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The River Is Now Within Three Inches If The Indian Head, Portsmouth Inquirer

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Inquirer on the Indian Head Rock from September 26, 1851.

Treaty Of Fort Laramie With The Sioux, Etc., 1851, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on September 17, 1851, was an essential agreement between the United States government and representatives of the Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. In this treaty, the United States acknowledged that the area surveyed by the treaty was Indigenous land and recognized each nation's exclusive territorial rights over a portion defined by geographical boundaries. Equally, the tribes agreed that the US government had the right to establish roads and posts—military and other—within their territories. They also promised to abstain from hostilities against other tribes, pay for any wrongs committed by their people, …

The Palmetto Standard- September 10, 1851, C. Davis Melton

The Palmetto Standard

The collection consists of issues of the Palmetto Standard a weekly newspaper printed in Chester, S.C. from 1851 through 1853 before changing its name to the Chester Standard in 1854. This issue, scanned from microfilm is from September 10, 1851 (volume II, number 37). The issue that was microfilmed is a fragment.

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1851 June 26, Augustin Hibbard

Gold Rush Life

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Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Nov. 18, C. G. Ellis

Gold Rush Life

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Letter From Sylvan Rathbun To Albert Rathbun 1850 Oct. 25, Sylvan Rathbun

Gold Rush Life

Albert Rathbun. Almond. Allegany. Co. N.Y. Stockton Cal. Oct. 30 Kieffers Ranch Calaveras River Oct. 25, 50 Dear Brother I have met with many disapointments and [losses] since I wrote you last of which I will give you a summary account. After finishing the brush play house which I told you I was building I lost my mule lost about four days time looking after him he was stole affter that I commensed diging again and when my partner could not tend the store alone I [assisted] him in the mean time wee had to trust out considerable provision to …

Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Oct. 20, C. G. Ellis

Gold Rush Life

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Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Oct. 12, C. G. Ellis

Gold Rush Life

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Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Oct., C. G. Ellis

Gold Rush Life

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The Union.

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Text

The Union, Vol. VI, No. 63, Thursday, September 19, 1850. Oversized newspaper consisting of 4 pages. This issue includes headline news "In Congress of the U. States."

The Union

Civil War Text

The Union, Vol. VI, No. 63, Thursday, September 19, 1850. Oversized newspaper consisting of 4 pages. This issue includes headline news "In Congress of the U. States."

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To William [Hibbard] 1850 Sept. 4, Augustin Hibbard

Gold Rush Life

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Bushey Bar North fork of the Middle fork of the American River

September 4th, 1850

California

My Dear Brother William,

I wrote a few lines to Ashley by last mail. I had not then time to go into any details as it was only by a mere chance that I had an opportunity of sending to Sacramento City in time for the mail and I had very little time to write. As I gave him my reasons for maintaining so long a silence I shall say nothing more about that but proceed to give you a sketch …

The New York Herald.

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Text

The New York Herald, No. 5916, Morning Edition, Wednesday, August 21, 1850. Oversized newspaper consisting of 4 pages. This issue includes headline news "One week later from Europe." The New York Herald started in 1835, merged with Sun (New York, N.Y. : 1916) to form Sun and the New York Herald and ceased publication in 1924.

The New York Herald

Civil War Text

The New York Herald, No. 5916, Morning Edition, Wednesday, August 21, 1850. Oversized newspaper consisting of 4 pages. This issue includes headline news "One week later from Europe." The New York Herald started in 1835, merged with Sun (New York, N.Y. : 1916) to form Sun and the New York Herald and ceased publication in 1924.

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To Brother [Ashley Hibbard], 1850 Aug. 20, Augustin Hibbard

Gold Rush Life

Bushey Bar North fork of the Middle fork of the American River

August 20^th, 1850

My Dear Brother,

Yours of the 6^th of May came to hand yesterday and in order that your expectations may not be realized, I hasten to reply to it.

I have not written to you, or any of the family, for more than a year it is true, but you should not conclude from that I had forgotten or ceased to think of you. No. My dear brother that is far from being the case. Many and a nights after a days …

Lines On The Yew Tree In Twyford Churchyard, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song celebrating a tree's long life.

Map Of The Bangor, Orono & Oldtown Rail-Road, A. C. Morton, Asa P. Robinson

Maine Bicentennial

Map of the Bangor, Orono & Oldtown Rail-Road. Surveyed under the direction of A. C. Morton. by A. P. Robinson, Civil Engineer. 1850. Scale 1600 feet to 1 inch. A. P. Robinson, Del. J. H. Bufford & Co.'s Lith., Boston.

Map is orients north toward the upper right corner. Map size: 38 x 110 cm. 1:19,200 Scale. Relief shown by hachures. Profile of interior line at Thompson's Point, upper line at Orono, and river line from Bangor to Orono and Milford that includes the high water mark at Bangor is depicted along the bottom margin of the map. Map includes …

I'M Off For Charleston.

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Text

Sheet music of "I'm off for Charleston." Consisting of 5 pages. Also includes the latest music for sale by Firth, Pond & Co.

Household Words, Vol. 1-7, Charles Dickens

Household Words, 1850-1859

Household Words, taking its name from a line William Shakespeare's Henry V ("Familiar in his mouth as household words"), was a weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens running from 1850-1859. The serial featured fiction and non-fiction, including excerpts of Dickens' novel Hard Times. Its non-fiction components focused on the plight of the working classes and other social issues.

Leigh Hunt's Journal, Vol. 1-17, Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt's Journal, 1850-1851

Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) was an English Romantic-era literary critic, journalist, essayist, and poet. He was responsible for introducing writers such as John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley to the public.

Hanging Or Hieroglyphical Rock; Colossal Bust At Low Water Mark, Used As A Metre By The Aborigines, John J. Egan

Indian Head Rock Project

Scene three from the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley painted by John J. Egan circa 1850. The original is owned by the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Hanging Or Hieroglyphical Rock; Colossal Bust At Low Water Mark, Used As A Metre By The Aborigines (Close Up Of Indian Head Rock), James J. Egan

Indian Head Rock Project

Close up of Indian Head Rock from scene three from the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valleypainted by John J. Egan circa 1850. The original is owned by the Saint Louis Art Museum.

I'M Off For Charleston

Civil War Text

Sheet music of "I'm off for Charleston." Consisting of 5 pages. Also includes the latest music for sale by Firth, Pond & Co.

Speech Of Hon. Daniel Webster, Daniel Webster

Pamphlet Collection

Full title: Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, on Mr. Clay's resolutions, in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850

Plan Of The Southerly And Westerly Part Of The Town Of Edmunds, Richard N. Hayden

Maine Bicentennial

Plan of the south-westerly part of the town of Edmunds, particularly the land in dispute between Aaron and Benjamin Hobart. The Hobart dispute encompassed a total of 134 1/4 acres along the length of the 6th Range. The disputed lines are labeled J-E and G-F. The map scale is 1:15,840 or 80 rods per inch.

Thomas S. Jesup Letter Regarding The Brig "Baltimore," 1849., Thomas Sidney Jesup

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Jesup was a Major General in the U.S. Army. This letter concerns the Brig “Baltimore,” which wasn’t seaworthy at the time it was chartered. Jesup writes that the owners have no legal claim to any charter money.

The Bible Against War, Amos Dresser

Historical Quaker Books

This book discusses the Bible's objections to war.

252 pages, 15 cm.

Diary Of Dr. Robert H. Rhodes [Incl. Medical Training In New York And Voyage To San Francisco], 1848-1849, 1861, Robert H. Rhodes Dr.

Gold Rush Life

(Note: only page 1 is transcribed) Sept 14th 1848 I took leave of my dear home for New York for the purchase of completing my medical education. What my feelings [were] can be imagined but not described. I had not been absent from home for many years, and I felt [now] that I was taking my leave of all I held dear on earth forever. I expected to be absent for two or three years, and [ ] the changes that must in the common course of events take place. I could not feel otherwise than sad what added to …

Ancient Monuments Of The Mississippi Valley, Pages 299-300, E. G. Squier, E. H. Davis

Indian Head Rock Project

Pages 299 and 300 of E. G. Squire's and E. H. Davis' book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, published in 1848.

Our Army At Monterey, Thomas Bangs Thorpe

Rare Books and Manuscripts

Our Army at Monterey is an account of the proceedings and events which occurred to the "Army of Occupation" under the command of Major General Taylor, from the time of leaving Matamoros to the surrender of Monterey. It includes a description of the three days' battle and the storming of Monterey, and the ceremonies attending the surrender together with the particulars of the capitulation. It is an illustrated account that contains a view of the city.