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Letter From Benjamin Lincoln, Jr. To William Palfrey, 1768., Benjamin Lincoln Jr.

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

In this letter, Lincoln offers to deliver money to Palfrey, an associate of John Hancock, from a Mr. Barter, 1768.

Rb 004 Guide To Cora And Webb Mading Collection On Public Health, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

Rare Books Finding Aids

The Cora and Webb Mading Collection focuses on public health and contains over 1,500 books and pamphlets on urban sanitation in the United States and communicable diseases. Two important aspects of the collection are the large number of early twentieth century city and state health department reports and the nineteenth century pamphlets on specific contagious diseases. See more at RB 004.

45: Catechism "Composed And Written" By William Dunbar, 1760s, William Dunbar

William Dunbar Collection

Catechism "composed and written" by William Dunbar, 1760s

The Journal Of Major George Washington, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to carry a letter from the governor of Virginia to the French commander of the forts recently built on the headwaters of the Ohio River in northwestern Pennsylvania. The French had recently expanded their military operations from the Great Lakes into the Ohio country, and had spent the summer of 1753 building forts and roads along the Allegheny River, with the design of linking their trade routes and sphere of influence down the Ohio to the Mississippi. Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie believed them to be in …

A Pious Warning To All Wicked And Impenitent Sinners, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Set forth in the confession and plain conviction of Bezaleel Knowles, a young Quaker, about 17: Who, before the learned, righteous and honourable Judge Sir Michael Foster, was try'd at York, on Saturday, March 24 1753, found guilty, and sentenc'd to be executed [ill.] the 16th, between 8 and 12, for the horrid, barbarous and almost unparallell'd Murder of Mrs. Dorothy Gibson, late of Knaresborough, on the 25th of January last.

Quit-Rent Receipt For 401.5 Acres Of Land In South Carolina, 1750., George William Frederick, George Someby

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Receipt for quit-rent of 16 shillings paid by Thomas Lamboll for 401.5 acres in Berkeley and (historical) Craven County, South Carolina, 1750.

Letter From Robert Livingston To Messieurs Storke And Gainsborough Of London, Written March 19, 1734 From South Carolina., Robert Livingston

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Livingston requests that cargo of a sloop sailing from South Carolina to New York be insured.

(Deducing by the date of this item, the author/creator is neither of the father and son Robert Livingstons, the latter known as a founding father of the U.S.)

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, October 28, 1702, Alice Hodgson Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated October 28, 1702 (October 18, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. It concerns a boy for whom she is trying to find an apprenticeship or work. She asks Carpenter "not to neglect advising with Friends" because it is known that "brothers hath nothing to do with him."

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, October 28, 1702, Alice Hodgson Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated October 28, 1702 (October 18, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. It concerns a boy for whom she is trying to find an apprenticeship or work. She asks Carpenter "not to neglect advising with Friends" because it is known that "brothers hath nothing to do with him.

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, May 10, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, May 10, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, May 6, 1702, Alice Hodgson Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated May 6, 1702 (April 25, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. It concerns the death of a mutual acquaintance who died after experiencing a pain in his hand, dying suddenly. There is a brief note in another hand (Israel Pemberton's?) that possibly identifies the deceased as James Howard.

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, May 6, 1702, Alice Hodgson Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated May 6, 1702 (April 25, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. It concerns the death of a mutual acquaintance who died after experiencing a pain in his hand, dying suddenly. The letter also discusses the man's widow. There is a brief note in another hand (Israel Pemberton's?) that possibly identifies the deceased as James Howard.

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 20, 1702, Alice Hodgson Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 19, 1702 (April 9, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter.

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 20, 1702, Alice Hodgson Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated April 19, 1702 (April 9, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter expressing condolences for the death of what seems to be Samuel Carpenter's young child.

Alice Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 16, 1702, Alice Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 15, 1702 (April 5, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. Part of the letter concerns a financial plan to raise money for debts and legacies without having to lose either stock or servants.

Alice Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 16, 1702, Alice Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated April 15, 1702 (April 5, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. Part of the letter concerns a financial plan to raise money for debts and legacies without having to lose either stock or servants.

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, March 17, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated March 16, 1702 (March 6, 1701 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton.

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, March 17, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated March 17, 1702 (March 6, 1701 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. She asks his help in stopping a rumor about her.

Phineas Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, February 26, 1702, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated February 26, 1702 (February 15, 1701 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter.

Phineas Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, February 26, 1702, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated February 26, 1702 (February 15, 1701 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter discussing borrowed money and repayment.

Israel Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, January 2, 1702, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated January 2, 1702 (December 22, 1701 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his father, Phineas Pemberton.

Phineas Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, December 19, 1701, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 18, 1701 (December 8, 1701 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his son, Israel Pemberton. In the letter, Phineas tells Israel about the poor quality of an item they are looking to purchase. He instructs Israel not to pay more than 12 [shillings?] per bushel for [brine? lime?]. Phineas also mentions his poor health.

Phineas Pemberton, Israel Pemberton And Samuel Carpenter, November 26, 1701, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated November 26, 1701 (November 16, 1701 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his son, Israel Pemberton.

Constant Shield, Phineas Pemberton, April 23, 1701, Constant Shield

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 22, 1701 (April 12, 1701 Old Style) from Constant Shield to Phineas Pemberton. Containing accounts of money owed to Shield by James Harrison, Shield seeks repayment from Phineas, Harrison's executor.

William Rakestraw, Phineas Pemberton, April 4, 1701, William Rakestraw

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 4, 1701 (March 24, 1700 Old Style) from W. Rakestraw to Phineas Pemberton.

Samuel Jennings, Phineas Pemberton, March 2, 1701, Samuel Jennings

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated March 2, 1701 (February 19, 1700 Old Style) from Samuel Jennings to Phineas Pemberton. The original letter is not extant in the collection; the only record is a photocopied image of the letter.

Phineas Pemberton, Patrick Robinson, January 18, 1701, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letters between Patrick Robinson and Phineas Pemberton, the latter dated January [17], 1701 (January 7, 1700 Old Style).

Phineas Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, December 19, 1700, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 28, 1700 (December 18, 1700 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter.

Phineas Pemberton, Alice Hodgson Pemberton And Abigail Pemberton, November 24, 1700, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated November 23, 1700 (November 13,1700 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his wife, Alice Pemberton.