981 resultados para Oliver, Andrew--1706-1774
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Reproduction of original in: Library of the Public Archives of Canada.
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In this letter, Mauduit informs Oliver that he is preparing to ship several cases of books to Harvard, and that they will contain books from the estate of Dr. Avery and from Mauduit himself. He enclosed lists of the books being shipped, and those lists (along with a bill of lading) are in the following folders.
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Two-page letter to an unknown recipient discussing the effects of the Revolutionary War on Boston ("at present it's situation is melancholy"). The letter acknowledges the work of the Continental Congress and that its decisions "will be Law to America," and thanks the "munificence of our Friends in the Southern Colonies." In local news, Eliot mentions that Dr. Samuel Langdon will likely be appointed Harvard's next President, and notes the death of Thomas Hollis, a Harvard benefactor.
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This essay aims to demonstrate how Dickens’s search for ‘truth’ (and his understanding of what that abstraction consists of) entered into and emerged from one of the key philosophical discussions of the early nineteenth century: namely whether moral knowledge is the sum of one’s experiences or whether there are such things as a priori or ‘natural’ principles of ethics that transcend human practice.
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Handwritten certificate of payment for a new red and plaid gown purchased by Harvard sophomore Oliver Prescott in 1747. The certificate is witnessed by upperclassmen Artemas Ward, Jacob Cushing, and Timothy Pond.
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Handwritten bill from William Manning to Andrew Bordman for shoes for Bordman and Cato purchased between December 1, 1773 and July 26, 1773. Payment acknowledged by William Manning on verso.
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Handwritten bill from William Collson to Andrew Bordman for carpentry work between October 5, 1774 and 1778. Payment acknowledged by William Collson on verso.
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"With introductions from Thackeray's English humorists'."
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Bibliography, by John P. Anderson: xxiii p.
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Added t.-p. engr., with vignette.
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Imprint varies in v. 3-4: London, Printed for J. Johnson, G. and J. Robinson, W. J. and J. Richardson ... [et al] by Nichols and son.