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Letter From Charles Cotesworth Pinckney To Elbridge Gerry; Paris, 1797., Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

A letter from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to Mr. Gerry. Pinckney states his excitment for Gerry's evening arrival. His wife, Mrs. Pinckney was disappointed upon learning that Mrs. Gerry would not be arriving as well. Paris, 02 October 1797.

Land Grant For 199 Acres To Curtis Johnson, With James Wood Signing As Governor Of Virginia, 1797., James Wood, Commonwealth Of Virginia

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Curtis Johnson is granted a parcel of 199 acres in Washington County near a branch off the south fork of the Holston River.

Letter From Samuel Hopkins To George Sibley, May 11, 1797, Samuel Hopkins

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Samuel Hopkins to grandson, George Sibley, May 11, 1797. Hopkins gives life advice to George.

Letter From John Green, Jr. To William E. Green

John Plimpton Green Letters

No abstract provided.

Letter From Samuel Hopkins To George And Samuel Sibley, February 9, 1797, Samuel Hopkins

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Samuel Hopkins to grandsons, George and Samuel Sibley, February 9, 1797. Hopkins gives advice to his grandsons on how they should live.

Prolusio De Proposito Symposii Platonis: Examini In Lyceo Gubenensi A. D. V. Nonas Octobres Mdcclxxxxvii, Heinrich Ludwig Hartmann

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.

Alme Oder Egyptische Märchen. Alle Fünf Teile In Einem Buch, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

Erster Theil; Eingang; Athyrtis; Zweyter Theil; König Remphis, oder das Labyrinth; Dritter Theil; Das Todtengericht. Geschichte der Pyramiden von Dsyse; Suchis oder der Isisschleyer; Vierter Theil; Sam und Siuph, oder die Rache; Fünfter Theil; Die Geschichte von Pythicus und der Prinzessin Save; Beschluß; Nachricht

John Sevier Requests A Surgeon's Commission For N.H.S. Fronier In The "Cavalry Of Hamilton District.", John Sevier

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Sevier, apparently acting as governor of Tennessee, orders a commission of Fronier as a surgeon in a cavalry unit. No date (date listed is approximate.) Place unknown.

Erster Theil, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

This title is part of a compilation, Alme oder Egyptische Märchen. Alle fünf Teile in einem Buch, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/140/.

Dritter Theil, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

This title is part of a compilation, Alme oder Egyptische Märchen. Alle fünf Teile in einem Buch, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/140/.

Fünfter Theil, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

This title is part of a compilation, Alme oder Egyptische Märchen. Alle fünf Teile in einem Buch, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/140/.

Vierter Theil, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

This title is part of a compilation, Alme oder Egyptische Märchen. Alle fünf Teile in einem Buch, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/140/.

Zweyter Theil, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

This title is part of a compilation, Alme oder Egyptische Märchen. Alle fünf Teile in einem Buch, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/140/.

Box 1, Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Rosaliens Briefe An Ihre Freundin Mariane Von St**, Sophie Von La Roche

Prose Fiction

Erstdruck (anonym): Altenburg (Richter) 1779–1781. In dem zugrundegelegten Exemplar des 2. Bandes der zweiten Auflage von 1797 befindet sich ein nicht korrigierbarer Textfehler: Nach S. 478 und vor S. 481 fehlt Text (vermutlich jeweils eine Druckseite); diese Stellen sind im Text durch die Bemerkung markiert: [Anschlußfehler in der Vorlage]. Die in der Vorlage vertauschten Seiten 479 und 480 wurden in die richtige Reihenfolge gebracht. Schließlich springt in der Vorlage die Paginierung von S. 490 zu S. 495, offensichtlich ohne Textverlust; dieser Fehler wurde beibehalten. : Rosaliens Briefe an ihre Freundin Mariane von St**; Erster Theil; Vorbericht des Herausgebers : Neue …

Letter From Benjamin Lincoln To Eben Parsons Regarding The Son Of A Friend From North Carolina, 1796., Benjamin Lincoln Jr.

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Lincoln writes to Parsons regarding helping a North Carolina friend's son who is attending school in Hingham, Mass., 1796.

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 …

Letter From Josiah Masters To John Reade About An Enslaved Man Named Dick Whom (Masters) Wishes To Sell. New York, 1796., Josiah Masters

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Masters writes to Reade that Dick "has been somewhat uneasy with me, the first cause [was] my separating his wench from him."

"The lowest price is one hundred pounds."

Addressed to Reade in Poughkeepsie, NY.

"Articles Of Agreement Of Partnership," A Contract That Forms A Business Partnership Between Jonathan Dayton, Francis Childs, And Jonathan Hampton Lawrence. Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, 1796. No Signatures, Possibly A Draft., Jonathan Dayton, Francis Childs, Jonathan Hampton Lawrence

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

A form containing tenets of an agreement to form a business partnership, in mercantile transactions, between Jonathan Dayton, Francis Childs, and Jonathan Hampton Lawrence in Elizabeth Town (now Elizabeth), New Jersey. 1796.

Fortsetzung Des Platonischen Gesprächs Von Der Liebe, Johann Georg Schlosser

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.

Luise. Ein Beitrag Zur Geschichte Der Konvenienz, Therese Huber

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.

'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 …

Blunt's American Coast Pilot, Edmund March Blunt

Guarding Ossabaw Island: History and Archaeology of the 47th N.Y.V.I. Camp

An excerpt from Blunt's American Coast Pilot on navigating around Ossabaw Sound and surrounding waterways, published originally in 1796

Blunt, Edmund.1796. American Coast Pilot. Newbury, ME.

Letter From William E. Green To John Green, Jr.

John Plimpton Green Letters

No abstract provided.

Letter From Pierce Butler To John Ross Requesting Money, 1795., Pierce Butler

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Pierce Butler requests "two or three hundred" dollars of John Ross, for "house use."

Articles Of Agreement Amongst The Preachers, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference.

Methodist Books

Articles of Agreement Amongst the Preachers relative to slavery, January 2, 1795. The clergy agree about the impropriety and evil of slavery, and its harmful consequences. They resolve that no member of conference should own slaves, and anyone who becomes the possessor of slaves should emancipate them where the law allows, and that any member who acts otherwise shall forfeit their seat at conference and their letter of ordination.

Phantastes Chapter 16: Life And The Ideal, Friedrich Von Schiller

German Romantic and Other Influences

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German writer, primarily known as a dramatist, poet, and literary critic. Das Ideal und das Leben (Life and the Ideal, 1795) is a philosophical poem. The Oxford Reference reports that the poem was “first published in 1795 in No. 9 of Die Horen, with the title ‘Das Reich der Schatten’. Schiller changed this in 1800 to ‘Das Reich der Formen’, and adopted the present title in 1804.” Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), writer and politician, translated the poem in 1844 as Ideal and Actual Life. Bulwer-Lytton began his novel Paul Clifford …

Phantastes Chapter 18: Hesperus, Jean Paul

German Romantic and Other Influences

Jean Paul—Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825)—was a German writer in the Romantic tradition, also known for his humorous writing. Hesperus (1795) includes two major ideas that MacDonald explores throughout Phantastes: the notion of dreams, and the importance of mirrors.

Die Familie Seldorf. Eine Geschichte, Therese Huber

Prose Fiction

Teilweiser Vorabdruck (anonym) unter dem Titel »Die Seldorfsche Familie« in: Flora, herausgegeben von Ludwig Ferdinand Huber, Tübingen (J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung) 1794–1795; Erstdruck (unter dem Namen von Ludwig Ferdinand Huber als Autor bzw. beim 2. Band als Herausgeber): Tübingen (J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung) 1795–1796.; Erster Theil; Zweiter Theil

Velleda, Ein Zauberroman. Voadicea Und Velleda, Benedikte Naubert

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.