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Life Of Louise De Marillac - Mademoiselle Le Gras, Nicolas Gobillon

Vincentian Digital Books

Elizabeth rendered the first English translation of the biography by Nicolas Gobillon, The Life of Mademoiselle Le Gras (Paris, 1676). Readers gain insight into the mind and heart of Elizabeth from her selective translation dated 17 September 1818.

Second Report Of The Directors Of The Connecticut Asylum For The Education And Instruction Of Deaf And Dumb Persons (1818), American School For The Deaf, John Russ

American School for the Deaf

No abstract provided.

Deaf And Dumb, Or The Abbe De L’Epee; An Historical Drama, Founded Upon Very Interesting Facts, Jean Nicolas Bouilly, Laurent Clerc

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Memoir On The Ruins Of Babylon, Claudius James Rich

Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR)

iv, 67, [1] p. : front., 2 pl. ; 24 cm.

Excerpt, Affecting Narrative Of The Captivity And The Sufferings Of Mrs. Mary Smith, Mary Smith, Petronella Van Doorn

Early Visions Bucket

"An Affecting Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith tells the story of a white settler who, along with her husband and daughters, was forcefully taken from her frontier home by Kickapoo Indians in the vicinity of New Orleans. An unknown 'gentleman' tells the outrageous story filled with extreme violence, including torture, scalping, massacre, sexual submission, white racism, bravery, and chivalry to 'his friend in Rhode Island.' During this sixty day ordeal, Smith witnesses the horrific torture and killing of her husband and her children, marries an older chief, gets recaptured by the Kickapoos, and is …

Letter From John Sibley To George Sibley, January 29, 1817, John Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to his son, George Sibley, January 29, 1817. John Sibley discusses war preparations in Louisiana [against Mexico?].

Essai Sur Les Sourds-Muets Et Sur Le Langage Naturel : Ou Introduction A Une Classification Naturelle Des Idées Avec Leurs Signes Propres, Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

A Sermon Delivered At The Opening Of The Connecticut Asylum For The Education And Instruction Of Deaf And Dumb Persons : At The Request Of The Directors, On Sunday Evening, April 20th, 1817, In The Brick Church In Hartford, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Gazetteer Of The State Of New-Hampshire, In Three Parts, Merrill, Eliphalet

Maps & Atlases

Containing, 1. A general view, geographical and statistical, of the state. 2. Gazetteer of New-Hampshire. 3. Topographical and statistical tables.

Deaf And Dumb : Or, The Orphan Protected. : An Historical Drama, In Five Acts, Jean Nicolas Bouilly

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

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

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Letter To Dudley Chase, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

The announcement of a new baby boy; Chase's wife is in exceptionally good health. He is concerned that Philander Jr. does not want to write to his uncle because his uncle has not written any letters to him.

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."

Anatomy Of The Tube Holothurians Of The Orange Seastars And The Stone Sea-Urchins: A Translation Of Anatomie Der Röhren-Holothurie Des Pomeranzfarbigen Seesterns Und Stein-Seeigels, Friedrich Tiedemann, S. A. Böttger, John M. Lawrence

Integrative Biology Books

No abstract provided.

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

No abstract provided.

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

No abstract provided.

Letter To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

D. Chase expresses satisfaction with George's embrace of the American principles of liberty and freedom; he expresses concern over certain citizens who wish to undermine patriotism in the educational system.

Letter, Stephen Noble, Pearl River, Mississippi Territory, To Samuel Chapman, Choctaw Nation Agency, 1815, Stephen Noble

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

One of the industries in Mississippi both pre- and post-statehood was trapping and trading of animal pelts. This letter, written from one trapper-trader to another, reports that business is slow and the last round of pelts has not yet sold. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1815, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Phantastes Chapter 11: The Excursion, William Wordsworth

German Romantic and Other Influences

Lines 836-842 from Book II of William Wordsworth's The Excursion (1814).

George Sibley Report On Native Americans Near Fort Osage, November 30, 1813, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of George Sibley Report on Native Americans Near Fort Osage, November 30, 1813.

History Of James Mitchell, A Boy Born Blind And Deaf : With An Account Of The Operation Performed For The Recovery Of His Sight, James Wardrop

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Thoughts In Prison, William Dodd

Thompson Rare Book Collection

The following work, as the dates of the respective parts evince, was begun by its unhappy Author in his apartments at Newgate, on the evening of the day subsequent to his trial and conviction at Justice Hall; and was finished, amidst various necessary interruptions, in little more than the space of two months.

The few little pieces subjoined to the Thoughts, and the Author’s Last Prayer, were found amongst his papers. Their evident connection with the Poem was the inducement for adding them to the volume.

Written by the Rev. William Dodd, during his time in prison prior to …

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences, 1813, Methodist Episcopal Church.

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

An Oration Delivered In The Presbyterian Church At Elizabeth-Town, (N.J.) On Saturday, July 4, 1812 By Peter Kean, Esq., July 4, 1812, Peter Philip James Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

The following pamphlet is an Oration delivered in the Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey on Saturday, July 4, 1812 by Peter Kean, Esq.

Printed by Henry P. Russell, Morristown, NJ.

The Travels And Gospel Labors Of Joseph Thomas, Minister Of The Gospel And Elder In The Christian Church, Joseph Thomas

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Letter From George Sibley To John Sibley, August 18, 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to his father, John Sibley, August 18, 1811. Sibley fives a very lengthy description of the area around Fort Osage and the Native Americans that lived nearby. At the end, Sibley wrote a follow up note about this piece in 1860.

Letter From George Sibley To John Sibley, July 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to father, John Sibley, July 1811. George gives a lengthy description of his trip to the Grand Saline and Rock Saline sites in present day Oklahoma. In the letter, George describes the various Native American tribes he encountered, along with seeing large buffalo herds.

Earthquake The Ground Rose, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

Includes information: The Ground Rose: an account by John J. Audubon with article about the 1825 earthquake in the Barrens of KY, from the Magazine of American History article, An Earthquake in Kentucky, Article from the Panoplist and Missionary Magazine, April 1812, Letter from Underwood Collection, 1812, from the Park City Daily News, 1925 story about the effects of the earthquake in Bowling Green, KY, and other state locations, The Journal of Spelean History, 1990, Effects of the New Madrid Earthquake (1811-1812) Damage to the Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Kentucky

Histoire Naturelle Des Singes Et Des Makis, J. B. Audebert

Lemur Foundation Collection

No abstract provided.