Catalog of Manuscripts of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author | : Massachusetts Historical Society. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Manuscripts |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Massachusetts Historical Society. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Manuscripts |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard G. Miller |
Publisher | : Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. Jefferson Looney |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 642 |
Release | : 2014-07-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400861276 |
These volumes, the fourth and fifth, complete the series of biographical sketches of students at Princeton University (the College of New Jersey in colonial times). They cover pivotal years for both the nation and the College. In 1784, the war with England had just ended. Nassau Hall was still in a shambles following its bombardment, and the College was in financial distress. It gradually regained financial and academic strength, and the Class of 1794 graduated in the year of the death of President John Witherspoon, one of the most important early American educators. The introductory essay by John Murrin, editor of the series since 1981, explores the postwar context of the College. The two volumes contain biographies of 354 men who attended with the classes of 1784 through 1794 and two other students whose presence at the College in earlier years has only now been demonstrated. During these years Princeton accounted for about an eighth of all A.B. degrees granted in the United States. It was the young republic's most "national" college, although it had nearly lost its New England constituency and was instead beginning to draw nearly 40 percent of its students from the South. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author | : George Washington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 808 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Presidents |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Washington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 810 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Presidents |
ISBN | : |
The Papers of George Washington, a grant-funded project, was established in 1968 at the University of Virginia, under the joint auspices of the University and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, to publish a comprehensive edition of Washington's correspondence. Letters written to Washington as well as letters and documents written by him are being published in the complete edition that will consist of approximately ninety volumes. The work is now (2011) more than two-thirds complete. The edition is supported financially by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, the University of Virginia, and gifts from private foundations and individuals. Today there are copies of over 135,000 Washington documents in the project's document room. This is one of the richest collections of American historical manuscripts extant. There is almost no facet of research on life and enterprise in the late colonial and early national periods that will not be enhanced by material from these documents. The publication of Washington's papers will make this source material available not only to scholars but to all Americans interested in the founding of their nation. - Publisher.
Author | : Robert Morris |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 1096 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780822970491 |
Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.