In Senate of the United States: February 27, 1816.--

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Hugh Alexander Papers, 1811-1816 [photocopy]

Hugh Alexander, b. 1780 arrived in Niagara shortly after his birth. He attended school and later apprenticed as a clerk. In 1797 he was granted 200 acres of land in Bertie township and became a merchant and trader in Fort Erie. He was the owner of a sailing vessel, the Chippawa, which he used to transport goods in the area. The ship was lost and/or confiscated as a result of War of 1812 skirmishes on Lake Erie. By 1812 Hugh Alexander was in business together with his brother Ephraim. The Alexander’s storehouse, store and house were burned by the British military when they abandoned Fort Erie ahead of the invading American military in late May 1813. At the time of the burning, Hugh Alexander was engaged as a Lieutenant with the 3rd Lincoln Militia. Prior to this Hugh Alexander had established a second mercantile in Stamford, opposite the green. Misfortune was to strike at this location as well when the British military abandoned the whole of the Niagara area to the invading American forces and the Stamford location was looted. After the end of the hostilities Alexander went on to rebuild his storehouse in Fort Erie and to re-establish his store in Stamford. Hugh Alexander died on November 2, 1817 and is buried in the Stamford Presbyterian Cemetery. Source: George A. Seibel, The Niagara Portage Road: 200 Years 1790-1990. Niagara Falls: City of Niagara Falls, 1990, p. 259-262.

Daniel Shannon fonds, 1816-1822

Lt. Daniel Shannon fl. 1777-1822, was the only son of Susan Drake, granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Drake, eldest brother of Sir Francis Drake, and Captain Daniel Shannon of the Royal Navy. He married Elizabeth Garvey, daughter of Alexander Garvey and Catharine Borden of New Jersey. Lt. Shannon was a Regular in the British Army and on February 12, 1777 he joined the Royal Standard, 5th New Jersey Volunteers. After being arrested and sentenced to hang for spying he was pardoned through the efforts of his mother Susan Drake Shannon who pleaded his case with the Governor. He served under General Cornwallis at the surrender in Virginia in 1781. In 1783 he moved to New Brunswick, Canada where he was reduced to a half-pay ensign in the 2nd Regiment of the Lincoln Militia. He was granted 500 acres of land on the St. Johns River, and on April 1, 1786 his daughter Catharine was born there. The family returned to the United States, residing in Pennsylvania, for a short time. In 1800 Lt. Shannon, with his mother and family, returned to Canada and settled in Stamford Township where he bought 200 acres of land on the Niagara River near the whirlpool. He later served in the Secret Service during the War of 1812 and was stationed at a lookout point on the Niagara River below the falls. In 1806 Shannon’s daughter, Catharine, married Thomas Lundy, fourth son of William Lundy of Stamford Township.

Wiliam Van Every's Account with Grant Kerby - 1815-1816

Account ledger for Mr. William Van Every by Grant Kerby 1815-1816

Promissory Note, February 2, 1816 - William and Abraham Nelles and Nathanial Pettit Estate

A promise by Abraham and William Nelles to pay 36 pounds with interest, New York Currency, to John Pettit and Jonathan Woolverton, executors of the late Nathanial Pettit estate, seven years after the date. Witness Will Crooks.

In Senate of the United States: February 27, 1816

Caption title: [U.S. 14th Congress, 1st session. Senate Doc. 55].

A View of the Fort and Harbour of Oswego from Lake Ontario, from the American Magazine March 1816

An image within the American Magazine, March 1816 Vol. I, No. 10. Page 369. A View of the Fort and Harbour of Oswego from Lake Ontario. Below the image it reads: "T. H. Wentworth del." Below the title it reads: "Representing the Attack by the British on the 6th of May 1814" Conducted by Horatio Gates Spafford, A.M. F.A.A.

Royal Navy Ship Collection, 1784-1816

Includes 41 copies of plans of Royal Navy ships, ranging in date from 1784 to 1816. Some of the ships included are the Bonne Citoyenne, Niagara, Epervier, Comet, Contest, Ferret, Childers, Anacreon, Florida, Hind, Hermes, Psyche, Princess Charlotte, Contest, Prince Regent, Caroline, Thetis, Statira, Forte, Pelican, Crescent, Euryalus, Chesapeake, Acasta, Banterer, Leda, Endymion, Amphion, President, Tonnant, Ramillies, Boyne, and St. Lawrence. Many of these ships were used by the British during the War of 1812. The original plans are at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. Also included is a copy of a handwritten chart with the number and size of the British and United States Squadrons on Lake Ontario, March 1814 (during the War of 1812). This includes the number and caliber of long guns and carronades, as well as the weight of metal, for different ships. British ships include the Prince Regent, Princess Charlotte, Wolfe, Royal George, Melville, Moira, Sir Sidney Smith, and Beresford. American ships include the [General] Pike, Madison, Oneida, Sylph, Gen’l Tompkins[?], Conquest, Fair American, Ontario, Pert, Asp, and Lady of the Lake. Also included is a copy of a map titled “Track of the Action”, tracking the movements of the HMS Java and the USS Constitution, dated December 29, 1812, and a copy of a map of Lake Champlain and Plattsburgh Bay showing the position of a vessel(s), undated.

Letter from Thomas Tudor Tucker, treasurer of the United States: transmitting his accounts for 1816, February 25, 1817

Bound with: Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting statements of the importations of goods, wares and merchandise... (60 p.).

The Spectator May 1816

The Spectator: printed and published for the proprietors at the Village of St. Davids, Upper Canada. The front page of this paper contains an article about the dissolution of the copartnership of the firm of Street and Woodruff, May 1816.

Sermón que en la festividad con que celebró la cofradía de nuestra señora Santa María de Guadalupe de la ciudad de Querétaro, la aparición prodigiosa de su santisima patrona el día 14 de diciembre de 1816

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El conde del venadito : (memorias de un criollo), 1816-1820

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La biblioteca de la Universidad de Oviedo (1765-1934)

Analizar qu?? ocurri?? en la Espa??a del S. XVIII en el campo de las bibliotecas para que ??stas alcanzasen un notable grado de desarrollo y para que algunas de las mejores cabezas del pa??s se ocupasen de un asunto tan trascendental. Reflexionar sobre las ideas que expresaron a este respecto dos grandes figuras del setecientos: el padre Sarmiento y Campomanes, sin olvidarse del gran acontecimiento que supuso la creaci??n de la Biblioteca Real. Historia de la biblioteca de la Universidad de Oviedo, desde su fundaci??n en 1765 hasta su destrucci??n en 1934. Se analiza el desarrollo hist??rico del establecimiento bibliotecario ovetense, el contenido del fondo bibliogr??fico del mismo, la organizaci??n de las colecciones, la normativa de acceso a la biblioteca, el uso que hac??an los lectores de los libros y revistas en ella conservados, as?? como la vida econ??mica de la misma y los espacios que ocupaba en el edificio universitario. Fuentes manuscritas, fuentes impresas y bibliograf??a. La biblioteca de la Universidad de Oviedo naci?? en la segunda mitad del S. XVIII como una obra p??a, eregida con el dinero legado por el brigadier Sol??s, gracias al entusiasmo de Campomanes. Era gobernada por un patronato del cual el rector era solamente uno de sus miembros. A finales del S. XVIII se hab??a convertido en uno de los centros bibliogr??ficos m??s destacados de Espa??a. Esta etapa se ve interrumpida por la invasi??n francesa de 1808, tras la cual se inicia una etapa de acusada decadencia. A partir de 1926 pasa a depender del Ministerio de Fomento. Los profesores y alumnos de la Universidad, pero tambi??n los de la Escuela de Magisterio y los del Instituto de Segunda Ense??anza, eran los principales usuarios de la biblioteca. Consultaban mayoritariamente libros de texto y otros de apoyo a la ense??anza en las salas de la biblioteca, pues ni a??n cuando el reglamento de 1901 autoriz?? el pr??stamo de libros, este sistema de lectura lleg?? a ser implantado en Oviedo. La consulta frecuente de libros de texto, de otras obras m??s especializadas y de revistas cient??ficas, era la nota m??s destacada de la biblioteca de la Facultad de Derecho. Los lectores no universitarios no frecuentaban mucho la biblioteca.. Se puede afirmar que desde 1770 hasta 1808 y desde el ??ltimo cuarto del siglo XIX hasta 1934, los libros y revistas de la biblioteca de la Universidad de Oviedo, de la biblioteca especial de la Facultad de Derecho y el fondo bibliogr??fico de la Facultad de Ciencias, fueron, como instrumento a favor de la ense??anza y la investigaci??n, un elemento de capital importancia al servicio de la comunidad universitaria ovetense.

Dos vidas, una revolución : Epistolario de José Gregorio y Agustín Gutiérrez Moreno (1808-1816)

Las cartas que se cruzaron los hermanos José Gregorio y Agustín Gutiérrez Moreno, recopiladas en este libro, se enmarcan con notable precisión en el ciclo recorrido por la revolución neogranadina. En primer lugar, porque comienzan con la recepción de la infausta e incierta noticia del apresamiento de la familia real española en 1808, y vienen a cerrarse con la llegada de las tropas de Morillo a Santafé en 1816, invasión que baja temporalmente el telón de la revolución. En segundo lugar, porque se abren mostrando la profesión de fe lealista de la que participaban todos los neogranadinos, y acaban cuando José Gregorio es fusilado por haber atentado contra aquel poder monárquico; y en tercer lugar, porque se inician cuando los hermanos Gutiérrez aún se sienten parte de la nación española, y concluyen en el momento en que Agustín consigue armas y trabaja de diversas formas por cimentar la ruptura con la madre patria.