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Rhode Island issued warrant for seizure of the Schooner "Orange"

Schooner seized for trafficking slaves.

GLC07930

to James M. Varnum

Responding to an inquiry about the ship "Corilinia," saying that he doesn't possess much information about it but that he will pass on what he has.

GLC07884.03

to Thomas Mifflin re: embargo on ships traveling to foreign ports

GLC07862

Bill of sale of a brigantine to Jonathan Clark

GLC03107.04734

to Walter Patterson re: arrangements for an upcoming voyage

Dickinsen informs Walter of the various destinations of an upcoming voyage out of New York. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04540

to William D. Patterson re: decision to go to New Orleans

Fletcher writes that he has decided to go to New Orleans to try to procure a job in a counting house, and wonders if he could make the voyage on William's ship. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04552

Insurance policy for the Ship Anne

GLC03107.05334

to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Typed translation available in collateral file. The letter notes that Capt. William Kidd and some other privateers left for England on a man-of-war. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.05345

Receipt of wages for work on the Caledonia

GLC03107.04840

Receipt of payment from Abraham van Horne for work on the ship Caladonia

GLC03107.04842

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad la Guanaja (a bay island of Honduras in the Caribbean). Lists items to be shipped for Don José de Armas including books. Numbered "7" on verso.

GLC05636.49

to his sister

Details Archer's life from his departure from London bound for Bermuda on June 13, 1864 to his return from Florida through the blockade on March 23, 1865. "...[I] made every narrow escape from, starving to death, and being eaten up by alligators..."...

GLC01896.079

Report on an inspection of damnified goods

Per the request of Henry Douglas, an inspection and report was made about damnified goods from the Unity William Patience.

GLC03107.04940

Testimony regarding the taking of a privateer

Louis Milon, Francis Honoret, & Joseph le Blanc testified that their French privateer was taken by a British one. Followed by the testimony of John Tinker, who took the deposition of the 3 above-named men.

GLC03107.04947

Observations on the trade and revenue of North America

The manuscript discusses smuggling and illegal commerce in North America, and how it has become such a chronic problem. It also contains a plan of guard stations on the coast of North America.

GLC03107.04961

To: Charles Dumas

Paris Peace Negotiation: " The Great Points of Independence, The Fisheries, The Mississippi and the Boundaries are settled to our satisfaction."

GLC07975

to John Gleason

Reports that Captain [likely Edward] Kelleran and John Robinson arrived last night, and that Robinson will be continuing to sell Knox's lime. Adds that Knox made Wales & Beale his agents. Discusses shipment of articles via Captain Kelleran....

GLC02437.08018

Statement of work on board a ship

The document states how much payment was due to Samuel Jonson for work performed on a ship. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04778

to Oscar King Davis

"I am pretty well disgusted with our government ... in a democracy like ours people will always do well or ill largely in proportion to their leadership. If Lincoln had acted after the firing on Fort Sumter in the way that Wilson did about the...

GLC08003

to Henry Knox

Writes to inform Knox that he has placed on board a particular schooner bound for New York several goods that Knox wanted, including potatoes and cranberries. Marked private on address leaf.

GLC02437.05266

to Mrs. Florence Hilldring

From Newsreel Association of Great Britain and Ireland, sending a Silver Fruit bowl to Mrs. Hilldring as a gift in appreciation of the usage of Hilldring's film of the sinking of the Princess Astrid.

GLC06196.009

to Mrs. Florence Hilldring.

International News Photographs thanking Mrs. J. Hilldring for the usage of her film of the sinking of the Princess Astrid.

GLC06196.010

to "my dear loved ones all"

The rolling of the ship makes it difficult for him to write and to sleep at night. The boat stopped at Sitka, home to the Executive Mansion, Juneau, Yakurat, and Kayak island. [continued on 2/20] He arrived in Valdez the day before and had "never...

GLC05245.31