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Almanac (1785) interleaved with various extracts including a description of Tahiti, 1772.

Title: Almanac (1785) interleaved with various extracts including a description of Tahiti, 1772.

This almanac, _The North-American Calendar: or, the Rhode Island Almanack, for the Year of our Lord Christ 1785 ..._ (Providence: Bennett Wheeler, [1784]), is generously interleaved and then supplemented by a variety of extracts. The almanac, by Benjamin West (1730-1813), is printed in Providence by Bennett Wheeler (1756-1806), and contains 36 p. The extracts and writings both interleaved with and following the almanac touch on a variety of "Theological, Geographical, Historical, and Polemical Subjects." The description of Tahiti is written around that portion of the almanac containing the calendar for January-April, 1785. The extracts and writings include theological speculation, a brief outline of early modern English history, and miscellaneous observations. Toward the back is a series of extracts under the heading "Anti-Armenianism." The author is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (252 p.) ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259102 View

West, Benjamin, 1730-1813. Drawings and account books, 1790-1811.

Title: Drawings and account books, 1790-1811.

Benjamin West's drawings and sketches, ca. 1790-1807; and his accounts with his banker, Thomas Coutts, London, 1790-1804, 1810-1811.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122645051 View

Lucia Maria (Bark). Lucia Maria (Bark) logbook, 1855-1856.

Title: Lucia Maria (Bark) logbook, 1855-1856.

The logbook of the bark Lucia Maria details a shipping voyage from Salem, Mass., to Uruguay, Dec. 1855 to Feb. 1856. The master was Joseph Cheever; the logbook keeper was James Henry Chaney; and the bark's owners were Edward Brown, Isaac Cushing, and Benjamin A., John A., and Samuel West. The logbook includes an incident of punishment of seamen aboard.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52148219 View

Bacon, John, 1740-1799. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Benjamin West, 1792 Apr. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Benjamin West, 1792 Apr. 24.

Accepting an invitation to dine.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270133429 View

Newby, Larkin, 1781-1824. Larkin Newby papers, 1796-1884.

Title: Larkin Newby papers, 1796-1884.

Chiefly personal letters received by Newby from friends and relatives, some of whom were also merchants, discussing business, personal matters, and public affairs. Most correspondents were in Georgia, particularly Vienna, and other places in the South, but some were Newby's wife's relatives in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, among them her grandfather, Benjamin West (1730-1813), Revolutionary leader and astronomer, chiefly concerning family affairs. Also included are miscellaneous business papers; Newby's autobiography (3 p.) up to 1793; a religious notebook, 1816; a diary by Newby of a sojourn at various Virginia springs, 1823; anonymous reminiscences of school days in Fayetteville in the 1820s and 1830s; and family letters of Newby's children.

ArchivalResource: 102 items (0.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24577075 View

Selected materials relating to America, 1754-1806, 1754-1806

Title: Selected materials relating to America, 1754-1806 1754-1806

These materials relate to topics such as agriculture, botany, and commerce. Also included are extracts from minutes and committee reports.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.1131-ead.xml View

Carter, John, 1745-1814. Account book, 1768-1775.

Title: Account book, 1768-1775.

This collection is a positive microfilm of the Account Book, 1768-1775, of John Carter. The original is owned by the Rhode Island Historical Society. The entries list his customers' debits and credits, payable "to the Gazette," and concern the purchase of a variety of blank legal documents, pamphlets, spelling books and almanacs, advertising in the Gazette (e.g., for indentured servants and slaves), and a few writing supplies. Many customers paid in goods or work hours rather than cash. The volume includes lengthy accounts with Sarah Goddard during the period he purchased the firm from her. Carter's customers included Nicholas Cooke (1717-1782), Benjamin West (1730-1813), and members of the Arnold and Bowen families.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214056128 View

Drowne family papers, 1728-1936, (bulk 1750-1885)

Title: Drowne family papers Drowne family papers 1728-1936 (bulk 1750-1885)

The Drowne family papers encompass the correspondence and documents of several generations of an old and distinguished Rhode Island family, with the bulk of the materials consisting of writings and other materials pertaining to the life of Solomon Drowne, M.D. (1753-1834).

ArchivalResource: 10 linear feet (ca. 2800 items)

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-msdrowne&view=title View

Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Papers, 1778-1813.

Title: Papers, 1778-1813.

The Barton papers contain the correspondence of Benjamin Smith Barton, professor of medicine at the College of Philadelphia, with scholars and scientists, among them: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Joseph Priestley, John Drayton, L. Valentine, Frederick Rush, and others; notes and observations on natural phenomena. Also there are 15 vols. of journals, 1789-1803. The journal for 1789 contains an interesting description of Barton's voyage on the Apollo from Gravesend, England, to Philadelphia; he notes talks with John Pemberton, a fellow passenger and Quaker preacher, about the early settlements in Pennsylvania; he reviews the biographies of William Penn and of Benjamin West, the painter. The later journals, 1794-1803, describe his travels through the states; his research in the fields of botany, mineralogy, anthropology, and zoology; his observations on frontier settlements, Indian tribes, and the physician condition of the land. Ten diplomas, 1790-1812 , from the College of Philadelphia and various European universities are included.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165555 View

West, Benjamin, 1730-1813. Autograph letter signed : Providence, to Noah Webster, 1784 Sept. 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Providence, to Noah Webster, 1784 Sept. 11.

Praising his "Grammatical Institute", and saying he uses it in his school.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588237 View

Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 1702-1768. Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

Title: Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

The collection contains scientific, political and personal correspondence of the Earl of Morton and the first Lady Morton; a travel diary kept by Sholto, Lord Morton in 1784; and a few folders of letters to George Douglas, Earl of Morton (1761-1827). Scientific correspondents include Duhamel du Monceau; Buffon; Pierre-Charles and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier; Réaumur; Samuel König; and close friend Colin Maclaurin. Subjects discussed include a gift of Scottish pineseeds to Buffon; attempts to observe the 1748 solar eclipse and improvements to telescopes; and the flora and fauna of the Orkneys. Other correspondents include Madame Geoffrin; the artist Benjamin West; Montesquieu; Sir Robert Walpole; the comte Saint-Germain; and Alexander Monro. Letters from vaious Douglas relatives and friends document Morton's arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille, while letters by Sir Matthew Decker, Francis Farquharson, Sir James Kinloch, and Lord Prestongrange concern the 1745 rebellion and its aftermath. Letters to Agatha Lady Morton from William Douglas and his wife also discuss the position of the Jacobites after the rising.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78217424 View

Prints Collection, 1500-2000

Title: Prints Collection 1500-2000

A large and growing collection containing photographs, engravings, lithographs, paintings on a number of topics. The Print Collection employs the following codes: Regular File-Persons, Places and things, Group pictures, Collections; Oversize-Persons, Places and things, Collections. Note: Refer to the Print Collection card file for specific subjects and reference citations.

ArchivalResource: 1000.0 Item(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Prints-ead.xml View

Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 1702-1768. Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

Title: Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

The collection contains scientific, political and personal correspondence of the Earl of Morton and the first Lady Morton; a travel diary kept by Sholto, Lord Morton in 1784; and a few folders of letters to George Douglas, Earl of Morton (1761-1827). Scientific correspondents include Duhamel du Monceau; Buffon; Pierre-Charles and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier; Réaumur; Samuel König; and close friend Colin Maclaurin. Subjects discussed include a gift of Scottish pineseeds to Buffon; attempts to observe the 1748 solar eclipse and improvements to telescopes; and the flora and fauna of the Orkneys. Other correspondents include Madame Geoffrin; the artist Benjamin West; Montesquieu; Sir Robert Walpole; the comte Saint-Germain; and Alexander Monro. Letters from vaious Douglas relatives and friends document Morton's arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille, while letters by Sir Matthew Decker, Francis Farquharson, Sir James Kinloch, and Lord Prestongrange concern the 1745 rebellion and its aftermath. Letters to Agatha Lady Morton from William Douglas and his wife also discuss the position of the Jacobites after the rising.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165056 View

Pike, Nicolas, 1743-1819. Papers, 1783-1798.

Title: Papers, 1783-1798.

Papers of Nicolas Pike, mathematician, educator, and author of the treatise "A New and Complete System of Arithmetick ..." (1788). Papers consist of correspondence about the publication and sale of his book, about mathematical questions, and about his membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Includes letters from Jeremy Belknap, Nathaniel Bowditch, James Bowdoin, Jedediah Morse, Benjamin West, John Wheelock, Joseph Willard, and other mathematicians, astronomers, and educators.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16727711 View

Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain). Selected materials relating to America, 1754-1806.

Title: Selected materials relating to America, 1754-1806.

These materials relate to topics such as agriculture, botany, and commerce. Also included are extracts from minutes and committee reports.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489521 View