Jane Mecom, the favorite sister of Benjamin Franklin: her life here first fully narrated from their entire surviving correspondence.

Mode of access: Internet.

Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of Virginia and Kentucky especially, and later of many other states of this Union.

Lewis family.--Phillips family.--Moss family.--Van Meter family.--Cunningham family.--Harness family.--[J. H. McNeill and his company of rangers]

Myer S. Isaacs collection undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Contains correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the centennial birthday celebration of and memorial services for Sir Moses Montefiore; correspondence consists primarily of replies to a circular advocating the holding of memorial services issued by the Board of Delegates on Civil and Religious Rights from congregations in Buffalo, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Detroit. Contains also correspondence relating to the activities of the Alliance Israelite Universelle on behalf of Palestine and the Jews in the Balkan States and Morocco and to the establishment of United States committees for the Alliance and the raising of funds, including correspondence with H. Pereira Mendes, Henry S. Jacobs, John Hay, and Adolphe Cremieux as well as letters from Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Galveston, Minneapolis, Mobile, Rochester, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Also contains extensive correspondence concerning anti-semitism in Russia, aid to Jewish immigrants, and Jewish agricultural colonies in the United States, with letters from James G. Blaine, Manuel Augustus Kursheedt, Sabato Morais, Charles Nathan, Hirsch Leib Sabsovich, (Isaac N.?) Seligman and Judah Wechsler, among others. Also contains newspaper clippings and other items relating to Jewish life during the late 19th century and articles and memorabilia about various members of the Isaacs family.

College Book 7, 1750-1778

This volume contains a fair copy of minutes from Corporation meetings held from Sept. 17, 1750 through April 23, 1778. It begins with an alphabetical index and contains entries related to a wide range of topics, including the challenges of operating the Charlestown ferry (due to the river freezing, fear of smallpox, and other issues); increases in "pecuniary mulcts" (fines) for breaches of specific College laws; the establishment of the Dudleian lecture; the selection and financial support of missionaries to various Indian tribes; honorary degrees awarded to Benjamin Franklin and George Washington; gifts to the library as it was rebuilt in the wake of the fire of 1764 (many entries provide the title and author of books donated); the management of land and property belonging to Harvard; Treasurers' reports and other financial accounts; changes in the College laws; gifts to the College, ranging from two Egyptian mummies to a solar microscope; the construction of the First Parish Meeting House in Cambridge and the use of adjacent College property by parishoners; rules of endowed professorships; salaries and appointments; closures due to the threat of smallpox; rules governing Commons and the College Library; reports of various Visiting Committees; class schedules, according to subject; student disorders; the establishment of a designated museum space to display "Curiosities"; the effects of the Revolutionary War on Harvard, including repeated requests to the General Court after the war for compensation for damage to College buildings; the cost of various foods and changes in what was served at Commons; and the danger of the chapel's roof, built of too-heavy slate, falling in. Also of interest are minutes from a May 5, 1761 meeting, which note that the General Court voted to pay for Hollis Professor John Winthrop to travel to Newfoundland to observe the transit of Venus "over the Suns disc."

The life of Benjamin F. Wade,

Mode of access: Internet.

The speeches of Mr. Jacob Barker and his counsel, on the trials for conspiracy, with documents relating thereto.

At foot of p. 324: (To be continued)

Biographie des condamnés pour délits politiques, depuis la restauration des Bourbons en France jusqu'en 1827.

Mode of access: Internet.

The lives and opinions of Benj'n Franklin Butler : United States District Attorney for the southern district of New York, and Jesse Hoyt, counsellor at law, formerly Collector of Customs for the port of New York : with anecdotes or biographical sketches of Stephen Allen, George P. Barker ... /

Includes index.

The lives and opinions of Benj'n Franklin Butler, United States district attorney for the southern district of New York; and Jesse Hoyt, counsellor at law, formerly collector of customs for the port of New York; with anecdotes or biographical sketches of Stephen Allen; George P. Barker [etc] ...

Another edition, practically identical, was issued the same year with the author's name corrected.

Sermons of the late Rev. Benjamin F. Stanton.

Mode of access: Internet.

Board of Delegates of American Israelites records 1859-1881, 1887, 1932

Contains printed copies of the 1860 constitution and by-laws, copies of proceedings and annual reports, 1859-1877, of the Board of Delegates; report on Jews in Roumania, an 1874 annual report of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, manuscript minute books and minutes of meetings, 1859-1876, resolutions, executive, financial, ritual slaughtering and other special committee reports, newspaper clippings and correspondence with synagogues and organizations in the U.S. who constitute the membership of the Board of Delegates, with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations with whom they later merged, the Union's Board of Delegates of Civil and Religious Rights, and with individuals and organizations in foreign countries including the Alliance Israelite Universelle, the Anglo-Jewish Association, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Committee for the Roumanian Jews (Berlin), the Koenigsberg Committee, and the London Roumanian Committee.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 319]

Reunião da Mesa da Constituinte discute como será a votação do substitutivo da Sistematização no Plenário geral. Já existem propostas do Centrão e da Mesa. De acordo com o Senador Mauro Benevides (PMDB-CE), presidente em exercício da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC), a Mesa se encaminhará para a apresentação de outro substitutivo. Sessão solene conclui os trabalhos da Comissão de Sistematização dando por encerrada a votação do substitutivo, este encaminhado à Mesa da ANC. O Deputado Bernardo Cabral (PMDB-AM), faz considerações sobre os trabalhos da Comissão de Sistematização. O Senador Affonso Arinos (PFL-RJ) repete a frase de Benjamin Franklin: "Por haver vivido muito, fui levado a mudar de opinião várias vezes em assuntos importantes, assim aceito este projeto" e conclui declarando aceitar o projeto. O Deputado Amaury Muller (PDT-RS) afirma que embora os Constituintes façam um balanço positivo dos assuntos que foram tratados na Sistematização, reconhecendo seu trabalho, mantém-se a fé e a esperança de que os Constituintes no Plenário possam traduzir com fidelidade os compromissos que assumiram com a sociedade brasileira durante a campanha eleitoral. O Senador Mario Covas (PMDB-SP), a Deputada Sandra Martins Cavalcanti (PFL-RJ) e o Deputado Arnaldo Faria de Sá (PTB-SP) consideram que no Plenário alguns dos pontos do substitutivo serão reformados, enriquecendo o texto. O Deputado Carlos Sant'anna (PMDB-BA) ressalta a necessidade de alterações em questões formais como a língua, a estrutura e a harmonia do texto. O Deputado Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT-SP) espera que o projeto tenha melhorias no Plenário, pois a sociedade brasileira está na expectativa de que esta Constituição possa retratar sua luta nos últimos anos. O Senador Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PMDB-SP) crê que o resultado dos trabalhos será uma Constituição democrática e moderna.

Joseph Priestley: the man who drew time

The Joseph Priestley House Museum at Northumberland, Pennsylvania became interested in Priestley's pioneering timelines as a complement to his better known work in chemistry, electricity, biblical scholarship and political radicalism. Boyd Davis wrote this short article for the newsletter published by the Friends of the museum. The article concentrates on the connections between Priestley, his French contemporary Barbeu-Dubourg and Benjamin Franklin at the time of the struggle for American Independence, and Priestley's two key chronographic innovations: the use of drawn or printed lines to represent the duration of lives, and the associated use of dots to show when the dates of such lives are in doubt or dispute. Keywords: timeline, chronographics

Changing Education Paradigms - Sir Ken Robinson

This animation was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. For more information on Sir Ken's work visit: http://www.sirkenrobinson.com