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An Act To Organize, Govern, And Discipline The Militia Of The State Of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With The Several Acts In Addition Thereto, Passed Feb. 11, 1823, And Feb. 25, 1824. Published Under The Direction Of The Adjutant General, Maine. Adjutant General

Maine Collection

An Act to Organize, Govern, and Discipline the Militia of the State of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With the several acts in addition thereto, passed Feb. 11, 1823, and Feb. 25, 1824. Published under the direction of the Adjutant General.

Notes Geographical And Historical, Relating To The Town Of Brooklyn, In Kings County On Long-Island, Gabriel Furman

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Furman’s work is one of the earliest compilations of historical documents (with commentary) about an American city, in this case his native Brooklyn. It is an invaluable source of information on the early Dutch and English settlements of Brooklyn, Flatbush, Bushwick, New Lotts, Canarsie, Bedford, New Utrecht, Jamaica, and New Amsterdam, and their controversies with one another and with the Governors of New York and the crown of England. Included are original documents relative to the Indian purchases, original boundaries, water rights, ferry rights, wood rights, and forms of town government. Sections include: Situation of the Town of Brooklyn, Ancient …

Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, November 1, 1824 - January 12, 1825, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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1823 Power Of Attorney From Thomas Belden To Hector T. Phelps, Thomas Belden, Hector T. Phelps, Franklin County Recorder

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

In this document Thomas Belden and his wife Margaret of Hartford County, Connecticut, grant power of attorney to Hector T. Phelps and enable him "to ask, demand, sue for, recover, and receive of and from all persons whomsoever in the state of Ohio, all notes, mortgages, demands, accords and monies which may be due and owing to us in the state of Ohio." This handwritten copy of a legal document was recorded in Book No. 4-152, dated February 27th 1823.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, November 3, 1823 - January 8, 1824, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, October 21, 1822 - December 11, 1822, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Letter From John Sibley To George Sibley, October 29, 1821, John Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to his son, George Sibley, October 29, 1821. John Sibley discusses Stephen Austin and the settlement of Texas; Mexican independence.

Narrative Of The Most Extraordinary And Distressing Shipwreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex, Of Nantucket : Which Was Attacked And Finally Destroyed By A Large Spermaceti-Whale, In The Pacific Ocean : With An Account Of The Unparalleled Sufferings Of The Captain And Crew During A Space Of Ninety-Three Days At Sea, In Open Boats, In The Years 1819 & 1820, Owen Chase, Paul Royster, Ed.

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On November 20, 1820, the whale-ship Essex, out of Nantucket, was twice rammed by a sperm whale and sank in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The crew of twenty took refuge in three open whale-boats, and attempted to sail east toward the coasts of South America. The boats were eventually separated by storms and darkness, and after more than 90 days two of them, holding five survivors, were picked up by other ships; the third boat was never found.

First mate Owen Chase dictated this account of the fateful voyage, published in New York four months after his return to Nantucket. …

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, October 15, 1821 - December 21, 1821, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, October 15, 1821 - December 21, 1821, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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A Discourse, Delivered At Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In Commemoration Of The First Settlement Of New-England., Daniel Webster, Paul Royster , Ed.

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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ Landing at Plymouth Rock, Daniel Webster (1782–1852), former congressman and future senator and secretary of state, delivered this long discourse to the assembled members of the Pilgrim Society. Always the consummate New Englander, Webster sketched 200 years of American history, surveyed the present era, and projected grand future prospects for a nation barely 40 years old, but with deep roots in Reformed Protestant values and English constitutionalism. Underlying all was his belief that “The character of their political institutions was determined by the fundamental laws respecting property.” Webster’s stories highlight the …

Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, October 16, 1820 - December 27, 1820, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

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Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, October 16, 1820 - December 27, 1820, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 7, 1818 - February 10, 1819, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 7, 1818 - February 10, 1819, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Letter From James G. Mask To George Sibley, June 17, 1817, James G. Mask

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from James G. Mask to George Sibley, June 17, 1817. Mask discusses mutual interests around people in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

William Clark Proclamation Making George Sibley Justice Of The Peace For Howard County, January 2, 1817, William Clark

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of William Clark Proclamation Making George Sibley Justice of the Peace for Howard County, January 2, 1817

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 1, 1817 - February 4, 1818, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 1, 1817 - February 4, 1818, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

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A Statistical View Of The District Of Maine, Moses Greenleaf

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Full title: A Statistical View of the District of Maine; more especially with reference to the Value and Importance of its Interior

Early survey of the District of Maine 1816 by Moses Greenleaf.

1 book: 154 pages

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 2, 1816 - February 5, 1817, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 2, 1816 - February 5, 1817, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 4, 1815 - February 10, 1816, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Letter From John Sibley To Amos Stoddard, April 2, 1812, John Sibley

John Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to Amos Stoddard, April 2, 1812. Sibley discusses Mexico; military matters; possible war.

An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade; Delivered In The African Church In The City Of New-York, January 1, 1808, Peter Williams Jr

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The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, prohibited Congress from banning the importation of slaves until the year 1808. A bill to do this was first introduced in Congress by Senator Stephen Roe Bradley of Vermont in December 1805, and its passage was recommended by President Jefferson in his annual message to Congress in December 1806. In March 1807, Congress passed the legislation, and President Thomas Jefferson signed it into law on March 3, 1807. Subsequently, on March 25, 1807, the British Parliament also passed an act banning the slave trade aboard British ships. The effective date of the …

The Nature And Importance Of True Republicanism With A Few Suggestions Favorable To Independence: A Discourse, Delivered At Rutland, (Vermont,) The Fourth Of July, 1801. — It Being The 25th Anniversary Of American Independence., Lemuel Haynes, Paul Royster , Ed.

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This intriguing document is a political 4th of July “discourse” by an African American New England Congregational ordained minister and Revolutionary War veteran from the very early years of the Republic. Lemuel Haynes’ personal history is an interesting story, as is his assessment of the progress, needs, and future prospects of the new nation. Ostensibly and formally, the discourse is about selecting leadership dedicated to serving the public welfare and avoiding men who seek office for personal preferment, power, or fame. Taking a text from the gospel of Luke, Haynes applies the advice of Jesus to his disciples to the …

The Constitutions Of The Ancient And Honorable Fraternity Of The Free And Accepted Masons In The State Of New York; Collected And Digested By The Order Of Grand Lodge., The Grand Lodge Of New York

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

A multipage volume loosely bound with thread: The Constitutions of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of the Free and Accepted Masons in the State of New York; Collected and Digested by the Order of Grand Lodge. Published by Brother D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery, New York. Anno Lucis 5801 (i.e., 1801). The hand-penned notation on the blank front cover of the manuscript declares ownership, stating "Caleb Bishop his book January 1805."

Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799)

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'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

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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 …

Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792)

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