Account book of David Townsend, 1774-1791

Account book kept by Dr. David Townsend (1753-1829) that records patients treated, illnesses, and fees charged in Boston, Massachusetts, and neighboring towns from 1774 to 1791. His patients included a number of soldiers and sailors, as well as figures like the French-American writer John Hector St. John (1735-1813). Townsend's treatments typically consisted of delivering cathartics or emetics. For the family of Samuel Appleton, Townsend administered smallpox inoculation in 1776, charging him 4 pounds, 4 shillings. Townsend sometimes recorded the occupation or race of the patient. For example, he attended the delivery of a child of Sappho Henshaw, "black girl," in 1786; in 1787 he attended to an unnamed "black man at [who lived at the] corner of Board Alley" in the North End of Boston. Other patients included John Hancock (1736-1793) and members of Hancock's household, as well as Federalist publisher John Fenno (1751-1798).

Sedimentology of cores from the shelf of Lazarev Sea, East Antarctica

Distinct facies types, classified in radiocarbon-dated sediments from the shelf of the Lazarev Sea, East Antarctica, reveal a detailed history of processes that have controlled sedimentation during the deglaciation over the last 10,000 yr. The ice retreat on this part of the Antarctic shelf started 9500 yr BP, marked by the deposition of laminated sediments, deposited from a floating ice shelf. These laminites, which occur on top of diamictons laid down from a grounded ice sheet, are the basal sediments of the postglacial sequence. The intensity of the Antarctic Coastal Current (ACC), directed by shelf morphology, controlled sedimentation of the postglacial facies. A residual glaciomarine sediment with the fine fraction winnowed by strong currents developed from 9000-8000 yr BP in the western part of the investigation area and from 9000-5000 yr BP in the eastern part, closer to the prominent 'Fenno Deep' trough. Current velocities apparently decreased between 8000 and 2000 yr BP due to a deflection of the ACC by advancing ice tongues to the east of the investigation area during the 'Hypsithermal'. This led to a deposition of fine-grained sediments, and clay mineralogy suggests a continental source, possibly near the grounding line of the Nivl Ice Shelf, rather than a winnowing of sediments near the shelf break or advection from deeper water. Current velocities intensified after 2000 yr BP, removed fine material from these sediments and led to a relict sediment, consisting of coarse bryozoan and molluscan debris.

Greyslaer; a romance of the Mohawk.

Mode of access: Internet.

Balthazar the Magus,

Appendice: Forms generated by vibrations (xvi p.)

A bit of a fool,

Mode of access: Internet.

A change of air /

Mode of access: Internet.

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America.

Imprint varies: Washington : Davis, <1816->

The Hoggarty diamonds, etc. /

Originally published under title: The history of Samuel Titmarsh and the great Hoggarty diamond.

The echo, or, Borrowed notes for home circulation.

Imprint on cover: New York: Burgess & Stringer; Philadelphia, George B. Zieber & Co.

Satanstoe.

Mode of access: Internet.

Dragon's teeth,

Mode of access: Internet.

A winter in the West.

Mode of access: Internet.

The history and antiquities of Colchester, in the county of Essex. Containing a general account of the place ...

"This work is chiefly collected from the late celebrated Mr. Morant."--Pref.

The court of Pilate; a story of Jerusalem in the days of Christ,

Mode of access: Internet.

Uncle Wiggily Longears, complete in two parts. Fifty-two stories, one for each week of the year ...

Contains poetry.