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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.

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)

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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 …

Philosophie Eines Weibs, Marianne Ehrmann

Essays

Erstdruck: Anonym ohne Ort und Verlag [Kempten] 1784.

Maria. Eine Geschichte In Briefen, Margareta Sophia Liebeskind

Prose Fiction

Erster Theil; Vorbericht; Brief. Sophie an Marien [sic passim]; Brief. Marie an Sophien [sic passim]; Brief. Karlsheim an Wilhelm B. [sic passim]; Brief. Ferdinand an Eduard [sic passim]; Brief. Eduard an Ferdinand [sic passim]; Brief. Eduard an Barthold [sic passim]; Brief. Wilhelm an Karlsheim [sic passim]; Brief. Barthold an Eduard [sic passim]; Brief. Der alte Gudheim an seinen Sohn [sic passim]; Brief. Amalie an Wildberg [sic passim]; Brief. Wildberg an Amalien [sic passim]; Brief. Sophie an Julien [sic passim]; Brief. Julie an Sophien [sic passim]; Brief. Neunundvierzigster Brief [sic passim]; Zweyter Theil [sic passim]; Brief. Wildberg an Amalie [sic passim]; …

Moralische Erzählungen. Sammlung 1-2, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Fiction

Die Erzählungen erschienen zuerst in der von Sophie von La Roche herausgegebenen Zeitschrift »Pomona für Teutschlands Töcher«. Erstdruck der Buchausgabe: Speyer (Enderes) 1783–1784. Die Vorrede zum 1. Band von Johann Georg Hutten wurde nicht übernommen. : Erste Sammlung; Der schwermüthige Jüngling; Liebe, Misverständniß und Freundschaft; Ein guter Sohn ist auch ein guter Freund; Die glükliche Reise; Die zwey Schwestern

Die Erzählungen erschienen zuerst in der von Sophie von La Roche herausgegebenen Zeitschrift »Pomona für Teutschlands Töcher«. Erstdruck der Buchausgabe: Speyer (Enderes) 1783–1784. Die Vorrede zum 1. Band von Johann Georg Hutten wurde nicht übernommen. : Zweyte Sammlung; Das wahre Glück …

Gedichte. An Sophie Von La Roche, Henriette Christiane Von Hagen

Poetry

No abstract provided.

The Discovery, Settlement And Present State Of Kentucke (1784) : An Online Electronic Text Edition, John Filson, Paul Royster (Editor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is an open-access electronic text edition of Filson’s seminal work on the early history of Kentucky, including the first published account of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. Filson’s work was an unabashedly optimistic account of the western territory, where Filson had acquired large land claims, whose value he sought to enhance by the publication of this advertisement and incitement for further settlement. Scarcely two years after the violent and tragic British and Indian invasion of 1782, Filson portrayed Kentucky as a natural paradise, where peace, plenty, and security reigned. Of some significance is Filson’s recognition that the …

The United States Elevated To Glory And Honor (1783), Ezra Stiles D.D., Reiner Smolinski , Editor

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Stiles' best-known work is this 1783 election sermon, which was delivered at Hartford, Connecticut, at the annual election of the governor, state representatives, and senators. True to the spirit of his Puritan ancestors, Stiles sounds a number of time-honored American themes newly adapted to the rising prospects of the young United States of America. What was once a tribal Errand into the Wilderness of New England Stiles now translates into God’s federal covenant with all citizens of the United States—no matter what their parochial creed or particular denomination: “The political welfare of God’s American Israel” is “allusively prophetic of the …

Gedichte (Poetry Collection, 1781), Karoline Christiane Louise Rudolphi

Poetry

No abstract provided.

The French Gazette, Norman Desmarais, Carl Becker

Primary Sources

The French Gazette is an English translation of the Gazette Françoise, the French newspaper published in Newport, RI by the French fleet that brought the Count de Rochambeau and 5800 French troops to America in July, 1780. The newspaper intended to translate various news items printed in American newspapers to keep the officers and men abreast of political events in this emerging nation. It is the first known service newspaper published by an expeditionary force. The French facsimile edition is also available elsewhere on this site.

Gazette Francoise

Primary Sources

The Gazette Françoise is a facsimile edition of the French newspaper published in Newport, RI by the French fleet. The newspaper intended to translate various news items printed in American newspapers to keep the officers and men abreast of political events in this emerging nation. It is the first known service newspaper published by an expeditionary force. The English translation is available elsewhere on this site.

Walter Kerfoot, 7 February 1777, Walter Kerfoot

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Account (Financial), dated February 7, 1777, from Walter Kerfoot

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

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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 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

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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 …

A Charge On The Rise Of The American Empire (1776), William Henry Drayton, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

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WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON (1742–79), chief justice of South Carolina, Revolutionary leader, and wealthy plantation owner, was born near Charlestown. His family on both sides were wealthy planters and prominent politicians, enabling young William Henry to study in London and Oxford. Upon his return he married a South Carolina heiress, turned to politics, and was elected to the Assembly. Drayton championed the cause of British interest in the colonies and opposed such popular measures as the non-importation movement while defending the rights of the individual. Upon loosing his seat in the Assembly, Drayton left for England and returned shortly thereafter to …

Lausus Und Lydie, Sophie Eleonore Von Kortzfleisch

Drama and Film

No abstract provided.

Liberty Further Extended: Or Free Thoughts On The Illegality Of Slave-Keeping; Wherein Those Arguments That Are Used In Its Vindication Are Plainly Confuted. Together With An Humble Address To Such As Are Concerned In The Practice., Lemuel Haynes, Paul Royster , Ed.

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This is a regularized text of a private sermon or pamphlet manuscript, authored by a 23-year-old African American who had served in the “minuteman” militia and the Continental Army, and who became an ordained minister and was pastor to white Congregational churches for more than 50 years.

Haynes’ tract is an important and revelatory addition to the early anti-slavery literature in the American colonies. Only identified and published in 1983, it is uniquely situated at the crossroads of independence, anti-­slavery, Congregationalism, and African-American identity. Brought to light by Ruth Bogin, the work is testimony to the diversity of thought and …

Walter Kerfoot, 24 August 1775, Walter Kerfoot

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated August 24, 1775, from Walter Kerfoot

Some Strictures Upon The Sacred Story Recorded In The Book Of Esther (1775), Oliver Noble M.A., Reiner Smolinski , Editor

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Oliver Noble (1733/4–92) was born in Hebron, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale in 1757, but stayed on as a tutor until he received his second degree in 1759. Later that same year, he was ordained a minister in South Coventry, Connecticut, but disagreements with his congregation led to his dismissal in 1761. Noble’s abilities as a preacher must have been well known, for his next installment occurred in 1762 at a church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he preached from the pulpit of the fifth parish until 1784. Again dismissed, Noble moved to Newcastle, New Hampshire, six months later, and there …

An Die Mütter Des Reisenden Chur- Und Liefländischen Adels, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

An Frau Baronesse Von Sievers, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

An Herrn Leibmedicus Zimmermann, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

Auf Die Krankgewesene Braut Des Kochischen Acteurs, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

Cybele, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

Der Leibmedicus Zimmermann, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

Ueber Die Emilie Galotti, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.

Vorbericht, Anna Louisa Karsch

Poetry

This title is part of a compilation, Neue Gedichte, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophpm_poetry/239/.