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A Sermon Delivered At The Opening Of The Connecticut Asylum For The Education And Instruction Of Deaf And Dumb Persons : At The Request Of The Directors, On Sunday Evening, April 20th, 1817, In The Brick Church In Hartford, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Gazetteer Of The State Of New-Hampshire, In Three Parts, Merrill, Eliphalet

Maps & Atlases

Containing, 1. A general view, geographical and statistical, of the state. 2. Gazetteer of New-Hampshire. 3. Topographical and statistical tables.

Deaf And Dumb : Or, The Orphan Protected. : An Historical Drama, In Five Acts, Jean Nicolas Bouilly

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Particulars Of The Capture Of The Spanish Ship Tryal, At The Island Of St. Maria; With The Documents Relating To That Affair., Amasa Delano, Paul Royster, Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Herman Melville used the incident narrated in Amasa Delano’s 1817 memoir A Narrative of Voyages and Travels as the basis for the story “Benito Cereno,” published in 3 installments in Putnam’s Monthly Magazine (October-December 1855). Melville’s story changed some names and details, and added rich descriptions and moral reflections, while dramatizing Captain Delano’s experience of offering aid to a ship in distress before discovering the situation was not what was first apprehended. Melville had similarly fictionalized a “found” document in writing the novel Israel Potter earlier that same year, but “Benito Cereno” gives a much darker picture of human relations, …

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 1, 1817 - February 4, 1818, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 1, 1817 - February 4, 1818, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences 1817, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Caleb O. Halsted To Sarah Terrill, October 23, 1816, Caleb O. Halsted

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

Indenture from Caleb O. Halsted, executor of the estate of Nathaniel Halsted of Elizabethtown, NJ to Sarah Terrill of Middlesex County, NJ. The indenture is for the sale of a 23 year old enslaved woman named Susan for $115.

Susan Niemcewicz To Catherine Marie Le Cuillier De Beaumanoir, Comtesse De La Forest, Circa October 1816, Susan Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

Susan Niemcewicz wrote from Ursino near Elizabethtown, New Jersey to Catherine Marie Le Cuillier de Beaumanoir, Comtesse de La Forest, unaddressed (likely Paris, France). Mrs. De La Forest’s particular accounts of herself and family was highly gratifying. Peter Kean followed Mr. De La Forest’s example in that he attended to polite literature and the amusements of agriculture, which would never improve a gentleman’s fortune in this country. Susan took the liberty of introducing her nephew, Mr. Van Brugh Livingston to Mrs. De La Forest, he had gone out with their Minister Mr. Gallitin. Susan’s heart rejoiced at the happy prospect …

Letter From George Sibley To Samuel Sibley, September 28, 1816, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcription of Letter from George Sibley to brother, Samuel Sibley, September 28, 1816. George discusses the costs of various things in Missouri being high because of great influx of strangers.

William Armstrong To Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, September 16, 1816, William Armstrong

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

William Armstrong wrote from an unknown location to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, addressed to Elizabethtown, NJ. He discusses business and banking.

Letter From George Sibley To Martin Cantonment, September 16, 1819, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Martin Cantonment, September 16, 1819. Sibley discusses the need for blacksmith tools.

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 29, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, August 29, 1816. McKenney discusses packages of goods for the Osage tribe.

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 10, 1816, Thomas L. Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, August 10, 1816. McKenney discusses a circular from the War Department.

Susan U. Niemcewicz To Seretia Perrin, July 5, 1816, Susan Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

The following document is a receipt between Seretia Perrin and Susan Niemcewicz acknowledging payment was received for the following items; a child’s robe, a ball of cotton, two straw hats, ribbon, and a silk bonnet.

N. Bayard To Peter Kean, May 15, 1816, N. Bayard

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

N. Bayard wrote from New York to Peter Kean, addressed to Elizabethtown, NJ. The letter seems connected to business with LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers

People Included: Mr. Duzenbary, Samuel P. Green

Places Included: Crooked Eddy and Kadoshe Brook lots, Hawk lot,

G. Marolles To Peter Kean, May 14, 1816, G. Marolles

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

G. Marolles wrote from New York to Peter Kean, addressed to Elizabethtown, NJ. Marolles needed to sell his bank shares in order to help with his monthly expenses and to travel the upcoming summer.

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, April 27, 1816, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of a Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, April 27, 1816. McKenney discusses annuities to the Osage tribes.

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, April 22, 1816, Thomas L. Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, April 22, 1816. McKenney discusses annuities and trade goods.

Julian Niemcewicz To Susan Niemcewicz, April 15, 1816, Julian Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

Julian Niemcewicz wrote from Warsaw, Poland to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Julian penned a letter to Susan that he sent a fortnight ago and planned to send this letter through St. Petersburg to the care of their Minister Secretary of State, Sobolewski[?], requesting him to forward it by the first ship that sailed from Warsaw. Julian felt uneasy as he had not heard from Susan and asked her to write to him. Julian suffered from asthma but hoped Susan’s health was good. Planned to take a trip to Lithuania over the summer to see his brother. Julian had …

Richard W. Habersham To Peter Kean, March 9, 1816, Richard W. Habersham

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

Richard W. Habersham wrote from Savannah to Peter Kean, addressed to Elizabethtown,NJ. Captain Jones for Liberty County was interested in buying a 300 acre track of land from Peter in Georgia.

People Included: Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Roberts

Dubley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Dudley praises George's patriotism. He disagrees with George's argument to legalize sin as has been done in New England. Dudley dined with General Mason and his family and praises his estate. Dudley makes predictions about the upcoming Presidential election and predicts that Monroe will succeed.

G. Marolles To Peter Kean, February 28, 1816, G. Marolles

Liberty Hall Collection 1810s

G. Marolles wrote from New York to Peter Kean, addressed to Elizabethtown, NJ. He asked Peter to dispose of his bank shares since he is no longer selling them to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz. The last paragraph of the letter is in French.

People Included: Palmer, Julianna, John

Report Of The Committee On The Public Lands, On The Petition Of The Legislature Of The Mississippi Territory, And Petitions Of Said Territory, Accompanying A Bill For Quieting And Adjusting Claims To Lands In The Mississippi Territory. / February, 12, 1814, United States. Congress. House. Committee On Public Lands, United States. Congress. House

Mississippi Territorial Documents

No abstract provided.

Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

D. Chase, working with George, discusses the course of action to procure money from business they have conducted with Smith and Dana. He deplores the conditions of the penitentiary at Newgate but discusses the better circumstances at Windsor. He apologizes for the delay in writing George back, and he wishes his parents and brother well.

Report Of The Committee On The Public Lands On The Petition Of The Legislature Of The Mississippi Territory And Petitions Of Sundry Persons Of Said Territory Praying Indulgence To Purchasers Of Public Lands, United States. Congress. House. Committee On Public Lands, Mississippi. Legislature

Mississippi Territorial Documents

No abstract provided.

A Statistical View Of The District Of Maine, Moses Greenleaf

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Full title: A Statistical View of the District of Maine; more especially with reference to the Value and Importance of its Interior

Early survey of the District of Maine 1816 by Moses Greenleaf.

1 book: 154 pages

Memoir Of Joshua Scottow (1816), "Sigma" (Pseudonym), Paul Royster (Transcribed And Deposited By)

Joshua Scottow Papers

The earliest known account of Scottow's life and writings. Length = 1500 words.

Anatomy Of The Tube Holothurians Of The Orange Seastars And The Stone Sea-Urchins: A Translation Of Anatomie Der Röhren-Holothurie Des Pomeranzfarbigen Seesterns Und Stein-Seeigels, Friedrich Tiedemann, S. A. Böttger, John M. Lawrence

Integrative Biology Books

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 2, 1816 - February 5, 1817, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.