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Note Granting Lieut. Samuel Dogget Leave For A Month. Signed By Horatio Gates, Ticonderoga, New York, 1776., Horatio Gates, Continental Army

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Lieutenant Doggett is granted one month's leave in September of 1776. At the time this note was written Gates was headquartered at Ticonderoga, New York.

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.

Some Reasons For An European State, Proposed To The Powers Of Europe, By An Universal Guarantee, And An Annual Congress, Senate, Dyet, Or Parliament, To Settle Any Disputes About The Bounds And Rights Of Princes And States Hereafter..., John Bellers

Historical Quaker Books

Excerpt from the conclusion of Beller's argument for an European state: "The judicious sayings, of Henry the 4th of France, show him to be a Prince of great sense, and the Multitude of difficulties her surmounted, of great Courage, but no one thing bespeaks the excellency of his Mind, more than his great Desire, for the Uniting of Christendom.

His excluding the Muscovites, and the Ottomans out of it, I take as a Complement to the See of Rome.

For as nothing makes Nations, and People more Barbarous than War; so Peace must be the first step, to fit Mankind …

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, May 10, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, May 10, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.

Alice Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 16, 1702, Alice Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated April 15, 1702 (April 5, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. Part of the letter concerns a financial plan to raise money for debts and legacies without having to lose either stock or servants.

Alice Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 16, 1702, Alice Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 15, 1702 (April 5, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. Part of the letter concerns a financial plan to raise money for debts and legacies without having to lose either stock or servants.

Israel Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, January 2, 1702, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated January 2, 1702 (December 22, 1701 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his father, Phineas Pemberton.

Israel Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, January 2, 1702, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated January 2, 1702 (December 22, 1701 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his father, Phineas Pemberton.

Phineas Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, December 19, 1701, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 18, 1701 (December 8, 1701 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his son, Israel Pemberton. In the letter, Phineas tells Israel about the poor quality of an item they are looking to purchase. He instructs Israel not to pay more than 12 [shillings?] per bushel for [brine? lime?]. Phineas also mentions his poor health.

Richard Johns, Israel Pemberton, Circa May 9 1700, Richard Johns

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated circa May 9, 1700 (June 28, 1700 Old Style) from Richard Johns to Israel Pemberton

Richard Johns, Israel Pemberton, Circa May 9 1700, Richard Johns

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated circa May 9, 1700 (June 28, 1700 Old Style) from Richard Johns to Israel Pemberton.

Essays About The Poor, Manufactures, Trade, Plantations, & Immorality And Of The Excellency And Divinity Of Inward Light, Demonstrated From The Attributes Of God And The Nature Of Mans Soul, As Well As From The Testimony Of The Holy Scriptures (1699), John Bellers

Historical Quaker Books

A series of essays by John Bellers.

Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, December 18, 1697, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated December 18, 1697 (December 8, 1697 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his daughter, Abigail Pemberton.

Israel Pemberton, Joseph Pemberton, November 8, 1697, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated November 8, 1697 (October 29, 1697 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his brother, Joseph.

Israel Pemberton, Joseph Pemberton, November 8, 1697, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated November 8, 1697 (October 29, 1697 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his brother, Joseph.

Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, November 1, 1697, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated November 1, 1697 (October 22, 1697 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his daughter, Abigail Pemberton. Phineas Pemberton instructs Abigail on matters related to business and family.

Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, November 1, 1697, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated November 1, 1697 (October 22, 1697 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his daughter, Abigail Pemberton.

David Lloyd, Phineas Pemberton, July 2, 1697, David Lloyd

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated July 2, 1697 (June 22, 1697 Old Style) from David Lloyd to Phineas Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, September 22, 1696, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated September 22, 1696 (September 12, 1696 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, September 22, 1696, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated September 22, 1696 (September 12, 1696 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas Pemberton. Bowne details an arduous journey to New York where she and others had to transport their horses on ferries to get to their destination. Bowne also inquires about Phebe Pemberton's health after recovering from an illness. The front of the letter has small scratch work enumerating possibly goods to be delivered to other Quakers.

Anthony Banks, Phineas Pemberton, June 13, 1696, Anthony Banks

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated June 13, 1696 (June 3, 1696 Old Style) from Anthony Banks to his cousin, Phineas Pemberton. It is followed by a note written by Phineas at the bottom.

Anthony Banks, Phineas Pemberton, June 13, 1696, Anthony Banks

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated June 13, 1696 (June 3, 1696 Old Style) from Anthony Banks to his cousin, Phineas Pemberton. It is followed by a note written by Phineas at the bottom.

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, December 17, 1693, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated December 17, 1693 (December 7, 1693 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas and Phebe Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, December 17, 1693, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 17, 1693 (December 7, 1693 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas and Phebe Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phebe Pemberton, [1693], Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter likely dated 1693 from Mary Bowne to Phebe Pemberton.

Peter Hendricks, Roger Longworth Via Thomas Atherton, August 28, 1686, Peter Hendricks

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated August 28, 1686 (August 18, 1686 Old Style) from Peter Hendricks to Roger Longworth, delivered to Thomas Atherton.

Phineas Pemberton, Phebe Pemberton, August 18, 1680, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated August 18, 1680 (August 8, 1680 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his wife, Phebe Pemberton. In the letter, Phineas reports on the health of Roger Haydock, recovering from an illness in Carrickfergus. Several Friends went to Carrickfergus to make sure he was alright, and they report his condition as improving.

Phineas Pemberton, Ralph Pemberton, September 25, 1676, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated September 25, 1676 (September 15, 1676 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his father, Ralph Pemberton. Phineas expresses his regrets at his father's poor health, telling him to not go to Aspull on business if it will make his health worse. The rest of the letter concerns their business and goods purchased.

A Brief History Of The Warr With The Indians In New-England (1676): An Online Electronic Text Edition, Increase Mather, Paul Royster (Editor)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The following pages represent a new edition of Increase Mather’s influential contemporary account of King Philip’s War, between the English colonists in New England (and their Native allies) and the Wampanoag, Naragansett, and other Indian nations of the region, beginning in 1675. Mather’s account runs through August of 1676, when hostilities in southern, central, and western New England ended; fighting continued in the region of Maine until 1678. The war was disastrous for both sides, but particularly for the hostile Native Americans, who were brought very close to extermination.

Mather describes his history as “brief” (it runs to 89 pages …