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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.

The Life And Spiritual Sufferings Of That Faithful Servant Of Christ Jane Hoskens, A Public Preacher Among The People Called Quakers (1771), Jane Fenn Hoskens, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts 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 …

Indenture, John Duncan With Peter V.B Livingston, April 1, 1770, John Duncan, Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Liberty Hall Collection 1770s

The following document is an indenture between John Duncan in Schenectady in the County of Albany and Province of New York of the first part and Peter Van Brugh Livingston of the City of New York of the second part. John Duncan for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings current money of the Province of New York paid by Peter Van Brugh Livingston. John Duncan sold a tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Albany on the South side of the Mohawk River.

Mr. Fischer's Favourite Variations On The Celebrated Irish Air Of Gramachree Molly: Sett For The Harpsicord, Violin, German Flute And Guitar, Johann Christian Fischer

Composers

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Provincial Case File No. 21991, New Hampshire State Archives - Abraham Libbee Indictment Endorsed With The Prosecutor’S Nolle

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

... Abraham Libbee of Rye, New Hampshire, complained to a Justice of the Peace that Joseph Jenness had stolen two of his oxen. This resulted in the issuance of a warrant, the seizure of two oxen from Jenness, and the indictment of the latter for theft. After the Attorney General dropped the case Jenness sued Libbee for malicious prosecution, asserting that he had “caused such a misrepresentation of facts to be made to the ... Grand Jury as induced them” to return the indictment.

Front Page Of The November 30, 1769 Edition Of The Pennsylvania Gazette, Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

Benjamin Franklin Collection

The front page of the November 30, 1769 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette.

Livingston And All Received Form Executors Of Robert Hunter Morris, July 26, 1768, Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

A land and financial legal document, by executors Richard Morris and David Ogden, for Robert Hunter Morris, deceased, was for the land and inheritance in Monmouth County, NJ. It was related to James Alexander. The indenture was signed by Peter Van Brugh Livingston, M. Stevens, Walter Rutherford, and John Reid, and witnessed by Richard Hatfield andAbraham Skinner.

Remarques Sur Un Beau Rapport Entre Les Séries Des Puissances Tant Directes Que Réciproques, Leonhard Euler

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

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

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Comments By The Committee On Federal Taxation On The Following Pending Legislation H.R. 185 - Regarding The Cutoff Point For Stock And Securities Acquired By The Liquidating Corporation, 2. H.R. 411 - Regarding The Income Tax Treatment Of Installment Sales, Etc., 3. H.R. 823 - Regarding Foreign Corporations, 4. H.R. 4458 - Regarding Valuation Of Stock In An Open-End Investment Company For Estate And Gift Tax Purposes, 5. S. 614 - Identical With H.R. 185, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Committee On Federal Taxation

AICPA Committees

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Letter From Benjamin Franklin To Colonel George Croghan., Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

Benjamin Franklin Collection

A letter from Benjamin Franklin to Colonel George Croghan.

Rb 004 Guide To Cora And Webb Mading Collection On Public Health, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

Rare Books Finding Aids

The Cora and Webb Mading Collection focuses on public health and contains over 1,500 books and pamphlets on urban sanitation in the United States and communicable diseases. Two important aspects of the collection are the large number of early twentieth century city and state health department reports and the nineteenth century pamphlets on specific contagious diseases. See more at RB 004.

De Motu Rectilineo Trium Corporum Se Mutuo Attrahentium, Leonhard Euler

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Nachricht Von Einem Neuen Mittel Zur Vermehrung Des Getreides, Und Dem Großen Nutzen Desselben, Welcher In Einer Außerordentlichen Ersparung Des Saamens Besteht, Leonhard Euler

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Sur Les Rentes Viagères, Leonhard Euler

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Observationes Analyticae, Leonhard Euler

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An Act For Opening And Establishing Certain Ports In The Islands Of Jamaica And Dominica, For The More Free Importation And Exportatioin Of Certain Goods And Merchandizes...

British Parliamentary Acts

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Considerationes De Motu Corporum Coelestium, Leonhard Euler

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Peter Van Brugh Livingston With Samuel Nuttman, October 16, 1765, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Samuel Nuttman

Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

Peter Van Brugh Livingston sold Samuel Nuttman lands near Wold Harbour, at the price decided by David Ogden. It was witnessed by James Nuttman. The verso noted that parts were sold by Ogden and Alexand [Alexander].

Order To Choose Juror For Grand Jury And Petit Jury, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1765., George William Frederick

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This record orders the selection of jurors from the "good and lawful men" of Worcester to serve on the Grand Jury and Petit Jury at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace. February 15, 1765. On the verso a handwritten notice enumerates the men chosen for each jury.

Theoria Motus Corporum Solidorum Seu Rigidorum, Leonhard Euler

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Peter Van Brugh Livingston And J. Stevens, Wolf Harbor, October 29, 1764, Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

There are two hand-drawn surveys of land along the edge of Wolf Harbor swamp, in present-day Newark. The land was owned by Peter Van Brugh Livingston and John Stevens. A document is labeled Memorandum of Lands at Wolf Harbor - Raway [Rahway] River and Salt Meadow, October 29, 1964. Another is labeled Lands Near Newark and a Track on Raway [Rahway] River Belonging half to Peter V. Livingston and the other half to John Stevens, N. 36. All the documents are related to Wolf Harbor, but it's not known if they were created at the same time. Documents include the …

William Livingston With William Earle Of Stirling, March 22, 1764, William Livingston, William Alexander

Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

This legal document, between William Livingston of New York City and William, Earle of Sterling (aka William Alexander, Lord Sterling), for land in the Orange County, NY, called Cheescocks. Names included: Anne Bridges, Henry Ten Eyck, Dirk Vanderburgh, John Cholwell, Christopher Denne, Major Lancaster Syms, and John Merit, as well as surveyor Charles Clinton. The indenture was signed by William Livingston ("Governor of New Jersey" written later in pencil) and was signed in the presence of Evert Bancker Jr. and Gerard Bancker.

William Norvell To Unknown Person, December 1, 1763, William Norvell

Liberty Hall Collection 1790s

William Norvell to Unknown Person, unaddressed. William Norvell requested a list of goods be sold to him. People included: Mr. Cooper.

Pat Henry To George Thomas, October 10, 1763, Pat Henry

Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

Pat Henry wrote to George Thomas, unaddressed. Pat Henry asked George Thomas to let the bearer have two hundred nails.

Legal Indenture Regarding Peter Van Brugh Livingston And His Wife, Mary Alexander, And, Robert Livingston, July 8, 1763, Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

This legal document concerned a payment from Peter Van Brugh Livingston to Robert Livingston. It also concerned the will of Mary's father, James Alexander. He left her and her husband 1/6th payment of his lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real estate. The document outlined what would happen if Mary or Peter died first. It was signed by Peter Van Brugh Livingston in the presence of John V.D. Spiegel and Nicholas C. Bogart.

Memoir Of The Indian Wars, John Stuart

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A Short Account Of That Part Of Africa Inhabited By The Negroes, Anthony Benezet, Paul Royster , Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Anthony Benezet scoured the available English literature of colonial exploitation for evidence of the humanity of the trafficked Africans and the inhumanity of the European traders in human beings. He compiled and published this Short Account in 1762 to present the case for termination of the trans-Atlantic transportation of kidnapped Africans, for abolition of slavery and the slave trade, and for emancipation of the enslaved persons held in bondage in North America and elsewhere. Drawing on Scottish moral philosophy, British Whig ideology, and, most importantly, on New Testament gospel teachings, Benezet presented both reasoned and impassioned appeals for the recognition …