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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell, December 12, 1848, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax for Elias Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated December 12, 1848. The total is nine dollars and ten cents and five mills. Signed by J Liley.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, November 3, 1847, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax for Angeline C. Cornell from County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated November 3, 1847. The total is eighty cents. Signed by J. Liley.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell, November 3, 1847, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax for Elias Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated November 3, 1847. The total is eight dollars, eight cents, and three mills. Signed by J Liley.

Extract Of Story From Wa Journal, Re: Natives Of The Murray River, Forty Miles To The South Ward Of Swan, Wa Journal

Archival Publications

No abstract provided.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell, October 21, 1846, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax for Elias Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated October 21, 1846. The total is seven dollars and fifteen cents. Signed by J Liley.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline Cornell, October 21, 1846, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated October 21, 1846. The total is forty seven cents. Signed by J Liley.

Receipt From Angeline C. Cornell, May 9, 1846, Angeline B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Receipt from Angeline C. Cornell for clerk fees. It reads "Rec_ May 9th 1846 of Mrs Angeline C. Cornell guardian of John B. + Alice J. Cornell one dollar and fifty cents clerk fees for this time

L. Heyl CLK"

Guardianship Letter, May 9, 1846, Lewis Heyl

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Letter from Lewis Heyl, clerk of Common Pleas that declares Angeline C. Cornell to have guardianship over John B. Cornell and Alice J. Cornell. The back reads "1846 guardianship for Angeline C. Bishop-Cornell for her two children following her husband (Elias') death."

Ohio Temperance Organ, The Ohio State Temperance Society

Wallace Ephemera

This newspaper, edited by Samuel F Cary, was focused on the purpose and meaning behind temperance. It being with a long write up discussing these topics, and concludes with some adds and other related information.

Mitchell's Primary Geography, S. Augustus Mitchell

Osher Map Library Collection Books

Full title: Mitchell's Primary Geography: an easy introduction to the study of geography : designed for the instruction of children in schools and families : illustrated by one hundred and twenty engravings and fourteen maps

178 pages: illustrated, maps (some colored)

John Hale Letter Acknowledging A Request To Speak At The Mercantile Library Association, September 14, 1845., John P. Hale

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Hale writes that he has been so "harrassed with business" that he has "had but little time to attend to any thing else, or even to think of aught beside." "I have had to continue almost alone against the whole pack of profligate & venal newspaper Editors set upon me."

The New England Primer Improved, Unknown

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Full title: The New England primer improved, for the more easy attaining the true reading of English. To which is added the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton's catechism. Boston, Printed by E. Draper and sold by J. Boyle, 1777

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Liquor License, Barnwell District, South Carolina, August 21, 1841., Barnwell District, South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

In which the licensee, William Robertson Jr., swears to not "sell give exchange barter" liquor to any enslaved persons. Signed by C.A. Scott.

The Child's Book Of Geography, S. R. Hall

Osher Map Library Collection Books

112 pages: illustrated, maps

Letter From Hugh S. Legare To His Daughter, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 6, 1838., Hugh Swinton Legare

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Legare writes to his daughter about his travels through Washington, Baltimore and then Virginia, noting "this country is very beautiful." He also mentions some political matters, including the President and John C. Calhoun.

Honorable Discharge From The Army Of The Republic Of Texas For Mitchell George, Signed By Barnard Bee, Sr., No Date, Barnard Elliot Bee Senior

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Mitchell George, 21 years old, farmer, who enlisted in May of 1836 is honorably discharged from the Army of the Republic of Texas.

Excerpt Of Sketches Of Pennsylvania From The Commercial Herald, July 1833, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed excerpt of an essay entitled "Sketches of Pennsylvania", originally appearing in the Commercial Herald and dated July 1833. Within, the author details the dialect and ways of life of the Pennsylvania Dutch in Lancaster County.

Book For The Children Of Maine, For The Use Of Families And Schools, Samuel Coleman

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.

A First Book Of Geography, Samuel Worcester

Osher Map Library Collection Books

1 book: 80 pages, illustrations, maps

History Of Saco And Biddeford, With Notices Of Other Early Settlements, And Of Proprietary Governments, In Maine, Including The Provinces Of New Somersetshire And Lygonia, George Folsom, A. C. Putnam

Osher Map Library Collection Books

Early history of Saco and Biddeford are from 1830.

To view the map in detail please follow the url to the Osher Map Library's website.

https://oshermaps.org/map/7525.0218

Worcester's Modern Atlas, Joseph E. Worcester (Joseph Emerson) (1784 -1865)

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.

List Of Enslaved People, Including Their Ages, At Spring Garden Plantation, Florida, 1829., Spring Garden Plantation

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This item is a list of over 80 enslaved people of African descent at Spring Garden, a plantation in present-day DeLeon Springs State Park, Florida. The list notes the first names of enslave persons and their ages. Annotations indicate occupations and work assignments, family units, and if individuals were sent to Charleston or sold locally. The meaning of some annotations are unclear or at least not explicit, such as small circles next to females' names. Annotations indicate this list was used as reference more than once. One pair of twins is noted as are several infants. Reference to the names …

"The Barber's Ghost," January 7, 1825, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Typed copy of a folk tale appearing in the Chronicle of the Times of Reading, dated January 7, 1825. The unknown author tells the story of a man pretending to be a ghost in order to trick the gambling patrons at an inn and take their money.

Banks, Mrs. Sarah - Inventory Of Personal Property Of Mrs. Sarah Banks, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Inventory of the personal property of Mrs.Sarah Banks, deceased, including two enslaved persons, whose names were not recorded.

Mccracken, George - Petition Regarding An Incomplete Bequest From The Estate Of George Mccracken, By Sally And Charles Jones, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Petition regarding an incomplete bequest from the estate of George McCracken, by Sally and Charles Jones

Anecdote From The Chronicle Of The Times, July 30, 1823, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed copy of a humorous anecdote taken from the Reading, Pennsylvania Chronicle of the Times, dated July 30, 1823. The tale concerns the occupation of grave diggers in the afterlife.

Deed Of Sale For Seven People (As Slaves) Sold By William O'Neale To John Henry Eaton, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1823., William O'Neale, John Henry Eaton

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This deed or receipt acknowledges the exchange of $800 for seven slaves: Betsy Baker, 55; Nelly, 36 and her son Jim, 12 and daughter Jane, 7; Henney, 40, and her son Washington, 5; and Polly Quander, 21.

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.

Modern Atlas On A New Plan To Accompany The System Of Universal Geography, William C. Woodbridge (William Channing) (1794 -1845)

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.

Copy Of Advertisements In The Marietta Pilot Newspaper, January 5, 1816, Marietta Pilot Newspaper

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed set of advertisements found in The Marietta Pilot newspaper, dated January 5, 1816. Within, a wife named Catherine responds to a previous advertisement placed by her husband, John Galbaugh, which discredited her character. Catherine refutes her husband, claiming that he is the cause of any financial hardship they must endure.