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Baron Donder-Dronk-Dickdorf And Miss Quoltz, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

No abstract provided.

The Ghost Of A Scrag Of Mutton, C. Dibdin

Broadside Ballads: England

Moral related to the Napoleonic Wars and British might.

The Life And Surprising Adventures Of Mary Ann Talbot, In The Name Of John Taylor (1809), Mary Ann Talbot, Paul Royster (Transcribed And Edited By)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

"Comprehending an Account of her extraordinary Adventures in the Character of Foot-Boy, Drummer, Cabin-Boy, and Sailor. Also of her many very narrow Escapes in different Engagements, while in the Land and Sea Services, and of the Hardships which she suffered while under cure of the Wounds received in the Engagement under Lord Howe, June 1, 1794, &c. &c. &c."

An important document in the history of cross-dressing, transvestism, male impersonators, and women soldiers, this autobiographical narrative tells the life story of an orphan girl who was trapped into service in the British army and …

Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages, Major Downs

Broadside Ballads: England

Details the life of a fictional lad from Ballyporeen (Ireland)

Rosabell, John Mayne

Broadside Ballads: England

Details the love between a departing soldier his love, Rosabell

Five Miles Off, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative of a relationship between a man and a woman with another lover

Elijah's Mantle, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about Prime Minister William Pitt securing Britain's nationhood.

Lines On The Funeral Procession Of Britannia's Favorite Son, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Lines on the Funeral Procession of Britannia's Favorite Son, Lord Viscount Nelson, Late Admiral of the White, Baron of Thope in the County of Norfolk, and of the Nile, Duke of Bronti in Sicily etc. who was mortally wounded in the ever-memorable Battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805, and interred in St. Paul's Cathedral, with every mark of National Respect, on Thursday, January 9, 1806.

The Loyal Briton's Song, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Verse concerning British nationalism circa the Napoleonic Wars

The Royal Stag-Hunt, J. West

Broadside Ballads: England

Song concerning a merry stag (deer) hunting and honoring Kings & Queens

Monody On The Much Lamented Death Of The Most Noble Francis Duke Of Bedford, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Mourning song for Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford

A Bond-Street Lounger, George Saville Carey (1743-1807)

Broadside Ballads: England

Details a man who lives all his days at another's expense

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

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 …

Young Casey Is The Lad, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Enlistment and tenure of a soldier under Corporal Casey

The Primrose Girl, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

No abstract provided.

Desponding Negro, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative of a slave

1793 License For Elizabeth Prinner(?) To Keep And Inn Or Tavern That Sells Liquor, New York City, 1793. Signed By Richard Varick, Mayor., Richard Varick, Elizabeth Prinner

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Elizabeth Prinner(?), a grocer, is granted a license to keep an "Inn or Tavern for retailing strong or spiritous liquors" until March 1, 1794. She is forbidden from keeping a "disorderly" establishment or one that permits "any Cock-fighting, Gaming, or Playing with Cards or Dice, or Keep any Billiard-Table, or other Gaming-Table, or Shuffle-Board, within the Inn" or "any Out-House, Yard or Garden belonging thereunto." Signed by Richard Varick, 45th mayor of New York City.

The Loyalist, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Loyalty for King George III and Britain

Historical Collections Of The Indians In New England., Daniel Gookin

Special Collections (Miscellaneous)

An account of the Indians of New England by Daniel Gookin, a magistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Published in 1792.

Carrion Crow, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man shoots an arrow into a sow instead of a crow.

Essay On Negro-Slavery., James O'Kelly

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

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.

Sweet Poll Of Plymouth, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

An impressed sailor leaves his love at home.

The Double Mistake, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative song concerning socioeconomic classes interacting and drinking.

Ten Pound (£10) Note Of South Carolina Currency, 1775., Provincial Congress Of South Carolina, Gideon Dupont, Edward Blake, Thomas Corbett, Aaron Loocock, William Parker

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This South Carolina certificate no. 36967 "entitles the bearer to Ten Pounds Current Money." Signed by Gideon Dupont, Aaron Loocock, Thomas Corbett, William Parker, and Edward Blake.

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

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 Pious Warning To All Wicked And Impenitent Sinners, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Set forth in the confession and plain conviction of Bezaleel Knowles, a young Quaker, about 17: Who, before the learned, righteous and honourable Judge Sir Michael Foster, was try'd at York, on Saturday, March 24 1753, found guilty, and sentenc'd to be executed [ill.] the 16th, between 8 and 12, for the horrid, barbarous and almost unparallell'd Murder of Mrs. Dorothy Gibson, late of Knaresborough, on the 25th of January last.

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 …