Digital Commons Network^™

Freedom's Journal 1827-03-16, Cornish & Russwurm

Freedom's Journal

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 39 - February 1, 1827, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 38 - January 25, 1827, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

An Account Of The Christian Denomination In The United States. In A Letter To The Corresponding Secretary Of The General Baptist Assembly Of England, Simon Clough

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 31 - December 7, 1826, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 28 - November 16, 1826, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 24 - October 26, 1826, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 23 - October 19, 1826, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

The Morning Star - Volume 01 Number 01 - May 11, 1826, Freewill Baptist Printers

The Morning Star

No abstract provided.

The Last Of The Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper

Settler Literature Archive

No abstract provided.

Letter To Philander Chase, Thomas Osborne

Philander Chase Letters

Osborne is informing Chase of the many obsticles that Chase will have to face in his search for English support.

Hobomok, Lydia Maria Child

Settler Literature Archive

No abstract provided.

First Lessons In Geography And Astronomy With Seven Plain Maps, And A View Of The Solar System : For The Use Of Young Children, As Preparatory To Ancient And Modern Geography, Jacob Abbot Cummings

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.

Narrative Of The Most Extraordinary And Distressing Shipwreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex, Of Nantucket : Which Was Attacked And Finally Destroyed By A Large Spermaceti-Whale, In The Pacific Ocean : With An Account Of The Unparalleled Sufferings Of The Captain And Crew During A Space Of Ninety-Three Days At Sea, In Open Boats, In The Years 1819 & 1820, Owen Chase, Paul Royster, Ed.

Electronic Texts in American Studies

On November 20, 1820, the whale-ship Essex, out of Nantucket, was twice rammed by a sperm whale and sank in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The crew of twenty took refuge in three open whale-boats, and attempted to sail east toward the coasts of South America. The boats were eventually separated by storms and darkness, and after more than 90 days two of them, holding five survivors, were picked up by other ships; the third boat was never found.

First mate Owen Chase dictated this account of the fateful voyage, published in New York four months after his return to Nantucket. …

Letter From James G. Mask To George Sibley, June 17, 1817, James G. Mask

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from James G. Mask to George Sibley, June 17, 1817. Mask discusses mutual interests around people in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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.

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences, 1812, Methodist Episcopal Church.

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Letter From George Sibley To John Sibley, August 18, 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to his father, John Sibley, August 18, 1811. Sibley fives a very lengthy description of the area around Fort Osage and the Native Americans that lived nearby. At the end, Sibley wrote a follow up note about this piece in 1860.

Letter From George Sibley To John Sibley, July 1811, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to father, John Sibley, July 1811. George gives a lengthy description of his trip to the Grand Saline and Rock Saline sites in present day Oklahoma. In the letter, George describes the various Native American tribes he encountered, along with seeing large buffalo herds.

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences, 1810, Methodist Episcopal Church.

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

John Grimke To Peter Kean, March 18, 1803, John Faucheraud Grimké

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

John Grimke wrote from Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Kean, unaddressed. Grimke was much gratified to receive Peter’s letter. Reflected on how he had an affectionate love for Peter’s father, John Kean. They served during the Revolution War together and surmised that they formed a reciprocal attachment to one another that formed during the boisterous hours of warfare and bloodshed when their minds looked for support. Grimke extended those sentiments to his friend’s son, Peter. Discussed his children’s education and the possibility of Peter paying them a visit in South Carolina. Mentioned he penned a letter to Peter’s mother, Susan …

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences, 1796, Methodist Episcopal Church.

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

No abstract provided.

Remarks On The Prevailing Custom Of Attending Stage Entertainments: Also On The Present Taste For Reading Romances And Novels: And On Some Other Customs: Submitted, With A Heart Overflowing With Good Will, To The Notice And Consideration Of The Professors Of The Christian Name, In The Different Religious Societies, John Kendall

Historical Quaker Books

Inscription on t.p.: "Thomas Scattergood to Rebecca Scattergood, 1812."

31 pages, 15 cm.

The Remarkable Adventures Of Jackson Johonnet, Of Massachusetts (1793), Jackson Johonnet, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

“Who served as a Soldier in the Western Army, in the Massachusetts Line, in the Expedition under General HARMAR, and the unfortunate General St. CLAIR. Containing An Account of his CAPTIVITY, SUFFERINGS, and ESCAPE from the KICKAPOO INDIANS. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, And published at the earnest Importunity of his Friends, for the benefit of AMERICAN YOUTH.”

This is a spurious captivity narrative that enjoyed much popularity in the mid-1790s and was thereafter incorporated into the “canonical” body of accounts of white imprisonments, tortures, sufferings, and escapes from the Native Americans.

The narrative tells the story of “Jackson Johonnet,” a young …

Letter In Which Daniel Morgan Refuses Henry Knox's Request For Assistance In Fighting Native Americans. 1792., Daniel Morgan

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

In this letter Daniel Morgan, a Virginian famous for his victory at Cowpens, S.C. duing the American Revolution, replies to Secretary of War Henry Knox's request for assistance in fighting Native American. Morgan demures, citing the qualities of the U.S. officer corps and the "peculiar" nature of fighting Native Americans.`

Anthony Wayne To Nathanael Greene (24 June 1782), Anthony Wayne, Nathanael Greene

Skipwith Revolutionary War Letters

Wayne reports a battle between Col. Posey's battalion and a large number of Creek Indians who had combined forces with the British Army to conduct a surprise attack. The battalion held its own, and won several British trophies, mostly horses, but did lose a number of men in Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery.

Arthur Campbell To Nathanael Green (2 August 1781), Arthur Campbell, Nathanael Greene

Skipwith Revolutionary War Letters

Campbell reports a pacific disposition among those forming the treaty, and expects that the Mountain Militia will soon be able to redeploy their resources toward Greene's position. He suggests that Continental Garrisons be erected in Indian territory along with land transfer as punishment for their aggression.

Henry Lee To Nathanael Greene (2 April 1781), Henry Lee, Nathanael Greene

Skipwith Revolutionary War Letters

Lee sympathizes with Greene for having less-than-motivated troops, and suggests some improvements that could be made to increase morale among the men. He also suggests appealing to the public's sense of patriotism.

Arthur Campbell To Nathanael Greene (8 February 1781), Arthur Campbell, Nathanael Greene

Skipwith Revolutionary War Letters

Colonel Campbell reports the defection of Cherokee Indians from the American interests, and the conditions of the Cherokee camps. He also includes a copy of his attempts at a peace negotiation. Major [Joseph] Martin is cited as the Agent of Indian Affairs for Virginia.

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. …