London (Ship); Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800; Braddock's Campaign, 1755--Personal narratives; Albany (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Alexandria (Va.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Fort Cumberland...
Diary, 1754-1757, describes a voyage from London to Virginia on board the ship London laden with hospital supplies as part of an expedition of thirteen transports, three ordnance ships, and two convoys carrying the 44th and 48th regiments to...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...