University of Pittsburgh Library System
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A letter from South Carolina : giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province ; together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce
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Nairne, Thomas d. 1715
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Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription
Topics: Germans, Germans, Imprint 1709
John Carter Brown Library - Indigenous Collection
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The British empire in America, : containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America. In two volumes. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of them, viz. Vol. I. Newfoundland, New-Scotland, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pensylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina and Hudson's-Bay. Vol. II. Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilla, Jamaica, the Bahama and Bermudas Islands. With curious maps of the several places done from the newest surveys.
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Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742; Moll, Herman, d. 1732; Robinson, A. fmo RIBRL
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In fact by, John Oldmixon, who signs the dedicatiion in v. 1, p. vi
Topics: Eskimo languages, Booksellers' catalogs, Indian linguistics, genealogy
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
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Errors in pagination: pages 12 and 13 numbered 14 and 11 respectively
Topic: Dissenters
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731; Archdale, John, 1642?-1717
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Published anonymously
Topic: Dissenters
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Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615; Gaywood, Richard, active 1650-1680, engraver; Young, Thomas, active 1658, publisher; Speed, Samuel, -1681, publisher
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Two states are noted. State 1 has pages misnumbered as follows: p. 113 misnumbered 120; p. 120 misnumbered 113; p. 129 misnumbered 131; p. 385-392 misnumbered 381-388. In state 2, the first 2 errors have been corrected
Topics: Science, Industrial arts, Magnetism, Magic tricks, Alchemy
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Oler, Elizabeth. cmp; Oler, Ann Brown. lyr; Pfeiffer, E. H. ill; Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI
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For voice and piano
Topics: Songs with piano, Popular music, Air warfare, World War, 1914-1918, Patriotic music, Flight, Air...
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Massé, Victor, 1822-1884. cmp; Desportes, Philippe, 1546-1606. lyr; Nanteuil, Célestin, 1813-1873. ill; Imprimerie Bertauts. egr; Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI
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For baritone and piano
Topics: Songs with piano, Icarus (Greek mythology), Myths, Clouds, Rocks
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J. Hambroer
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Իրանեան տարրներ հայ ժողովրդական հաւատքին մէջ [Iranian Elements in Armenian Folk Belief], by Joh. Hambroer, in 18 bookmarked pdf pages. This is an Armenian translation, made by E. Boghosian, of a German-language article written for the journal Hande's Amso'reay. It was serialized in 67(1953), columns 196-205; and 68(1954) columns 544-561. The author challenges earlier views on the Armenian figure Գրող/ Grogh (the Writer), whom he compares to the...
Topics: Folklore, Mythology, Myths, Legends, Armenia, Armenian, Iran, Iranian, Persia, Persian, Folk Beliefs
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X. Samuelian
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Քարի պաշտամունքը Հայերի մէջ [Stone Worship among the Armenians], by Xach'ik Samuelean, in 11 pdf pages. This valuable article appeared in the journal Hande's Amso'reay 41(1927), columns 435-442, 521-526, and 583-588. It describes sacred rock-lore: legends connected with rocks, spirits dwelling in mountains and rocks, how spirits of the dead can enter rocks, how infertile women prayed to phallic stones, the use of navel stones, and special rocks for healing...
Topics: Folklore, Beliefs, Customs, Ethnography, Legends, Myths, Mythology, Armenia, Armenian, Asia Minor,...
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Thorne, Jack, b. 1863
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Publication date from NUC Pre-1956, v. 187, p. 644
Topics: African Americans, Wilmington Race Riot, Wilmington, N.C., 1898
Source: http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/thorne/menu.html
Published in Wilmington, 1878-98; published in Charlotte, 1899
Topics: Medicine, Periodicals, North Carolina
State Library of North Carolina
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538
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Wood, Thomas Fanning, 1841-1892; McCarthy, Gerald, 1858-1915
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"From the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scienctific Society."--cover
Topics: North Caroliniana, Botany
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Advance Rumely Thresher Company
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July 1920 print advertisement for the Advance Rumely Thresher Company Type F OilPull tractor "The Swamp Angel".
Topics: Advance Rumely Thresher Company, OilPull, LaPorte Indiana, LaPorte, Indiana, tractor, tractors,...
A leaf covered dirt road with bare trees and shrubs on either side of the road.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
A dirt road/trail amongst trees and undergrowth. Path begins in bottom right corner of plate.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
View of a house with a picket fence in front; seen through the gate opening at right of center are a woman in long dress with a banjo, a woman in long dress with scarf around her neck, and a man in a hat and suit holding a long object in his right hand.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Illinois
Trunk of American basswood tree. Tree trunk in center of image amidst fallen leaves with thin-trunked trees in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Pulaski County, Tilia americana, Illinois
A small island on a lake covered in trees and shrubs reflected in water. Grassy shore in foreground.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
View of a house with a picket fence in front; standing at the gate opening at right of center are a woman in long dress with a banjo, a woman in long dress with scarf around her neck, and a man in a hat and suit.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Illinois
Trunks of Tree of Heaven trees. Two tree trunks adjacent at their base in center of image amidst grassy vegetation, with wooden fence behind.the trees and a row of trees in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Heaven trees, Ailanthus altissima, Illinois
Black and white, silent motion picture film created by B. T. Gault on Plum Island [now part of the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge] in Door County, Wisconsin. Actual film date unknown, ca. 1900-1942. On the film, there is a Coast Guard boat (white, with white canvas cover on front, "U.S. PLUM ISL" printed on life preserver) in water with 5 men in uniforms, 1 man in white seated on back of boat, and 1 dog at the front of the boat. Next scene is men unloading many wooden crates onto...
Topics: Gault, birds, ornithology, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin
View of house with picket fence in front. In front of house from left to right are: one man standing in gateway holding an axe; one man sitting in a tree; seated person holding baby; boy, man, and short person standing at fence.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Illinois
Black and white, silent film created by B. T. Gault. Locality information unconfirmed, thought to be in Ireland. Actual film date unknown, ca. 1900-1942, most likely 1925-1927. In the film the first scene is of five people in field shoveling potatoes into buckets, trees in distance; next scene is of people dancing in front of two-story house with clay/mud exterior, windows, shingled roof.
Topics: Gault, farm, dancing
Image shows wolf running amidst undergrowth. Crop marks surround wolf.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Gregory Brothers, Running Wolf in its Natrual Habitat
Citation : Chicago Academy of Sciences. (1939). Leaflet (8). Chicago, IL: Chicago Academy of Sciences. Articles in this issue : The People vs. Corvus (Harper, Samuel A.)
Topics: ornithology, Corvus
Image shows leaf-strewn ravine running from center foreground to river bed in center background. Tall trees and plants line the sides of the ravine as well as the river in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Herman S. Pepoon, Ravine, River
Image shows older woman wearing glasses, with hair in a bun, and dotted dress leaning over a bed of Gerbera daisy-like flowers, with 3 windows on side of house, fence, and tree trunk in background. Possibly Mary Pepoon (sister).
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Herman S. Pepoon, Flowers, Mary Pepoon
Image shows seated man wearing hat with front brim holding snake wrapped around arm and line of trees in background and ladder in left background. Crop marks drawn with black ink on the plate surrounds the figure and ladder. Damage to the plate obscures much of the image.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Herman S. Pepoon, Figure, Snake
Image shows side view of a man standing behind and resting hands on tree stump in right midground, surrounded by many large leafy trees.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Herman S. Pepoon, Figure, Trees
Citation: Chicago Academy of Sciences. (Dec 1939). The Chicago Naturalist 2 (4). Chicago, IL: Chicago Academy of Sciences. Articles in this issue: Deer in Autumn (Bailey, Alfred M.) The Secret of Living Light (Byrnes, Frank C.) Index to Volume Two (Chicago Academy of Sciences) Museum Activities (Chicago Academy of Sciences) The Naturalist's Calendar of Events (Chicago Academy of Sciences) The Opossum, Prophet Without Honor (Davis, D. Dwight) Winter Days With the Birds (Ford, E. R.) Pere...
Topics: mule deer, Colorado, mammology, nature photography, science, chemiluminescence, cold light,...
Trunk of swamp chestnut oak tree. Tree trunk in center of image amidst grasses with wooded vegetation in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Quercus michauxii, DuPage County, Illinois
Description : Map surveying the tract of land from Swamp Land Survey No. 836. Accession Number : 1983/079/105 Collection : Sacramento County (Calif.) Clerk Recorder records Additional Title : Survey Map Book A, Page 103 Publisher : Root, C.A. (County Recorder) Date Published : 1913-07-26 Dimensions : 18.5 x 27 in
Topics: Swamp Land Survey, Sacramento -- Sacramento County (Calif.), Sacramento County (Calif.) -- Maps,...
Map surveying swamp land near River Side Road, Sutter Grant Line and the Mt. Diablo Meridian. Accession Number : 1983/079/030 Collection : Sacramento County (Calif.) Clerk Recorder records Additional Title : Survey Map Book A, Page 29 Publisher : Cohn, R.J. (County Recorder) Date Published : 1896-01-13 Dimensions : 29.5 x 19.5 in
Topics: Sacramento -- Sacramento County (Calif.), Sacramento County (Calif.) -- Maps, CSH Map Digitization...
Duke University Libraries
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North Carolina. State Board of Education
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81 p. 23 cm
Topic: Marshes -- North Carolina
"Published by order of the Literary Board."
Topic: Marshes
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
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Topics: Slave insurrections, Fugitive slaves, African Americans, Slavery, Slavery
NLM copy imperfect: p. 25-28 mutilated
Topics: Yellow Fever, Epidemics
Illustrated added t.-p., engraved
Allen County Public Library
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Missouri. Special Agent in Land Reclamation; Nolen, John, H
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Topics: Waste lands, Drainage
Silvanus Chase of Harwich sold a certain cedar swamp lying in Yarmouth to Nathaniel Eldridge of Chatham.
Topics: Deeds--Massachusetts--Yarmouth, Yarmouth (Mass.)
4 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 26 cm. (4to)
Topics: North Carolina -- Description and travel, Imprint 1797
Scanned books from various European Libraries.
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Grover, Eulalie Osgood, 1873-
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Lutz, Edwin George, b. 1868
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Topic: Drawing -- Study and teaching
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Internet Archive
Books for children from around the world. From University of California Libraries ( list ), the University of Florida's "Literature for Children" Collection , the National Yiddish Book Center , the New York Public Library , International Children's Digital Library , and other libraries. See a Tag Cloud for the Internet Archive Childrens Book Collection.
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Singer Sewing Co.
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The manual for the Singer sewing machine models 15-96 (Treadle) and 15-98 (hand turn). I created the PDF from the Smithsonian Libraries scans found here: https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/NMAHTEX/2666/index.htm
Topics: singer, sewing, machine, sewing machine, 15-96, 15-98, manual
Queen's University Library
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Singer Sewing Machine Co., St. Johns, P.Q
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Topic: Almanacs, Canadian
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Schrenk, J; Houghton, J. H. lyr; Wehrmann. egr; Leighton & Co. dte; Our Shirt Factory. dte
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For voice and piano
Topics: Grunewald, Louis, Songs with piano, Sewing machines
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Topics: Household appliances, Sewing machines, Washing machines
Cover title
Topic: Sewing machines
Stamped on front cover: J. Legood, 299 Parliament St., Toronto, Ont
Topic: Sewing machines
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Wakeman, Antoinette Prudence (Van Hoesen), Mrs., 1856- [from old catalog]; Heller, Louise M., [from old catalog] joint author
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Topics: Sewing. [from old catalog], Garment cutting. [from old catalog]
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Romer, J. B., Mrs
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Singer Manufacturing Company
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A scan of the original instructions from the 1880s
Topics: singer, sewing, attachment, simanco, 27, vs, vs2
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Baltimore Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor
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Wrapper title
Topics: Baltimore Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, Clothing workers, Poor,...
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Ralston, Virginia, Mrs., 1870-
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Cover title
Topics: Sewing, Sewing
Holograph, signed
Topics: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885, Weston, Mary, 1786-1860, Antislavery movements, Women...
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Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890
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578 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Needlework, Embroidery, Sewing, Lace and lace making, Crocheting, Knitting, Fancy work
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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
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viii, 303, [1] p., [25] leaves of plates : 29 cm
Topics: Sewing, Knitting
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Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852
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p. 4to
Topics: Military topography, Military topography -- Northern Ireland -- Derry
Supplemented by: Publications issued ... January, 1894[-June 1895]. [London : H.M.S.O., 1894-1895]. 18 no. Caption title. Number for April 1895 wanting. Bound with Catalogue of maps and plans ... of England and Wales, and the Isle of man, to 1st of Jan. 1888
Pages 113, 114 (tables) from 2d. ed. bound at end of volume
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Topics: Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel, Bosporus (Turkey)
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Stephens, John L., 1805-1852
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Removed from: Incidents of travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland
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PLAYFAIR William (1759-1823)
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THE THIRD EDITION Corrected and brought down to the End of last Year. LONDON Printed by T. Button, Little Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, FOR J. WALLIS, N0. 46, PATERNOSTER-ROW; CARPENTER AND CO, BOND-STREET ; EGERTON, WHITEHALL ; VERNOR AND HOOD, POULTRY ; BLACK AND PARRY, LEADENIHALL-STREET, 1801 Quote: “I confess I was long anxious to find out, whether I was actually the first who applied the principles of geometry to matters of Finance, as it had...
Topics: Graphic Representation, Early Financial Graphics, Statistical Data, Tabular Data, William Playfair,...
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Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914
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57 pages, 207 pages of plates : 30 cm
Topics: Economics, Population, Vital Statistics, Censuses, Agriculture, Manufactures, Population, United...
