An Account of the American Antiquarian Society, Incorporated, October 24th, 1812 ...
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Published: 1813
Total Pages: 28
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Published: 1813
Total Pages: 28
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Published: 1813
Total Pages: 322
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 628
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 11
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 582
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011-01-10
Total Pages: 841
ISBN-13: 1400838657
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 526 documents printed in this volume run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814. During this period Jefferson reviews the extant sources on the 1765 Stamp Act crisis to aid William Wirt, a Patrick Henry scholar; records his largely positive impressions of George Washington; and updates a reading list for law students that he had initially drawn up forty years earlier. In the spring of 1814 Jefferson becomes a trustee of the Albemarle Academy, the earliest direct ancestor of the University of Virginia. He is soon actively involved in planning for its establishment, helping to draft rules for governance of the academy's trustees and propose funding options, and he lays out an expansive vision for its future as an institution of higher learning. Jefferson also exchanges ideas on collegiate education with such respected scholars as Thomas Cooper and José Corrêa da Serra. Jefferson's wide-ranging correspondence includes a temperate response to a lengthy letter from Miles King urging the retired president to reflect on his personal religion, and a diplomatic but noncommittal reply to a proposal by Edward Coles that the author of the Declaration of Independence employ his prestige to help abolish slavery. Having learned of the British destruction late in August 1814 of the public buildings in Washington, Jefferson offers his massive book collection as a replacement for the Library of Congress. The nucleus for one of the world's great public libraries is formed early in 1815 when the nation purchases Jefferson's 6,707 volumes. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Author: American Antiquarian Society
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 20
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Publisher: Worcester [Mass.] : The Society
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts incorporated the Society by act on October 24, 1812.
Author: Robert M. S. McDonald
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2021-02-05
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 0813945003
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. Americans recognized that its promises would only be fully redeemed at a future date. In Revolutionary Prophecies, renowned historians Robert M. S. McDonald and Peter S. Onuf summon a diverse cast of characters from the founding generation—all of whom, in different ways, reveal how their understanding of the past and present shaped hopes, ambitions, and anxieties for or about the future. The essays in this wide-ranging volume explore the historical consciousness of Americans caught up in the Revolution and its aftermath. By focusing on how various individuals and groups envisioned their future, the contributors show that revolutionary Americans knew they were making choices that would redirect the "course of human events." Looking at prominent leaders such as Washington, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and Monroe, as well as more common people, from backcountry rebels and American Indians to printer Isaiah Thomas, the authors illuminate the range and complexity of the ways in which men and women of the founding generation imagined their future—and made our history.
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 524
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