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John Yeardley Memoir And Diary Of John Yeardley, Minister Of The Gospel

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He was the son of Joel and Frances Yeardley, small dairy farmers at Orgreave, near Rotherham, Yorkshire. John was admitted a member of the Society of Friends in his twentieth year, entered a manufactory in Barnsley, and married, in 1809, Elizabeth Dunn, a convinced Friend much his senior. He commenced preaching in 1815, moving from place to place in the northern counties. In 1821 Yeardley's wife died, and, led by a persistent "call," he decided to settle at Pyrmont in Germany, where a small body of Friends existed. For his subsistence he arranged to represent some merchants who imported linen yarn, and later on he commenced bleaching on his own account. His philanthropic labours included the establishing of schools and meetings for the young, and many notable persons, including the prince and princess of Prussia, came to hear him preach. In 1824 he accompanied Martha Savory, an English Quaker, on a gospel journey up the Rhine from Elberfeld to Würtemberg, Tübingen, and other German towns, through Switzerland to Congénies in Central France, where some Friends were and (as of 1897) still are settled. They visited Theodor Fliedner at Kaiserswerth, and all the principal religious and philanthropic institutions on their route. [more]

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Thomas Jefferson Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson

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Political Science
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). He was a spokesman for democracy, and embraced the principles of republicanism and the rights of the individual with worldwide influence. At the beginning of the American Revolution, he served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia, and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just after the war ended, from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat, stationed in Paris. In May 1785, he became the United States Minister to France. Jefferson was the first United States Secretary of State (1790–1793) serving under President George Washington. In opposition to Alexander Hamilton's Federalism, Jefferson and his close friend, James Madison, organized the Democratic-Republican Party, and later resigned from Washington's cabinet. Elected Vice President in 1796, Jefferson opposed Adams, and with Madison secretly wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which attempted to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts. [more]

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JOSIAH QUINCY MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

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JOSIAH QUINCY, LL. D. Justum et tenacem propositi virum, Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni, Mente quatit solida. BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS, LEE AND COMPANY. 1860. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS, New England Type and Stereotype Foundery, BOSTON. THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, This Work, PREPARED AT THEIR REQUEST, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY THEIR ASSOCIATE, JOSIAH QUINCY. BOSTON, June 1, 1858. [more]

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William Collins The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir

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No one can have reflected on the history of genius without being impressed with a melancholy feeling at [more]

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Josiah Quincy Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, was born on the 11th of July, 1767, in [more]

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Henry Blackburn Randolph Caldecott A Personal Memoir Of His Early Art Career

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Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924), nicknamed "The Black Death", dominated British chess during the [more]

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John Yeardley Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel

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John Yeardley (3 January 1786–11 August 1858) was a Quaker missionary. He was the son of Joel and Frances [more]

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Dr. John Doran Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV.

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THE little Duchy of Saxe-Meinengen was once a portion of the inheritance of the princely Franconian house of [more]

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Thomas Jefferson Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the [more]

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Thomas Jefferson Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the [more]

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