Senhores Thomaz S. Sorell, Consul Britanico no Porto, e Wm. Nugent Glascock.

Signed: W.M.

Sailors and saints : or matrimonial manœvres /

Purchased from Gilman, Crompond, N.Y.

Naval sketch-book : or, The service afloat and ashore, with characteristic reminiscences, fragments and opinions /

Mode of access: Internet.

Recommendation of William Croswell, 1787 November

This folder contains two handwritten documents recommending Croswell as an instructor of literature, languages, and mathematics.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1787 September 2

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-page brief handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley mentioning the receipt of certain items and Winthrop's presentation of a geometric solution at an Academy meeting.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1787 November 10

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing the Federal Constitution and the balance of power between the states and federal government. The second leaf is torn.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1787 December 26

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly discussing Winthrop's progress on geometric problems.

William Fitzhugh Gordon, a Virginian of the old school: his life, times and contemporaries (1787-1858)

Bibliography: p. [395]-398.

The poetical works of William Alexander; including his Christiad, dramas, and minor poems, with Dissertations on poetry, and a sketch of his life.

Mode of access: Internet.

The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq.

Does not include his translations of Homer.

Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany, A.D. 1752.

Includes 2 letters by Robert Dinwiddie (p. [69]-81)

Dr. Blair's Lectures on rhetoric. Abridged.

Mode of access: Internet.

Knox-Wise Family Papers - Accession 591

The Knox-Wise Family Papers includes a land grant issued to John Knox in 1768; diaries written by Dr. John Knox [1792-1859] covering the 1840s and 1850s; James N. Knox [1806-1880] covering 1859-1880; and William D. Knox [1847-1928] covering 1869-1928; indentures, deeds, receipts, court summonses and other papers of Hugh Knox [1757-1821], sheriff and justice of the peace in Chester County, South Carolina (ca. 1780s and 1790s); correspondence of James N. Knox, correspondence, and other professional papers of Dr. John Knox; correspondence, and other papers of William D. Knox, Superintendent of Education in Chester County from 1896-1928. Papers of various other members of the Knox and Wise families including Hugh Boyd Knox [1814-1886], Robert Knox [1796-1879], Sally Knox Wallace [1803-1901], Alexander Walker Wise, and Emmie R. Knox [1885-1969]; family histories of the Knox, Wise, Dunlap, Gaston, and Wilks families; church histories, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included are three published volumes of the United Confederate Veterans Minutes of the 21st (1911) and 25th (1915) Annual Meeting and Reunion; and the minutes of the annual reunion of the South Carolina Division of the United Confederate Veterans (1921-1927).

The history of Wisconsin. In three parts, historical, documentary, and descriptive. Comp. by direction of the Legislature of the state.

No more published.

Kurze Sonntagspredigten, nebst einer Lebensgeschichte des Heiligen und dessen Brief "uber die Art und Weise mit Erfolg zu predigen".

Mode of access: Internet.