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Side-Light on a New York Antifederalist Lawyer
No full textJames Neilson, of the Class of 1866, deposited in the Rutgers Library a large collection of manuscript letters and business papers belonging to his family. Among these letters are correspondences among Johm Neilson, Eleazer Knowles and Abraham Lott that give insight into the Federalists and Antifederalist conflicts in a case related to the claimants to an estate of land located south of Albany, New York known as Coeyman's Patent
Harold Macmillian's Appointment as Minister at Algiers, 1942: The Military, Political, and Diplomatic Background
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New Jersey Defines the Confederation: An Abraham Clark Letter
No full textMcCormick puts into context and transcribes a December 9, 1785 letter by Abraham Clark (1726-1794) which recites in detail the basis of New Jersey's opposition to the financial practices of the Continental Congress and provides the background for one of the actions that was to contribute to the downfall of the Confederation, that is, New Jersey's refusal to honor a requisition from the Congress. The letter was sent to John Cleves Symmes and Josiah Hornblower, two of the state's three delegates in the Continental Congress
Gifts and Acquisitions in 24:1
No full textDescribes the various family papers that relate to New Jerseyans moving to the western part of the United States, especially those in the Samuel B. How Papers and Thompson Family Papers
Notes from the Library in Volume 11:2
No full text"Another Gift from Dr. Paltsis" by Donald Sinclair. Describes manuscript letters and documents related to Queens College and Rutgers College."An Unpublished Letter of William the Silent" by Madeleine Charanis. Transcribes and translates from the Dutch an original letter written by William the Silent (1533–1584)."Elia" by J. Milton French. Describes the rare. first edition of Charles Lamb's "Elia" and "The Last Essays of Elia" acquired by the Library."Philip Freneau's Records of Sea Voyages" by Lewis Leary
Far Eastern Materials
No full textBurks describes the contents and significance of the Library's acquisition of the research library of the American Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc. The library is unique in that it is made up of original materials, largely in the English language, although there are scattered items published in Chinese and Japanese