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Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 14, Thursday, September 14, 1876, Providence Independent Sep 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 14, Thursday, September 14, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 13, Thursday, September 7, 1876, Providence Independent Sep 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 13, Thursday, September 7, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 12, Thursday, August 31, 1876, Providence Independent Aug 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 12, Thursday, August 31, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 11, Thursday, August 24, 1876, Providence Independent Aug 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 11, Thursday, August 24, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 10, Thursday, August 17, 1876, Providence Independent Aug 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 10, Thursday, August 17, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 9, Thursday, August 10, 1876, Providence Independent Aug 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 9, Thursday, August 10, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 9, Thursday, August 3, 1876, Providence Independent Aug 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 9, Thursday, August 3, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 8, Thursday, July 27, 1876, Providence Independent Jul 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 8, Thursday, July 27, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 7, Thursday, July 20, 1876, Providence Independent Jul 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 7, Thursday, July 20, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 6, Thursday, July 13, 1876, Providence Independent Jul 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 6, Thursday, July 13, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 5, Thursday, July 6, 1876, Providence Independent Jul 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 5, Thursday, July 6, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 4, Thursday, June 29, 1876, Providence Independent Jun 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 4, Thursday, June 29, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 3, Thursday, June 22, 1876, Providence Independent Jun 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 3, Thursday, June 22, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 2, Thursday, June 15, 1876, Providence Independent Jun 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 2, Thursday, June 15, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 1, Thursday, June 8, 1876, Providence Independent Jun 1876

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 1, Thursday, June 8, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


Providence Independent, V. 1, No. 1, Thursday, June 3, 1875, Providence Independent Jun 1875

Providence Independent, V. 1, No. 1, Thursday, June 3, 1875, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.


An Act To Secure Homesteads To Actual Settlers On The Public Domain, United States Congess May 1862

An Act To Secure Homesteads To Actual Settlers On The Public Domain, United States Congess

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Act, dated May 20, 1862 also known as United States (US) Public Law 37-64 and popularly known as the Homestead Act, the Homestead Act of 1862, and the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, provides for adults who fulfill certain requirements to acquire title of up to a quarter section (160 acres) land from the public domain by registering and making certain "improvements" to the land.


Our Army At Monterey, Thomas Bangs Thorpe Dec 1846

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.


Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee Mar 1842

Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


The Right Of The People Of Rhode Island To Form A Constitution: The Nine Lawyers' Opinion, Thomas W. Dorr Mar 1842

The Right Of The People Of Rhode Island To Form A Constitution: The Nine Lawyers' Opinion, Thomas W. Dorr

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman Jan 1842

To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


A Lecture, Delivered To The Law Class Of William And Mary College, June 17, 1839, Being The Last Of A Course Of Lectures On The Philosophy Of Government And Constitutional Law, N. Beverley Tucker Sep 1839

A Lecture, Delivered To The Law Class Of William And Mary College, June 17, 1839, Being The Last Of A Course Of Lectures On The Philosophy Of Government And Constitutional Law, N. Beverley Tucker

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


A Lecture On Government, N. Beverley Tucker Apr 1837

A Lecture On Government, N. Beverley Tucker

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


An Address On Education, As Connected With The Permanence Of Our Republican Institutions, Lucian Minor Jan 1835

An Address On Education, As Connected With The Permanence Of Our Republican Institutions, Lucian Minor

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther Dec 1832

Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard Jan 1829

Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


Washington's Farewell Address: The President’S Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington Sep 1796

Washington's Farewell Address: The President’S Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is a digital “facsimile” edition of a contemporary pamphlet version of President George Washington’s “Farewell Address,” first issued in the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser newspaper on September 19, 1796. Co-authored with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, it expresses Washington’s decision to decline a third term of the presidency and offers his parting advice to his “friends and fellow-citizens.”

Washington’s “farewell address” emphasizes the importance of Union, the danger of partisanship, the threat of parties allied to foreign countries or interests, the accomplishment of a national government, the precedence of national over sectional interests, the maintenance of the public credit, the …


'Farewell' Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington Dec 1795

'Farewell' Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

President George Washington’s farewell address “To the People of the United States” was delivered to the public through the medium of the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser newspaper and was immediately reprinted in other newspapers and in pamphlet form throughout the country, and in England, Ireland, and Scotland as well. All contemporary editions derived directly or indirectly from the Daily Advertiser newspaper source.

The composition of the address was a collaborative effort, with James Madison co-authoring with Washington an early draft that was reviewed and revised at least twice to incorporate suggestions by Alexander Hamilton. The final draft, in Washington’s handwriting, was …


The Journal Of Major George Washington, George Washington Dec 1753

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 …


A Declaration Of The Sad And Great Persecution And Martyrdom Of The People Of God, Called Quakers, In New-England, For The Worshipping Of God, Edward Burroughs Dec 1659

A Declaration Of The Sad And Great Persecution And Martyrdom Of The People Of God, Called Quakers, In New-England, For The Worshipping Of God, Edward Burroughs

Zea E-Books in American Studies

From 1656 through 1661, the Massachusetts Bay Colony experienced an “invasion” of Quaker missionaries, who were not deterred by the increasingly severe punishments enacted and inflicted by the colonial authorities. In October 1659, two (William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson) were hanged at Boston; in June 1660, Mary Dyar (or Dyer) became the third; in March 1661, William Leddra became the fourth (and last) to suffer capital punishment or “mar-tyrdom” for their Quaker beliefs.While members of the Society of Friends rushed to Massachu-setts to test the harsh sentences under the newly enacted laws, other Friends in England simultaneously petitioned Parliament and …