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The character and duties of a Christian soldier, considered and applied in a sermon, preached before the Ancient and Honorable Company of Artillery, on Monday, June 7, 1790; being the anniversary of the election of officers. By Jonathan Homer, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Newton.
Homer, Jonathan, 1759-1843.Date: 1790- Books
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The memoirs life and character of the great Mr. Law and his brother at Paris. Down to this present year 1721, with an accurate and particular account of the establishment of the Missisippi Company in France, the rise and fall of it's stock, all the subtle artifices used to support the national credit of that kingdom, by the pernicious project of paper credit. Written by a Scots gentleman.
Gray, Mr.Date: [1721]- Books
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Memoirs of the maritime affairs of Great Britain, especially in relation to our concerns in the West-Indies. To which is prefix'd, the original letter of the author, to (and by the Command of) the Earl of Oxford, when High Treasurer of England, in relation to the South-Sea Company, and the Trade they were designed to carry on; in which the Consequences of an ill Management in that Respect are fully laid open, and the true Nature of such a Commerce explain'd. By the late John Pullen, Esq; Governor of Bermudas. To which is added, Capt. Pain's Short view of Spanish America: Containing a succinct Deduction of Navigation, from its Original to the Discovery of the New World; and an Account of the Extent, Quality, Riches, and Trade of his Catholick Majesty's Dominions there, in a Method wholly New, and from Authorities never yet known to the Publick.
Pullen, John.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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A view of the coasts, countries and islands within the limits of the South-Sea-Company. Containing An Account of the Discoveries, Settlements, Progress and Present State; together with the Bays, Ports, Harbours, Rivers, &c. The Various Winds and Soundings; the Product, People, Manufactures, Trade and Riches of the several Places: viz. From the River Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through the South Sea to the farthest Bounds of the late Act of Parliament. To which is added, An Account of Former Projects in England for a Settlement, and the Accomplishment of the Last in the Establishing the New Company; with a List of the Commissioners Names appointed by Her Majesty to take the Subscriptions. As also some Useful Oservations on the several Voyages that have been hitherto Publish'd. The whole collected from the best authors, as well manuscripts as printed. Illustrated with a general map, and particular draughts of the most important places; by Herman Moll, geographer.
Moll, Herman, -1732.Date: 1711- Books
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The glories of the Lord of Hosts, and the fortitude of the religious hero. A sermon preached to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company June 2. 1740. Being the anniversary of their election of officers. By Mather Byles, D.D. Pastor of a church in Boston. [Five lines from II Kings]
Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.Date: 1769- Books
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A detection of the proceedings and practices of the directors of the Royal African Company of England, From their first Establishment by Charter in the Year 1672, to the present Year 1748. With Remarks on the Use and Importance of the British Forts and Settlements on the Coast of Guiney, and the Necessity of speedily putting them upon a proper Establishment.
Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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Christ standing for an ensign of the people. A sermon preached at the Honourable and Ancient Artillery Company in Boston, June 5. 1738. Being the day of the finishing their first century. By Benjamin Colman, D.D. Published at the desire of many of the hearers. [One line from Exodus]
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747.Date: 1738- Books
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An essay on the nature and methods of carrying on a trade to the South-Sea. By Robert Allen, Who Resided some Years in the Kingdom of Peru.
Allen, Robert, active 17th century-18th century.Date: 1712- Books
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The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation, of Capt. John Quelch, And Others of his Company, &c. for sundry piracies, robberies, and murder, committed upon the Subjects of the King of Portugal, Her Majesty's Allie, on the coast of Brasil, &c. who Upon full Evidence, were found guilty, at the Court-House in Boston, on the thirteenth of June, 1704. By Virtue of a Commission, grounded upon the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of King William, For the more effectual Suppression of Piracy. With the Arguments of the Queen's Council; and Council for the Prisoners upon the said Act. Perused By his Excellency Joseph Dudley, Esq; Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over Her Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, in America, &c. To which are also added, some papers that were produc'd at the tryal above said. With An Account of the Ages of the several Prisoners, and the Places where they were Born.
Quelch, John, approximately 1665-1704.Date: 1705 [1704]- Books
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The principles of Congregational churches, relating to the constitution and authority of ecclesastical councils, considered, and applied to the case of the late ordination at Wallingford. By Noah Hobart, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Fairfield. [One line from Dr. Colman]
Hobart, Noah, 1706-1773.Date: 1759- Books
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Grace defended, in a modest plea for an important truth; namely, that the offer of salvation made to sinners in the Gospel, comprises in it an offer of the grace given in regeneration. And shewing the consistency of this truth with the free and sovereign grace of God, in the whole work of man's salvation. In which the doctrine of original sin and humane impotence, the object and extent of redemption, the nature of regeneration, the difference between common and special grace, the nature of justifying faith, and other important points, are considered and cleared. B Experience Mayhew. [Three lines of Scripture texts]
Mayhew, Experience, 1673-1758.Date: 1744- Books
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An essay to revive and encourage military exercises, skill and valour among the sons of God's people in New-England. A sermon preached before the Honourable Artillery-Company in Boston, June 5th. 1732. Being the day of their election of officers; and now made publick at their request, and at the desire of many others. By Oliver Peabody, A.M. Pastor of the church in Natick. [Nine lines of Scripture texts]
Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752.Date: 1732- Books
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Several conferences between some of the principal people amongst the Quakers in Pennsylvania, and the deputies from the six Indian nations, in alliance with Britain; in order to reclaim their brethren the Delaware Indians from their defection, and put a stop to their barbarities and hostilities. To which is prfix'd (as introductory to the said Conferences) Two Addresses from the said Quakers; one to the Lieutenant-Governor, and the other to the General-Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania; as also the Lieutenant-Governor's Declaration of War against the said Delaware Indians, and their Adherents.
Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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An answer to a letter, from an aged layman, to the clergy of the colony of Connecticut. In which the rights of the consociated churches are maintained; the consociation that appeared against the ordination of Mr. Dana at Wallingford vindicated; and the ministers like minded defended, against the insinuations, and relections contained in that letter. By an aged minister. [Three lines from Titus]
Dickinson, Moses, 1695-1778.Date: [1761]- Books
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The original plan, progress, and present state of the South-Sea-Company: or, some occasional thoughts upon the state of the British trade in the West-Indies, more especially the South-Seas: Shewing, By a short and accurate View, how advantageous that Commerce may be render'd to this Nation thro' a prudent Management, and how disadvantageous from a contrary Conduct. Submitted to Sir John Eyles. Published from the original manuscript of John Pullen, Esq; late Governor of Bermudas.
Pullen, John.Date: M.DCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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A collection of voyages undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company, for the improvement of trade and navigation. Containing an account of several attempts to find out the North-East Passage, and their Discoveries in the East-Indies, and the South Seas. Together with an Historical Introduction, giving an account of the rise, establishment and progress of that great body. Translated into English, and illustrated with several charts.
Renneville, Constantin de, approximately 1650-1723.Date: 1703- Books
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The national and private advantages of the African trade considered: being an enquiry, how far it concerns the trading interest of Great Britain, effectually to support and maintain the forts and settlements in Africa; belonging to the Royal African Company of England: Shewing also that Support and Encouragement the Dutch and the French give to their respective African Companies; and that nothing less than 30,000 l. per Annum, granted by Parliament to the present Company, for a Term of Years certain can enable them to support a Competition with our Rivals in that Trade: with a Proposition to render the Interest of private Traders, and that of the Company mutually beneficial to each other. with a new and correct map. of the Coast of Africa, and all the European Settlements. Humbly inscribed to the Rt. Honble. Henry Pelham, Esq; First Lord Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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A letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor; the worshipful aldermen, and common-council; the merchants, citizens, and inhabitants, of the city of London. From an old servant.
Heathcote, George.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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A method for determining the best climate of the earth, on a principle to which all geographers and historians have been hitherto strangers. In a memorial presented to the Governors of the East-India Company in Holland, for which The Author was obliged to leave that Country. By John Peter Purry. Translated from the French.
Purry, Jean Pierre, active 1718-1731.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in traveliing [sic] through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion by His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin; as well as of their return to Europe; with notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home; being the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, and St. Jago; [t]he port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the islands of St. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha, and Amsterdam; the coasts of Java, and Sumatra; the Nanka Isles, Pulo. Condore, and Cochin-China. Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, knight of the Bath, His Majesty's Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, commander of the expedition, and of other gentlemen in the several departments of the embassy. By sir George Staunton, Baronet, Honorary Doctor of Laws of the University of Oxford, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, His Majesty's Secretary of Embassy to the Emperor of China, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the office of the Embassador. In two volumes.
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801.Date: 1799- Books
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The civil ruler, a dignify'd servant of the Lord, but a dying man. A sermon preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, at Hartford, on the day of the anniversary election, May 10th, 1753. By Ebenezer Devotion, A.M. Pastor of a church in Windham. [Seven lines of quotations]
Devotion, Ebenezer, 1714-1771.Date: 1753- Books
General inorganic chemistry / by M. Cannon Sneed ... and J. Lewis Maynard.
Sneed, M. Cannon (Mayce Cannon), 1886-Date: 1942- Books
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Give Cesar his due. Or, The obligation that subjects are under to their civil rulers, as shewed in a sermon preach'd before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut at Hartford, May the 11th, 1738. The day for the election of the Honourable the governour, the deputy-governour, and the worshipful assistants. By Jared Eliot, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Killingworth. [Two lines from Proverbs]
Eliot, Jared, 1685-1763.Date: 1738- Books
Printing reproduction pocket pal.
Date: [1966?]- Books
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The power of sympathy: or, The triumph of nature. Founded in truth. In two volumes. ...
Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]