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Particulars Of The Capture Of The Spanish Ship Tryal, At The Island Of St. Maria; With The Documents Relating To That Affair., Amasa Delano, Paul Royster, Ed. Dec 1816

Particulars Of The Capture Of The Spanish Ship Tryal, At The Island Of St. Maria; With The Documents Relating To That Affair., Amasa Delano, Paul Royster, Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Herman Melville used the incident narrated in Amasa Delano’s 1817 memoir A Narrative of Voyages and Travels as the basis for the story “Benito Cereno,” published in 3 installments in Putnam’s Monthly Magazine (October-December 1855). Melville’s story changed some names and details, and added rich descriptions and moral reflections, while dramatizing Captain Delano’s experience of offering aid to a ship in distress before discovering the situation was not what was first apprehended. Melville had similarly fictionalized a “found” document in writing the novel Israel Potter earlier that same year, but “Benito Cereno” gives a much darker picture of human relations, …


Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1817, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference Dec 1816

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1817, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.


Letter From Auguste Chouteau To George Sibley, December 8, 1816, Auguste Chouteau Dec 1816

Letter From Auguste Chouteau To George Sibley, December 8, 1816, Auguste Chouteau

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Auguste Chouteau to George Sibley, December 8, 1816. Chouteau discusses a new order that requires agents to live with the Native Americans they serve; Chouteau is strongly opposed.


Collection Of Personal Papers, Document Case 5035, Folder 37, New Hampshire State Archives - Letter From William Merchant Richardson To Josiah Butler, Dec. 7, 1816 Dec 1816

Collection Of Personal Papers, Document Case 5035, Folder 37, New Hampshire State Archives - Letter From William Merchant Richardson To Josiah Butler, Dec. 7, 1816

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

Hodsdon ... had his lawyer, William Merchant Richardson (who had by now become Chief Justice), write a letter to State Representative (later Congressman) Josiah Butler, who had formerly clerked in his office.


Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, September 28, 1816, George Champlin Sibley Sep 1816

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, September 28, 1816, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcription of Letter from George Sibley to brother, Samuel Sibley, September 28, 1816. George discusses the costs of various things in Missouri being high because of great influx of strangers.


Letter From George Sibley To Martin Cantonment, September 16, 1819, George Champlin Sibley Sep 1816

Letter From George Sibley To Martin Cantonment, September 16, 1819, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Martin Cantonment, September 16, 1819. Sibley discusses the need for blacksmith tools.


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, September 2, 1816, Thomas Mckenney Sep 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, September 2, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, September 2, 1816


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 29, 1816, Thomas Mckenney Aug 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 29, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, August 29, 1816. McKenney discusses packages of goods for the Osage tribe.


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 10, 1816, Thomas L. Mckenney Aug 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 10, 1816, Thomas L. Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, August 10, 1816. McKenney discusses a circular from the War Department.


Letter From William Clark To George Sibley, August 6, 1816, William Clark Aug 1816

Letter From William Clark To George Sibley, August 6, 1816, William Clark

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from William Clark to George Sibley, August 6, 1816. Clark discusses people being killed by Winnebago tribe; treaties with the Osage tribe must go through Sibley.


Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, July 26, 1816, George Champlin Sibley Jul 1816

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, July 26, 1816, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Samuel Sibley, July 26, 1816. Sibley says he is convinced he should continue to deal with the Native Americans for the government for a couple more years; Mary being content at the Fort.


Letter From R. Wash To George Sibley, June 30, 1816, R. Wash Jun 1816

Letter From R. Wash To George Sibley, June 30, 1816, R. Wash

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from R. Wash to George Sibley, June 30, 1816. Wash discusses the dispute between the Osage and Cherokee tribes, and that it has been made known to the President; discusses how to settle the dispute.


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, June 29, 1816, Thomas Mckenney Jun 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, June 29, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, June 29, 1816


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, Et Al, June 18, 1816, Thomas Mckenney Jun 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, Et Al, June 18, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, et al, June 18, 1816


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, May 22, 1816, Thomas Mckenney May 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, May 22, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, May 22, 1816.


Letter From George Sibley To Columbian Periodical, April 29, 1816, George Champlin Sibley Apr 1816

Letter From George Sibley To Columbian Periodical, April 29, 1816, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Columbian Periodical, April 29, 1816. Sibley discusses a visit from Daniel Boone; a possible visit to the Salt Plains.


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, April 27, 1816, Thomas Mckenney Apr 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, April 27, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of a Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, April 27, 1816. McKenney discusses annuities to the Osage tribes.


Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, April 22, 1816, Thomas L. Mckenney Apr 1816

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, April 22, 1816, Thomas L. Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, April 22, 1816. McKenney discusses annuities and trade goods.


Letter From William Clark To George Sibley, April 14, 1816, William Clark Apr 1816

Letter From William Clark To George Sibley, April 14, 1816, William Clark

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from William Clark to George Sibley, April 14, 1816. Clark discusses the Osage tribes near Fort Osage; sending a blacksmith to the fort.


Letter From John Mason To George Sibley, March 26, 1816, John Mason Mar 1816

Letter From John Mason To George Sibley, March 26, 1816, John Mason

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from John Mason to George Sibley, March 26, 1816


Letter From John Mason To George Sibley, February 19, 1816, John Mason Feb 1816

Letter From John Mason To George Sibley, February 19, 1816, John Mason

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from John Mason to George Sibley, February 19, 1816


Letter From Mary Sibley To Rufus Easton, February 11, 1816, Mary Easton Sibley Feb 1816

Letter From Mary Sibley To Rufus Easton, February 11, 1816, Mary Easton Sibley

Mary Easton Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Mary Sibley to father, Rufus Easton, February 11, 1816.Mary discusses social life in St. Louis.


Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, January 14, 1816, George Champlin Sibley Jan 1816

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, January 14, 1816, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to brother, Samuel Sibley, January 14, 1816. George discusses the the Norfolk debt, the Grand Ecore estate; Samuel's dislike of Red River Country; immigrants.


Specialized Catalogues: 1816, France Dec 1815

Specialized Catalogues: 1816, France

Personnel Catalogues

No abstract provided.


Phantastes Chapter 1: Alastor; Or, The Spirit Of Solitude, Percy Bysshe Shelley Dec 1815

Phantastes Chapter 1: Alastor; Or, The Spirit Of Solitude, Percy Bysshe Shelley

German Romantic and Other Influences

A quest poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) published in 1816. The full title is “Alastor: or, the Spirit of Solitude.” MacDonald quotes lines 484-488 in which the Poet encounters his soulmate. Shelley’s poem is a major influence on Phantastes, and Shelley’s Preface to “Alastor” offers a nice gloss on MacDonald’s fantasy. “The poem entitled ‘Alastor’ may be considered as allegorical of one of the most interesting situations of the human mind. It represents a youth of uncorrupted feelings and adventurous genius led forth by an imagination inflamed and purified through familiarity with all that is excellent and majestic, …


Der Entwendete Schuh, Caroline Pichler Dec 1815

Der Entwendete Schuh, Caroline Pichler

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Box 27, Folder 17 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1815

Box 27, Folder 17 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.


Box 5, Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Records, A-L, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1815

Box 5, Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Records, A-L, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.


Box 5, Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Records, M-W, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1815

Box 5, Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Records, M-W, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.


Pamphlet, Narrative Of A Shipwreck, Sarah Allen, Keith Lewis Simmons Dec 1815

Pamphlet, Narrative Of A Shipwreck, Sarah Allen, Keith Lewis Simmons

Early Visions Bucket

"The Narrative of a Shipwreck, by Sarah Allen, appeared as a pamphlet in two successive Boston editions (1816, 1817). New England readers at the time indeed must have valued this story told, ostensibly, in a female voice, set along the exotic and contentious frontier, and portraying the hardships of a shipwreck along the remote Florida coast, as well as a satisfying and miraculously happy ending."