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The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 02 - May 18, 1826, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

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Tenth Report Of The Directors Of The American Asylum, At Hartford For The Education And Instruction Of The Deaf And Dumb (1826), American School For The Deaf, D. P. Hopkins

American School for the Deaf

No abstract provided.

Letter From James Barbour To Benjamin Reeves, George Sibley, Pierre Menard, March 16, 1825, James Barbour

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from James Barbour to Benjamin Reeves, George Sibley, Pierre Menard, March 16, 1825. Barbour gives instructions on what their duties will be while surveying the road to Mexico [Santa Fe Trail].

The Courier - April 15, 1824, George A. Sublett

The Courier

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An Act To Organize, Govern, And Discipline The Militia Of The State Of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With The Several Acts In Addition Thereto, Passed Feb. 11, 1823, And Feb. 25, 1824. Published Under The Direction Of The Adjutant General, Maine. Adjutant General

Maine Collection

An Act to Organize, Govern, and Discipline the Militia of the State of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With the several acts in addition thereto, passed Feb. 11, 1823, and Feb. 25, 1824. Published under the direction of the Adjutant General.

On Stone Fences, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

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Dudley Chase To George Chase, Dudley Chase

Philander Chase Letters

One page letter from Dudley Chase (Washington) sent to George Chase.

Earthquake The Ground Rose, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

Includes information: The Ground Rose: an account by John J. Audubon with article about the 1825 earthquake in the Barrens of KY, from the Magazine of American History article, An Earthquake in Kentucky, Article from the Panoplist and Missionary Magazine, April 1812, Letter from Underwood Collection, 1812, from the Park City Daily News, 1925 story about the effects of the earthquake in Bowling Green, KY, and other state locations, The Journal of Spelean History, 1990, Effects of the New Madrid Earthquake (1811-1812) Damage to the Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Kentucky

Letter From John Sibley To William Eustis, January 30, 1810, John Sibley

John Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from John Sibley to William Eustis, January 30, 1810. Sibley discusses his interactions with Native Americans.

An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade; Delivered In The African Church In The City Of New-York, January 1, 1808, Peter Williams Jr., Paul Royster (Editor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, prohibited Congress from banning the importation of slaves until the year 1808. A bill to do this was first introduced in Congress by Senator Stephen Roe Bradley of Vermont in December 1805, and its passage was recommended by President Jefferson in his annual message to Congress in December 1806. In March 1807, Congress passed the legislation, and President Thomas Jefferson signed it into law on March 3, 1807. Subsequently, on March 25, 1807, the British Parliament also passed an act banning the slave trade aboard British ships.

The effective date of the …

An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade; Delivered In The African Church In The City Of New-York, January 1, 1808, Peter Williams Jr

Zea E-Books in American Studies

The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, prohibited Congress from banning the importation of slaves until the year 1808. A bill to do this was first introduced in Congress by Senator Stephen Roe Bradley of Vermont in December 1805, and its passage was recommended by President Jefferson in his annual message to Congress in December 1806. In March 1807, Congress passed the legislation, and President Thomas Jefferson signed it into law on March 3, 1807. Subsequently, on March 25, 1807, the British Parliament also passed an act banning the slave trade aboard British ships. The effective date of the …

An Act To Provide For The More Effectual Examination Of Accounts Of The Expenditure Of The Publick Money In The West Indies, And For The Better Discovery Of Frauds And Abuses Therein.

British Parliamentary Acts

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The Ruins Of The Abbey Of Fitz-Martin [Transcript], Thomas Isaac Horsley Curties

Gothic Archive Chapbooks

A corrupt Baron exploits the monks of St. Catherine's monastery by publicizing the acts of one Sr. St. Anna, a nun from the monastery that broke her vow of chastity. Under pressure from the scandal, the monks hand over the monastery to the Baron, who converts it into a secular property that swiftly falls into ruins. Many years later, Thomas Fitz-Martin and his daughter Rosaline, the last descendants of this Baron, move into these ruins and discover that the Baron himself seduced Sr. St. Anna under the name of Vortimer, leading her to her ruin and eventual death. The ghost …

John Grimke To Susan Kean, January 14, 1800, John Grimke

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

John Grimke wrote from Charleston, South Carolina to Susan Kean, unaddressed. Grimke informed Susan that he had recently returned to Charleston and his attorney received from Mr. Reed the amount of the two payments that Susan’s brother (Philip) made on account of the monies paid by Grimke on Susan’s Santee Canal Shares. His attorney also informed him that he advanced another payment on Susan’s scrip of $64.29. Expressed his disappointment that Colo. Senf (John Christian Senf) deceived them. They were now in the month of January and were called on for a further subscription of $128.57. All of the proprietors …

John Faucheraud Grimké To Susan Kean, September 13, 1798, John Faucherand Grimké

Liberty Hall Collection 1790s

John Faucheraud Grimké in Charleston, SC wrote to Susan Kean, unaddressed. Grimké wrote concerning the Santee Canal Co. shares and how another payment would be necessary. The engineer in charge made poor calculations. People included: Peter Kean, Mr. Smith. Places included: Santee Canal.

Philander Chase To Dudley Chase, Philander Chase

Philander Chase Letters

Philander Chase writes a letter to his father detailing a fire in Albany .

Anno Regni Georgii Iii. Regis Magnæ, Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, Anno Regni Georgii Iii. Regis Magnæ, Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ

Neil and Sally Goldwasser Historic Periodicals Collection

An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act, made in the Thirty-third Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, intitules, an Act for draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Isle of Ely and Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, between Mildenhall River South, Plant Load and Brandon River North, bounded on the West by the River, Ouse, and on the East by Winter Load, Earswell Brook, and the Hard Lands of Mildenhall; and for empowering the Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company of Conservators of the Great Level of the Fens, …

Washington's Farewell Address: The President’S Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is a digital “facsimile” edition of a contemporary pamphlet version of President George Washington’s “Farewell Address,” first issued in the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser newspaper on September 19, 1796. Co-authored with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, it expresses Washington’s decision to decline a third term of the presidency and offers his parting advice to his “friends and fellow-citizens.”

Washington’s “farewell address” emphasizes the importance of Union, the danger of partisanship, the threat of parties allied to foreign countries or interests, the accomplishment of a national government, the precedence of national over sectional interests, the maintenance of the public credit, the …

'Farewell' Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

President George Washington’s farewell address “To the People of the United States” was delivered to the public through the medium of the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser newspaper and was immediately reprinted in other newspapers and in pamphlet form throughout the country, and in England, Ireland, and Scotland as well. All contemporary editions derived directly or indirectly from the Daily Advertiser newspaper source.

The composition of the address was a collaborative effort, with James Madison co-authoring with Washington an early draft that was reviewed and revised at least twice to incorporate suggestions by Alexander Hamilton. The final draft, in Washington’s handwriting, was …

A Discourse Delivered In The New Dutch Church, Nassau Street, On Tuesday, The 21st Of October 1794, Thomas Dunn

Irish Studies Publications

A speech given before the New York Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Foreign Countries on October 21, 1794.

Excerpt, An Historical Narrative And Topographical Description Of Louisiana And West Florida, Thomas Hutchins, Michelle Sonnenberg, Hannah Gorski

Early Visions Bucket

"An Historical Narrative and Topographical Description of Louisiana and West Florida (1784) gives a base description of the coastline, river systems, and barrier islands of Louisiana and West Florida. Thomas Hutchins utilizes soundings and charts created by George Gauld, an engineer employed by the British Admiralty to survey the Gulf Coast. (Sections included here are the Preface, descriptions of the West Florida Panhandle and the Tortugas, the Conclusion, and a Table of Distances that closes the volume.)"

Letter From Henry Laurens To General Mcintosh, Henry Laurens

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Letter of encouragement in reply to General McIntosh, signed Henry Laurens, dated April 12, 1777.

God Arising And Pleading His People’S Cause ; Or The American War In Favor Of Liberty, Against The Measures And Arms Of Great Britain, Shewn To Be The Cause Of God (1777), Abraham Keteltas, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

ABRAHAM KETELTAS (1732-98) was raised by Protestant parents in New York and New Rochelle, where he spent much of his time among the communities of Huguenots in the area. Becoming fluent in French early on, he later studied theology at Yale, where he earned his degree in 1752, followed by his preacher’s license in 1756. From 1757 until his dismissal in 1760, Keteltas supplied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He then served as an itinerant preacher to the Dutch and Huguenot parishes in Jamaica and Long Island, New York, where he gained much popular support. …

The History Of Emily Montague Vol Ii, Frances Brooke

Settler Literature Archive

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The Church’S Flight Into The Wilderness: An Address On The Times, Containing Some Very Interesting And Important Observations On Scripture Prophecies (1776), Samuel Sherwood A. M., Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Sherwood’s most popular sermon is his much cited The Church’s Flight into the Wilderness: An Address on the Times, containing Some very interesting and important Observations on Scripture Prophecies (1776)—here republished courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society. Delivering his oration in January 1776 in the presence of Gov. John Hancock, Sherwood freely mixes millenarian metaphors and political ideology to incite his listeners to action. Like many of his predecessors, Sherwood readily adapts the mythology of New England’s Puritan past to fit the new situation. The apocalyptic flight of the Woman into the howling wilderness of America a century and a …

Excerpt, Concise Natural History Of East And West Florida, Bernard Romans, Gale Busjahn

Early Visions Bucket

"Bernard Romans (b.1720) was born in the Netherlands, emigrated to America around 1757, and after a life of some controversy, died at about the age of 64. Romans, who spent sixteen years in North America (not all times, places, and activities accurately recorded), demonstrated his broad range of experiences with A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida (1775)."

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

All Works by Eneström Number

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Sur Le Mouvement De L'Eau Par Des Tuyaux De Conduite, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

No abstract provided.

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.

The Lady's Drawing Room. Being A Faithful Picture Of The Great World. In Which The Various Humours Of Both Sexes Are Display'd. Drawn From The Life: And Interspers'd With Entertaining And Affecting Novels. The Second Edition., Unknown

Gothic Archive Sources and Related Materials

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