Memoirs of the late Miss Lucy Richards, of Paris, Oneida County, N.Y.

Mode of access: Internet.

France militaire. Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer de 1792 à 1837. Ouvrage rédigé par une société de militaires et de gens de lettres, d'après les bulletins des armées, le Moniteur, les documents officiels, les notes, mémoires, rapports et ouvrages militaires de l'empereur Napoléon, des maréchaux, amiraux et généraux en chef, Eugène Beauharnais, Bernadotte, ... etc.;

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Liste chronologique des généraux français ou étrangers au service de France, morts sur le champ de bataille, des suites de leurs blessures, ou de mort violente, de 1792 à 1837.

At head of title: Archives de l'armée française.

Réalisation d'une commune sociétaire, a'après la théorie de Charles Fourier, par Madame Gatti de Gamond ...

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The works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of Essays, humorous, moral, and literary, with his Life,

[Bound in mottled calf, gilt inside border, by R. De Coverly.]

Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S., made on various occasions, in the course of his employment as a civil engineer ...

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Letters to the Honourable John H. Dunn, 1837-1838

The recipient of the letters is John Henry Dunn who was born on St. Helena (a British territory island of volcanic origin located in the South Atlantic Ocean) in 1792 to John Charles Dunn and Elizabeth Bazette. He was married to Charlotte Roberts on May 4th, 1820 and they had 6 sons and 2 daughters. He came to Canada in 1820 in which year he became the Receiver General for Canada. He held this position until 1841.Charlotte died in 1835. In 1822 he was named to the Province’s Legislative Council. He was president of the Welland Canal Company from 1825-1833. In 1836 he was named to the executive council of Upper Canada but resigned 3 weeks later with fellow counselors when lieutenant governor Sir Francis Bond refused the advice of the council. Dunn was made the Receiver General for the newly formed Province of Canada in 1841, and was elected to represent Toronto in the legislative assembly that year. He married his second wife on March 9th, 1842. Her name was Sophie-Louise Juchereau Duchsnay. They had a son and a daughter. In 1843 he resigned, and was not re-elected in 1844. He returned to England with his family and died in London on April 21, 1854. Dunn was a supporter of the Welland Canal, St. Lawrence Canals and other public improvements. Between the passage of the Canada Trade Act and the Act of the Union he had tried to insure that projects received funding despite financial constraints. He claimed that he has saved Upper Canada from bankruptcy. His son, Alexander Roberts Dunn received the Victoria Cross for his role in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Dunn Street in Niagara Falls is named after John Henry Dunn. The town and township of Dunnville were also named for him. Sources: http://biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=3889 http://www.niagarafrontier.com/cityfalls.html

Letter from George Richards Minot to Daniel Kilham, 1777 December 1

Three-page handwritten letter from Harvard undergraduate George Richards Minot to his friend and Harvard graduate Daniel Kilham, dated December 1, 1777. The letter describes the discipline inflicted upon Minot and seven of his classmates by the Harvard government following a “Thanksgiving frolic,” and the retributions carried out by the students against a Tutor who recommended harsh measures for the accused students. The Early Faculty minutes for 1777 (UAIII 5.5, Volume 4, pages 75-76) describes the students’ crime as “making riotous & tumultuous noises in the Hall…committed in Presence of a number foreigners, & and on a day appointed by Authority for public Thanksgiving.”

Kaiser Leopold II. : Geschichte Oestreichs unter seiner Regierung, 1790-1792 /

Title of this v. on series t.p.: Die Regierung des Kaisers Leopold II., 1790-1792.

An extract from the will of Samuel Emlen, of Burlington, N.J., who died 12th month 29th, 1837, creating a trust for the benefit of persons of Indian and African descent.

Interleaved.

Lucy Raymond ; or, The children's watchword.

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