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1771, Unknown

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Note, dated 1771

Buckskin Breeches Order Slip, May 23, 1770, Unknown

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

This handwritten order slip, sent to Frederick Shingle of Philadelphia on May 23, 1770 requests buckskin breeches.

This slip was found in an account ledger attributed to Friederich Schenckel (d.1810).

Leather Breeches Order Slip, February 3, 1770, James Parson

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

This handwritten order slip, sent to Frederick Shingle of Philadelphia on February 3, 1770 by James Parson, requests breeches for his servant, Alexander McCarthy.

This slip was found in an account ledger attributed to Friederich Schenckel (d.1810).

Leather Breeches Order Slip, Circa 1770, Daniel Richards

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

This undated handwritten order slip, sent to Frederick Shingle of Philadelphia circa 1770 by Daniel Richards, requests a pair of breeches.

This slip was found in an account ledger attributed to Friederich Schenckel (d.1810).

Leather Breeches Order Slip, November 11, 1768, Lawrence Carter

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

This handwritten order slip, sent to Frederick Shingle of Philadelphia on November 11, 1768 by Lawrence Carter, requests breeches for his servant, Morton.

This slip was found in an account ledger attributed to Friederich Schenckel (d.1810).

Harmen Scholtens, Andries Apostool, 4 October 1768, Harmen Scholtens

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated October 4, 1768, from Harmen Scholtens, to Andries Apostool

Leather Breeches Order Slip, September 24, 1768, Edward Bonsall

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

This handwritten order slip, sent to Frederick Shingle of Philadelphia on September 24, 1768 by Edward Bonsall, requests leather breeches. The breeches are, presumably, for his servant, James Brown.

This slip was found in an account ledger attributed to Friederich Schenckel (d.1810).

Harmen Scholtens, Hendrik Kops, 20 September 1768, Harmen Scholtens

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated September 20, 1768, from Harmen Scholtens, to Hendrik Kops

Buckskin Breeches Order Slip, 1768, Michael M. Gannon

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

This handwritten order slip, sent to Frederick Shingle of Philadelphia in 1768 by Michael M. Gannon, requests buckskin breeches.

This slip was found in an account ledger attributed to Friederich Schenckel (d.1810).

Phantastes Chapter 7: Ballad Of Sir Andrew Barton, Unknown

German Romantic and Other Influences

“Ballad of Sir Andrew Barton” dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. It appears in the eighteenth-century collection of ballads and popular songs edited by Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Sir Andrew Barton was a Scottish sea captain who engaged in a sea battle with two English ships. He was killed in the altercation, but became famous for his bravery.

Memoir Of The Indian Wars, John Stuart

Primary Sources

No abstract provided.

Christiaan Leendertz, Land Record, 2 August 1760, Christiaan Leendertz

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Land record (Government Record), dated August 2, 1760, from Christiaan Leendertz

Harmen Scholtens, Hendrik Kops, 17 June 1760, Harmen Scholtens

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated June 17, 1760, from Harmen Scholtens, to Hendrik Kops

Letter From Francis L. Lee To Mr. Stuart, Francis Lightfoot Lee

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Francis Lightfoot Lee writes to W. Stuart requesting the services of his carpenter.

Christiaan Leendertz, Biographical, 1 January 1760, Christiaan Leendertz

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Biographical, dated 1760, from Christiaan Leendertz

Harmen Scholtens, Johannes Deknatel, 19 November 1758, Harmen Scholtens

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated November 19, 1758, from Harmen Scholtens, to Johannes Deknatel

Michael Kauffman; Jacob Borner; Samuel Böhm; Daniel Stauffer, Committee For Foreign Need, 2 September 1758, Michael Kauffman, Jacob Borner, Samuel Böhm, Daniel Stauffer

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated September 2, 1758, from Michael Kauffman; Jacob Borner; Samuel Böhm; Daniel Stauffer, to Committee For Foreign Need

6 May 1757, Unknown

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated May 6, 1757 (06 5mo. 1757 Quaker Style)

Gotthilf August Francke, George Strauss, 2 June 1756, Gotthilf August Francke

Archive of the Franckeschestiftungen Correspondence

Correspondence, dated June 2, 1756, from Gotthilf August Francke, to George Strauss

1755, Unknown

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Land record (Government Record), dated November 28, 1755

The Journal Of Major George Washington, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to carry a letter from the governor of Virginia to the French commander of the forts recently built on the headwaters of the Ohio River in northwestern Pennsylvania. The French had recently expanded their military operations from the Great Lakes into the Ohio country, and had spent the summer of 1753 building forts and roads along the Allegheny River, with the design of linking their trade routes and sphere of influence down the Ohio to the Mississippi. Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie believed them to be in …

Unknown, Community Record, 1 January 1754, Unknown

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Community Record, dated 1754, from anonymous

A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission And Non-Resistance To The Higher Powers: With Some Reflections On The Resistance Made To King Charles I. And On The Anniversary Of His Death: In Which The Mysterious Doctrine Of That Prince’S Saintship And Martyrdom Is Unriddled, Jonathan Mayhew

Zea E-Books in American Studies

After the Restoration of the English monarchy in the person of Charles II in 1660, the new king and his first Parliament declared the anniversary of the beheading of his father Charles I (January 30, 1649) a religious holiday with a special commemoration in the Book of Common Prayer, naming the late monarch a saint and martyr. This holiday was not generally celebrated in Massachusetts until the emergence of several Anglican churches there in the early eighteenth century. In 1750, Jonathan Mayhew, the twenty-nine-yearold pastor of the West (Congregational) Church in Boston, took occasion to dispute the first Charles’ credentials …

Two (2) South Carolina Colonial Documents, Signed By John Lining, John Lining

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

John Lining signs two South Carolina colonial documents, an order to pay damages and a warrant, in 1748.

John Abraham, 17 April 1747, John Abraham

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Account (Financial), dated April 17, 1747 (17 2mo. 1747 Quaker Style), from John Abraham

John Abraham, 13 June 1746, John Abraham

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Financial, dated June 13, 1746, from John Abraham

Hans Burckholder, Johannes Deknatel, 6 May 1744, Hans Burckholder

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated May 6, 1744, from Hans Burckholder, to Johannes Deknatel

Charles Iv Theodore, Administrative Document, 27 April 1744, Charles Iv Theodore

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Administrative document (Government Record), dated April 27, 1744, from Charles IV Theodore

Hans Burckholder, Johannes Deknatel, 10 April 1744, Hans Burckholder

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated April 10, 1744, from Hans Burckholder, to Johannes Deknatel

Hans Burckholder, Bartholemeus Von Leuvenig, 24 August 1743, Hans Burckholder

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated August 24, 1743, from Hans Burckholder, to Bartholemeus Von Leuvenig