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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.

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 …

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.)

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, …

Donovan Family Recipe Book, Donovan Family

Manuscripts

This book was started by Mary Ogle (sometimes called Marie) in 1713. She was the daughter of the Reverend Honourable Samuel Ogle, M.P. for Berswick and Commissioner of Revenue for Ireland who resided at Bowsden, North Cumberland and Stephen’s Green with his wife Elizabeth Pringle Dawson.

Mary married Captain John Broughton of Maidstone, Kent in 1720 and their daughter Mary was born in Jersey in 1724. She was an heiress and married Edward Donovan, Barrister at Law, of Ballymore, Co. Wexford and 24, Peter Street, Dublin in 1747. They had 21 children, sixteen lived and five died unbaptized. Perhaps, some …

Some Reasons For An European State, Proposed To The Powers Of Europe, By An Universal Guarantee, And An Annual Congress, Senate, Dyet, Or Parliament, To Settle Any Disputes About The Bounds And Rights Of Princes And States Hereafter..., John Bellers

Historical Quaker Books

Excerpt from the conclusion of Beller's argument for an European state: "The judicious sayings, of Henry the 4th of France, show him to be a Prince of great sense, and the Multitude of difficulties her surmounted, of great Courage, but no one thing bespeaks the excellency of his Mind, more than his great Desire, for the Uniting of Christendom.

His excluding the Muscovites, and the Ottomans out of it, I take as a Complement to the See of Rome.

For as nothing makes Nations, and People more Barbarous than War; so Peace must be the first step, to fit Mankind …

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).

A Two Years Journal In New-York: And Part Of Its Territories In America (1701), Charles Wolley A. M., Edward Gaylord Bourne, Paul Royster (Depositor)

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

This description of the city and inhabitants of New York and its environs was written by the Anglican chaplain who resided there in the years 1678–1680, who published it twenty years after his return to England. A large portion concerns the life and manners of the Native inhabitants, obtained both by direct observation and conversation, and by reports from the official government interpreter. The remainder concerns the habits and commerce of the largely Dutch inhabitants of the city. It is an anecdotal description, sprinkled with quotations from English and classical writers, but very homely in its accounts of such diverse …

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.