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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
National Archives and Records Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Hyde Park, New York
INDEX TO
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S COLLECTION
OF AUTOGRAPHS AND MISCELLANEOUS
HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS
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ADA11S, JOHN
Adams' letter to
LGeorg~Hammond,
ALABANA (cont' d)
400
British Junister to
the United States,
introducing John
Quincy Adams, 1794.
Adams' signature on
patent issued to
Nicholas J. Roosevelt
and James Smallman for
self-propelling steam
engine, 1798.
401
ADA}IS, JOHN QUINCY
~,
168
Whig Party subscription for funds to defray cost of printing
political tracts fmr
the re-election of
Adams, with list of
Raleigh, North Carolina
subscribers, 1828.
Letter of John Adams
to George Hammond,
, British lunister to
the United States, introducing J. Q. Adams,
1794.
400
249
Commercial letter
from D~Ger and Abbot,
}lobile, to Eben Chadwick, Boston, regarding shipments of
cotton, 1851.
254
Bill of sale to John
G. Motly, Tuskegee,
Alabama, for negro
slave, Jane, 1860.
271
ALElCANDER, WILLIA}! see:
Stirling, Maj. Gen. Lord
1778.
44
fuVIERICA
Stanza apparently
in handwriting of
author, S. F. Smith.
lYndat eil
ALABA}!A
Land grant in Alabama
to James C. Watson
from the United States
Government by virtue
of the United States
Treaty with the Creek
Indians, signed by
Martin Van Buren, 1840.
Conmercial letter of
N. F. Smith /jer J.
H. MannJ, Hobile, to
Charles T. Pollard,
}lontgomery,, regarding
prices, market conditions, etc., written
on printed sheet of
Merchants' and Planters'
Price-Current, 1850.
212
Letter to J. F. Jackson, 243
Montgomery, from Washburne & \'/oodman, Mineral Point, Wisconsin,
offering to buy bounty
land warrants, etc.
1848.
J\}~CAN
380
FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Letter of N. H. Egleston, Secretary, to
Prof. L?JRothrock
regarding forestry
and the prevention
of floods, 1894.
346
ANDERSON, JOSEPH
AUTOGRAPHS (cont' d)
Anderson's statement,
178
as Comptroller, United
States Treasury Department, to John Caldwell,
Receiver of Public
M.onies at Shawneetown,
Illinois, regarding
the latter's accounts,
1831.
Autograph book belonging to a resident of
Buffalo, New York,
containing chiefly
signatures of residents of central and
western New York;
runong them, the signatures of John Van
Buren and Millard
Fillmore. [[858-61/
407
Photostat of President Theodore Roosevelt's letter to
Secretary of War,
Elihu Root regarding tests for physical fitness for Army
officers, increase
of horsemanship, etc.,
1907.
Autogra.ph book containing signatures of
members of Congress
and certain Cabinet
members, c. 1864.
408
Album of mounted cards,
each bearing signature
of Governor of the
particular state in
1935.
412
358
ARTHUR, CHESTER!.
BAILEY, THEODORUS
Arthur's cancelled
check to 11rs. William
Kingsland, 1874.
325
Arthur's check, issued
to Theodore M. Pomeroy,
1876.
329
Bailey's character
reference for John
Reston, former Poughkeepsj.e schoolmaster,
1818.
146
BANCROFT, GOORGE
AUTOGRAPHS
Collection of 73 signatures, letters,
etc. of certain governors, cabinet members,
Congressmen, assembled
bJ Charles C. Kibbee,
L1853-5!il
258
Autograph of Paul
Du Chaillu, 1899.
351
Bancroft's letter to
234
Elliot C. COl-mn declining invitation
to address the Mercantile Library Association
of Boston, 1846.
BANKNECHT,
~.E.
Doner of early 19th
century account book
of a storekeeper at
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1933.
404
BARTOLOZZI,
PI~TRO
Photostat of Bartolozzis I s recei.pt for
painting purchased by
Benjamin \rlest, 1789.
BEA VEllliIWOK, 1Qill2 (cont' d)
74
BAYARD, SAMUEL
Customs entry certifi- 97
cate for Bayard, entering New York City on the
ship, Factor, signed by
Bayard, 1798.
BAYNE, JULIA TAFT
Letter from Mrs. Bayne
to Harry F. Banknecht,
mentioning knowing the
Lincolns in the l-Thi te
House, 1931.
404
BELT.,
BEAtJR])}ARD, GENERAL PIERRE Q•..,!.
Fragment of General
293
Beauregard's General
Orders regarding field
conduct of Confederate
troops under fire, 1864.
BEAVERBROOK, LORD
Letter from General
396
James Wolfe to "Captain"
Parr, 1759, - gift of
Lord Beaverbrook, 1942.
Letter from William
Pitt, Earl of Chatham,
to Robert D'Arcy, gift of Lord Beaverbrook, 1942.
397
Donor of letter Ll79sj 400
of John Adams to George
Hammond, 1943.
Donor of letterLl80Y
of James Monroe to
unnamed correspondent,
1943.
402
Donor of autograph
letter and inscription
of James Russell Lowell,
1943.
409
Donor of letter of
James Madison, "Jr."
ffindate§ to "Mr."
Bingham regarding
Virginia's method of
electing United States
Senators by vote of the
Legislature, 1943.
413
~
Envelop addressed to
Smith ThollJEson, franked
by Bell, Ll$34-4!7
1$5
,
BENSON, ROBERT
Benson's signature on
94
deed of Jonathan, Hampton Lawrence and Joanne Lawrence to Williams
Ogden, New York City,
1797.
BIDDLE, NICHOLAS
Biddle's longhand signed 384statement on Patriotism,
ffindate§
ffiIS}!ARCK ?J
Authorization signed
by ffiismarck i7to
?russian M~nister of
Finance to grant sum
of money and medal to
C~ttleib Bley, Berlin
lockkeeper.
286
BLAIR, 110NTGOMERY
BRUNO, ELEANOll.E
Schuyler Colfax's
388
letter to Postmaster
General Montgomery
Blair, introducing
Samuel Ward Francis
and his stamp-cancelling machine, LUndated7
BLOUNT, GENERAL WILLIg
General Blount's order 136
to clothe two Chickasaw
Indians visiting President l1adison, lel~.•
BOER WAR
Letters from Admiral
Alvin C. Corry, R. N.
regarding Boer War,
sent to !i'lI'S. Charles
Odell, 1900.
BONAPARTE, CHARLES
h.
Bonaparte's letter to
Leroy Bayard and Company regarding payment
of debt, 1826.
BRAHANY, 'l'HOMS
349
Donor of George Washington manuscript
L178171eaf from Orderly
Book, 1942.
399
Donor of original patent
L179§7signed by John
Adams, issued to
Nicholas J. Roosevelt
and James Smallman,
1939.
401
BUCHAN,
~
of
George Washington's
letter LFhotostat from
British Muse~to Earl
of Buchan regarding
establishment of
federal government,
early Washington City,
etc., 1793.
86
BUCHANAN, JAMES
162
Yi"
Diary of Brahany,
411
and
commenting on Wilson's
2nd. inauguration,
411a
war legislation, and
events immediately
preceding and following United States
entry into World War I,
with descriptions of
President Wilson at
work on his War Hessage,
4 Harch - 24 April 1917.
Buchanan's letter to
Ross Wilkins regarding
confirmation of Judge
Blythe as Collector
of Port of Philadelphia
and other political
news, 1840.
209
BURBRIDGE, BRIGADIER GENERAL S'l'EPHEN G.
General Burbridge's
297
letter to Abraham Lincoln, from Lexington,
Kentucky, on conduct of
Captain T. E. Hall, etc.,
1864.
BURLINGAME, ANSON
Autograph of Burlingame, 321
United States Hinister
to China, 1868.
WIDNSIpE, GENERAL
AMBROSE §.
Burnside's endorsement
of Colonel ll. R.
Martin's recommendation
for appointment of Lt.
Thomas B. Oakley as
ArmY Postmaster, 1861.
LPhotostaY
BUSINESS, l>lAT'l'E1IS (co nt' d)
280
BURR,
AARON
- --
Burr's letter to iilfj,ul.0,374
Foxcraft, written fr~
# 3 Wall Street, New
York Cit~, February l4,tl'\'2cU
_,q:i~a:6out rent of
a horse.
BUSINESS MATTERS
Receipt of John Leddel 12
(Leodel?), attorney for
estate of Samuel Fitch,
to John Pintard, 1729,
and affidavit of John
Pintard regarding
estate of Samuel Fitch,
witnessed by Robert
Lurting, Nayer, New
York, 1733.
Niscellaneous American
merchant papers, including correspondence,
bills of lading, invoices, receipts, etc.,
1741-1844.
IS
Niscellaneous merchant
papers of Christopher
Champlain LChamplinl,
Newport, Rhode Island,
[i760-l80Y.
19
Account owed to Thomas
Vernon; Newport, Rhode
Island, by William
Munnford, 1762.
21
Letter of Titus and
Willets, New York,
regarding shipments
of food, 1764.
23
Bill to Titus and
vli11i8 ffiilletsYfor
beef from Henderson
and Ewing, 1765.
15
Lease, issued by Paul
and Anne Pickersgill
to George Baynos, for
land at Crakehall,
Bedale Parish, Yorkshire, England, 1766.
Niscellaneous mercantile 16
papers of Samuel and
William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island,
li746-l7 8
Y·
Draft from Robert
Montgomerie, to
Abraham Hillhouse,
London merchant, 1753.
Correspondence of
Daniel Park Custis,
York River, Virginia,
with Thomas Knox,
Bristol, England, regarding tobacco and
other merchandise
shipped by Custis,
1754.
17
26
Niscellaneous papers
of William Channing,
New York merchant,
[i766-18orj}.
Leaf from ledger of
S&~uel Farmar, New York
merchant, sho>zing account of Archimedus
George, 1767.
28
BUSIW..;sS MATTERS (cont' d)
BUSINESS MATTERS (cont' d)
John and Thomas
Burling's bill for
flour bought by
Capta.in Tanner, 1767.
29
Receipt to Archabl
George, from Joshua
De St. Croix, Newport,
Rhode Island, 1770.
31
Two leaves from ledger 34
of unknown Phi1adeluhia
merchant, Ll77l-l80~.
Receipt for wine paid
on account of Archimedus George, signed
by Will Stepple, 1771.
35
Edward Winslow's order 36
to Elisha Ford for drygoods, 1773.
Receipt of
Ludlow, to
Quackenbos
of a negro
Gabriel W.
38
NiCholas
for purchase
slave, 1773.
Promissory not,e of
Hugh Wallis to Patrick
Walker, New York, 1776.
41
ltiscellaneous merchant
papers of Stephen and
Ge01'e Deblois, Ll7771787 •
43
Letters of Joseph Woodbridge and others to
Dudley i'loodbridge regarding mercantile
matters, Ll778-l7817.
46
Mercantile papers of
51
George and William
Deblois, New York, 1781.
Miscellaneous merchant
papers of Terrason
Brothers and C~any,
Phila.delphia, 1781l78if}.
52
Typewritten copies of
business letters
written from New York
to Dominic~ Lynch in
Ireland, 1783-1784.
58
Bill of Henry Nash and
Company, New York
against Philip Mackswain, for wine, 1783.
59
Letters of Nathan
Leavenworth, Washington,
Connecticut, from his
son Henry, William
Carter, and Samuel
Hinkson, [f.784-l80J}.
60
Bill of sale from John
Vanemburgh, to John W.
Nachbane for whaler,
Betsy, 1786.
64
Innkeeper's license
issued to William
Corwin by James Duane,
Mayor of New York, 1786.
66
Receipted bill of
Walker and Robert
Nichols to "Mr" Peterson for tea, New York,
1787.
71
Thomas Allen's receipt
to Samuel Freebody for
fee for binding books,
New York, 1789.
76
BUSINESS ¥illTTERS (cont'd)
BUSIN}JSS
Letter from Donato
and Burton, London
merchants, to Hichard
Dorsey, John ~? -1,
Maryland, regarding
tobacco shipments,
etc., 1790.
77
Letter about "Mr."
Green's debts from
Murray and Sansom,
Ifl- York merchants y,
to William Channing,
1790.
79
Receipted bill for rum
furnished to William
Belcher by Joseph
Burroughs, 1793.
87
Due bill of Abraham
88
Cuyler to Caleb Gardner,
St. Thomas, ~? -1,
1794.
Letter to Jacob Morris
from William Barber,
Crum Elbow, N_ York,
about repayment of a
loan, 1798.
96
Seven promissory notes
issued at different
places by various
signers, L1798-l803V.
101
Promissory note of Jo.,
Nancarrow, Jr. to
Samuel Meeker, Philadelphia, 1799.
103
Customs receipt for
rum imported by Remson,
1799.
105
Promissory note from
110
H. and In. Harris to
Charles LAbramy, 1800.
~Y.TTERS
(cont'd)
Letters from Louis
124
and James Rossignol,
Savannah' and letter
LPrint~§from Louis
Long, Hal'soille8, to
Mark Prager, Jr.,
merchant of Philadelphia,.
1805,1806.
Receipt si21ed by John
A. \filson for Ivi11iam
HilY, District of
Columbia, for a negro
slave sold to John
Hollingsworth of South
Carolina, 1807.
126
Letter of Israel Thorndike of Boston to
Messrs. Willing and
Francis, regarding a
draft of his son,
Andrew's, etc., 1812.
131
Promissory note of
Ebenezer Gurley to
Edward Woodward, 1814.
137
Letter of Mary Bingham
to William Couperthwait,
Philadelphia, regarding
an order of drygoods,
1820.
154
Charles L. Bonaparte's
letter to Leroy Bayard
and Company regarding
payment of debt, 1826.
162
Letter of Thomas Shaw,
Fredericktown Maryland,
to Henry M. Morfit,
Washington, regarding
110rfit's credit at
the Fredericktown
Branch Bank, 1826.
163
BUSINESS MilTTERS (cont'd)
BUSINESS HATTERS (cont I d)
Bill of sale from
Adam Tunno to the
Reverend iv. E. Pogson,
Charleston, South
Carolina, for three
slaves, 1827.
165
Miscellaneous merchant
papers of George Bowen,
Newport, Rhode Island,
regarding outfitting
of ships, marine insurance, etc., Ll8291834-185W.
171
Orders for drugs and
dry goods from William
Stabler and Company,
Alexandria, Virgim.a,
1829-1852.
172
LeUer of Elisha J.
Winter, President,
Lexington and Ohio
Railroad Company,
to Alfred Kelly,
Newark, Ohio asking
for names of engineers
competent to make a
survey of a railroad,
1830.
173
Business letter from
Smith Hubbard and
Company, New Orleans,
to Smith and Company,
Hartford, 1834.
186
Miscellaneous business
letters of Jackson
Riddle and Company,
Philadelphia merchants,
Ll835-183'i!.
187
Four merchant letters
of J. C. Harter, Manchester, England, to
Ebenezer Chadwick,
Boston; letter of
Smith Hubbard and
Company, New Orleans,
to Smith and Company,
Hartford; letter of
F. A. Lel1ann, London,
and letter of Gartner,
Harter and Kilgour,
Manchester, England,
to Kirk Boott, Lowell,
Massachusetts, Ll836185W·
196
Letter of Thomas J.
198
Coffee, Brandon,
Virginia, to William
Bailey, Lynchburg,
Virginia, about business
and financial conditions,
1837.
Letter of Elisha H.
Jordan, Brucetown,
Virginia, to William
Benton, Middleburgh,
Virginia, regarding
sale of cattle, 1838.
205
Herchant papers and
correspondence of
Washington Jackson
Llater Jackson, Todd
and Companil, Philadelphia, including
correspondence from
Natchez, New Orleans,
Washington, Ll838-183'i].
207
Letter of Amasa Breck,
216
Providence, Rhode Island,
to T. Smith & Companj',
Hartford, Connecticut,
regarding goods ordered,
etc, 181!1.
BUSINF13S ~iATTERS (cont'd)
BUSINESS HATTERS (cont'd)
Receipted bill to
217
W. Reed for advertising
inserted in the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
1841.
Letter from Richard H.
218
Johnson of Kentucky to
Richard Smith, requesting more time in which
to pay a bank debt, 1841.
Letter of John Hill,
cashier in Banlc of
Cape Fear, Wilmington,
North Carolina, to D.
A. Davis, cashier,
Salisbury, North Carolina, regarding bank
business, 1841.
219
Letter to B. B. Andrews, 225
Norwich, New York, from
James Andrews, New York
City, regarding setting
himself up in grocery
business, 1$43.
Letter of A. Averill
and Company, New York
City, to T. Smith and
Company, Hartford,
Connecticut, regarding
freight shipment, 1$44.
230
Bill of lading, Delawa~e 235
and Hudson Canal Company, Rondont, New York,
to E. B. Watkinson,
Hartford, Connecticut,
for 100 tons of coal,
1847.
Letter of Nesmith and
l'1alsh, New York City
to J. W. Chadbourne,
North Edgecomb, Haine,
regarding advances on
Chadbourne's new
vessel, 1847.
236
Letter of Thomas HacKenzie and Son, Baltimore, to T. Smith and
Company, Hartfo,d,
Connecticut, regarding
shipment of root harnes
for harnes via the
Bayou Pioneer for New
Orleans, 1847.
237
Second page of letter
from Kennedy Hacgregor
and Company, Canton,
China, to Frederick
Huth and Company,
London, regarding tea
market, etc, 1$49.
247
249
Commercial letter of
14. F. Smith Eer J. H.
Marril, Mobile, Alabama,
to Charles T. Pollard,
Montgomery, Alabama,
regarding prices, markets
conditions, etc.~
written on printed
sheet of Herchants' and
Planters' Price-Current,
1850.
Letter of E. Crane,
252
Warm Springs, /!leorgiy
to Bisher and Company,
Boston, regarding cotton
crop and cotton market,
etc, 1850.
BUSINESS
BUSINESS MATTERS (cont'd)
Commercial letter from 254
Dexter and Abbot, Mobile, Alabama, to Eben
Chadwick, Boston, Massachusetts, regarding
shipments of cotton,
1$51.
Correspondence of
James Horrison and
Company, Cincinnati,
OhiO, and Irish and
English meat packers,
regarding cattle and
hog prices, shipments,
etc,. L1$56-1$5§7.
266
Promissory note given
270
by Granville J. Kelly,
Baltimore, to Long
and Company on the Bank
of Virginia at Fredericksburg, 1$59.
Four bills of lading
272
for goods shipped on
Benjamin Delano (brig)
from New York to Lavaca,
Texas, 1$60.
Receipt for tub of
279
butter sold for R. G.
Coffin, on Hudson
River Steamer, Sherman,
by Henry S. Crooke, 1$61.
Letter of John G. Dale 296
and S. G. Nicholson,
New York, to A. S. Farwell, Wells River, Vermont, enclosing receipt
for two passages aboard
steamship of Liverpool,
New York and Philadelphia
Steamship Company, 1864.
~JlTTERS
(cont'd)
Cancelled check of
George H. Billon,
Liuthor of Billon's
Annals of St. Louis?,
1$65. - -
314
Letter of Ashbridge
and Company, Liverpool,
England, to James D. B.
DeBow, Nashville, regarding package of
bonds sent by DeBow
to England for sale,
coming cotton crop,
high postage on DeBow's Review, etc"
1$66.
316
Chester A. Arthur's
cancelled check to
Mrs. William Kingsla.nd, 1$74.
325
Letter of A. Guynemer,
manager of the Shreveport, Louisiana, Times
to D. W. C. Rame, Marshall, Louisiana, regarding subscription
policies of the Times,
1$75.
327
Check to Theodore M.
329
Pomeroy, issued by
Chester A. Arthur, 1$76.
Invoice jJ.n. FrencW of
goods to be sent either
to New York City or
Philadelphia, signed by
"Bauge" and consigned
to "Mr. Delahay", [jindate§.
377
BUSINFBS 11AT'l'ERS (cont I d)
Instructions Lin
FrencQ7for selling
the h'mse of H.
San DoBourdon
ming£7at Princeton,
New Jersey, ~undate~.
CA~IE1l0N, ~
378
LOf
C?-1
379
Letter written
H.
Therese Delano
concerning her indebtedness and asking that
certain sums be advanced to her, LUndate~.
Account book of general
storekeeper at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts,
404
1809-1829.
BUTLER, BENJANIN.E.
~~
Letter of Chief Justice 188
Roger B. Taney, Baltimore, to Attorney General Butler, covering
an enclosyre
£Pot
attache~, 1835.
Account of M. Pascaud
3
for merchandise sent to
Seigneur Cadillac, 1696.
CALHOUN, JOHN f.
Calijoun's letter to
O. Niles requesting
additional copies of
Niles' National Registel', 1837.
CANADA
Copy of letter of George
Washington to Henry
Lawrens, disapproving
the proposed expedition
to Canada, 1778.
45
Letter from Aiexander J.
Dallas, United States,
Treasury Department, to
John Rogers regarding
efforts to prevent
smuggling of British
goods via Canada, 1816.
141
Letter from B. Menzies
155
in Quebec to her parents
in Crieff, Scotland,
regarding family matters,
1821.
CADILLAC, ANTOINE DELAHOTHE
vi.
280
Letter from Col. Henry
R. Martin to Secretary
of War Simon Cameron
regarding Lt. Thomas B.
Oakley, 1861. L?hotostai7
203
Calhoun's letter to
227
James W. McCulloh, First
Comptroller, regarding
appointment of United
States Harshal for Hissouri, 1844.
Land grant in Simcoe
159
county,~per Canada,
,{ontariO , to Lieut.
Colonel Nathaniel Coffin,
signed by Sir Peregrine
Maitland, Kc. B., Lieut.
Governor, 1824.
Letter from Harry Date,
London, Canada, to
Thomas Eyre, Port Hope,
Upper Canada, about his
personal afiairs, 1840.
211
General James Wolfe's
396
letter to "Captain" Parr
regarding the Canadian'
campaign in French and
Indian War, 1759.
CA..lIIADA (cont' d)
CHINA (cont'd)
Letter of William Pitt, 397
Earl of Chatham to
Robert D'Arcy, mentioning progress of war in
Ame~lca against the
French and his hopes
for Canada, 1761.
CAR'rER, JAMFS Q.
Two letters from Theodore Roosevelt, as
@overnor of New York,
James C. Carter regarding the Governor's
advisers, politicians
and reformers, "Boss"
Platt, etc,. 1900.
353
"0
Donor of affidavit,
1782, regarding building and ownership of
the Schooner, Eliza,
1933.
53
CassIs signature on
appointment of James
Soley as West Point
cadet, 1833.
182
321
Cover of letter to
Miss Mary Vaughan,
British Advance~Base
Hospital, Tientsin,
from Major H. Vaughan,
1901.
354
CHOATE, JOSEPH
li.
Choate's letter to
359
Harvard Club of New
York, seconding nomination of Conrad Goddard
for membership, 1909.
CHURCHILL, LORD RANDCLPH §..
CHANNING, WILLIAM
27
CHINA
Letter of Punqua
Winchong, Canton, to
Samuel L. !4itchell of
New York regarding
Winchong's voyage to
China, 1809.
Autograph of Auson
Bur1ingrune, United
States Minister to
China, together with
two signatures in
Chinese characters,
apparently of members
of the Chinese Embassy
staff in Washington,
/5.86Y.
CARVALHO, CLAIRE
Miscellaneous papers
of William Channing,
New York merchant
/5.766-18097 •
Second page of letter
247
from Kennedy HacGregor
and Company, Canton,
China, to Frederi ck Huth
and Company, London, regarding tea market, etc.,
1849.
128
Lord Churchill's letter
to {Vivian D~Majendie,
on stationery of the
India office, regarding
Majendie'g request to
Churchill to forward to
the Home Secretary any
petition on behalf of
George Twilley ~? -1
l8S5.
333
CHURCHIIJ., WINSTON §..
CIVIL WAR (cont'd)
Churchill's letter,
410
as First Lord of the
Admiralty, to Andrew
Bonar Law, defending
the Dardanelles~eration LGallipoli
and stating Churchill's
position since 1911 in
building un the British
Navy against the threat
of Germany, 1915.
CIVIL SERVICE
~,
Note by President
331
Rutherford B. Hayes,
charging that Postmaster D. G. Hunt of
Rochester, New York,
was attempting "to
influence and control
the LRepublicarilnominating convention by
means of the Post Office,
1880.
Statement in longhand
of and signed by Woodrow Wilson, regarding
his attitude toward
pending federal employees liability
bill, 1912.
361
CIVIL y[AR
Photostat of letter of
Colonel Henry R. Martin
to Secretary of War,
Simon Cameron recommending Lieutenant·
Thomas B. Oakley fol'
appointment as an
army paymaster; endorsed on back ["Executive Ol'dei7by
Abraham Lincoln, 1861.
280
Typewritten copy of
letter from General
vlilliam T. Sherman
to "Colonel Hazzard",
Commander at Mouth
of Salt River, /j.entuckil appraising him
of troop movements
ordered for approach
to Elizabet9town
/j.entucky?~, 1861.
281
Letters of Dan Parks,
from McKinney, Texas,
to his ~dfe and son,
describing army life,
illnesses in camp, etc.,
Also letter from I. McCann to B. Lann, describing arrival of unit
in Dallas, Texas, illness of men, news of
battles, etc., 1862.
282
General Order # 5,
issued by order of
General Paul J.Semmes,
Hq. Semmes Brigade, in
camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia, relative to inspection of
regimental arms and
ammunition, 1$63.
284
285
Letter of S. A. Baker,
written from camp, near
Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
of the 44th Regiment
Indiana Volunteers, mentioning camp life, rains,
illness, an attack by
a brigade of negroes,
prices in Tennessee,
etc., 1$63.
~
WAlt (cont'd)
Clothing issue form
for Company I, 23rd
Coast Artillery, in
command of Lieutenant
N. Hiddlebrook, showing names of men, and
items issued, 1863.
287
Letter of Henry C.
288
Morhous, Camp of the
l23rd Regiment LKrmy
of the Potomac
at
Kelly's Ford, Virginia
to his parnnts at
LKeeseville, New York 17
asking for news, etc.,
1863.
27
Special Order issued
at Wilmington by A.
Vander Horst, granting
10-day furlough to
Private Joseph Singletary, 31st North Carolina Guard, 1863.
289
Letter of Warren
291
Mosher, 1st Mich. B.,
Co. G. Infantry, on
board U.S.S. Ranier,
Grand Gulf, Mississippi,
to Samuel Shoemaker,
Summit, Indiana, on
conditions in the South,
soldier looting, etc.,
1864.
Printed announcement of 292
Dutchess County ilfew
Yor~ and Poughkeepsie
Sanitary Fair, "for
the relief of the sick
and wounded soldiers
of our National Army,"
to be held at Poughkeepsie, 1864.
Fragments of General
Pierre Beauregard's
General Orders #2
and # 3 regarding
field conduct of
Confederate troops
under fire, 1864.
293
Printed form letter
to Selectmen of town
of Brownington, Vermont, urging filling
quota for 17th Vermont
Regiment, signed by
Governor J. Gregory
Smith, 1864.
294
Receipt signed by
Samuel Barrows for
2077 boxes of "Hard
Bread" from the Alexandria fill- giniy, Qr-!.
depot bound for Belle
Plain, ViDginia, 1864.
295
Letter of Brigadier
General Stephen G.
Burbridge at Lexington,
Kentucky, to Abraham
Lincoln regarding
Captain T. E. Hall,
Endorsement of Lincoln
(having effect of Executive Order) on back,
1864.
297
Letter of Platt C.
Curtis,Jefferson General Hospital, Jeffersonville, Indiana, to
his brother asking for
money, describing hospital treatment, etc.,
1864.
298
CIVIL WAR (cont'd)
CIVIL "JAR (cont' d)
Letter Lincompleti?
from l1arbury to his
mother, Mrs. Rachel
¥arbury, Baltimore,
written from "Front
of Petersburg," describing conditions
in camp, giving advice to his brother
about volunteering,
etc., 1864.
299
Letter of Hiram E.
Pettis, Baton Rouge,
LOuisiana, to his
wife, Lucy Jane, at
Oakfield, Centre,
I'lisconsin, regarding
army life, sending
messages to family,
etc., 1864.
300
Leaf of Orderly Book,
containing General
Order # 70, HQ, Army
of Northern Virginia,
by command of General
Lee, signed by W. H.
Taylor, regarding
clothing and shoes
issued to enlisted
men. Verso contains
minutes of other
entries, 1864.
302
Inventories and invoices of QM and
Ordnance Supplies
drawn by Lieutenant
Edgar H. Riggs for
use of enlisted men
in Company C., 35th
¥~ssachusetts Volunteers, Ll864-18627.
303
Lctter of Lucius J<'airchEd, Secretary of
State, WisconSin, to
Mrs. Lucy J. Pettis,
Oak Centre, Wisconsin,
r~orting her husband
LHiram E. Pettiy "all
right" in October 1864.
1865.
305
Consolidated provision
return form for the
38th Mississippi and
14th Confederate
Cavalry Regiment,
showing one days rations for men, 1865.
308
Photostatic copy of
General Robert E. Lee's
General Order No.9,
HQ. Army of Northern
Virginia, announcing
surrender of the Army
to Northern forces,
lS65.
309
Certificate filed by
1st Sgt. Alpheus Wilson,
Co. F. 4th. Delaware
Volunteers, claiming
commutation of rations
while on furlough, 1865.
309a
Love letter of Clarence
St. Clair, aboard U.S.S.
Minnesota off Hampton
Roads, Virginia, to
"Carrie" at Waterford,
New York, mentioning
the approach of the
l1errimac, Ll865Y
310
Discharge certificate of 310a
Daniel Barrett, Hyde Park,
New York, as member of Co.
C. Sth. Regiment Veterans
Reserve Corps, 1865.
~
WAR (cont'd)
CLElILENS, SAl!Ul!-;L
Discharge certificates 310b
of Alexander, William C.,
and Robert Milroy of
Dutchess County, New
York, following Civil
War service, 1865.
Letter from Col.
Robert H. Ramsey,
Military Division
of Tennessee to R.
Abbey, 1865.
312
Samuel B. Shaw's
letter from Omaha,
Nebraska, to United
States Senator John
M. Thayer, requesting
Thayer's aid in obtaining passage of a
bill to grant bounties
to members of the
"Inland Squadron,"
during the Civil War;
also Thayer's reply,
1868.
320
Typed copy of letter
334
from General vlilliam
T. Sherman, st. Louis,
Missouri, to Edward
p. Howe, Saratoga
Springs, New York,
regarding Sherman's
dificulties since the
Civil War with Charles
A. Dana of the New York
Sun, Edwin Stanton and
others, mentioning an
incident in the Civil
l"far, 1886.
CLARKSON, MATTHEW
Clarkson's letter to
Maj. General Lincoln
regarding his hope of
being exchanged when
Lincoln is, 1780.
49
Photostatic copy of
Mississippi River Steamboat pilot's license
issued to Clemens, and
summary of oath taken
by Clemens, 1859.
269a
CLEVELAND, GHOVER
White I-louse card autographed by Cleveland,
in envelope addressed
to Edward P. Howe,
Saratoga Springs, Ne~[
York. 1888.
341
Cleveland's letter from
Princeton, New Jersey,
to J. Sterling Norton,
Nebraska City, Nebraska,
regarding Democratic
party prospects for
1900, Republican waste,
etc., 1899.
350
Portion of letter from
H. 'II. S. Cleveland to
some member of the
Delano family giving
his estimate of Grover
Cleveland's character,
ffindatei/.
391
CLEVELAND, HORACE)1. §..
Portion of letter from
H. W. S. Cleveland to
some member of the
Delano family, giving
H. W. S. Cleveland's
estimate of Grover
Cleveland's character,
ffindatei/.
391
CLEVELAND, LILY
Brief extract from diary 356
of Lily Cleveland, mentioning Governor Theodore Roosevelt, 1901.
COLFAX, SCHUYLER
Colfax's letter to
Postmaster General
i'Iontgomery Blair
introducing Dr. S. ltl.
Francis and his stampcancelling machine.
.LUndateY
CONGRESS (cont'd)
388
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AHERICA
Letter of George
Offutt, Chief of
Central Bureau, Confederate Post Office
Department, Richmond,
Virginia to Chadwick
Farmer, New Ferry,
Virginia, regarding
changing of post
office at Chalklevel,
Virginia, and Farmer's
deli very of mails
between New Ferry and
Chalklevel, 1864.
301
Letter of Jefferson
Davis, Bea~ir,
Mississippi, to J. G.
Ramer, regarding
publication and sale
of Davis' book, The
Rise and Fall of the
Conf ederateGover'iiiiient ,
337
Letter of Senator John
M. Robinson of Illinois
to John Caldwell,
Shawneetown, Illinois,
notif~ng him that
Senate has confirmed
Caldwell's nomination
as Receiver at Shawneetown, 1834.
184
Letter of 1"li11iam H.
Seward, from Washington, to George Palmer
Putnam, regarding the
sending of Congressional
publications to the
Westchester County
Library Association
at Yonkers, New York,
269
1858.
Autographs of members
of Congress c. 1864.
1887.
CONGRESS
Lafayettes' file copy
of his letter regarding
Versailles Armistice
to the President of
the Continental Congress, 1783.
Petition of Brigadier
80
General Isaac Huger,
Charleston, South Carolina, to Jacob Read,
Speaker, and Members
of the House of Representatives for rejection
of bill authorizing
a ferry on the Congaree
River, 179l.
408
CONNEC1'ICUT
55
Letters of Joseph Woodbridge and others to
Dudley \"ioodbridge on
mercantile matters,
Norwich, Ll778-178i7
46
CONNECTICUT (cont'd)
CONNECTICU1' (cont I d)
Letters of Joseph
and. others
to Dudle-J v.foodbridge
on mercantile matters,
Norwich, Ll778-l7817.
46
Letters of Nathan
Leavemrorth, Washington, Connecticut,
from his son Henry,
li:l.lliam Carter, and
Samuel Hinkson,Ll784-
60
\~oodbridge
l80iJj
Order of Eliphalet
Dyer to Oliver Wolcott, Jr, to pay ± 20
to Messrs. Taintor
and Isham, and charge
to his salary account
as Judge of the Superior Court, 1789.
73
Letter of adminisbration of Surrogate of
Saratoga County ffiew
Yor~appointing Joel
Johns executor of
estate of Benjamin
Johns of Connecticut,
1792.
82
Summons issued to
Benjamin Clark of
Ashford, ~Iindham
County, Connecticut,
by Justice of the
Peace, James Byles,
11:)03.
120
Regulations adopted
by the School Visiting
Committee in the 2nd
School Society, Groton;
en verso, addressed to
John Gray, 1814.
138a
Letters testamentary
144
issued tly Jonathan
Barnes, Surrogate,
Tolland, to Zebulon
Crocker, et al, to
administer estate of
Hannah Wheeler, Willington, 1817.
Letter regarding per156
sonal and church affairs from C. P. Hoses,
New York, to 1-11'. /jirs.fl
Gardiner Nills, Canton,
Connecticut, 1822.
Business letter from
Smith Hubbard and
Company, New Orleans,
to Smith and Company,
Hartford, 1834.
186
Order from Smith Hubbard 190
and,Company, New Orleans,
for ~harness, carpet bags,
etc., from Smith and
Co;npany, Hartford, 1835.
Business letter of
Smith, Hubbard and
Company, New Orleans,
to Smith and Company,
Hartford, 18.38.
196
Letter of Amasa Breck,
216
Providence, Rhode Island,
to T. Smith and Company,
Hartford, regarding
goods ordered, etc.,
1841.
Let tel' from vi. Nelson,
New York City, to D. C.
Collins, Collins Hfg.
Company, Hartford, reRard-i.ng shipment. of
axes, 1843.
224
CONN!;CTICUT (cont'd)
Let tel' to T. Smi th
and Compo.ny, Hartford,
from A. Averill and
Company, New York City,
regarding freight
shipment, 181+4.
230
Bill of lading for
100 tons of coal to
E. B. l-latkinson,
Hartford, from the
Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company, 1847.
235
Letter of Thomas Hac
Kenzie and Son, Baltimore, to 1'. Smith and
Company, Hartford, regarding Shipment of
root harnes for harness
via the Bayou Pioneer,
for Ne~1 Orleans, 1847.
237
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~
"'70
CORNltIALLIS, LORI; @HARLES?
Journal of Amos Wheeler, 403
Jr. of a voyage in the
Sloop, Rover, from
Stonington to Wilmington, North Carolina,
and an account of
early weeks of Wheeler's
school teaching there,
1809.
COMNELLY, JOSEPH
Signature of Grace
Coolidf,o on r,Qrtion
of franked envelope,
1935.
!.
Donor of Andrew Jack148
son's letter, 1818,
to Major Alexander C.
W. Fanning about Fort
St. Marks, Florida,1933.
COOKE, NICKOLAS
Letter of Paul Allen to 40
LGovernoi7Cooke regarding persons near N""!port ,
Rhode Island suspected of
selling provisions to
British ships, 1775.
Lord Cornwallis' affidavit of expenses for
the keeping of horses
for the public service,
1802.
CORRY, ADMIRAL ALVIN Q.,
119
R.N~.
Admiral Corry's letters 349
to Hrs. Charles Odell
regardin&-international
affairs,L1897-190g7.
CORTLANDT, PHILIP
Signature of Cortlandt,
as witness and notary
on deed in Ne~1 York
City, 1719.
8
·.Certificate of Cortlandt 10
John Cruger and others
regarding failure to
provision royal navy,
1721.
COKE, Tl'NCH
---Letter of Aaron Dunham, 84
Trenton, New Jersey,
to Coxe, Conunissioner
of Revenue, enclosing
copy of Dunham's letter
to revenue collector,
John M. Cummings, 1793.
CMviFORD, ViILLIAN !i.
Secretary of the Treasury152
Cra1'lford' s letter to
Adam D. Ste>lart about
collection of customs at
llichilimackinac, 1819.
CUBA (cont' d)
Statement in longhand
vlX'Hten by James Honroe on human progress,
etc, for the Quaker
philanthropist, Cresson,
with brief statements
of James Hadison and
William Short, 1828.
1~5
CURTIS, GEORGE vHLLIAM
CRIMEAN "JAR
Letter of Henry B.
Hest~ail Maker's
262
Nat£Of Stoneham,
V~ssachusetts, from
Philadelphia, regarding his coming voyage
to England and the
Baltic in the U.S.S.
San Jacinto, referring
to the engagement to
be fought in the Baltic
betvreen "the English,
French and Russians,"
etc., 1854.
CROMWELL, DLlVER
Cromwell's letter to
373
Sir William Springer
and
Barrbw,
written during En~ish
Civil iiar [i.641-52.1,
concerning the Roundhead cavalry, his preference for "honest men"
rather than ".&entlemen"
etc, ,6indate!y.
L17
LeUer of Charles
260
Tyng and Compa.ny to
Hemry C. Thacher, Boston,
regarding state and
shipment of cigars to
Thacher, 1854.
L17
CUBA
Extract in French from 121
documents of the San
Domingo delegation at
Santiago de Cuba regarding American brig,
Ceres, NevT York, captured
b~ French privateer, 1804.
LEnglish translation also~
Curtis' note, from
330
West New Brighton,
Stateh Island, New
York, to unnamed
correspondent, thanking
him for sending a
paper, 1877.
CUSTIS, DANIEL PARK
Letters to Daniel
Park Custis from
Thomas Knox regarding tobacco and other
merchandise, 1754.
18
CUSTOHS, BUREAU OF THE
Letter from Alexander
141
J. Dallas, Treasury
Department, to John
Rogers, Collector at
Michilimackinac fislani/
regarding efforts to
prevent smuggling via
Canada, 1816.
Letter of William H.
Crawford, Secretary of
the Treasury, to Adam
D. Stewart, Collector
at Hichilimackinac
fis1ani/regarding mode
of collecting there,
1819.
152
CUSTO;·jS, Bl.J1illAU OF THE
Letter from James
Guthrie, Secretary
of the Treasury to
F. W. Allen, Colle~tor
of Customs, Nantucket,
Nassachusetts, authori~ing repairs, etc, to
revenue boat at Nantucket, 1854.
DALLAS, ALEXANDER
259
i.
Letter of Dallas, United 141Stat·es Treasury Department, to John Rogers
regarding efforts to
prevent smuggling of
Britiah goods via
Canada,1816.
Typed oopy of General
William T. Sherman's
letter to Edward P.
Hm~e mentioning Sherman's difficulties
with Dana, 1886.
334
Donor of albtml of
autographs of Governors of states in 1935.
41-2
-
Letter to John C.
Spencer, Canandaigua,
Ne~l York, from "You
know whom," at Fort
Niagara, complaining
of the conduct of
General Dearborn and
the progress of the
war, 1813.
132
Claim against the
government by Brigadier General Dearborn,
Massachusetts, Drafted
11ilitia, for his pay
and allowances 19
September to 30 November, 1814.
138
DE Bow,
DANA, CHARLES!.
i. 12.
~. !}8JD.es Dunwoody Brownsow
Letter from Ashbri~ge
316
and Company, Liverpool,
England, to James D. B.
De Bow, Nashville, regarding package of bonds
sent by De Bow to England
for sale, coming cotton
crop, high postage on
De Bow's Review, etc.
1866.
DELANO, FREDERI C
DAVIS, JEFFERSON
Davis' letter to J. G.
Ramer regarding the
sale of Davis' The
Rise and Fall of the
COrifeCi;;a'te"G<>vern:ment, 1887.
--
DEARBORN, GENERAL HENRY A. S.
337
Donor of photostat of
1793 letter of George
1,iashington to the Earl
of Buchan, 19~.3.
86
DELANO fjJ, )1. THERESE
Letter of M. Therese
Delano, concerning
her indebtedness,
(Undated)
378
DEMOCRACY
--
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (cont' d)
Photestat of typescript 268
copy of Thomas Babington
Nacaulay's letter to
Henry Stephens Randell
giving Nacaulay's
opinion of Jeffersonian
democracy, 1857.
DEl\!OCRATIC PAR'rY
Letter from A. C.
180
Paige to B. N. Numford,
of Schenectady, Ne~l
York, regarding Democratic Party Convention
at Baltimore, 1832.
Letter of D. Evans,
228
per 11. S. Leonard, to
G. VI. Newell, Chief
Clerk, Canal Department
Albany, New York, asking
where LPemocrati£7
bargemen may vote on
election day, 1844.
350
Grover Cleveland's
letter from Princeton,
Ne\1 Jersey, to J.
Sterling Morton,
Nebreska City,
Nebraska, regardimg
Democratic party prospects far l~OO, present
leadership, Chicago
platform, etc., 1899.
DNtlli'Y, GEORGE fia.ter Admira;V
Writes to L. H. Go1de278a
borough, Narch 17, 1861,
congratulating Goldsborough on his appointment to the Narine Corps.
DEJiIEY, ADHIRAL GEORGE
Praise for Commander
Glavis' Naval History
of the War of 1812.
395a
DIPLOHATIC SERVICE
Hinutes of two meetings
of the PlYmouth LMassachusettsi7 Democratic
Club, 1863.
290
Letter of Sam L.
Southard, St. Louis,
to Horatio Seymour,
regarding approaching
Baltimore convention,
Seymour's attitude
toward the Greeley
ticket, dangers of a
third party, etc.,
1872.
324-
Letter of Representa.tive 345
Ben E. Russell to Ben
W. Austin regarding
the Democratic party,
1893.
Albert Gallatin's
letter to Louis Ghebard, Paris, about a
l~. Baker, consul of
a Spanish port, 1816.
DIX, JOHN
142
fl.
Dix's letter accepting
invitation to lecture
before Washington
LD.c;7 Trinity Church
Library Association,
1848.
238
DOWNEY, WILLIARD
-----Donor of 1854 letter of
C. P. Elliott to"Mr'!
l~alker, Exeter, Haine,
and 1854 letter from
Rachel P. Walker, 1934.
265
DREXEL, JOSEPH
~.
Drexel's letter to
George Alfred Townsend,
regarding "Mr. Bonaventure" and Drexel's
inability to continue
book collecting, 1887.
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK,(cont'd)
33S
DU CHAILLU, PAUL
Autograph, lS99.
351
DUNN, ElJiVARD
Donor of 17S6 certificate of army service
of Ezekiel Camp and
certifivate of Ezekiel
De Camp as Freeman of
New York, 1942.
___-
63
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
Letter of William
96
Barber at Cram Elbow,
to Jacob Norris, Albany,
regarding repayment of
a loan, 1798.
Character references
146
for John Reston, former
Poughkeepsie schoolmaster, by James Tallmadge of Poughkeepsie
and Theodorus Bailey,
1818.
Three covers ~thout
lS5
letter'yaddressed to _
Smith Th~son, franked
by J fOhn Bell, John
ForsytLt and Levi 1-Ioodbury, lS34-184!7.
Letter of A. Gibbs,
202
Hyde Park, Ne\~ York, to
Emily Judd, Ne>Iark, Ne>I
Jersey, discussing local
ne>IS and gossip, the
Poughkeepsie regatta,
etc., 1837.
Letter of James Kirke
Paulding, Hyde Park, to
unnamed correspondent
thanking him for gift
of three volumes, lS5t..
261
Printed announcement
292
of Dutchess County and
Poughkeepsie Sanitary
Fair, "for the relief
of the sick and wounded
soldiers of our National
Army," to be held at
Poughkeepsie, lS64.
£Includes list of Ladies
Executive COmmittee;7
Also cover addressed to
Nrs. North, Gregory
House.
Discharge certificate
310a
of Daniel Barrett, Hyde
Park, New York, as
member of Company C.
Sth Regt, Veterans
Reserve Corps, 1865.
Discharge certificates 310b
of Alexander, William C.,
and Robert Nilroy of
Dutchess Cotmty, following Civil War Service,
1865.
Resolution of Dutchess
County Board of Supervisors on death of
Albert B, Schryver,
former member of the
Board, 1912.
362
DYER, ELIPHALET
Order to have a sum of
money paid out of his
salary account as
Judge of the Superior
Court, Connecticut,
1789.
73
EDUCATION
FAIRCHILD, LUCIUS
Regulations adopted
by School Visiting
COmmittee, Groton,
Connecticut, 1814.
138a
La Salle County, 111inois, record of common school, kept by
E. L. Graves; also
trustees' certificate
showing school inspection, etc., 1845.
231
Schedule of common
school kept by Ella
Francis in township
#32, La Salle County;
also four cancelled
checks Llm84-82f for
teacher's salaries,
coal, etc., 1875.
325a
FAIRFAX, LORD
Letter from Eggleston
336
to J. C. Green, West
Chester, Pennsylvania,
regarding autographs of
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1887.
.!i.
Donor of autograph
book Ll86b7 containing
signatures of members
of Congress and some
members of the Cabinet.
Two extracts from
Hinutes of Governor's
Council, Williamsburg,
Virginia, regarding
Governor Thomas Fairfax's claim to certain
quitrents, 1745.
FANNING, YJAJOR ALEXANDER
EGGLESTON, ElJiIARD
ELLIS, MRS. WILLIAM
Fairchild's letter,
305
as Secretary of State,
Wisconsin, to Mrs. Lucy
J. Pettis, Oak Centre,
Wisconsin, re~orting
her husband LHiram E.
Pettis - Item 3021
"all rigbt - - - "
in October 1864, 1865.
408
EVERETT, EDWARD
Everett's letter to
167
Hessrs. Bary and Richmond in Cambridge, New
York, covering letters
of introduction to Baron
LBarthold glNiebuhr and
Professor ,velcker of
Bonn University, 1828.
15a
£. Yr.
Andrew Jackson's
148
letter to Major
Fanning regarding
the defence of Fort
St. Marks under Fanning's
command, and disposition
of the "Spanish" Schooner
and "Young" Arbuthnot,
etc., 1818.
FAll.LEY, JAMES
fl.
Photostat of Farley's
forecast for 1936,
predicting that Landon
would carry only Maine
and Vermont, 1936.
371
FARRAR, FREDERICK vlILLIAM
Letter to Canon Farrar 409
from Ambassador James
Russell Lowell, enclosing an inscription
in verse for the Raleigh
Hemorial "Iindow of St.
Hargaret' s, Westminster,
1888.
FAYER~lEATHER,
CHARLES
FILLHORE, MILLARD (cont' d)
Letter to Charles Fayer- 368
'leather, New York City,
from Norman Thomas, regarding F. D. Roosevelt
as candidate for President, 1932.
Autograph of Fillmore
in book of autographs
of persons in central
and western New York
/5.$58-6Y.
407
FLOOD CONTROL
FAYER'V'lF.ATHER, MHS. CHARLP..s
Donor of brief extract 356
from diary /5.9Cyof
Lily Cleveland mentioning Theodore Roosevelt,
n.d.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Photostat LSritish
86
HuseU!!!l of George Washington's letter to the
Earl of Buchan regarding establishment of
Federal government ,
early Washington, etc.,
1793.
FENARD, ADllIRAL RAYNOND
!:..
Donor of letter /5.7727 398
of Benjamin Franklin to
H. De Chaumont, 1944.
Admiral Fenard's letter
referring to Roosevelt's
gi ving France the Senegalais, 1944.
FER.lmS, I·UIS. JOHN Q. II
Donor of poem by Anna
Wilkinson Chase, 1943.
385
FILUIORE, HILLARD
Fillmore's New Years
note to his cousin,
Hrs. E. L. Evans, 1849.
244
Letter of N. H. Egle346
ston, Recording Secretary, American Forestry
Association, to Prof.
Rothrock regarding
impending flood investigation, and flood
control, etc. 1894.
FLORIDA
Andrew Jackson's letter 148
to Hajor Alexander C. W.
Fanning, COlIllllanding
Officer at Fort st.
Harks, regarding the
defence of the Fort
and the disposition
of the "Spanish"
Schooner, etc., 1$18.
FOLEY, SIR THOHAS
Photostat of Lord
Nelson's letter to Sir
Thomas Foley, mentioning friends, including
Lord and Lady Hamilton,
and giving his opinion
on possibility of war,
1$02.
118
Photostat of letter
382
from Lady ElIlIlla Hamilton
to "Captain" Foley
concerning his sistersin-law, and sendin~
greetings, Ltindate2l.
FORREST , --EDWIN
Franked envelope
signed by Ex-President
FranY~in Pierce, addressed to Forrest,
New York City, LUndateil·
FRANCE (cont' d)
390
FORSYTH, JOHN
Franked envelope of
Forsyth, addressed to
Smith Thompson, L183418W.
11:15
FRANCE
John Jay's letter to
P. A. Adet, V.d.nister
from French Republic,
regarding appointment
of French consul at
New York, 1795.
91
Photostats of two
letters from the
Harquis de Lafayette
to William Vans Murray
regarding conditions
in France Land Europi},
1799.
107
Harquis de Lafayette's
letter regarding the
Pilnitz coalition of
1791, 1818.
147
Typed copy of letter
from George Summer,
New York City, to
unnamed correspondent,
regarding attitude of
French government toward United States
annexation of Sandwich
Islands, etc., 1853.
257
Emile Zola's note to
348
Martin Bild, Paris,
authorizing a German
translation of Le Jeune,
1897.
Photostat of statement 366a
in handwriting of Woodrow Wilson, signed by
him, on proposal to
guarantee aid to France
in case of unprovoked
attack by Germany, 1919.
Admiral Raymond A.
398
Fenard's letter to
President Roosevelt,
referring to the handing over for the French
Navy the Senegalais,
1944.
FRANCIS, SAi'1UEL WARD
Schuyler Colfax's
letter to Postmaster
General Montgomery
Blair, introducing
Francis and his stampcancelling machine,
LUndateil.
388
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Letter from Franklin,
398
written at PassyLrarii!
to M. DeChaumont, discussing Lafayette's
impending departure for
America with troops,
etc., 1779.
]?RENCH AND INDIAN ltJAR
Certificate of service
of William Cowper in
"late War in North'
America~ sigged by
LGeneral SiI1Frederick
Haldimand, 1774.
39
GALLATIN, 1II.BEflT
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (cont' d)
General James Wolfe's
396
letter to "Captain"
Parr, written "from
an island in the middle
of the St. Lawrence - close to the enemy on
our front and right",
regarding the Canadian
campaign, 1759.
l1illiam Pitts' letter
to Robert D'Arcy, Earl
of Holderness discussing Lin pari/progress
of wars in America
against the French,
and his hopes for
Canada, 1761.
397
FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF
Address of the Society 75
to George Washington,
signed by Nicholas
Waln, 1789; also Naln' s
transcript of Washington's
reply.
Anna Wilkinson Chase's
preache!l
poem, A Comparison Between a Winter Orchard
and the Church under
Our "NaJiie, together
with a letter to her
sister, LUndateg7.
La Quaker
GAINES, MAJOR GENERAL
~DNUND
385
.f.
Andrew Jackson's letter 153
to General Gaines, regarding sale of cattle
to Talladega Indians,
1819.
Gallatin's letter to
142
Ghebard, Paris, regarding actions of
"~lr." Baker, consul
of a Spanish port, 1816.
GEORGIA
---Letter to the Governor
of Georgia from Richard
Caswell, Governor of
North Carolina, asking
for arrest of John
Marshall, 1787.
69
Letter from Louis
124
Rossignol and letter
from James Rossignol,
Savannah to Mark Prager,
Jr., merchant of Philadelphia, about mercantile matters, 1805.
Letter of Washington
Stone, Augusta, to
his brother Walter at
Talbotton, regarding
death of their mother
and management of a
farm, 1829.
170
Letter of W. H. Mitchell,194
Stanford Cross Roads,
Putnam County, to his
sister, Mrs. Sarah C.
Vdtchell, Athens, regarding family affairs,
mentioning taking
"Camilla" to Warm
Springs, 1836.
Letter of H. Johnson,
208
Hickory Grove, Flat
Shoals, }feriwether
County, to her "twin
brother", Frederick Foy,
San Augustin, Texas,
urging Foy to return to
Georgia to live, 1840.
GEORGIA (cont'd)
GERPUUf.r (cont'd)
Letter of ii. H. Mitchell,221
Milledgeville, to
l~illiam S. Hitchell,
Athens, regarding
business and personal
matters, mentioning
vlarm Springs, 18iflo
Letter of A. Iversen,
Columbus, to William L.
Hitchell, Athens, regarding politics and
his reasons for declining to be nominated
for Governor, 1844.
229
Letter of Thomas Stone,
Oxford, to Edward Giddens, Talbotten, regarding settlement of
an estate, 1846.
233
Letter from Haviland,
H-----& Allen, to Hrs.
Mary Wright, Van Wert,
Georgia, regarding
settlement of bill for
Dr. Joel L. Flanigan,
1848.
240
GIBBONS,
~
CARDINAL
Cardinal Gibbon's
360
letter to H8Jor J. Otis
Woodward accepting life
membershi~ in Albany
/Jiew Yor'!yBurgesses'
Corp~ 1909.
~,
WILLIAN !!.
Land grant in Nicholas
County, Virgim:a to
Israel Browne, signed
by Governor Giles.
169
GQVERNOlYil ,:J!TATE
GERMANY
Authorization to
Prussian Minister of
Finance to grant sum
of money and medal of
merit to Gottlieb Bley,
Berlin lock-keeper,
Signed by !ftismarckj]
1863.
Letter of Winston Church-410
ill to Andrew Bonar Law
about the Dardanelles
operation and Churchill's efforts since
1911 in building up the
British fleet against
'the threat of Germany,
1915.
286
Warrant, signed by
363
Kaiser Wilhelm II, approving a pension of
7000 marks to George
Wruck, countersigned
by Lentz for lunister
of Public Iforks ,Berlin,
1914.
Album of mounted cards,
in alphabetical order
of States, each bearing signature of
Governor of the particular state in 1935.
412
GRANBY, LORD
William Pitt's letter
to Robert D'Arcy mentioning Lord Granby,
1761
397
GRANGER, GIDEON
Correspondence, con115
tracts, etc, between
Postmaster General
Granger and John Cadwallader regarding Cadwallader's contract to
carry mails, etc, 18001807.
gll~J\'r
GREAT BRITAIN
Parchment in Latin
giving record of
Common Pleas case at
Westminster L1ondori7
heard by Judge Sir
John Finch, 1636.
1
Certificate of John
10
Cruger, Philip Cortlandt, and others regarding failure of Ne~l
York residents to raise
sufficient funds for
provisioning of the
Royal Navy, 1721.
Personal letter from
Louis Thockton in London, to his wife,
ThIilia, in America.
Note accepting invitation93
to Rufus King to dine
at the Guild hall with
the Lord Mayor of London,
1796.
Copy of will of Sir
Henry Seton Ll78Q7.
Edinburgh, sent by
Alexander Seton to
his attorneys, 1797.
95
Lord Nelson'S letter to 109
Lieutenant General Fox
regarding movements of
the Britiah fleet, lSOO.
25
Lease, issued by Paul
26
and Anne Pickersgill to
George Baynos, for land
at Crakehall, Bedale
Parish, Yorkshire,
England, 1766.
Contract behleen John
Hodgson and William
Hutton and Company,
Paisley, Scotland, for
6100 acres bordering
Lake Champlain, 1770.
BlU'l'AIN (cont' d)
32
Affidavit of William
72
Jarvis, formerly of the
King's Orange Rangers,
attesting to his income and employment,
17SS.
Copy of Sir Alexander
7S
Seton's power of attorney to Lady Hargaret
Seton and-others, Edinburg fj]1790.
.
Photostat of letter
lIS
from Lord Nelson to
Sir Thomas Foley, mentioning Lord and Lady
Hamilton, Admiral Sir
George Martin, Admiral
Sir George Keith,
Elphinstone, Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew,
Sir \filliam Stewart;
and giving opinion of
possibility of war, lS02.
Affidavits of Lord
119
Cornwallis and Lieutenant Colonel Nightingall regarding expense
connected with the
keeping of horses "for
the public service", lS02.
Lord Nelson's letter to 122
Cardinal Deshing fj]
offering hiru safe- conduct to Italy, etc.,lS04.
Royal fishing permit
223
issued to unnailled bearer
for permission to fish
in the Serpentine, Hyde
Park, London; en verso
"To Hembury, ealllekegper,
Hyd e l'arkJ,! If:lh2.
Gill,AT BRITAIN (cont'd)
GREAT BRITAIN (conttd)
Certificate indenturing 241
John Huggitt, South
Shields, Durham, England, as apprentice
seaman to Alexander
Dixon, shipowner; also
Mariner's Register
Ticket, issued at North
Shields, England, to
John Huggitt, 1843.
Second page of letter
to Frederick Huth and
Company, London, from
Kennedy HacGregor and
Company, Canton, China,
regarding tea market,
247
1849.
Certificate indenturing 326
James Hiers Huggitt,
South Shields, England
to Janes Young, of the
same place; also certificate of completion
of apprenticeship, 1$75.
Letter from Lord Ran333
dolph S. Churchill to
··'l1r." lJ.i vian Dering
Najendi.i7 on stationery
of the India office, regarding Hajendiets request to Churchill to
forward to the Home
Secretary any petition
on behalf mitigating
the sentence of George
Twiney !iJ, 18$5.
Four letters from Admiral Alvin C. Corry,
R.N. to Brs. Charles
Odell regarding Boer
ltTar, British vie1r1 of
conditions in Orient,
Russia, Germany, etc.,
1900.
349
Cover of letter to
354
Miss Hary Vaughan,
British Advanced Base,
Tientsin, China, from
Hajor H. Vaughan, 1901.
Photostat of letter
366
from Sir Cecil Arthur
Spring Rice, British
Ambassador, to Charles
M. Hamlin, regarding
attitude of the British
toward America prior to
United States declaration
of war on Germany, 1918,
Letter of Oliver Crom- 373
well to Sir William
Springer
and
Barrow, written during
English Civil War jJ.64116527, concerning the
Roundhead cavalry, his
preference for "honest
mlm" rather than "gentlemen", etc., Lundatei/.
L17
L17
jJ.642V
Photostatic copy of
382
letter from Lady Hamilton to Captain Eoley,
mentioning Lord Nelson,
Lundatei/. jJ.802j]
William Pitt's letter
397
to Robert DtArcy, discussing Dusiness of
House of Lords, mentioning Lord Egremont,
Sir Joseph Yorke, Lord
Granby; also discussing
progress of war in
America against the
French and his hopes
for Canada, 1761.
GREAT BRITAIN (conti d)
HA1'iILTON, ALEXANDER, JR.
410
Winston Churchill's
letter to Andrew Bona.r
La;!, sta.ting his position since 1911 in
bunding up of British
fleet, and defending the
Da.rdanelle:3 operation,
etc., 1915.
GREELEY, HORACI':
Letter of Sam L. Southard324
to Horatio Seymeur regarding Seymour's attitude to\'!ard the Greeley
ticket, 1872.
Autograph of Greeley
in book of autographs,
c. 1864.
166
Letter fr0~ Lafayette
to M. Ham:Llton, TundateY·
376
HAHILTON, gQX ~J
Referred to in Lord
Nelson's letter to Sir
Thomas Foley, 1$02.
118
408
GROSSHA]" HOSES !i.
Donor of Hillard Fillmore's letter 1849,
to his cousin, HI'S. E.
L. Evans, 1940.
Satisfaction of mortgage from Hamilton to
Nicholas and Bridget
Demarest and James C.
D. Clark, entirely in
Harni lton' s hand1'iri tine,
1827.
244
Photostatic copy of
382
letter from Lady Hamilton to Captain LSiI'
Thomas17 Foley conceraing his sisters-in-law,
and sending greetings
from Lord Hamilton and
Lord Nelson, LUndateY.
HAMLIN,
---
CHARLES~.
GUTHRIE J Al<!li:S
----,
Secretary of the Treasury Guthrie's letter
to E. tV. Allen, 601lector at Nantucket,
jv[assachusetts, authorizing repairs, etc,
to revenue boat at
Nantucket, 1854.
HALDHfAND,
259
fGENERAL sm7 FREDEIUCK
Certificate of service 39
of i'lilliarn C01'1per in
"late IVaI' in North
America'; signed by
General Haldimand, 1774.
Photostat of letter
366
from Sir Cecil SpringRice to Hamlin, regarding attitude of British
toward America prior to
United States declaration
of war on Germany, 191$.
LAlso letter from ~~S.
Hamlin to HI'S. F. D.
Roosevelt, sending the
photostat, 192HJ.
HAYI1IN, HANNIBAL
Autograph, in book of
autographs, e. 1864.
40$
HAN110ND, /GFfJRrE7
John Adams' letter to
Hammond, Hinister to
United States from
Great Britain, introducing John Quincy
Adams, 1794.
lIARlITSON, IVILLIAJ.l HENRY (cont' d)
400
Hlk\'D, HAJOR GENERAL ElJ',vARD
Mentioned in "Order
of March" for American
troops in leaf from
George Washington's
Orderly Book. Manuscript from papers of
General Hand, 1781.
HARNED,
3'99
!!. !!.
Donor of promissory
note /5.792/ of .Io.
Nancarrow, Jr, 1940.
103
Donor of bond /5.7927
of James NcCoy, et al
to Alexander HcBeath,
104
213
HA'tlAIIAI\ ISLANDS
Typed copy of leLter
257
of George Sumner, New
York City, to unnamed
correspondent, regarding attitude of the
French Goverrunent toward United States
annexation of the Sandwich Islands, 1853.
HAWLEY, JOSEPH ROSWELL
1940.
Donor of promissory
note fj800J M. and In.
Harris to Charles
[ji.bramj], 1940.
Letter from P. Negley,
l-Jashington ~!edical College, Baltimare, to Dr.
vI. H. Diffenderfer,
Baltimore, regarding
~Ihig celebration of
Harrison's election,
I.Bl',.o.l
110
HARmSON, BENJAMIN
Photostat of Harrison' s 3l~4
letter of congratulations
to William E. l1atthe>ls,
1892.
HAl1RISON, NILLIAH IIDlRY
Signature of Harrison
127
on a lottery ticket
for Vincennes /J.ndianiJ
University, 1807.
Letter of Lewis Merrill, 328
President, United States
Centennial Commission,
~hiladelphia, to Colonel
J. G. C. Lee, United
States Army, Philadelphia, requesting Lee to
act as Aide-de-crunp to
General Joseph R. Hawley
at opening ceremonies,
1876.
-
HAYES, RUTHERFORD B.
-Hayes' note charging
Postmaster D. G. Hunt
of Rochester, New York,
with using his job to
influence Republican
nominating convention,
331
1880.
Hayes I visiting card
with his signature,
['undate§:'
3f!7
HEATON, !!.. !!..
HOl.LAND
Donor of letters of
157
R. G. White and family,
Hareham, Massachusetts,
to Mrs. Abigail vlhite
of Canton, Ohio, Ll823183£ - 1943.
HEPBURN, JAMES Q.
Letter from Benjamin
398
Franklin, written at
Passy /Jariil to N.
Chaumont, discussing
resolution of the
Holland States General
authorizing convoys for
their merchant men to
protect them from
British privateers,
1779.
Hepburn's letter to Ben 342
W. Austin, about Trinity
Historical Society.
Also testlinonial to
Hepburn as missionary
to Japan, 1890.
HOL}'ill:3, OI.IVER WENDELL
381
Note of Governor Hill
from Albany, New York,
regarding his inability
to attend a concert
Lundate,W.
HONE, PHII.IP
HOGLE, LEO Q.
Donor of typed transcript of letter, 1831,
of AndrewW. Beckett,
1938.
179
HOLDERNT<'....3S, EARL OF !Robert D' Arcil
William Pitt's letter
307
to Robert D'Arcy, Earl
of Holderness, discussing business of the
House of Lords, progress
of the wars in America
against the French, etc.,
1761.
Autograph note of
340
Holmes at Beverly
Farms, Massachusetts,
to unnamed correspondent,
1888.
Deed from Philip and
Catherine Hone, New
York City, to Nealy
Lockwood for property
in New York City, 1837.
204.
HOSACK, DAVID
Customs declaration of
David Hosack for box
of books imported on
the ship Nercury,1800.
113
HOUSE, EDWAHD]1.
Letter of Frederick
Thompson, Assistant
Editor of The Common}:fea.l, Ne~l York City, to
Colonel House offering
his services to F.D.R.
in public relations
ca.pacity, 1932.
369
HOUSTON, SAM
Typed copy of letter
from Andrsor Jackson to
President Sam Houston,
supporting Houston's
veto of Texas Legislat.ure's demand for
war with Mexico, 1842.
rlUGHEq, CHARLES EVANS
2;<2
HOliE, EDWARD R.LFather of Louis HOwy
Typed copy of letter
334
from General William T.
Sherman, St. Louis,
Missouri, to Howe at
Saratoga Springs, New
York regarding Sherman's
difficulties since the
Civil War with Charles
A. Dana, Edvun Stanton
and others, 1886.
White House card auto- 341
graphed by Grover
Cleveland, in envelope
addressed to HO~le, 1888.
HUGER, BRIGADIER GENERAL ISAAC
HUGGITT,
~•
367
ILLINOIS
Houston's letter to
256
his daughter, Nannie
Lou, sending some
greens from t.he Tomb
of Washington and a
"Canuc" newspaper, 1853.
Huger's petition to
Congress regarding
prevention of ferry on
Congaree River, 1791.
Signature of Just.ice
Hughes clipped from
official Supreme 1
Court envelope /5.9JOj].
80
.!i.
Donor of Indenture cer- ?41
tificate of John Huggitt
to Alexander Dixon and
Hariner's Register Ticket of John Huggitt,
1848, 1941.
Certificate assigning
bounty lands in Illinois to Theodore lvard
Fairchild, signed by
James Monroe and
Josiah Meigs, 1819.
151
Statement of Joseph
178
Anderson, Comptroller,
United States Treasury,
Department, to John
Caldwell, Receiver of
Public Monies, Shawneetown, Illinois, regarding latter's accounts,
1831.
Senator Elias Kent
Kane's letter to
George T. M. Davis,
enclosing receipt for
Davis' annual subscription, 1833.
183
Letter t.o John Caldwell, 184
Shawneetown, Illinois,
from Senat.or John M.
Robinson, regarding
Cald~lell' s confirmat.ion by Senate as Receiver at. Shawneetown,
1834.
La Salle County,record
of school kept by E. L.
Graves; also trustees'
certificate shOwing
school inspection, etc.
1845.
231
ILLINOIS (cont'd)
Schedule of common
school kept by Ella
Francis in district 8,
township #32, range 2,
La Salle County; also
four canc~lled checks
[i884-8:i] 1875.
INDIANA (cont'd)
325a
INCOHE TAX
Receipt issued by Ira
j·!axwell, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector,
5th District, Indiana,
to William Dickey, for
$4.40, 1865.
304
Receipted invoice for
income tax of N. Goodrich, 6th District,
Indiana, 1865.
311
INDIANA
Signature of William
Henry Harrison and
others on a Vincennes
Ondiana Territor;i7
University lottery
ticket, 1807.
127
Contemporary copy of
2~0
letter from LJoshua17
Lindsay, 110nticello,
Indiana, to John Carr
and T. A. Howard, regarding John Lindsay,
his brother, and the
latter's service as
blacksmi th for me Potawatomie Indians,1840;
also draft on the Post
Office Department, signed
by Amos Kendall, to
Joshua Lindsay to pay
vlilliam Scott for his
mail carrying contract,
1839.
Letter from John Erwin,
Richmond, to John W.
Erwfun, Hamilton, Ohio,
regarding family matters, 1849.
246
Letter of S. L Baker
285
to his "Cousin" written
from camp near Nurfreesboro, Tennessee, of camp
life of 44th Regiment
of Indiana Volunteers,
1863.
Letter to Samuel Shoe291
mal{er, Summit !J,arwiW
Indiana, from Warren
Hosher, on board U.S.S.
Rainer, Grand Gulf,
~ussissippi, on conditions in the South
during Civil War,
soldier looting, etc;,
1864.
Receipt issued by Ira
l1axwell, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector,
5th District, Indiana,
to William Dickey for
~~4.40, 1865.
304
Receipted invoice for
income tax of N. Goodrich, 6th District,
Indiana, 1865.
311
Letter of congratulations to William E.
Hatthews, Huntsville,
from President Benjamin Harrison, 1892.
344
ra\>iA
JACKSON, ANDREW (cont'd)
Letter of James A.
Throop, Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, re&;rding letter
~ttache£lof William
Hason, Washington, to
his nephew Dewitt C.
Throop Kirkland, New
York 218317, regarding
importance of Andrew
Jackson's administration, 1908.
197
ITALY
--1'1. A. M. Mazzoletti,
319
Italian silk grower,
introduced by William
H. Seward to Elliot C.
Cowdin, with request
that Co~Tdin supply
Mazzoletti with information regarding
American silk culture,
1868.
JACKSON, ANDlTh"W
Ship's pass signed by
Jackson, 1833.
123
Jackson's letter to
148
Major Alexander C. W.
Fanning regarding
Fanning's command of
Bort St. Marks LFlorid~
and the restoration of
the "Spanish" schooner,
the liberation of
"young Arbuthnot,"
and the defense of the
Fort, 1818.
Jackson's letter to
11ajor General Edmund P.
Gaines regarding sale
of cattle to Talledega
Indians, 1819.
153
M. L. Lathrop's letter 192
from Washington to his
brother at Carthage,
New York, describing
social life at Washington, a 1'0ception at the
White House at time tho
big sheese was sent to
President Jackson, etc.,
1836.
Andrew W. Beckett's
letter (copy)from
Alexandria describing
a visit to Andrew
Jackson at the wbite.
House, 1831.
179
Jackson's check made
to himself, 1835.
189
Letter of Congressman
lvilliam Mason from
vlashington to his nephew Dewitt C. Throop,
regarding importance
of Andrew Jackson's
administration,1837.
197
Typed copy of Jackson's 222
letter to President
Sam Houston of Texas,
supporting Houston's
veto of Texas Legislature's demand for war
with Mexico, 1842.
JACKSON, GEORGE
Jackson's LEritish Com- 159
missioner at Washington
under the Treaty of
Gheni71etter of thanks
to B. O. Taylor for
taking care of his horse,
182L,.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS (cont'd)
Testimenial [author
unkno~ regarding
James C. Hepburn's
mission in Japan, 1890.
342
Photastat of typ,d copy 268
of Lord Thomas B. Macaulay's letter to H. S.
Randall, New York City,
regarding his opinion
of Jefferson, Jeffersonian democracy, etc.
1857.
JAY, JOHN
Jay's letter to P. A.
Adet, Hinister from
France, regarding
appointment of French
consul at New York,
1795.
91
JOHNSUN, RICHAliD ii.
Johnson's letter from
White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia, to Richard
Smith, requ.esting more
time in which to pay a
bank debt, 1841.
JEFFERSON, THOHAS
Jefferson's signature
as Governor on land
grant to James Leatherdale, 1780.
48
Jefferson's signature
land grant in Augusta
County, Virginia, to
James Perry, 1781.
50
KANE,
--
Jefferson's letter to
85
the Governor of New
Hampshire enclosing
copies of ~ Federal
statutes Lnot include2V,
1793.
Jefferson's signature
120a
on warrant for military
bounty lands issued to
Dan Foster, 1803
Jefferson's signature
on ship's pass, 1804.
123
Jefferson's letter
LPhotostajJ to "YlY
dear Friend," etc,
regarding prQgress
of the war,L181~
the Lewis and Cla.rk
expedition, etc •. 1813.
134
218
ELIAS KENT
--
Senator Kane's letter
to George T. H. Davis,
enclosing receipt for
a subscription, 1833.
183
KANSAS
Quit claim deed issued 313
to George H. Walker by
Isaac and Anna R. Adams
of Sandwich, New Hampshire, and Henry and
Martha H. Ayling, Boston,
Hassachusetts, for parcel of land in Lawrence,
Kansas, 1865.
KEARNEY, PHILIP
Letter from James
Honroe, Richmond,
Virginia, to unnamed
correspondent, regarding loss of a letter
supposed to have been
delivered by Kearney,
1808.
402
KENTUCKY (cont'd)
KGLLY, (JOHN
- --
Letter from John Kelly, 318
Sheriff's office, Ne.1
York City;, to William
H. LBosyTweed, regarding Charles Loew's
promise to buy some of
the Ta~any Hall mortgage bonds, 1867.
Letter of Elisa Gipson, 242
Wayne County, to his
son, Ulysses Gipson,
Cedar County, l'lissouri.,
and his daughter; on
srune sheet, letter
from Bookius B. Moore,
to his father and
mother, brothers and
sisters. Both letters
on family matters, 1848.
Kendall, Amos
Signature on draft on
the Post Office Department to Joshua Lindsay
to pay William Scott
for his mail-carrying
contract, 1839.
210
Letter from J. M. Dyer, 264
Lexington, to the
Reverend Richard Abbey,
Yazoo City, Mississippi,
regarding a receipt, 1854.
KIBBEE, CHARLES
Bond and contract
between Adam, John,
and George 'flinn, of
Fayette County, and
Robert Porter of
Lexington for a
loan, 1798.
100
Letter of Elisha I.
Winter, President of
the Lexington and Ohio
Railroad Company, to
Alfred Kelly, Newark,
Ohio, requesting help
in finding an engineer
to do a survey for new
railro9-d, 1830.
173
Letter of Richard H.
H. Johnson Lof Kentuck;i7
to Richard Smith, askinp for more time in
>Ihlch to pay a bank
debt, 1841.
9..
Autograph co~lection of 258
Kibbee, consisting of
signatures, notes and
letters of Governors,
Congressmen, Cabinet
members, L1853-185~.
~,
RUFUS
Note LPresumably in
93
handwriting of Kini7
accepting invitation to
dine at Guild hall with
Lord Mayor of London,
1796.,
"o.Q,\.\(\JpteY- lJ-t ~<DveYI
I, '1'1 ' R IACl,,\ "''"0\ ev.cc9- " TJ.o E;.. 0.> u. 'ekM.. (l,t
KORAN
.l e i' v.. .5 (0 l e. W\ "
-Nff
/' f'
?~8
Six pages of an ancient 372
Koran, hand illuminated
in gold, said to be 800
years old, n.d.
"
KOREA
-
LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE (cont'd)
Letter from Tom E. Ye,
347
Secretary of the Korean
Legation, ivashington,
to Mrs. B. Schlesmyer,
regarding her request
for Korean Postage
stamps, 1897.
LABOR
Letter of Benjamin
Franklin at Passy
jjarii] to H. Chautmont, mentioning Lafayette's impending
departure for America
Hith troops, etc. 1779.
LANDON, ALFRED
Photosta.t of Souvenir
339
of Passage of the
Eight-Hour Law, given
by NeH York Letter
Carriers' Association;
also photostat of
engrossed testimonial
presented to William
F. Harrity for aid
in securing passage
of the 8-hrnur law, 1888.
LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE
Lafayette's file copy
of his letter to President of Continental
Congress regarding
Versailles Armistice,
1783.
55
398
11.
Photostat of James A.
Farley's electien
forecast for 1936,
predicting that Landon
Hould carry only Maine
and Vermont, 1936.
371
LAWRENS, HElIlRY
Copy of letter of
George Washington to
La.wrens, disapproving
of proposed expedition
to Canada, 1778.
45
LAI'!, ANDRE', BONAR
Photostats of two lettersl07
from Lafayette to vJilliam Vans Murray regarding conditions in
Europe, 1799.
Lafayette's letter to
the pamphleteer
Scheffer
regardin? the Pilnitz coalition of 1791, 1818.
147
Photestat of letter
from Lafayette to M.
LAlexanderV Han:>ilton,
Tundate.9J •
376
Ll7
Letter of First Lord
410
of the Admiralty Winston S. Churchill to
Law, defending the
Dardanelles operation
and stating Churchill's
position since 1911 in
building up the British
fleet, etc; 1915.
LEE, AHTHUR
Lee's letter to Bethman Brothers (Frankfurt-am-Main) regarding economic affairs,
1779.
47
LEE, CHlL3LES
Hajor General Lee's gen~'42
eral order issued at
Stanford, 1776.
LEE
--'
-.C",",HA:. : :RL=ES::;.c (cont' d)
Attorney General Lee's
signature on patent to
Nicholas J. Roosevelt
and James Smallman for
steam engine, 1798.
Deed to Illnd!; in
Virginia in payment
of debts owed to Lee,
by Joh!!! Hose, John
Ste,rart and Theodosius Hansford, 1800.
LEGAL EATTERS (cont' d)
401
Israel Thomas., 1695.
112
193
LEE, ROBERT §.
Photostatic copy of
309
General Lee's General
Order No.9, announcing
sU:t'render of the Army
of Virginia, 1865.
Lee's letter to vii11ia'll H. }!a.cFarland, regarding a visit to
Richmond, Illness,
1870.
LEGAL
mon Pleas case at "t'lese-
nD.nster LLondo&heard
by Judge Sir ilohn Finch,
1636.
["mUllons and complll:lnt
:ensued to Joremi.ah
Colcutt ve. John
iViarott iX! Nayor's
Court, New York City.
1711.
I.
Complaint of Bollitie
Bogart, avainst John
,;ood in assault case,
Ne" York City. Mayor's
Court, 1711.
5
Last ><ill and testament
of Jacob May of Philadelphia, 1712.
6
Report of Court Auditors to Hayor's Court
in debt action of
Robert Howard vs.
ThOmas Atkins, 1714.
7
Deed of Nichola.s and
Hary 11aetleyson to
Abraha'llBuller, 1719.
Affidavit of John
Harris and James
Carron as to services
of Ichabod Louttet as
mate on The Sloop
Phoenix, 1720.
HA~'TERS
Parchment in Latin
giving record of Com-
2
Isaac 1'J'inslo1'l and
LEE, R. E.
Pa.ssenger list for
Phoenix LStag37 Line,
~!ashinrton to Baltimore, with notation
of clover seed sold
R. E. Lee, 1836.
Fragment of legal
document between
1
9
Po"er of attorney from 11
Thomas Janney to Benjamin ~!ayne and v{illiam
Fisher, 1732.
COrnplJlint of W:i.ll:lrull
Bl'ya.n!; aea:Lnnt \/i11:I.[I)n
Grir'r: for deb!;, 171,1.
13
LEGAL 11ATTERS
-
(co nt' d)
LEGAL !flATTERS (cont' d)
Indenture LFhotostai7
20
apprenticing Johanna
Dwyer to Elizabeth
Wright to learn
"bleeding and midwifery~
1761.
Satisfaction of mort67
gage, held by Barnet
Sebring, by George
Webster, mortgagee,
signed by James Duane,
!0ayor of New York, 1786.
Contract between John
Hodgson and William
Hutton and Company
for 6100 acres borderine Lake Champlain,
1770.
32
Letter of Hays and
Pollack, Newport,
Rhode Island, to
Oliver Arnold, regarding legal matter, 1770.
33
6S
Warrant to the Mayor
of New York from Supreme
Court at Albany for the
arrest of Lewis Hallam,
comedian, 1786; also
notation of habeas
corpus granted, 1787.
Grant of land in
Bottetourt County to
James Leatherdale
signed by Thomas
Jefferson as Governor,
1780.
48
Grant of land in
Augusta County, Virginia to James Perry,
signed by Thomas Jefferson, 1781.
50
Affidavit of error in
case of Jonathan Ogden,
54
witnessed by Robert
Yates, Ne'; York,
Supreme Court Justice,
1782.
settlement of a
?ork, 17~.
~~-e-rf
suit~
70
Affidavit of William
Jarvis as to his income
and employment bet~leen
certain dates, 1788.
72
Sir Alexander Seton's
power of attorney to
Lady Margaret Seton
and others, Edinburgh,
78
Deed for propert;'l in
New York City from
John and Anne Lawrence
to Samuel OsgOOd, 1792.
81
ff], 1790.
vs. Dirck Scouten,
Letter to William Channing from Henry and
Eden Shotwell, and
others, regarding
Patent for land to
Richard Graham, signed
by Governor Edmund
Randolph of Virginia,
1787.
57
Letter of amninistra82
tion appointing Joel
Johns executor of the
estate of Benjamin
Johns of Connecticut,1792.
Notice of satisfaction 82a.
of mortgage from WilliaJfi
Beekman to CorneUl't,
Arm} !}TV)
N('1'{1 Yorv~
.;rr/~(jh,
3rif!lU:l~1 ::(,;01'(": $
City, 1792.
LEGAL MAT.:r~ (cont' d)
LEGA~ Mil.1"rE:ltS
Notice of satisfaction 83
of mortgage from ~Jilliam
Ogilvie to Daniel Ludlow
and Brockholst Livingston LIater assigned to
l'lilliam Beekman and
lvilliam Beekman, Jr.J
Nei" York, 1792.
(co nt' d)
Summons and complaint
against Peter Palmer
and Benjamin Nix in
behalf of Hobert
Bowne and Edmund
Prior, New York, 1794.
89
Deed pf Catherine and
108
Thomas Fuller, ~ecutors
of estate of Thomas
Fuller, to John Potter
for property on Charleston Neck, South Carolina;
Len verso Catherine
Fuller's relinquishment
of rights and claims on
propertv 1799.
Copy of will of Sir
Henry Seton, Edinburgh,
(1700) sent by Alexander Seton to his
attorney, 1797.
95
Deposition, Court of
III
Common Pleas, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
regarding case of John
Clein vs. John Caspar
Kurtz, 1800.
Deed of Charles 11.
Graham to William
Ogden and Jonathan H.
La~lI'ence for a lot in
New York City, 1798.
98
Deed to lands in Vir112
ginia in payment of
debts oVled to Henry
Lee by John Hose, et al,
1800.
Bond and contract
between Adam, John,
and George Winn,
Fayette County, Kentucky, and Hobert
Porter, Lexington,
Kentucky for a loan,
1798.
100
Bond of James McCoy,
et al, to Alexander
HcBeath, 1799.
104
Deed from ~Jilliam and
Susan Ogden, New York,
to Austin Pichols,
Philadelphia, 1799.
106
Notice to Peter Blight
of Philadelphia that
Hilliam E. liells, insolvent debtor, be
furnished SUbsistence
in debtor's prison; en
verso, affidavit of
John Jacob Bi.elfeld
that he served notice
on Blight, 1800.
114
Satisfaction of mortgage by Edward and
Nary Patten to Andret·,
Norris, New York City
1801.
116
Affidavits of Lord
119
Corm-mllis and Lieutenant Colonel Nightingall regarding expense
connected with the
keeping of horses for
the public sr,rvlce, 1802.
L''!';A.!! HA'I"l'GHS (cont I d)
Summons issued to Benja.min Clark of :'.shford,
Connecticut by Justice
of the Peace James
Byles, 1803.
120
Deed from Richa.rd G.
133
1'Iaterhouse to John
Rhea for land in Rhea
County, Tennessee, 1813.
Documents relating to
139
Fre"sburg and Chautauqua County, New York,
including deeds, agreements, promissory notes,
etc., 18;11,-1878.
Letters testamentary
issued by Jonathan
Barnes, Surrogate,
Tolland, Connecticut,
to Zebulon Crocker,
et al to acitninister
estate of Hannah
v!heeler, vlillington,
1817.
11+4
166
Land grant to Israel
Browne, signed by
Governor lvilliam B.
Gibs of Virginia, 1828.
169
Satisfaction of mort175
gf1ee from Mayor and
IQdermen of the City
of New York to Isaac
and Jane Haria AnIDlerman
1830.
Letter of Roswell Harsh, 181
Steubenville, Ohio to
T. Officer regarding
pending lawsuits, 1832.
Relea.se, issued by
160
Peter I. Shand, Charles"
ton, South Carolina,
for estate of Elizabeth
Izard, to Mrs. Nary
E'ringle and }Irs.
Patience vi. 13. Eustis
in trust for Ralph
Stp8.d Izard, for Hilton
Plantation, 1826.
Satisfaction of mortgage by Robert Lenox,
mortgagor of New York,
to Theodosius Fowler,
1826.
Satisfaction of mortgage from Alexander
Hamilton, Jr. to
Nicholas and Bridget
Deme.rest and James C.
D. Clark, 1827.
161
Letter of R. V. Thomp- 195
son, Salem, Ne..r Jersey,
to Thomas F. Leaning,
regarding legal matters,
1836.
Deed for property in
Ne;1 York City fre·m
Philip and Catherine
Hone to Neely Lockwood,
1837.
204
Letter of Thomas Stone,
Oxford, Georgia, to
Edward Giddens, Talbotton, Georgia, regarding settl~nent of
an estate, 1846.
233
iiarranty deed from
Lyman " and Hartha S.
Severence, Hopkinton,
306
N,q":T ~:ork, to ColUT,1bus
;-'. ;'",r',,;'!""'J.0 7 :Jt:!:::.~J j :'~t'fH
~r.'Jr:/>, 1~l.t5.
Quit claim deed issued 313
to George H. l-Ialker, by
Isaac and Anna R. Adams
of Sandwich, New Hampshire, and Henry and
Hartha H. Ayling, Boston, }iassachusetts, for
parcel of land in La1,rence, Kansas, lS65.
Chattel mortgage given
by Stephen, Williem N.,
and Stephen ltfait, Jr,
to Edward L. Schenck,
proba.bJ!y at Fonda, NeVi
York L~date£7.
383
LESCOT, PR::o::nDEN'r ELIE
Donor of letter of
Toussaint L'Ouverture
90
/5.79:i}, 1943.
LEOI'IS
AN~l
CLARK EXPEDITION
Thomas Jefferson's
letter LFhotostai7 to
1I~1Y dear Friend and
Baron," regarding the
publication of the
Journal, Lof the Expeditioii/, lS13.
by Lincoln 297
having effect of Executive Order, on back
of letter to Lincoln
from Brigadier General
Stephen G. Burbridge,
regarding conduct of
Captain T. E. Hall, 1864.
~ndorsement
Letter from Julia Taft
404
Bayne to Harry F. Banknecht, mentiOning that
she kneVi the "Lincolns
in the l\'hite House, 1931.
LINCOLN, HAJOR GENEllAL BgNJANIN
134
LElI'IS, GENERAL /Morgan7
Letter to John C.
Spencer, Canandaigua,
New York, from lIyou
knC>l whom, II at Fort
Niagara, complaining
of the conduct of
Generals LeVlis and
Dearborn, et c ., lS13.
J<;xecuti ve Order of
280
appointment of Lieutenant Thomas B. Oakley
as an army paym1Cster,
on hack of letter recoramendin&..,Oakley, lS61.
LPhotostay
132
Letter of j'\attheVi
49
Clarkson to 14ajor
General Benjamin Lincoln
regarding hope of being
exchanged Vihen Lincoln
is, 1700.
399
:,jentioned in a leaf
from George Washington's
Orderly Book giving
order of Barch for realigrunent of forces for
the Southern Campaign,
17S1.
LI'rERARY HA'l'TEltS
Letter from Jedidiah
Norse to f.'lessrs.. Swords,
Dlublishery, regarding
distribution of Eorse's
Gazetteer, 179tl.
99
LI'fK,ATlY WITT'TIS (cont' d)
"Peace Be Still, "manuscript poem, author unknown, 1863.
LITElIA1~Y /-lJ\l"l'ElW
283
Letter from ;,dw~_rd
336
Epgleston Lauthor of
:, Hoosier Schoolmaster7
Owl's Nest, Lake George,
to J. C. Green, I'lest
Chester, Pennsylvania,
regarding autographs
of-Nathaniel Hawthorne,
18$7.
Letter of Jefferson
337
Davis, Beauvoir, ~liss­
issippi, to J. G. Rruner,
regarding publication
and sale of Davis' book,
TllJe Rise and Fall of the
Confederate Government";"
1$87.--
Emile Zola's note to
348
Hartin BUd, Paris,
authorizing a German
transla_tion of Le Jeune,
1$97.
Anna Wilkinson Chase's
385
poem, A Comparison
Between a Winter Orchard
and the Church under Our
Nmne, together with a--letter to her sister,
undate.i7.
L
Letter of Mayne Reid
386
to George Patten, asking him to determine
when umbrellas were first
used in the United States
and whether /J5avidf}
Rittenhouse could have
used one in 1769, etc.,
{tindate.i7 •
(cont' d)
Manuscript, Born to
Good Luck, by Charles
[(eade. in He~_d e' s
hand~itins, {tindate.i7
389
Typewritten copy of
Theodore lloosevelt's
essay, History ~
Literature,Zundate.i7.
395
LOUIS XVIII
Letter of thanks for
Christmas greetings
from Louis XVIII of
France to the Duc de
Richelieu, countersigned by Richelieu,
145
1817.
LOUISIANA
Letter from Smith
Hubbard and Company,
NeVi Orleans, to B.
Smi th and Company,
Hartford, Connecticut,
186
1834.
Order of Smith Hubbard 190
and Company, New Orleans,
to Hessrs. Smith and
Company, Hartford,
Connecticut for Harness,
carpet bags, etc., 1835.
Business letter of
Smith, Hubbard and
Company, New Orleans,
to Smith and Company,
Hartford, Connecticut,
196
1838.
Letter Lin French? from
Fergus Garden, NeVi Orleans, to J. E. Sayet,
Baton Rouge, regarding
politics, etc., 1852.
255
LOUISIANA (cont'd)
:. ;H:. ;.A'D:;.:I: ;:S:. ;:O.;:.:,N,
~
Letter of A. Guynemer,
327
manager of the Shreveport Ti'l1es, to ;). lti. C.
Rame, Harshall, Louisiana, refarding subscription policies of the
Times, 1875.
Eadison's signature
120a
on warrant for military
bounty lands issued
to Dan Foster, 1803.
Nadison's signature on
D ship's pass, 1810.
123
Receipt to A. ,;;. Smith
Superintendent of the
Hint at New Orleans,
from F. F. Claussen
for silver bullion,
1884.
Hadison's letter to
Dr. Benjamin Hush
regarding illness of
Alfred Hadison, 1810.
130
Letter to John C.
Spencer, Canandaigua,
New York, from "You
know whom," at Fort
Niagara, complaining
of Hadison's choice
of military leaders
and of "the blind men
at Washington," etc.,
1813.
132
332
L'OUVERTURE see: TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
LOWELL, JAHES RUSElELL
Letter of Lowell,
409
written in London,
while Ambassador, to
Canon LIrederick
Willi~ Farrar, enclosing an inscription
in verse for the
Raleigh Memoria.l Window in St. l1ar garet ' s ,
\i es tminst er, 1883.
'\
Lu.sl+o..(\\ Cc.-) !l:.RI1>·",\,,(,S (ovei2.slt:ed)
HC CULLOH, ~ ]i.
Letter from John C.
227
Calhoun to McCulloh,
regarding appointment
of United States Harshal for FD.ssouri, 1844.
NACAL'LA:', THOl>lAS
J?.
Photostat of typescript 268
copy of Lord 11acaulay' s'
letter to Henry Stephens
Randall, giving his
opinion of Jeffersonian
democracy, 1857.
General Willie Blount's 136
order to clothe two
Chickasaw Indians on
their way to visit
President Hadison, 1814.
Hadison's signature on 140
portion of official
document bearing Presidential seal; also
clipped signature of
Hadison, 1815. Facsimile of Madison's
letter to President
Honroe, 1820.
Brief sta.tement
written by Hadison
for the Quaker Philosopher, Elliott
Cresson, 1828.
405
!fL'lDISON, JAMES (cont' d)
'-":adj.son's letter to
~IAINE
413
Letter of C. P. Elliott, 265
Boston, to "Hr." Walker,
Exeter, l1aine, together
with letter from Rachel
P. Walker to "Respective
Friends" written on
same stationery, and
unstamped cover addressed
to Hachel Walker, 1854.
143
Letters from Nesmith
278
and Sons, New York City
to Captain Jesse Snow
of Brunswick, Naine,
regarding cHrgo of the
ship Screamer, de~osit
of funds, etc., L1860-
"Hr. II Bin:ham on
Virginia's method of
electing United States
Senators by vote of
the. Legislature,
Lundate,W.
I,LADISON, lmS. JANES
!J5oLLY7
Note from Brs. Madison
to Hrs. ffienjaminV
Rush requestin~ loan
of "6 pippens" etc.,
1816.
!IlAlNE
Letter of Nesmith and
236
vialsh, New York City,
to J. ~i. Chadbourne,
North Edgecomb, Maine,
regarding advances on
Chadbourne's new vessel,
1847.
Letter of Captain
250
Samuel Viatts, skipper
of vessel Mcllain, from
Sisal fiucatan, HexicoV
to Thomas P. Burgess,
'~[a_rren, Haine, regarding
shipment of hemp to Ne\<
Orleans, also possible
sale of the McMain, etc.,
1850.
Letter of Captain Reuel
fJieveliJ Hallowell,
Antwerp, Belgium, to
Thomas p. Burgess,
"Jarren, Haine, regarding financial arrangements, voyage to Antwerp, shipping arrangements Dossible sale of
his ship, etc., 1850.
(cont' d)
251
186il.
VlAITLAND, _SI_R
,:.P""ER""Jil :;::'",-RI=N=E
Hajor General Sir
Peregrine's signature
as Lieutenant Governor
of the Province of
Upper Canada on land
grant in Simcoe County
to Lieutenant Colonel
Nathaniel Coffin, 1824.
15'b
EMENDIE, VIVIAN DERING
Letter of Lord Randolph 333
S. Churchill to "Mr."
Hajendie, regarding
,'lajendie's request to
Churchill to forward
to the Home Secretary
any petition on behalf
of George Twiney
1885.
L17,
NARYLAND
Power of Attorney from
Thomas Janney to Benjamin l'layne and William Fisher, 1732.
11
NMiYLANIJ
~MlD (cont'd)
(cont' d)
Fane William [3harpe' s
lector to ~overnor
Horatio Sh~rpe17
mentioninp: Lord Baltimore, etc., 1769.
30
Letter from Donato
77
and Burton LLondon
Nerchanti7, to Richard
Dorsey regarding business matters and tobacco
shipments, 1790.
Bond of James HcCoy,
et al, to Alexander
McBeath, 1799.
104
Order from Decius Wads- 135
worth, Chief of Ordnance,
to deliver 200 rounds
of ammunition to General Philip Stewart
for Use of the Maryland
Hilitia; receipted by
General Stewart, 1814.
Letter of Julius
Forrest at Upper l1arlboro to his friend
Taylor
in London
rega,rding personal
opinions and friends,
1818.
149
L17
Letter of Thomas Shaw,
163
Frederickto"m, l1aryland,
to Henry N. Norfit,
'dashington, D. C., regardinl'; Horfit's credit
at the Fredericktown
Branch Bank, 1826.
Letter from A. C. Paige 180
of Baltimore to B. N.
Munford, Schenectady,
Ne.., York, regarding
Democratic Party Convention at Baltimore, 1832.
Lettor from n. :3.
187
YarborOUGh, Cotton G:i.n
Port, Naryland, to ~lrD.
coarc;arett ltlddle, Calhoun's Hills, ,.bbeville
District, South Caroline" rega.rding.,family
matters, L18301/.
Letter from P. Negley
to Dr. II. H. Diffenderfer, LWashin~on
Iftedical Collegey
Baltimore, regarding
Hhig celebration of
Harrison's election,
1840.
213
Letter of Thomas Hac
Kenzie and Son, Baltimore, to T. Smith and
Company, Hartford,
Connecticut, regarding
sDipment of root hames
for harness via the
Bayou Pioneer for New
Orleans, 1847.
237
Promisso~J
270
note given
by Grenville J. Kelly,
Baltimore, to Long
and Company on the
Bank of Virginia at
Fredericksburg, 1859.
Letter LIncomplet~from 299
[jJMarbury to his mother
Nrs. Rachel Marbury, BaJ .. ',-timore, written from
"Front of Petersburg,"
describing conditions
in camp, giving advice
to his brother about
volunteering, etc.,
le6h.
HfI3SACHUSl;;TTS
MAS.iACHUSEr1'S (cont' d)
Draft for ~ 100 from
[(obert Hontgomery,
Boston, to Abraham
Hillhouse, London
merchant, 1753.
17
Letter of John BayleJ",
Newburyport, to Samuel
Jackson, Whensm, regarding local goos).p,
1818.
Letter of Jedidieh
Horse to He:·srs.
Swords, publishers,
ref'arding distribution
99
Letters of H. C. White 157
and family from \1areham, Nassachusetts,
and New Orleans to i'lJ's.
Hbigail vlhite of Canton,
Ohio, /5-823-183£.
123
Herchant letters of
196
J. C. Harter, Nanchester, England to
Ebenezer Chadwick,
Boston,;and business
letters of F. A. Le
Nann, London and Gartner, Harter and Kilgour,
Hanchester, llilgland to
K~rk Boot~~ Lowell,
L183 6- 185!±fi
of· r10rse t 5 Gazeteer,
Che.rlest.o,m, 1798.
Ship's passes: For ship
Arab of Fairhaven,
signed by Andrew Jackson, 1833, For ship
General Pike of New
Bedford, signed by
Nartin Van Buren, 1837.
For barque Alto of
Fairhaven, signed by
:·1. Van Buren, 183$.
For ship Zephyr of
Nmr Bedford, signed by
l~. Van Buren, 1839.
For ship Herald of
New Bedford, signed by
H. Van Buren, 1840.
For ship Chile of New
Bedford~ signed by J.
Tyler, 1843.
Two letters of Israel
131
Thorndike of Boston:
one, to an unnamed person, regarding his son
E<lwa.rd's schooling, 1811;
the other to Hessrs.
Willing and Francis reearding businer;s,matters,
1812.
Claim against the eovern-138
ment by Brigadier General Henry A. S. Dearborn, l-lassachusetts,
Drafted ;'filitia, for his
pay and allot-rances, 1814.
150
Letter from Isaac and
201
11ary Herriam, Sturbridge,
t.o Hrs. Hary Po,,,ers
and Jacob Powers, Brandon, Vermont, regarding
familY affairs, 1837.
George Bancroft's
letter to Elliot C.
Cowdin declining invitation to address
the Hercantile Librnry
Associa.tion, Bosto1':\,
1846.
234
Trial impressions of
248
6 stamps used on llk~l
at Wilbraham, 14assachusetts, by Elizabeth
A. l!loulton, Postmistress
with her signature, 1849.
HJl SSA C;rvSET'!'3 (cont' d)
Commercial letter to
:E.ben Chad\;ick, Doston,
from Dexter and i\ bbot,
Hoblle, Alabama, regardill{>; S11iplllents of
cotton, 1851.
HAS"ACHUSSTTS (cont' d)
254.
bury, Nassachusetts,
1809-1829.
hlw:r::},
--
Secretary of the Treas- 259
ury James Guthrie's
let ter to fi:. H. Allen,
Collector at Nantucket,
authorizing repairs, etc.
to revenue boat at Nantucket, 1854.
Letter to Henry C.
260
Thacher, Boston, from
Charles Tyng and Company, Havana, regarding
sale and shipment of
cigars to Thacher, 1854.
Letter of Henry B. West
Jll,rn.t\11
~leigs' signnture, as
General Land Office
Commissioner, on certificate assigning
bounty lands to Theodore "'lard Fairchild,
1819.
151
HEHCPANT N; JUNE
Affidavit of John Harris 9
and James Carron as to
services of Ichabod
Louttet on the sloop,
Phoenix, 1720.
262
ffia.ilmaker 1 s ;iati! of
Stoneham from Philadelphia regarding his COIning
voyage to Eneland and the
Baltic in the U.S.S. San
Jacinto, taking dispatches
to the American minister
at St. Petersburg, 1854.
lunutes of hiO meetines
of the Plymouth /fassachusettsy Dem0cratic
Club, 1863.
Account book of general 404
store-keeper at Shrews-
290
Quit claim deed issued 313
to George H. vfalker by
Isaac and Anna R. Adams
of Sandwich, He',i Hampshire, and Henry and
Hartha ;{. Ayling, Boston Hassachusetts, for
narcel of 12nd in
Lawrence, Kansas, 1865.
Portage bill for the
37
sloop Hope to Barbados
and retul'n, John Northam,
Easter, 1773.
Affidavit of '!lilliam
Henderson of Philadel::'
phia regarding the
building and o>mership
of the schooner, Eliza,
1782.
53
Permit of passage and
ship's manifest of
sloop Nancy and Priscilla, signed by J runes
Jefferson, I,laster, and
'Iii lliam Seton for port
of New York, 1783.
56
Clearance papers of the
,Ihaler, Betsy, David
Squires, master, Also
bill of s'lle fcit' the
Betsy from Jolm Vanembur,.,h to ilohn '.r. Nachban~, Port of New York,
1786.
64
HERCHANT FARINE (cont I d)
:':ERCHANT }IARINE (cont I d)
Extract in French from
documents of the San
Domingo delegation at
Santiago de Cuba regarding the American
brig Ceres of Ne" York
captured as a prize by
the French privateer
liegulil.tor, 180h [Also
contemporarJ; English
translatio'!y •
Eine ships' passes
jJs-
121
Letter of Captain
Sallluel I'iatts, skipper
of vessel
250
1!1·~cNain'!
from Sisal, ZYucatan,
NexiciJ to 'fhomas P.
Burgess, Warren, Haine,
regarding sh:Lpmcmt of
hemp to New Orlel.lXls;
also regard·i.ng sltle
of the Hcl1ain, 1850.
123
sued in Nffi'f York, _lass-
achusetts and SO\lth
Carolin~ signed by
Presidents Jefferson,
i-iadison, "Monroe, J ackson, Van BU!!en, Tyler,
and their respective
Secretaries of State,
!J-804-1 842·
Bill of Thomas \'Iells
to Daniel Coats for
sunplies and gear
furnished to the ship
Speedwell, 1806.
125
Hiscellaneous merchant
papers of George Bowen,
Newport, Rhode Island,
regarding shipping matters, purchase,of vessels, marine insurance,
etc. Ll829-1834,185~.
171
Bill of lading for the
ship Huntsville at the
Port of New York bound
for Ne," Orleans with 75
packages of axes, with
letter of 1:. Nelson,
New York City to D. C.
Collins, Hartford,
Connecticut, lC43.
224
Letter of Captain Heuel
[fievelj] !IalioHell,
AntHerp, Belgium, to
Thomas P. Burgess,
~iarren, Maine, regarding financial arrangements, voyage to Antwerp, shipping and
passenger arrangements,
etc., 1850.
251
Four bills of lading
for goods shipped on
the brig Benjamin
Delano from New York
to Lavaca, Texas, 1860.
272
Bill 0: lading for
goods shipped on the
Schooner, Julia Smith,
from Indianola L~liss­
issippij] to Boston,
1860.
274
Bill of lading for
273
goods shipped from
Lavaca, Texas to Boston
Hassllchusetts on the
schooner Helvin, 1860.
Bill of lading for
goods shipped on
schooner Herbert Hanton
from Lavaca, Ta"'{r:J,s t.o
Boston, IS60.
276
lJJ!JtCHANT jiAHUm (cont I d)
EPISCOPAJ, CHUWJII (cont I d)
-MT,;l'llOmS'l'
Letters of Nesmith and
Sons New York City to
Captain Jesse Snow of
the ship Screamer, regarding ship's ca.rgo,
deposit of funds, etc.,
5860-186.21.
278
Ship's pass issued by
Constantinople port
authorities to Capta.in
343
-
Letter ef Colonel
Robert H. Ramsey,
l'lili tar:! Di visien of
312
1
the 1 ennessee, to it ..
Mack of :3.3 .. Ne,vrninster
Abbey, Agent for the
Nethodist Publishing
House, Nashville
about paint fjJ forwarded to i'iashington,
1865.
]Q;xICO
to proceed through the
Dardanelles and Bosporus, 1892.
Six shippine receipts
for goods delivered by
Ii/right Brothers, ViOKI5burg, Mississippi,
Ll8 99-19091.
352
Journal of a voyage
in the Sloop, Rover,
from Stonington,
Connecticut to Vrilmington, North Carolina kept by Amos
~iheeler, Jr., schoolmaster, 1809.
403
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Letter from Thos. O.
263
Sumner, Charleston,
South Carolina to the
Reverend Richard Abbey,
Ya.zoo City, aississippi,
enclosing extra.ct from
minutes of General Conference of the l';ethodist
Episcopal Church, South
regarding legacy of
Cornelius Vanhouten,
1854.
Typed copy of letter
222
from Andrew Jackson
to President Sam Houston
of Texas, supporting
Houston I s veto of the
Texas Legislature's
demand for vlar with
I·I exi co , 1842.
Letter from "Wasnan,"
Chi ef 0 f Nili tary
Council, ~Titten from
the Imperial Palace,
Mexico Cit~, to Dr.
Federico LFriedricb7
H. Von Hellwald in
Vienna, expressing the
Emperor I s LMaximilia.!!7
thaILl{s for the gift
of a volume, 1866.
315
Letter of Secretary of
317
State, \,lilli~m H. Se"a.rd, to Don Aueustine
L,£Pez de Santa Anna
LAntonio Lopez de Santa
Ani!, New Brighton, New
York, informing him that
correspondence regarding
l'iexican matters may be
conducted only through
diplomatic channels,
1866.
HICmGAN
Account of H. Pasca..ud
for merchandise s0nt
to SGir,neur AntoinG
Delamothe Cadillnc
a.t Hi chilinm ckinac ,
1696.
3
Letter from Alexander
J. Dallas, Treasury
Department, to John
Rogers, Collector at
;J;ichilimackinac, regarding efforts to
prevent smuggling
via Canada, 1816.
141
Secretary of the
Treasury '"iilliam H.
Crawford's letter to
Adam n. Stewa.rt, Collector at Vichilimackinac, regarding mode
of collecting there,
1819.
152
HILITARY SCIENCE
Treatises L3 volumes
406
lithographed from
manuscripy on !1ilitary
Science used in class
instruction at West
Point in the 1830's,
1-1ith notations and
drawinf,s by Cadet
Samuel Plummer, Class
of 1835, 0831-183.27.
lITLLJ!:R, mCHAEL
Donor of letter,
1832, of Hoswell
Marsh, Steubenville,
Ohio, 1950.
181
Heceipt 8i(,;n8<1 by
F. F. Clausson at the
Now Orlca.ns JVdnt, for
31,892.53 ozs. of
8il vcr bullion from
A. Iv. Smith, 0uperintenden'!:. of the ~iint,
1884.
332
Letter to the Heverend
Hichard Abbey, Yazoo
City, from Thos. O.
Sumner, Charleston,
South Carolina, enclosing extract from
minutes of General
Conference of the
Hethodist Episcopal
Church, South, regarding legacy of
Cornelius Vanhouten,
1854.
263
Letter to the Heverend
Hichard Abbey, Yazoo
City, from J. H. Dyer,
Le.'Ci.ngton, Kentucky,
regarding a receipt,
1854.
264
Letter from John C.
Calhoun to First Comptroller James Iv. HcCulloh regarding a~
pOintment of William
C. Anderson as United
States Harshal for
Missouri, 1844.
227
Letter to Ulysses Gip242
son, Cedar County, l-iissouri, from Elisa Gipson,
his fa.ther, in Ivayne
County, Kentucky, reg2.rding family ma.tters,
1848.
1·j(;NR01,;, JAl:'iES (cent rd)
Check issued by George
314
If. Billon £author of
Billon's Annals of St.
405
Nri ttcn by ~Ionro" for
the (,I.uake)' f'hil'~nthr(Jpist j;].liott Cresson,
with brief statements
of James Madison and
William Short, 1828.
and Luke, on the St.
Louis National Bank,
1865.
:MISTRAL, FREDElTIC
357
110NROE, J A}1)!0
J.!onroe's signature on
certificate assigning
bounty lands to Theodore 1'!ard Fairchild,
longh~.nd
on hUmnn progress, etc."
J.o~to J.lessrs.Dan
Copy of letter of
Theodore Roosevelt
thanking Mistral for
a. copy of Mistral's
Hireille, fj90:il.
statement in
151
j·10NTCftL"1, GElJEllAL LOUIS JOSEPH DE
General James Wolfe's
396
letter to "Captain"
Parr, written at Orleans
Island in the st. Lal;rence, mentioning the
damage inflicted on
Hontcalm's forces, 1759.
HORSE, JElJIDIAH
1819.
Monroe's signature on
a ship's pass, 1824.
123
F?cslinile of President
~'ladison' s letter to
President Honroe, 1820.
140
Letter of James 110nroe
to unnamed correspondent re~rding Jud~
LSamuel1J Nelson, Lundate.sV •
375
Letter from Monroe at
402
Richmond, Virginia, to
unnamed correspondent
regarding loss of a.
letter supposed to have
been delivered by Philip
Kearney, 1808.
Morse's letter to his
publisher, regarding
distribution of Horse's
Gazetteer, 1798.
99
NO};TON, J. STEllLING
Grover Cleveland's
letter to Horton regarding Democratic
party prospects for
1900, Republican
''laste, etc., 1899.
MUHl1AY, lrlILLIMi
350
~
Photostats of two
107
letters from Lafayette
to \villiam Vans Hurray
regarding conditions in
Europe, 1799. En verso
notes signed by Nurray
regarding a letter to
George'Washington and
the return of a letter
to T,vashington, 1799.
NA l'OLEONI C \'i!lttS
Lord Nelson's letter
to Lieutenant General
Fox regardinr movements of the British
Fleet, 1800.
109
PhotostDt of Lord
Nelson's letter to
Sir Thomas 1'01 ey,
giving Nelson's views
on possibility of war,
1802.
118
Letter of James Nonroe
to unnamed cOrreS!'0ndent regarding JUt1ge
Nelson, LUndateg7.
375
NW,SON, LaIlD /Horati07
Lord Nelson's letter to 122
Cardinal Deshing fj]
promising him safeconduct to Italy, and
referring to events in
1798 and 1799, from the
ship Victory, 1804.
NAVY
Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Stoddert's
letter to vlashington,
Butler and Nevins,
Alexa.ndria, Virginia
regarding sil.le of ship,
l<i"a.shington, 1785.
62
NEBRE."3KA
Letter of Samuel B.
320
Shaw, Omaha, Nebreska
to United States Senator
John M. Thayer, requesting aid in obtaining
pas sa.ge of a bill to
grant bounties to members of the "Inland
Squadron" during the
Civil \1ar; also Thayer's
reply, 1868.
NE':{
Nelson's letter to
Lieutenant General Fox
rerarding movements of
British fleet, 1800.
109
Photostat of Nelson's
letter to Sir Thomas
Foley, mentioning
friends, including
Lord and Lady Hamilton
and giving Nelson's
opinion of possibility
of war, 1802.
U8
Nelson's letter to
Cardinal Deshing fj]
offering him safeconduct to Italy, etc.,
1801,.
122
Photostatic COi'Y of
letter from Lady fuma
Hamilton to Cantain
Foley LSir Tho~asi7
mentioning Lord Nelson,
Lundateg7.
382
HAH?SHlRE
Thomas Jefferson's
letter to the Governor
of New Hampshire, enclosinp copies of ~
Federal Statutes Lnot
includeg7, 1793.
85
N1')"r HPK'SHIRE
(cont' d)
Quit claim deed issued
NEiv JERSEY (cont' d)
313
to George 11,. Walker by
Isaac ane; !lnna H. Adams
of Sandvr.ich, New Hrunpshire, and Henry and
11artha lI. Aylin,'., Boston,
n9.~is8.chuseLts,
for parcel
NillIJ YORK
of land in Lawrence, Kansas, 1865.
~
Instructions Lin French? 378
for selling the house
of 1;1. Bourdon Lof San
Domin~ at Princton,
Lund'lt csf7.
JEHSEY
George Hashington' s
letter to ?lajor General Lord Stirling
regarding troop movements to Princeton,
1778.
44
Letter of .earon Dunham,
Trenton, to Tench Coxe,
Commissioner of Hevenue
enclosing copy of Dunham's letter to revenue
collector John N. Cummings, 1793.
84
Letter of R. V. Thompson,195
Salem, New Jersey to
Thomas F. Leaming,
Philadelphia regarding
legal lll2.tters, 1836.
Letter to Vass Emily
Judd, Newark, N",,,
Jersey, from ,\. Gibbs,
Hyde Park, Nm. York,
regarding proposed move
to Illinois, local
gossip, etc., 1837.
202
Letter from Beulah fl.
Eddy, Newark,ffi.J.,,]
to William Antis regarding family me.tters,
1845.
232
(Giti]
Summons and compl,~int
issued to Jeremiah Colcutt vs. John Narott
in action in Hayor's
Court, signed by J.
Van Cortlandt, Hayor,
1711.
4
Complaint of BoLlitie
Bogart against John
I'lood in assault case,
Hayor's Court, New York
City, signed by J. Van
Cortlandt, Mayor ;1711.
5
Heport of Court Auditors 7
to Mayor's Court in
debt action of Hobert
How-drd vs. ThomaS
Atldns, 1714.
Deed of Nicholas and
8
Mary Haet.teyson to
Abraham Buller, t<itnessed by Philip Cortlandt, 1719.
Receipt of John Leddel
L1eodel17 attorney for
estate of Samuel Fitch,
to John Pintard, 1729
and affidavit of Jolm
Pintard regarding
estate of Samuel Fitch,
witnessed by Robert
Lurting, Mayor, 1733.
12
Complaint in the Mayor's 13
Court of vlilliam Bryant
against William GriLl';
for debt, 1741.
NTiifJ Yom,
f.!i..i t:il
ma,:
(cant' d)
Common Council ord er
for election of a con3table; 2nd certincnte
of election of Hicholas
Cooper, sifned by John
rcoore, l7hl..
l.h
YuJd( !!1i t:il (cont' d)
Porm:i t of pclSsago am1
s llipn I manifest of
_';6
sloop, Nancy and l'riscilla, siGned by
Jrunes Jefferson, "f-:ast.er,
Photostat of indenture
20
apprenticing Johanna
DvlYer to Elizabeth
','fright to le2.= "bleeding and mi.dw"ifery, tI 1761.
Letter regarding shipments of food by Titus
and 1rfillets, New York
merchants, 176h.
23
Bill of Henderson and
Ewing to Titus and
Willis [dilletsz!
for beef, 1765.
21,
Hiscellaneous papers
Z?
of William Channing,
NBW York merchant,
0766-18cxjJ.
Leaf from ledger of
28
Samuel Farmar, merchant
showing account of
Archimedus i'eorr;e, 1767.
and Hilliam Seton for
Port of New York, 1783.
Letter of Henry and
JWen Shotwell, a~d
others to 1,Hlliam
Channing regarding
settl.ement of a suit,
1783.
57
lyPewritten copies of
business letters
written from New York
to Dominick LynCh in
Ireland regarding
economic and social
conditions, 1783-178h.
58
Certificate of EzelcLel
De Camp as Freeman of
Ne~1 York, by order of
James Duane, Mayor,
1786.
63
6h
John and Thomas Burling's bill for flour
boufht by CaptAin
Tanner, 1767.
29
Clearance papers of
the whaler, Betsy,
David Squires, master;
signed by John, Lamb,
Collector, 1786.
66
Viscellaneous merchant
papers of George and
SteDhen Deblois, 0777-
h3
Innkeeper's license
issued to William Cormn, signed by James
Duane, 1786.
67
l~ercantile papers of
George and William Deblois, 1781.
51
Satisfaction of rnortgage, held by Barnet
Sebring, by George
Webster, mortgagee,
signed by James Duane,
1-1ayor, 1786.
17ijJ.
l\TJ:1NJ YORK [5i ty7 (co nt' d)
NJ1'\oJ YllHK /JSitil (cont' d)
Receipted bill of
Walter a,nd Hobert
Nichols to "Nr."
Peterson for tea
1787.
Receipt from Thomas
Allen to Samuel Freebody for cha.rges for
binding books, 1789.
76
Letter about "Hr."
Green's debts to
William Channing
from Murr,N a,nd
Samsom, Lmerchants17
1790.
79
Deed to Sa~uel Osgood
from John and Anne
Lawrence, 1792.
81
Notice of sa.tisfa.ction $2a.
of mortgage from ~lilliam Beekma.n to Cornelia,
Hicha.el, Jacob, Ann and
Samuel Hoore, 1792.
Satisfa.ction of mortgage to Daniel Ludlo,!
and Brockholst Livingston from ~illiam
Ogilvie, Lla.ter a.ssigned to \1illiam
Beekman and j'Jilliam
Beekma.n, Jr~,1792.
83
Summons and complaint
against Peter Palmer
and Benjamin Nix in
behalf of Robert BOVIne
and Edmond Prior; document endorsed by N.
ffiarinus17 vJillett,
1794.
$9
Letter from ,John Ja,r
to P. A. Ade~ regarding French Consul at
New York, 1795.
91
Deed of Jonathan
Hampton Lawrence and
wife, Joanna, to l'iilliam Ogden for house
and lot, Nev' York City;
with signature of
Robert Benson, 1797.
94
Customs entry certificate for Samuel Bayard,
entering New York on
the ship, Factor,
signed by Bayard, 179$.
97
Deed of Charles N.
Graham to William
Ogden and Jonathan
H. La\>ITence, for a
lot in New York, 1798.
9$
Customs receipt for rum 105
impoEted by Henry Remson, 1799.
Deed from vlilliam and
106
Susan Ogden, New York
City, to Austin Nichols,
Philadelphia, 1799.
Customs declaration of
David Hosack for box
of books imported on
the ship, Hercury, at
Port of New York, 1800.
113
Satisfaction of mort116
gage by Edward and Nary
Patten to Andrew Morris,
Document witnessed by
Danei1 D. Tompkins and
John VI. Gibson, 1$01.
NT"'I YORK @ity7 (co nt' d)
NEI{ Yom, /§i ty7 (cont' d)
Customs declaration
at Port of New York
of Ebenezer St~vens
1801.
117
Ship's passes: For
schooner Little Tom
of New York, signed
by Thomas Jefferson
1804. For Baltic of
Portland, signed by
James YJadison, 1810.
123
Letter of Punqua
128
Hinchonl!, Canton, China
to Samuel L. lutchell,
Nev' York, regarding
Winchong's voyage to
China, 1809.
Letter from Punqua
129
i'iinchong, Canton, China
to Samuel l-litchell, New
York, regarding sending
orange trees and f01<ls
to "I'cr." Schenck, 1810.
Theodorus Bailey's
Lllew York City Postmastei7 character reference for John Reston of Poughkeepsie,
1818.
146
Letter from C. P. }!oses. 156
New York, to Hr. /jrs;]
Gardiner Hills, Canton,
Connecticut, 1822.
Satisfaction of mortgage 161
held by liobert Lenox,
to Theodosius FOVller,
1826.
Satisfaction of mortgage 166
from Alexander Hamilton
Jr. to Nichola.s and Bridget Demarest and James
C. D. Clark, 1827.
Satisfaction of mortrage from ~jayor snd
Aldermen to Isaac snd
J ll11e Haria fUlUllermnn,
signed by Mayor \llnUer
DOVlne, 1830.
175
Letter from Willirun
Taf£ard to Secretary
of State t1artin Van
Buren asking payment
for passage of "two
distressed seaman,"
1830.
177
Deed from Ppilip and
204
Catherine Hone to Neely
Lockwood for property
in New York City, 1837.
Letter from W. Nelson,
York City, to D. C.
Collins, Hartford,
Connecticut, regarding
consignment of axes
from Hartford for shipment to NffioJ Orleans
loJritten on bill of
lading form for the
ship Huntsville, 1843.
224
Letter of A. Averill
and Company,New York
City to T. Smith and
Company, Hartford,
Connecticut regarding
frieght shipment, 1844.
230
Four "premiums" for
punctuality, deportment, snd industry in
studies awarded to
George Douglas Ste1<art,
New York Cit~ District
School #4, L1846-184§!.
234a
NeloJ
miNI YORK
-----
!Gity7 (cont' d)
m!:\'1 YOHK @tate7 (cant' d)
Letter of Nesmith and
',Ialsh, New York City
to J. W. Chadbourne,
North Edgecomb, Maine,
rel~arding advances on
Chadbourn's new vessel,
181,7.
236
Contract between Jolm
Hodgson and William
Hutton and Company
for 6100 acres bordering Lake ChrunpJ.ain,
drawn in Paisle.v,
Scotland, 1700.
32
Letter from John Kelly,
,Sheriff's Office, New
York CitJ:;, to \villiam
H. ffios~l'rv[eed, regarding Charles Loe~[' s
promise to buy some of
the Tammany Hall mortgage bonds, 1867.
318
lleceipt for wine l,aid
on account of Archimedus George, signed
by Will Stepple, J.771.
35
Promissory note to
Patrick 'Jl·alker from
Hugh Wallis, 1776.
hJ.
Affidavit of errors
in case of Jonathan
Ogden vs. Dirck
Scouten, ,ritnessed
by Robert Yates, NeH
York Supreme Court
Justice, Albany, 1782.
54
Photostat of Souvenir
339
of Pass,' ee of the EightHour La,'[, given by NeH
York Letter Carriers'
Association; also photostat of engrossed testimonial presented to
\-lilliam F. Harrity for
aid in securing passage
of the S-hour laH, 1888.
Aaron Burr's letter to
Foxcraft, written
from If3 \'1 all Street,
February 11" [rio datil
about rent of a house.
L27
371,
NEl1 YORK /State7
Order to Gerard I3ancker, 65
Treasurer of New York
State, signed by James
Clinton and Simeon
Del'ii t t, Commissioners
for determining Pennsylvania - NeH York
boundary, for tents
for use of Commissioners,
J.786.
Certificate of John
10
Cruger, Robert Lurtings,
Philip Cortland and
others regarding failure
of New York residents
to raise sufficient
funds for provisioning
of the Royal Navy, 1721.
Warrant to the Hayor
68
of NeH York from Suprane
Court at Albany for the
arrest of Le101is Hallam,
comedian. 1786; also
notation of habeas
corpus granted, 1787.
Letter of John Van Rens- 22
selaer, Jr. to his cous'
in, Anthony Van Rensselaer about family connection, etc., 1763.
Letter of administration 82
of Sidney Berry, SurrOEate of Saratoga County
appointing Joel Johns executor of est.ate of Benjamin Johns, Connecticut,
1792.
NJ9tl
NE'N YORK /State7 (cont I d)
YOIlli /State7 (cont I d)
Letter of \'Jilliam
Barber, Crum ElbOi',
Nev. York, to Jacob
Morris, Albany, rega-cding repayment of
a loan, 1798.
96
Documents re1aUng to
Frewsburg and Chautauqua County, 1814- 12.78.
139
Letter of Lieutenant
Enos T. Throop to
General Alexander M.
}luir, Commj_ssary General, New York regarding legislation on
federal funds for
equipping the state
militia, 1830.
174
Nilituy commission to
Daniel Lee as Colonel
of Infantry, New York
State ¥dlitia, signed
by Lieutenant General
Enos T. Throop, 1830.
176
1'-1. L. Lathrop's letter
192
from Washington to his
brother at Carthage,
New York, regarding
social life in Washington, 1836.
Letter of Congressman
197
William l1ason, Washington,to his nephew Dewitt
C. Throop, Kirkland,
New York, regarding
the importance of
Andrew Jackson's administration, 1837.
Printed form letter,
signed by Governor
Hilliam H. Se,rard, to
Rufus Arlen, enclosing
copy of New York State
Senate resolutions regarding public lands,
l84l.
215
Letter of James Andrews, 225
New York City to his
brother, B. B. Andrews,
Norwich, New York, regarding setting hDnse1f
up in the grocery business, 1843.
Letter from Burton and
Eliza Roberts, West
Greenville, Pennsylvania, to 111'. and Hrs.
Aaron Rice, Geneva,
New York, 1843.
226
Letter of D. Evans, per 228
M. S. Leonard, to G. H.
Newell, Chief Clerk,
Canal Department,
Albany, asking where
bargemen may vote on
election day, 1844.
Letter of Beulah A.
232
Eddy, Newark iNew
Jerseilto lrJilliam Antis,
Canandaigua, regarding
family matters, 1845.
Bill of lading, Delaware 235
and Hudson Canal Company,
Rondout, New York, to E.
B. Hatkinson, Hartford,
Connecticut for 100
tons of coal, 1847.
NEW YOlU( /State? (cont' d)
Two ~effipti7 envelopes
NE11 Y0HK
---267
from 1:leyamleya, ,ascons in, address to
I'lendell D. ~liltse,
Southwest Oswego, 1857.
Letter of viilliam H.
269
Seward to George Palmer
Putnam regarding the
sending of Congressional
publications to the
Westchester County
Library Association at
Yonkers, New York, 1858.
Letter to David Murray,
Albany, from Charles
Sumner regarding a
lecture by Sumner in
Albany, 186C.
275
Letter of Henry C.
!-1orhous, Camp of the
123rd Regiment,~rmy
of the Potomac1Jat
Kelly's Ford, Virginia
to his parents at
Keeseville, asking for
news, etc., 1863.
288
'tlarranty deed from
Lyman M. and Martha S.
Severence, Hopkinton,
New York to Columbus
p. Andrews, Perry,
New York, 1865.
306
Love letter to IICarrie~ 310
Waterford, New York,
from Clarence St. Clair,
,aboard U.S.S. Hinnesota
off Hampton Roads, Virginia, mentioning the
approach of the Herri-
mac, !5-865Y
--
/State? (cont' d)
Note of President
331
Rutherford B. Hayes,
Charging that Postmaster D. G. Hunt of
Rochester was attempting "to influence and
control the LRepublicari7
nominating Convention
by means of the Post
Office," 1880.
Agreement made between 349a
Benjamin Van Vrarucen
and Van Voast Brothers,
Schenectady, in bet on
Theodore Roosevelt's
chances of .dnning the
Ne"l York State Governorship election, 1898.
Albany /ftew Yori' Burgesses' Corps membership of James Cardinal
Gibbons, 1909.
36C
Note of Governor David
B. Hill, Albany, regarding his inability
to attend a concert.
Lundateil.
381
Chattel mortgage given
by Stephen, I'lilliam N.,
and Stephen \'iait, Jr.,
to Edward L. Schenck,
probabl~ at Fonda, New
York. Lundateil.
383
Autograph book belong407
ing to a resident of
Buffalo, New York,
containing chiefly signatures of residents
of central and western
New York; among the
si~natures are those of
Jo~.n V&"l Buren and. Hil,.z..=}.
".'::#">,1
-;"..t-<",
,: Y~o-"'r;-.
Ii~ t:f:- 11~/f1
7
J ,~ I-.L'J"
'15J'
NICOLAY, JOHN
Q.
NORTH CAl'!.oLINA (cont' d)
Nicolay's note to
j)8JJleS Speeil Attorney
Genera.l enclosing
Presidential recommendation fo)' a. nomination, 1(:\65.
307
Edv18.rd Everett's letter 167
of introduction to
Nessrs. Barry and Richmond in Cambridge, New
York, covering letters
of introduction to
Baron Niebuhr at Bonn
University, 1828.
NILES,
!:l:. Q.
Letter from John C.
203
Calhoun to Niles, requesting a,.lditional
copies of the Niles
National Register, 1837.
NORTH CARDLINA
Order of Richard Caswell, Governor, to
Governor of Georgia
for arrest of John
Marshall, 1787.
69
Promissory note issued 110
in Mecklenburg County,
by H. and In. Harris to
Charles /J.bramil , 1800.
Whig Party subscription 168
for funds to defray cost
of printing political
tracts for re-election
of John Quincey Adams,
with list of Raleigh,
North Carolina, subscribers, 1828. Also cover
addressed to Colonel
Samuel F. Patterson,
\~ilkesboro, Hoith
"',
Carolina.
",
.'"
Letter of John Hill,
219
ca.shier in Bank of
Cape Fear, Wilmington,
to D. A. Davis, cashier
Salisbury, North Carolina, regarding bank
business, 18/.;1.
Special Order issued at
Wilmington by A. Vander 1I0rst, grnntinL:
lO-da;." furlough to
Private Joseph Singleta.ry, 31st North Carolina guard, 1863.
289
Journal of a voyage in 403
the sloop Rover from
Stonington, Connecticut
to \vilmington, kept by
Amos Wheeler, Jr.,
schoolmaster, and an
account of his teaching
at l'filmington, describing appearance of the
place, treatment of
negroes, business conditions, religious
meetings, health conditions, etc., 1$09.
ODELL, MRS. CHllHLES F.
Donor of letters from
Admiral 1U vin G. Corry,
R.'l., 1897-1900, about
Boer War, etc., 1940.
349
Letter of William H.
152
Crawford, Se\!lretary of
the Treasury, to Ada~
D. Stewart, Collector
at }lichilimackinac, r"garcling lJl0de of collecting there, specifically
referring to notes of
Ohio banks, 1819.
OHIO (contirl)
OIlIO (cont' d)
Letters on family and
local matters, of H.
G. llliite and family,
from Wareham, Massachusetts and Ne~f Orleans, to ~trs. Abigail
w~ite of Canton, Ohio,
0 823-18327.
157
Letter to Alfred Kelly,
Newark, Ohio, letter
from Elisha 1. ""inter,
regardip8 railroad construction for the Lexington and Ohio Railroad, 1830.
173
214
Letter from ":'!ilo" ,
239
Balti!llore, to A. a.
Scott, G&~bier, Ohio,
regarding fWllily,
friends, politics, etc.,
1<$4[3.
Letter of Jolm Erwln,
246
Hichmond, Indiana, to
John \'i. Erwin ffiis son j]
Hamilton, Ohio, regarding fa~mily matters, 1849.
Correspondence of James 266
Horrison and Company,
Cincinnati and Irish and
English meat pa.ckers regarding cattle and hog
urices, shi1;)ments, etc .. .;
[L8%-185ij.
l1emphis, 'rennessee,
to Dr. C. Driscoll, Cincinnati, Ohio, asking
for marriage certificate
of Mary Hough and John
Dummrth, married circa
1850 by Driscoll; also
Driscoll's certificate;
etc., 1870.
Check issued by John
She!'llL'tn to Hoyt Il\cComb
on the Nansfield, OhP!?,
Citizens National Bank,
1886.
Letter of Haswell Marsh, 181
Steubenville, to 'i'.
Officer, regarding pending la."sui ts, 1832.
Five letters in German
script written to }frs.
F. von \,angelin, Cleveland, from Bremerhaven,
St. Louis, et!!., 0840184il.
Letter of D. A. O. BililO 322
fjJ,
335
Visitinp' card of ll.uther- 387
ford B. ~Hayes ,Yi th h.i.s
signa.ture and printed
designation that Hayes
"as Aide-de-camp to _
Commander-in-Chief Lof
the Ohio National Guardj]
at Fremont, Ohio,
date£!?
Lun-
OHillON
Cancelled cashier's
check for :.11.00 on the
Banlc of vJoodburn, Oregon, payable to the
county recorder by
Ladd and Bush, Salem,
Oregon, 1901.
355
PAHSONS, J!tAJOH GEI,ElUI:L SAliUEIL I!OLDE.IIl
Hentioned in a leaf
399
from George Washington's
Orderly Book giving
Order of March for realignment of forces for
the Southern C&npa.ign,
1781.
PATENTS
Original patent for
self-propelling steam
engine, issued to
Nicholas J. Roosevelt
and James Sms1Jman by
John Adams, signed by
Timothy Pickering,
Charles Lee; and a
description signed by
the inventors, 1798.
PENNSYLVANIA (cont' d)
401
PATRIOTISM
Nicholas Biddle's long- 384
hand, signed statement
on Patriotiem,LUndat~
PAULmNG, JAMES KIRKE
Paulding's letter to
an unnamed correspondent, thanking for
gift of three vo11lll1es,
1854.
261
PENNSYLVANIA
Last will and testament of Jacob May of
Philadelphia, 1712.
6
Two leaves from ledger 34
of unknown Philade@hia
merchant /5.771-1802 •
Miscellaneous merehant 52
papers of Terrason
Brothers and Company
Philadelphia /5.7etJ.-17sY.
A£fidavit of William
Henderson of Philadelphia regarding the
building and ownership
of the schooner, ~,
1782.
53
Order to Gerard Bancker 65
Treasurer of New York
State, for tents for
use of Commissioners
for determining Pennsylvania - New York
boundary, 1786.
Receipted bill tor rum
furnished to William
Belcher by Joseph
Burroughs of Philadelphia, 1793.
~
Letter of E. M. Walker, 92
Philadelphia, to Robert
Dunbar, regarding Virginia wheat crop, 1795.
Promissory note of Jo.
Nancarrow, Jr., to
Samuel Meeker, Philadelphia, 1799.
103
106
Deed .from William and
Susan Ogden. New York
City, to Asutin Nichols
of Philadelphia, 1799.
Deposition in Court
111
of Common Pleas, Northampton County, regarding case of John Clein
VB. John Caspar Kurtz,
lSOO.
Notice to Peter Blight 114
of Philadelphia that
William E. Wells. insolvent debtor, be furnished subsistence while
in debtor's prison; en
verso, affidavit of
John Jacob Bielfeld
that he served notice
on Peter Blight, lSOO.
PENNSYLVANIA (cont' d)
Correspondence, conll5
tracts and receipts
between John Cadwallader of Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania, and
Gideon Granger, Postmaster General'Lalso
Abraham Bradle.i7regarding Cadwallader's
contract to carry mails
between Huntingdon and
Alexand:ri;:~ Virginia,
/JOOO-l80lJ •
Translation of an ex121
tract
in French
from documents of the
San Domingo delegation
at Santiago de Cuba regarding the American
brig £!£!!, captured by
a French privateer, by
George Taylor, Jr. of
Philadelphia, 18OS.
/J80W
Letter frem Louis Ros- 124
signol, and letter trom
James Ross1~l, Savannah;
one letter lJ?rinteil from
Louis Long, Marseilles
LFranc!7- all on mercantile
ma. tters, to Mark Prager
Jr., merchant of Philadelphia, 1805, 1806.
Letter of Ma~ Bingham 154
Wjlmington, LDelawar!7
to William Couperthwalt,
Philadelphia, regarding
shipping of an order
for dry goods from
Chester to Wilmington,
1$20.
PENNSYLVANIA (cont I d)
Letter of Charles L.
Bonaparte, Philadelphia, to Leroy Ba;rard
lmd Compan;y, New York
City, regarding payment of a debt, lS26.
162
Miscellaneous bUsiness 1m
letters ot Jackson
Riddle and Compan;r,
Philadelphia merchants,
regarding tobacco sales
the stock market. marine
insurlmC!~ shipping, etc.,
W5-lS3lJ
Merchlmt papers of
Washington Jackson
/Jater Jackson, Todd
and eomps:rr;j]of Philadelphia, [j.S3S-1$3'iJ.
207
Letter from Janes
Buch&n&n to Ross Wilkins appro 'ling confirmation of Judge Blythe
as Collector of Port
of Philadelphia, lS4O.
209
Receipted bill to w.
Reed LWilliam Bradford
Reed17 for advertising
inserted in the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
217
1841.
Letter of Burton and
226
Eliza Roberts, West
Greenville, to Eliza's
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron Rice, Geneva, New
York regarding purchase
of a farm, family matters,
etc., 11143.
~-,
ID1,
PENNSYLVANIA (cont'd)
328
Letter of Lewis Merrill, President, United
States Centenntal Commission, Philadelphia,
to Colonel J. Go C.
Lee, United States
Arrrry, Philadelphia,
requesting Lee to act
as Aide-de-camp to
General Joseph R.
Hawley at opening
ceramonies, lrrn6.
Letter to J. Fisher
393
Leaming, Philadelphia,
from his wife, concerning family affairs,
relatives, etc,
datei/.
LUn-
Pitt's letter to
397
Robert D' Ar~, Earl of
Holderness, discussing
business of the House
of Lords, progress of
wars in America against
the French, and his
hopes for Canada, 1761.
-PLATT,
PIERCE, FRANKLIN
Franked envelope
390
signed by Ex-President
Fra,nklin Pierce, addressed to the actor
Edwin Forrest, New York
City., Lurtdatei/.
PINKERTON. WILLIAM if..
361
Donor of longhand
signed statement [i91Y
ot Woodrow Wilson on
federal employees
liability bill, 19'33.
THCMAS COLLIER
Letter from Theodore
RoOsevelt as Governor
of New York, to James
c. Carter, mentioning
"Boss" Platt, 1900.
~,
353
THCMAS
AutobiOgraphic Sketch
!?! Thomas Posey. in
PICKERING, TIMOTHY
Secretary of State
401
Pickering's signature
on a patent to Nicholas
J. Roosevelt and James
Smanm.an, tor steam
engine, 1798.
WI:r.t:U\M
394
unknown longhand,
signed by W. A. G.
Posey, 1818.
~
OFFICE DEPARn.lENT
ll5
Correspondence, contracts and receipts
between John Cadwallader of Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania and Gideon
Granger, Postmaster
General Lalso Abraham
Bradley, Assistant
Postmaster Gener~ regarding Cadwallader's
contract to carry mails.
etc. 1000-1007.
Schuyler Colfax's lettel' to Postmaster General Blair introducing
S. W. Francis and his
stamp-cancelling
machine, Lundate§j.
'388
RMD, JACOB
PREPAREDNESS
Letter of Theodore
Roosevelt to Judge
Herbert S. McDonald,
Brockville, Canada,
describing attitude
of men in Theodore
Roosevelt's office
toward military preparedness, etc., 1916.
364
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1936
Photostat of James
A. Farley's election
forecast for 1936 predieting that Landon
would carry only Maine
and Vermont, 1936.
Letter of William H.
Seward to Putnam, regarding Congressional
publications, lS5S.
311
Manuscript, in author's 389
handwriting, by Reade,
"Born to Good Luck,"
/.Undatei/.
REID, CAPTAIN /Thomas? Mayne
269
RANDALL, HENRY STEPHENS
2M
Photostat of typescript copy of Lord
Macaulay's letter to
Randall regarding
Macaulay's low opinion
of Jeffersonian democracy, lS57.
RANDOLPH. EDMUND
Signature of Edmund
Randolph as Governor
of Virginia on land
patent to Richard
Graham.
00
READE, CHARLES
PUTNAM. GIDRGE PALMER
,~
Petition to Speaker
Read, and members of
House of Representatives, from Brigadier
General Isaac Huger
regarding proposed
ferry on the Congaree
River, South Carolina,
1791.
70
Letter of Mayne Reid
at 119 Nassau Street
New York City, to
George Patten, regarding a reference to
first use of umbrellas
in the United States
of America, etc., /.Undatei/.
3S6
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Note by President
331
Rutherford B. Hayes,
charging that Postmaster D. G. Hunt of
Rochester, New York
was attempting to "influence and control the
nominating Convention
by means of the Post
Office," lSoo.
,~
REVOLUTION, AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, AMERICAN (cont· d)
Letter of Paul Allen to 40
LGovernoil Nicholas
Cooke, regarding persons near Newport,
Rhode Island, suspected
of selling provisions
to British ships. 1775.
General order issued
42by Major General Charles
Lee at Stanford, 1776.
Gecrge Washington's
44
letter to Major General
Lord Stirling ffiilllam
Alexandeilregarding
troop movements to
Princeton, 1778.
Copy of letter of
George Washington to
Henry Lawrens disapproving the proposed
expedition to Canada,
1778.
45
Arthur Lee'e letter to
Bethman Brothers,
Frankfurt-run-Main, regarding economic affairs, 1779. /Jarts
of letter in cadi/.
47
Letter of MLatth~
Cls:rkson to Major General Benjamin Lincoln
regarding hie exchange
along with General
Lincoln when Lincoln
exchanged with General
Ph:I.lllps, 1700.
49
Lafayette's file copy of 55
his letter to the President of the Continental
Congress regarding the
Versailles Armistice,
1783.
Copies of business
letters written to
Dominick Lynch in
Ireland. giving
picture of New York
City at time of withdrawa1 of British
troops, 1783-1784.
58
Bounty certificate of
John Gesner, Revolutionary' veteran,
1785.
61
Certificate of army
service of Ezekiel
Camp~igned by John
Van
e, 1786.
63
Warrant for military
121a
bounty lands. issued
to Dan Foster, assignee
of Thomas Reed, Revelutionary veteran;
signed by Thomas Jefferson as Presi~ent
and countersigned by
James Madison as
Secretary of State,
1003.
Letter from Benjamin
398
Franklin written at
Passy ~rii7 to M.
DeChaumont, discussing
Lafayette's impending
departure for America
with troops, a reSl)lution of the Holland
States General authorising convoys for their
merchantmen to protect
them from British
privateers, etc., 1779.
-""-''''
REVOLUTION , AMElUCAN (cont I d)
RHODE ISLAND (cont I d)
Leaf, in handwriting
399
of C~eral George Washington, from Washington's
Orderly Book, containing
an Order of March for
troop movements during
realignment of forces
for the Southern Campaign, 1781.
RHODE ISLAND
Miscellaneous papers of 16
Samuel and William Vernon, merchants of Newport and Boston, including correspondence
invoices, bills of
lah,r' etc., jj.746-
178
',,-,
Miscellaneous merchant
papers of Christopher
L:5:amPlain, of NEIWport,
19
760-100?J.
Account and by William 21
Mum!ord to Thomas Vernon, Newport. 1762.
Receipt to Archibald
George from Joshua De
St. Croix, Newport,
31
1770.
Letter from Hays and
Pollack, Newport, to
Oliver Arnold regarding a legal matter,
33
1770.
Portage bill for the
37
sloop, Hope, John Northam, Master, to Barbadoes and return, 1773.
Letter of Paul Allen
40
to LGovernoi7 Nicholas
Cooke regarding persons
near New port suspected
of selling provisions
to British ships, 1775.
Receipt from Thomas
76
Allen, New York City,
for fee for binding
books for Samuel Freebody, books to be sent
to Freebody at Newport,
1789.
Miscellaneous merchant 171
papers of George Bowen,
Newport, regarding
shipping matters,
marine insurance, purchase of vessels,
Ll829-1834.185~.
Letter of Amasa Breck, 216
Providence, to T. Smith
and Company, Hartford,
Connecticut, regarding
goods ordered, etc.,
1841.
HI CHELIEU. m!Q 12111
Letter of thanks for
145
Christmas greetings,
to Richelieu from Louis
XIII of France, countersigned by Richelieu,
1817.
ROBINSON, :!Q!lli!!.
Senator Robinson's
184
letter to John Caldwell, notifying him
that Senate has confirmed Caldwell's nomination as Recei vel',
1834.
~.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN.E. (cont'd)
Lord Nelson's letter
122
to Cardinal Deshing
@promising him eafeconduct to Italy, and
referring to events in
1798 and 1799 when he
helped the Church, 1804.
ROOSEVELT. ELEANOR
Letter from Michael
Miller sending Mrs.
Roosevelt's letter
of Roswell Marsh,
Steubenville, Ohio,
1832, identifying
document as one of
F.D.R's collection
of covers sold in
1946, with Mrs. Roosevelt's reply, 1950.
,~
181
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN .E.
Longhand note about
Will of Jacob ~ of
Philadelphia, undatei/o
6
Longhand note about
power of attorney of
Thomas Janney, 1732.
/.Undatei/•
11
Notation in own hand
on auction folder of
order of Decius Wadsworth regarding ammunition for ~land
Mili~a, 1814, undated •
135
Letter of Norman
Thomas to Charles S.
Fayerweather. New
Lebanon, New York
regarding F.D.R's
unfitness as Presidential candidate,
party bankruptcy,
etc., 1932.
368
Frederick Thompson's
369
letter to Colonel
Edward M. House, offering his services to
Roosevelt in public
relations capacity,
1932.
ROOSEVELT, NICHOLAS i!...
Typewritten chit
90
gi ving history of gift
of Toussaint L'Ouverture
letter from President
Elie Lescot, 1943.
Roosevelt's description 102
in own hand, of letter
/J.79jJ of Toussaint
L' Ouverture, 1907.
Original patent for
401
& steam engine, issued
to Roosevelt and James
Smallman, bearing signatures of John Adams,
Timothy Pickering,
Charles Lee; also
description of patent
Signed by the inventors,
1798.
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE
Agreement made between 349&
Benjamin Van Vranken
and Van I1ol¥lt Brothers,
Schenectady, New York,
in bet on Roosevelt's
chances of winning the
New York State Governship election, 1898.
ROOSEVELT, THJroDORE (cont I d)
ROOT, ELIHU
Two letters of Roose-
353
velt, as Governor of
New York to James C.
Carter regarding mistakes he may have made,
advisers in Albany,
politicians and reformers,
"Boss" Platt, etc., 1900.
Brief extract from
356
diary of Lily Cleveland, mentioning Governor Roosevelt. Also
clipping fromLLondori7?
Morning Post regarding
Theodore Roosevelt's
accession to the Presidency, 1901.
Copy of Roosevelt's
letter to Frederick
Mistral, thanking
him for a copy of ~~
book, Mireille,Li90.2I.
357
RUSH, DR. BENJAMIN
Letter from James Madi- 130
son to Dr. Rush regarding illness of Madison I s
nephew, Alfred Madison,
1810.
RUSH, !:!!l§.. /Ben.iSJIrl:il
Note from Dolly Madison to Mrs. Rush regarding the loan of
"6 pippens", 1816.
Photostat of President 358
Roosevelt's letter to
Secretary of War Elihu
Root regarding tests
for physical fitness
for Army officers, increase of horsemanship,
etc., 1907.
Roosevelt's letter to
364
Judge Herbert S. Mc
Donald, Brockville,
Canada, describing attitude of men in T.R's
office to preparedness
and giving his views,
1916.
Typewritten copy of
Theodore Roosevelt's
essay, Histo~ "s
Literature,undategJ •
Photostat of President 358
Theodore Roosevelt's
letter to Secretary of
War Root regarding
tests for physical fitness for Army officers
increase in horsemanship for officers, etc.,
1907.
395
~,
143
RICHARD
Letter of Julius
Forrest, Upper Marlboro ffi2,:rylandj] to
his friend Taylor in
London, both former
law students of Rush,
1818.
RUSSELL, BEN
149
!.
Letter of Representa- 345
ti ve Russell from
Bainbridge, Georgia,
to Ben W. Austin, Oak
Cliff, Texas, regarding the Democratic
administration then
taking over the government, 1893.
RUSSIA
SEMINOLE CAMPAIGN
Letters from Admiral
Alvin C. Corry, R.N.
to Mrs. Charles Odell
regarding Russian
intrigue, etc.
SANTA
Am,
349
AUGUSTINE tANTONI07LOPEZ QJ!!
Letter of Secretary
317
of State, Ivilliam H.
Seward to Santa Anna
at New Brighton, New
York, informing him
that correspondence
regarding Mexican
matters may be conducted
only through diplomatic
channels, 1866.
SANTO DOMINGO
Toussaint L'Ouverture's 90
letter to Citizen Hedonville regarding possibility of L'Ouverture's
reSignation from the
Government, 1795.
Letter from Toussaint
102
L'Ouverture to Citizen
Bunel, suggesting union
ot San Domingo with
United States, 1799.
Extract in French from 121
documents ot the San
Domingan delegation
at Santiago de Cuba
regarding the American
brig Ceres. of New York
captured by a French
pri vateer, 1804. ffinglish translation also~
Andrew Jackson's
148
letter to bf.ajor Alexander C. W. Fanning,
Commanding Officer of
Fort St. Marks, Florida,
shortly after Jackson
had taken the fort from
the Spanish, IB18.
Letter of Andrew Jack- 152
son at Nashville, to
Major General Edmund
Pendleton Gaines,
Augusta, Georgia, regarding sale of cattle
to Talladega Indians,
IB19.
SETON, SIR J\.LEXANDE1/.
-
Copy of SirA:fex.ander' s 78
power of attorney to
Lady Margaret Seton
and others, Edinburgh /1J 1790.
~,
.[ill
.!ill!lli!
Copy of will of Sir
95
Henry /5.7sQJ,Ed1nburgh,
sent by Alexander
Seton to his attorneys,
1797.
SEWARD, FREDERICK !!.
Autograph, in book
408
of autographs, c. 1864.
SEWARD, WILLIAN
li.
Printed form letter,
215
signed by Governor
Seward, to Rufus Arlen,
enclosing copy of New
York State Senate
resolutions regarding
public lands, 1841.
SEW'ARD, WILLIAM li.
Seward's letter to
George Palmer Putnam
regarding the sending
of Congressional publications to the Westchester Library Association at Yonkers,
New York. 1858.
SHERMAN,
269
Seward's letter to
317
Don Augustine ~ez
de Santa Anna LAntonio
Lopez de Santa An!7.
regarding correspondence about Mexico, 1866.
Seward's letter to
319
Elliot C. Cowdin, introducing W. A. M. MaZZol.,'
letti, asking Cowdin
to supply Mazzoletti
with information regarding American silk
culture, 1868.
Autograph, in book
408
of autographs, c. 1864.
SEYMOUR, HORATIO
Sam L. Southard's
324
letter from St. Louis
to Seymour, regarding
approaching Baltimore
Convention of the Damocratic Party, Seymour's
attitude toward the
Greeley ticket, dangers
of a third party, etc.,
1872.
SHARPE. HORATIO
Letter from Fane wu30
liam Sharpe, London to
Governor Sharpe, mentioning Lord Baltimore, etc.
1769.
!!2!!!
Check issued by John
335
Sherman jJormerly
Secretary of the Treasur,i7 to Hoyt McComb
on the Mansfield,
Ohio Citizens National
Bank, 1886.
SHEllMAN, GENERAL WILLIAM
1.
Sherman's letter from
Louisville, Kentucky,
to "Colonel Hazard"
regarding troop movements to'lard Elizabethtown LKentuckil,
11361.
281
TYPed copy of letter
from General Sherman,
st. Louis, Missouri,
to Edward P. Howe,
Saratoga Springs, New
York, regarding Sherman's difficulties
since the Civil War
with Charles A. Dana
of the New York ~,
Edwin Stanton, and
others, 1886.
334
SHORT, WILLIAM
Brief statement
405
written by Short for
the Quaker Philanthropist, Elliott Cresson,
1828.
SLAVERY
Receipt by Gabriel W. 38
Ludlow to Nicholas
Quackenbos for purchase of a negro slave,
1773.
SLAVERY (cont'd)
Receipt si~ed by John
A. Wilson for William
HiW District ot Columbia, tor a negro
slave sold to John
Hollingsworth ot South
Carolina, 1807.
SMALLMAN, J AJ.lES
126
Bill of Sale gom Adam 165
Tunno LTunnor? to the
Reverend W. M. Bogsen,
Charleston, South Carolina, tor three slaves,
1827. Li\ttached to document, a metal identitication tag worn by a
slave, Charleston, 1822;7
Typed transcript ot
179
letter trom Andrew W.
Beckett at Alexandria,
D. C. LVirginiai! to
his brother regarding
visit to see Andrew
Jackson, etc., mentioning "desperate run-away
Negroes that infest the
woods~ etc., 1831.
Bill of sale for negro
slave, Jane, to John G.
Motley at Tuskegee,
Alabama, 1860.
271
Microprint reproduction 277
of bill of sale to
Sarah Chisum for negro
slave, Amanda, signed
by former owner, J. B.
Downing, 1860.
Original patent tor a 401
steam engine, issued
to Smallman and Nicholas J. Roosevelt,
bearing signatures
ot John Adams, Timothy
Pickering, Charles Lee;
also description of
patent signed by the
inventors, 1798.
-SMITH,
SAl-lUEL FRANCIS
Stanza ot America ,
apparently in hanbi'·'
writ~ ot Smith undate
300
§.Q,!J!g AMERICA
200
Letter of James ~!acGill, U.S.S. North
Carolina at Callao,
Peru, to Dr. Nicholas
MacGill, Berkley
County, Virginia, regarding medical oppertunties in South
America and talk of
war, 1837.
SOUTHARP, :SAMtlEJ:;·L.
Senator Southard's
191
letter to Ogle Tayloe,
requesting use of
Tayloels cabin at
White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia, 1835.
SOUTH CAROLINA
~
Petition or Brigadier
General Isaac Huger,
Charleston, to Jacob
Read, Speaker, and
members or United
States House or Representatives ror rejec~­
tion or bill authorizing a ferry on the
Congaree River, 1791.
00
Deed of Catherine and
Thomas Fuller, executors of estate or
Thomas Fuller, to
John Potter for property on Charleston
Neck, etc., 1799.
108
Receipt si~ed by John 126
A. Wilson Lfor William
HillJ, District of Columbia, for a negro slave
sold to John Hollingsworth of Edgerield
District, South Carolina,
1007.
Ship's pass for ship
Albion or Charleston,
signed by James Monroe,
123
1824.
Release, issued by
160
Peter I. Shand, Charleston, as attorney ror
estate of Elizabeth
Izard, to Mrs. Mary
Pringle and Mrs. Patience W. B. Eustis in
trust for Ralph Stead
Iza:rd:,for Milton
Plantation, 1826.
CAROLINA (cont' d)
Bill of sale from
165
Adam Tunno LTunnori}
to the Reverend W. M.
Pogson or Charleston
for three slaves, 1827.
Letter from Haviland,
Harrud Jlj and Allen,
Charleston, to Mrs.
Mary Wright, Van Wert,
Georgia, regarding
settlement of bill
for Dr. Joel L. Flanigan, 1848.
240
Letter to the Reverend 263
Richard Abbey, Yazoo
City, South Carolina,
from Thomas O. S1l!J!!ler,
Charleston, enclosing
extract from minu:l:les
of General Conference
of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South,
regarding legacy of
Cornelius Vanhouten,
1854.
!SPEED,
JAMES7
John G. Nicolay's note 307
to Attorney General
Speed enclOSing a
Presidential recommendation for a nomination,
1865.
SPENCER, :I.Q!?]i Q.
Letter to Spencer at
132
Canandaigua, New York,
from "You know whom~ .
complaining of conduct
of Generals Dearborn
and Lewis, 1813.
SPRING-RICE. SIR CECIL (Arthur7
Photostat of letter
from Sir Cecil Lthen
British Ambassadoil
to Charles M. Hamlin,
regarding attitude of
British toward America
prior to United States
declaration of war on
Germany, 1915.
~
366
347
MAJOR GENERAL
!.6llil2
George Washington's
letter_to Lord Stirling Lwilliam Alexande!! regarding
troop movements to
Princeton, 1778.
44
STODDERT, BENJAMIN
STANTON, EDWIN M.
Typed copy of General
334
William T. Sherman's
letter to Edward P.
Howe mentioning Sherman's difficulties with
stanton, 1$86.
Autograph, in book of
autographs, c. lS64.
Order from Decius
135
Wadsworth, Chief of
Ordnance, to deliver
200 rounds of anununition to General
Stewart; receipted by
General Stewart, lS14.
STI~
COLLECTING
Letter from Tom E. Ye,
Secretary of the
Korean Legation, Washington, to Mrs. B.
Schlesmyer, regarding
her request for Korean
stamps, 1S97.
STEifART, GENERAL PHILIP
40S
STATE DEPARTMENT
Typed copy of letter
257
from George Sumner, New
York City, to unnamed
correspondent mentioning his sending a note
to Mr. ffiUliam L;]
Marcy regarding attitude
of French Government
toward United States
annexation of Sandwich
Islands, etc., 1853.
Secretary of the Navy 62
Stoddert's letter to
Washington, Butler
and Nevins, regarding
sale of ship Washington,
1785.
-STOWE,
HARRIET BEECHER
Card with autograph
392
of Harriet Beecher
Stowe, giving address
at Hartford, Connecticut, ,{undateiJ.
SUMNER, CHARLES
Sumner's letter, from 275
Boston, to David Murray
Albany, New York, regretting his inability
to lecture at Albany
until later, lS60.
TALLMADGE, FREDERICK!.
Fragment of letter
from Representative
Tallmadge to unknown
correspondent, lS49.
245
TANEY, ROGER l?.
TENNESSEE (cont' d)
Letter of Chief Justice lag
Taney to Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler,
covering an enclosure
[not attach~, 1835.
TAnoR, AUSTIN
Donor of letter of
Oliver Cromwell, 1944.
373
TAnoR, ZACHARY
~,
Letter of Brevet Briga- 206
dier General Taylor,
United States Army of
the South, at Fort
Brooke, Florida, to
unnamed person regarding transfer of "Lieutenant Eaton," 18)8.
TENNESSEE
Deed from Richard G.
133
Waterhouse to John Rhea
for land in Rhea County,
1813.
General Willie Blount's 136
order to vT. B. Lewis,
Nashville, to clothe
two Chickasaw Indians,
who had been in the
army of General Jackson,
on their way to visit
President Madison, 1814.
Postal cover only, from 253
Liverpool, England,
addressed to "Major
Graham, Near Nashville,
Tennessee," 1850.
Letter of Colonel
312
Robert H. Ramsey, MG,
HQ, Military Division
of the Tennessee, to
R. Abbey, Agent for
the Methodist Publishing House, Nashv:i.lle
about paint /il forwarded to Washington,
1865.
TEXAS
Letter to Frederic Foy, 208
San Augustin, Texas,
from H. Johnson, Flat
Shoals, Georgia, referring to "war" in
Texas and urging him
to return to Georgia,
1840.
282
Letters of Dan Parks,
written from McKinney,
Texas, to his wife and
son, describing army
life, illnesses in
camp, etc., Also letter
from I. McCann to B.
Lann, describing arrival of unit in Dallas,
Texas, illness of men,
news of battles, etc.,
1862.
THAYER,
~!1.
Letter of Samuel B.
320
Shaw, Omaha, Nebreska,
to Senator Thayer requesting Thayer's aid
in obtaining passage
of a bill to grant
bounties to members of
the "Inland Squadron,"
during the Civil War;
also Thayer's reply,
1868.
THOMAS, NORMAN
THROOP,
Thomas's letter from
368
New York City to Charles
S. Fayerweather, New
Lebanon, New York, regarding F.D.R.'s unfitness as Presidential
candida.te, party bankruptcy, etc., 1932.
TOMPKINS, DANIEL
12.
Signature as witness
to satisfaction of
mortga.ge by Edward
and Mary Patten, New
York City, 1801.
ll6
THOMPSON, FREDERICK
Thompson's LAssistant
369
EditQr of the Commonweal/letter to Colonel
Edward M. House, offering his services to
F.D.R in public relations
field, 19.32.
THOMPSON, SMITH
Three covers ,6iithout
185
letteri7 addressed to
Thompson, franked by
JLObiil Bell, John
Forsyth~ and Le~ Woodbury, Ll8.34-184!/.
THORNDIKE, ISRAEL
letters of Thorn1.31
dike: one, to unnamed
individual fj.t Deerfiel.!!7
regarding his son Edward's schooling and
upbringing;1811; the
other, to Me5~s~
Willing and Francis regarding business matters,
Boston, 1812.
Two
~
1.
Lieutenant Governor
Throop's letter to
General Alexander M.
Muir regarding funds
for equipping the New
York State Militia,
18.30.
174
Lieutenant Governor
176
Throop's signature on
military commission
to Daniel Lee, Colonel,
New York State Militia,
18.30.
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE, FRANCOIDS
12.
Toussaint L'Ouverture's 90
letter to Citizen
Hedonville, regarding
possibility of L'Ouverture's resignation
from government, 1795.
Touissaint L'Ouverture's 102
letter to Citizen
Bunel suggesting union
of San Domingo with
United States, 1799.
TOWNSEND, GEORGE AI.FRED
Joseph W. Drexel's
338
letter to George Alfred
Townsend, regarding
"Mr. Bonaventure", etc.,
18$7.
TREASURY DEPARTMJJm
Letter of Aaron Dunham, 84
Trenton, New Jersey, to
Tench Coxe, Commissioner
of Revenue, enclosing
copy of Dunham's letter to
revenue collector, John
N. Cummings, 1793.
!!!!i QE 1812
WASHINGTON, GlIDRGE (cont' d)
(cant' d)
Certificate assigning
bounty lands in 111inois to Theodore Ward
Fairchild and heirs
of Corporal Ward Fairchild, 1819.
151
WARM SPRINGS. GEDBIA
Letter of W. H. Mitchell, Stanford Cross
Roads, Putnam County,
Georgia, to his sister,
Mrs. Sarah C. Mitchell,
Athens, regarding
taking "Camilla" to
Warm Springs, 1836.
194
Letter of W. H. Mit221
Chell, Milledgeville,
to William S. Mitchell,
mentioning Warm Springs,
1841.
Letter of E. Crane,
252
Warm Springs, to Messrs,
Fisher and Company,
Boston, regarding cotton
crop, market, and family
matters, 1850.
Address of the Society 75
of Friends to Washington; also transcript
of Washington's reply,
1789.
Photostat LBritish
86
MUl!IeU!!li' of Waehington' s
letter to the Earl of
Buchan regarding establishment of Federal
Government, early Washington City, etc., 1793.
Mentioned in photostat 107
of note on back of
letter of Lafayette
to William Vans Murray,
1799.
Leaf in handwriting,
399
of General George
Washington, from his
Orderly Book, containing an Order of March
for troop movements
and realignment of
forces for Southern
campaign, 1781.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
WASHINGTON, GlIDRGE
Washington's letter to
Major General Lord
Stirling regarding
troop movements to
Princeton, 1778.
Copy of Washington' s
letter to Henry
Lawrens, disapproving
of proposed expedition
to Canada, 1778.
44
45
Photostat of George
86
Washington's letter
to the Earl of Buchan
describing early Washington, 1793.
Receipt si~ed by John 126
A. Wilson for William
Hil17. District of
Columbia, for a negro
slave sold to John
Hollingsworth of louth
Carolina, 1807.
WASHINGTON. Q.Q. (cont'd)
WEBSTER, DANIEL
Letter of George Jackson,159
British Commissioner
at Washington under
the Treaty of Ghent,
to B. O. Taylor,
thanking him for care
of his horse, 1$24.
Typed transcript of
letter from Andrew
W. BecKett, at Aloocandria D. C. /Jirgini~'iJ to his brother
regarding his visit to
Andrew JacKson at the
White House, 1$31.
179
Letter to Ogle Tayloe, 191
Washington, from
Senator Samuel L.
Southard requesting
use of Tayloe's cabin
at White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia, 1$35.
M. L. Lathrop's letter
192
to his brother regarding social life in
Washington, describing
reception at White
House, etc., 1$36.
Passenger list for
193
Phoenix J.StagjJ Line,
Washington to Baltimore,
with notation of bags
of clover seed for R. E.
Lee, 1836.
Letter from John Konjay 199
fj] to Ogle Tayloe re-
garding his inability
to accompany the Tayloes
to England, 1837.
Letter of H. G. Wilson, 220
C-eorgetown, to H. M.
Morfit, regarding a call
by WilSon, lSU.
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Franked envelope of
Webster, as United
States Senator, to
John Agg, 1827.
164
WELCKER, !Friedrich Gottlieb7
Edward Everett's
167
letter of introduction
to Messrs. Barry and
Richmond in Cambridge,
New YorK, covering
letters of introduction to Professor
Welcker at Bonn University, 1828.
WELLES, GIDIDN
Autograph, in bOOK of
autographs, c. 1864.
40S
WEST, BENJAMIN
Photostat of receipt
from Pietro Bartolozzi for painting
purchased by West,
1789.
74
WEST POINT see UNITED STATES
MILI1'ARY ACADEMY
- Whig
-Party subscripWHIG PARTY
168
tion for funds to defray cost of printing
political tracts for
re-election of John
Quincy Adams, with list
of Raleigh, North Carolina subscribers, lS28.
Letter from nMilo~ Bal- 239
timore, to A. G. Scott,
GambiElr, Ohio, Mentioning a "Taylor M4!etine"
in Baltimore and 'rlfJ.'1lor's chances, etc. 184S
WHITE,
f!!!!:
WILSON, WOODROW (cont'd)
Donor of microprint
reproduction of bill
of sale jJ.86gj' to
Sarah Chisum for negro
slave, Amanda, 1944.
277
WILHELM II, KAISER
Warrant approving pen- 363
sion of 7000 marks to
George Wruck, signed
by Kaiser Wilhelm, 1914.
WILKINS,
~
Letter from James
Buchanan, Washington,
to Wilkins in Detroit,
~egarding confirmation
of Judge Blythe as
Collector of the Port
of Philadelphia, 1840.
WILLETT, !i.
209
ljiarlm.us?7
Signature as Sheriff,
New York City, on
summons and complaint
against Peter Palmer
and Benjamin Mix, etc.,
1794.
89
WILSON, WOODROW
Statement in longhand
361
of and signed by Woodrow
Wilson, on stationery
of Congress Hotel,
Chicago, regarding
attitude toward pending
federal employees' liability bill, 1912.
Photostat of statement 366a
in handwriting of Wilson, signed by him, on
proposal to guarantee
aid to France in case
of unprovoked attack by
Germany, 1919.
Diary of Thomas Brahany, Chief Clerk of
White House Executive
O.:t'fice, commenting on
Wilson's second inauguration, war legislation, events immediately preceding and
following United States
entry into World War,
with description of
President Wilson at
work on his War Message,
4 March - 24 April, 1917.
WISCONSIN
Letter fro~.C~ Wash- 243
burne and LP'yrus-VWoodman, Mineral Point,
Wisconsin to J. F. Jackson, Montgomery, Alabama,
offering to buy bounty
land warrants; letter
on 1844 printed form
letter of Washburne
and Woodman describing
operations in Wisconsin
lands, 1848.
Two Lempti] envelopes
267
addressed to Wendell
D. Wiltse, Southwest
Oswego, New York, from
Weyauweya, Wisconsin,
1857.
Letter of Hiram E.
Pettis, to his wi.:t'e,
Lucy Jane, Oakfield
Centre, Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, regarding
army life; sending
messages to family,
etc., 1864.
300
WISCONSIN (cont I d)
WORLD WAR I (cont1d)
--
Letter of Lucius Fair- 305
child, Secretary of
State, Wisconsin, to
Mrs. Lucy J. Pettis,
Oak Centre, Wisconsin,
~orting her husband
ram E. Pettis tem. 30fJ7 all right. • •
in October 1864. 1865
WOLCOTT, OLIVER,
ill'i.
Order of Eliphs.let Dy'er 73
to Wolcott to pay a
sum of money out of
Dyer's account as Judge
of Superior Court, Connecticut, 1789.
WOLFE, GENERAL
~
General Wolfe's letter
to "Captain" Parr, at
Westminster, written
at Orleans Island in
the st. Lawrence, regarding the Canadian
campaign of the French
and Indian War, 1759.
WOODBURY,
396
1m.
185
Envelope addressed to
Smith Thompson, franked
Senator Woodbury,
L!1834-417·
WORLD
~!
Theodore Roosevelt's
'364
letter to Judge Herbert
S. McDonald, Brockville,
Canada, describing
attitude of certain
Americans t011srd preparedness, and giv1ng
his "Views. 1916.
Four letters. of Edward 365
S. Morgan, Jr. to his
family at Birmingham,
Alabama while aboard the
U.S.S. QycloPB or on
shore leave, 1917.
366
Photostat of letter
from Sir Cecil SpringRice, British Ambassador, to Charles M.
Hamlin, regarding
attitude of the British toward America
prior to United States
declaration of war on
Germany, 1918.
410
Letter of Fir5t Lord
of the Admiralty
Winston S. Churchill
to Andrew Bonar Law,
defending the Dardanelles operation and
stating Churchill's
position since 1911
in building up the
British fleet against
the threat of Germany,
1915.
--WORLD WAR II
Letter of Admiral Ray- 398
mond A. Fenard, French
Naval Mission, giving
Roosevelt s letter of
Benjamin Franklin's
and referring to the
handing over of the
Senegalais for the
French Navy, 1944.
-YOUNG, ANNIE -E.
Donor of letters of
Dan Parks and I. Mc
Cann /5.S6i! describing
life in arm;y during
Civil War, 1943.
282
~,~
Zola's note to Martin
Blid, Paris, authorizing German translation of ~ Jeune,
11397.
348