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Rutherford Hayes Platt Collection
Chiefly correspondence, particularly correspondents between Platt and his wife, Maryette Andrews (Smith) Platt to his older sister, Emily (Platt) Hastings (Mrs. Russell Hastings), then living in Bermuda, on various topics such as family property, future visits, travels, vacations, children, and health; miscellaneous correspondence, documents, and clippings; correspondence and other papers of his parents, William A. Platt and Fanny Hayes Platt; information concerning Maryette Andrews Smith Platt's ancestors, the Andrews and Swan families, including several sermons written by Rev. Andrews (1737-1818), an Episcopal clergyman of Connecticut and New Brunswick; printed memorial by Andrews entitled A Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Captain Lothrop Tyler; and family photographs. Provides minimal information on the business and legal career of Rutherford Hayes Platt but offers insights into the personal lives of Platt, his mother, and siblings, as well as information concerning his wife's family. particularly the Swan and Andrews ancestors.
First Book of Adam and Eve
The First Book of Adam and Eve details the life and times of Adam and Eve after they were expelled from the garden to the time that Cain kills his brother Abel. It tells of Adam and Eve's first dwelling - the Cave of Treasures; their trials and temptations; Satan's many apparitions to them; the birth of Cain, Abel, and their twin sisters; and Cain's love for his beautiful twin sister, Luluwa, whom Adam and Eve wished to join to Abel. This book is considered by many scholars to be part of the "Pseudepigrapha" (soo-duh-pig-ruh-fuh). The "Pseudepigrapha" is a collection of historical biblical works that are considered to be fiction. Because of that stigma, this book was not included in the comp...
Rutherford B. Hayes
He has also been criticized for championing the gold standard, for breaking the Great Strike of 1877, for inconsistent support of civil-service reform, and for being an ineffectual politician. Hoogenboom contends that these evaluations are largely false. Previous scholars, he says, have failed to appreciate Hayes's limited options and have misrepresented his actions in their depictions of an overly cautious, nonvisionary president. In fact, he was strikingly modern in his efforts to enlarge the power of the office, which he used as his own bully pulpit to rouse public support for his goals. Chief among these goals, Hoogenboom shows, was equality for all Americans. Throughout his presidency and long afterwards, Hayes worked steadfastly for reforms that would encourage economic opportunity, distribute wealth more equitably, diminish the conflict between capital and labor, and ultimately enable African-Americans to achieve political equality.
The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden
Though apocryphal in nature, these books--suppressed by the Church Fathers--are fascinating and beautifully written. Here you can read for yourself many of the manuscripts which were excluded from the Canon of Scripture, and discover new appreciation for those which were chosen. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
