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A Glimpse at New Jersey Colonial Politics
No full textBernstein finds in an election broadside of March, 1772, from Cumberland County, New Jersey, held in Rutgers' Special Collections, evidence to support an analysis of local factional quarrels and their relationship to colonial political life. While there were no political parties, there were political rivalies and political machines, in this case, represented by Quakers and Presbyterians
Four Portraits of Jame Sharples
No full textBest known of the English-born, eighteenth century itinerant artists working in the United States, both because of his high artistic ability as well as his extensive work, is James Sharples. A group of four portraits by Sharples was included in the bequest of James Neilson, 1866, to Rutgers University. They include portraits of George Washington, John Voorhees, Colonel John Neilson, and his wife, Catherine Voorhees Neilson
Religious Periodicals in England During the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
No full textRogal discusses the the publication of English religious periodicals during the Restoration and eighteen century and provides a preliminary checklist of them
An Early-Nineteenth Century Life of John Donne: An Edition with Notes and Commentary
No full textIn this article, Shawcross edits a manuscript in the Rutgers University Library, entitled "Some Curious Particulars of the very learned and reverend John Donne" and dated 1821. The manuscript has antiquarian interest, historical value in a study of biography, and significance for a full awareness of Donne's reputation
The Use of the Library
No full textCollege and university libraries are primary aids to members of the teaching staffs and to graduate and undergraduate students inasmuch as they provide material for classroom use and for research. The Rutgers University Library is no exception to this rule, and our endeavor has been to supply library material in the following order: (1) for undergraduate study, (2) for the private study of each member of the faculty, (3) for graduate work, (4) for general development of the Library. As a result of this policy, there has been built up at Rutgers a large and well grounded collection of material, not only useful to students and faculty of the University but to many other persons
Last Words in Volume 17:1
No full textMarchand comments with glee on the great steam shoveltearing up the Jersey shale on the site of the new Library (Alexander Library)