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Caesar Rodney letter to Thomas Rodney, 1765 october 7 (inclusive)

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1 item (1 page)
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Autograph letter from Caesar Rodney to his brother Thomas Rodney. Caesar wrote to his brother from New York, where he was attending the Stamp Act Congress as a member of the Delaware delegation, that he expected he would not be home before the Delaware Assembly, which he was also a member of, ended its session in New Castle because the Congress would "not end in less than eight or ten days."

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Charles Gookin speeches and a response by Jasper Yeates, 1716 march 27-1716 may 2 (inclusive)

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1 item (4 pages)
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Written copy of speech delivered by Deputy Governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, Charles Gookin, to the Delaware Assembly, on March 27, 1716, together with the response from the Assembly's Speaker, Jasper Yeates. Also included is a written copy of a speech delivered by Gookin to the Assembly on May 2, 1716. The speeches and the response concern difficulties between Gookin and the Assembly.

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Richard Peters letter to Richard McWilliams, 1789 (inclusive)

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1 item (1 page)
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Handwritten letter from Provincial Secretary of Pennsylvania Richard Peters to Chief Justice Richard McWilliam asking him to affix a seal to the appointment of Mr. Joseph [Chandler] as Sheriff and to the Governor's Commission in 1789.

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W. Young, Mills & Son watermarked bank bonds, circa 1803-1811 (inclusive)

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1 item (1 page)
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This one sheet of eight W. Young, Mills & Son (W Y & Co.) watermarked bank bonds for duties payable at Bank of United States dates from circa 1803-1811. This was William Young (1755-1829) & Co. of Philadelphia who established a paper mill in Delaware about 1794 with his partner, Robert Gilmour. Young became the sole proprietor in 1803 and had a thriving business until a fire destroyed his paper mill in 1814. The charter for the First Bank of the United States was granted in 1791 for a term of 20 years which expired in 1811.

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Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers, 1792-1999 (inclusive) 1850s-1980s (bulk)

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7.6 linear foot (10 boxes)
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The Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers contains twenty-six three-ring notebooks and nine folders of genealogical research notes, family photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera related to nineteenth- and twentieth-century generations of Boyce's family lines from Delaware and Virginia. Boyce's research includes the Boyce, Justis, Morrow, Shreve, Wright, Brownley, Lawrence, Sebree, Adams, and Tuley families, as well as the family lines of his wife, Doris Jolls Boyce (including the Jolls, McColgan, Colge, Wise, Lutz, and Lorenz families). In addition to the genealogical focus of the collection, nine autobiographical scrapbooks document the family life of Truxton W. Boyce and his wife, Doris Jolls Boyce, who began their married life in 1942 in Newark, Delaware.

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University of Delaware Library collection of websites related to printing and book arts, 2016-2017 (inclusive)

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26 web site
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This collection broadly documents online sources related to book arts and printing which complement and enrich existing special collections, including websites and social media sites of and for individuals and organizations involved in all aspects of the book arts and printing. This collection focuses on collecting web resources related to designers, presses, and printers.

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University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections, 2016-2017 (inclusive)

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23 web site
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This collection documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. This collection includes sites related to University of Delaware Library holdings in American literature; Irish literature; and theatre.

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