Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Katherine Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, January 18, 1811

Willard explains that he had intended to visit but cannot leave home because he has taken on another young man as a boarder, claims that his wife would write to her but does not have time because she is too occupied by domestic matters, and discusses other family visits.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Katherine Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, March 4, 1811

Willard informs his mother that his wife was “safely delivered of another daughter” and the “infant which weighs seven pounds, appears be strong + healthy.” His postscript explains that although he has been within a three-hour riding distance of his brother Solomon for two months, he has yet to see him.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Cephas Willard, August 4, 1813

Willard explains that his mother’s health has been well since she has been staying with the family in Deerfield, and discusses the weather and harvesting of grain and corn.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Susanna Willard, Belchertown, Massachusetts, November 10, 1813

Willard discusses an issue regarding ordination procedures with the council at Greenfield: “I did not think it my duty to quit the ground, but defended my rights & told them with the utmost plainness, tho’ without anger, what I tho’t of their measures.”

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Catherine Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, March 7, 1814

Willard mentions that there is a sickness going around town and that three people have died as a result, with others feeling “dangerous sick.” He also discusses “Dr. [Joseph] Lyman’s pamphlet” and ongoing issues with the council at Greenfield. Included in the letter is a message from Samuel’s wife, Susan Willard, to Catherine, in which she provides pleasantries and mentions the family’s good health in spite of the town’s sicknesses.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Catherine Willard, Belchertown, Massachusetts, July 19, 1814

Willard asks his sister to come visit in Deerfield to “spend a number of weeks.”

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Susan Holland [nee Willard], Belchertown, Massachusetts, August 20, 1815

Willard says that everyone is in good health and asks his sister to write to him.

Letter from Fisher Ames to Samuel Shuttleworth, 1792 July 21

Two folio-sized pages containing a three-page handwritten letter from Fisher Ames in Springfield, Mass. to his brother-in-law, Samuel Shuttleworth. The letter discusses Ames's marriage to Frances Worthington on July 15, 1792. The letter is torn.

Letter from John Ames to Samuel Shuttleworth (fragment), 1822 July 22

Fragments of a one-page handwritten letter from John Ames (1793-1833) in Dedham to his uncle, Samuel Shuttleworth in Windsor, Vermont. The fragments contain some incomplete lines of text, including a note of the church attendance of "Aunt Ames."

A importância da liberdade na correspomdência entre Gottfried Leibniz e Samuel Clarke, 1717/1716: análise temática da totalidade da polémica

A presente disserta��ão tem como objetivo analisar tematicamente a polémica de 1715/16 entre Leibniz e Clarke, não apenas, como é usual, no âmbito das conceções do espa��o e do tempo, mas no conjunto dos seus temas metafísicos, teológicos, gnosiológicos e físicos. Na estrutura��ão da disserta��ão, adquiriu um papel central o confronto dos autores em torno da noção de liberdade, cuja importância é evidente na utiliza��ão do princípio da razão suficiente e seus corolários, na distinção entre verdades de razão e verdades de facto, entre os diversos tipos de necessidade, nas conceções alternativas de espa��o e de tempo, na alternativa entre átomos e mónadas, na questão dos limites do universo, na rela��ão entre a alma e o corpo, nas teses relativas à providência divina, na forma como se concebe a rela��ão de Deus com a sua máquina, na noção de milagre e nas próprias noções de força e de movimento, pelo menos no que respeita à sua rela��ão com Deus, isto sem desprezar a abordagem direta da própria noção de liberdade. Com este enquadramento, pretende-se mostrar, através de um eloquente exemplo histórico, que as teorias científicas naturais se podem alicerçar em teorias metafísicas e que esses alicerces não têm que se esgotar, mesmo no seio da metafísica, nas questões estritamente cosmológicas, isto para lá de poderem existir influências nunca menosprezáveis de domínios não filosóficos, como é o caso da teologia dogmática. Apesar disto ser evidente na abordagem dos textos, existe uma sistemática menoriza��ão contemporânea desta determina��ão, como se fosse uma idiossincrasia da época ou uma deferência que a ciência tinha de ter numa época ainda obscurecida pela autoridade das igrejas e pela especula��ão filosófica. Esta abordagem pretende compreender todos os aspetos do pensamento expresso pelos autores na polémica, na sua integralidade, sem reservas de qualquer tipo.

Obras satíricas y festivas de D. Francisco de Quevedo Villegas.

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