Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60
Connecting to collections, a call to action, the National Conservation Summit, June 27-28, 2007 video highlights and keynote addresses
Connecting to collections, a call to action, June 27-28, 2007, the National Conservation Summit, summit highlights
Connecting to collections, a call to action, the National Conservation Summit, Washington, DC, June 27-28, 2007, video highlights and keynote addresses
National Conservation Summit, video highlights and keynote addresses
National Conservation Summit, June 27-28, 2007
Responsibility
[video production, Icon Communications].
Meeting
National Conservation Summit (2007 : Washington, D.C.)
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Institute of Museum and Library Services,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (ca. 2 hrs., 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Notes
Title from root menu.
"Institute of Museum and Library Services; Heritage Preservation, the National Institute for Conservation; Smithsonian Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture."
Contents
Disc 1: Opening remarks -- Connecting to expertise -- Connecting to technology -- Agency chairmen -- [Presentation by] Girl Scout Troop 4563. -- Disc 2: Connecting to funders -- Connecting to the public -- Keynote address, Allen Weinstein -- Keynote address, Francie Alexander.
Summary
Representatives of small and medium-sized museums and libraries from every state, including Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, met with national leaders in the nation's capitol on June 27-28, 2007. The summit explored strategies for preserving endangered collections, harnessing new technologies, engaging the public in conservation efforts, and identifying funding resources.
American Association for State and Local History book series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81) and index.
Contents
A digital glossary -- Questions to ask before starting a digital project -- Copyright and ethics -- Project management -- Technical specifications -- Choosing equipment -- How to track digital images : metadata and databases -- Revealing history : image enhancement as a research tool.
"The saga begins and ends with two commonplace scenes: a teenaged immigrant alighting a ship in colonial Philadelphia with but two letters of introduction and three guineas to his name, and a gravesite ringed by a half-dozen black-clothed mourners. But during the century and a half that encapsulates these vignettes, a Pennsylvania dynasty rose and fell- and rose and fell again. From Robert Coleman of Castle Finn, Ireland, to Robert Habersham Coleman of Cornwall, Lebanon County, four generations of one family amassed several fortunes, monopolized Pennsylvania's ironmaking industry, created entire self-sufficient communities, befriended statesmen, entertained royalty and lived - and died - in an epic drama that still intrigues and fascinates." [from the text]
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.
The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
Contains statements by various Pennsylvania officials.
Library holds the German original.
Attributed to Henrich Schweitzer, Philadelphia, printer based on typographical evidence.
Shaw and Shoemaker 14953.
Summary
This resource is a pamphlet concerning the 1808 Pennsylvanian gubernatorial election between Democratic-Republican candidate Simon Schneider (Snyder) (1759-1819) and Federalist James Ross (1762-1847). The writers of the pamphlet were alerting the public to what they believed were threats to their freedoms if Snyder were elected: "Free Voters of Pennsylvania! Read the following pages, and consider what to do before it is too late. The time is extremely important: be alert, otherwise your freedom will disappear for ever, and all the famous rights and privileges will be sacrificed on the alter of anarchy." The pamphlet includes testimonials from area persons who were worried that Snyder would call a convention to change the constitution in order to take away the rights of poor men to vote and to establish a military tribunal about the rights of conscience.
James Buchanan; paper read before the Kittochtinny Historical Society of Franklin County, Friday evening, March 30, 1900, at the residence of Dr. Chas. F. Palmer, Chambersburg, Pa
