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South Atlantic Quarterly (1909) 8 (2): 164–173.
Published: 01 April 1909
...Paul Micou Copyright © 1909 by Duke University Press 1909 The Services of Commissary James Blair to the Colony of Virginia By Paul Micou Fellow in History in the University of Virginia There are many chapters in our early colonial history which, in the quaint style of the documents...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1941) 40 (4): 379–396.
Published: 01 October 1941
... began to turn his hopes toward a move against Detroit. On March 6, 1779, he ap­ pointed Captain William Shannon, commissary and quartermaster general by the following order: Cap1 William Shannon is ap­ pointed Conductor General of Provision Stores and Quarter Master General to the Army in the Western...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1971) 70 (4): 595–606.
Published: 01 October 1971
... church, had written a letter in praise of the enthusiastic Anglican evangelist. The South Carolina Gazette published the letter, and Smith was quickly answered by Arminius, who was almost certainly Alex­ ander Garden, the rector of St. Philip s and the bishop of London s commissary in the Carolinas...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1945) 44 (4): 397–405.
Published: 01 October 1945
... of instantaneous conversions was raging within St. Philip s Parish, but the Rector of St. Philip s was Alexander Garden, the Bishop of London s Commissary for North Carolina, South Carolina, and the Bahamas, who intended to use his power among the clergy to destroy George Whitefield. In March, 1740, he warned...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (2022) 121 (4): 838–845.
Published: 01 October 2022
... their experiences with consumer spending in prisons, as part of our study on the commissary system. These interviews revealed that as incarcerated individuals struggle to get their three hots, they work hard to make their limited family support go further. They engage in various practices of informal labor...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (2022) 121 (4): 854–859.
Published: 01 October 2022
... them or not. As a student, I had seen other research projects from the outside, and they always looked cool, and I always wondered: how did they get that information? So I was really happy to come on board to the PEP research project. I m passionate about the topic of commissary that we were...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1969) 68 (3): 377–385.
Published: 01 July 1969
... or social self. The inherent social self comes to the surface of consciousness when the sixteen- year-old boy enters the commissary to learn the lesson of the ledgers: He knew what he was going to find before he found it (p. 268). Isaac salutes the snake as grandfather without premedi­ tation (p. 330...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1967) 66 (4): 624.
Published: 01 October 1967
... of the life of Henrietta Johnston, whose charm­ ing pastel likenesses give her the distinction of being the first identifiable woman artist in America. A native of Ireland, she came to the New World in 1708 as the wife of Gideon Johnston, commissary with the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1957) 56 (3): 408.
Published: 01 July 1957
... towns, and retail trading in his home town of Lebanon. During the wars with France, Trumbull s contracts with the British commissary earned him the title of provision king. Unlike Hancock, who admitted that his fortune was based on wartime catering to the armed forces, Trumbull s services yielded little...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1954) 53 (1): 141–142.
Published: 01 January 1954
...Bayrd Still Three Centuries of New Haven . By Osterweis Rollin G. . New Haven , Yale University Press , 1953 . Pp. xvi , 541 . $6.00 . Copyright © 1954 by Duke University Press 1954 Book Reviews 141 ing the Canal, commissary sales, and payment of the Canal annuity in devalued...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1957) 56 (3): 407–408.
Published: 01 July 1957
... enterprises, founded by Jonathan s father, consisted of three principal lines: buying cattle and local provisions for sale in Boston, distributing English wares in Connecticut towns, and retail trading in his home town of Lebanon. During the wars with France, Trumbull s contracts with the British commissary...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1954) 53 (1): 140–141.
Published: 01 January 1954
... railroad and highway, sales to ships transit­ Book Reviews 141 ing the Canal, commissary sales, and payment of the Canal annuity in devalued dollars, President Arias insisted, must be resolved on a basis that would satisfy all Panamanian aspirations. The Department of State, granting that any settlement...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1967) 66 (4): 622–624.
Published: 01 October 1967
..., she came to the New World in 1708 as the wife of Gideon Johnston, commissary with the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and rector of St. Philips at Charleston, S.C. With the exception of a visit to England in 1711 and one to New York in 1725, she remained in Charles Town...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1952) 51 (2): 211–221.
Published: 01 April 1952
... or beaten by a commissary must still call him comrade commissary. Not only has the word acquired a new meaning; this meaning is an irony, for in that part of the world where hatred and fear are at a paroxysm, people must call each other comrade. Marxian semantics contaminate all notions a student gets...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (2022) 121 (4): 834–837.
Published: 01 October 2022
... at the prison commissary a site of markups and profit-taking for firms and the informal economy that revolves around it. The adage that you need money to live in prison is fleshed out with testimony about inmate stores and the culture of hustling that sustains those who are jail rich and further burdens...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1917) 16 (3): 284–288.
Published: 01 July 1917
... is graphic, in a sprightly style, and even includes in­ timate details of the consumption of liberal quantities of egg­ nog, brandy, and commissary whiskey by Lieutenant McClel­ Notes and News 285 lan and his friends. McClellan showed himself to be an able and brave officer and came through the campaign...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1949) 48 (2): 291–294.
Published: 01 April 1949
... view of its responsibilities. The ragged soldiers were sometimes cowards and de­ serters, although with much justification; members of Congress used inside information to line their own pockets; and greedy contractors sank to a new low when they undertook to hold the commissary general per­ sonally...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1924) 23 (4): 362–376.
Published: 01 October 1924
.... T. Beauregard are espe­ cially so. The letters to and from Colonel L. B. Northrop, Commissary General of the Confederacy, concerning Johnston and Beauregard and the war-time administration of the com­ missariat are the most revealing. Davis s friendship with Northrop apparently began at West Point...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1924) 23 (3): 218–224.
Published: 01 July 1924
... to the economic and moral rescue of Russia. We have every desire to help and no desire to injure. We hope the time is near at hand when we can act Following this reference to the question of the recognition of the Soviet Government in Russia the Soviet Commissary for Foreign Affairs, George Chicherin, addressed...
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South Atlantic Quarterly (1960) 59 (2): 184–191.
Published: 01 April 1960
... close to embassy parties and commissary privileges. It became easier and easier to let committees disentangle themselves and to enjoy less formidable modes of culture elsewhere in the islands learning the mambo in Zamboanga, or watching Moro pearl divers off Sulu, or riding precarious trails in Mountain...