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The Ruins Of The Abbey Of Fitz-Martin [Transcript], Thomas Isaac Horsley Curties

Gothic Archive Chapbooks

A corrupt Baron exploits the monks of St. Catherine's monastery by publicizing the acts of one Sr. St. Anna, a nun from the monastery that broke her vow of chastity. Under pressure from the scandal, the monks hand over the monastery to the Baron, who converts it into a secular property that swiftly falls into ruins. Many years later, Thomas Fitz-Martin and his daughter Rosaline, the last descendants of this Baron, move into these ruins and discover that the Baron himself seduced Sr. St. Anna under the name of Vortimer, leading her to her ruin and eventual death. The ghost …

The True And Affecting History Of Henrietta De Bellgrave; A Woman Born Only For Calamities. Being An Unhappy Daughter, Wretched Wife, And Unfortunate Mother; Containing A Series Of The Most Uncommon Adventures That Ever Befel One Person By Sea And Land, Unknown

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This narrative is comprised of a letter from Henrietta de Bellgrave to her daughter, Zoa. As Henrietta relates, she was born in France to the daughter of a Baron and the son of a Count. The two married in secret because Henrietta’s mother was bound for a convent, which angered the Baron, who made their early marriage so uncomfortable that Henrietta’s father was compelled to accept a position as the governor of Iranadad, a colony in the East Indies. On the voyage there, their boat is attacked by pirates, only nearly saved by an English ship bound for Bombay. After …

Father Innocent, Abbot Of The Capuchins; Or, The Crimes Of Cloisters, Unknown

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Father Innocent draws large crowds to his sermons due to his famous purity. Among them are Drusilla and her fifteen-year-old niece Ambrosia and two cavaliers, Olmas and Antonio. The four meet in the congregation and form friendships as Antonio seeks to woo Ambrosia. Among Innocent’s followers inside the monastery is his favorite novice, Philario, who turns out to be a woman named Sabrina in disguise; she is a seductress in league with Lucifer, and has come to bring about Innocent’s downfall. She successfully seduces Innocent and traps him with the need for secrecy. Meanwhile, Antonio’s sister, Bertha, is a nun …

Herbsttage, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.

"I Only Look'd For Pain And Grief", William Wordsworth, Richard Matlak

Texts relating to the Earl of Abergavenny (ship)

Poem written by William Wordsworth as a private lament on the death of his brother, left unpublished in manuscript. Captain John Wordsworth died when his ship, the Earl of Abergavenny, sank off the coast of England during a storm in February, 1805.

Annotated by Richard Matlak.

Box 27, Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Box 2, Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Records, B-H, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Box 2, Folder 10 Warren County Marriage Records, H-W, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Incomplete Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, 1805, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Incomplete Letter from George Sibley to Samuel Sibley,1805.George tells of the amount left on his bond for his apprenticeship; his appointment as assistant agent at Fort Bellefontaine.

Petition Of Relief On A Judgment, Initialed By Francis Scott Key. Frederick, Maryland, 1804., Francis Scott Key

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This manuscript is a petition for relief from a judgement rendered by Justice of the Peace John Houston against Key's client, John Troxel, Jr., in favor of Elizabth Faris in the sum of 114 shillings and six pence, plus costs. Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer and poet who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner."

Land Deed, Rutherford County, Nc, 15 December 1804, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1821-1840 (Series 1.1)

No abstract provided.

Letter From John Sibley To Samuel Sibley, November 11, 1804, John Sibley

John Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to Samuel Sibley, November 11, 1804,

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, November 11, 1804, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to brother, Samuel Sibley, November 11, 1804. George gives his brother updates on his life at the time.

Letter From John Sibley To George Sibley, November 11, 1804, John Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to son, George Sibley, November 11, 1804. John Sibley mentions medically treating Spanish and American troops.

Import Certificate For One Cask Of Bordeaux Wine Recieved At Marblehead, Mass., Signed By Benjamin Lincoln, 1804., Benjamin Lincoln Jr., District Of Massachusetts, Port Of Marblehead

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Benjamin Lincoln certifies the importation of one cask of wine at Marblehead, Mass., 1804.

Certificate Of Import Of A Cask Of Bordeaux Wine At Marblehead, Mass., Via The Vessel Joanna Zinnia. Signed By Benjamin Lincoln, 1804., Benjamin Lincoln, District Of Massachusetts, Port Of Marblehead

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Benjamin Lincoln certifies the importation of one cask of wine at Marblehead, Mass., 1804.

Certification Of Importation Signed By Benjamin Lincoln, Barnabas Lincoln

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Benjamin Lincoln certifies the importation of one Cask of Wine containing fifty-four gallons, by William J. Nath. Hooper in the Joanna Zinnia, an American Vessel, from Bourdeaux, dated October 20, 1804.

Albert Und Albertine, Friederike Helene Unger

Prose Fiction

[Motto]

Eine Ehestandsgeschichte, Therese Huber

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.

Box 2, Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Records, K-W, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Box 27, Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Box 2, Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Records, A-J, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Banastre Tarleton Writes To An English Army Quartermaster To Inform Him Of A Supply Shortage. England, 1803., Banastre Tarleton

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Tarleton was an English Army Officer and at the time of this letter he was Commander-in-Chief of the Severn District, a military district organized in anticipation of an invasion from France. In this letter he writes to the Quartermaster to inform him of a unit's shortage of blankets and entrenching tools.

The Loyal Briton's Song, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Verse concerning British nationalism circa the Napoleonic Wars

Letter From John Sibley To Samuel Sibley, February 28, 1803, John Sibley

John Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to son, Samuel Sibley, February 28, 1803. John Sibley describes Louisiana; Native American in the area; general gossip.

The Point Of Honor: A New Rondo (From An Irish Air), Thomas Hamley Butler

Composers

No abstract provided.

Amanda Und Eduard. Ein Roman In Briefen, Sophie Mereau

Prose Fiction

Entstanden seit Mitte 1795. Erstdruck (anonym) der ersten acht Briefe in: Die Horen, herausgegeben von Friedrich Schiller, 3. Jg., 1797, 6., 7. und 10. Stück. Erste vollständige Ausgabe (anonym) nach vollständiger Umarbeitung des Anfangs: Frankfurt am Main (Friedrich Wilmans) 1803. Für den Roman verwendete sie teilweise (in den Briefen 18–22) den Briefwechsel mit ihrem Geliebten Johann Heinrich Kipp als Textmaterial. : Erster Theil; Amanda an Julien [sic passim]; Eduard an Barton [sic passim]; Eduard an Amanda [sic passim]; Amanda an Eduard [sic passim]; Zweiter Theil

Eliza, Or The Unhappy Nun: Exemplifying The Unlimited Tyranny Exercised By The Abbots And Abbesses Over The Ill-Fated Victims Of Their Malice In The Gloomy Recesses Of A Convent. Including The Adventures Of Clementina, Or The Constant Lovers, A True And Affecting Tale., Unknown

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The tale of Eliza is framed by an unnamed narrator, a British man who traveled France during the French Revolution. A convent, said to be run by a strict abbess stood on a hill near the village, and he heard rumors that an Englishwoman had been kept there. As the narrator prepared to return to England, insurgents came to the village, burning the convent brutalizing the nuns, and murdering the abbess. Though the narrator is sympathetic to King Louis XVI and the French aristocrats whose homes were looted, he believes that the cruel abbess deserved her fate. While exploring the …

Erin Go Bragh: A Favorite Irish Air Arranged As A Rondo For The Piano Forte, Thomas Hamley Butler

Composers

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Maria Stuart, Und Die Jungfrau Von Orleans, Therese Huber

Essays

No abstract provided.