Title from item., Above image: Puck., Published in Puck, 28 August 1881., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, U.S.A.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Brown-Séquard, Charles-Edouard, 1817-1894. and Tanner, James, 1844-1927
Subject (Topic):
Pensions, Disabled veterans, Quacks and quackery, Polilticians, Disabled persons, Healing, Money, Peg legs, Crutches, and Politics and government
Collection, in a single hand, of 61 letters from Henry Seymour-Conway to his brother, Lord Francis Seymour-Conway, in which he discusses military, political, and social news between 1744 and 1784. The collection contains discussion of his military service in the Netherlands in the 1740s, including a detailed description of battle against the French in a letter dated June 30, 1743; he also mentions his campaign in Germany during the Seven Years' War, including his altercation with Col. Beckwith, his irritation with a commission he has been given, and news of a peace treaty between Austria and Prussia. In 1744 he discusses the practicality of buying a regiment, asks his brother for help raising the money, and offers to sell his own South Sea stock. He writes several letters from Dublin Castle reporting on Irish politics, including some movements in the House of Lords regarding "papists." In England, he complains about prime minister George Grenville's uncivil and unjust treatment of him and defends his decision in the affair of the Britannic Legion and in the John Wilkes affair which led to his dismissal from court and military office in 1764. Conway also occasionally mentions American affairs, including one letter in 1766 which reports the repeal of the Stamp Act, and another in 1774 in which he expresses pleasure on hearing that violent measures in America had been rejected for the present. Numerous letters make reference to friends and family, including his wife Lady Ailesbury and Conway's close friend Horace Walpole, who offers financial assistance after Conway's dismissal; becomes ill in 1765; and visits Conway after Conway's retirement in 1784
Description:
Henry Seymour Conway (1719-1795) was an army general and politician. He fought in the War of the Austrian Succession; served in Ireland during the Jacobite Rebellion, and in Germany during the Seven Years' War. He was successively promoted to major general in 1756 and to lieutenant general in 1759. Sitting in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and from 1775 to 1784, Conway became a leading member of the opposition, opposing the King's action against John Wilkes regarding general warrants in 1763. In 1765, he became secretary of state for the southern department in Lord Rockingham's ministry, where he promoted a policy of reconciliation towards the American colonies. He supported the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British prosecution of the war with the American colonies and played an important part in the House of Commons' resolution against continuing the war. In 1747, he married Caroline Bruce, countess of Ailesbury (1721-1803), and had one child, Anne Seymour Damer (1749-1828). His aunt Catherine was the wife of Sir Robert Walpole, and Conway maintained a lifelong friendship and correspondence with his cousin Horace Walpole., Francis Seymour-Conway, first marquess of Hertford (1718-1794) and older brother of Henry Seymour Conway, was a courtier and politician. He became a lord of the bedchamber in 1757 and was sworn to the privy council in 1763. He served as ambassador to France 1763-5, lord lieutenant of Ireland 1765-6, lord chamberlain 1766-1782 and again in 1783. He was also lord lieutenant of Warwickshire from 1757 until his death. From 1766-1782, he was a friend and confidant to George III. Hertford supported Lord North's administration and the war in America, in which three of his sons served, and voted against Shelburne's peace preliminaries in February 1783. He was also influential in Irish politics, owning extensive estates in County Antrim, and serving a term as lord lieutenant in 1765-6., In English., The manuscript is accompanied by typed transcription., Pasted into letter of Aug 22, 1744: printed and handwritten note about Cadivor ap Gwaethvord, Lord of Cardigan Iscoed., Laid in with letter of August 11, 1748: list of contents of manuscript., Laid in with letter of May 11, 1764: newspaper clipping from Gazetteer, dated May 9, 1764, concerning Conway's dismissal., Vol. 2 with original binding, now housed separately. Binding: half red morocco over marbled boards. Written on cover: The Conway Correspondence. Pasted inside front cover: bookplate with Order of the Garter. Laid in with the covers are a pencilled floor plan and a page from a journal listing the numbers of foot soldiers and naval ships and guns in Europe, North America, Africa, East and West Indies, and the Mediterranean., and Binding for volume 2 shelved separately. For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, United States., Ireland, and United States
Subject (Name):
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Grenville, George, 1712-1770., Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway, Marquess of, 1718-1794., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797., Great Britain. Parliament., and Ireland. Parliament.
Subject (Topic):
Military administration, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Stamp act, 1765, Court and courtiers, Foreign relations, Militia, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Autograph letters and documents by, addressed to and about Nathan Hale. Box 1 contains five autograph letters by Nathan Hale: autograph letter, signed, to Betsy Christopher, 1775 October 8, from Camp Winter Hill in Boston; autograph letter, signed, to his brother, Enoch Hale, 1776 June 3, from New York, describing military preparations and the current state of the Continental Army; a comic verse autograph letter, signed, to his Yale classmate, Benjamin Talmadge, undated; an autograph verse letter to an unidentified recipient describing scenes at Camp Winter Hill, undated; and an autograph letter fragment to an unidentified correspondent, undated. Letters to Nathan Hale, all dating from 1773-1776, include autograph letters by Betsy Hallam; John Hallam; Robert Latimer; William Little; Elihu Marvin; Gilbert Saltonstall; Benjamin Talmadge; and Ebenezer Williams. A 1777 March 27 letter from Nathan Hale's father, Richard Hale, to Samuel Hale comments on the rumor that Nathan had been betrayed by his cousin and notes that he was "a Child I sot much by but he is gone." Other papers include Elisha Bostwick's memoir of his services in the Revolutionary War, which mentions Nathan Hale; and twentieth-century photostats, notes, and documents concerning Nathan Hale's life and genealogy. Box 2 contains Hale's military receipt book for wages, arms and ammunitions he issued to his men, with their counter-signatures under each receipt, 1776 June-August. Box 3 contains an autograph letter, signed, from Nathan Hale to "Mr. Mead," 1774 May 2; and Nathan Hale's commission as a captain in the "Army of the United Colonies," printed form filled out in manuscript, signed by John Hancock, President, 1776 January 1.
Description:
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), graduate of Yale College (Yale 1773), teacher, and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Executed by the British as a spy on September 22, 1776, he is reported to have said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", In English., and Accompanied by a variety of modern manuscript and typed transcripts and photostats of these and other Hale-related documents, as well as historical and genealogical information on Hale and members of the Hale family.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Great Britain, America., Massachusetts, and United States
Subject (Name):
Bostwick, Elisha, 1748-1834., Christopher, Betsy., Hale family., Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., Hale, Richard, 1717-1802., Hale, Samuel, 1718-1807., Hallam, Betsy., Hallam, John, 1728-1811., Hancock, John, 1737-1793, Latimer, Robert., Little, William, 1749-1841., Marvin, Elihu, 1752-1798., Saltonstall, Gilbert., Talmadge, Benjamin., Williams, Ebenezer, 1755-1777., and United States. Continental Army
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Pay, allowances, etc, History, Politics and government, Colonies, and Economic aspects
Autograph letters and documents by, addressed to and about Nathan Hale. Box 1 contains five autograph letters by Nathan Hale: autograph letter, signed, to Betsy Christopher, 1775 October 8, from Camp Winter Hill in Boston; autograph letter, signed, to his brother, Enoch Hale, 1776 June 3, from New York, describing military preparations and the current state of the Continental Army; a comic verse autograph letter, signed, to his Yale classmate, Benjamin Talmadge, undated; an autograph verse letter to an unidentified recipient describing scenes at Camp Winter Hill, undated; and an autograph letter fragment to an unidentified correspondent, undated. Letters to Nathan Hale, all dating from 1773-1776, include autograph letters by Betsy Hallam; John Hallam; Robert Latimer; William Little; Elihu Marvin; Gilbert Saltonstall; Benjamin Talmadge; and Ebenezer Williams. A 1777 March 27 letter from Nathan Hale's father, Richard Hale, to Samuel Hale comments on the rumor that Nathan had been betrayed by his cousin and notes that he was "a Child I sot much by but he is gone." Other papers include Elisha Bostwick's memoir of his services in the Revolutionary War, which mentions Nathan Hale; and twentieth-century photostats, notes, and documents concerning Nathan Hale's life and genealogy. Box 2 contains Hale's military receipt book for wages, arms and ammunitions he issued to his men, with their counter-signatures under each receipt, 1776 June-August. Box 3 contains an autograph letter, signed, from Nathan Hale to "Mr. Mead," 1774 May 2; and Nathan Hale's commission as a captain in the "Army of the United Colonies," printed form filled out in manuscript, signed by John Hancock, President, 1776 January 1.
Description:
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), graduate of Yale College (Yale 1773), teacher, and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Executed by the British as a spy on September 22, 1776, he is reported to have said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", In English., and Accompanied by a variety of modern manuscript and typed transcripts and photostats of these and other Hale-related documents, as well as historical and genealogical information on Hale and members of the Hale family.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Great Britain, America., Massachusetts, and United States
Subject (Name):
Bostwick, Elisha, 1748-1834., Christopher, Betsy., Hale family., Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., Hale, Richard, 1717-1802., Hale, Samuel, 1718-1807., Hallam, Betsy., Hallam, John, 1728-1811., Hancock, John, 1737-1793, Latimer, Robert., Little, William, 1749-1841., Marvin, Elihu, 1752-1798., Saltonstall, Gilbert., Talmadge, Benjamin., Williams, Ebenezer, 1755-1777., and United States. Continental Army
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Pay, allowances, etc, History, Politics and government, Colonies, and Economic aspects
Autograph letters and documents by, addressed to and about Nathan Hale. Box 1 contains five autograph letters by Nathan Hale: autograph letter, signed, to Betsy Christopher, 1775 October 8, from Camp Winter Hill in Boston; autograph letter, signed, to his brother, Enoch Hale, 1776 June 3, from New York, describing military preparations and the current state of the Continental Army; a comic verse autograph letter, signed, to his Yale classmate, Benjamin Talmadge, undated; an autograph verse letter to an unidentified recipient describing scenes at Camp Winter Hill, undated; and an autograph letter fragment to an unidentified correspondent, undated. Letters to Nathan Hale, all dating from 1773-1776, include autograph letters by Betsy Hallam; John Hallam; Robert Latimer; William Little; Elihu Marvin; Gilbert Saltonstall; Benjamin Talmadge; and Ebenezer Williams. A 1777 March 27 letter from Nathan Hale's father, Richard Hale, to Samuel Hale comments on the rumor that Nathan had been betrayed by his cousin and notes that he was "a Child I sot much by but he is gone." Other papers include Elisha Bostwick's memoir of his services in the Revolutionary War, which mentions Nathan Hale; and twentieth-century photostats, notes, and documents concerning Nathan Hale's life and genealogy. Box 2 contains Hale's military receipt book for wages, arms and ammunitions he issued to his men, with their counter-signatures under each receipt, 1776 June-August. Box 3 contains an autograph letter, signed, from Nathan Hale to "Mr. Mead," 1774 May 2; and Nathan Hale's commission as a captain in the "Army of the United Colonies," printed form filled out in manuscript, signed by John Hancock, President, 1776 January 1.
Description:
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), graduate of Yale College (Yale 1773), teacher, and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Executed by the British as a spy on September 22, 1776, he is reported to have said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", In English., and Accompanied by a variety of modern manuscript and typed transcripts and photostats of these and other Hale-related documents, as well as historical and genealogical information on Hale and members of the Hale family.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Great Britain, America., Massachusetts, and United States
Subject (Name):
Bostwick, Elisha, 1748-1834., Christopher, Betsy., Hale family., Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., Hale, Richard, 1717-1802., Hale, Samuel, 1718-1807., Hallam, Betsy., Hallam, John, 1728-1811., Hancock, John, 1737-1793, Latimer, Robert., Little, William, 1749-1841., Marvin, Elihu, 1752-1798., Saltonstall, Gilbert., Talmadge, Benjamin., Williams, Ebenezer, 1755-1777., and United States. Continental Army
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Pay, allowances, etc, History, Politics and government, Colonies, and Economic aspects
Title in letterpress above image., A broadside with the title in letterpress above an engraving of a ship with a large blank space below., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Annotated with nominations for offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and senators for Massachusetts., and Blank space below image with mss. list of candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Senators for the 1811 election in Massachusetts.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts., United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, United States., and Massachusetts
Subject (Topic):
Nominations for office, Embargo, 1807-1809, Commerce, Politics and government, and Sailing ships
A woman facing left under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate the progress of the American war for independence. At the top, an American fort exchanges fire with British cannon. Flags over the fort bear images of a crossbow and a crocodile, while above the British fly images of a donkey and a fool's cap and bells. Fields of tents are shown further down, together with files of soldiers and a covered waggon. At the very bottom of the hair, soldiers in boats row towards 2 sailing ships, an allusion to Howe's March 1776 evacuation of Boston
Alternative Title:
Howe are we decieved
Description:
Title from item., Later state, with the "E" supplied to read "Howe". Cf. no. 5335 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; originally issued in 1776., and Inlaid to 30 x 22 cm
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12, 1778 by M Darly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Boston (Mass.), Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Politics and government, Colonies, Wigs, Military camps, Forts & fortifications, and Hairstyles
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 24 records of rosters, pay, allowances, and provisions for the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons under Col. Elisha Sheldon. The volume includes an account of the clothing delivered to each member of the troops, along with their names and ranks; the amounts of provisions of food and drink received for the use of General John Glover; soldiers' pay as directed by Congress; allowances of subsistence money supplied to the officers in lieu of rations for themselves and their servants; as well as muster rolls for each troop in the 2nd Regiment, listing each member's name, rank, term of enlistment, and "casualties." The collection also includes a copy of a letter which requests permission to hire tailors to make clothing for the Army
Description:
Elijah Janes was paymaster of the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons, where he served under Col. Elisha Sheldon. He began his military career as a cornet on November 16, 1779 and was promoted to Lieutenant eight days later. He was wounded by a horseman's sword on the right wrist on November 20, 1780, and became Paymaster in 1782. The friendship that developed between Janes and fellow lieutenant in Sheldon's regiment James Dole continued after the war and their move to Lansingburgh (now Troy), NY, where Janes became godfather to Dole's daughter. In 1811 Elijah Janes became one of the original directors of the Farmers Bank of Troy. He died February 22, 1823 at the age of 64 and is buried in the Old Lansingburgh (Troy) Cemetery., On December 12, 1776, Congress constituted the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons at Wethersfield, CT, also known as Sheldon's horse after its commander, Elisha Sheldon of CT, for service with the Continental Army. Congress authorized George Washington to appoint the other officers of the regiment, but he gave the duty to Sheldon. In accordance with General Washington's instructions, the new regiment was to have one other field officer, a major; a regimental staff of an adjutant, a surgeon, and a surgeon's mate; and 6 troops. Each troop was to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, a cornet, a quartermaster, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, a trumpeter, a farrier, and 34 privates. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Crooked Billet, and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment was furloughed June 9, 1783 at Newburgh, New York and disbanded on November 20, 1783., In English., and Binding: half cloth over marbled covers. Pasted on cover: Manuscripts of Lieut. Elijah Janes Paymaster of the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons, 1779-1783. Elisha Sheldon Col.
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Connecticut.
Subject (Name):
Glover, John, 1732-1797., Janes, Elijah 1759-1823., Sheldon, Elisha, 1740-1805., and United States. Continental Army. Light Dragoons Regiment, 2nd.
Subject (Topic):
Military administration, History, Equipment and supplies, Finance, Regimental histories, and Politics and government
A series of crude (and in some cases explicitly racist) lithographed cards numbered 1-16, with scenes relating to political reform on both sides of the Atlantic. On British side, they cover the reforms to the franchise made by the 1832 Reform Act, poking fun at 'poor distress'd turn'd out Boroughmongers' (No. 1), the rural squirearchy (No. 7), Taxes (No. 9), the established Church (No. 10) and Irishmen (no. 12), among others. United States political issues are shown in the second card which reuses - with added racist slurs - the design of Edward Williams Clay (1799-1857) entitled 'Hurrah! hurrah for Genl. Jackson!!' under the caption 'Life in Philadelphia'. Cards nos. 4 and 7, with yet more overt racism, use references to American segregationism to caricature British political positions
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Approximate date of publication based on publisher's street address; the York stationer and lithographer William Fletcher Wodson (1801-1860) operated from his "2 Pavement" location only between 1830 and 1833. Additional evidence comes from references to the 1832 Reform Act and the presidency of Andrew Jackson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
W.F. Wodson, lith., Pavement, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and United States
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Ethnic stereotypes, Poverty, and Racism
Two Native Americans attack a group of American loyalists. One of the loyalists lies dead on the ground, another, fallen on his back, is about to be slaughtered by the Indian saying "Shelbu-n for ever." The second Indian, with a feathered headdress, pulls a loyalist by the tails of his coat saying "No-th [North] to the devil." Lord Shelburne (William Petty) looks on, smiling, in spite of being attacked by Britannia who aims her spear at his heart and says, "Inhuman smiling Hypocrite thus to disgrace my unsullied fame." He responds, "be not angry Madam no peace no place." A butcher standing behind Shelburne and with inscription above his head, "Even Butchers weep," wipes tears from his face with a large handkerchief. One of the loyalists expresses the popular sentiment that the British government sacrificed them through peace terms: "Ungrateful Britons to Abandon thus your Loyal friends."
Alternative Title:
Shelburne's sacrifice
Description:
Title from item. and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. Dashery Febth. 10 [sic], St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and United States
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Indians of North America, Headdresses, Tomahawks, Butchers, Politics and government, and History
