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The Outdoor Girls In Florida, Or, Wintering In The Sunny South., Hope, Laura Lee

Florida Heritage

"The parents of one of the girls have bought an orange grove in Florida, and her companions are invited to visit the place. They take a trip into the interior, where several unusual things happen."--P. [206].

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

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Letter To Intrepid Morse, George Chase

Philander Chase Letters

An update on his affairs written from Esquire Beaches, Chesire.

Letter From John Sibley To Amos Stoddard, April 2, 1812, John Sibley

John Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to Amos Stoddard, April 2, 1812. Sibley discusses Mexico; military matters; possible war.

The Affecting History Of The Duchess Of C**** Who Was Confined Nine Years In A Horrid Dungeon, Under Ground, Where Light Never Entered, A Straw Bed Being Her Only Resting Place, And Bread And Water Her Only Support, Conveyed By Means Of A Turning-Box, By Her Inhuman Husband; Whom She Saw But Once During Her Long Imprisonment, Though Suffering By Hunger, Thirst, And Cold, The Most Severe Hardships, But Fortunately She Was At Last Discovered, And Released From The Dungeon, By Her Parents. [Transcript], Stéphanie Félicité Genlis

Gothic Archive Chapbooks

The narrative is given in the first person by the Duchess of C**** herself. She relates the circumstances of her easy, wealthy upbringing and tells of how she fell in with a dangerous friend, the Marchioness de Venuzi. While staying with her friend, she becomes enamored of the exiled Count de Belmire, but is instead forced into a marriage with his villainous uncle, the Duke of C****, by her parents. When the Duke discovers incriminating letters from the Duchess of C**** to Belmire at the Venuzi residence, he locks the Duchess of C**** in a castle dungeon and takes their …

A Legacy For Children; Being Some Of The Last Expressions And Dying Sayings Of Hannah Hill, Junior, Of The City Of Philadelphia, In The Province Of Pennsylvania, In America; Aged Eleven Years And Near Three Months, Hannah Hill

Historical Quaker Books

No abstract provided.

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences, 1812, Methodist Episcopal Church.

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Guy Carleton Bayley To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1811 September 23

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

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.

Letter From George Sibley To James Callaway Jr., March 1, 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to James Callaway Jr., March 1, 1811.

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, February 12, 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to brother, Samuel Sibley, February 12, 1811. George says he is busy working with Native Americans; considers going to Kentucky to find a wife; planning on trip to Salines.

Letter From George Sibley To Joseph Gales, Jr., January 28, 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Joseph Gales, Jr., January 28, 1811. Sibley renewing his subscription to the National Intelligencer.

Letter From George Sibley To John G. Comegys, January 28, 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of letter from George Sibley to John G. Comegys, January 28, 1811.

Report Of The Committee On The Public Lands, On The Several Petitions Of Richard Tervin, Samuel Mims, Edwin Lewis, Joseph Wilson And The Baptist Church At Salem, All Of The Mississippi Territory. : January 7th, 1811. Ordered To Be Printed By The House Of Representatives, United States. Congress. House. Committee On Public Lands, R.C. Weightman, Washington (D.C.), United States. Congress (11th, 3rd Session : 1810-1811). House

Mississippi Territorial Documents

No abstract provided.

Priory Of St. Clair; Or Spectre Of The Murdered Nun. A Gothic Tale [Transcript], Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson

Gothic Archive Chapbooks

The Archbishop of Rouen had the ability to pardon a condemned criminal once a year. One such pardon was that of Lewis Chabot, Count de Valvé.

Intrigued by an overheard conversation, Lewis goes to the Priory of St. Clair where he witnessed Julietta reluctantly making her nun's vows. He is unable to forget her, so bribes the under gardener, Alexis, to carry letters proclaiming his passion and desire to free her from the nunnery. Julietta refuses him.

Lewis then procures a potent liquor that will, when drunk, simulate death. Julietta drinks it unknowingly and Alexis and Lewis carry away the …

Deaf And Dumb, A Tale, Unknown Unknown

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Joanna Barry To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1810 December 29

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Margaret C. George To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1810 December 25

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Letter To Dudley Chase, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Does not agree that his sons should start college so young; more complaints about money issues; Chase has still been sick but his wife is feeling better, and she wants to go home next summer.

Rev. Louis Sibourd To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1809 December 23

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Rev. William Vincent Harold To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1809 September 4

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Letter To Dudley Chase, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Reiteration of the plans for the $300. Mrs. Burk, widow of Andrew Burk, has died. She left a young orphan daughter named Louisa, whom Chase and his wife have adopted.

Rev. Anthony Kohlmann, S.J. To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1809 July 7

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Elizabeth Ann Seton To Rev. William Dubourg, Friday Afternoon

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Letter To Rachel Denison, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Both Chase's father and mother are ill and he grieves for them. He still desires his sons to live with him for a few years and study French and Spanish.

Peter Kean To Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, March 5, 1809, Peter Philip James Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Peter Kean wrote from Charleston, SC to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, his mother, addressed to Elizabeth Town, NJ. Peter met with Judge Grimke regarding accounts at the Santee Canal and sought advice on property sales. Peter expresses that he wished he had the mean to keep the house in Beaufort as a winter residence as it would benefit his mother's health. He also wrote about how he misses his Sally (Jay).

People mentioned: Judge Grimke, Colonel L.S., General Pickney, Sally Jay, Major Lattton (?)

Places Included: Wharf property, Santee Canal, Beaufort

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, January 18, 1809, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to brother, Samuel Sibley, January 18, 1809. George discusses

Joseph Bayley To Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1809 January 16

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton Family Papers

No abstract provided.

The Life And Surprising Adventures Of Mary Ann Talbot, In The Name Of John Taylor (1809), Mary Ann Talbot, Paul Royster (Transcribed And Edited By)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

"Comprehending an Account of her extraordinary Adventures in the Character of Foot-Boy, Drummer, Cabin-Boy, and Sailor. Also of her many very narrow Escapes in different Engagements, while in the Land and Sea Services, and of the Hardships which she suffered while under cure of the Wounds received in the Engagement under Lord Howe, June 1, 1794, &c. &c. &c."

An important document in the history of cross-dressing, transvestism, male impersonators, and women soldiers, this autobiographical narrative tells the life story of an orphan girl who was trapped into service in the British army and …