American convention for promoting the abolition of slavery and improving the condition of the African race at Philadelphia, in October, 1819, to the people of the United States
Edited by William Henry Egle. 1st-2d ser., v. 1-2, 1894-95; 3d ser., v. 1-3, 1895-96, 4th ser., v. 1-2, 1893-95; annual volume 1896-1900.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1894-1901.
Physical Description
12 v. 26-28 cm.
Notes
Title varies slightly.
First-third series: Reprint of articles which appeared originally in the Harrisburg Daily telegraph, 1878-1883, some of them having been issued also in pamphlet form.
No more published.
"This compilation is not a complete index. It was arranged originally by members of the State library staff ... Additional headings prepared by other libraries have since been included."
The life of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin / written by himself ; together with a number of his humorous, moral, and literary essays, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator
Memoirs of Martha Laurens Ramsay, who died in Charleston, S.C., on the tenth of June, 1811, in the fifty-second year of her age : with extracts from her diary, letters, and other private papers, and also from letters written to her, by her father, Henry Laurens, 1771-1776
"A member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Martha Laurens Ramsay was one of few eighteenth-century Southern women whose written records provide a window into her life, her experiences, convictions, and ambivalences during the crucial epoch of the nation's founding decades. Ramsay's spiritual diary and correspondence reveal her views on patriotism, daughterly duty, household management, wifely affection, motherly aspiration, and personal autonomy." [from WorldCat.org]
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 27 (1903).
Summary
William Henry was the armorist for the British forces during the French and Indian war and then an activist for separation from Britain during the Revolutionary War. He was a congressman after the Revolution.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 30.
Summary
The article focuses on a letter from Edward Shippen lll to his son, Edward Shippen lV (who would later become the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania). The letter contains advice on how to live a good and productive life both in business and family life.
