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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Thirty Years a Slave
Author: Louis Hughes
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421818981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, as I remember, when my mother, two brothers and myself were sold to Dr. Louis, a practicing physician in the village of Scottsville. We remained with him about five years, when he died, and, in the settlement of his estate, I was sold to one Washington Fitzpatrick, a merchant of the village. He kept me a short time when he took me to Richmond, by way of canal-boat, expecting to sell me; but as the market was dull, he brought me back and kept me some three months longer, when he told me he had hired me out to work on a canal-boat running to Richmond, and to go to my mother and get my clothes ready to start on the trip. I went to her as directed, and, when she had made ready my bundle, she bade me good-by with tears in her eyes, saying: "My son, be a good boy; be polite to every one, and always behave yourself properly."
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421818981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, as I remember, when my mother, two brothers and myself were sold to Dr. Louis, a practicing physician in the village of Scottsville. We remained with him about five years, when he died, and, in the settlement of his estate, I was sold to one Washington Fitzpatrick, a merchant of the village. He kept me a short time when he took me to Richmond, by way of canal-boat, expecting to sell me; but as the market was dull, he brought me back and kept me some three months longer, when he told me he had hired me out to work on a canal-boat running to Richmond, and to go to my mother and get my clothes ready to start on the trip. I went to her as directed, and, when she had made ready my bundle, she bade me good-by with tears in her eyes, saying: "My son, be a good boy; be polite to every one, and always behave yourself properly."
The Educational Times, and Journal of the College of Preceptors
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Williams' Cincinnati Directory ...
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Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Issues for 1860, 1866-67, 1869, 1872 include directories of Covington and Newport, Kentucky.
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Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Issues for 1860, 1866-67, 1869, 1872 include directories of Covington and Newport, Kentucky.
Between Two Worlds
Author: Malcolm Gaskill
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199672962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these migrants-entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike-faced one incontrovertible truth: England was a very, very long way away.In Between Two Worlds, celebrated historian Malcolm Gaskill tells the sweeping story of the English experience in America during the first century of colonization. Following a large and varied cast of visionaries and heretics, merchants and warriors, and slaves and re.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199672962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these migrants-entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike-faced one incontrovertible truth: England was a very, very long way away.In Between Two Worlds, celebrated historian Malcolm Gaskill tells the sweeping story of the English experience in America during the first century of colonization. Following a large and varied cast of visionaries and heretics, merchants and warriors, and slaves and re.
New York City Directory
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith
Author: Sir Leslie Stephen
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Lieutenant Joshua Hewes
Author: Eben Putnam
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Category : British Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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"Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, son of John Hewes of Royston, Herts.[Hertfordshire, England], was aged ... 66 years at his death, 25 January, 1675-6 ... He married 8 October, 1634, Mary Goldstone ... who died 23d, 6 mo., 1655, daughter of "Gouldstone of Watertown". ... Joshua Hewes married second, in Boston, "ll. 12 mo. 1656, Alice Crabtree, relict of John Crabtree ... There is no record of the death of Alice Hewes, but she survived her husband, having administration on his estate 25 April, 1676 ... "P. 91. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Maryland, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Connectiucut, Colorado, California and elsewhere.
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Category : British Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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"Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, son of John Hewes of Royston, Herts.[Hertfordshire, England], was aged ... 66 years at his death, 25 January, 1675-6 ... He married 8 October, 1634, Mary Goldstone ... who died 23d, 6 mo., 1655, daughter of "Gouldstone of Watertown". ... Joshua Hewes married second, in Boston, "ll. 12 mo. 1656, Alice Crabtree, relict of John Crabtree ... There is no record of the death of Alice Hewes, but she survived her husband, having administration on his estate 25 April, 1676 ... "P. 91. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Maryland, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Connectiucut, Colorado, California and elsewhere.
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie Stephen
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
Book Description
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
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Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales
Author: Thomas Nicholas
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806313146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806313146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
History of Western Maryland
Author: J. Thomas Scharf
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849658678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The preparation of "History of Western Maryland", one of the most voluminous works on the history of that party of the United States, imposed a vast responsibility and an immense amount of labor. In the compilation of this history no authority of importance has been overlooked. The author has carefully examined every source of information open to him, and has availed himself of every fact that could throw new light upon, or impart additional interest to, the subject under consideration. Besides consulting the most reliable records and authorities, over fifteen thousand communications were addressed to persons supposed to be in possession of facts or information calculated to add value to the work. Recourse has not only been had to the valuable libraries of Baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick, and Hagerstown, but the author and his agents have visited personally the entire territory embraced in the six counties of Western Maryland, spending much time in each district, examining ancient newspapers, musty manuscripts, family, church, and society records, conversing with the aged inhabitants, and collecting from them orally many interesting facts never before published, and which otherwise, in all probability, would soon have been lost altogether. In addition to the material partly used in the preparation of his " Chronicles" and " History of Baltimore City and County" and " History of Maryland," the author has consulted an immense number of pamphlets, consisting of county and town documents, reports of societies, associations, corporations, and historical discourses, and, in short, everything of a fugitive character that might in any way illustrate the history of Western Maryland. Sketches of the rise, progress, and present condition of the various religious denominations, professions, political parties, and charitable and benevolent institutions, societies, and orders form a conspicuous feature of the work. Manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural interests have also a prominent place. An account of the county school system is also given, and a history of the various institutions of learning of which Western Maryland has every reason to be proud. Many of the facts recorded, both statistical and historical, may seem trivial or tediously minute to the general reader, and yet such facts have a local interest and sometimes a real importance. Considerable space has also been given to biographies of leading and representative men, living and dead, who have borne an active part in the various enterprises of life, and who have become closely identified with the history of Frederick, Washington, Montgomery, Allegany, Carroll, and Garrett Counties. The achievements of the living must not be forgotten, nor must the memories of those who have passed away be allowed to perish. It is the imperative duty of the historian to chronicle their public and private efforts to advance the great interests of society. Their deeds are to be recorded for the benefit of those who follow them; they, in fact, form part of the history of their communities, and their successful lives add to the glory of the Commonwealth. A distinguishing feature of the work is its statistics of the various districts into which the six counties of Western Maryland are divided. In them the reader is brought into close relation with every part of Western Maryland. This is volume four out of six, covering Carroll and Washington Counties.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849658678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The preparation of "History of Western Maryland", one of the most voluminous works on the history of that party of the United States, imposed a vast responsibility and an immense amount of labor. In the compilation of this history no authority of importance has been overlooked. The author has carefully examined every source of information open to him, and has availed himself of every fact that could throw new light upon, or impart additional interest to, the subject under consideration. Besides consulting the most reliable records and authorities, over fifteen thousand communications were addressed to persons supposed to be in possession of facts or information calculated to add value to the work. Recourse has not only been had to the valuable libraries of Baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick, and Hagerstown, but the author and his agents have visited personally the entire territory embraced in the six counties of Western Maryland, spending much time in each district, examining ancient newspapers, musty manuscripts, family, church, and society records, conversing with the aged inhabitants, and collecting from them orally many interesting facts never before published, and which otherwise, in all probability, would soon have been lost altogether. In addition to the material partly used in the preparation of his " Chronicles" and " History of Baltimore City and County" and " History of Maryland," the author has consulted an immense number of pamphlets, consisting of county and town documents, reports of societies, associations, corporations, and historical discourses, and, in short, everything of a fugitive character that might in any way illustrate the history of Western Maryland. Sketches of the rise, progress, and present condition of the various religious denominations, professions, political parties, and charitable and benevolent institutions, societies, and orders form a conspicuous feature of the work. Manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural interests have also a prominent place. An account of the county school system is also given, and a history of the various institutions of learning of which Western Maryland has every reason to be proud. Many of the facts recorded, both statistical and historical, may seem trivial or tediously minute to the general reader, and yet such facts have a local interest and sometimes a real importance. Considerable space has also been given to biographies of leading and representative men, living and dead, who have borne an active part in the various enterprises of life, and who have become closely identified with the history of Frederick, Washington, Montgomery, Allegany, Carroll, and Garrett Counties. The achievements of the living must not be forgotten, nor must the memories of those who have passed away be allowed to perish. It is the imperative duty of the historian to chronicle their public and private efforts to advance the great interests of society. Their deeds are to be recorded for the benefit of those who follow them; they, in fact, form part of the history of their communities, and their successful lives add to the glory of the Commonwealth. A distinguishing feature of the work is its statistics of the various districts into which the six counties of Western Maryland are divided. In them the reader is brought into close relation with every part of Western Maryland. This is volume four out of six, covering Carroll and Washington Counties.