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1836-08-19 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Aug 1836

1836-08-19 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on August 19, 1836.


1836-08-12 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Aug 1836

1836-08-12 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on August 12, 1836.


1836-08-05 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Aug 1836

1836-08-05 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on August 5, 1836.


1836-07-29 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jul 1836

1836-07-29 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on July 29, 1836.


1836-07-22 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jul 1836

1836-07-22 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on July 22, 1836.


1836-07-15 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jul 1836

1836-07-15 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on July 15, 1836.


1836-07-08 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jun 1836

1836-07-08 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on July 8, 1836.


1836-07-01 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jun 1836

1836-07-01 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on July 1, 1836.


1836-06-24 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jun 1836

1836-06-24 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on June 24, 1836.


1836-06-17 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jun 1836

1836-06-17 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on June 17, 1836.


1836-06-10 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jun 1836

1836-06-10 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on June 10, 1836.


1836-06-03 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Jun 1836

1836-06-03 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on June 3, 1836.


1836-05-27 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) May 1836

1836-05-27 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on May 27, 1836.


1836-05-20 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) May 1836

1836-05-20 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on May 20, 1836.


1836-05-13 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) May 1836

1836-05-13 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on May 13, 1836.


1836-05-06 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) May 1836

1836-05-06 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on May 6, 1836.


1836-04-29 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Apr 1836

1836-04-29 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on April 36, 1836.


1836-04-22 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Apr 1836

1836-04-22 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on April 22, 1836.


1836-04-15 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Apr 1836

1836-04-15 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on April 15, 1836.


1836-04-08 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.) Apr 1836

1836-04-08 Kentucky Whig, Kentucky Whig (Flemingsburg, Ky.)

Kentucky Whig Archive

Kentucky Whig published on April 8, 1836.


Historical And Descriptive Account Of Persia, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time : With A Detailed View Of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, And The Character Of Its Inhabitants, Particularly Of The Wandering Tribes, Including A Description Of Afghanistan And Beloochistan, James Baillie Fraser Dec 1833

Historical And Descriptive Account Of Persia, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time : With A Detailed View Of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, And The Character Of Its Inhabitants, Particularly Of The Wandering Tribes, Including A Description Of Afghanistan And Beloochistan, James Baillie Fraser

Books in English

The book includes a chapter on Afghanistan in which the author writes about he history of the country from the dethronement of Shah Shuja to the adventures of Fateh Khan. For the account of Afghanistan he used the work of Mr. Elphinstone, as well as, the facts communicated to him while in Khorasan.


Elbridge Gerry Writes To Mrs. Morton And Communicates Regrets And That A Message Has Been Conveyed. Cambridge, Mass., 1811., Elbridge Gerry Oct 1811

Elbridge Gerry Writes To Mrs. Morton And Communicates Regrets And That A Message Has Been Conveyed. Cambridge, Mass., 1811., Elbridge Gerry

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Gerry signed the Declaration of Independence, was a delegate to the Continental Convention, was governor of Massachusetts, and Vice President of the U.S.


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 Case, Trevett Against Weeden Dec 1786

The Case, Trevett Against Weeden

Library Archive

Wherein the Rights of the People to Trial by Jury, &c. are dated and maintained, and the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Powers of Government examined and denned.


Rb 004 Guide To Cora And Webb Mading Collection On Public Health, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center Dec 1766

Rb 004 Guide To Cora And Webb Mading Collection On Public Health, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

Rare Books Finding Aids

The Cora and Webb Mading Collection focuses on public health and contains over 1,500 books and pamphlets on urban sanitation in the United States and communicable diseases. Two important aspects of the collection are the large number of early twentieth century city and state health department reports and the nineteenth century pamphlets on specific contagious diseases. See more at RB 004.


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 …


De Bestiis Marinis, Or, The Beasts Of The Sea (1751), Georg Wilhelm Steller, Walter Miller (Translator), Jennie Emerson Miller (Translator), Paul Royster (Transcriber And Editor) Dec 1750

De Bestiis Marinis, Or, The Beasts Of The Sea (1751), Georg Wilhelm Steller, Walter Miller (Translator), Jennie Emerson Miller (Translator), Paul Royster (Transcriber And Editor)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Steller’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or “sea bear” (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris).

Steller’s sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing …


The Constitutions Of The Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition., James Anderson A.M., Benjamin Franklin, Paul Royster (Editor & Depositor) Dec 1733

The Constitutions Of The Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition., James Anderson A.M., Benjamin Franklin, Paul Royster (Editor & Depositor)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

This is an online electronic edition of the the first Masonic book printed in America, which was produced in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1734, and was a reprint of a work by James Anderson (who is identified as the author in an appendix) printed in London in 1723. This is the seminal work of American Masonry, edited and published by one of the founding fathers, and of great importance to the development of colonial society and the formation of the Republic. The work contains a 40-page history of Masonry: from Adam to the reign of King George I, including, …


Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, March 17, 1702, Abigail Pemberton Mar 1702

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, March 17, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated March 17, 1702 (March 6, 1701 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. She asks his help in stopping a rumor about her.