
Part
of a map
Folder 71: T
Part
of a page from a book; penciled in: French 1742, not necessarily
Folder 72: S
& Co inside star [John Shyrock] (.85)
Letter, Eben Clapp,
Baltimore, to John M. Gourgas, Dorchester/Boston, Sept. 14, 1814, about rent
and possibly selling a farm; many have left Baltimore because of British, who
have commenced firing on the nearby forts, nearby battle
Folder 73: partial
SL in bell, but under the initials LVG (Shay) (.86)
[other
LVG designs do not have the bell]
part of wrapper:
Folder 74: SWL
(with post horn) (.87)
Map of
Folder 75: Simuntfink Weitra (under Pro Patria
design of lion in a pen, with woman watching over it) (.181)
Document in German or
Dutch and French – something about an artillery regiment, August-September
1803(?)
Folder 76: TC
(with crown above a rider on horseback) (.88)
Note, John Wakefield,
Kendal, to Wm. Ross,
Folder 77: T
& E, in script, and a photo of the watermark (.213, .213a-c)
Photograph
(.213);
Letter, Donald Ross, Union
River, [Maine], to David Cobb, March 24, 1801, about timber, local news,
upcoming elections (.213a);
Letter, same to same,
Letter, same to same,
Folder 78: THVP
(with a horse) (.89)
Blank
sheet of paper (although bearing ghost of other printing), penciled in: 1733
Folder 79: V
(above a fleur-de-lis in a ring) (.90)
Part of a page from a book
in Latin, with an engraving of a statue of Antinous on one side, penciled in:
1748
Folder 80: VD
(possibly GVD) (.91, .91a)
Two
blank sheets of paper, both labeled Dutch, 1640
Folder 81: VL,
one with Pro Patria design (lion inside fence) [Vander Ley] (.92, .92a)
Two
sheets of paper, both found “stuck in a Dutch map book of 1640”
Folder 82: VZR (or some combination thereof – Z is
on top, with V and R to either side of an oval with flowers in the middle, see
also .305) (.303)
Blank piece of paper
Folder 83: VanderLey
(.93) - blank piece of paper, labeled 1744 or 1747;
Man with wild hair, holding
a jump rope (.93a) – blank piece of paper on which is written English 1716;
VanderLey, with shield under
which are the initials VDL (.93b) – blank piece of paper on which is written
1744 & 1747
Folder 84: Virheyt
(inside a crowned circle, under a lion) (.209-.210)
Blank
piece of paper (.209);
Receipt,
money received of Philip Earl of Hardwicke,
Folder 85: WB
under a crown (.94)
Blank
sheet of paper, on which is written English, 1723
Folder 86: WK
(.96)
Blank
sheet of paper, on which is written 1707
Folder 87: WR
(under a shield with a post horn – not all of shield is included) (.97)
Wrapper
for communication from E. of Marlborough,
Folder 88: WR
(under a shield bearing a fleur-de-lis) (.185)
Engraving showing two
beggars and a monk (perhaps supposed to be Chinese, as all have long pigtails),
one beggar hits his head against a rock, the other has a small fire burning on
top of his head, both actions done to encourage alms; the monk is being
punished for having been with a woman; captions in French; penciled in:
Amsterdam, 1723-1743
Folder 89: J
Whatman (.98)
Wrapper
for correspondence from General WGH letters,
Folder 90: J
Whatman, 1794 (.99, .99a)
Part of an engraving of
entrance to Mr. Holden’s family vault, published 1795 by N. Smith,
Blank sheet of paper (.99a)
Folder 91: anchors
or fish hooks (.134, .134a-b, .136)
Tabula Asiae VIII, from
Puckhiemer’s(?) Ptolemy, 1562; anchor in a circle with an asterisk on top
(.134);
Two blank pieces of paper,
both have anchors in circles, but that on .134b includes an asterisk on top
(.134a-b);
Part of a page from a book
(.136)
Folder 92: animal
holding key, inside a circle (.311, .311a)
Two
blank pieces of paper
Folder 93: arms
of
Piece
of paper with name Ashe and date
Plans of Fourt Louis, Fort
de la Kenoque and
Blank piece of paper,
penciled in: “not later than 1736, probably a bit earlier” (.128);
Plan of fortifications at
Ath, penciled inL 1716 (.129);
Blank piece of paper,
penciled in: 1707 (.130)
Folder 94: arms of
Wrapper for the town of
Wrapper with several
names on it (Eastman, Eyres, Emerson, Eliot), penciled in: 1775 (.77);
Wrapper for Joshua
Morse’s quilt claim to Eliakam Morse, 1758 (.82) (see also .33, .55);
Blank piece of paper
(.121);
Nathl. Cushing’s account
with Simeon Mays (or Mayo),
Nathl. Cushing’s account
with Leach & Watson,
Folder 95: arms
of
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in date: 1620 (.119);
Wrapper
for Joseph Metcalf’s articles of partition, n.d. (.119a)
Folder 96: arms
of
Deed of sale, Gideon Beaman,
Folder 97: arrow
(so described on folder, although it doesn’t look much like an arrow) (.315)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: Italian, 1728
Folder 98: arrows,
crossed (.135)
Part
of a map of
Folder 99: Atlas
(man holding the Earth) (.155a-b)
Two
blank pieces of paper, penciled in: Dutch, 1645
Folder 1: bear
(.246)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 2: bell
and floral device (.133)
Invoice of goods on the ship
Folder 3: Britannia – one is figure under a
crown, the others are in a crowned circle (.124-.125, .215)
Israel Stoughton note to
Elisha Stoughton, 1808-1816 (.124);
Deed, William and Betsey
Leathe to Elijah Wyman,
Photograph of watermark
(.215)
Folder 4: circles;
cross and orb (.309, .309a-b)
Blank
piece of paper – circles have what could be a T on top (.309);
Part
of a page from a book, date penciled in: 1645-1647 (.309a);
Part of page from a book,
penciled in: German, 1497 – this has cross and orb watermark (see also .116)
(.309b)
Folder 5: coat
of arms with rampant lion on shield inside a ring (.1311-b)
Two
blank pieces of paper, date penciled in on both: 1707
Folder 6: cross
inside a circle made of a chain (.115)
Page
printed in French; penciled in: French, 1771
Folder 7: cross,
small (.114)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: 1561
Folder 8: cross
and orb (.116, .116a) (see also .309b)
Part
of a page printed in Latin, penciled in: German, 1497 (.116);
Blank
piece of paper (.116a)
Folder 9: cross
coming out of a circle with a design in it (.276)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 10: crown
(partial watermark only) (.113, .113a)
Printed form to record
weight of rye(?), sold by William Hyde to John Savill(?),
David Trafton(?) promises to
pay Samuel Beal, Township no. 23(?), 180-
Folder 11: crowned
circle [difficult to see] (.117)
Part
of page printed in Latin, penciled in:
Folder 12: crowned
shield with inscription (.223)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 13: crowned
shields with simple designs (.224, .224a-b)
Blank
piece of paper – shield with circles (.224);
Blank
piece of paper – shield with lines (.224a);
Blank
piece of paper – shield with line and circles (.224b)
Folder 14: crowned
shield and post horn (partial) (.200-.204, .212a-b)
Wrapper,
on which is written
Blank
piece of paper, date penciled in 1765 (.201);
Wrapper:
Wrapper:
discharges, Ld. Geo. Sackville’s, 1748 (.203);
Nathl. Cushing’s bill with
Simeon Mayo,
Photographs of watermark
(.212a-b)
Folder 15: dragon
[photo only] (.214)
Folder 16: eagles
(assorted designs) (.112, .112a-c)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: English, 1676 – eagle wearing crown (.112);
Blank
piece of paper – small double-headed eagle (.112a);
Blank
piece of paper – head of eagle(?) inside a shield (.112b);
Blank
piece of paper – crowned double-headed eagle (.112c)
Folder 17: eagles,
crowned (.111, .111a)
Blank
piece of paper – watermark not very clear, date penciled in – 1642 (.111);
Blank
piece of paper , penciled in: Dutch, 1642 (.111a)
Folder 18: fleur-de-lis
in circle (.137-.138)
Both
are pages printed in French, penciled in:
Folder 19: fleur-de-lis
– partial designs (.101-.110)
Engraving of Sir Josiah
Child, Bar., published 1795 by W. Richardson,
Title page from C. Julii Caesaris Quae Extant…, [by]
Joannes Godvinus, printed in London in 1794 (.102);
Description of Olantigh,
plate LXXVIII, penciled in: 1795 (.103);
Engraving by Anto. Riedel of
a portrait by Peter de Greber, 1755 (.104);
Blank piece of paper, date
penciled in: 1754 (.105);
Part of a page, with a
diagram of a library, penciled in: English, 1752 (.106);
Part of title page for Family Expositor…, v. 4, by P.
Doddridge, printed in London, 1753 (.107) (see also .51c);
Part of a title page, for a
book probably printed in
Part of a bill to the Rev.
D. Mangey, for books, 1746-1756 (.109);
Blank piece of paper,
penciled in:
Folder 20: fleur-de-lis
in ring with a crown and other decorations (.139)
Part of a document in
French, penciled in: “This fac-simile is in aquatint, hence could have been
produced in 1792 or thereabouts, which is the date of the paper.”
Folder 21: fleur-de-lis
with crown (.100)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: book pub. in
Folder 22: fool
or jester – head and collar (.158-.162, .162a)
Print
of “La Ville de Gravelines,: penciled in:
Title page of Historie Generale de Pais-Bas…, v. 2,
printed in Brussels by Francois Foppens, 1720 (.159);
Blank piece of paper, date
penciled in: 1763 (.160);
Blank piece of paper,
penciled in:
Mostly blank piece of paper,
penciled in: English, 1676 (.162);
Blank piece of paper (.162a)
Folder 23: hand
(.277)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 24: horse
(bottom of legs missing) (.314)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: English, 1725
Folder 25: human
profile(?) (simplified sheaf of wheat?) (.289)
Blank
piece of paper
Folder 26: king
with sword (.154)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in: Italian, 1562
Folder 27: man
(bishop and pilgrim? the figures are not alike) (.132, .132a)
Blank piece of paper – watermark
of man in bishop’s miter with bishop’s crook, penciled in : German, 1740
(.132);
Blank piece of paper –
watermark of man carrying a cross (.132a)
Folder 28: man
in cartouche (.171-.174)
Part
of a print, shows Belle Cour de Lion, date penciled in : 1657 (.171);
Part of a print, shows
Maison de Vimy, pres. De Lyon, date penciled in: 1657 (.172);
Part of a print, shows
Bastion St. Jean a Lion, date penciled in: 1661 (.173);
Part of a print, showing
fortress at Bergerac, penciled in: French, 1561 (.174)
Folder 29: man
in a circle (.175)
Blank
piece of paper, penciled in:
Folder 30: man (head only) in a crowned circle,
some sheets also have swan in decorative circle (.166-.167, .167a)
Part of a map of the
area around
Part of the plan of a
palace and garden in
Blank piece of paper
(.167a)