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to John Langdon

Bartlett, a Continental Congressman, informs Langdon that "The Congress have ordered the Secret Committee to purchase & bring in for the use of the navy & army sundry articles which were under consideration before you left the Congress." Discusses...

GLC03892

Pay order to Andreas Colburn for military service

Signed as Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

GLC04842.28

Autograph letterbook of outgoing correspondence, most 1785-88, 1805-8 & 1811-12

Including letters to John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Pickering, John Sullivan, Charles Thomson, James Bowdin, and other State governors regarding military affairs, state customs regulations and the need for interstate coordination...

GLC05896

to John Langdon

Urges Langdon to accept the nomination for vice president, stating that his "services are necessary to the public weal. The Union must be consolidated by combining the strength of the Southern and Eastern States in the two highest offices of the...

GLC05899.04

to John Langdon

Whipple, chairman of the Marine Committee in the Continental Congress, discusses various military and business matters with Langdon, a agent for the Continental Navy. Mentions Miss Wharton. Discusses money submitted to Langdon by the Marine...

GLC06520

to John Langdon

Tries to convince Langdon not to resign as the superintendent of construction for several ships of war. Urges him not to "despond" or "abandon the business when so near to a completion." Explains that he has not been supplied with more money...

GLC06527

to John Langdon

Discusses bank notes and their utility, and his efforts to widen their circulation and the public's confidence in them by applying his personal credit. Also indicates that he will get flour and iron to Langdon as soon as he can secure a vessel and...

GLC06528

to John Langdon

Pickman, a Salem shipping merchant, states "A most mortifying accident has occurred which will be extremely Injurious to me unless removed Immediately- the Ship Black Prince is now fit for a cruise with every Article Compleat but by some...

GLC06529

to John Langdon

Whipple, chairman of the Marine Committee in the Continental Congress, informs Langdon that despite the efforts of Captain Dudley Saltonstall, the ship Trumbull remains grounded in a Connecticut river. Discusses the cost of moving the ship versus...

GLC06531

to John Langdon

Refers to a constitutional amendment and states that Mr. Crownershield said it was not well managed in New Hampshire. Remarks on American jurisprudence and the problem of relying on British precedents to decide cases, " ... ransacking the huge...

GLC06536