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Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790

Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, Previous to 1790

By: John Blair Linn,William Henry Egle

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Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790

Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, Previous to 1790

By: John Blair Linn,William Henry Egle

Among the laws agreed upon in England for the governing of the Province of Pennsylvania was one providing for a registry of marriages, births, and deaths. Marriage licenses were issued from the Office of the Provincial Secretary, those listed in this work dating from 1742. Some earlier registers of licenses and some kept at a later date are missing, yet this work still features a base list of 6,500 marriages, to which we have added a further 3,500 marriages from articles in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. All 10,000 marriages are based on public records as opposed to church records.

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400

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806307099

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9780806307091

Britains and Other Interesting Toy Soldiers

Themes and Highlights from Sixty Years of Collecting

By: John Franklin

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Britains and Other Interesting Toy Soldiers

Themes and Highlights from Sixty Years of Collecting

By: John Franklin

John Franklin has been collecting traditional toy soldiers for over sixty years, mostly Britains but, as the title suggests, including other interesting additions. In this book he shares some of the in-depth knowledge gained through experience and countless hours of careful research, but most of all the passion and enthusiasm for his hobby. He explains how he was inspired to collect soldiers, like so many, in early boyhood and how a hobby grew into an obsession. The various chapters then examine themes he followed in his collecting, such as Britains Special Painting Orders and Indian Army Pipe Bands for example, or address questions regarding the manufacture or identity of specific sets that he has researched or, in some cases, is still seeking the answer to. It is packed with anecdotes, useful technical information and helpful advice for the collector but it is above all a proud tour of inspection of a sixty-year labour of love. Over four hundred photographs, show much of the author’s magnificent collection in a parade of miniature pomp and splendour.

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290

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Pen and Sword Military

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1399075403

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9781399075404

The Correspondence and Journals of the Thackeray Family Vol 3

By: John Aplin

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The Correspondence and Journals of the Thackeray Family Vol 3

By: John Aplin

Marking the bicentenary of the birth of William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811, this five-volume set presents a collection of materials relating to the novelist and to his gifted family.

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298

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Taylor & Francis

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1040243916

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9781040243916

Terra Incognita

By: John Nicholas Murphy

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Terra Incognita

By: John Nicholas Murphy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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802

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385208327

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9783385208322

Scotland's Foreshore

Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840 - 2017

By: John MacAskill

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Scotland's Foreshore

Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840 - 2017

By: John MacAskill

Explores how internet use empowers Arab citizens

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272

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474436935

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9781474436939

A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland

By: John H. A. Macdonald

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A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland

By: John H. A. Macdonald

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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698

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3752520353

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9783752520354

Thomas Brock

Forgotten Sculptor of the Victoria Memorial

By: Ian Thompson,Frederick Brock,Marjorie Trusted,John Sankey

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Thomas Brock

Forgotten Sculptor of the Victoria Memorial

By: Ian Thompson,Frederick Brock,Marjorie Trusted,John Sankey

The Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace is a national icon, yet few have heard of its sculptor, Thomas Brock. He left school at 12 to be an apprentice at the Worcester Royal Porcelain Works, then joined the London studio of John Henry Foley. He completed the figure of the Prince Consort for the Albert Memorial after Foleys death. One of the young sculptors encouraged by Sir Frederic Leighton, he became famous for his lifelike portrait statues of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, Gladstone, Millais and other public figures. Chosen in 1901 as sole sculptor of the Victoria Memorial, he was knighted by King George V at its unveiling in 1911. Brocks remarkable story is told by his son Frederick in this entertaining biography, written in the 1920s and now published by permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum. A highly readable and intriguing perspective on a sculptors life in the late 19th and early 20th century, one which reveals as much about the art world of his time as about the individual whose life forms its subject. John Sankey has worked extensively on Brock and his edition of these memoirs is exemplary. Dr Marjorie Trusted (Senior Curator of Sculpture, Victoria & Albert Museum) An astonishingly thorough record of the life of a sculptor who, a hundred years back, distilled from European traditions an idiom which now seems to be the appropriate indeed almost the only imaginable backdrop to royal ceremonial. In bringing this record to a wider readership, John Sankey reveals some of the less well-known facets of Brocks extensive sculptural oeuvre, disseminated around the globe from Copenhagen to Wellington (NZ) Philip Ward-Jackson (formerly Conway Librarian, Courtauld Institute of Art)

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199

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AuthorHouse

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1477227385

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9781477227381

Nothing Less than Victory

Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History

By: John David Lewis

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Nothing Less than Victory

Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History

By: John David Lewis

How aggressive military strategies win wars, from ancient times to today The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate. Taking an ambitious and sweeping look at six major wars, from antiquity to World War II, John David Lewis shows how victorious military commanders have achieved long-term peace by identifying the core of the enemy's ideological, political, and social support for a war, fiercely striking at this objective, and demanding that the enemy acknowledges its defeat. Lewis examines the Greco-Persian and Theban wars, the Second Punic War, Aurelian's wars to reunify Rome, the American Civil War, and the Second World War. He considers successful examples of overwhelming force, such as the Greek mutilation of Xerxes' army and navy, the Theban-led invasion of the Spartan homeland, and Hannibal's attack against Italy—as well as failed tactics of defense, including Fabius's policy of delay, McClellan's retreat from Richmond, and Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler. Lewis shows that a war's endurance rests in each side's reasoning, moral purpose, and commitment to fight, and why an effectively aimed, well-planned, and quickly executed offense can end a conflict and create the conditions needed for long-term peace. Recognizing the human motivations behind military conflicts, Nothing Less than Victory makes a powerful case for offensive actions in pursuit of peace.

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Princeton University Press

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0691162026

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9780691162027

The Duff Cooper Diaries

1915-1951

By: John Julius Norwich

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The Duff Cooper Diaries

1915-1951

By: John Julius Norwich

The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This is a fabulous, jaw-dropping read' SUNDAY TIMES 'Duff Cooper was as close to the action as anyone during the dramatic events of the mid-20th century. He was also comically priapic, committing enough sexual indiscretions to fill a dozen diaries' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Fascinating for two things: their testament to an exhilarating century and their witness to a vanished age of power and privilege ... What a man' OBSERVER Duff Cooper was a first-rate witness of just about every significant event from 1914 to 1950. His diary includes some magnificent set pieces - as a young soldier at the end of WWI, as a politician during the General Strike of 1926, as King Edward VIII's friend at the time of the Abdication, and from Paris after the liberation in 1944, when he became British ambassador. If Duff Cooper's name has dimmed in the 50 years since his death, publication of these diaries will bring him to the fore once again. His family have long resisted publication - indeed Duff Cooper's nephew, the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, was so shocked by the sexual revelations that he suggested to John Julius Norwich that it might be best for all concerned if they were burnt. Now, superbly edited by John Julius Norwich, who familial link ensures all kinds of additional information as footnotes, these diaries join the ranks.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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1780227507

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9781780227504

Public Worship, Private Faith

Sacred Harp and American Folksong

By: John Bealle

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Sacred Harp and American Folksong

By: John Bealle

The Sacred Harp, a tunebook that first appeared in 1844, has stood as a model of early American musical culture for most of this century. Tunebooks such as this, printed in shape notes for public singing and singing schools, followed the New England tradition of singing hymns and Psalms from printed music. Nineteeth-century Americans were inundated by such books, but only the popularity of The Sacred Harp has endured throughout the twentieth century. With this tunebook as his focus, John Bealle surveys definitive moments in American musical history, from the lively singing schools of the New England Puritans to the dramatic theological crises that split New England Congregationalism, from the rise of the genteel urban mainstream in frontier Cincinnati to the bold "New South" movement that sought to transform the southern economy, from the nostalgic culture-writing era of the Great Depression to the post-World War II folksong revival. Although Bealle finds that much has changed in the last century, the custodians of the tradition of Sacred Harp singing have kept it alive and accessible in an increasingly diverse cultural marketplace. Public Worship, Private Faith is a thorough and readable analysis of the historical, social, musical, theological, and textual factors that have contributed to the endurance of Sacred Harp singing.

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University of Georgia Press

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082031921X

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9780820319216

John Henry Newman

A Portrait in Letters

By: John Henry Newman

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John Henry Newman

A Portrait in Letters

By: John Henry Newman

A selection of Newman's letters offering a rounded portrait of the subject's personality.

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Oxford University Press

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0199604142

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9780199604142

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Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790

Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790

Britains and Other Interesting Toy Soldiers

Britains and Other Interesting Toy Soldiers

The Correspondence and Journals of the Thackeray Family Vol 3

The Correspondence and Journals of the Thackeray Family Vol 3

Terra Incognita

Terra Incognita

Scotland's Foreshore

Scotland's Foreshore

A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland

A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland

Thomas Brock

Thomas Brock

Nothing Less than Victory

Nothing Less than Victory

The Duff Cooper Diaries

The Duff Cooper Diaries

Public Worship, Private Faith

Public Worship, Private Faith

John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman

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