Letter from Fisher Ames to Deborah Ames Shuttleworth, 1805 August 27

One folded sheet containing a two-page letter from Fisher Ames in Dedham, Mass. to his sister "Debby" in Windsor, Vermont. Ames provides updates on the health of his children and individuals in the community, and discusses the summer heat, including mention of the likelihood of dysentery, and his attendance at "Mr. Montagu's Church," referring to the Dedham Episcopal Church presided over by Reverend William Montague.

William Blair Townsend letter and receipt books, 1743-1805, bulk 1744-1777

The collection consists of two volumes, which date from 1743 to 1805, spanning his whole career as a merchant. Volume one is a letter book containing Townsend's business correspondence from November 23, 1743 to December 12, 1774. Most of the letters were written to American (many in North Carolina) and British (predominately in London) merchants. His earliest letters document his efforts to establish himself as a trader. Over time his letters turn to illustrate the common problems faced by many merchants: damaged goods, overpriced goods, embargos, and high freight costs. Particularly enlightening are his comments on the challenges of doing business throughout the French and Indian War and the years leading up to the American Revolution. He most frequently corresponded with London merchants Champion & Hayley, Lane & Booth, Lane Son & Fraser, Harrison & Ansley, and Leeds merchant Samuel Elam. In addition he frequently corresponded with Eliakim Palmer, colonial agent and merchant in London, as well as Dr. Walley Chauncy of North Carolina. He dealt in a wide variety of goods including molasses, rum, tar, medicines, pitch, saddles, tallow, hides, skins, pickled beef and pork, and wine. The letters also document Townsend's involvement in the slave trade through his occasional purchases of slaves.

Sharḥ Kitāb al-Durr al-aʻlá : manuscript, 1805

Written in one column, 21 lines per page, in black and red ink.

Hādhihi risālat al-ʻIqd al-thamīn fī sharḥ al-ḥadīth al-musalsal bi-al-Dimashqīyīn / taʼlīf al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻĀlim al-ʻĀmil al-Shaykh Ismāʻīl al-ʻAjlūnī : manuscript, [1749 or 1750]

Ownership statements on f. 1r signed ʻAlī al-ʻImādī, 1175 AH [1761 or 62 AD]; Ḥāmid al-Bakrī, 1192 AH [1178-9 AD]; Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd ibn Amīn al-Munayyir (or: al-Munīr), Jumādá al-Thānī 1243 [1827-8]. On fly leaf [1]: Muḥammad Saʻīd ... al-Ḥusaynī al-Dimashqī, Rabīʻ al-Awwal [1]282 [1865]; Muḥammad Abū al-... al-Ḥusaynī al-..., 17 Jumādá al-ūlá 1317 [1899];.

Risālah fī al-farāʼiḍ : manuscript, 1761 or 2

Title supplied by cataloger.

La conquista de Chile y su cantor Ercilla; poema heroico en tres partes y nueve cantos ...

At head of title: Blanca Vanini Silva (Chilena).

El donado hablador : vida y aventuras de Alonso, mozo de muchos amos.

Mode of access: Internet.

Description nouvelle de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, et de sa fameuse tour; contenant ce qui s'y est passé depuis sa construction, avec tout ce qu'il y a de remarquable en dedans & en dehors de cet edifice. Avec figures en tailledouce.

Includes index.

Historia antigua y moderna de Jalapa y de las revoluciones del Estado de Veracruz.

t. 1. Hasta 1805 -- t. 2. 1806-1814 -- t. 4. 1821-1825 -- t.5. 1826-1829 -- t. 6. 1830-1833 -- t. 7. 1834-1838 -- t. 10. 1847-1848 -- t. 11. 1848-1851 -- t. 12. 1852-1853 -- t. 14. 1857-1858 -- t. 15. 1859-1860.

Noticias históricas y descriptivas sobre el gran país del Chaco y río Bermejo; con observaciones relativas á un plan de navegación y colonización que se propone.

"Memoria sobre los ríos navegables que fluyen al Marañon, procedentes de las cordilleras del Perú y Bolivia. Por el Señor D. Tadeo Haënke": p. 393-415.

Ramón J. Cárcano: historiador y estadista.

Mode of access: Internet.

Don Mariano Ospina y su epoca.

Vol.2 has imprint: Medellin, Imp. de "Gaceta antioqeña [!]" 1915.

La doctrina de los siglos (evangelio moderno) base de organización natural y racional de los pueblos: obra dedicado a todo hombre oue lo sea ...

p. [107]-[109] advertising matter.