Copies of letters received, 1763-73.

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

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Arthur Lee (20 December 1740 – 12 December 1792) was a physician and opponent of slavery in colonial Virginia in North America who served as an American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War. He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Edinburgh and in London, respectively. After passing the bar, he practiced law in London for several years. He stayed in London during the Revolutionary War, representing the colonies to Britain and France and also serving as an American spy ...

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Sommersett, James

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Bryant, Jacob, 1715-1804

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Jacob Bryant, 1715-1804. From the description of J. Bryant letter to S. Morritt 1803. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40166073 ...

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813

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English philanthropist and writer. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Garden Court Temple, to Mr. Phillips, 1804 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662097 English abolitionist, reformer, and philanthropist. From the description of Copies of letters received, 1763-73. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58776522 British philanthropist and abolitionist. From the description of Granville Sharp correspondenc...

Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793

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Lord Mansfield, a British judge and parliamentary debator, served as Solicitor General (1742), Attorney General (1754), Privy Councilor (1756), and Lord Chief Justice (1756-1788). From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1765-1769. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339899 English judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lincoln's Inn, to the Marchioness of Annandale, 1744 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606367 ...

Blackstone, William, 1723-1780

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The noted jurist, judge, and legal writer William Blackstone established the study of England's common law as an accepted academic discipline, and his Oxford lectures were published in 1765-1769 as the famous and influential Commentaries on the Laws of England. In the years since then, in numerous editions and translations, this work provided the definitive account of the state of English law in the mid-18th century. From the description of Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on ...

Stapylton, Robert, Sir, -1669

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 2531 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000245.0x00016b Epithet: of Whittingham, county Northumberland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000245.0x00014c ...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...

Hargrave, Francis, 1741?-1821

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Collector of manuscripts. From the description of Francis Hargrave collection, 1701-1763. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78470732 ...

Lewis, Thomas Robert

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Thomas Lewis was a mathematics student from Christiana Bridge, DE when this manuscript was copied in 1801. From the description of Exercise book, 1801. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122516964 ...

Parish, Daniel, 1838-1914,

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Fothergill, John, 1712-1780

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John Fothergill was an English Quaker physician and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1770. From the description of Letters, 1737-1750, to Charles Alston. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165478 Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. ...