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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Diary of a Soldier in the Year 1758-1759]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Journal kept by James Henderson of Rutland, Vermont. Entries outline a march from Rutland to Ticonderoga, New York during French and English hostilities of the colonial period; give accounts of executions, accidents, skirmishes, and other interesting details of his life; list deaths in the company; and include a long description of Fort Ticonderoga.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1759]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The claim of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined: in a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in America]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Stamp+Act+Congress+%281765+%3A+New+York%2C+N.Y.%29">Stamp Act Congress (1765 : New York, N.Y.)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Taxation">Taxation</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Published in 1765 by British official and pamphleteer William Knox, The claim of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined is a defense of Parliament&#039;s absolute power to tax the American colonies. Written in response to escalating colonial protests (such as those against the Stamp Act), the pamphlet systematically dismantles the colonial arguments for &quot;no taxation without representation.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1765]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S. 1765.Z5]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter, dated London, 3 August 1772 to Noble Wimberley Jones, Esq., of Georgia]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Correspondence">Correspondence</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Letter written while Franklin, an agent for Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Georgia, was in London to obtain redress for grievances and wrongs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Franklin%2C+Benjamin%2C+1706-1790.">Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1772]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from George Washington to the President of Congress]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Correspondence">Correspondence</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Letter, dated Head Qrs., New York, September 12, 1776, to the President of Congress. The date, September 12, is the day of that consultation of Washington with his generals which decided the evacuation of New York. The anxiety of the General is evident throughout the letter. The manuscript is from Sir William Hamilton&#039;s collection.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Washington%2C+George%2C+1732-1799.">Washington, George, 1732-1799.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1776]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Gluck Collection: Washington, George 1776]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Leaf from an Index book kept by Aaron Burr, 1782]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This is a leaf from an Index book kept by Aaron Burr, begun January 27, 1782, a few days after he was admitted as an Attorney of the Supreme Court of the State and opened office in Albany. He was then 26 years old. After practicing at Albany two years, he removed to New York City. Before he left, He presented his Index book to Peter W. Yates, a highly distinguished lawyer in Albany who afterward presented it to the celebrated Abraham Van Vechten, who gave it to William L. Marcy, who donated it to former Governor of New York, Mr. Horatio Seymour.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Burr%2C+Aaron%2C+1756-1836">Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ca. 1782]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dissertation on first-principles of government, 1795]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Political+science">Political science</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Political+science--Philosophy--Early+works+to+1800">Political science--Philosophy--Early works to 1800</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In this text, Paine argues for universal suffrage, asserting that all men, regardless of property, should have a vote, and that government should be based on the consent of the governed, not hereditary rule.�]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Paine%2C+Thomas%2C+1737-1809.">Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[D. I. Eaton]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1795]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR Am.1 p2 1795]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The present state of the American rebel army, navy, and finances. Transmitted to the British government in October, 1780]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History--Revolution%2C+1775-1783">United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Text of the 1780 letters of General Benedict Arnold documenting his treasonous plot to surrender the strategic fort at West Point to the British.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Arnold%2C+Benedict%2C+1741-1801.">Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Historical Printing Club]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original transmission 1780, published 1891]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, on the subject of manufactures. Presented to the House of Representatives, December 5, 1791]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tarrif">Tarrif</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Protectionism">Protectionism</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Manufactures">Manufactures</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Manufacturing+industries">Manufacturing industries</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Report from the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, concerning the state of the fledging U.S.&#039;s finances. In this report Hamilton famously recommended economic self-reliance and an active federal government.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States.+Department+of+the+Treasury">United States. Department of the Treasury</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Childs and Swaine]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1791]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, June 8, 1792]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tarrif">Tarrif</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Protectionism">Protectionism</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Manufactures">Manufactures</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Manufacturing+industries">Manufacturing industries</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Manuscript of a Treasury Report composed by Hamilton on June 8, 1792 intended for Customs Collectors. In 1792, Customs officers were the primary revenue collectors for the U.S. Treasury Department. They managed import duties (tariffs), which were the new federal government&#039;s main source of income, and oversaw maritime operations like the newly formed Revenue Cutter Service (the precursor to the U.S. Coast Guard).]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1792]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Message and communication from the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, 1801]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Presidents--United+States--Messages%0D%0AUnited+States.+President+%281801-1809+%3A+Jefferson%29">Presidents--United States--Messages<br />
United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[President Jefferson&#039;s first State of the Union address, printed and read before congress in December 1801 by his personal secretary Merriweather Lewis.  Jefferson believed that transmitting via printed text gave argued that written communication gave legislators time to consider proposals without the pressure of an immediate response. This tradition continued for almost 100 years.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jefferson%2C+Thomas%2C+1743-1826.">Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Samuel Harrison Smith]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1801]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Digital image copyright 2026 by the Buffalo &amp; Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo &amp; Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR AM.1 J4 1801]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Songs, for the Fourth of July, 1804]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Music">Music</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This broadside includes the words to songs to sing on Independence Day.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1804]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Digital image copyright 2026 by the Buffalo &amp; Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo &amp; Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S. 1804.s7]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson Letter, dated Monticello, Virginia, May 14, 1806 to the Rev. Doctr. G.C. Jenner]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Correspondence">Correspondence</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter thanking the inventor of the first successful vaccine which created a defense against the smallpox virus by inoculating patients with material from cowpox lesions. It appears Jefferson sent the letter to the wrong Jenner � the letter is addressed to a Rev. Dr. G.C. Jenner instead of Dr. Edward Jenner.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jefferson%2C+Thomas%2C+1743-1826.">Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1806]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Gluck Collection: Jefferson, Thomas 1806]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17784">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Governor Dewitt Clinton to Judge Wilkeson, 1822]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States--History">United States--History</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Correspondence">Correspondence</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Letter addressed from the New York Governor in Albany to Judge Wilkeson in Buffalo. Recipient is thought to be Judge Samuel Wilkeson, an early leader of the village of Buffalo and proponent of the Erie Canal. The content of the letter appears to be about canal business.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Clinton%2C+DeWitt%2C+1769-1828.">Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1822]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Gluck Collection: Clinton, DeWitt, 1822.]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17785">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Commission of Captain John B. Nicolson, U.S.N. signed by John Quincy Adams]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Document naming John B. Nicolson a Captain in the U.S. Navy. Signed by J. Q. Adams in the 52nd year of the Independence of the U.S.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States.+Department+of+the+Navy.">United States. Department of the Navy.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1828]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Gluck Collection: Adams, John Quincy]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17786">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Seneca">Seneca</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The creation of the 1848 Seneca Constitution was born from a crisis of survival. It was triggered by decades of aggressive land theft by the U.S. federal government, the Ogden Land Company, and internal political instability that forced a revolutionary change in tribal government. Not all members of the Seneca Nation adopted this Constitution, however. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation maintains the traditional hereditary chief structure to the present.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Seneca+Nation+of+New+York">Seneca Nation of New York</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[William Wooddy &amp; son]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1848]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S.1848.s36]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The battle of Bull Run]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bull+Run%2C+1st+Battle+of%2C+Va.%2C+1861.">Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Irish journalist Sir William Howard Russell shocked the North as he reported the losses of the Union Army on the Manassas Battle field in July 1861.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Russell%2C+William+Howard%2C+Sir%2C+1820-1907.">Russell, William Howard, Sir, 1820-1907.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Rudd &amp; Carleton]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1861]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S. 1861.r94]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17788">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Guide for soldiers &amp; soldiers&#039; heirs, showing who are entitled to pensions, bounty lands, back pay, $100 bounty, etc. Being a complete guide to persons having money due them by the government of the United States, from the Revolutionary War to the present time]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Military+pensions">Military pensions</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bounties%2C+Military">Bounties, Military</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The first pension act, enacted on August 26, 1776, allowed pensions for soldiers and sailors who had been injured in the service of the colonies and were therefore incapable of earning a living. In 1862 Congress established the General Law pension system to provide support to Union soldiers that suffered permanent bodily injury while in military service and their direct heirs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Bragdon &amp; Yerby]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1862]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S. 1862.G9]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17789">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The proclamation of emancipation]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States.+President+%281861-1865+%3A+Lincoln%29.+Emancipation+Proclamation.">United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In this speech, given at Turner Hall in St. Louis, Missouri in 1863, prominent lawyer Charles Drake forcefully defended President Abraham Lincoln&#039;s Emancipation Proclamation. He argued for the moral, political, and military necessity of freeing enslaved people.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drake%2C+Charles+D.+%28Charles+Daniel%29%2C+1811-1892.">Drake, Charles D. (Charles Daniel), 1811-1892.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S. 1863.D8]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17790">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Votes for women a success : North America proves it]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Womens--Suffrage--United+States">Womens--Suffrage--United States</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Votes for Women a Success: North America Proves It refers to a famous 1917 political flier and map created by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party. It was used to advocate for universal enfranchisement by demonstrating that women&#039;s voting was already working in neighboring countries and western states.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=New+York+State+Woman+Suffrage+Party">New York State Woman Suffrage Party</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[New York State Woman Suffrage Party]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=eng">eng</a>]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RBR U.S. 1917.N6]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;Sugar means Ships&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Food-conservation pamphlets collected by the Buffalo Libraries during WWI.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+Food+Administration.">United States Food Administration.</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1919]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%09Grosvenor+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29%2FRare+Book+Room+of+B%26ECPL+%28repository%29">	Grosvenor Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&amp;ECPL (repository)</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
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