The Conundrum Crop for 1859 manuscript, 1859

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

This volume, titled "The Conundrum Crop for 1859," is a blank book containing 36 handwritten riddles and their answers. They include references to agriculture, literature and prominent figures (e.g. Lord Byron, Cowper, Louis Napoleon, Victor Emmanuel, Pope Leo, Shakespeare, Ivanhoe, Bunyan, and John G. Saxe), military culture, technology (iron steamers, railroads), race, gender, and geography.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, March 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume, titled "The Conundrum Crop for 1859," is a blank book containing 36 handwritten riddles and their answers. They include references to agriculture, literature and prominent figures (e.g. Lord Byron, Cowper, Louis Napoleon, Victor Emmanuel, Pope Leo, Shakespeare, Ivanhoe, Bunyan, and John G. Saxe), military culture, technology (iron steamers, railroads), race, gender, and geography.

Biographical / Historical:

No historical or biographical information is available for this finding aid.

Acquisition Information:

2023. M-7991 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

American literature--Humor--19th century.
British literature--Humor--19th century.
Riddles.
Questions and answers.
Social values--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Formats:

Blankbooks.
Riddles (documents)