[Commonplace book] / Israel Miller, ejus mina, 1781. 1779-1786.

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[Commonplace book] / Israel Miller, ejus mina, 1781. 1779-1786.

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Contains maxims, philosophical questions and answers, music, and personal accounts, including the purchase on 14 March 1786 of a small boat with nails, bolts, sails, and services pertaining to the boat. Miller's partner was one Daniel Bishop: the seller was Col. Potter. The undated philosophical reflections (p. [2]-[4]) show the hand of God in delivering "an Undisaplin'd Feeble People without Furran Aid or Alliance, our Resources very small, Distitute of Arms Ammunition or Money, engag'd against a powerful Nation compleat in all those Articles -- how have we been Supported ...?" A list of significant Revolutionary events follows, ending with the capture of Cornwallis and his army, "From which we may conclude that there is a God that rules in Heaven, upon this Earth, and that minds the Affairs of Men."

[9] p. : sewn in paper wrappers ; 27 cm.

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Bishop, Daniel B.

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Miller, Samuel R.

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Samuel and Mary Miller were married and resided in Sunbury, Georgia. John and Elizabeth Graves were married and also resided in Sunbury, Georgia. The Graves and Miller couples sold 500 acres of land to Peter Lavien and John Rean on 10 May 1777 in St. Phillip's Parish, Georgia (now mostly Bryan and Bulloch counties). Peter Lavien was a half-brother of Alexander Hamilton and had land holdings in Georgia, South Carolina, and St. Croix. He was also the first Jewish settler recorded as having lived i...

Miller, I. R. (Israel R.), 1922-

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Potter, Colin

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