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Samuel Stubbe ( - )

Relationships: Samuel Stubbe was a son of Henry Stubbe (1605/6-1678)
Samuel Stubbe was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

Henry Stubbes (1632-1676) was a brother of Samuel Stubbe
Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Gouana it seems is of the same Kind, only more remarkable for the Length of the Tail, which is three Times and half the Length of the Body; for this is but eight Inches, whereas the Tail is three Inches above two Foot. Don. D. Sam. Stubbes.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Fans. One of Wood from the Indies; it is composed of twenty four Plates that expand to (near) a Yard in Circumference, yet folds up into little more than an Inch broad. Don. D. Sam. Stubs. Another from Prussia the Ivory curiously inlaid. Don. D. S. Madox. A Turkish Fan above a Foot and half long, and almost as broad; the Handle is painted Cane, the Fan it self consists of 18 Swan Quills expanded at the broad End, but reduced to a Point at the Handle, from whence it is covered with Silks of different Colours. A Hymn or Prayer, in the Indian Characters express'd in Gold upon a blew Ground, and made up into a Fan for Madam Lettice Molesworth, Sister to the Earl of Bellmont, Governour of New England and New Yorke. The Gift of the said Lady.
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 an Indian Fan cut in wood & turn'd up artificially Mr Sam: Stubs.