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A Charge On The Rise Of The American Empire (1776), William Henry Drayton, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON (1742–79), chief justice of South Carolina, Revolutionary leader, and wealthy plantation owner, was born near Charlestown. His family on both sides were wealthy planters and prominent politicians, enabling young William Henry to study in London and Oxford. Upon his return he married a South Carolina heiress, turned to politics, and was elected to the Assembly. Drayton championed the cause of British interest in the colonies and opposed such popular measures as the non-importation movement while defending the rights of the individual. Upon loosing his seat in the Assembly, Drayton left for England and returned shortly thereafter to …

Selected Pages From Silva: Or, A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, And The Propagation Of Timber In His Majesty’S Dominions: As It Was Delivered In The Royal Society On The 15th Day Of October, 1662, Upon Occasion Of Certain Quaeries Propounded To That Illustrious Assembly, By The Honourable The Principal Officers And Commissioners Of The Navy. Together With An Historical Account Of The Sacredness And Use Of Standing Groves., John Evelyn

Selections from Special Collections

28 p. l., 649, [9] p. front (port.) plates ( 1 fold.) fold. tab 30 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Fall 2012. The abstract was prepared by Linghui Li .

Institution Des Sourds Et Muets, Par La Voie Des Signes Méthodiques; Ouvrage Qui Contient Le Projet D’Une Langue Universelle, Par L’Entremise Des Signes Naturels Assujettis À Une Méthode, Charles-Michel De L’Epée

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Dumb Speech, Or The Art Of Conversing By The Fingers Only, As Well In The Dark As In The Light, R. Aiken

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Liberty Further Extended: Or Free Thoughts On The Illegality Of Slave-Keeping; Wherein Those Arguments That Are Used In Its Vindication Are Plainly Confuted. Together With An Humble Address To Such As Are Concerned In The Practice., Lemuel Haynes, Paul Royster , Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is a regularized text of a private sermon or pamphlet manuscript, authored by a 23-year-old African American who had served in the “minuteman” militia and the Continental Army, and who became an ordained minister and was pastor to white Congregational churches for more than 50 years.

Haynes’ tract is an important and revelatory addition to the early anti-slavery literature in the American colonies. Only identified and published in 1983, it is uniquely situated at the crossroads of independence, anti-­slavery, Congregationalism, and African-American identity. Brought to light by Ruth Bogin, the work is testimony to the diversity of thought and …

Declaration Of Independence (1776), Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman

Readings in American Civic Literacy

No abstract provided.

Selections From Adam Smith's Wealth Of Nations (1776), Adam Smith

Readings in American Civic Literacy

No abstract provided.

Copy From Samuel Grove To Jonathan Clempson, October 6, 1775, Samuel Grove

Liberty Hall Collection 1770s

This is a copy of Samuel Grove's letter from Beaufort to Jonathan Clempson, address unknown. The letter includes business about credit, cargo, and crop updates made in ledgers. Products include hay, rice, and indigo.

Names included: Grove and Davies, Richard Shubrick, Shubrick and Clempson, John Kean and Company, John Howell, Nicholas Lecheme, Miller, Hanson Clark, Lane, and possibly others.

Places mentioned: Hambral, Rotterdam, Savannah, Charles Town.

Ten Pound (£10) Note Of South Carolina Currency, 1775., Provincial Congress Of South Carolina, Gideon Dupont, Edward Blake, Thomas Corbett, Aaron Loocock, William Parker

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This South Carolina certificate no. 36967 "entitles the bearer to Ten Pounds Current Money." Signed by Gideon Dupont, Aaron Loocock, Thomas Corbett, William Parker, and Edward Blake.

Systema Entomologiae: Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus, Johann Christian Fabricius

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Some Strictures Upon The Sacred Story Recorded In The Book Of Esther (1775), Oliver Noble M.A., Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Oliver Noble (1733/4–92) was born in Hebron, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale in 1757, but stayed on as a tutor until he received his second degree in 1759. Later that same year, he was ordained a minister in South Coventry, Connecticut, but disagreements with his congregation led to his dismissal in 1761. Noble’s abilities as a preacher must have been well known, for his next installment occurred in 1762 at a church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he preached from the pulpit of the fifth parish until 1784. Again dismissed, Noble moved to Newcastle, New Hampshire, six months later, and there …

J. Clempson To Samuel Grove, Circa 1775, J. Clempson

Liberty Hall Collection Undated

Jonathan Clempson wrote to Samuel Grove in Beaufort, South Carolina. Clempson informed Grove that Mr. RS sold the Indigo consigned to him which yielded Grove a large profit. Also included an invoice. Discussed shipping Grove’s goods, exportation prices, and business concerning plantation life. This document is undated.

An Act For Divesting Out Of The Crown The Plantation And Estate Of Ulysses Fitzmaurice Esquire, Deceased, And For Vesting The Same In Trustees, To Be Fold For Payment Of His Debts, And For Other Purposes Therein Mentioned.

British Parliamentary Acts

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Institution Des Sourds Et Muets, Ou Recueil Des Exercises Soutenus Par Les Sourds & Muets Pendant Les Années 1771, 1772, 1773 & 1774 : Avec Les Lettres Qui Ont Accompagné Les Programmes De Chacun De Ces Exercises, Charles-Michel De L’Epée

Deaf Rare Books

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An Act For Further Continuing So Much Of Two Acts, Made In The Sixth And Thirteenth Years Of The Reign Of His Present Majesty, As Relates To The Opening And Establishing Certain Free Ports In The Island Of Jamaica.

British Parliamentary Acts

No abstract provided.

Instruction Détaillée Pour Porter Les Lunettes De Toutes Les Différentes Espèces Au Plus Haut Degré De Perfection Dont Elles Sont Susceptibles, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

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An Act To Encourage The Subjects Of Foreign States To Lend Money Upon The Security Of Freehold Or Leasehold Estates In Any Of His Majesty's Colonies In The West Indies...

British Parliamentary Acts

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An Act To Continue And Amend An Act, Made In The Sixth Year Of The Reign Of His Present Majesty, Intituled, An Act For Opening And Establishing Certain Ports In The Islands Of Jamaica And Dominica, For The More Free Importation And Exportation Of Certain Goods And Merchandises...

British Parliamentary Acts

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Novae Demonstrationes Circa Resolutionem Numerorum In Quadrata, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

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The Plain Path To Christian Perfection, Shewing That We Are To Seek For Reconciliation And Union With God, Solely By Renouncing Ourselves, Denying The World, And Following Our Blessed Savior, In The Regeneration, Anthony Benezet

Historical Quaker Books

Translated by Anthony Benezet.
"The treatise of which the following is an extract, was written in the German language about two hundred and fifty years ago, and since translated into the French." -Preface

Der Eigensinn Der Liebe Und Freundschaft, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Fiction

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Lectures By Doctor Hugh Blair, Profesor [Sic] Of Rhetoric Belles Lettres In The University Of Edinburgh, James Wilson

Manuscript of Lectures by Doctor Hugh Blair

Handwritten notes taken by James Wilson from a lecture by Doctor Hugh Blair, who served as the Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh from 1762-1784. His appointment marked the beginning of the teaching of English Literature at Edinburgh University and the birth of the oldest English department in the world. Learn more: https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/agents/people/1903

Lettres A Une Princesse D'Allemagne Sur Divers Sujets De Physique & De Philosophie, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

No abstract provided.

Letter From Benjamin Franklin To Humphrey Marshall, Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

Benjamin Franklin Collection

A Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Humphrey Marshall in reply to a previous letter.

Isaac Low To Jellis Fonda, March 30, 1771, Isaac Low

Liberty Hall Collection 1770s

Isaac wrote to Jellis Fonda, addressed Merchant at Caughnawaga. The letter covers an account with Philip Livingston, whose supply of rum, linens, and other items are described. Low also complains that an order of pearl ash received last year is not good. Name included: Philip Livingston, Mr. Ramadge, Mr. Simon McTravis, Croghan. Products included: frives (clothing), pork, pepper.

Thomas Shubrick To Samuel Grove, March 23, 1771, Thomas Shubrick

Liberty Hall Collection 1770s

Thomas owes Samuel money and will discharge the payment soon.

The Life And Spiritual Sufferings Of That Faithful Servant Of Christ Jane Hoskens, A Public Preacher Among The People Called Quakers, Jane Fenn Hoskens

Zea E-Books in American Studies

In 1712, nineteen-year-old Jane Fenn left her home, family, and friends in London to obey an inner voice that said ——“Go to Pennsylvania! ” Arrived in Philadelphia, she was soon cast into debtors’ prison for refusing to sign an indenture dictated by the man who had arranged her passage. Redeemed by a group of Quakers from Plymouth County who wished to employ her as a schoolteacher, she spent three years in their community and began to absorb their teachings and their ways.

Her narrative chronicles her inward struggles with her own sense of unworthiness, the temptations of Satan, her distaste …

Genealogical Records Of The Van Raalte Family, No Author

Van Raalte Papers: 1700-1799

Genealogical records of the Van Raalte family members.

The Life And Spiritual Sufferings Of That Faithful Servant Of Christ Jane Hoskens, A Public Preacher Among The People Called Quakers, Jane Fenn Hoskens, Paul Royster Editor

Historical Quaker Books

In 1712, nineteen-year-old Jane Fenn left her home, family, and friends in London to obey an inner voice that said ——“Go to Pennsylvania! ” Arrived in Philadelphia, she was soon cast into debtors’ prison for refusing to sign an indenture dictated by the man who had arranged her passage. Redeemed by a group of Quakers from Plymouth County who wished to employ her as a schoolteacher, she spent three years in their community and began to absorb their teachings and their ways.

Her narrative chronicles her inward struggles with her own sense of unworthiness, the temptations of Satan, her distaste …

A Bill In The Chancery Of New Jersey, Circa 1771, Richard Stockton, Joseph Galloway

Liberty Hall Collection 1770s

The following document is a bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey, at the suit of Priscilla Bland, John Mann and Mercy his wife; against Redford Ashfield, and others.