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The Padlock (open access)

The Padlock

This is a copy of a ca. 1768 edition of Isaac Bickerstaff libretto for the two-act English comic opera "The Paddlock" by Charles Dibdin. The plot is an adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's "El celoso extremeño" (translated as, The Jealous Estremaduran). The t.p. features a vignette signed by IJ Taylor [possibly by the London engraver Isaac Taylor (1730-1807)] with four infants. The one at the center is holding several keys and is playing horse riding with a walking stick that has a padlock attached to it. In the story, Don Diego, a rich old man, hopes to marry the young Leonora and locks her inside his house using a large padlock on the front door. After bribing the servants, the younger suitor, Leander, climbs over the garden wall to court Leonora. Don Diego returns unexpectedly and catches the lovers, but allows the young couple to wed acknowledging that he is too old for Leonora.
Date: 1768
Creator: Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plain and easy introduction to practical music (open access)

Plain and easy introduction to practical music

In 1597, while Morley was negotiating for the patent, he wrote his musical treatise, A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke. Although his preface contains the statement that he had “nothing better to do,” Morley probably knew publishing a treatise on the science of music would boost public interest in purchasing musical works. In addition, by publishing such a work, the English audience would view Morley as an authority in music (and he would become more likely to obtain the patent) (Smith, “Print Culture and the Elizabethan Composer,” 163). The work is practical, and is organized into three sections: teaching to sing simple song, teaching to sing two parts over a plainsong or ground, and teaching counterpoint.
Date: 1771
Creator: Morley, Thomas, 1557-1603?
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rural amusements, or the history of Billy and Kitty (open access)

Rural amusements, or the history of Billy and Kitty

The story of Billy and his sister Kitty. Billy tries to correct the behavior of the "forward and headstrong" Kitty who had learned all the worst aspects of education at her boarding school.
Date: [1790..1799]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The gentle shepherd, a pastoral comedy (open access)

The gentle shepherd, a pastoral comedy

This is a copy of the libretto of the pastoral opera, "The gentle shepherd" by Allan Ramsey. It includes an engrave image bearing the inscription "Alan Ramsey Scotus," and "A. Ramsey, ad viv. del." (translatable as, drawing of the living subject) at the bottom left. It also bears the disclaimer and engraving signature, "Published according to Act of Parliament by D. Allan Edin, July 12, 1788" at the bottom right. The libretto includes twelve numbered plates depict various scenes from scenes of each act and include corresponding portions of text or dialog, melodies with figured bass, and a 15-page glossary at the end.
Date: 1796
Creator: Ramsay, Allan, 1686-1758.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Washington Inn & Tavern ledger, 1806-1808] (open access)

[Washington Inn & Tavern ledger, 1806-1808]

This is a ledger of accounts dating from 1806-1808 for the historic Washington Inn & Tavern, located in Princess Anne, Maryland. The accounts include names such as Henry J. Carroll, William King, William Politt, Littleton Dennis Teackle, Littleton Dennis, William Hurly, Robert Elzey, Robert Leatherby, Samuel Ker, Levin King, Lambert Hyland, Samuel Holbrook, Richard Handy, Rider Winder, Peter Dashiell, James Whittington, Gen. John Gale, Gov. Levin Winder, Thomas Bayly, George W. Jackson, Daniel Ballard, the Hon. William Polk, John Done, George Handy, Perigrine Leatherbury, Matthias Miles, and many others.
Date: 1806/1808
Creator: Long, Zadock
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Henry Matthews - 1806-1844] (open access)

[Diary of Henry Matthews - 1806-1844]

Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. Primarily a medical diary, this volume includes records of medical visits and attendance by Matthews; death notices that feature the names of the deceased and the diseases from which they died; and an account of pregnancies and births attended by Mathews. Of the illnesses that Matthews recorded, venereal diseases dominate the list with syphilis being a primary affliction. The entries include details about the patients'/deceased's lives and families. The diary does not follow consistent ordering and there are large sections of unused pages in between some entries, which are written sideways with the gutter at the top of the writing.
Date: 1806-04-12/1844-05-17
Creator: Matthews, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account ledger of John Teackle, 1808-1820] (open access)

[Account ledger of John Teackle, 1808-1820]

This is a ledger of accounts for merchant John Teackle of Kegotank, dating from 1808-1820. Debtors included family members, business associates and other mercantile houses. He also loaned money to emancipated African Americans such as Isaac Crippen, George Planter, William Planter, Asariah Pepper, Joshua Cropper, Joseph Planter, John Jack and others. The accounts include names such as Littleton D. Teackle, Charles Nicoll Bancker, John Upshur, William Parramore, William P. Custis, John Custis, Henry Custis, John H. Bayly, Bagwell Wharton, Major William Conquest, Henry Sympson, James Montgomery, Elihu Chauncey, Zadock Shepherd, Bowie & Kurtz of Georgetown, George Snead and many others.
Date: 1807/1820
Creator: Teackle, John, 1756-1817
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elements of Musical Composition; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning. (open access)

Elements of Musical Composition; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning.

Manual describing musical composition for beginners. The manual is divided in 9 chapters and includes 479 musical examples engraved in 59 pages at the end of the book, as well as four plates with figures (plate no. II appears at the beginning of the book. The musical examples cover the following subjects: scales, intervals (diatonic and chromatic) and their inversion, counterpoint rules, harmonic progressions, use of non-harmonic tones (suspensions, passing notes, appoggiaturas, and upper-lower neighbor. It also includes several examples taken from Handel's "Dettingen Te Deum," "Messiah," and from Haydn's oratorio "Creation," among others.
Date: 1812
Creator: Crotch, William, 1775-1847
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6; reprinted from the edition of 1814, Vol. 2 (open access)

History of the expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6; reprinted from the edition of 1814, Vol. 2

History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark.
Date: 1814
Creator: Lewis, Meriwether & Clark, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Teackle Family Bible with birth dates of family members] (open access)

[Teackle Family Bible with birth dates of family members]

Several pages from the family bible of the Teackle family inscribed with birth dates of both family members and several enslaved people in their household, some who were later emancipated. It was inscribed by John Teackle (1753-1817). Names include: Abram, Viner, Adam Morris, Jacob, Sarah, Charles, Nanna, Mary, Silvia, Howe, Isaac, Elijah, Tomas, Peter, Hannah, Rose, George, Joshua, Betty, Ezekiel, Leah Planter, Bob, Robert Planter, Lelia Harmon, Jack Harmon, Littleton Dennis Teackle, Henrietta Teackle, Sarah Upshur Teackle, Henry Teackle, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle, John Justice Teackle, Maria Fisher Teackle, Hetty Fisher Teackle, James Dennis Teackle, Levin Teackle, John Teackle, Elizabeth Dennis, and Littleton Dennis.
Date: 1817
Creator: Teackle, John, 1756-1817
System: The Portal to Texas History
Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress (open access)

Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives. The index starts after column 1322 on the pages numbered with Roman numerals.
Date: 1825
Creator: Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841
System: The UNT Digital Library
Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress (open access)

Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives. The index starts after column 1322 on the pages numbered with Roman numerals.
Date: 1826
Creator: Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841
System: The UNT Digital Library
Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress (open access)

Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives. The index starts after column 1322 on the pages numbered with Roman numerals.
Date: 1826
Creator: Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adam and Eve (open access)

Adam and Eve

The story of Adam and Eve.
Date: 1827/1853
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
An address at the grave of a Sunday-school child. (open access)

An address at the grave of a Sunday-school child.

At the gravesite of one of their classmates, the Sunday-school teacher tells the class that Sarah Pearce will be with God, for she loved him and honored him.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
All the world's on stilts (open access)

All the world's on stilts

Moralizing story, where the narrator, after seeing a "lubberly boy" on stilts, reflects on people that set themselves above others and make spectacles of themselves.
Date: 1827/1853
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The baby is with God (open access)

The baby is with God

Text exhorting readers not to grieve over the death of the infant, for it has been received into God's arms.
Date: 1827/1853
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Death of little Mary (open access)

Death of little Mary

Little Mary S., devout and faithful, is dying at the age of 8. Her faith touches all around her, and helps bring them closer to God.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The fall of man (open access)

The fall of man

The story of the Fall of Man.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The fourth commandment broken. (open access)

The fourth commandment broken.

Martha Scott, who would censure others for breaking the Sabbath, herself not only breaks the Sabbath but looses her temper - not realizing the sins she is committing.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Give us this day our daily bread. (open access)

Give us this day our daily bread.

His mother unable to provide for himself and his siblings, six year old Little Johnny prays on the way to school. On arriving home, he finds food has been left for the family. Not an angel, but an earthly agent of God heard his prayer and provided for the family.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The glass of gin; or, when it is safest to run. (open access)

The glass of gin; or, when it is safest to run.

Mr. Grace advises Samuel Hawkes to take the long path around Mr. Benson's orchard to avoid temptation.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Going apprentice. (open access)

Going apprentice.

Words of wisdom from an old German schoolmaster to a young boy about to go learn a trade, and how being good will help him succeed.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The grocery ruined him. (open access)

The grocery ruined him.

Little Robert would not heed the advice of his Sunday school teacher and avoid the men at the grocery store who kept trying to get him to drink rum. By the age of 13, Robert becomes a drunkard.
Date: [1827..1853]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library