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The Lewiston And Auburn Directory, Containing The Names Of The Inhabitants, Their Occupation And Places Of Business Etc., With A History Of Lewiston And Auburn, Stanwood And Co. (Publishers)

Lewiston, Maine

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Manuscript Document Regarding Hiring Out Of Slaves By Dr. Robert M. Miller [From An Estate In Charleston, S.C.]. Dates Range From 1857 To 1859., Robert M. Miller

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Dr Robert M Miller guardian of Wm L

1857 Hire negroes due 1 January 1858

Joshua to to Capt Macklin $125

George to R Miller $115

Minerva to " $27

Hetty to Sol Harris $21

Salley to Wm J Culp $22.50

Mary to Wm Watson $14

Hire for 1857 due 1 Jan 58 $324.50 $324.50

1857 January 1 balance or ???

? return 8 ? 1857 $550.54

Int for 1 January 1857 to 1 Jan 1858 $108.53

$659.07 $659.07

$1993.57

Hire negroes yr 1858 due Jan 1859

Joshua to Joseph Ooss $125

George to Alex M Ilwain $95

Hetty to …

Manuscript, Partly Printed Document Authorizing The Seizure Of 2 Slaves, 3 Horses, 80 Head Of Cattle, And Sixty Head Of Hogs, In Payment Of A Debt Owed By William Garborough And Hugh Rusk To William A. Austin, Jackson County, Florida, Dated January 22, 1858., William A. Austin

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State of Florida Know all men by these presents that Jackson County We William Garbrough and Hugh Rusk bound unto William A Austin by the sum of two hundred dollars and ... cents for the payment whereof well and truly to be made. we bind, ourselves. our heirs. executors and administrators. jointly and severally. firmly by these presents. signed and sealed this twenty second day of January A.D.1858 THE CONDITION OF .THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH; that whereas James Griffin. Sheriff of Jackson County. by virtue of an execution in favor of the said William A. Austin against the said …

Cornell's First Steps In Geography, Sarah Sophia Cornell

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Smith's Illustrated Astronomy Designed For The Use Of The Public Or Common Schools In The United States Illustrated With Numerous Original Diagrams By Asa Smith, Asa Smith

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Last Leaves Of American History Comprising A Separate History Of California By Emma Willard., Emma Willard

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Autographed copy by Emma Willard "To Miss A.M. Moore, affectionately presented by Emma Willard". Hartford, December 1, 1858. The book belonged to Ann Maria Moore whose son Ethelbert Allen gave it to his sister Ellen Maria on her birthday, December 4, 1912.

Mitchell's Primary Geography, S. Augustus Mitchell

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Full title: Mitchell's Primary Geography: an easy introduction to the study of geography : designed for the instruction of children in schools and families : illustrated by one hundred and twenty engravings and fourteen maps

178 pages: illustrated, maps (some colored)

Manuscript Slave Deed, Dated St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, February 15, 1845, From Charles W. Harris To Dempsey K. Gorman., Charles W. Harris

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No 10 Charles W. Harris Sale of Slaves To D.K. Gorman

Filed 15th February A.D. 1845 Samuel Gorman Parish Judge Recorded

The State of Louisiana) Be it remembered Parish of St. Helena ) that on this fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty five before me Samuel Lion and Parish Judge and exoficio notary pub lie in and for said Parish appears Charles D. Harris of the State of Mississippi who did Declare and say that for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars paid to him by Dempray K. Gorman of …

The Child's Book Of Geography, S. R. Hall

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112 pages: illustrated, maps

Book For The Children Of Maine, For The Use Of Families And Schools, Samuel Coleman

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A First Book Of Geography, Samuel Worcester

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1 book: 80 pages, illustrations, maps

Manuscript Slave Deed, Dated February 2, 1830, Rockbridge County, Virginia, From Larkin Powers To Thomas Johnston., Larkin Powers

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Know all men by these presents that I Larkin Powers of the County of Rockbridge and the State of Virginia have .?. by these presents do sell unto Thomas Johnston of the county and state aforesaid a negro woman named Hannah for the consideration of one sorrel horse of the value of fifty dollars and in cash fifteen dollars the act of which I ackowledge and I do warrant and defend the health and title of said negro against the claims or clauses of all persons in writing whereof I have herewith Let my hand and seal this 2nd day …

Worcester's Modern Atlas, Joseph E. Worcester (Joseph Emerson) (1784 -1865)

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History Of Saco And Biddeford, With Notices Of Other Early Settlements, And Of Proprietary Governments, In Maine, Including The Provinces Of New Somersetshire And Lygonia, George Folsom, A. C. Putnam

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Early history of Saco and Biddeford are from 1830.

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An Act To Organize, Govern, And Discipline The Militia Of The State Of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With The Several Acts In Addition Thereto, Passed Feb. 11, 1823, And Feb. 25, 1824. Published Under The Direction Of The Adjutant General, Maine. Adjutant General

Maine Collection

An Act to Organize, Govern, and Discipline the Militia of the State of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With the several acts in addition thereto, passed Feb. 11, 1823, and Feb. 25, 1824. Published under the direction of the Adjutant General.

First Lessons In Geography And Astronomy With Seven Plain Maps, And A View Of The Solar System : For The Use Of Young Children, As Preparatory To Ancient And Modern Geography, Jacob Abbot Cummings

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Modern Atlas On A New Plan To Accompany The System Of Universal Geography, William C. Woodbridge (William Channing) (1794 -1845)

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A Statistical View Of The District Of Maine, Moses Greenleaf

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Full title: A Statistical View of the District of Maine; more especially with reference to the Value and Importance of its Interior

Early survey of the District of Maine 1816 by Moses Greenleaf.

1 book: 154 pages

History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clark...In Two Volumes (Volume 2), Abraham H. Inskeep

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Full title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire in two volumes.

Volume two includes an appendix by Captain Lewis: Observations and reflections on the present and future state of Upper Louisiana in relation to the government of the Indian nations inhabiting that country, and the trade and intercourse with the same. Handwritten …

History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clark...In Two Volumes (Volume 1), Abraham H. Inskeep

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Full title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire in two volumes.

Two volumes with preface by Thomas Jefferson recounting Meriweather Lewis's life and sudden death. Handwritten in volume one: "John Bird's Book, February 24th A.D. 1819 and the Commonwealth this forty second." Stamped in both volumes inside covers: "Clifton Matheny Monterey, VA."

Manuscript Slave Deed, Dated December 1, 1800, From William & Nicholas Mills To Charles Thompson Jr. Contemporary Copy, Recorded March 1801., William Mills, Nicholas Mills

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This deed ? made and entered in the first day of December in the year one thousand and eight hundred between William and Nicholas Mills administrators of the Nicholas Mills desc'd who was executor of Ann Mills deceased on the one part and Charles Thompson Jr of the other part Witneseth that the said William Mills and Nicholas Mills as Admintrs aforesaid for and in consideration fo the sum of One dollar to us in hand paid by the said Charles Thompson Fr the receipt where of we do hereby acknowledge. But more especially for the uses and trust hereafter …

Magnalia Christi Americana, Cotton Mather, Thomas Parkhurst

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Full title: Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. In seven books ... By the Reverend and learned Cotton Mather. London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crows in Cheapside. MDCCII.

Early New England history.

7 parts in 1 volume

A New Discovery Of A Vast Country In America, Louis Hennepin, Jacob Tonson

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Full title: A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico with a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with …