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Portuguese pamphlets: pamphlets, speeches, almanacs, offprints, and broadsides in various languages, chiefly Portuguese, relating to Portugal or Portuguese affairs

[Coverage from 1610-ca. 1925]
This collection, called by the Library of Congress its Portuguese pamphlet collection or the Portuguese Collection, was formed from material acquired by LC in 1927 and 1929 through purchase of the private library of Antonio Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro.…

Remarks on the country extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo: including observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants : with an appendix containing an account of the European trade with the West Coast of Africa

West Africa--slave trade, commerce, description, and travel.
Previous ed. published in 1822,under title: sketches taken during ten voyages to Africa between the years 1786 and 1800.

Recherches sur les voyages et découvertes des navigateurs Normands en Afrique dans les Indes Orientales et en Amérique ...

Voyages des navigateurs normands--De la marine--Des établissemens coloniaux--Du commerce--Appendice: note I. Relation des côtes d'Afrique, du père Labbat. II. Relation des côtes d'Afrique, de De Bellefond. III. Sur les îles Canaries. IV. Découverte de l'Australie. V. Voyage…

Records in the British Public Records Office Relating to South Carolina

Volumes 6-36, covering 1716-1782

Condition Ouvriere (The condition of the 19th century French working class)

Vol. 1 contains 19th century French books on the working classes. Vol. 2 includes books from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

William Livingston Papers, 1774-1790

United States. Politics and Government. 1783-1790. New Jersey.

American Culture Series: titles in the field of economics

This set contains materials in the field of economics published before 1875. No unpublished manuscripts or serial publications are included.

Probate Packets. Danbury Connecticut 1756-1823

This series consists of: Probate packets, Register of deeds, Register of probate records, Register of the General Index[to]deeds.

Register of Deeds, 1777-1823. Town of Danbury Connecticut.

This series consists of: Probate packets, Register of deeds, Register of probate records, Register of the General Index[to]deeds.

Register of General Index [to] Deeds. Danbury Connecticut. 1777-1859

This series consists of: Probate packets, Register of deeds, Register of probate records, Register of the General Index[to]deeds.

Register of Probate Records, 1739-1828. Town of Danbury Connecticut.

This series consists of: Probate packets, Register of deeds, Register of probate records, Register of the General Index[to]deeds.

Abstracts of Jamaica wills, 1625-1792, in the British Museum (British records relating to America in microform)

This is a collection of 312 abstracts of wills of English colonists or property holders in Jamaica during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

American Periodical Series, (APS I, II, III)

These three series reproduce over 1100 periodicals of the 18th and 19th century. Available full-text online via the Indexes and Database page. - Now available as American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 at

Great Britain. Public Record Office. British headquarters (Sir Guy Carleton papers (1777-1783))

The papers consist chiefly of the correspondence of Sir Guy Carleton, but contain also copies of letters received, and sent, by previous Commanders-in-chief of the British Army in America, Sir William Howe and Sir Henry. Reels 1 and 2 are a copy of a calendar of the papers: Great Britain.…

Colección de documentos inéditos, relativos al descubrimiento, conquista y organización de las antiguas posesiones españolas de América y Oceanía sacados de los archivos del reino, y muy especialmente del de Indias : competentemente autorizada.

The collection was for the greater part published without any preconceived plan as to arranging the documents either systematically or chronologically. With v. 36 a chronological arrangement was begun, but was not consistently carried out. The extreme dates of the period covered by the documents…

Maclure Collection of French Revolutionary Material

The collection of William S. Maclure (1763-1840) of French Revolutionary materials now housed at the University of Pennsylvania. The guide also includes a survey of other libraries' collection of French Revolutionary materials.

Archivo biografico de Espana, Portugal e Iberoamerica: una compilacion de 300 obras biograficas, las mas importantes y representativas, editadas entre el siglo XVII y los inicios del siglo XX

Text of microfiche in Spanish and Portugese; text of manual in Spanish, Portugese, English and German.

Afro-American History Series

Set of some 51 documents; includes sermons, orations, narratives, and other primary source materials published between 1792 and 1899. Most are pre-Civil War. Some are also available in paper copy and are listed in IRIS under this series.

Boyd-Bowman, Peter. Lexico Hispanoamericano del siglo XVIII

Series: Spanish Series (Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies) no. 5.

Boyd-Bowman, Peter. Lexico Hispanoamericano del siglo XVII

Series: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies.

Burr, Aaron. The papers of Aaron Burr, 1756-1836.

Series 1. Correspondence. Reels 1-11 -- Series 2. Orderly books & journals. Reel 12 -- Series 3. Legal papers. Reels 13-27.

France. Archives parlementaires de 1787 a 1860. Recueil complet des debats legislatifs et politique des Chambres Francaises.

Serie I, vols. 1-82, 1787-1794 Serie II, vols. 1-106, 1800-1837. Guide - France, Bibliothe'que nationale catalogue general des livres imprimis de la Bibliothique nationale

Petitot, Claude Bernard, ed. 1772-1825 Collections des memoires relatifs a l'histoire de France.

Ser.1: Complete memoirs relating to the history of France from the reign of Phillipe Auguste until the beginning of the 17th century. Ser.2: Memoirs relating to the history of France from the advancement of Henri IV until the peace of Paris in 1763

Great Britain. Court of Star Chamber. Star Chamber and English Society in the Reign of James I

Selection assembled by the Public Record Office in London from original documents held by that office.

Gale-Morant papers, 1731-1925: in the Library University of Exeter (British records relating to America in microform)

Section 1. General correspondence of William Gale -- Section 2. Documents relating to William Gale's will -- Section 3. Papers relating to York Plantation and Gale's Valley Plantation -- Section 4. Papers relating to Mount Hindmost Estate and St. Jago and Paisley Pens -- Section 5.…

American Women's Diaries: New England Women

Ruth Henshaw Bascom 1789-1846, Abigail Gardner Drew 1799-1817, Hannah Davis Gale 1837-1838, Sally Ripley 1799-1801 & 1805-1809, Martha Patty Rogers 1785, Susan EPB Forbes 1841-1908, Caroline Barrett White 1849-1915

Penn, William. Papers of William Penn

Reproduces correspondence, patents, wills, commissions, petitions, and constitutional documents, as well as such memorabilia as account books, lists of charges, and records of legal activities.

U.S. State Department. Domestic letters of the Department of State, 1784-1906. (National Archives microcopy no. M40)

Reels 52-65 (Total: 171 reels)

U.S. State Department. Despatches from U.S. consuls in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1791-1876. (National Archives microcopy no. T233)

Reels 5-7 of 8 only

U.S. State Department. Despatches from U.S. consuls in Canton, China, 1790-1906. (National Archives microcopy no. M101)

Reels 5 and 6 of 20.

U.S. State Department. Records of the Department of State, Communications from special agents, 1794-1906. (National Archives microcopy no. M37)

Reels 17, 22, 24

American Culture Series: titles in the field of sciences

reels 1-6, sect.1. Science, General -- reel 7, sect.2. Astronomy -- reels 8-11, sect. 3. Botany -- reels 12-16, sect.4. Chemistry -- reels 17-18, sect.5. Geography -- reels 19-24, sect.6. Geology -- reels 25-27, sect.7. Mathematics -- reels 28-38, sect.8. Medicine -- reels 39-41, sect.9. Physics…

U.S. State Department. Despatches from U.S. consuls in Cap Haitien, Haiti, 1797-1906. (National Archives microcopy no. M9)

Reel 9 of 17.

U.S. State Department. Despatches from U.S. consuls in Aux Cayes, Haiti, 1797-1874. (National Archives microcopy no. T330)

Reel 3 of 4

Colonial-Hispanic legal documents (18th-19th centuries)

Reel 1. [Introduction and contents], index cards for all jurisdictions -- Reel 2. Colombia : Laws & statues (Documents 1-97) -- Reel 3. Colombia : Law & statues (Documents 1-22) -- Reel 4. Colombia : Miscellaneous (Documents 1-4) -- Reel 5. Mexico : Laws & statues (Documents 1-230…

Orinda: The literary manuscripts of Katherine Philips, 1632-64.

Reel 1. Sources from the National Library of Wales -- reel 2. Sources from Cardiff Central Library, the University of Texas at Austin & Worcester College, Oxford -- reel 3. Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford -- reel 4. Sources from the Folger Shakespeare Library, The Huntington…

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Sixteenth and seventeenth century newsletters

pt. 1. Newsletters c. 1564-1667, and related papers c. 1607-1764, from the Public Record Office. reel 1-9. SP 78/98-107. reel 10-12, SP 101/10-12. reel 13-18, C 115/102-109.

Early English Books: 1641-1700. (Series II) (Wing) Wing, Donald Z. G. A Short-Title Catalogue of books Printed in England Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America... 1641-1700

Printed materials published in the English language from 1641-1700. Also available full-text online via EEBO, Early English Books Online. - Now available as EEBO - Early English Books Online at http://www.libraries.rutgers.…

Early English Books: 1475-1640. (series One) (Pollard and Redgrave).

Printed materials published in the English language from 1475 to 1640. Also available full-text online via EEBO, Early English Books Online. - Now available as EEBO - Early English Books Online at http://www.libraries.…

Cambridge South Asian archive: records of the British period in South Asia relating to India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Nepal and Afghanistan held in the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Pre-1760 - 1970+

Stafford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, 1759-1880

Portions of 2 reels contain Stamford, Connecticut probate packets, 1760-1870.

New Hampshire. Census. 1773. 1786. (State Censuses)

Part of larger State Censuses collection

New York (State). Census. 1795. 1801. 1807. 1814. 1821. 1825. 1835. 1845. 1855. 1865. 1875. 1892. 1905. 1915. 1925. (State Censuses)

Part of larger State Censuses collection

History of Women

Pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts and photographs dating from 1799 to 1920 concerned with women. Some foreign language items. Analytic cataloging available in Microforms room.

Thomason Tracts

Pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the English Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the Restoration, printed between 1640 and 1661 and collected by George Thomason. Also available full-text online via EEBO, Early English Books Online.

A mirrour for Martinists, and all other schismatiques

On reel with above are: (2) A commission sente to the Pope, Cardynales, bishops, Friers, Monkes…1586. (3) A commyssion sent to the bloody butcher, byshop of London by Athanas, the deuil of Hell. (4) The beehiue of the romishe churche. A worke of al good Catholikes too bee read.

Nagel, Wilibald L. Annalen der englischen Hofmusik von der Ziet Heinrichs VIII bis zum Tode Karls I (1509-1649) Nach den Originaldo Kumenten von Dr. Wilibard Nagel.

On reel also are: Nicander, Of Colophon. Nikandrou Theriaka, p. 637-652; Plutarchus. Plotarkou tou Kaironeos, Plutarchi Chaeronensis…Moralia; and various British Museum manuscripts dealing with medical terms. Sloane manuscripts 1991, 2077, and 182; Additional manuscripts 28, 327; and Egerton…

Hall, Joseph, Bp. Of Norwich, 1574-1656. De la tranqvillite de l'esprit. De la traduction de Monsieur Chevreav.

On reel also are: His Le Seneque ressvci Chrestien; no allement augmente de deux centuries entieres, en ceste

Hall, Joseph, Bp. Of Norwich, 1574-1656. Les caracteres de vertvs et de vices, tirez de l'anglois de Joseph Hall (par le sieur de Torval).

On reel also are: His Le ciel sur la terre. 1629. Heaven upon earth. London, 1606. Les arts divins de Salomon. Geneve, 1632. Meditations occasionelles. Geneve, 1632.

Great Britain. House of Commons. Reports from committees of the House of Commons 1715-1801 printed but not inserted in the Journals of the House. (First Series)

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