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Notes Geographical And Historical, Relating To The Town Of Brooklyn, In Kings County On Long-Island, Gabriel Furman

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Furman’s work is one of the earliest compilations of historical documents (with commentary) about an American city, in this case his native Brooklyn. It is an invaluable source of information on the early Dutch and English settlements of Brooklyn, Flatbush, Bushwick, New Lotts, Canarsie, Bedford, New Utrecht, Jamaica, and New Amsterdam, and their controversies with one another and with the Governors of New York and the crown of England. Included are original documents relative to the Indian purchases, original boundaries, water rights, ferry rights, wood rights, and forms of town government. Sections include: Situation of the Town of Brooklyn, Ancient …

Hobomok, Lydia Maria Child

Settler Literature Archive

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Notes Geographical And Historical, Relating To The Town Of Brooklyn, In Kings County On Long-Island. (1824) An Online Electronic Text Edition., Gabriel Furman, Paul Royster (Transcriber & Depositor)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Furman’s work is one of the earliest compilations of historical documents (with commentary) about an American city, in this case his native Brooklyn. It is an invaluable source of information on the early Dutch and English settlements of Brooklyn, Flatbush, Bushwick, New Lotts, Canarsie, Bedford, New Utrecht, Jamaica, and New Amsterdam, and their controversies with one another and with the Governors of New York and the crown of England. Included are original documents relative to the Indian purchases, original boundaries, water rights, ferry rights, wood rights, and forms of town government. Sections include: Situation of the Town of Brooklyn, Ancient …

Timothy Wiggin To Philander Chase, Timothy Wiggin

Philander Chase Letters

Timothy Wiggin expresses his support for Philander Chase and offers him advice on how to garner support in the English country and which people are most influential.

Philander Chase To Dudley Chase, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

States that he will not fight Hobart and instead be a better Christian. Upset mostly because his assaults lower the dignity of the American Church in the eyes of the English Church. He asks Dudley to help him get support in Vermont.

C. Crosby To Philander Chase, C. Crosby

Philander Chase Letters

Croby looks forward to dining with Chase at two o'clock

Letter From John B. Clemson To Thomas G. Clemson, 1823 August 23

Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 2

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Invitation To Thomas G. Clemson, 1823 August 23

Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 2

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Instructions By John B. Clemson To Thomas G. Clemson, 1823 August 23

Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 2

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William White To Philander Chase [Partial], William White

Philander Chase Letters

Fragment of letter to Chase refusing to support his trip to England.

Anecdote From The Chronicle Of The Times, July 30, 1823, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed copy of a humorous anecdote taken from the Reading, Pennsylvania Chronicle of the Times, dated July 30, 1823. The tale concerns the occupation of grave diggers in the afterlife.

Seventh Report Of The Directors Of The American Asylum, At Hartford For The Education And Instruction Of The Deaf And Dumb (1823), American School For The Deaf, Thomas C. Perkins

American School for the Deaf

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Philander Chase To The General Convention Of The P.E. Church Of U. S. A., Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Successes of the Diocese of Ohio and many new churches there; necessity of more qualified missionaries to preserve these successes; the evil of people not even baptized given a seat on the council and a vote on ecclesiastical orders.

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1823, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

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First Lessons In Geography And Astronomy With Seven Plain Maps, And A View Of The Solar System : For The Use Of Young Children, As Preparatory To Ancient And Modern Geography, Jacob Abbot Cummings

Osher Map Library Collection Books

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Modern Atlas On A New Plan To Accompany The System Of Universal Geography, William C. Woodbridge (William Channing) (1794 -1845)

Osher Map Library Collection Books

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The Wanderer In America, Or Truth At Home, C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Wilson

Settler Literature Archive

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Sixth Report Of The Directors Of The American Asylum, At Hartford For The Education And Instruction Of The Deaf And Dumb (1822), American School For The Deaf, Thomas C. Perkins

American School for the Deaf

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Letter From George Sibley To The National Intelligencer, April 16, 1822, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to the National Intelligencer, April 16, 1822. Sibley discusses, at length, the factory system (trading posts with the Native Americans).

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1822, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

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The Christian Experiences, Gospel Labours And Writings, Of That Ancient Servant Of Christ, Stephen Crisp

Historical Quaker Books

A collection of sermons, tracts, letters, etc.
Includes index.

412 pages; 23 cm. English

A Knickerbocker Tour Of New York State, 1822: "Our Travels, Statistical, Geographical, Mineorological, Geological, Historical, Political And Quizzical"; Written By Myself Xyz Etc., Johnston Verplanck, Louis Leonard Tucker , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

In late August 1822, at the height of a yellow fever epidemic in New York City, an alarmed resident of the lower city resettled his family in the Bedford section of Brooklyn Village. With two male companions, he then boarded the steamboat Chancellor Livingston on August 28 and sailed up the Hudson River to Newburgh. There they boarded a stage and travelled across New York State to Niagara Falls and the adjoining area. They returned along the "psychic highway" of western and central New York to Albany, thence down the Hudson to New York City by steamboat. In the course …

Documents In Relation To The Dismissal Of David G. Seixas, From The Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf And Dumb : Published For The Information Of The Contributors, In Pursuance Of A Resolution Of The Board Of Directors, Passed The 3d Of April, 1822, Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf And Dumb. Board Of Directors

Deaf Rare Books

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Narrative Of The Most Extraordinary And Distressing Shipwreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex, Of Nantucket : Which Was Attacked And Finally Destroyed By A Large Spermaceti-Whale, In The Pacific Ocean : With An Account Of The Unparalleled Sufferings Of The Captain And Crew During A Space Of Ninety-Three Days At Sea, In Open Boats, In The Years 1819 & 1820, Owen Chase, Paul Royster, Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

On November 20, 1820, the whale-ship Essex, out of Nantucket, was twice rammed by a sperm whale and sank in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The crew of twenty took refuge in three open whale-boats, and attempted to sail east toward the coasts of South America. The boats were eventually separated by storms and darkness, and after more than 90 days two of them, holding five survivors, were picked up by other ships; the third boat was never found.

First mate Owen Chase dictated this account of the fateful voyage, published in New York four months after his return to Nantucket. …

Joanna Barry To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1821 May 23

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

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Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1821, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

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Elementary Exercises For The Deaf And Dumb, Samuel Akerly

Deaf Rare Books

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A Discourse, Delivered At Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In Commemoration Of The First Settlement Of New-England., Daniel Webster, Paul Royster , Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ Landing at Plymouth Rock, Daniel Webster (1782–1852), former congressman and future senator and secretary of state, delivered this long discourse to the assembled members of the Pilgrim Society. Always the consummate New Englander, Webster sketched 200 years of American history, surveyed the present era, and projected grand future prospects for a nation barely 40 years old, but with deep roots in Reformed Protestant values and English constitutionalism. Underlying all was his belief that “The character of their political institutions was determined by the fundamental laws respecting property.” Webster’s stories highlight the …

Article, The Florida Pirate, John Howison, Keith Lewis Simmons

Early Visions Bucket

"'The Florida Pirate' was first published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in 1821. This historically significant and, at the time, socially relevant, piece of fiction was written by one of the magazine’s most notable and prolific authors of “tales of terror,” John Howison (1797-1859). Howison tells the story of a black pirate captain, who is ruthless yet human; who struggles to overcome the violent oppression associated with his past enslavement; and who emerges as European powers and the United States come to terms with pressing political questions."

Rev. John Cheverus To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1820 Dec 17

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

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