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to Aaron Hobart

Explains a particular situation in which "the collector [William Whitman] refuses to pay" some monies related to a rum shipment Davis made to Russia and asks Hobart to assist him in recovering the money.

GLC06313.04.124

to Aaron Hobart

Discusses news about mutual friends and the visit of "Our brother Watson." Seeks a pay increase on the behalf of "Colonel Harris." Mentions a pending "bill for regulating the pay of customs House Officers" and comments on the importation of rum.

GLC06313.04.155

to Aaron Hobart

Asks about the "probable fate" of a bill "to prohibit the importation of foreign Spirits," as he is soon expecting a shipment of rum whose value would be affected by the law. Complains about the already high duties on rum.

GLC06313.04.167

[New Years cupid [Eros] wearing a top hat and holding a champagne glass and bottle]

Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.021

William Shepp Diary 1917-1918

3 June 1917 - 2 June 1918. Begins with Shepp's enlistment on 5 June 1917. Mentions daily activities, such as calisthenics, army drills, physical examinations and vaccinations, attendance at church services, Bible study, and French class, and...

GLC06888.01

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 858 (May 23, 1745)]

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 Gov. of Virginia re: transmitting acts of Congress

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 Sarah Ogden

Writes from Camp Convalescent near Fort Bernard. Says while in Philadelphia, he got in the habit of drinking, and the "temptations" made him want to get away from the hospital. Describes his trip from the hospital to the Convalescent Camp in detail...

GLC06559.081

to his wife

Asks her if she liked the "old homestead of [his] ancestors." He informs her that he passed most of his childhood there and goes on to describe the beauty of the land. Advises her to get Tom to accompany her to Newman's Hill from which she "can see...

GLC06582.45

An address to drunkards and two other items [decimalized]

With plea from Capt. Hendricks, an Indian chief, to Col. Pickering, imploring him to keep his rum from "us poor Indians."

GLC05667