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[Account of James Manning and his estate with the college treasurer]: 1787 - 1794

Year:
1787
Contributor:
Brown, John, 1736-1803 (creator)
Brown University--Treasurer (recipient)
Local ID:
A3666
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online
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[Account with Yokoway Fenner]: 1787 Nov 07

Description:
For provisions and services from May 14 to November 7.
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Manning, James, 1738-1791 (creator)
Fenner, Yokoway (recipient)
Local ID:
A10338
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online
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Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America: To which are added, the conquest of Siberia, and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China

Description:
  • By William Coxe ..
  • Supplement, p. [411]-454, [2]: A comparative view of the Russian discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke and a …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Coxe, William, 1747-1828
Subject:
n-usw-- > e-ur--- > a-cc---
Discoveries in geography > Russian
Indian linguistics > Aleut language
Siberia (Russia) > Description and travel
Siberia (Russia) > Commerce > China
China > Commerce > Russia (Federation) > Siberia
Imprint 1787.
England > London
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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An act for granting and apportioning a tax of twenty thousand pounds, lawful money, upon the inhabitants of this state

Description:
Act apportions tax among Rhode Island towns and lists penalties.
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Ward, Henry, 1732-1797 (creator)
Rhode Island (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Taxation > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1775-1865
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB1090 1787
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
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Afbeelding van het Heldhaftig en Edelmoedig Verlaaten van Gorinchem

Description:
Hand-colored engraving; Dutch troops landing from boats in foreground to go to aid of town in background under attack by Prussians. Depicts patriots fleeing the …
Year:
1787
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Netherlands > History > 1714-1795
Gorinchem (Netherlands)
Local ID:
NeP1787mf-1
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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Almanach historique et chronologique de Saint-Domingue, pour l'année bissextile 1788: calculé pour le parallèle & le méridien du Cap-François, sur les tables de Mayer, par M. l'abbé Pingré, de l'Académie royale des Sciences & celle de Marine

Description:
  • Signatures: pi⁶ (pi3 + A¹² (A6 + B¹² (B6 + C¹² (C6 +D¹² (D6 +E¹²)))))
  • Errata: foot of p. 132.
  • Engraved printer's ornament on title …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Pingré, Alexandre Guy, 1711-1796
Subject:
nwht---
Almanacs > French
Almanacs > Haiti > 1788
Imprint 1787.
Haiti > Cap-Haïtien
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Anleitung zur Tactic. 1787

Description:
Original unsigned wash drawing for title-page of drill-book; scrolled cartouche or plaque with title, resting on base of drums, sentry at left center, tent in …
Year:
1787
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Subject:
Saxony (Kingdom). Armee
Local ID:
SaxP1787sf-1
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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Arancel de derechos parroquiales

Description:
  • formado por el ilustrisimo señor doctor D. Gregorio Francisco de Campos, del consejo de Su Magestad, dignísimo obispo de la Ciudad, y Obispado de Nuestra …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Catholic Church
Subject:
s-bo---
Catholic Church. > Diocese of La Paz (Bolivia) > History > Sources
CSAIP
Fees, Ecclesiastical > Bolivia
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Arancel general de los derechos de los oficiales de esta real audiencia, de los jueces ordinarios, abogados, y escribanos publicos, y reales de provincia, medidores y tasadores, y de las visitas y examenes del proto-medicato de este distrito

Description:
  • De orden del Superior Gobierno.
  • Based on the Arancel general de derechos issued for the Viceroyalty of Peru as published in Lima, 1779, according to …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)
Carbone, Oscar E.
Subject:
s-ag---
Costs (Law) > Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)
Fees, Administrative > Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)
Costs (Law) > Spain > Colonies
Fees, Administrative > Spain > Colonies
Imprint 1787.
Argentina > Buenos Aires
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Army

Description:
1st in pair of hand-colored engraved caricatures (after Rowlandson), published Nov. 5th, 1787; veteran officers including one with a wooden leg and others discussing battle-map …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 (artist)
Harris, J. (publisher)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Great Britain > History, Military > 18th century
Great Britain. Army > Caricatures and cartoons
Soldiers in art
Amputees
Local ID:
GB-H(Rowlandson)1787mf-1a
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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Arrêt

Description:
  • Caption title.
  • Imprint from colophon.
  • Dated and signed on p. 11: Fait à Paris, le vingt-cinq septembre mil sept cent quatre-vingt-six. Signé L.J.M. de Bourbon. …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
France
Bourbon, Louis Jean-Marie de, 1725-1793
Dubois, G.
Subject:
e-fr--- > nwht--- > f------
Slave trade > France
Slave trade > Haiti
Les Cayes (Haiti) > History
Haiti > History > To 1791
Haiti > Port-au-Prince
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Arrêt

Description:
  • Caption title.
  • Imprint from colophon.
  • Signed on p. 4: Fait au Conseil d'État du Roi, Sa Majesté y étant, tenu à Versailles le vingt-huit juiller …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
France.
Louis, 1754-1793
Castries, Armand-Charles-Augustin de La Croix, 1756-1842
France
Subject:
e-fr--- > nwht---
Fournier, Claude > 1745-1825
France. > Conseil d'Etat. > Arrêt (1786 Feb. 17)
Haiti > History > To 1791
Haiti > Politics and government > To 1791
France > Paris
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Articles of agreement between the owners of the Privateer Ship Genl. Washington ... James Munro Commander ... on a two & a half months cruize against the enemies of the United States of America ...

Description:
Ms. copy of the Articles of Agreement signed by James Munro, commander and the ship's company. The article is identical, however, the names of the …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
General Washington (Ship) (contributor)
Munro, James (signer)
Genre:
agreements
Local ID:
2-SIZE Ms. -Drowne Docs. 17--
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Olio
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Articles of Agreement between the owners of the Privateer Ship Genl. Washington ... James Munro Commander ... on a two & a half months cruize against the enemies of the United States of America ...

Description:
Articles of agreement signed by James Munro, commander and the ship's company.
Year:
1787
Contributor:
General Washington (Ship) (contributor)
Munro, James (signer)
Genre:
agreements
Local ID:
2-SIZE Ms. -Drowne Docs. 17--
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Olio
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Avis aux habitans des colonies, particulièrement à ceux de l'Isle S. Domingue: sur les principales causes des maladies qu'on y éprouve le plus communément, & sur les moyen de les prévenir

Description:
  • Signatures: pi1 A-P (-P8)
  • Errata: p. 236.
  • Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces.
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Lafosse, J. F.
Subject:
nwht--- > nw-----
Tropical medicine > Haiti
Diseases > Haiti
France > Paris
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Aviso ao povo ou summario dos preceitos mais importantes, concernentes à creação das crianças, ás differentes profissões e officios, aos alimentos e bebidas, ao ar, ao exercicio, ao somno, aos vestidos, á intemperança, á limpeza, ao contagio, ás paixões, ás evacuações regulares, &c., que se devem observar para prevenir as enfermidades, conservar a saude, e prolongar a vida

Description:
  • " One of the foremost doctors of his time, Paiva was exiled from Portugal in 1809 and took up residence in Bahia, where he was …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Paiva, Manoel Joaquim Henriques de, 1752-1829
Subject:
e-po---
CPJCB
Children > Health and hygiene > Portugal
Health education > Portugal
Portugal > Lisbon
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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Backus, Isaac to Backus, Simon: August 26, 1787

Year:
1787
Contributor:
Backus, Isaac, 1754-1814 (creator)
Backus, Simon, 1766-1833 (recipient)
Local ID:
A56189
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online
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Booth, Abraham to Manning, James: 1787 Dec 12

Description:
Written from London. Sending copy of his expects answer to be published by Mr. Edward Williams; requests information about popular American preacher Mr. Winchester now …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Booth, Abraham, 1734-1806 (creator)
Manning, James, 1738-1791 (recipient)
Local ID:
A728
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online
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Booth, Abraham to Manning, James: 1787 Aug 18

Description:
Written from London. Pained at though of Manning's leaving the College; praises V------, who has died.
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Booth, Abraham, 1734-1806 (creator)
Manning, James, 1738-1791 (recipient)
Local ID:
A727
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online
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Breve resumen de los tratados, y proposiciones que para materia de su exâmen presenta al público

Description:
  • el Sr. D. D. Jose Miguel Carvajal y Vargas, Manrique de Lara, caballero del Orden de Santiago, conde del Puerto, coronel del regimiento de la …
Year:
1787
Contributor:
Carvajal y Vargas Manrique de Lara, José Miguel de, 1771-1828
Celis, Isidoro de, active 1781-1793
Carvajal y Vargas, Mariano Joaquín de, 1742-
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Subject:
s-pe---
Hydrodynamics
Hydraulics
Astronomy
Geography
Physics
Military architecture
Military engineering
Imprint 1787.
Peru > Lima
Collection:
John Carter Brown Library
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