Judah P. Benjamin collection, undated, 1838-1942.

The collection consists of 25 letters written by Benjamin between 1838 and 1881 on a variety of subjects, four Confederate notes and two bonds bearing his picture, miscellaneous items about Benjamin (1893-1942), nine issues of the Congressional globe with speeches by Benjamin, as well as separate copies of his printed speeches, and a photostatic copy of the "Diary of Events" (400 pp.) kept by Benjamin, the original of which is in the Library of Congress (1862-1864).

John Innocent: A story of mission work in North China, by G.T. Candlin.

http://www.archive.org/details/johninnocent00canduoft

Memoir of George Edmund Street, R.A., 1824-1881 /

Includes lectures given before students of the Royal Academy in the spring of 1881.

George Douglas, Eighth Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T. (1823-1900) : autobiography and memoirs /

Reprint of 1st ed. originally published 1906.

John G. Whittier; a biographical sketch.

Mode of access: Internet.

George J. Pinwell and his works,

Half-title: A consideration of the life and works of George John Pinwell (1842-1875) together with lists of his exhibited and engraved works and a Catalogue of the sale of his works after his death. Illustrated by many reproductions of his pictures, drawings, studies and woodcuts.

Bibliotheca Spenceriana : or A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Spencer /

Includes index.

A catalogue of the library of the late John, duke of Roxburghe, arranged by G. and W. Nicol ... which will be sold by auction ... 18th May, 1812, and the forty-one following days, Sundays excepted ...

9,353 lots; sold for [alpha] 23,397.

Missionary life among the cannibals : being the life of the Rev. John Geddie, D.D., first missionary to the New Hebrides : with a history of the Nova Scotia Presbyterian mission on that group / by George Patterson.

http://www.archive.org/details/cannibalmission00pattuoft

Archaeological Testing at the John Brice II (Jennings-Brice) House, 18AP53, 195 Prince George Street, Annapolis, Maryland

In the fall of 1989, emergency excavation was undertaken in conjunction with restoration work at the John Brice II (Jennings-Brice) House, 18AP53. The exact date of construction for this brick home is problematic, and it was hoped that archaeological investigation could provide conclusive evidence to firmly establish the structure's date of construction. Excavation of one 5 X 5 ft. unit revealed the presence of 10 separate soil layers and four features of note, described in detail below. Unfortunately, no builders trench or similar feature by which we might date the house's construction was recovered. Future plans and possibilities for excavation at the property are outlined with the hopes of performing subsequent work at this rich site. We anticipate a focus on the arrangement and changes in use of the houselot, amassing evidence to support the presence of a vernacular garden on the property during the 18th century, as well as researching refuse disposal patterns, and clues to changing lifeways through the 18th century.

Preaching to Princes: John Burgess and George Hakewill in the Royal Pulpit

This article examines a previously unnoticed link between the Puritan John Burgess and the Calvinist conformist George Hakewill. In 1604 Burgess preached a court sermon so outspoken and critical of James I’s religious policy that he was imprisoned. Nearly twenty years later, however, Hakewill chose to incorporate extended passages from Burgess’s sermon into the series of sermons, King David’s vow (1621), preached to Prince Charles’s household. This article considers why Burgess’s sermon became so resonant for Hakewill in the early 1620s and also demonstrates how Hakewill deliberately sought to moderate Burgess’s strident polemic. In so doing the article provides important new evidence for the politically attuned sermon culture at Prince Charles’s court in the early 1620s and also suggests how, as the parameters for clerical conformity shifted in the latter years of James’s reign, Calvinist conformists found a new appeal in the works of moderate Puritans. I