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Pensacola in 1770
The article describes the tension between the British and the Spanish governments in the Americas, especially related to West Florida when British troops were headquartered in Pensacola. The document here presented is from Jonathan Ogden to Robert Morris and is one of the large collection of original manuscripts in the Robert Morris Papers in the Rutgers University Library. The recipient of the letter was the natural son of Robert Hunter Morris, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court before the Revolution
Spring Meeting of the Associated Friends
Mentions the "rededicated" Associated Friends and its President, I. Robert Kriendler
Two Letters of U. S. Grant
The two letters were written by U. S. Grant to his father. They were presented to Rutgers University by Mrs. Eliot R. Payson from the estate of her brother, the late Charles L. Corbin, nephew of Abel Corbin, who married Grant's sister Virginia. The letters are published here for the first time
Antonius Bonfini and His "Rerum Ungaricarum Decades"
Held describes the nature a book written by Antonius Bonfini (1427—?), an early work on the history of Hungary, held in Rutgers Special Collections
Last Words in Volume 18:2
Marchand has a preview of the new library (Alexander Library) with the University Librarian before it opens
Library Exhibits
Music in America from 1640 to 1865"The Dust Bin of History: American Presidential Losers, 1796-1968,"American India
The Masonic Hall Opera House: A Further Chapter in New Brunwick's Stage History: Part II
Coad concludes his article on the Masonic Hall Opera House in New Brunswick with its destruction by fire 1896
Letters of James Anthony Froude
This article contains six letters written by Froude (1818-1894) to General Gustave Paul Cluseret (1923-1900) during the years 1876-1877. They primarily concern Froude's knowledge of affairs in South Africa and his efforts to obtain a position for Cluseret in the government of the Transvaal. They are part of the Library's Theodore Stanton Collection in Special Collections