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Circular Instructions No. 1. Regulations relative to importations from places above Confederate States, by vessels navigating the Mississippi and other Rivers
6 March 1861
Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888
GLC06745.247
Treasury Circular No. 14. Regulating the Manner in which the Export Duty on Cotton shall be collected and Accounted
October 1861
GLC06745.255
to unknown re: explanation of the Import Law with regard to Hemp duty
1790/05/21
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
GLC06799
to William Stedman re: embargo, Florida and the Miranda expedition
1806/03/15
Ellery, William, 1727-1820
Ellery thanks Stedman, Federalist representative from Massachusetts, for his letters, remarks that "I cannot perceive any good arising out of partial restrictions of trade with G.B. but I can see great evil springing from a total non-Importatation...
GLC06827
to Jonathan Hudson & Co. re: the purchase of materials for the war effort
1780/05/02
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
GLC06903
to Jonathan Hudson re: his financial situation
1778/11/10
"[I] perceive you determine to make hay while the sun shines... I only caution you to keep fairly in view the preservation of punctuality in payments, well knowing that this produces more lasting advantages, than even the possession of wealth with...
GLC06904
Notification. The Freeholders... [calling town meeting on Embargo Act]
1808/08/08
Cooper, William, 1720-1809
A notice calling a Boston town meeting to prepare a petition for ending the Embargo Act towards Spain and Portugal.
GLC06991.01
Circular: Petition to the President, with printed letter to Petersham selectmen
1808/08/10
Resolutions passed at a Boston town meeting to create a petition to end the Embargo, signed by 7 selectmen of Boston, including Charles Bullfinch, William Porter and Ebenezer Oliver. With an attached (conjugate) printed letter, to the Selectmen of...
GLC06991.02
An address to the Republican friends of the National Administration...
1808 ca.
Continues: "In the county of Berkshire..." Contains pro-embargo, pro-Jefferson sentiments.
GLC06991.03
Whereas the town of Boston [Pro-embargo protest with blanks for town names]
Resolutions.
GLC06991.04
Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 1235 (April 27, 1778)]
27 April 1778
Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803
Discusses military matters pertaining to the Revolutionary War. Reports on governmental matters related to the Continental Congress, including taxation, acts of Congress, and business proceedings of the East India Company. Includes a lengthy...
GLC06604
Proclamation by the President of the United States and the message of the governor of the state of Illinois, to the General Assembly, ...
24 December 1832
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Title continues, " ... together with a preamble and resolutions adopted by the Legislature accompanying the same." Printed on the first page is a letter introducing this proclamation by John Reynolds, Governor of Illinois, dated 24 December 1832...
GLC06605
Boston Gazette Extra, No. 2 [preparing for war]
1807/11/02
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Prints Jefferson's 27 October 1807 message to Congress re: preparing for war against the British (which never came). One of the results of Jefferson's message was the Embargo Act.
GLC06613
to Rufus King
6 April 1797
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
References many letters he has received from King and others. Pickering writes as Secretary of State to King as American Minister to Britain. Expresses anger at the French Directory over exclusion of American representatives in XYZ affair. Says...
GLC06652
to Ezekiel Williams
February 23, 1776
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Written by Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a Continental Congressman from Connecticut, probably to Ezekiel Williams as Connecticut Commissioner of Prisoners and Wolcott's son-in-law. Notes already in Past Perfect said this...
GLC06659
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 858 (May 23, 1745)]
23 May 1745
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Discussion of the French troops at Frankfort. Printed speech by King George II to both houses of Parliament regarding duties on alcohol, current military support for Hungary, and a new...
GLC06670.060
to Mr. Hill re: thanks for report of Committee of Commerce, reciprocity
1822/04/18
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Written in the third person, signed in the text at the beginning.
GLC06695.01
to Gov. of Virginia re: transmitting acts of Congress
1792/05/21
Acts involve land grants, protection of frontiers, militias, debt relief, duties on spirits, national defense, altering Treasury and War Departments, copper coinage, governing territories, etc.
GLC06712
to George Weedon
11 March 1783
Mercer, John F., 1759-1821
Discusses waiting for news of a peace treaty to end the American Revolution. Indicates that no major breakdowns in negotiations are anticipated. The British desire "a kind of naturalization for their merchants" and free trade to their islands in...
GLC06491.01
20 September 1783
Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Discusses a letter he sent to William Fitzhugh, which was "to be considered in a great measure a joint one." Notes that France has assured the...
GLC06491.06
7 January 1783
Burnett, J., fl. 1783
Recipient inferred from content. Encloses a letter, which he formerly intended to deliver, to congratulate Weedon following the British evacuation of Charleston. Major Edwards will deliver the letter. Notes that General Anthony Wayne took...
GLC06498.04
to John Langdon re: combination of powers against France
1805/12/18
Gilman, Nicholas, fl. 1755-1814
"If the combined powers should be successful against France... the British would either attempt to recolonize the U. S. or to destroy our commerce."
GLC06538
to his wife
17 June 1862
Williams, George M., fl. 1862
He sent a pencil letter to his wife with Mr. Day including lemon syrup and castor oil. Writes that he will send his aunt soda powders. "Richmond is starving almost" due to the high selling prices and scarcity of goods. Asks her if she has noticed how...
GLC06582.23
20 June 1862
Asks if she is sick or in need of stamps. He asks her to write to him if she has not done so already. He would like her to record the progress of Liz and to report the effect the chicken pox had on Lizzie's "head piece." He describes the rising...
GLC06582.25
26 June 1862
Writes that the "roar of cannon & musketry was painfully audible and exceeded the thunder of the fiercest storm." He mentions that General Hill's division fought on his side where his troops drove the enemy three or four miles and captured three...
GLC06582.28
26 July 1862
Reports that "every day brings the most distressing rumors from Culpeper". Most unfortunate, he confides, is that the rumors are in accordance with General Pope's orders so that he believes they may be true. As a result, he fears for his wife and...
GLC06582.32
[Privateer commission for the schooner "Adventure" of Exeter, New Hampshire].
3 April 1776
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
President of the First Continental Congress John Hancock signed this privateer commission authorizing Commander of the Adventure James Johnson to capture British vessels and cargo.
GLC05659
to Henry Clymer
1810/11/19
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
Follows a letter to his son about his business affairs (not included) because he found himself with extra paper. Compliments a studious young woman named Eliza, possibly of some relation to them. Praises a discourse by Joseph Hopkinson, the author...
GLC05725
[1873 Army Letters and Telegrams]
1873/12/19-28
Thomas, W. N., fl. 1873
The retained copy book record of army officers' letters and telegraphs concerning the affairs of the Twentieth Infantry. Discusses the removal of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, which is being hampered by white men who trade with the tribe...
GLC05731.02
to Thomas G. Morgan
1839/07/30
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
A detailed personal letter of condolence for the death of Bedford Morgan during the second Seminole War, written to Morgan's brother, Judge Morgan of Baton Rouge, at the insistence of their sister, Ann Gibbes Barker. Explains the circumstances...
GLC05737
to Roger Jones
14 May 1843
Writes to the Adjutant General of the Army about plans for an expedition to Oklahoma between the Santa Fe trail and the Red River, to be led by Colonel Davenport. Hopes to obtain "valuable information in regard to a district of country but...
GLC05746
A Narrative of Voyages and commercial enterprises
1842
Cleveland, Richard Jeffry, 1773-1860
Published by John Owen. First edition. Original cloth. Vol. II signed in pencil by F.A. Fruman, possibly the owner, in New York in 1861. Includes discussions of Captain Cleveland's voyages to China, Hawaii, Alaska, South America, California and...
GLC05760
to Isaac Wayne
3 July 1833
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Buchanan writes as United States Minister to Russia to Colonel Wayne. Relates that he has enjoyed his time in Russia, but will never be "contented to remain under the shadow of despotism longer than my duty to my country requires." Notes his rapid...
GLC05790
to Charles W. Peale
1808/06/11
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815
Fulton writes to prominent American painter Charles Willson Peale, enclosing $120, apparently in payment of a debt. He also details the success of his steamboat business and mentions the "virtuous exertions and enterprising spirit" of Peale's son...
GLC05817
7 invitations to various special and commemorative events, 1866-1905.
1866/04/23-1905/06/01
Invitations: to "Shakespeare's Birthday Dinner", "The Salmagundi Sketch Club", reunion of "The Society of the Army of the Cumberland", "Chamber of Commerce of the State" banquet, inauguration of new Metropolitan Museum of Art, memorial book in...
GLC06343.225
to Robert Tyler re: favoring annexation of Texas to expand cotton monopoly
1850/04/16
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
Annexation of Texas to expand the cotton monopoly, not to divide the nation over slavery. "The monopoly of the cotton plant was the great and important concern... an embargo for a single year would produce in Europe a greater amount of suffering...
GLC06397
[Contracting Thomas Mumford of New London, Connecticut to acquire 50 tons of gunpowder for colonies]
28 November 1775
Signed by Benjamin Franklin, Josiah Bartlett, Francis Lewis, Samuel Ward and Thomas Willing, all as members of a Committee of Secrecy appointed by the "honble. the Continental Congress..." Also signed by Thomas Mumford. Lays out the terms for the...
GLC06401
[Trading within Fort Penobscott].
7 November 1655
Leverett, John, fl. 1655
Massachusetts Colonial Agent Leverett discusses trading within Fort Penobscott. Leverett was Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1673 to 1679. One black and white bust engraving of John Leverett included.
GLC02468.16
to Henry A. Wise
January 12, 1862
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Written on letterhead of the War Department of the Confederate States by Acting Secretary of War Judah Benjamin to Brigadier General Wise. States that the bearer of this letter, William A. Pratt, wants to import "some cargoes of iron" from abroad...
GLC02469.01
to John Cabell Breckinridge
1 April 1865
Watts, Thomas Hill, 1819-1892
Watts, Governor of Alabama, discusses salt production in Alabama with John C. Breckinridge, Confederate Secretary of War. Writes, "I desire authority from the War Department permitting the bonded agriculturists to sell to the State salt commissioner...
GLC02469.31
Payment for and storage of molasses
1775/08/04
Trumbull, Joseph, fl. 1775
[Continental Congress members]
GLC02471.41
[Navigation of Pennsylvania Rivers] [Incomplete]
6 October 1788
Irvine, William, 1741-1804
Irvine, a member of the Continental Congress and former Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War, writes to an unknown recipient. Refers to an enclosed sketch of the Allegheny River (not included with this document). Discusses navigation of the...
GLC02497.08
to John McClellan
3 May 1803
Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806
Discusses the business and legislative needs of Norwich & Woodstock Turnpike Company, which has "persons willing to trade the Shares of the Road from our Turnpike Road to the Massachusetts Line." Cleaveland was the company president. Address...
GLC02499.04
to Jesse & Robert Waln re: recently signed treaty (Jay's) of trade & commerce
1794/12/20
Josiah, James, fl. 1794
Docketed on address leaf.
GLC02500.07
to unknown
1756/10/06
Bayard, William, 1729-1804
Forwards a list of prices and mentions the sale of a schooner, containing molasses and rum that had been taken by one of their privateers.
GLC02503.01
to Leroy, Bayard & McEvers
1801/10/09
Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805
Sends a bill of lading for his friend, Henry Middleton. Gadsden had been a member of the Stamp Act Congress.
GLC02503.10
[Contract for wheat]
1783/01/09
Tilghman, Edward, 1713-1786
Also signed by Andrew Wallace. Stipulates that Tilghman will deliver five hundred bushels of wheat to Wallace and outlines the details of the transaction.
GLC02503.21
to Preston King
26 October 1865
Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879
Chandler, a Republican Senator from Michigan, discusses a large warehousing firm with King, Collector of Customs of the Port of New York. States that T. F. Driggs of Michigan is a partner in the warehousing firm.
GLC02504.07
to George Ashmun
30 September 1839
Otis, Harrison G., 1765-1848
Otis, a former Massachusetts Congressman, declines an invitation from Massachusetts State Senator Ashmun, a member of the committee making arrangements for the Western Railroad Festival. Declares that the opening of the Western Railroad "is destined...
GLC02504.32
to Edwin D. Morgan
18 October 1861
Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864
Giddings, U.S. consul general to the British North American Provinces, writes to Morgan, Governor of New York. Encloses a note (not included) from Elliot & Co., a Montreal-based importer of Enfield rifles. There are no Enfield rifles for sale in...
GLC02505.20
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