commonplace books
SAA: n. ~ A personal anthology of aphorisms, short passages from literature, poems, and other notes transcribed into a blank volume to serve the memory or reference of the compiler. Notes: Increasingly rare in the United States after the first quarter of the 20th century.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Charles and Thomas Frankland Legal Record Books, ca. 1740 - 1811
Commonplace books with copies of promisory notes, receipts, indentures, affidavits, correspodence related to Frankland affairs.