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Land Rights Agreement, John Onion And Moses Stanton To Perry Healy, Undated

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This undated document is an agreement between John Onion and Moses Stanton to give their land rights to Perry Healy for the sum of sixteen dollars to be split between Onion and Stanton. The agreement is signed by Moses Stanton and John Onion and witnessed by Liveyann Hauly and Thomas C. Justin.

The Harrison Almanac

Pamphlets

This is the improved edition of the Harrison Almanac.

Novena Que En Honor De La Santisima Virgen Maria Venerada Bajo El Titulo Del Amparo, En La Real Iglesia Parroquial De Sta. Maria Magdalena De Esta Ciudad ...

Novenas

62 pages.

Return O God Of Hosts, George Frideric Handel

Binder's Volume: Lydia and Ellen Harris piano music

"Sung by Miss Anna Stone in the Oratorio of Samson." Bates catalog record.

Circa 1840-1849

Le Tremolo, Henri Rosellen

Binder's Volume: Lydia and Ellen Harris piano music

Bates catalog record.

Circa 1840-1849

Von Weber's Last Waltz, Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

Binder's Volume: Lydia and Ellen Harris piano music

Likely misattributed to Carl Maria von Weber. Bates catalog record.

Circa 1840-1852

The Morning Herald, January-June 1840, James Gordon Bennett Sr.

The Morning Herald, 1837-1840

Formerly The Herald; later the New York Herald. A large-circulation New York-based newspaper which ran from 1835-1924, when it was acquired by the New York Tribune to become the New York Herald Tribune. It ceased publication in 1966.

Shoe

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Men's Berlin work slippers. Tan canvas with floral motif cross-stitched on toes, sides and back. Flat soles. Flowers are red with yellow centers, green leaves. Initials ""J. W. R"" in violet/pink on upper. J. W. R. may stand for John Washington Rice, ownerUnclassifiable Artifacts; Need to Classify

Reports From The Joint Select Committee To Enquire Into The Condition Of The State Bank Of Illinois, Together With The Accompanying Documents, Made To Both Houses Of The General Assembly.

Pamphlets

Report No. 1. on the condition of the State Bank / B. Monroe, Jno. D. Woods, Orlando B. Ficklin, A. Lincoln -- Report no. II. on the condition of the State Bank / Jas. H. Woodworth, W.W. Happy, John Moore -- Report no. III. on the condition of the State Bank / Richard Murphy -- Documents accompanying the report on the condition of the State Bank -- Statement in answer to interrogatory twelfth -- Statement in answer to interrogatory fifteenth / N.H. Ridgely, Daniel Wann, Thomas Mather -- Document No. III / E.W. Turner, Davis Divine, Jas. H. Woodworth, T. …

Runner, Table

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

A table runner with 2 other matching pieces. The table runner (A) is 21 1/4" x 5ft 6 1/2". One of the smaller matching pieces is (B) about 4"" x 20"" and the other smaller piece (C) is 4""x12"". The table runner and matching pieces are all made up of rectanBuilding Furnishings; Household Accessory

Bonnet

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Silk forest green women's bonnet most likely worn for a wedding. Goes with item 304 A-0001. Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Headwear

Letter From Buffalo, New York To Leonard Blake In Gambier, Ohio, Charlotte Louise Blake (1840-1866)

Blake Family Letters

No abstract provided.

Echinoderms: A Translation Of Radiaires Échinodermes, In Lamarck, J. B. P. A., Milne Edwards, H., Deshayes, G. P. Histoire Naturelle Des Animaux Sans VertèBres. Tome Troisième. Deuxième Edition, J. B. P. A. Lamarck, F. Dujardin, John M. Lawrence

Integrative Biology Books

No abstract provided.

Ireland, Shewing The Roads, Railways &C. Constructed Since The Ordnance Survey Of 1839, Charles Saunderson, John Dower

Irish Studies Publications

A map of Ireland with roads, railways, and towns portrayed as constructed since the Ordnance Survey of 1839. Also included is a list of banks in Dublin and Belfast and information for travelers to Ireland.

Document | Undated Petition, C. 1840s, Unknown

Alabama History & Culture

Petition to the Commissioner of Revenue & Roads and the Judge of the County Court of Lawrence County (Alabama) from crew assigned to maintain the road leading from Moulton to Russellville. Signed Michael Kelly, William McIntosh, Greene K. Hubbard, James Hubbard, Crockett McDonald, James W. Talmadge, Moses K. Thomason [Moses K. Thomison?], D. Hubbard, William T. Stovall, Henry Worley, Hugh Weir [Hugh Wier?], William Faris, Z. McVay [possibly Zadock McVay], John Leitch, Claiborne Leitch, D.C. Nevills, Stephen Snell, George C. Riggs, John Gregg, S.M. Hartgrove, Isaac N. Owen, Lewis Campbell, J.W. Thomas, A.G. Owen, C.M.D. Walker, John R. Wren, John …

The Lady's Closet Library: The Lydias Or The Development Of Female Character (Part One), Robert Philip

Mother Home & Heaven

"The Lady's Closet Library: The Lydias or the Development of Female Character" by Robert Philip is the third volume in a book series of devotional and spiritual guides designed for females. This volume appears to be about how a woman with no spiritual devotion and how they can be converted. Each new chapter features passages to help a woman on her journey.

Part One features pages from the cover to page 131, it includes chapter one through five. Chapter One features various religious stories and chapters two through five are written passages for women to help them on their spiritual …

Familiar Letters To Henry Clay Of Kentucky, Describing A Winter In The West Indies., Henry Clay 1777-1852, Joseph John Gurney 1788-1847

British West Indies Text

No abstract provided.

The Lady's Closet Library: The Lydias Or The Development Of Female Character (Part Two), Robert Philip

Mother Home & Heaven

"The Lady's Closet Library: The Lydias or the Development of Female Character" by Robert Philip is the third volume in a book series of devotional and spiritual guides designed for females. This volume appears to be about how a woman with no spiritual devotion and how they can be converted. Each new chapter features passages to help a woman on her journey.

Part Two includes pages 132 to the end of the book, and it has chapters six through ten. Each chapter continues with passages to help a woman on her religious path. The book ends with a list of …

Letter, George Dunlop, Glasgow, To William Kennedy Lawrie, Redcastle, Near Castle Douglas, Galloway, Scotland, 1810

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

A letter from a "man of business" to his employer, William Kennedy Lawrie, a wealthy landowner with holdings in both Scotland and the Caribbean, regarding the hiring of a "farm servant." Dunlop names a specific man, John Smith, and the terms Smith has stated for his employment, which include 75 pounds in wages, the keeping of a cow, a house and garden, two pounds of meal a week and nearly the same in potatoes, plus two carts to get his family to the farm. Dunlop notes these terms are perhaps a little high, but that Smith is an excellent worker …

Catalogue Of The Theological Seminary Of The Diocese Of Ohio, Kenyon College, And Kenyon Preparatory Schools. 1840-1841

Kenyon College Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Seal Of North Carolina: Smoking Tobacco Marburg Bros.

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Text

Seal of North Carolina: Smoking Tobacco Marburg Bros. Set of four Durham Tobacco advertisements.

Map Of Land And Owners

Darden Family Papers

Map showing a layout of land and owners.

Document Fragment

Darden Family Papers

Pages 3 and 4 of an organization's guidelines, including ""Inspections"" and ""Conducting Experiments.""

Receipt, Whale Oil, 1840

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This receipt reflects the use of preprinted forms by businesses and tradesmen in the 19th century. The top of the page, featuring many typefaces and the image of the little whale, indicates a wealthy business. The bottom, featuring neat and tidy script, indicates a well-educated clerk. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

Boardman Missionary Society. Petition To The Trustees Of Waterville College., Boardman Missionary Society (Colby College)

The Boardman Missionary Society Materials

Letter of petition to the Trustees of Waterville College from the Boardman Missionary Society, requesting a designated meeting space in the proposed chapel to be built for the college.

Boardman Missionary Society. Petition To The Trustees Of Waterville College., Boardman Missionary Society (Colby College)

The Boardman Missionary Society Materials

Letter of petition to the Trustees of Waterville College from the Boardman Missionary Society, requesting a designated meeting space in the proposed chapel to be built for the college.

The Wild Old Woods Quartette, Louis V.H. Crosby

Black American Sheet Music Collection

Quartette as sung by the Harmoneons, and dedicated to F.S. Allen. By L.V.H. Crosby. The four parts are for soprano, alto (marked as secondo), first bass, and second bass.

Ebws 1.12: Correspondence And Documents, 1840

Correspondence

1840

Boatman's Dance, Daniel Decatur Emmett

Black American Sheet Music Collection

The piano score for "Boatman's Dance," a minstrel song sung by the Virginia Minstrels. The Virginia Minstrels, founded by Daniel Emmett, was one of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition.

The Morning Herald, July-September 1840, James Gordon Bennett Sr.

The Morning Herald, 1837-1840

Formerly The Herald; later the New York Herald. A large-circulation New York-based newspaper which ran from 1835-1924, when it was acquired by the New York Tribune to become the New York Herald Tribune. It ceased publication in 1966.