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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.

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, …

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

Dudley Chase (Washington) to George Chase 3p

Letter To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Responds to a letter, giving his opinion of George's undertaking of an expedition.

Letter To Philander Chase, Jr., Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Proud that his son is resisting the temptations and vices rampant at Cambridge. Update on the sicknesses in his family.

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 Henry Lee To William Goddard, From Turks And Caicos Island, 1816., Henry Lee

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Lee wrote this letter from the West Indies, where he was seeking to regain his health. In the letter Lee asks Goddard to help with the education of his friend McIntosh's son. Lee also mentions his intent to "return home in a few months."

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.

Rev. John F. Moranville To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1816 May 28

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

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 tells of his travels from Trenton to Philadelphia; he mentions a recent "Message of the President"

Correspondence, Nathaniel E. Venable To Mary E. Venable, 1815, Nathaniel E. Venable

Nathaniel Venable Correspondence (1815), LU-337

No abstract provided.

Letter To Intrepid Morse, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Chase is very pleased to hear that Intrepid is thinking of taking Holy Orders, and offers good judgment of his Patron. Affairs at his own church are very peaceful.

Julian Ursin Niemcewicz To Peter Kean, February 12, 1815, Julian Ursin Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

Julian Ursin Niemcewicz wrote to Peter Kean, his step-son, addressed to Elizabethtown, NJ. He congratulated Peter on his marriage, the birth of his son, and on the US securing peace with Great Britain. He wrote that now that the war is over they should be able to communicate more frequently.

People Included: Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, John Kean (1814), John Kean (1755), Sarah Sabina Kean, Mr. Gahn, Maria

Notable Quote: "[The British] have sullies the page of History by thier wanton and savage behavior in Washington"

Rev. John Cheverus To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1815 Jan 20

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Letter To Intrepid Morse, George Chase

Philander Chase Letters

George Chase fell in love with one of the scholars in the school but decides to let it go. He talks about the Convention in Hartford and shares poetry about avoiding the women of East Windsor

Anna, The Tale Bearer, Elizabeth Sandham

Historical Quaker Books

Cover title.
Originally published in 1807, as number 4 in a series entitled The Magic Lantern (Welch 1153).

12 pages, [1] leave of plates: illustrations; 17 cm

Recueil Des Définitions Et Réponses Les Plus Remarquables De Massieu Et Clerc, Sourds-Muets, Aux Diverses Questions Quileur Ont Été Faites Dans Les Séances Publiques De M. L’Abbé Sicard, À Londres : Auquel On A Joint L’Alphabet Manuel Des Sourds-Muets, Le Discours D’Ouverture De M. L’Abbé Sicard, Et Une Lettre Explicative De Sa Méthode, M. Laffon De Ladébat, J. H. Sievrac

Deaf Rare Books

English title: A collection of the most remarkable definitions and answers of Massieu and Clerc, deaf and dumb, to the various questions put to them, at the public lectures of the Abbe Sicard, in London to which are joined the manual alphabet of the deaf and dumb, the Abbe's introductory discourse, and a letter explanatory of his system

De Fractionibus Continuis Wallisii, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

No abstract provided.

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

No abstract provided.

Letter To Intrepid Morse, George Chase

Philander Chase Letters

George encourages Morse to enter the ministry and discusses the activities of people in town.

Letter To Intrepid Morse, George Chase

Philander Chase Letters

George Chase tells Morse about girls he knows, what he and his siblings are studying in school, and who is staying with his family.

Letter To Intrepid Morse, George Chase

Philander Chase Letters

George Chase has returned home after an illness in Cheshire. He shares poetry written by Philander Chase, his family, and himself.

Rev. John Cheverus To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1814 Apr 12

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.