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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. Dec 1817

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

No abstract provided.


Letter From James Kennerly To George Sibley, December 19, 1817, James Kennerly Dec 1817

Letter From James Kennerly To George Sibley, December 19, 1817, James Kennerly

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from James Kennerly to George Sibley, December 19, 1817. Kennerly discusses general topics.


Mary Chase To George Chase, Mary Chase Nov 1817

Mary Chase To George Chase, Mary Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Mary updates George on their safe travels in America. She describes baby Dudley as being a healthy and good baby. She is struggling with her health and is saddened by her children's distance from her.


First Session Of The First General Assembly, Mississippi. Legislature. Senate Oct 1817

First Session Of The First General Assembly, Mississippi. Legislature. Senate

Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi

No abstract provided.


Caesar Rodney Letter To His Son John Rodney, Dated 1817, Wilmington, Delaware., Caesar Augustus Rodney Jul 1817

Caesar Rodney Letter To His Son John Rodney, Dated 1817, Wilmington, Delaware., Caesar Augustus Rodney

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Cesar A. Rodney was a lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Delaware. His uncle, also Cesar Rodney, signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1817 he was sent on a special mission to South America by President Monroe to determine the propriety of recognizing the independence of the Spanish-American republics. This letter to his son (a midshipman on the Sloop Ontario) relates to this mission.


Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, July 10, 1817, George Sibley Jul 1817

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, July 10, 1817, George Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Samuel Sibley, July 10, 1817.


Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase Jun 1817

Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Dudley is concerned about George's health and promises to send him as much money as he needs.


First Report Of The Connecticut Asylum: Report Of The Committee Of The Connecticut Asylum For The Education And Instruction Of Deaf And Dumb Persons (1817), American School For The Deaf, Daniel Wadsworth, William Ely, Henry Hudson May 1817

First Report Of The Connecticut Asylum: Report Of The Committee Of The Connecticut Asylum For The Education And Instruction Of Deaf And Dumb Persons (1817), American School For The Deaf, Daniel Wadsworth, William Ely, Henry Hudson

American School for the Deaf

No abstract provided.


Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase Mar 1817

Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Dudley has arrived in Hartford, Philander is away from home. Dudley spoke to George's mother about the "french-new-york plan".


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 Dec 1816

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 Dec 1816

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 Dec 1816

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 Dec 1816

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. 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, …


Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 1, 1817 - February 4, 1818, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate. Dec 1816

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. Dec 1816

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.


Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase Dec 1816

Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Dudley Chase (Washington) to George Chase 3p


Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase Dec 1816

Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

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


Philander Chase To Philander Chase, Jr., Philander Chase Nov 1816

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

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 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.


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

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 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."


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 Dec 1815

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. Dec 1815

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. Dec 1815

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.


Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase Dec 1815

Dudley Chase 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 Nov 1815

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

Nathaniel Venable Correspondence (1815), LU-337

No abstract provided.


Philander Chase To Intrepid Morse, Philander Chase Jun 1815

Philander Chase 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.