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Title: The Kingdome of England, The kingdom of England
Date: 1646

Title: The West Ridinge of Yorkeshyre with the Most Famous and Fayre Citie Yorke Described, The west riding of Yorkshire with the most famous and fair city York described
Date: 1610

Title: A Numerical calculation of the honourable mem---rs as were elected for the ensuing Parl---nt: by which may be easily computed the continuance of H--gh-Ch--ch; or if its downfal, the lofty rising of a Church, out of No-Church

Title: A List of the names and sirnames of the Lords spiritual and temporal, knights, citizens, burgesses, and barons of the Cinque Ports: in the Grand Convention of England, to begin the 22d of January, 1688/9 with allowance.

Title: An Abstract of the act for continuing an additional subsidy of tonnage and poundage: and certain duties upon coals, culm and cynders, and additional duties of excise

Title: The Humble address of the House of Commons to the Queen

Title: Votes of the House of Commons, Lunæ 5 die Maii, 1717

Title: JM-202: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three separate cartoons. In the top panel, a man on a cart titled "Delaware" blocks women in cars titled "Suffrage" from passing him on the road to the 1920 polls. In the middle panel, "Germany" kills his pack horse ("Hope") underneath a burden of "Economic Terms of the Treaty"; he is unable to continue on "Reparation Trail". In the bottom panel, Uncle Sam and John Bull attempt to communicate via telephone, but uproar in Ireland blocks connection.

Title: JM-171: Bi-plane dogfight
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting five panels of bi-plane dogfight scenes in World War 1. The planes with the iron cross symbol are German planes, while the planes with the roundels are either German or French.

Title: JM-165: The great temperance worker
Summary: This cartoon shows personified World War I separating countries from their chains to alcohol. The man with the decree on separation is a representation of Russia, who legalized prohibition from 1914 until 1925. The man to his right, holding a separation for absinthe, is a personified France, which banned the manufacture and sale of absinthe in 1914. The man chained to whiskey seeking freedom is representative of Great Britain, who never ratified any serious form of a national alcohol ban. There are many theories as to why these countries (including the United States from 1920-1933) banned the sale or manufacture of alcohol in some way. The cartoon suggests these bans were caused by what many referred to as the "efficiency campaign," which was depicted as the axe used to separate alcohol from these countries. The efficiency campaign suggested these countries were more productive when its citizens (especially laborers) were sober. After banning the sale of alcohol in Russia, the government proudly announced Russia's increased labor output and better economic standing. The heightened need for resources, and diminished labor force from World War I is thought to have inspired the need for higher economic efficiency in European nations. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: The Humble address of the House of Commons to the Queen
Summary: Concerns "the Account of the French King's persisting to Invade Your Dominions ..."

Title: The Learned counsels answer to the Observator's letter, Observator's letter to his learned counsel

Title: A Letter concerning the masquerades, Acta Bernensia

Title: The Humble address of the House of Commons to the Queen

Title: The Taunton-Dean letter, Taunton Dean letter, Exeter queries

Title: JM-164: Will there be enough to go round?
Summary: This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam trying to divide ”U.S. Bread” among various nations. In 1915, World War I was being fought in Europe, but the United States was maintaining a neutral position. Despite its neutrality, the United States supplied resources and arms to nations during the war. All of the countries sitting at the table are nations who lobbied for resources from the United States during the war. England is attempting to block Germany’s chance of receiving resources from Uncle Sam. This is representative the attempts of the British government to limit the United States aid to Allied Powers, most often England. The United States is also sitting at the table, looking worried about sharing the beard with other nations. The United States distributing more resources than it could afford was a fear for many Americans in the 1910s. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-C010: The changing world: Books that caused fear now and then
Summary: Editorial cartoon consisting of two scenes. In the first scene, a Victorian woman is recoils from a "Ouida" book presented to her by a man. In the second scene, a woman in 1920s attire shows a sweating man a book titled "Sex Problem". "Ouida" was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé, who was known for her literary salon and the scandalous books she published toward the beginning of her career.

Title: A Catalogue of prints in the Vetusta Monumenta
Summary: A catalogue of prints for volumes 1-4 of the Vetusta Monumenta.

Title: His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament
Summary: The speech concerns the commerce between Great Britain and the American colonies.

Title: Some queries which may deserve consideration

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