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4: 1777 April 2: Anne Dunbar (Elgin) To William Dunbar (Richmond Settlement On The Mississippi), Anne Dunbar Jan 1777

4: 1777 April 2: Anne Dunbar (Elgin) To William Dunbar (Richmond Settlement On The Mississippi), Anne Dunbar

William Dunbar Collection

1777 April 2: Anne Dunbar (Elgin) to William Dunbar (Richmond Settlement on the Mississippi)


Note Granting Lieut. Samuel Dogget Leave For A Month. Signed By Horatio Gates, Ticonderoga, New York, 1776., Horatio Gates, Continental Army Sep 1776

Note Granting Lieut. Samuel Dogget Leave For A Month. Signed By Horatio Gates, Ticonderoga, New York, 1776., Horatio Gates, Continental Army

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Lieutenant Doggett is granted one month's leave in September of 1776. At the time this note was written Gates was headquartered at Ticonderoga, New York.


Order To Pay Soldiers, Signed By Oliver Ellsworth, January 1776., Oliver Ellsworth Jan 1776

Order To Pay Soldiers, Signed By Oliver Ellsworth, January 1776., Oliver Ellsworth

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Oliver Ellsworth instructs addressee to pay soldiers returning to camp, January 1776.


3: 1776 July 24: Anne Dunbar (Elgin) To William Dunbar (Richmond Settlement On The Mississippi), Anne Dunbar Jan 1776

3: 1776 July 24: Anne Dunbar (Elgin) To William Dunbar (Richmond Settlement On The Mississippi), Anne Dunbar

William Dunbar Collection

1776 July 24: Anne Dunbar (Elgin) to William Dunbar (Richmond Settlement on the Mississippi).


2: 1775 November 19: Margaret Dunbar (Elgin) To William Dunbar, "My Dear Brother" ("Planter In Richmond Settlement On The Mississippi"), Margaret Dunbar (Elgin) Jan 1775

2: 1775 November 19: Margaret Dunbar (Elgin) To William Dunbar, "My Dear Brother" ("Planter In Richmond Settlement On The Mississippi"), Margaret Dunbar (Elgin)

William Dunbar Collection

Correspondence in 1775 November 19, from Margaret Dunbar (Elgin) to William Dunbar, concerning the death of their sister, Nelly.


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

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 Dec 1766

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 Jan 1760

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

William Dunbar Collection

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


De Bestiis Marinis, Or, The Beasts Of The Sea (1751), Georg Wilhelm Steller, Walter Miller (Translator), Jennie Emerson Miller (Translator), Paul Royster (Transcriber And Editor) Dec 1750

De Bestiis Marinis, Or, The Beasts Of The Sea (1751), Georg Wilhelm Steller, Walter Miller (Translator), Jennie Emerson Miller (Translator), Paul Royster (Transcriber And Editor)

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Steller’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or “sea bear” (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris).

Steller’s sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing …


The Constitutions Of The Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition., James Anderson A.M., Benjamin Franklin, Paul Royster (Editor & Depositor) Dec 1733

The Constitutions Of The Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition., James Anderson A.M., Benjamin Franklin, Paul Royster (Editor & Depositor)

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

This is an online electronic edition of the the first Masonic book printed in America, which was produced in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1734, and was a reprint of a work by James Anderson (who is identified as the author in an appendix) printed in London in 1723. This is the seminal work of American Masonry, edited and published by one of the founding fathers, and of great importance to the development of colonial society and the formation of the Republic. The work contains a 40-page history of Masonry: from Adam to the reign of King George I, including, …


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

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 Oct 1702

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 May 1702

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 May 1702

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 May 1702

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 May 1702

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 Apr 1702

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 Apr 1702

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 Apr 1702

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 Apr 1702

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 Mar 1702

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 Mar 1702

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 Feb 1702

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 Feb 1702

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 Jan 1702

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 Dec 1701

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 Nov 1701

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 Apr 1701

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 Apr 1701

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 Mar 1701

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.