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Letter From Peter Parker To Nicholas Cook Regarding American Prisoners. Rhode Island, 1777., Peter Parker Apr 1777

Letter From Peter Parker To Nicholas Cook Regarding American Prisoners. Rhode Island, 1777., Peter Parker

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Sir Peter Parker commanded the squadron at the unsuccessful attack on Fort Moultrie in Charleston, S.C. He aided Howe in the capture of N.Y and reduced R.I.

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Receipt For 62 ₤10 Notes Paid To Samuel B. Webb By Capt. Edward Mulbley, 1777., Samuel Blatchley Webb Mar 1777

Receipt For 62 ₤10 Notes Paid To Samuel B. Webb By Capt. Edward Mulbley, 1777., Samuel Blatchley Webb

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Samuel Webb was Silas Deane's private secretary, then First Liet. of Chester's company in American Revolution. In 1776 he was appointed Washington's private secretary and aide-de-camp. In 1777 he was captured at the Battle of Long Island and wasn't released until 3 years later.

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Walter Kerfoot, 7 February 1777, Walter Kerfoot Feb 1777

Walter Kerfoot, 7 February 1777, Walter Kerfoot

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Account (Financial), dated February 7, 1777, from Walter Kerfoot

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Record From The Second Continental Congress Ordering That The Secret Committee Produce A List Of Articles Ordered, Signed By Charles Thomson, January 17, 1777., United States. Continental Congress, Charles Thomson Jan 1777

Record From The Second Continental Congress Ordering That The Secret Committee Produce A List Of Articles Ordered, Signed By Charles Thomson, January 17, 1777., United States. Continental Congress, Charles Thomson

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Order that “the secret committee” produce a “list of the articles [....] which they have ordered in consequences of the directions of Congress distinguishing how much is arrived + what is expected.”

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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 Sep 1776

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.

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Order To Pay Soldiers, Signed By Oliver Ellsworth, January 1776., Oliver Ellsworth Jan 1776

Order To Pay Soldiers, Signed By Oliver Ellsworth, January 1776., Oliver Ellsworth

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Oliver Ellsworth instructs addressee to pay soldiers returning to camp, January 1776.

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Walter Kerfoot, 24 August 1775, Walter Kerfoot Aug 1775

Walter Kerfoot, 24 August 1775, Walter Kerfoot

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated August 24, 1775, from Walter Kerfoot

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

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.

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1771, Unknown Dec 1770

1771, Unknown

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Note, dated 1771

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Account For Ship Captain John Brown With Sam And William Vernon; October 29, 1770, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia., John Brown, Sam Vernon, William Vernon Oct 1770

Account For Ship Captain John Brown With Sam And William Vernon; October 29, 1770, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia., John Brown, Sam Vernon, William Vernon

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This document records the debits and credits accounted for by John Brown in his shipping of various cargo, which includes Jamaican and New England rum, pork, rice, onions, molasses, bread, tea, chocolate, snuff, corn, coffee, flour, and leather.

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Letter From Benjamin Lincoln, Jr. To William Palfrey, 1768., Benjamin Lincoln Jr. Nov 1768

Letter From Benjamin Lincoln, Jr. To William Palfrey, 1768., Benjamin Lincoln Jr.

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

In this letter, Lincoln offers to deliver money to Palfrey, an associate of John Hancock, from a Mr. Barter, 1768.

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Anna Barbara Mensch, Unknown, 10 October 1768, Anna Barbara Mensch Oct 1768

Anna Barbara Mensch, Unknown, 10 October 1768, Anna Barbara Mensch

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, dated October 10, 1768, from Anna Barbara Mensch

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

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

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

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

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

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

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

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

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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.

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Christiaan Leendertz, Hendrik Kops, 18 July 1761, Christiaan Leendertz Jul 1761

Christiaan Leendertz, Hendrik Kops, 18 July 1761, Christiaan Leendertz

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated July 18, 1761, from Christiaan Leendertz, to Hendrik Kops

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

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

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

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

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

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

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

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

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Christiaan Leendertz, Biographical, 1 January 1760, Christiaan Leendertz Dec 1759

Christiaan Leendertz, Biographical, 1 January 1760, Christiaan Leendertz

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Biographical, dated 1760, from Christiaan Leendertz

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

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

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

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

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

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

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6 May 1757, Unknown May 1757

6 May 1757, Unknown

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

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

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A Collection Of Acts Of Parliament, And Clauses Of Acts Of Parliament, Relative To Those Protestant Dissenters Who Are Usually Called By The Name Of Quakers, From The Year 1688, John Bellers Dec 1756

A Collection Of Acts Of Parliament, And Clauses Of Acts Of Parliament, Relative To Those Protestant Dissenters Who Are Usually Called By The Name Of Quakers, From The Year 1688, John Bellers

Historical Quaker Books

This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.

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Johann Martin Boltzius, Gotthilf August Francke, 1 December 1756, Johann Martin Boltzius Nov 1756

Johann Martin Boltzius, Gotthilf August Francke, 1 December 1756, Johann Martin Boltzius

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, dated December 1756, from Johann Martin Boltzius, to Gotthilf August Francke

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1755, Unknown Dec 1754

1755, Unknown

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

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

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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 …

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Unknown, Community Record, 1 January 1754, Unknown Dec 1753

Unknown, Community Record, 1 January 1754, Unknown

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Community Record, dated 1754, from anonymous

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A Pious Warning To All Wicked And Impenitent Sinners, Author Unknown Dec 1752

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.

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Andries Apostool, Note, 9 July 1751, Andries Apostool Jul 1751

Andries Apostool, Note, 9 July 1751, Andries Apostool

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Note, dated July 9, 1751, from Andries Apostool

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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 …

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