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Minutes, Ga: 1753-1788

General Assemblies

No abstract provided.

Nina’S Briefe An Ihren Geliebten, Marianne Ehrmann

Prose Nonfiction

Nina’s Briefe an ihren Geliebten; [Motto]; Vorbericht : Anonym ohne Ort und Verlag [Bern (Typographische Gesellschaft)] 1788

Geschichte Der Gräfin Thekla Von Thurn, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.

Amalie. Eine Wahre Geschichte In Briefen, Marianne Ehrmann

Prose Nonfiction

Amalie. Eine wahre Geschichte in Briefen; Erster Band; Vorerrinnerung des Herausgebers [Theophil Friedrich Ehrmann]; Zweiter Band; Nachschrift an die Leser und Leserinnen : Anonym ohne Ort und Verlag [Bern (Typographische Gesellschaft)] 1788

Herrmann Von Unna. Eine Geschichte Aus Den Zeiten Der Vehmgerichte, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

Erster Theil; 1. Kapitel. Ein Gespräch am Hochzeittage; 2. Kapitel. Sophie vergißt ihren Stand; 3. Kapitel. Ein Gespräch im Brautgemach; 4. Kapitel. Fürstenglück und Fürstengnade; 5. Kapitel. Seltsame Art, einen Liebhaber Zutritt; 6. Kapitel. Bürgerstolz und Bürgerreichthum; 7. Kapitel. Unglück bringt uns oft dem Glücke näher; 8. Kapitel. Herrmann bekommt Räthsel zu hören; 9. Kapitel. Der Ritter von der treuen Minne; 10. Kapitel. Herrmanns Geschichte; 11. Kapitel. Ein heisser und ein kalter Abschied; 12. Kapitel. Vernichtete und von neuem entworfne Plane; 13. Kapitel. Wer spricht am klügsten, der Mann oder die Frau; 14. Kapitel. Hofscenen; 15. Kapitel. Volles Licht des …

Tagebuch Einer Reise Durch Holland Und England, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.

Warrant For Charles Drayton, Signed By Thomas Heyward, Jr. Charleston, 1877., Thomas Heyward Jr., State Of South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Thomas Heyward, at Charleston, S.C., signs a warrant for Charles Drayton, 1787.

The Case, Trevett Against Weeden

Library Archive

Wherein the Rights of the People to Trial by Jury, &c. are dated and maintained, and the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Powers of Government examined and denned.

Briefe Einer Reisenden Dame Aus Der Schweitz, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.

Principles And Exercises In Geometry, Peter Rhoads Jr.

Charles R. Roberts and Walter E. Boyer Collections

Copybook of geometry exercises by Peter Rhoads, Jr., a student in the first class at Franklin College in 1787; a series of angle and linear relationship studies. Book includes both geometry and trigonometry exercises, propositions and surveying applications.

The Printer's Grammar, John Smith

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Containing a Concise History of the Origin of Printing; Also an examination of the Superficies, Gradation, and Properties of the Different Sizes of Types cast by Letter Founders; Various Tables of Calculation; Models of Letter Cases; Schemes for Casting off Copy and Imposing; and many other Requisites for attaining a perfect Knowledge both in the Theory and Practice of the Art of Printing. With Directions to Authors, Compilers, &c. How to Prepare Copy, and to Correct their own Proofs. Chiefly collected from [John] Smith's Edition. To which are added Directions for Pressmen, &c. The whole calculated for the Service of …

An Address To The Negroes In The State Of New-York, Jupiter Hammon

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Hammon’s Address, published in New York and Philadelphia in 1787, is a simple but eloquent set of Christian advice and reflections. To his fellow Negroes who are enslaved, Hammon advises obedience to masters, honesty and faithfulness, and the avoidance of profaneness. Among his strongest recommendations is that Negroes make every effort learn to read and use that knowledge to study the Bible. Hammon’s focus is on eternity, judgment, redemption, and God’s governance of the world.

Yet Hammon’s appeal is no apology for the slave system, but rather a modulated and astute assessment of the social and power relations between blacks …

Tagebuch Einer Reise Durch Die Schweiz, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.

Journal Einer Reise Durch Frankreich (Autobiography, 1787), Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.

An Address To The Negroes In The State Of New-York (1787), Jupiter Hammon, Paul Royster (Editor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Hammon’s Address, published in New York and Philadelphia in 1787, is a simple but eloquent set of Christian advice and reflections. To his fellow Negroes who are enslaved, Hammon advises obedience to masters, honesty and faithfulness, and the avoidance of profaneness. Among his strongest recommendations is that Negroes make every effort to learn to read and to use that knowledge to study the Bible. Hammon’s focus is on eternity, judgment, redemption, and God’s governance of the world.

Yet Hammon’s appeal is no apology for the slave system, but rather a modulated and astute assessment of the social and power relations …

Indenture, Signed By John Rutledge, 1786., John Rutledge

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Indenture for Ephraim Mitchell for 295 pounds, signed by John Rutledge in Charleston, South Carolina, August 29, 1786. Rutledge was an American statesman and judge from South Carolina.

Warrant For Richard Shaw, Signed By Thomas Heyward, Jr. Charleston, 1786., Thomas Heyward Jr., State Of South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Thomas Heyward, at Charlestonn, S.C., signs a warrant for Richard Shaw for debt, 1786.

The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ Considered And Proved: And The Consequent Truth And Divinity Of The Christian System Briefly Illustrated, Levi Hart

Newport Ephemera

No abstract provided.

Warrant Signed By Thomas Heyward And Isaac Huger For David Scott. Charleston, 1786., Thomas Heyward Jr., State Of South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Thomas Heyward, at Charleston, S.C., signs a warrant for David Scott on a charge of debt, 1786.

Sweet Poll Of Plymouth, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

An impressed sailor leaves his love at home.

De Ideis Platonis: Dissertatio Philosophico Historica, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Carolus Christianus Kohlschuetterus

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.

List Of Prisoners In Jail, Worcester, Massachusetts, September 6, 1785., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

List of prisoners "confined in the common goal in Worcester in the County of Worcester," September 6, 1785. Next to the prisoners' names are the charges for which they are confined.

List Of Prisoners In Jail, Worcester, Massachusetts, June 6, 1785., Worcester County

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

List of prisoners "confined in the Common Goal in Worcester." List includes names of prisoners and charges for which they were imprisoned.

Legal Document Prepared By Charles Lee, Charles Lee

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Charles Lee signs for plantiff George Ralls who is suing Charles Carter for payment and damages, 1785.

The Double Mistake, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative song concerning socioeconomic classes interacting and drinking.

Letter From John Jay To John Dickenson, 1785., John Jay

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

John Jay, secretary for the Office of Foreign Affairs, writes to John Dickenson, president of the state of Pennsylvania, to introduce Ian Hendrick Christiaan Heineken as Consul from the Netherlands, 28 April 1785.

Warrant For John Abercromby, Signed By Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 1785., Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney signed the South Carolina warrant for John Abercomby. 16 March 1785.

Letter To William Lyle From Benjamin Lincoln Regarding Business Matters And Lincoln's Plans To Travel, 1785., Benjamin Lincoln Jr.

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Lincoln writes to Lyle about the fortunes of Sloop Polly and the price of wheat, and he also indicates an intention to travel to meet Lyle and pay any balance owed him. Boston, 1785.

Warrant Signed By Isaac Huger, Charleston, 1785., Isaac Huger, State Of South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Warrant signed by Isaac Huger, commanding to send Tompson Simons to Charleston, dated March 1, 1785.

Worcester County Court Of General Sessions Document Determining That A New Jail Should Be Built, June 10, 1784., Worcester County Court Of General Sessions, Worcester County, Abel Wilder

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This document notes that the current jail is "Very inconvenient + insufficient for the safety of the County[,] Comfort of the Prisoners" and it is necessary to build a new jail on a new plot of land.