Quakers -- Massachusetts -- West Falmouth;Church finance -- Accounting;Account books -- History
The village of West Falmouth, Massachusetts was settled in the 1660s by William Gifford and other Quakers who came there to avoid persecution. They lived relatively isolated from other settlers in the region. The accounting records of Prince...
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Death; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
Lines on the Funeral Procession of Britannia's Favorite Son, Lord Viscount Nelson, Late Admiral of the White, Baron of Thope in the County of Norfolk, and of the Nile, Duke of Bronti in Sicily &c. &c. who was mortally wounded in the ever-memorable...
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his sister describing the spread of smallpox in Goldsboro; insists on his family being vacinated; considers his wounded side to be improving; remarks on widespread hopes for an early peace.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Health; Death; Homesickness; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Thomas discusses the death of Lieutenant Paschall and rumor concerning troop advances towards Washington. Also writes about the health of the soldiers in Camp Mott. Finally discusses news of home matters, particularly the sale of his horse, against...
The following poem from an unidentified source describes the "calf path, city street and country road." It could easily be paraphrased to indicate the "calf path" of bookkeeping and office routine maintained in thousands of "conservative" business...
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of two well dressed African Americans -- the male is on his knees addressing the female, who has her back turned to him and her nose turned up