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American libraries : British literature, political thought, and the transatlantic book trade, 1731-1814 "Early American libraries stood at the nexus of two transatlantic branches of commerce-the book trade and the slave trade. Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries bridges the study of these trades by demonstrating how Americans' profits from slavery were reinvested in imported British books and providing evidence that the colonial book market was shaped, in part, by the demand of slave owners for metropolitan cultural capital. Drawing on recent scholarship that shows how participation in London cultural life was very expensive in the eighteenth century, as well as evidence that enslavers were therefore some of the few early Americans who could afford to import British cultural products, the volume merges the fields of the history of the book, Atlantic studies, and the study of race, arguing that the empire-wide circulation of British books was underwritten by the labour of the African diaspora. The volume is the first in early American and eighteenth-century British studies to fuse our growing understanding of the material culture of the transatlantic text with our awareness of slavery as an economic and philanthropic basis for the production and consumption of knowledge. In studying the American dissemination of works of British literature and political thought, it claims that Americans were seeking out the forms of citizenship, constitutional traditions, and rights that were the signature of that British identity. Even though they were purchasing the sovereignty of Anglo-Americans at the expense of African-Americans through these books, however, some colonials were also making the case for the abolition of slavery."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 070.5

conspiracy, in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th and Thursday the 9th June 1814 Cochrane, Thomas, Sir 1814 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Cochrane

Adjecta est synopsis observationum de stellis compositis dorpati annis 1814 ad 1824 per minora instumenta Struve, F.G.W. 1857 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 52.092.4

Hunting the Essex : a journal of the voyage of HMS Phoebe 1813-1814 by Midshipman Allen Gardiner /ed. "In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of 1812 began with disasters in its invasion of Canada, but against all expectations the infant US Navy had scored significant victories at sea. The most strategically significant of these was the campaign by the frigate USS Essex, which had almost annihilated the lucrative British whaling trade in the south Pacific. Therefore, Phoebe was diverted to hunt down and destroy this highly successful commerce-raider. After an epic search, Phoebe tracked her prey to neutral Valparaiso where the American frigate was blockaded and,in a very bloody battle, eventually captured. The American captain, David Porter, published a self-serving account of his actions which ever since has mired the battle in controversy, so this British naval eyewitness account is an important counter-balance. It is one of the lesser-known campaigns of a war which is currently celebrating its bicentenary, but its inherent drama inspired the plot of Patrick O'Brian's novel The Far Side of the World, although in its movie adaptation Master & Commander the American frigate is transformed into a French privateer."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92GARDINER

action while storming the American camp at Bellair, near Baltimore, on the thirty-first of August, 1814 Dallas, George 1815 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:92Parker, Peter

remarkable account of nine years captivity on the British prison hulks during the Napoleonic wars, 1806 to 1814 A translation of Garneray's account of his life as a prisoner of war on board the prison hulks, originally published in French in 1851 as Mes Pontons. Louis Garneray (1783-1857), a marine artist, went to sea at the age of 13, serving on board privateers in the Indian Ocean until captured by the British in 1806. This work records Garneray's confinement on the Prothee, Crown and Vengeance, hulks stationed in Portsmouth harbour, and the Pegase, a hospital ship. In the foreword describing Garneray's life, the translator, Richard Rose, highlights inconsistencies in Garneray's account and casts some doubt on his reliability as a historian and narrator while accepting the accuracy of his depiction of daily life, routines and physical conditions on board the hulks. Garneray went on to become one of the foremost marine painters of his day, having developed his talent during his captivity. The title includes illustrations and plates of paintings by Garneray. Appendices provide lists of the hulks stationed at Portsmouth and French officers on board and on parole, details of Garneray's sources, background on the rafales, women on board, the mortality of prisoners of war, and brief biographies of people connected to the hulks and linked to Garneray's narrative. The work is supported by detailed notes and a bibliography. 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.124.79:343.81

The campaign of Paris in 1814 : in which is prefixed a sketch of the campaign of 1813 : or, a brief and Giraud, P F J 1815 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.48"1814"(42:44)

Wellington and the Siege of San Sebastian, 1813 / Bruce Collins. "Bruce Collins's in-depth reassessment of the Duke of Wellington's siege of San Sebastian during the Peninsular War is a fascinating reconstruction of one of the most challenging siege operations Wellington's army undertook, and it is an important contribution to the history of siege warfare during the Napoleonic Wars. He sets the siege in the context of the practice of siege warfare during the period and Wellington's campaign strategies following his victory at the Battle of Vitoria. He focuses on how the army assigned to the siege was managed and draws on the records of the main military departments for the first time to give an integrated picture of its operations in the field. The close support given by the Royal Navy is a key aspect of his narrative. This broad approach, based in fresh archive research, offers an original perspective on both San Sebastian's significance and the nature of siege warfare in this period."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1813"(460)

Norden i Napoleonskrigene : krig pêa sj² og land /Knut Arstad (red.) [2014]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)

a renewal of the East-India Company's exclusive prvileges for a further term after the 1st of March 1814 East India Company. Court of Directors 1813 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:347.71East India(093.2)

The letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton : with a supplement of interesting letters by distinguished characters. Nelson, Horatio Nelson,-Viscount, 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

The final invasion : Plattsburgh, the war of 1812's most decisive battle Fitz-Enz, David G 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

Soldier of the Raj : the life of Richard Purvis 1789-1868 soldier, sailor and parson Gordon, Iain 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92PURVIS, RICHARD

The Eagle : an American brig on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812 Crisman, Kevin J 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Macdonough

Flinders : the man who mapped Australia /Rob Mundle. A biography of Captain Matthew Flinders, the first to circumnavigate and chart the coastline of Terra Australis. Returning to England after his third voyage to the Southern Ocean, Flinders was imprisoned by the French on Mauritius for six years during which time he documented his voyages for future publication. He died shortly before they were published, remembered as the man who helped to give Australia its name. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FLINDERS

Wellington's spies / by Mary McGrigor. McGrigor, Mary. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.404.5(42)"1807/1814"

Shipwrecks and disasters at sea Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1873 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3

Abandoned Verne, Jules 1892 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 840-3

The two shipmates Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1927 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-311.3

A collection of scarce and valuable tracts ... chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these kingdoms Somers, John. 1809-1814 • RARE-FOLIO • 9 copies available. 942.06

In the eastern seas Kingston, William Henry Giles, ca1880 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

Old Jack : a tale for boys Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1886 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

The three commanders Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1912 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

The three midshipmen Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1911 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

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