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  • Letter to Fanny, 1850 March 2 : autograph manuscript.
  • The source of love / autograph manuscript copy signed. / Nancy Newton :
  • Summary of a report to the Livingston County Court regarding the public sale and purchase of Mingo, a self-liberated boy, 1865 May 24 : manuscript.
  • Bill of sale for Davy, an enslaved person, from R.N. and D.C. Herndon to E.H. Simmons, 1849 July 5 : manuscript signed.
  • Bill of sale for four enslaved persons, George, Primus, Lucy, and Louisa, from Freeman Hoyt to E.H. Simmons, 1849 December 22 : manuscript signed.

RSS New Books and Other Publications at the Rubenstein Library

  • Letter to Fanny, 1850 March 2 : autograph manuscript.
  • A golden and blessed casket of nature's marvels / by Benedictus Figulus ; now first done into English from the German original published at Strasburg in the year 1608.
  • Wisdom's dictates, or, Aphorisms & rules, physical, moral, and divine; for preserving the health of the body, and the peace of the mind : fit to be regarded and practised by all that would enjoy the blessings of the present and future world : to which is added, a bill of fare of seventy five noble dishes of excellent food, far exceeding those made of fish or flesh, which banquet I present to the sons of wisdom, or such as shall decline that depraved custom of eating flesh and blood / by Tho. Tryon, student in physick, and author of Pythagoras's mystick philosophy revived, wherein the mysteries of dreams, visions, angels, and spirits, are unfolded, and their secret communications to mankind.
  • The compleat confectioner, or, The art of candying and preserving in its utmost perfection : being a collection of all the receipts of the late ingenious Mrs. Eales, confectioner to their late Majesties King William and Queen Anne / familiarly adapted for the use of the ladies, and very necessary for all who are willing to excel in the most excellent qualifications of a good house-wife ; publish'd with the consent of her executors.
  • The advocate and friend of woman / compiled from various authors.

RSS New Rubenstein Library Materials Added to the Internet Archive

  • Plain and Fancy: A Musical Comedy October 22, 2020
  • Young America: A Poem October 22, 2020
  • Phaéton; Tragédie Lyrique en 5 Actes et un Prologue October 16, 2020
  • International Law and Human Rights October 16, 2020
  • Antoninus Pius October 13, 2020
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