407 research outputs found
Receipt for medical service for Morgan Clements, paid by Rufus Clements to Reuben Searcy, February 18, 1863
No full textAn item in the Clements Family Papers Collection
Clements family history on the descendents of Reuben Clement and Elizabeth Stewart and genealogical tables
No full textAn item in the Clements Family Papers Collection
Philip Strong letter to Reuben Wood, January 27, 1852
No full textLegal correspondence written by Philip Strong to Governor Reuben Wood regarding a warrant to arrest Peyton Polly, dated January 27, 1852.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Stanley Matthews letter to Reuben Wood, March 23, 1852
No full textLetter written to Governor Reuben Wood by Stanley Matthews in support of the appointment of Donn Piatt to a position in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, March 23, 1852. Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) was at the time a judge in the court. He secured a seat in the Ohio Senate in 1856 before being appointed U.S. District Attorney for Southern Ohio in 1858, and later served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1881 to 1889.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Better SAFE than sorry
No full textCorey J.A. Bradshaw, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, William F. Laurance and Barry W. Broo
Pearsonia tembatensis Marzuki & Clements 2013, new species
No full textPearsonia tembatensis, new species (Figs. 1, 2) Material examined. — Holotype – 1 ex. SH. 8.6 mm × SW. 23.8 mm (ZRC. MOL.3074), on leaf litter near waterfall, Tembat Forest Reserve (5°03'55.9"N, 102°31'31.9"E), Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, coll. M. E. Marzuki & R. Clements, May 2011. Paratype — 1 ex. SH. 11.8 mm x SW. 27.0 mm (ME2011 /0186), on leaf litter, Tembat Forest Reserve (5°03'55.9"N, 102°31'31.9"E), Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, coll. M. E. Marzuki & R. Clements, May 2011. Diagnosis. — Shell medium-sized, widely umbilicated, dextral, rather thick. Colour brown, translucent, shiny, crossed by narrow peripheral band. Whorls five, slowly increasing; periphery rounded. Radial sculpture ornamented with fine, irregularly growth lines below suture and around umbilicus; spiral sculpture absent. Apex smooth, more or less rounded with inconspicuous growth lines. Wrinkled, irregular diffuse blotches appear after 3½ whorl, becoming inconspicuous after 4½ whorls. Spire flatly discoid, very low, slightly raised above body whorl, ornamented with faint, pale brown stripe at 4½ whorl. Suture deeply impressed; sutural tube short, opening slightly backwards behind peristome, about 2 mm in length. Aperture circular, oblique, white with double peristome; inner thickened while outer peristome reflected and expanded at suture forming an open descending wing identical to Pterocyclos. Operculum corneous, roundly convex, multispiral, ciliated on raised edge, smooth at centre. Animal grey, spotted, foot light brown. Etymology. — This new species is named after its type locality, Tembat Forest Reserve, Terengganu. We chose this name to highlight the biological importance of this forest reserve, portions of which are currently being cleared for a dam. Remarks. — Based on our comparisons with a fairly complete collation of cyclophorid literature (i.e., Morlet, 1892; Kobelt, 1902, 1908; Gude, 1921; Yen, 1939), we assigned our new species to the genus Pearsonia based on a general agreement with the original shell description in German (translated by F. Köhler) by Kobelt (1902): “Shell discoid, with thick, sometimes hairy periostracum. Aperture circular with thin small tubular pore behind the lip opening backwards. Operculum, non-calcareous, multispiral, outside convex, inside flat. Outer whorls flaring.” Pearsonia (and our new species) can be differentiated from Pterocyclos (Benson, 1832) and Crossopoma (Martens, 1891) by the presence of a sutural tube just behind the aperture (Kobelt, 1902; Gude, 1921). Pearsonia is clearly distinct from Cyclotus (Swainson, 1840), which does not have a sutural tube. Although both Pearsonia and Opisthophorus (Benson, 1851) possess a sutural tube, the tube of the latter genus is significantly longer, and turns either upwards or downwards as it decreases in length. Unlike Pearsonia (Godwin-Austen, 1889; Stoliczka, 1872), the edges of the operculum in Cyclotus and Opisthophorus are not raised. There is no other representative of Pearsonia from Malaysia for comparison. Among Malaysian cyclophorids, P. tembatensis new species, has the closest affinity with Cyclotus umbraticus Benthem-Jutting, 1949 from Larut hill [Pahang], but again, the latter species does not have a sutural tube and its shell sculpture has a zigzag-like pattern. Within Pearsonia, P. tembatensis is closely related to P. putaoensis (Godwin-Austen, 1915) and P. minimum (Godwin-Austen, 1915) from the Indian region. However, the shells of the latter two species are significantly smaller and their shell sculpture comprises fine transverse striae on the epidermis. Furthermore, the outer peristome of P. minimum is very simple and only slightly reflected. We hope that future phylogenetic studies incorporating molecular, conchological and anatomical data on cyclophorids will include this new species in order to validate our hypothesis. Based on the geographical distribution of Pearsonia, it is highly likely that our new species belongs to this genus. To date, there are 22 species in the genus Pearsonia found mostly within the Indo-Malayan region. This new species represents the southernmost extent of Pearsonia ’s distribution in Indo-Malaya (Fig. 3).Published as part of Marzuki, Mohammad Effendi bin & Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben, 2013, A New Species Of Cyclophorid Snail (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) From Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, pp. 21-24 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (1) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.450929
The racial romance of Amy Levy's "Reuben Sachs"
No full textOn its publication in 1888, Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy (1861-1889) was initially received as being anti-Semitic in both the Jewish and the mainstream presses. Many reviews were scathingly critical, and some singled out the author for special abuse ...Peer reviewedFinal article published
Peyton Polly legal fees document
No full textDocumentation of legal fees incurred by attorneys in the legal case of Peyton Polly, received and paid by the office of Governor Reuben Wood, March 10, 1852. Ralph Leete was prosecuting attorney for Lawrence County, Ohio, and led the legal effort to secure the freedom of family members in the case of Peyton Polly.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Bland Ballard letter to Ralph Leete, March 18, 1852
No full textCopy of a letter written by Bland Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky, inquiring about outstanding fees owed in the legal case of Peyton Polly, from the papers of Ohio Governor Reuben Wood. Ballard was a District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky, while Leete was prosecuting attorney for Lawrence County, Ohio, and led the legal effort to secure the freedom of family members in the case of Peyton Polly.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Conserving Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-modified landscapes
No full textSoutheast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and urbanization, which are expected to result in species declines and extinctions. In particular, growing global demands for food, biofuel and other commodities are driving the rapid expansion of oil palm and paper-and-pulp industries at the expense of lowland dipterocarp forests, further jeopardizing Southeast Asian forest biotas. We synthesize recent findings on the effects of land-use changes on plants, invertebrates, vertebrates and ecosystem functioning/services in Southeast Asia. We find that species richness and abundance/density of forest-dependent taxa generally declined in disturbed compared to mature forests. Species with restricted ranges and those with habitat and foraging specialization were particularly vulnerable. Forest loss also disrupted vital ecosystem services (e.g. crop pollination). Long-term studies are needed to understand biotic sustainability in regenerating and degraded forests, particularly in the context of the synergistic or additive effects of multiple agents of biodiversity loss (e.g. invasive species and climate change). The preservation of large tracts of mature forests should remain the principal conservation strategy in the tropics. In addition, reforestation and reintroductions of native species, as well as improved connectivity among forest patches could enhance the conservation value of forest remnants in human-dominated landscapes. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh, Reuben Clements, Thomas C. Wanger, Jane K. Hill, Keith C. Hamer, Yann Clough, Teja Tscharntke, Mary Rose C. Posa and Tien Ming Leehttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405853/description#descriptio
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