Selected materials relating to America, 1754-1806.

Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788

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Thomas Cushing III (March 24, 1725 – February 28, 1788) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, merchant, and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. Active in Boston politics, he represented the city in the provincial assembly from 1761 to its dissolution in 1774, serving as the lower house's speaker for most of those years. Because of his role as speaker, his signature was affixed to many documents protesting British policies, leading officials in London to consider him a dangerous radical. He ...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Nooth, John Mervin, -1828

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Epithet: Superintendent General of Hospitals in N America British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0002a7 ...

Antill, Edward, 1742-1789

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More, Samuel

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Epithet: Secretary of the Society of Arts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000053 Epithet: of Add MS 33977 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000051 ...

Woodmason, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1776

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Ottolenghe, Joseph.

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Appleton, Nathaniel, 1731-1798

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Shipley, William, 1715-1803

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West, Benjamin, 1730-1813

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American almanac-maker, astronomre and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence, to Noah Webster, 1784 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588237 ...

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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Continental Army officer, collector of customs for the port of Boston; from Hingham (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1778-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903396 Benjamin Lincoln was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. From the description of Benjamin Lincoln collection, 1775-1782. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712651132 ...

Eliot, Jared, 1685-1763

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Physician and Congregational minister of Killingworth, Connecticut. From the description of Jared Eliot letter, 1751 March 24. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57617782 ...

Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766

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Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766), the pastor of the Old West Church in Boston. From the description of Collection of sermons by Jonathan Mayhew, 1749-1764. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 681653878 ...

Garden, Alexander, 1757-1829

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Charleston, S.C author, Revolutionary War officer, and South Carolina state legislator. From the description of Letters from Rusticus, 1794. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865813 Charleston, S.C. author, Revolutionary War officer, and South Carolina state legislator. From the description of Letter : to General [Pinckney], 1819 Oct. 19. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865725 Alexander Garden w...

Tatham, William, 1752-1819

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Epithet: United States Envoy to Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0000a4 William Tatham (1752-1819), engineer, lawyer, born in England came to America and lived in Virginia and North Carolina. From the description of William Tatham notebook, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478070 Epithet: Colonel; of Add MS 33980 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catal...

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

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Political theorist, New York. From the description of Letter, 1779 Jan. 17. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476963318 Thomas Paine, English author and revolutionary. From the guide to the Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item, 1788, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Revolutionary pamphleteer, author of Common Sense and The Rights of Man. From the description of ALS, [1803] ...

Gale, Benjamin, 1715-1790

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Gilpin, Thomas, 1776-1853

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John Pemberton of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a member of the Society of Friends, was imprisoned with 19 other men in Winchester, Virginia, between 1777 and 1778, after refusing to swear allegiance to the United States. Fearing collusion with invading British forces, the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania arrested 17 Quakers and three additional men in September 1777, and transferred the prisoners to Winchester, Virginia, later that month. The men were released in April 1778, though two d...

Evans, Lewis Orvis, 1871-1931

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Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)

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The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754 as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. From the description of American correspondence of the Royal Society of Arts, 1755-1840. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122598603 The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754, and the scope of its work is very wide, covering scientific, technical, industrial, commercial, and artistic matters. From the description of Selected materials...

Ingersoll, Jared, 1722-1781

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Lawyer and loyalist. From the description of Parole of Jared Ingersoll, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454255 From the description of Papers of Jared Ingersoll, 1740-1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79053531 ...

Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712?-1779

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Bernard was Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. From the description of DS, 1762 January 28. : Boston. Appointment. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14194099 Governor of Massachusetts Bay (Colony). From the description of Sir Francis Bernard commission, 1768. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456180 Sir Francis Bernard was born in England in July 1712. After graduating from Oxford University i...

Carter, Charles, of Cleve.

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Clap, Thomas, 1703-1767

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Graduate of Harvard (1722); pastor at Windham, Connecticut (1726-1740); rector and president of Yale College (1740-1766). From the description of Arguments for the doctrine of original sin : [New Haven], 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146138 ...