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Essay D'Une Démonstration Métaphysique Du Principe Général De L'Equilibre, Leonhard Euler

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Extract Of A Letter From Professor Euler, Of Berlin, To The Rev. Mr. Caspar Wetstein, Chaplain To Her Royal Highness The Princess Dowager Of Wales, Leonhard Euler

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Avertissement Au Sujet Des Recherches Sur La Précession Des Équinoxes, Leonhard Euler

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Part Of A Letter From Leonard Euler, Prof. Math. At Berlin, And F.R.S., To The Rev. Mr. Caspar Wetstein, Chaplain To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, Concerning The Gradual Approach Of The Earth To The Sun, Leonhard Euler

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Part Of A Letter From Mr. Professor Euler To The Reverend Mr. Wetstein, Chaplain To His Royal Highness The Prince, Concerning The Contraction Of The Orbits Of The Planets, Leonhard Euler

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De Bestiis Marinis, Or, The Beasts Of The Sea (1751), Georg Wilhelm Steller, Walter Miller (Translator), Jennie Emerson Miller (Translator), Paul Royster (Transcriber And Editor)

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Steller’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or “sea bear” (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris).

Steller’s sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing …

Treasury Records, Rg V, Box 6, Accounts 1750, New Hampshire State Archives

Documents from Dimension III: Habeas Corpus as an Instrument of Checks and Balances (article)

Early in September 1750, an Indian by the name of Nambrous32 was incarcerated on complaint of one Moses Winget of Dover, New Hampshire, who claimed that Nambrous had “attempted to kill him the said Winget with a knife by stabbing him in the arm and body.

Superior Court Minute, Sept. 26, 1750, Superior Court Minute Book Aug. 1750 & Feb. 1751 Terms, New Hampshire State Archives.

Documents from Dimension III: Habeas Corpus as an Instrument of Checks and Balances (article)

“No evidence appearing against him the said Indian (Nambrous)to convict him it is considered by the Court that the said Indian be acquitted and discharged.

Benjamin Pitman’S Account Of Keeping Indian, Sept. 1750, Provincial Case File No.06756, New Hampshire State Archives

Documents from Dimension III: Habeas Corpus as an Instrument of Checks and Balances (article)

Early in September 1750, an Indian by the name of Nambrous32 was incarcerated on complaint of one Moses Winget of Dover, New Hampshire, who claimed that Nambrous had “attempted to kill him the said Winget with a knife by stabbing him in the arm and body.

Provincial Case File No. 027045, New Hampshire State Archives. - Mittimus Of Indian, Sept. 8, 1750

Documents from Dimension III: Habeas Corpus as an Instrument of Checks and Balances (article)

Early in September 1750, an Indian by the name of Nambrous32 was incarcerated on complaint of one Moses Winget of Dover, New Hampshire, who claimed that Nambrous had “attempted to kill him the said Winget with a knife by stabbing him in the arm and body.

6 Provincial Papers Of New Hampshire 8-9 (Nathaniel Bouton Ed., 1872)

Documents from Dimension III: Habeas Corpus as an Instrument of Checks and Balances (article)

Early in September 1750, an Indian by the name of Nambrous32 was incarcerated on complaint of one Moses Winget of Dover, New Hampshire, who claimed that Nambrous had “attempted to kill him the said Winget with a knife by stabbing him in the arm and body.

Nicholas Houtschilt To Peter Van Brugh Livingston, March 1, 1751, Nicholas Houtschilt

Liberty Hall Collection 1750s

Nicholas Houtschilt wrote in Dutch to Peter Van Brugh Livingston. Verso: Pmo. March 1750/1 Mr. Nicholas Houtschilt received 11th March c/o Cap. Kip answered.

Selected Pages From The Praise Of Folly. Tr. From The Best Latin Edition Of Erasmus, By W. Kennet ... Illus. With Fifty Curious Cuts, By The Celebrated Hans Holbeine. To Which Is Prefixed, The Author’S Epistle To Sir Thomas More. And The Life Of The Author, By Thomas Brown, Desiderius D. Erasmus

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8th ed. xii, 178 p., 48 plates : ill. ; 16 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 Zach Kulig.

A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission And Non-Resistance To The Higher Powers: With Some Reflections On The Resistance Made To King Charles I. And On The Anniversary Of His Death: In Which The Mysterious Doctrine Of That Prince's Saintship And Martyrdom Is Unriddled (1750). An Online Electronic Text Edition., Jonathan Mayhew A.M., D.D., Paul Royster , Editor & Depositor

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After the Restoration of the English monarchy in the person of Charles II in 1660, the new king and his first Parliament declared the anniversary of the beheading of his father Charles I (January 30, 1649) a religious holiday with a special commemoration in the Book of Common Prayer, naming the late monarch a saint and martyr. This holiday was not generally celebrated in Massachusetts until the emergence of several Anglican churches there in the early eighteenth century. In 1750, Jonathan Mayhew, the twenty-nine-yearold pastor of the West (Congregational) Church in Boston, took occasion to dispute the first Charles’ credentials …

A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission And Non-Resistance To The Higher Powers: With Some Reflections On The Resistance Made To King Charles I. And On The Anniversary Of His Death: In Which The Mysterious Doctrine Of That Prince’S Saintship And Martyrdom Is Unriddled, Jonathan Mayhew

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After the Restoration of the English monarchy in the person of Charles II in 1660, the new king and his first Parliament declared the anniversary of the beheading of his father Charles I (January 30, 1649) a religious holiday with a special commemoration in the Book of Common Prayer, naming the late monarch a saint and martyr. This holiday was not generally celebrated in Massachusetts until the emergence of several Anglican churches there in the early eighteenth century. In 1750, Jonathan Mayhew, the twenty-nine-yearold pastor of the West (Congregational) Church in Boston, took occasion to dispute the first Charles’ credentials …

De Novo Genere Oscillationum, Leonhard Euler

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Sur La Vibration Des Cordes, Leonhard Euler

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Provincial Case File No. 23254, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Elizabeth Bird

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In the fall of 1749, the widow Elizabeth Bird of Portsmouth, New Hampshire complained in forma pauperis to the Superior Court that her son John Bird, age fourteen, was apprenticed to a ropemaker named Richard Winter but that the latter (who was in prison) had for a long period neglected John--failing “to provide suitable and sufficient meat drink lodging and clothing” and not permitting him to attend public worship. She prayed simply for “the advisement of this Court on the Premises and that your complainant may have some relief in the Premises.

La Vie De St. Vincent De Paul, Tome 2

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La Vie De St. Vincent De Paul, Tome 1

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La Vie De St. Vincent De Paul, Livre 06

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La Vie De St. Vincent De Paul, Livre 01 - 05

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Imagines Præpositorum Generalium Societatis Jesu, Niccolò Galeotti, Arnold Van Westerhout

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This book is a collection of engraved portraits and biographical essays of the Jesuit Superior Generals. The collection includes biographical subjects from the establishment of the Jesuit order to the time of the book’s publication. It is a large, unpaginated, folio volume, about 16.25 inches tall. An English translation of the title is Images of the Superior Generals of the Society of Jesus.

A Narrative Of The Captivity Of Nehemiah How In 1745-1747, Nehemiah How, Victor Hugo Paltsits

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Nehemiah How was captured by a raiding party of Abenaki Indians October 11, 1745, outside the fort at Great Meadow (now Vermont). He was taken to Quebec and held captive until his death from "fever" on May 27, 1747. He was among several hundred English colonists taken prisoner during the war. His account recalls his treatment and records the comings and fates of dozens of other prisoners held at Quebec during what was known as King George's War, part of the global War of Austrian Succession.

Extract Of A Letter From Mr. Leonhard Euler, Prof. Mathem. And Member Of The Imperial Society At Petersburgh, To The Rev. Mr. Cha. Wetstein, Chaplain And Secretary To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, Concerning The Discoveries Of The Russians On The North-East Coast Of Asia., Leonhard Euler

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Rettung Der Göttlichen Offenbahrung Gegen Die Einwürfe Der Freygeister, Leonhard Euler

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Hendrick Ladich To Peter Van Brugh Livingston, April 5, 1746, Hendrick Ladich

Liberty Hall Collection 1740s

Hendrick wrote in Dutch to Peter, address: New York. The verso says May 8, 1746, H. Ladich & Cap. Kip answered.

John Barrett Hiccox & Company To Peter Van Brugh Livingston, January 31, 1746, John Barrett Hiccox & Company

Liberty Hall Collection 1740s

The company wrote to Peter about the sale of wheat, Indian corn, wine, flour, brisket, rice, fish, and stowe's. The verso says Jan. 31st 1746 Barret J. Hiccox.

Portraits Historiques Des Hommes Illustres De Dannemark, Remarquables Par Leur Merite, Leurs Charges & Leur Noblesse, Avec Leurs Tables Généalogiques., Tycho De Hofman, [Copenhague]

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Historical portraits of famous men of Denmark. Six parts in one volume including plates, genealogical tables and bibliographical references.

Nova Theoria Lucis Et Colorum, Leonhard Euler

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