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II: Walter Minto Skelton (1804-48) and Family [series]
1: Correspondence [subseries]Scope note: Correspondence from 1780 to 1813 (and possibly to 1824), primarily to or from Mary Skelton Minto (died late 1824). Correspondence from 1824 to 1843 primarily to or from Walter M. Skelton (died 1848). Later correspondence chiefly concerning Boyd family.
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18 October [probably before 1780], Skelton, M[ary], to Betsey Skelton
4 March 1780-6 April 1780, Invitations
[Note: Filed in Series II, sub-series 6.]
17 February 1781, Invitation
[Note: Filed in Series II, sub-series 6. ]
[a few days before 19 November 1781], Mrs. S[cudder] to her husband
24 June 1782--[probably mid-1780s], Invitations
[Note: Filed in Series II, sub-series 6. ]
[1788-1789], Minto, Walter, to Miss [Mary] Skelton
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
7 October [probably 1789 though could be later], Minto, M[ary], to Walter Minto
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
21 December 1795, Rittenhouse to Mary Minto
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
14 February 1797 (with P.S. 10 March 1797), Minto, Nanny, to Mrs. Christie
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
16 March 1797, Skelton, Joseph, to Mary Minto
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
1 July 1797, Snowden to Mary Minto
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
15 February 1798, Minto, Walter, Sr., to Mary Minto
[Note: Filed in Series I, sub-series 1. ]
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17 July 1799, Anonymous to Mary Minto
6 February 1800, Garcia del Rio to Drake
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1 December 1802, Gamble to Detargny
7 December 1805, Chrystie, John, to Mary Minto
2 February 1807, Chrystie, John, to Mary Minto
4 May 1808, Chrystie, John, to Mary Minto
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24 October 1808, Gibbes to Mary Minto
22 January 1810, Chrystie, M, to Mary Minto
14 February 1811, Hopkins to Mary Minto
19 January 1813, Hopkins to Mary Minto
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Undated, [probably after 1796 and perhaps after 1807, before late 1824], Chrystie, M., to Mary Minto
Undated, [probably after 1796 but not clear how long after; before late 1824], Cuthbert to Mary Minto
Undated, [probably after 1796 but not clear how long after; before late 1824], [Cuthbert] to Mary Minto (a draft of the preceding)
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27 June 1824, Skelton, Walter Minto, to John Skelton (appears to be a draft, or else the letter was not sent)
18 August 1824, Maclean to WMS
29 September 1824, Skelton, W. M., to Anonymous (draft)
20 January 1825, Skelton, Joseph, to WMS
2 February 1826, Skelton, W. M., to Mary Skelton
6 February 1826, Invitation to Mr. [Walter] Skelton
[Note: Filed in Series II, sub-series 6. ]
22 March 1827, White, Elizabeth, to WMS
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8 July 1831, Skelton, W. M., to John Lourey (copy)
[received 25 July 1831], Committee of the Princeton Blues to WMS
14 January 1832, Skelton, Ann, to WMS
6 February 1832, Skelton, W. M., to Sarah Skelton
8 February 1834 Invitation to Ann Skelton
[Note: Filed in Series II, sub-series 6. ]
February 1843, Invitation to W.M. Skelton & Lady
[Note: Filed in Series II, sub-series 6. ]
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[?2]4 March [18]72, Ryder to Ann Skelton
17 February 1887, Rayburn to Hannah P. Boyd
7 January [18]98, Earhart, Harry B., to W.M. Boyd
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30 March 1906, Duffy to Hill
11 September 1915, K., H.L., to Elizabeth [Boyd]
11 January 1930, Skelton, Ann, to Mary Boyd (transcript of spirit message enclosed in next letter)
12 January 1930, Robb to Elizabeth Boyd
7 April 1931, Thorsen to Elizabeth Boyd
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18 November 1937, White, Marie Earhart, to Elizabeth Boyd
24 August 1938, Jack[s]on to Elizabeth Boyd
2 May 1939, White, Marie Earhart, to Elizabeth Boyd
6 September 1940, White, Marie Earhart, to Elizabeth Boyd
2. Prose Writings and Poetry [subseries]
In WMS's hand
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Folder 19
1822-1827, "Original Pieces / in Poetry and Prose. / 1824" (title, on page 3)
(189 pages)
A mixture of verse and prose pieces. The first item is a poem entitled "To the Memory of A Mother." At ends of pieces there are frequently dates, usually consecutive (e.g., August 10, August 14, September 5 1824, March 5 1825, July 1822, January 1825, April 2nd 1825, July 8th 1825, January 9th 1825, January 1826, June 1827), followed by initials or names (e.g., AHDH, my mother, MBW, Miss S. Bayley, MW, TA-n, DB), perhaps referring to people to whom Skelton has shown the pieces; occasionally the note "Published" appears. Most prose pieces parallel those found in Orations, Lectures, and Essays below.
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1824, "Extracts-1824 / Walter M. Skelton's" (title page)
(190 pages)
Primarily verse, with attributions at the ends of each piece. The cover and title page both have "W M Skelton" stamped on them.
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Undated, ca. 1824-27, "Extracts / Skelton's" (title page)
Primarily verse, but a few prose pieces: a series of quotations, with name or source at the end of each. 96 pages, with 60-64, 68-69, and 74-96 blank.
In other hands
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1818-[183]4, lecture notes
(50 pages)
Notes from 8 lectures on history (both general and ancient), some with questions appended; followed by (and occasionally interspersed with) verse. On front cover: "M [W] McAllister / Princeton College / Nassau Hall / Newjersey / January 9, 1818 / in the 42 year of the Amer / ican Independence." On page 3: "Conemaugh Loyalhanna," "Conemaugh" again, "T.W. Simpson," "Theodore Simpson," "Conemaugh Thomas Chrystie Skelton" (this last upside down in bottom margin); on page 52: "Conamaugh May 18[3]4."
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1829-1830, "Elizabeth White's / Collection / of Poetry" (on cover, printed or traced)
(140 pages)
Attributions appear at the ends of many poems, but not all. On page 133 are these notes and dates: "My Dear Mother departed this life 1st mo. 18th 1829" followed by: "EW 1st mo. 1830."
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Undated, ca. 1834-1836
Extracts in prose and (especially) verse, some of which are attributed. Internal dates: "Princeton 1835" at the end of a poem; " October 4th 1836" at the end of a poem; "The Hon. Nicholas Biddles address before the Alumni of Nassau Hale Sept 30th 1835" at the end of a proverb; "1834" and "Webb" after a prose sentence; " July 1834" at the end of a poem "By a Lady." The first item is a poem by Campbell, "The Last Man"; on verso of last leaf are scribbles, including names (James Hogg, Washington Irving, Walter Scott, and Anderson), titles of poems, some quotations, the date 1836 and (at the top) the place name Freeport.
Orations, Lectures, Essays
In WMS's handScope note: Presumably composed by WMS (the undated items are probably mid-1820s)
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28 September 1824, On chivalry (no title, but "II" is at the top of p. 1).
(8 pages)
Begins: "There are some subjects which naturally strike the mind." The date and "Skelton" are on p. 8. Also in Notebooks above.
14 February 1825, On slander, etc. (no title).
(4 pages)
Begins: "If we should closely scrutinize the motives that prompt our own actions." The date and "Skelton" are on p. [4].
30 June 1825, Oration (no title), beginning: "All again is hushed in quiet."
The date and "Skelton" are on p. [7]. Also in Notebooks above; and cf. next item.
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July 1825, "An Oration delivered in the College chapel of Nassau Hall a few days after the 4th of July of 1825."
Begins: "All again is hushed in quiet!"; ends: "'Fiat justitia, si ruat coelum!' Skelton." Also in Notebooks above; and cf. previous item.
1825, "Oration 1825" on slavery.
Begins: "Slavery, as it exists in our country at the present day." Title and date written vertically on p. [8], which is otherwise blank; the text ends on p. [7]. Also in Notebooks above; and cf. draft beginning "Many have pretended" below.
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July 1826, "An Oration delivered at Cranbury July 4th 1826."
Begins: "Friends and Fellow Citizens-Welcome! To one and all, as the organ of all, I bid a mutual and a cordial welcome." Not in WMS's hand, but the ending "Skelton" on leaf [9b] does look like his hand. Cf. Oration, beginning "Friends and Fellow Citizens - Welcome!" below.
5 September 1826, Oration entitled "The Influence of the Arts & Sciences on Civil Liberty."
Begins: "It is an evil peculiarly attached to literary pursuits." The date is on p. [4].
1826, Oration (no title), beginning: "Friends & Fellow Citizens-Welcome!"
On p. [10] are "End" and below it "Skelton 1826." Cf. "An Oration delivered at Cranbury" above.
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Undated, Untitled oration.
Begins: "The discovery and direction of those feelings which May be made subservient to the prevention of crime and promotion of good conduct, have engaged the attention of mankind since the creation of civil government to the present day." Leaf [1] blank, text begins on leaf [2a], and "Skelton" on leaf [8b]. A version in Notebooks above; and cf. draft beginning "Time is the greatest innovator" on capital punishment, and draft beginning "Many have pretended" below.
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Undated, Oration or essay entitled "Proverb the 19th. Vers. 23d. a man's pride shall bring him Low."
Begins: "It is often the fate of those who stray from the paths of duty, in pursuit of happiness, to defeat their own views, & to embrace misery, where they hope to find enjoyment"; no colophon, just ends.
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Undated, "Sympathy."
Short oration or essay, probably incomplete but ending with a full sentence in the middle of p. [2]. Begins: "The great author of all things, in the formation of that strange and wonderful creature Man."
Undated, "For the True American."
Outline or draft of half a page. Begins with a 6-line poem by "Beattie"; then: "Most truly has it been written, in the emphatic and breathing characters of inspiration." Ends: "Moderation in all things May be ranked as the first, or alpha, in this list of first principles." A version also in Notebooks above.
Undated, "The Bachelor of Arts."
Outline or draft of a page. Begins with three lines from Shakespeare; then: "This is the age of improvement, & opinions should not be stamped with the sin of hetrodoxy [sic]."
Undated, Draft or part of an essay or oration on capital punishment (no title).
Begins: "Time is the greatest innovator . . ." (a quotation from Lord Bacon); then: "The present is an age of progressive improvement." Also in Notebooks above; and cf. oration beginning "The discovery and direction of those feelings" above and draft beginning "Many have pretended" below.
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Undated, "W.M. Skelton Universal Suffrage": a note.
Undated, "The United States Senate" and "Chief Justice Marshall": two notes.
The name "W.M. Skelton" follows each note.
Undated, On slavery (no title).
Draft or outline. Begins: "Much has been said & written on the subject of slavery as it exists in these United States." A version also in Notebooks above; and cf. "Oration 1825" above.
Undated, On capital punishment (no title).
Draft or outline. Begins: "Many have pretended to rest their support of this barbarian practice on parts of the Jewish dispensation." Cf. oration beginning "The discovery and direction of those feelings" and draft beginning "Time is the greatest innovator" above.
In other handsScope note: Both probably written in the mid-1820s.
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Undated, "Oration" in praise of Hamilton, with the names "GW Crump" and "GeoW Crump Powhatan" (on p. [2]).
Begins: "To swell the sable triumph of the tomb the Great destroyer in pointing his shaft at Hamilton has selected a victim of no ordinary value."
Undated, On misery and happiness in life (no title), with the name "Bryce" at the end.
Begins: "It is the delight of a certain class of men to describe the miseries of human life in the most lively manner."
Miscellaneous Verse
In WMS's handScope note: Perhaps composed by WMS.
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8 September 1824, Untitled.
Begins: "My Mary's form is fair and delicate; / As fair -- but stronger -- is her chastened mind."
22 February 1826, Untitled.
Begins: "I said, fair lady, that 'my Muse was dead', / And that, with all becoming obsequies / To such a frail and worthless thing." The date is on the verso followed by "S" and then: "Skelton To Miss C. Morford," with repetitions: "To Miss CM," "To Miss C," "Miss C Morford."
14 June 1826, "My Mother."
Begins: "Whose anxious love for me was first, / While yet an embryo of being." Poem of 27 lines (9 stanzas of 3 lines each), with "My Mother" as a tag to each stanza. The date and "Skelton" are on the verso.
In other hands
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[Late 1824?], Untitled.
Begins: "A welcome gallant chief / From Gallia's sunny clime"; ends: "It bade us honour thee / Lov'd La Fayette." These are lines sung at the celebration of General Lafayette's second visit to Trenton, on 25 September 1824 by 13 young women, each representing one of the 13 original colonies; printed in the Trenton Federalist of 27 September 1824 and in the True American for 2 October 1824 a full account is in A History of Trenton 1679-1929 (1929), Chapter IV, Section V.
[1825?], "Lines upon hearing a discourse from the Revd Dr. Alexander, from the words referred to -- preached Sunday, March 6th 1825 -- in the College Chapel --" [in Princeton].
Begins: "By faith -- tho' bow'd beneath the vilest yoke / Oppression dire for slavery ever made"; preceded by the text: "By faith Moses when he was born etc. etc. Hebrews 11th Ch. [?] 23 to 29 inclusive -- see also Exodus." The title follows the poem on the verso.
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Undated, "Parody."
Ashbel Green, President of the College of New Jersey from 1812-22, is referred to in the poem. Begins: "In Princeton when t'was nine o'clock / To Junior room did College flock / To get a holiday or knock / Town Tutors & the Faculty." Poem of 32 lines (8 stanzas of 4 lines each); the poem is in a hand that has many characteristics of WMS's hand and may be a hastily written copy by him. Also on the verso, following the poem, in what is probably WMS's hand, are "A parody," "Mrs. Mary Minto," and "Johnson is Skelton."
Undated, "Don't give up the Ship / A new song / Composed in / Dartmoor prison / By an American tar and sold by the author."
Begins: "You parliament of England you Lords and Commons too / Consider well what you're aboute and what you mean to do." Poem of 44 long lines (11 stanzas of 4 lines each), frequently reprinted; the title is based on Captain James Lawrence's last words to his crew, on the U.S.S. Chesapeake, in a battle against the British frigate HMS Shannon just outside Boston Harbor in June of 1813 during the War of 1812. On page 4 is an alphabetical list of surnames (in WMS's hand and including his surname) and then the name and address (not in WMS's hand) "B.W. Leigh Esq. / Richmond / Virginia."
Undated, Untitled.
Begins: "If on my heart the mildew of the blight / Of rash transgression sits & like a [v…] / Of darkness shrouds the future . . ." In margin on page [1], upside down, is the name "Thomas Skelton" followed by "Conam[e]ugh," with many other scribbles in margins of pages [1]-[2].
Undated, two poems.
1st leaf, containing 2 items: 1st item: "The Burial," beginning "He buried her silently 'neath the green sod / Where the flowers were freshly blooming." Poem of 20 lines (5 stanzas of 4 lines each), all on the recto, followed by "Struthfield" and then "Ann." 2nd item: An untitled poem of 32 lines (8 stanzas of 4 lines each) in pencil on the verso, in a different hand, beginning "I hate the world be cause the world / Hath ever hated me"; 6 stanzas are on the verso and the last 2 written upside down at the bottom of the recto. 2nd leaf: Untitled, but a recopying of "The Burial" on the recto in the same hand as on the recto of the 1st leaf.
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Undated, "Auld Lang Syne."
Begins: "Should auld acquaintance be forgot / And never brought to mind?" Well known poem in 5 stanzas (of 4 lines each, with a 4-line refrain) by Robert Burns, written in 1788. The name "W Joline" written 15 times in the margins and at the top of the recto.
Undated, "Parody on the Knight Errant."
Begins: "T'was Samy Jones the fisherman was bound for Sandy Hook / But first upon his almanack a solem oath he took."
Undated, "A Picture."
Begins: "She was a lovely girl I trow, / This all who've seen her can avow."
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Undated, "Days of Yore."
Begins: "There is a charm in evenings hour / When wearied nature sinks to rest." This item and "To a Friend" and "To Melancholy" are all written by the same hand. The name "Rosalind" appears at the end.
Undated, "To a Friend."
Begins with 4 lines by Byron (from "The Corsair," Canto II, passus XIV): "Oh I envy those / Whose hearts on hearts as faithful can repose," etc. The poem proper begins: "I have longed for a soul as exalted and true / As I've seen in those visions of fancy so fair." This item and "Days of Yore" and "To Melancholy" are all written by the same hand. The name "Rosalind" appears at the end.
Undated, "To Melancholy."
Begins: "I know thee when the breezes play, / So calmly and so softly driven." Poem of 52 lines (3 stanzas of 12 lines each and 1 of 16 lines). This item and "Days of Yore" and "To a Friend" are all written by the same hand. The name "Rosalind" appears at the end.
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Undated, "The Lacerated Glove" and "Lines on revisiting the Cottage of Rosa after a long absence."
2 items, written by same hand. 1st item: "The Lacerated Glove" on pages 1-2. Begins with 2 lines by Shakespeare (from Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2): "Oh that I were a glove upon that hand / That I might touch that cheek." The poem proper begins: "O Romeo! Had thy wish been granted, / What poet could thy raptures speak?" Poem of 28 lines (7 stanzas of 4 lines each, with 4 on page 1 and 3 on page 2); there are 3 notes to the poem: on "Capricorn (line 12), with 3 lines by Shakespeare; on "glove from Harriet's hand now torn" (line 14), with reference to "Mrs. Harriet Rodman"; and on "Scorpio" (line 23), with a quotation in Latin from Virgil's Georgics. 2nd item: "Lines. / On revisiting the Cottage of Rosa after a long absence. May 4th 1807 " on pages 3-4. Begins: "Seven summers have flown, and once more do I see / The fields, and the groves I deserted so long!" Poem of 24 lines (6 stanzas of 4 lines each, with 4 1/4 stanzas on page 3 and 1 3/4 on page 4), by Anthony Bleecker (1770-1827), printed in Samuel Kettell, ed., Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notes (1829), II.382. The name "Paridel" appears at the end of the poem.
Undated, "Of My Lady Isabella playing on the lute."
Begins: "Such moving sounds from such a careless touch! / So unconcern'd herself, and we so much." Poem of 16 lines by Edmund Waller (1606-87) about Lady Isabella Thynne (nee Rich). The hand is perhaps that of a child practicing careful writing.
Undated, four poems.
4 poems, each of 40 lines (10 stanzas of 4 lines each), entitled "December," "February," "March," and "April ." (1) "December" (on pages [1]-[2]) begins: "From mountains of eternal snow / And zembla's dreary plains / Where the bleak winds for ever blow." Poem by Francis Fawkes (1721-77) entitled "Ode to Winter." (2) "February" (pages [3]-[4]) begins: "The Sister regent of the opening year / Now sways the scepter of revolving time." (3) " March " (pages [5]-[6]) begins: "At length stern Winters frigid sway subsides / And leaves progressive this auspicious isle." (4) " April " (pages [6]-[8]) begins: "A Scene of pleasure nature oer the plains / Displays propitious with a lib'ral hand."
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Undated, Untitled.
Begins: "Hail sinless child we welcome three / In the unblemished purity / Of thy young heart." Poem of 12 lines (2 stanzas of 6 lines each, rhyming aabccb, with the b-lines shorter than the others). ; on the verso are accounts, in dollars, adding up to $32.70, with what appears to be a date: "20-12-40" (?1840).
Undated, "Stork of Lea."
Begins: "There was wailing on the water / And thunder in the sky." Poem of an uncertain number of stanzas (51 lines total, but the first 6 lines on the verso are a repeat of the first 6 lines on the recto and the last 4 lines at the bottom of the recto are written upside down); appears to be written by the same careless hand as (r) below. 1 large leaf; numbers (mainly sums) appear on both the recto and the verso; also on the verso is the place name "Holladaysburghe" and the personal name "Hiram" written 4 times.
Undated, three poems.
3 items, written by one careless hand, which appears to be the same as (q) above. At top right, written sideways, is "Samuel Whites […] / pair gloves 62 1/2." 1st item: Untitled, beginning "Tis midnighte & the clear blue sky looks down / [L..nd]ly on a slumbring world." 2nd item: "Dreams." Begins: "Here am I! What are they? If shadows of the mind / Along without prosstit[] sanction. They / are haughty -- perhaps they are but as the wind." Poem of 1 8-line stanza, followed by 3 lines, with 2 other sets of 3 lines written sideways in the margins, one set on the left and one on the right. 3rd item: "To Lydia." Begins: "The hour has come I must away / And yet before I go / One parting thought I'll cast on thee." 2 stanzas, the first of 6 lines rhyming abccab, the second of 7 lines rhyming abccbab, followed by 2 more stanzas written sideways in the margins, 1 of 5 lines on the left and 1 of 4 lines on the right.
Undated, "Canzonetta" (in Italian).
Begins: "La Biondina in gondoletta / l'altra sera gho mena." Poem of 40 lines (5 stanzas of 8 lines each) by Giovanni Battista Peruchini (1784-1870). 1 small leaf, folded in half to make 4 pages, with 2 stanzas on page 1, 2 on page 2, 1 on page 3 and with page 4 blank; the poem ends with "per un Veneziano" and "fin."
3. Illustrations and Photographs [subseries]
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Engraving and drawing
(a) Undated, Engraving.
From an unknown book, with "Tab. II" and then "Fig. 3" and "Fig. 4" on it. Fig. 3 pictures the side view of gears, probably for a clock (or perhaps some sort of astronomical device); Fig. 4 pictures the front view of a plate probably for the gears, with the inscription "Gio Filipp Tresler" on it, and underneath "Augosto." The 1823 6th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, in the entry for clock, says that "one Tresler, at that time [mid-17th century] clock-maker to the father of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, made the first pendulum clock at Florence, by direction of Galileo Galilei" (page 200b).
(b) Undated, Drawing.
A drawing of the same, slightly larger. It is uncertain whether the drawing is the original from which the engraving was made or was itself made from the engraving.
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1846, Print of Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ.
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Undated, 4 unidentified photographs, probably of Skelton or related families.
Bust portrait of an old man; carte-de-visite with 3-cent stamp on back, [late 1860s]
Bust portrait of a young boy and a young girl; cabinet card taken at Kennedy [Studio], 20 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., [ca. 1870-1890]
Old woman leaning on back of velvet chair; cabinet card taken at Aufrecht [Studio], Allegheny, Pa., [ca. 1870-1890]
Baby (in clothes) in velvet chair; cabinet card taken at Stewart & Co., Federal St. and Stockton Ave., Allegheny, Pa., [ca. 1870-1890]
4. Documents (probate, land, certificates, summons, etc.) [subseries]
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16 April 1900, Official certification from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
W.M. Boyd of Armstrong County has been duly elected a Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Freeport for a term of 5 years; recorded 7 May 1900.
11 April 1905, Official certification from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
W.M. Boyd of Armstrong County has been duly elected a Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Freeport for a term of 5 years; recorded 4 May 1905.
30 December 1905, Itemized bill and receipt (dated 6 January 1906).
For funeral expenses of $51.50 for John B. Boyd from S. Turner and Son, Freeport; paid by W.M. Boyd.
4 February 1911, Last will and testament of W.M. Boyd.
Leaving everything to his daughter Mary L. Boyd; witnessed by 2 persons; also appoints her executor; 3 attachments, all dated 8 October 1912 (1) attestation of the hand of 1 of the 2 witnesses; (2) attestation by 2nd witness that he witnessed the will of W.M. Boyd, now deceased; (3) will proven by Registrar of Wills in Kittanning and Mary L. Boyd appointed executrix.
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5 September 1[8]36, Will of John Craig of Buffalo Township, Armstrong County.
Dividing his real estate into 6 parcels among (1) his son Samuel, (2) his son John, (3) his daughter Isabella, (4) 3 daughters (named Clark) of his daughter Elizabeth deceased, (5) his daughter Martha, and (6) his 2 daughters and the 3 granddaughters already mentioned, plus $100 to his grandson John Craig; and his personal and movable property among Isabella, Samuel, and 4 granddaughters; appoints his son John executor, to whom he also gives $40; codicils of 11 July 1839 and 2 July 1844 (in latter Isabella is said to be married to a man named John Boyd and has a son James and daughters Eliza Boyd and Mary Boyd; James has children of his own, John C. Boyd and Jane Boyd); will registered 5 April 1850 (no place given); the present copy is typewritten and considerably later
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[Note: Cf. section I.A above, letters of Gamble, Garcia del Rio, and Hopkins.]
25 November 1796, Summons to [Marin] Detargny for guard duty, Paris, 5 Frimaire, l'an cinquieme (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
12 March 1797, Certificate of identity for Marin Detargny, Departement de la Seine, Canton de Paris, 22 Ventose, an 5 (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
20 March 1797, Summons to [Marin] Detargny for guard duty, Paris, 30 Ventose, l'an cinquieme
30 April 1797, Summons to [Marin] Detargny for guard duty, Paris, 11 Floreal, l'an cinquieme
26 May 1797, Summons to [Marin] Detargny for guard duty, Paris, 7 Prairial, l'an cinquieme (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
18 April 1798, Carte de Surete for Marin Detargny, Bureau Central, Canton de Bordeaux, 29 Germinal, l'an sixieme (M.D., profession = Professeur, has lived in Bordeaux for 1 year)
13 June 1798, Birth certificate for Marin Detargny, born 26 June 1776 son of Jean Francois Detargny, Archives du Departement de la Seine, Commune de Paris, 24 Prairial, l'an 6e (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
13 June 1798, Copy of death certificate for Jean Francois Detargny, died 26 March 1794 aged 60 years of age, Commune de Paris, 24 Prairial, l'an 6 (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
20 October 1798, Certificat de Conscription for Marin Detargny, "homme de lettres," Canton de Bordeaux, 29 Vendemiaire, septieme annee (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
22 November 1798, Carte de Surete for Marin Detargny, "homme de lettres," Bureau Central, Canton de Marseille (M.D. has been living in Marseille for [?less than] 3 months), le Deux frimaire, an 7e (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
28 April 1804, Statement signed by six citizens of Annapolis certifying that Mr. Marin Detargny has resided in said city as a French teacher for 17 months and "has behaved himself with propriety, and sustained the Character of a Gentleman"
1805, One sheet of paper, folded (addressed on outside to Rev. Mr. Detargny). 11 November 1805 Resolution (on page 1) from the Council Chamber, Charleston, that 29 November be set apart as a day of General Thanksgiving to God for all the benefits and blessings conferred on the citizens of said city and that the clergy of the city be requested to promote this to their congregations on that day. 12 November 1805 Circular (on page 2) from the Intendant, Charleston, conveying this request.
1 December 1806, Receipt from the Reverend Marin Detargny, Charleston, for $12.75 "as a Consideration" for a "Policy of Assurance" for $2000 to be issued by Phoenix Assurance-Company of London, signed by Jno. M. Davis, Agent
18 August 1807, Authorization from Charles Lining, "Esquire, Ordinary," South Carolina, Charleston District, to the Reverend Mr. Marin Detargny to join in matrimony Joseph Finch of Charleston, Manufacturer of Cut Nails, and Catharine Spencer of Charleston, Spinster
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Franklin Heirs
9 June 1785, Survey by Joshua Elder of a plot of land called "Settle," containing 200 4/10 acres, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, for Benjamin Franklin; returned to secretary's office for Benjamin Franklin 10 October 1787
29 October 1814, Deed of sale of 11 tracts of land on the northwest side of the Allegheny River, "now or formerly" in Westmoreland County, by Louis Bache and Richard Bache, executors of the will of Richard Bache, deceased, of Settle, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, acting on behalf of some of the members of the Bache family in Pennsylvania, heirs of Benjamin Franklin, and by other members of the family in their own right, to Randall Hutchinson; recorded in Armstrong County 21 August 1815
29 October 1814, Deed of sale of the tract called "Settle," "now or formerly" in Westmoreland County, from Randall Hutchinson to William I. Duane and his wife Deborah (who are one of the parties to the sale of the 11 tracts in previous item) for $1.00; recorded in Armstrong County 21 August 1815
24 January 1840, Deed of sale of a tract of land called "Settle" (of 200 4/10 acres), formerly in Westmoreland County but now in Armstrong, by William I. Duane and Deborah his wife to WMS for $4000
24 January 1840, Deed of sale of a tract of land called "Broughton" (of 209 7/10 acres), formerly in Westmoreland County but now in Armstrong, by William I. Duane and Deborah his wife to WMS for $4180
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Undated, ca. 1887, Draft claim of Hannah P. Boyd and Mary McFarland, sisters of George McFarland, for "arrears of pay and bounty."
On a form that has 188 plus a blank for the year in the decade (probably 1887). George, a private in Company G, 5th Regiment of the "Calafornia Volunteers," died "on or about the" 31st October 1862 in the service of the U.S.; the sisters appoint Calvin Rayburn of Kittanning to prosecute the claim (see letter of Rayburn to Hannah Boyd above in section I.C)
1 June 1908, Bill for funeral expenses of $66.79 for Mrs. [sic; cf. previous item] Mary S. McFarland from S. Turner and Son, Freeport.
With receipt of payment by Miss Lizzie Boyd dated 8 December 1908. Since the actual expenses are dated 6 August 1904 this may have been a second or third bill.
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13 March 1826, Deed of sale of land by Jacob Scudder and his wife Hester to William Gulick in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
[Note: Jacob Scudder, May have been the son of H[annah] S[cudder]: see her letter to her husband in section I.A above. ]
Skelton Family
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Ann Skelton (1818-1906)
13 June 1856, Survey ("Draft") of a tract of land (i.e., the 2 tracts mentioned in Walter Skelton, item 3) for Ann Skelton (cf. WMS.'s wills in Walter Skelton, items 2 and 4)
11 May 1858, Indenture by Jacob M. Bush to Ann Skelton.
For $1100 with interest, to be paid according to a schedule ending in 1862 for 25+ acres of land, part of a larger tract conveyed by William I. Duane to Walter Skelton (either item 4 or 5 in Franklin heirs or both), who devised it to Ann Skelton, Sarah Skelton, and Joseph Skelton Jr. (see Walter Skelton, item 4), and Joseph Skelton Jr. and his wife Elizabeth conveyed 184 acres of which this is a part to Ann Skelton.
22 July 1900, Lease by Ann Skelton of Freeport Borough, Armstrong County, to Thomas McCauley and P.J. McCauley of Pittsburgh.
Leases the right to quarry stone on the southern part of a piece of land owned by her for a period of 5 years initially, with the possibility of a further 5 years; the McCauleys to pay her rental of 10 cents per cubic yard and to quarry at least 2000 cubic yards each year.
29 November 1904, Grant by Ann Skelton to the Kiskiminetas Connecting Railroad Co.
For a right of way 66 feet wide for the location, etc. of a railroad over 10 acres more or less of her land in South Buffaloe Township, Armstrong County, for $50; sealed and delivered in the presence of W.M. Boyd.
Undated, Informal draft of someone's will (probably Ann Skelton's).
[Note: Dates to before 4 February 1911 (Boyd, item 4) because W.M. Boyd is referred to as still alive, but not clear how much earlier; before 30 March 1906 and certainly before 1 July 1906 (see next item), if Ann Skelton is the writer.]
Leaving specific items of her personal property to Hannah Boyd, Lizzie Boyd, John H. Boyd, and Helen M. McIntyre and, after expenses have been paid, dividing the profits from the remainder of her personal property and from her real estate equally to the same four persons (except that Helen McIntyre's part is to be shared with her brother Charles B. McIntyre).
1 July 1906, Bill and receipt for funeral expenses of $116.75 for Miss Ann Skelton from S. Turner and Son, Freeport;
[Note: Paid by Lizzie Boyd, Executrix (probably dead by 30 March 1906 see letter of Duffy to Hill above in section I.B). ]
Undated, ca. 1933-1934, Notification by County Treasurer, Kittanning, to estate of Annie Skelton.
Her property in South Buffalo has been returned for non-payment of taxes for 1932 amounting to $12.81 and, unless they are paid, the property will be sold at the Court House in Armstrong County on 6 August 1934.
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Elizabeth Skelton (?-1826)
29 March 1825, Will of Elizabeth Skelton.
Leaving all of her personal property and real estate to her nephew WMS, except for some plate and wearing apparel (to Elizabeth McFarland, niece, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Skelton) and a mourning ring (to Harriet Nicholson, niece, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Nicholson); appoints John Lowrey executor, unless WMS is of legal age at time of her death, in which case he is to be executor; certified as true copy 13 November 1826 Elizabeth Skelton now deceased.
29 March 1825, Copy of preceding item; certified as such 17 June 1839
13 November 1826, Inventory of possessions of Elizabeth Skelton; certified 18 November 1829 Elizabeth Skelton now deceased
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Joseph Skelton Sr. (?-before 1840)
Undated, marriage certificate.
[Note: Probably before 1803, when the Skeltons' 1st child was born.]
Certificate by Thomas Lyell, witnessed by W. [?]. Bessonett and James Thorburn: "This will certify that I did on Thursday evening the 27 of May join together in marriage Mr. Joseph Skelton and Miss Sarah White."
Mary Skelton Minto (?-1824)
9 November 1796, Receipt by Enos Kelley to Mary Minto for the items mentioned in document B.16 (a) in Series 1: IV.Documents (this receipt is now item B.16 (b) in Series 1: IV.Documents)
1796 [day and month torn away]: Codicil by Mary Skelton [Minto], executrix of Minto's last will (he being deceased), to a bond of indemnity (dated 28 September 1795) by Minto to Richard Stockton for 1180 pounds, probably asking to have debt set aside (this is now item B.10 (b) in Series 1: IV.Documents)
23 May 1801, Bill of lading for one box, shipped from Leith to New York on the Russell, directed to Mrs. Minto, to be delivered to Mrs. Chrystie of New York for payment; contents unknown to Rowland Gibbs, master of the Russell (this is now item B.17 in Series 1: IV.Documents)
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25 August 1812, Middlesex County, State of New Jersey: Certificate that Mary Minto brought before 2 overseers of the poor and 2 justices of the peace her female slave named Gitty, who appears to be of sound mind and not under any bodily incapacity, between 21 and 40 years; recorded in Clerk's office, no date
25 August 1812, Statement of Mary Minto that she has set free her slave Gitty (of 21 years or thereabouts); recorded in Clerk's office on 26 August 1812
8 January 1817, Will of Mary Minto, leaving $100 to her sister Sarah Clark, $600 to Walter Minto Skelton (to be used at the discretion of her sister Elizabeth), and the remainder of her personal property and all of her real estate to her sister Elizabeth; appoints her sister executrix and administratrix; certified as a true copy of the will by a surrogate in New Brunswick on 17 June 1839
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Walter Skelton (1804-48)
20 October 1830, Commission of Walter M. Skelton to be Captain of the company Princeton Blues, having been elected to such position on 25 May 1830
ca. 1840, Draft of will of WMS, leaving to his mother, Sarah Skelton, "a comfortable maintenance" out of his estate, and then leaving everything to his sister Ann Skelton; appoints Ann executrix
21 April 1841, Survey of 2 tracts of land in Buffaloe Township, Armstrong County, for WMS (these are the tracts sold to him in 1840 mentioned in Franklin heirs, items 4 and 5 above)
16 September 1845, Will (copy) of WMS, of Buffaloe Township, Armstrong County; leaving 1/3 to his sister Ann Skelton, 1/3 to his brother Joseph Skelton, Jr., and 1/3 in trust to his sister Ann for the use of his mother Sarah Skelton; appoints Ann executrix; will proved in Kittanning, Pennsylvania 20 June 1848 (Walter Skelton being deceased), and certified in Register's Office 21 June 1848
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23 March 1839, Will of Elizabeth White of Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York, leaving the bulk of her estate to (1) various charities (half) and (2) her 3 sisters, Mary Bessonett, Phebe White, and Jane White (half, in various proportions); certified as true copy 12 October 1841 Elizabeth White now deceased
13 June 1839, Memorandum of land owned by Elizabeth White in Illinois, deeded to her on 1 April 1837 and recorded in Illinois on 27 June 1837
5: Printed Materials [subseries]
(In Broadsides Small under S)
31 December 1799, Sacred music, to be performed in St. Paul's Church, on Tuesday the 31st December, 1799 by the Anacreontic and Philharmonic Societies, at the Funeral Ceremonies in honor of the Memory of the late General Washington [New York, 1799]. (formerly in 1934 Minto donation)
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ca. early 1800s, "Boarding and Education for Young Ladies, At Mrs GRAHAM's, Broadway, NEW YORK": advertisement and list of fees (on a ca. 3" x 5" card) for a school run by Isabella Graham (1742-1814); Mrs. Graham began teaching in New York in late 1789 when fees for schools like hers were ca. $80 per year for full boarders; by the time of this advertisement her fee was $125 for full boarders, which must put the date considerably later than 1789 Mrs. Graham was a good friend of the Mrs. Chrystie who corresponded with the Mintos from the 1790s until 1810 and who is often mentioned in other correspondence, along with her husband, Major (later Colonel) Chrystie.
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29 August 1844 The Clay Bugle, No. 35, Harrisburg, Thursday, [Pa.,] August 29, 1844 a weekly Whig campaign newspaper created to support the candidacy of Henry Clay for President of the U.S.
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13 March 1852, The Home Journal, for the week ending Saturday March 13, 1852 ed. George Pope Morris and Nathaniel Parker Willis, "[Whole NO. 318.--SERIES FOR 1852--NO. 11." [New York].
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Folder 34
1882, Proceedings of the First Boyd Convention Held at Beaver, Pennsylvania, October 26 and 27, 1881. Published by the Boyd Association Historical Committee. Youngstown, Ohio: Youngstown Publishing Company, 1882. 42 pages.
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ca. early 1883, The Second Re-Union of the Descendants of John and Mary-Fulton Boyd, will be held in Lima, Allen County, Wednesday and Thursday, October 24th and 25th, 1883. Printed in Chambersburg, Pa., [?early 1883]. Announcement of reunion, with program, committees, etc.; 1 leaf folded in half to make 4 pages, the last of which is blank.
7. 1884, Proceedings of the Second Boyd Convention Held at Lima, Ohio, October 24th and 25th, 1883. Youngstown, Ohio: W.H. Woodrow, 1884. 48 pages.
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1885, Proceedings of the Third Boyd Convention Held at Kiskiminetas Springs, Saltsburg, Pa., August 27th and 28th, 1884. Youngstown, Ohio: W.H.Woodrow, 1885. 33 pages.
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ca. early 1887, Call for a Reunion to Be Held at Slate Lick, Pennsylvania, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30 and 31, 1887. Announcement to residents and former residents of Slate Lick; 1 leaf folded in half to make 4 pages, the last of which is blank; addressed to Miss A. Skelton at Scilney, Pa. [postmarked "Kittanning"].
1887, Re-Union at Slate Lick, Pa. Of Present and Former Residents, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30 & 31, 1887. "Programme" of events. 1 narrow leaf, with printing on recto only.
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1888, Proceedings of the Fourth Boyd Convention Held at Hamilton, Ohio, September 15th and 16th, 1886. H. Byxbe, 1888. 26 pages.
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1888, Proceedings of the Fifth Boyd Convention Held at Pittsburgh, Pa., (Hotel Boyer,) September 5th and 6th, 1888. H. Byxbe, 1888. 59 pages.
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1892, Proceedings of the Sixth Boyd Convention Held at Marion, Ohio, (Hotel Marion,) August 27th and 28th, 1890. H. Byxbe, 1892. 42 pages.
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1894, Proceedings of the Seventh Boyd Convention Held at Seventh Avenue Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., August 31st and September 1st, 1892. H. Byxbe, 1894. 30 pages.
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3 newspaper clippings about family events:
[May 1935]: Article, perhaps from a newspaper in Tarentum, Pa. (since on the reverse is an advertisement for "Chantler's" in that city), about Amelia Earhart's non-stop flight from Mexico City to New York City on May 8; mentions Samuel (age 68) and Ida (age 73) Earhart, first cousins of Amelia's father Edwin Earhart (who was a schoolmaster near Saltsburg, Pa.), and another cousin, Emma Elizabeth Earhart Fleming (age 83) of Indiana, Pa.; Amelia's grandfather, Rev. David Earhart, had the Lutheran parsonage in Apollo, Pa., and the Earhart family used to visit Samuel and Ida.
[November 1949]: Death notice, probably from a Pittsburgh newspaper, of Frank F. McIntyre of Altoona, Pa., on 16 November 1949 Frank was the father of Charles B. McIntyre and Helen B. McIntyre of Pittsburgh; the funeral was held in Freeport, Pa.
14 June 1956: Notice from the Pittsburgh Press of the honoring of Miss Helen McIntyre, retiring school teacher, by the Shakespeare School PTA in East Liberty, Pa.
6: Notes, Invitations, Miscellanea [subseries]
Notes (all in WMS's hand except the last two)
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Folder 1
Syllabus, with required readings; probably from WMS's years at the College of New Jersey.
A list of college classes, beginning on a Tuesday and going to the following Monday, with only Sunday omitted; probably from WMS's years at the College of New Jersey.
A set of 5 series of surnames, followed by "Valedictory. D. Crawford": perhaps a list of College of New Jersey graduates or graduation speakers (WMS's name is not among them).
"Catalogue of Books," divided into "Classicks & French," "Class Books & Books of Science," "Novels & Plays," "Books of a miscellaneous kind," "Musick"; probably WMS's library, with catalogue written in what appears to be a formal variety of his hand.
"Provincialisms noticed in the Western part of Pennsylvania," a series of equivalents in the form "A for B," signed (on reverse) "Skelton," followed by WMS's height and weight measured in "Peal's Museum" on 8 February 1826 then signed again "W.M. Skelton."
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Recipe "To boil a Fowl"; this leaf was found in item (a) (1818-[3]4) in section II.A.2, but it is not certain if it was there originally: the hand is quite different and appears to be untrained.
"Kate's Manumission Papers," (at the top of the second quarter (from the left) of the recto), probably in a Skelton family hand (but earlier than the late family hands in section F below).
InvitationsScope note: Some on backs of playing cards, marked with * below.
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4 March 1780, [Princeton]*: to Miss Skelton from the Gentlemen of the College to a dance and a play
6 April 1780, Princeton*: to Miss Betsy Skelton from the Gentlemen of the Senior Class to public exhibitions in the College Hall
17 February 1781, Princeton*: to Miss Betsy Skelton from the Gentlemen of the College to public exhibitions in the College Hall
24 June 1782, Philadelphia: to Miss B. Baynton from the Minister of France to an entertainment to celebrate the birth of the Dauphin
1 December 1782, Princeton: to Miss Skelton from the managers of an unnamed organization to a dance
17 February 1783, Princeton*: to Miss Skelton from the Junior Class of College to a play and other exercises in the College Hall
14 April 1783, Trenton: to Miss Polly Skelton from the Governor and the Gentlemen of Trenton to a dance "in Celebration of Peace" at Mr. Cape's
22 April 1783, Princeton: to Miss Betsy Skelton from the Gentlemen of Princeton and its Vicinity to a ball "in Celebration of Peace" at Mr. Beekman's
December 1785, [Princeton]: to Miss Eliza Skelton for the season of the Princeton Assembly
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Folder 4
30 April [probably mid-1780s], [Princeton]: to Miss E. Skelton from the Gentlemen of the College to public exhibitions in the College Hall
30 April [probably mid-1780s], [Princeton]: to Miss Polly Skelton from the Gentlemen of the College to public exhibitions in the College Hall
23 September [probably mid-1780s]*, Princeton: to Miss Skelton to a dance at Mr. [?] d[. . .]
[late December /early January] [probably mid-1780s], Bordentown*: to the Miss Skeltons to a ball on Twelfth Night, 6 January
Tuesday morning [probably mid-1780s], [Princeton]: to the Miss Skeltons from Dr. Beatty to a dance at his house "this evening" (with additional comments about Mrs. Deane expecting to see the Miss Skeltons at her house for tea, etc.)
Saturday morning [probably mid-1780s], [Princeton]: to Miss Betsey Skelton from the Senior Class to the public orations in the College Hall
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6 February 1826, Harrisburg: to Mr. [Walter] Skelton to a Cotillion Party at the house of Mr. John Shock, Harrisburg, on Tuesday next; with envelope addressed to Mr. Skelton
8 February 1834, to Miss Ann Skelton to a "Birth-Night Ball" at Mr. M'Anulty's Hotel, Blairsville, on 21 February 1834
February 1843, to Mr. W.M. Skelton & Lady to a Cotillion Party at the house of Mr. Isreal Hill, Leechburg, on 17 February 1843
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Statement to James Carnahan 1823-?25: Statement directed to Dr. [James] Carnahan [president of the College of New Jersey from May 1823 to 1854], from a meeting of college, signed by 75 persons (including WMS), deploring some outrageous act by an unknown person and expressing their support.
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Small Notebook, Undated [?1830-31]: Small notebook containing "By-Laws of 'The Princeton Blues'," followed by signatures of, presumably, the 62 members of the Company (Skelton's is the 4th one on the list).
[Note: Skelton was commissioned Captain of the Company on 20 October 1830 and resigned his commission on 8 July 1831 (see section IV. Walter Skelton, item 1). ]
Booklet of proverbs and common sayings, Undated: in English (on versos), with Spanish equivalents (on facing rectos), entitled (on page [8]) "A Collection of Proverbs & Common Saying" and (on page [1]) "una Colleccion de refranes y de dichos communes."
Various notes, undated [but mainly 20th century]. Late family (?and other) notes, in various hands, made about the Minto-Skelton papers before they were given to the Clements Library.
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5 leaves, in ink (mainly) and pencil, listing letters in the Minto part of the collection (mainly addressed to him), a bond, a bill, and a few books
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2 leaves in pencil, listing a few books and giving a summary of the Minto letters
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7 small leaves in pencil, with writing on both sides, listing family books published between 1745 and 1870
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1 3" x 5" card in ink with some dates
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17 xeroxes of 32 envelopes that contained some of the Minto-Skelton Papers, with notes on the outsides about what they contained (the envelopes themselves have been discarded)
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8 small pieces of light cardboard used as markers for books and manuscripts, 2 of which have notes on them
Pieces of cloth 1845 and undated: 24 round pieces of cloth circa 4" in diameter, perhaps congratulatory or farewell remembrances to Mary McFarland (b. 1823), with writing in ink on one side and usually containing a verse or verses, a proverb, etc. (variable) and the name of the writer; frequently also a date and the home of the writer; and occasionally the name of the addressee:
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With addressee first, then name of writer, date, and verse:
Mary McFarland: Saltsburgh Indiana Co. Pa. May 1845 W.H.
Mary: Eliza Kirkpatrick Poke Run, October 26th 1845
Mary: R.S. Johnston Saltzburg, September 23rd 1845
To Mary: Jane H. Johnston Saltzburg, October 1st 1845
To Mary: Saltsburgh, October the 6th 1845, S. Skelton
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With addressee first, then name of writer and verse:
Mary: Mary Kirkpatrick
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Folder 17
With name of writer, date, and verse:
May 1845 Watson Hughes (with name written backwards so as to show through correctly on the reverse)
Saltsburg, October 16th 1845 E.W. Robinson
David Kirkpatrick, October 20th 1845
John M. Kirkpatrick Oakland Farm, October 20th 1845
Joseph Skelton White Rock Eddy, October 1845
Rob. Skelton Freeport, 1845
A. Skelton, 1845
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With name of writer and verse:
W.M. Skelton
Your Friend N[a]ncy White
W. N. Woodend
Your friend R. L.
Affectionately yours Jane White
[J.G.] McQuaide
Mrs. E.F. Farren Saltsburg Pa
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With name of writer only:
Mrs. Mary Fretz Doylestown Pa.
J. Farren Saltsburg Pa.
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2 blank pieces of cloth


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National Science Foundation Grant Helps to Bridge Gap Between Mathematics and Engineering
UH Manoa researcher leads efforts to demonstrate exciting potential of collaborations involving mathematicsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Kristen Cabral, (808) 956-5039
Public Information Officer
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $250,000 grant to University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Assistant Professor of Mathematics Monique Chyba to conduct an on-going three-year project using mathematical theory to develop an autonomous underwater vehicle for ocean exploration.
Through a partnership between the UH Mānoa Mathematics Department and the Autonomous System Laboratory (ASL) of the UH Mānoa College of Engineering, the project will not only promote the application of mathematical theories but also bridge the gap between the two disciplines of math and engineering. The application of control theory to underwater vehicles will demonstrate the potential for successful collaborative efforts of engineers and mathematicians.
"I believe this is a very important step for our university as interdisciplinary collaborations become more and more important for the future of our students," said Chyba. "The high diversity of this project should allow me to share the love of mathematics not only among mathematicians, but also with other scientists and with the non-scientist population."
Chyba, who joined the UH Mānoa faculty in 2002, researches topics concerning mathematical control theory and differential geometry. She is a frequent guest speaker at various international symposiums and workshops and has written numerous mathematical publications, including her new book "Singular Trajectories and Their Role in Control Theory," and "A surprising non optimal
path for underwater vehicles" to be presented at an international conference in Maui this coming December.

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Seeing as I own two firearms myself, yes, yes we should be able to.
I enjoy the feel and power of a firearm. Taking it to the range and loosing a few rounds is a great stress reliever. Concealed Carry as well. While I don't own a CCL (Concealed Carry License) myself due to living in Hawaii for the moment, nothing wrong with being given training, taught what actually constitutes "Deadly Force", and registering yourself with the local police dept.
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk...
no... cause it will bring a crime...
iam lurker
How would it..."bring a crime"? What exactly are you basing this opinion on?
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk...
No. If I ran a country, it would be completely gun-free bar the military. Real men fight with their fists. If they get their arse kicked, perhaps raped, hell, at least it was with dignity.
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dark_paradox_21 wrote:
Hintkin wrote:
People should carry guns ONLY IF they are in war or there's a terrorism going on..
Security guards ,Police and Military should be the ones to have guns in the first place because it's their job and responsibility to protect the unarmed citizens.
People who are not even on those jobs should not have one. Guns are not some kind of fashion sense.
Self protection should not be the case.. Because there's no justification and evidence that the one who's holding the gun is right of shooting his/her "enemy" or not. How would you know that the one suspect is attempting to shoot the "victim"? That's just my opinion though
Who protects the people from the police?
There have been numerous cases of law-enforcement officers using unnecessary or unwarranted force. In the Northwest US a few years back, a deaf old man was shot to death for carving on a bit of scrap wood with a knife. There are several unwarranted law-enforcement killings each year -- and plenty of information to be found if someone were to go looking (though they don't often make the morning news).
In Romania (and other former soviet block countries) when the Soviet Union took power, the first thing they did was make everyone register weapons. The second thing they did was to round up all of those registered weapons (and the law-abiding people obeyed the law) then all the land, factories, businesses and houses were redistributed in accordance with the "equality" of the communist ideal.
In the US prior to and during the Revolution, English officers rounded up and arrested community leaders and businessmen who expressed pro-american attitudes (like the Red scare or our current airport security). It was this callous indifference towards the rights of the people that, in great part, inspired the American Revolution.
Carrying weapons isn't about hunting or target shooting. It isn't even necessarily about home defense. An armed citizenry is a free citizenry. In any republic or democracy, the people hire law enforcement (and military) as servants either directly ( in a democracy) or through representatives (in a republic). The police and military exist to SERVE the people, not to protect them, mother them, watch over them, and certainly never to control them.
As a society as a whole, the presence of weaponry in the civilian population acts as a check-and-balance in the governmental process. There are morons in the world and there will be an occasional rare accident (although medical malpractice kills many, many, many times more people than gunshot wounds each year). There will be the occasional psychotic who goes on a rampage. Life is never perfectly safe and banning guns will not make it any safer. There have been numerous mass-killings with improvised bombs, knives ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre ), gasses and even AIRPLANES (Remember one September a few years back?). Banning guns does not, on the macro scale, noticeably increase the statistical safety of the population. A psychopath driven to the point of going on a murder spree is very unlikely to check with his local laws to make sure his murder weapons are socially acceptable. By contrast, countries such as Switzerland have actually had good success with REQUIRING gun ownership. Switzerland for example has remained neutral in global conflicts for decades and decades. Even Hitler went right around it in WWII since it is virtually impossible to subdue and armed citizenry. Crime rates also drop since assault and theft are very unpopular when the victims shoot back.
So banning guns does not make you more likely to be safe. The whole point of the 2nd amendment in the US is to ensure that the government obeys the people -- not the other way around. Arming only the police and military is the quickest way to ensure corruption.
Fear is a useless emotion. If you are unfamiliar with guns, learn a bit about them. Fear of guns or people with guns is as absurd as fear of kitchen knives or motor vehicles. Humans are a tool-using species and guns are one of the many tools we use in life. There are many of them all over the world. They are everywhere and they aren't going away.
Maybe I'm wrong about the police.. Thanks for the reminder but I believe not all police are like those in the news..
You can't trust anybody but you can't also trust yourself for not hurting someone with your gun.. Anytime there's a big chance that you'll think you want to kill somebody with your gun.. That evil thought will haunt you until you'd be able to shoot somebody..
As I was saying that's only my opinion for this topic. I'm not being factual..
Waiting for my buds to add me up in my contact.. deleting this one soon
While hunting for stats, (google failed me for once...... apparently celebrities rated higher than math....) I came acros this interesting site. Feel free to compare your country verse others. Not sure how accurate it is, but quite a bit looked right. ( which was scary and confusing xD)
Sanity is merely someone's perspective on your reality.
owning guns for protection is the ultimate irony as it only makes you and your family more unsafe,even standard police officers should not have firearms in my opinion.
And you're opinion would be wrong. "Not allowed"? Even if it was illegal, how would that stop criminals from getting guns? Like drugs, it doesn't matter if it is against the law. I'm not a NRA member or a right wing conservative or any stereotypical gun defender. If criminals will always have guns, and they will, then I am glad that I have a gun and my police officers have a gun. Thinking a gun ban will protect your family is even more ironic.
I'm baaaaaaaaaaack
The irony is that the whole thing is a never ending cycle of violence, irregardless of weapon type. There will always be 'evil' in this world, whether its a criminal or some rogue government. Owning a weapon does not guarantee your safety and in many cases puts you in a worse situation. Taking them away from those that use them for good purposes such sport does not reduce violence. If a criminal spots a target worth enough, even if that target is armed, the criminal will attack. Its all dependent on risk vs reward. If the person with the shotgun in the home or the carry permit is a high enough reward, then that person will be attacked by a criminal. That's the way it is, horrible as it may seem.
Guns? maybe not.
People should be allowed to have long barreled weapons with limited magazines, like shotguns and rifles. Hunting is a great tradition that is fairly unique to North America at this point. There are very few places in the world where you can 1) own your own rifle or shotgun and 2) at your discretion, with the proper permit, go out and shoot something and provide for yourself or your family.
In much of the world, hunting is something only the elite of the elite get to do, as the resources are far more scarce.
That being said, there isn't much reason to let people own a hand gun. How many of the public shootings in the past 30 years have been affected by people who have their own firearms? people illegally possessing firearms in areas where other people are not allowed to carry generally speaking doesn't help much.
For personal protection is a bunch of shit. If you want protection, get pepper spray or a taser. Fire arms are NOT effective means of defense in the distance that you can consider someone threatening your personal safety. As well, you can not safely protect another person from a distance more than 10 feet with a hand gun. You are more likely to hurt the person you are trying to protect.
Maybe you don't need to ban the guns, just raise the price of bullets to $100 a piece. :P
Next time a mugger or drug addict might think twice about spending a bullet, might cut into their drug and booze funds. ;)
All kidding aside, I'm ok with guns.
Winter Is Coming.
Uh yes.
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villian
Woooooow...... you know, everywhere rape is illegal, but there are still rapists around so why don't we just legalize the act of rape since it's not dying down!!???
A widow of Mr. Uchiha, I'm now seeking support from baby brother, Sasuke ;)
People who are not even in a legal career profession (Police officers, FBI, ppl in the military...) should not have guns in the first place!!!!!! It is not the only long-distance weapon for "self-defense." Ever heard of a tazer or something else that doesn't kill your enemy like %80 of the time. All I know is that even if guns somehow do become illegal it's impossible to take all the guns in America that citizens have in their possession(-__-) but still there are other ways to protect yourself than using a weapon to shoot someone which can possibly kill them. (Take LL Cool J's for example...)
My choice of defense would either be mace, a tazer, breaking something hard over someone's head, or swinging my metal bat across their crotch area, or legs...
Call me crazy, but I would rather have my house robbed than be responsible for taking someone's life....
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The number of rhinos poached this month could hit a new high despite the best efforts of authorities, MPs hear.
"So far [this year]... we have lost more than 500 rhino. [As of] yesterday [Monday], the figure was at 549... The problem is still increasing," environmental affairs deputy director-general Fundisile Mketeni said.
Responsible for biodiversity and conservation in his department, Fundisile was briefing members of Parliament's environmental affairs portfolio committee.
According to figures tabled at Tuesday's briefing, there has been a sharp increase in poaching activity in recent months. They show 25 rhino were illegally killed for their horns in June this year.
This rose to 49 in July, 63 in August, 62 in September, and 75 last month. So far this month, 40 rhino have been killed....


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Adventures in Ethics and Science
Tag archives for library
Economic recovery has not yet made its presence felt at public universities in California. (Indeed, at least in the California State University system, all things budgetary are going to be significantly worse in the next academic year, not better.) This means it's not a great time for purveyors of electronic journals to present academic libraries…


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September 11, 2012 > Collaboration puts student artwork on Hayward billboards
Artwork by two Cal State East Bay students is on downtown Hayward billboards as the result of the first-ever "Inspire Hayward" contest involving the university, City of Hayward, and the Oakland Digital Arts and Literacy Center (ODALC). The center is a volunteer-staffed organization headed by Shaun Tai, a CSUEB alumnus who earned his bachelor's degree in art in 2002.The winning entry by Cal State East Bay student Cory Bardwell may be seen at the corner of Mission Boulevard and "A" Street. Jennifer Jacobo's second place design is on Foothill Boulevard, near Ash Street.A jury of professional designers also placed art by Ashley Rose, Eric Dinsdale, Jessie Worden, Phuong Duong, Wenhui Zhu, Christine Espina, Jena Scholten, and Hayley Hart in the top 10. "Inspire Hayward," patterned after a similar program in Oakland, was created to inspire civic pride through design, while providing college students with professional and life skills essential to job functioning.Suzy Wear, CSUEB associate professor of art, was impressed with the help and attention given to her students in Art 4230, "They emphasized that the idea was to have a professional piece for the students' portfolios. Winning was the icing on the cake."Diane Curry, curator of the Hayward Area Historical Society, provided background on the community. Presentations were made by such ODALC leaders as Michael Lee, a marketing executive; Martin Kojnok, former executive producer at Saatchi & Saatchi; Rita Forte, founder of, "The Olive Street Agency" and a former KMEL Radio DJ and online radio coordinator for Warner Music Group; Vernita Naylor, founder and CEO of Jabeze Enterprise Group and a freelance writer for American Express OPEN; and Linda Poeng, Visual Verbs principal.When Bardwell took the podium to present his creation to the jury, he recalled growing up in Hayward and asking his dad about the tall building on the hill. His dad replied that it was "a place for education and education meant hope." For his win, Bardwell also received a one-month, paid internship at Ameredia, a firm specializing in marketing for diversity. Others in the top 10 got a "shadow day" there. All top 10 Hayward designs may be seen at http://www.odalc.org/programs/inspire/inspire-hayward/.


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REACTION: Coral Triangle highlighted at the Our Oceans Conference
We are all connected. We've known this for the longest time. 70% of the planet is covered in water. We depend on the oceans for so many things, and yet, refuse to take responsibility for it. We manage the land as if it has nothing to do with our seas.
For years, we have talked about the importance of ridge-to-reef strategies. We have broad consensus that fisheries must be managed through an ecosystem approach. And yet, we continue to manage natural capital in neat little pigeonholes. In an archipelago like the Philippines, it is no great secret that the state of the uplands defines the condition of our seas.
The seas are a critical shared resource. Their management, therefore, is a shared responsibility. Governance is not government. It is you and I. Democracy is not merely freedom. It is participation. Government cannot do this alone. The reality of short electoral terms makes it clear that government's role is, at best, catalytic. The long-term actions, and the investments that will take us to boom or bust, lie with the private sector. All of us must be part of the solution.
Tweaks are not going to cut it. In terms of food security, the world is headed for a major tipping point. The global footprint network shows that as a planet, we sit 50% beyond the Earth's sustainable limits. Asia Pacific's century has taken it 77% beyond the Region's sustainable balance. The Philippines now strains at 117% beyond our nation's sustainable limits. And a comparison of Metro-Manila's footprint per capita against the remnants of its bio-capacity, clearly show that we are 3400% beyond the capital region's sustainable limits. We are in gross ecological overshoot. There is no time. We must go beyond concepts and debate, beyond science, beyond policy, beyond talk shops and agreements. The challenges we face are nothing short of systemic. The decisions will be Solomonic. They demand that we mainstream new ways of doing things. Not merely best practice, but next practice. In the front lines, where it counts.
Awareness? Building capacity? Improving management? Protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems? Yes, those are all important. But, is that the best we can do? Does it make any sense to monitor and manage our inventory of natural capital, if we are not devoting a parallel and equal effort to addressing the challenge of increasing consumption? How many episodes of heightened sea surface temperatures will tell us that a remake of old school conservation is not enough? How many spikes of acidification will it take before we realize that we may be putting all our eggs in one basket?
Does this mean that marine protected areas are a waste of time? Absolutely not. The fisheries sector is critical. But, it is not a level playing field. It is a steep slope. By its nature, fishing is geographically diffused and freely available. In contrast, aquaculture is a learned, evolving technology that requires a distribution system and strong supply chains. Mainstreaming this knowledge will take some time. The environment is the social security system of the poor. The marginalized artisanal sector will require a bridge to see them through this difficult period. Though temporary, marine protected areas are the genetic bank that will provide that crucial bridge.
Global population is growing from 7 to 9 Billion. Consumption will increase, whether we like it or not. Is it logical to say that our primary solution is to step on the brakes? Sustainable fisheries are merely one of many solutions that we need to put in place. The recent World Bank report validates that before mid-century, 70% of the world's fish will come from aquaculture. Yes, there are problems. Have we solved the problems of aquaculture? Have we figured out how to mainstream responsible aquaculture technology? Humankind has done this before. We must do it again and we must do it better. As we move forward toward achieving the target of feeding the world, we need to clearly understand if our mantra is "profit" or "protein". And, we must figure out how to balance off one against the other. The answer is not going to be black or white.
Over the next thirty years, an estimated two billion people will join the global middle class. "Touched again with immortality. Given back the upward looking and the light…… the music and the dream." Empowered to both acquire and consume, they will demand their pound of flesh.
As economies evolve from developing to emerging to developed, economic activity shifts from simple extraction, to processing and supply chain interventions, to full transactional control. Traditionally, developed economies have used trade as the primary tool to make up for resource scarcity. This will change. This is part of the new opportunity. Unless we are able to learn how to sustainably produce more with less, this new global middle class will say: "Wait. Me first." Suddenly, trade may diminish in value as a workable global formula.
How answer his brute question in that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake all shores?
How will it be with kingdoms and with kings--
With those who shaped him to the thing he is--
When this dumb Terror shall rise to judge the world,
After the silence of the centuries?
Collectively, we must come to the realization that business-as-usual formulas are simply not going to be enough, anymore. For the oceans in a climate-defined future, even revolution comes across as a simplistic approach that often throws out the baby with the bathwater. The real opportunity here is to take the world toward renaissance. When looked at through that mindset, being first-to-market with a spectrum of solutions, suddenly emerges as a truly exciting prospect. This is the future we must create.
There is much debate over what a climate-defined future may look like. One thing for sure, it will be complex, non-linear and certainly highly variable. The mix of climate manifestations, and feedback loops, will be very site-specific. To take this from potential chaos to manageable complexity, the right investments must be made now. This is yet another part of the new opportunity. To effectively build resilience, reduce downtime, boost competitiveness, and sustain socio-economic viability, we must invest in redundancies. Does it sound expensive? What is the alternative? If it is our ambition to avoid the fate of Sisyphus, each economy will need to craft Plan B, Plan C and Plan D. This is not a "cut and paste" deal. There is no silver bullet. The most important questions will start with two words: "what if".
Conservation is not preservation. It is sustainable use. If we are to come to grips with sustainable oceans in a climate-defined future, then we must invest in strengthening the chains that link source to use, supply to demand, today to tomorrow.
Will local enforcement or international arbitration be enough? Will violence or military posturing achieve anything substantial? Let's face it. It is not going to be simple, nor cheap, but the people of the world have to learn how to work together, sharing the joy and the benefits of co-creation. More than that, and this is going to be the most difficult part, we have to learn how to live together.
Ultimately, we only have one planet, and one future.


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The "Cobra Spotlight" is a weekly highlight of a student-athlete at Coker College. Each week we take a different athlete from a different sport and display some facets to get more familiar with them. This week we take a look at Daniel Jackson, a member of the men's soccer team.
Name: Daniel Jackson
Sport: Men's Soccer
Position: Forward
Hometown: South Haven, Mich.
Year: Junior
Major: Computer Science
Why did you choose Coker? I really liked the student environment and the class sizes.
What is your best memory at Coker (athletic related)? Winning the regular season for the conference last weekend.
What is your best memory at Coker (non-athletic related)? Watching Stephen Scrivens sing 'N Sync during a contest last semester.
Favorite class: Any class taught by Paul Dostert
Favorite professor: Paul Dostert.
Plans after graduation: Either go overseas to pursue a soccer career or seek a career in the IT field.
Favorite movie: The Avengers or Dark Knight Rises.
Favorite type of music: Anything but country.
Favorite food: Anything.
Favorite professional sports team: Lakers, Manchester United, Duke and the Steelers.
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite TV show: Spartacus and The Walking Dead.
Most prized possession: Soccer cleats.
What is something people may not know about you? I am extremely claustrophobic.


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I am wondering why no one has made any controversial posts in the good ol NHR area. No complaints about Iraq, or high oil prices or what we should do about Iran, or Hillary Clinton sucks or George Bush sucks.... Is there an agreement that no discussions of that nature are allowed?
Or do we have the type of crowd here that isnt mature enough to have discussions like that here? Meaning, resorting to name calling or treating people differently when they find out your a liberal or conservative, or libertarian (which I am).
Or, do we all just want to talk about Hockey and screw everything else?


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Cuba was an island-country on Earth's 20th and 21st centuries and which consisted of a large island south of Florida in Earth's Caribbean region.
In 1893, hand-rolled Havana cigars, named for Cuba's capital city, were the preferred cigar of Samuel Clemens, whose pen-name was Mark Twain. (TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part II")
In the mid-20th century, Cuba was depicted on the mission insignia for Apollo 1, Apollo 7, and Apollo 11. (ENT: "First Flight").
The island was crossed from north to south by the destructive beam of the 2153 Xindi weapon test probe, with great loss of life. (ENT: "The Expanse")
In an alternate Earth assimilated by the Borg, Cuba was connected to Florida and other Caribbean islands with bridge-like structures. (Star Trek: First Contact)


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Help Missoula Become the Most Popular Social Media Community in the U.S.
The city of Missoula has the possibility of being the host of the Social Media Tourism Symposium - also known as SoMeT. Our thriving college town will go head-to-head against 12 other cities in the United States in a "social media battle of the ages."
According to the press release:
"SoMeT is one of this country's premiere social media conferences," said Barbara Neilan, Director of Destination Missoula. "And Missoula is up against some stiff competition, ranging from Tampa/Clearwater, Florida and Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the Pocono Mountains and Eugene, Oregon."
The winning city is chosen via Facebook votes in a contest similar to a Sweet 16, with each city moving further in the contest based on the popular vote. First round voting is held March 13–15, with anyone being eligible to cast a vote for their favorite city.
"Living, working and playing here, we know how wonderful Missoula is," Neilan said. "What we need is for everyone else who has a place in their heart for our city to grab their smartphone, tablet or laptop and vote for Missoula."
Last year's conference, held in El Paso, Texas, brought in 232 attendees from all over the world. During their six days in El Paso, they generated 6,678 tweets that reached 962,900 people for 10.7 million impressions.
"You can't buy PR like that for a community," added Neilan. "It is priceless!"
First-round voting is open on www.facebook.com/SoMeTourism at 10 a.m. MST, March 13 and closes at 10 a.m. MST, March 15. To vote, simply log into Facebook and give Missoula a vote.
"It is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Missoula, but it is going to take a village," said Mary Holmes, Destination Marketing Sales Manager for Destination Missoula/TBID. "We need Missoula to ramp up like only Missoula can, to turn out the vote and win this one."


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Wilson honored with an Alumni Fellow Award
Robert Wilson, an alumnus of Penn State University, has been honored with a 2011 Alumni Fellow Award. The Alumni Fellow Award is the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. Since 1973, the Alumni Fellow Award has been given to select alumni who, as leaders in their professional fields, are nominated by an academic college and accept an invitation from the President of the University to return to campus to share their expertise with students, faculty, and administrators.


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To the Editor:
Regarding the article, "Walsh gets talk radio show," it appears appropriate that the radio station Mr. Walsh will broadcast from is named WIND, because Walsh can certainly push a lot of air once he begins talking.
Walsh stated a goal: "I intend to do with this program what I did as a U.S. congressman – speak plainly, speak directly, not worry about political correctness." No changes there. I don't remember Walsh accomplishing much as a congressman, but he, of course, did do a lot of talking and complaining and acting angry. Now Walsh will do more of the same on the airwaves and receive his salary from corporate funds instead of from taxpayers.
Walsh said that at the radio station, he will "engage in respectful, engaging debate with all viewpoints." Now, that's a change. Walsh will be "respectful." Yet, the article stated, he generated controversy throughout his term, shouting at constituents during a town hall meeting. Has Walsh turned over a new leaf?
Lastly, Walsh said, the show will be a "great platform to grow a freedom movement which is already gaining momentum right here in Illinois." Not sure what Walsh means by that. I don't know if the "freedom movement" will translate into the Republicans winning elections, winning a majority in Springfield or winning the White House. That would be realistic and pragmatic. Or, is Walsh talk, talk, talking again about something that is demagogic, nebulous, and a way for him to secure those high ratings for national syndication?
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By Avi Salzman
CLSA analyst Caroline Levy thinks that the pressure that Bill Ackman of Pershing Square and some former executives have put on Procter & Gamble (PG) has been good for the company, and will lead to faster changes that will make the company more efficient. Levy upgraded shares to Outperform from Underperform on Friday, a day after P&G impressed the street with its fiscal first quarter earnings report.
"Since the disclosure of Pershing Square's stake in the company, the public pressure on the current management team has only increased, including the recent revelation that a group of former executives had signed a letter to the board calling for management changes well before Mr. Ackman's involvement. We believe this pressure will accelerate cost and growth initiatives, providing more earnings visibility."
The company posted impressive gains in gross margin and made up market share losses in the United States.
"In emerging markets, growth has been solid despite share loss in China, which we believe will be corrected under new leadership in skin care," Levy added.
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Skip to comments.Hollywood Takes on the Left
Posted on 08/02/2008 7:58:54 AM PDT by BlessedMom92
David Zucker, the director who brought us 'Airplane!' and 'The Naked Gun,' turns his sights on anti-Americanism.
For anyone who has ever been on a movie set, the commotion inside Warner Brothers Studio 15 will be familiar: serious-faced actors and actresses quietly rehearsing their lines; the director of photography huddled with his assistants around two high-definition screens inside a small black tent reviewing the last scenes; extras lounging around the set trying both to stay out of the way and to get noticed; carpenters busily working to construct the set for the next scene; a frazzled first assistant director guzzling Red Bull and yelling instructions to anyone who will listen.
"Rolling," he shouts.
Others throughout the cavernous studio echo his call.
"Rolling! Quiet please!"
David Zucker is sitting in a high-backed director's chair with his name on it. (I'd always assumed they were just used for effect in movies, but here one was.) Zucker is looking at a monitor showing the inside of an empty New York City subway station. It's actually just a set--a stunning replica of a subway station--and it sits 15 feet to Zucker's right. ......................
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Between this story and McCain's recent commercials mocking Obamalama, I wonder if a trend is starting.
Zucker is one of the good ones!
See these...
It's great to finally see some signs of intelligence in Hollywood. I can't wait for the film to come out. I never go to the movies, but I will go to this one.
And this is the IMDb link to the film
Thanks for those links — they're hilarious!
On the lighter side, from the article:
In the film, a rotund comedian named Rosie O'Connell makes an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor to promote her documentary, The Truth About Radical Christians. O'Reilly shows a clip, which opens with a pair of priests walking through an airport--as seen from pre-hijacking surveillance video--before boarding the airplane. Once onboard, they storm the cockpit using crucifixes as their weapon of choice. Next the documentary looks at the growing phenomenon of nuns as suicide bombers, seeking 72 virgins in heaven. A dramatization shows two nuns, strapped with explosives, board a bus to the cries of the other passengers. "Oh, no! Not the Christians!" O'Connell's work ends with a warning about new threats and the particular menace of the "Episcopal suppository bomber."
That is funny...
Wow. I was expecting another short article that comes along about a couple of "secret" conservatives with no details, and it turned out to be pretty detailed and interesting.
"If this doesn't work," McEveety deadpans, "I won't have a company."
I am sincerely hoping this will open up Hollywood to more films that vilify the left. It's long over due.
David Zucker
The cast includes: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Robert Davi, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Leslie Nielsen and Kevin Sorbo. Dennis Hopper!? From Easy Rider?! It's been a long, strange trip!
Opening 10/3, according to the article. I'm thinking of going in spite of my one-man boycott of Hollywierd's tripe. The last movie I saw in theatre was "Return of the King"
I also never cared for the other Zucker movies mentioned, "Airplane" and "Kentucky Fried...", Thought the humor was sophmoric.
ping for later
Wow ... didn't see that one coming.
i thought "kentucky fried movie" was the creation of john landis?
Wow! These guys/gals have some cajones. I will definitely see it/buy it/show it at the squadron! We watched "Team America" about 1/2 dozen times in Iraq, and I still couldn't drink anything liquid for fear of a snot-rocket on a particularly funny scene that I'd probably watched several times. I hope this hits the mark too.
Was it the "d—ks and p-——s" speech?
You're right! With the way things are today, by making this movie, he might have to be afraid for his life...
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Abstract: Underwater Maya: Discovery, Mapping, and Excavating in a Peat Bog Below the Sea Floor, Belize
While walking in a shallow lagoon in southern Belize in search of "briquetage"—broken pots used to boil brine over fires to make salt—we made an accidental discovery that has transformed our knowledge of the ancient Maya. We found wooden posts and artifacts—including the only reported ancient Maya canoe paddle—perfectly preserved in a peat bog below the sea floor. The peat is mangrove peat, formed from accumulation of debris and roots as the salt-water red mangroves kept pace with rising seas. We did find lots of "briquetage," but also the buildings and other structures associated with a massive salt production industry that reached its peak during the height of the Late Classic Maya civilization (A.D. 600-900), when demand at the inland cities for this basic biological necessity was highest. Since wood is rarely preserved in the tropical landscape of Central America, the Paynes Creek Salt Works provide a stunning example of the kinds of wooden buildings used by the ancient Maya. In this presentation, I summarize the discovery and mapping of some 4000 wooden posts between 2005 and 2009, as well as the ongoing field research excavating "Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture and the Salt Industry." With a Site Preservation Grant from the AIA for "Underwater Maya," I am working with the local communities to provide displays and education, including an "observation platform" at the sites, to promote tourism and protection of these ancient Maya treasures of the sea.
Heather McKillop's Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
In Search of Maya Sea Traders (Texas A & M University Press, 2005 hardcover and paperback) is a readable account in which I describe how I did the fieldwork as well as our finds, focusing on the ancient Maya seaport at Wild Cane Cay and also discussing the salt works—before we discovered wooden structures!
Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya (University Press of Florida, 2002 hardcover and 2008 paperback) describes the original 4 saltworks in Paynes Creek National Park that prompted survey to see if there were more saltworks, leading to the discovery of the wooden architecture (not discussed in the Salt book).
The Ancient Maya (2006, Norton publishers, paperback) is my general overview book of the ancient Maya, written to be accessible to the reading public.
There are several articles on my web site that can be downloaded by individuals under "fair use" at www.ga.lsu.edu/mckillop.html: Here are some of the more readable articles:
McKillop, Heather, 2009 "Mapping Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture on the Sea Floor, Belize." ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2009: 277-286.
McKillop, Heather, 2007 "Ancient Mariners on the Belize Coast: Salt, Stingrays, and Seafood." Belizean Studies 29(2): 15-28.
McKillop, Heather, 2005 "Finds in Belize Document Late Classic Maya Salt Making and Canoe Transport." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 5630-5634.
McKillop, Heather 1994 "Traders of the Maya Coast: Five Field Seasons in the Swamps of South Coastal Belize, 1988-1993." Mexicon 16: 115-119.
You can also see images and my report on mapping at K'ak' Naab' ("Fiery Water Place") on the FAMSI web site at http://famsi.org/reports/05032/index.html
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VPN Providers Say China Blocks Encryption Using Machine Learning Algorithms 111
An anonymous reader writes "The internet control in China seems to have been tightened recently, according to the Guardian. Several VPN providers claimed that the censorship system can 'learn, discover and block' encrypted VPN protocols. Using machine learning algorithms in protocol classification is not exactly a new topic in the field. And given the fact that even the founding father of the 'Great Firewall,' Fan Bingxing himself, has also written a paper about utilizing machine learning algorithm in encrypted traffic analysis, it would be not surprising at all if they are now starting to identify suspicious encrypted traffic using numerically efficient classifiers. So the arm race between anti-censorship and surveillance technology goes on."


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Pennsylvania Hospital Opens Philadelphia's First All-Private Maternity Suite Unit
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Newswise — PHILADELPHIA — After three years of renovations and new construction, Pennsylvania Hospital of Penn Medicine will unveil its new Well Mother & Baby Unit on February 26. The hospital, where nearly 5,000 babies are delivered each year – the most in the City of Philadelphia – will now offer three full floors of all private rooms dedicated solely to new mothers and their newborns.
The opening of the new unit is part of Pennsylvania Hospital's (PAH) $61 million long-range facility master plan. "Pennsylvania Hospital has a long history as a premier hospital for obstetrical services in Philadelphia, so we're really excited to expand our offerings by providing private rooms to all of our maternity patients," said R. Michael Buckley, MD, the hospital's executive director.
PAH is the first hospital in the City of Philadelphia to offer all private maternity suites. Mothers and their babies progress to Well Mother & Baby private rooms following their labor and delivery. Each new suite offers contemporary and comfortable furniture, soft colors, subdued lighting, a flat screen television, and a spacious restroom layout with an open shower stall. New suites also include a full-sized convertible sofa sleeper to provide overnight accommodations for a family member or friend, combination safes to secure personal belongings, and charging stations for mobile devices.
The new postpartum units complement PAH's Labor & Delivery unit, which also offers private, rooms, including birthing suites for women seeking natural and low-intervention childbirth experiences.
In planning for the new private rooms, hospital administrators sought feedback from hospital staff, physicians, and patients through design sessions, mock-up room tours, and surveys. "Through this vital feedback, we were able to create a patient room that provides the best experience for patients, staff, and visitors alike from a safety, ergonomic, and aesthetic perspective," Buckley said.
The new Well Mother & Baby Unit was tailored to meet the needs of all families. A Well Baby Nursery is centrally located on the unit, as well as convenient waiting areas for family and friends. There are also specially designated rooms for adoptive families and families whose babies are born via gestational carriers.
The new private maternity rooms also help support PAH's and Penn Medicine's commitment to the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). The BFHI is a global effort supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Surgeon General, and the American Academy of Pediatrics to improve the care of pregnant women, mothers, and infants by ensuring all mothers have the information they need to make the best infant feeding decisions and by providing the help they need to meet their feeding goals.
"A private room environment will enhance the 'rooming in' experience and facilitate moms and babies staying together. While we will always have an in-unit nursery to provide additional support to new mothers who need it, we fully encourage 'rooming in,'" said Jack Ludmir, MD, chair of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at PAH and vice chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine. The new rooms will support patient's wishes for privacy and help us to provide the best total obstetric experience from delivery to discharge."
A major step in making private rooms a reality at PAH was the opening of Penn Medicine Washington Square, the hospital's outpatient facility at 8th and Walnut Streets, which opened in September of 2013, and houses all PAH OB/GYN provider practices. PAH opened the first of its all private room units, dedicated primarily to surgical patients, in December 2013. Over the next several years, PAH plans to continue renovations and construction of additional private rooms throughout the main hospital complex and its Spruce Building.
In addition to the new Well Mother & Baby Unit, Pennsylvania Hospital offers a full array of obstetrical services, from conception to discharge from the hospital following childbirth.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided $827 million to benefit our community.


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