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Indenture

John Gordon and John Taite lease Mauger's House on Upper Grosvenor Street, for a term of 21 years. Written on the indenture form of David Anthony, Stationer.

GLC03902.340

[Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All...

GLC03902.341

[Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All...

GLC03902.342

Indenture

John Gordon and John Taite lease Mauger's house on Upper Groversnor Street, for a term of 30 years.

GLC03902.343

to David Parish re: Embargo Act: "Our President... seems to be out of his wits"

Morris writes of Jefferson: "Our President (to judge his Message) seems to be out of his wits. If I am not much mistaken, this session will, according to the vulgar phrase do him over."

GLC04842.11

to John Fitzgerald? re: sale of linen and tobacco

GLC04842.18

[Congressional certificate authorizing vessels to engage in military activity]

Signed below seal by John Hanson. Countersigned by Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. Contains blank spaces designated for the name of commander and vessel, the vessel's weight and type, and the number of men on board. Created...

GLC04870

to Oliver Ellsworth re: asking advice in interpreting treaty on privateering

Discusses the sale of prizes taken from the British by the French which violates the 24th Article of Jay's Treaty (1794) with Britain.

GLC04875

[A Memorial of the State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England to Queene Anne during Queen Anne's War]

A petition from the Massachusetts colonists requesting help in quelling the hostile Indians allied with the French during Queen Anne's War. Gives insight into the conflict's costs upon New England. Discusses the Indians' barbarity and the French...

GLC04891

to David Douty Colton

Expresses gratitude to Colton, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the convenience the railroad offers transcontinental travelers. States that the railroad is "'a great civilizer', and will enable the Military Authorities to...

GLC05095

to John Winship

Orders Winship to notify Cambridge freeholders of a meeting to discuss Parliament's passage of a tea tax by way of empowering the East India Company to export tea. Also notifies him of a proposed meeting of several towns to consider responses to the...

GLC05098

[State of Missouri v. Henry Reed].

Signed by the grand jurors on docket. Grand jury warrant for "keeping a store open on Sunday" and for "not observing the Sabbath." Parker was a Member of Congress from Missouri from 1871 to 1875. Signed as Circuit Attorney.

GLC04670

To the voters of the Counties of Oswego and Madison

Complains that he was nominated for a Congressional seat, a position he did not seek. Assures he will not resign, but will perform his duty, pursuing abolition from his position. Includes his political creed, asserting that slavery is not in the...

GLC04717.36

[Two signed acts of the second Congress on one page]

Two acts of Congress, the first repeals a law that placed duties on imported livestock, the second providing compensation to families of two soldiers "killed by the said Indians." Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC04722

[Objections of officers of the 20th Regiment to conditions under the Articles of Convention]

Document by the Captains, Subalterns, and staff of the 20th Regiment of Foot asserts that the Americans need to follow through on the stipulations in the Articles of Convention, which delineated the conditions of surrender after the Battle of...

GLC04764.40

Advanced Corps

Complaints of the Advanced Corps over the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection, which have similar complaints around the end of 1777. Place written inferred...

GLC04764.41

The Field Officers of the 9th Objections to the Parole

Field officers of the 9th Regiment of Foot sent their complaints against the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection listing the complaints of other British...

GLC04764.42

to George Clinton

Written by Chancellor Livingston to New York Governor Clinton. Encloses petition at the request of Dr. Robinson (not included). Mentions seeing Clinton's family. Mentions political controversy involving himself and William P. Van Ness. It involves...

GLC04772.04

to Samuel Johnston

Mentions Captain Gilles, who transmitted previous correspondence between Hewes and Johnston. Discusses the Colonies' (specifically North Carolina's) ability to finance and sustain a military conflict. Writes "I fear we shall be obliged [text loss]...

GLC04790

to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

Document certifies that Daniel St. Thomas of Jenifer, a futuer signer of the U.S. Constitution, took the oath called for under the "An Act to resrict the Deleages of this Sate in Congress from enegaging in any Trade either foreign or domestic."...

GLC04795

to Robert Morris

Jones, Captain of the U.S.S. Ranger, informs Morris, a Continental Congressman, of recent events in France. Reports that in June, a highly esteemed gentleman (who Jones does not name) wrote him a secret letter promising him command of a large ship...

GLC04797

to Armand-Charles-Augustin de La Croix de Castries [in French]

Memorandum written to de Castries. Manuscript concerning efforts to strengthen the alliance between the United States and France through trade and more substantial means. It was probably written after 15 June 1786, the date Jefferson wrote a letter...

GLC04799

A Proclamation.

This document is a proclamation ordering American ships to act according to an honest code and not take up piratical acts while in American waters. It is a printed broadside approved by Henry Laurens and Charles Thomson as President and Secretary...

GLC04804.02

to his family

Writes that he has been very busy with drilling, parading and "his papers." Notes that General Brooks is in command of his regiment and that "it should have been General Burnham." Says that the regiment is keeping 4 days cooked rations ready in order...

GLC03603.273

Ellsworth Avengers

Published by Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort Street, New York. Top third of the sheet consists of a colored image of the Marshall House, the hotel where Ellsworth was shot, and an image of Ellsworth being shot by innkeeper James W. Jackson. Bottom two...

GLC03617.04

[Bill of sale for seventeen bales of cotton]

Partially printed bill for cotton sold to Taber & Kimball for the account of Major John H. Bills. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee. Taber & Kimball, a cotton brokerage in Memphis, was owned by northerners.

GLC03619.02.01

Great Sale of Government Clothing

Advertises a public auction of army-issue clothing on 3 September 1867 by order of Quartermaster General Rogers. With some calculations on the verso.

GLC03619.02.14

to Thomas Hancock

Hancock writes to his uncle. He mentions people he has met in London, as well as the death of Admiral Edward Boscawen before they had a chance to meet. He asks to be allowed to stay to see the coronation of George III. Hancock reports a rumor that...

GLC03637

to William Short

Secretary of State Jefferson writes to Short, charge d'affaires to France. Short was in Europe negotiating a commercial treaty with France and handling details of a Dutch loan. Jefferson attempts to answer Short's request for information to quell...

GLC03639

to James Dundas

Dundas, captain of the H. M. S. Bonetta, writes from the Elizabeth River to his brother James. Reports that he was sent to the James Islands "to cover the Boats of Earle Cornwallis's Army who were ordered away from the Pursuit of the Marquis Fayette...

GLC03676.04

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] He received a letter from the clerk of Victor, and sends it on to other men. The troops have left Camp Huger and marched to the fairgrounds. He has the shakes. The mayor of the town has given up his keys, and the Union military...

GLC03696.14

to Virginia Committee of Correspondence

Countersigned by Thomas McKean and John McKinley. Read, McKean, and McKinley were members of the Delaware Committee of Correspondence. Discusses the Boston Port Bill, nonimportation, and the formation of a continental congress.

GLC03718

to Henry Knox

Writes a very detailed letter to her husband in Morristown, New Jersey during the American Revolution. Discusses the arrival in Boston of General Charles Tronson du Coudray, a French military engineer "who stiles himself Commander in Chief of the...

GLC05895

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

Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Portsmouth on the East Indian station. A. H. Foote Esq. commander book I.

Calf cover. As part of the East Indian Squadron, the U.S.S. Portsmouth, under the command of Andrew Hull Foote, was ordered to observe British operations against Canton, China during the Second Opium War (1856-60) and to protect American interests...

GLC05911.02.01

to Henry Remsen

Discusses the tobacco market and the high quality of tobacco grown at his estate. Reports that they should take advantage of the price of 11 cents per pound since it is so much lower than the Richmond price. States that he has sold his tobacco...

GLC05958

Daily chronicle & sentinel.

Each issue contains telegraphic reports and Northern news, mostly covering battle reports and war news. Commercial reports indicate stock values in Augusta markets, including financial, cotton, dry goods, grain, groceries, country produce, and sale...

GLC05959.07

Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 28, no.19 (January 13, 1864)]

General Morgan's Escape From Prison, The Siege of Charleston, Attack on Wilmington. Confederate congressional reports fill the front page. A lengthy account details General Morgan's escape from the Ohio Penitentiary. A city ordinance prohibits Black...

GLC05959.07.06

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 244 (November 29, 1862)]

"Effects of the Blockade" reports that blockading the South actually helped in the "development of domestic industry and diversifying [their] pursuits." An article entitled "Butler Sequestering Property in Western Louisiana" refers to events in the...

GLC05959.09.102

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 4 (February 15, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on the Confederate Treasury, the Blockade at Charleston, Bragg & His Generals, and Running the Blockade from Mexico. The first page is torn nearly fully across the middle of...

GLC05959.09.139

Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (September & October, 1862)]

Negro Phobia at the North, Enemies Buying Our Cotton, Letter by J.P. Benjamin, What a Northern Woman Thinks, Syrup in Place of Bacon for Negroes. Articles on cotton discuss its influence in America and its "want" in Europe and the dangers of Northern...

GLC05959.11.06

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 36 (February 4, 1865)]

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Confederate Change in Command, Militia General Orders.
A notice announces the need to raise taxes to put local impassable streets in order. An editorial from the London Times questions...

GLC05959.15.06

Semi-weekly standard. [Vol. 11, no. 44 (May 4, 1861)]

Maryland Must be Secured. An article discusses the importance of securing Maryland for the Confederacy. Speech excerpts by ex-president Franklin Pierce include insight on the secession crisis. Minutes from the South Carolina Legislature are printed...

GLC05959.23.06

Semi-weekly standard. [Vol. 14, no. 47 (August 19, 1864)]

Official Report by Mosby, Shelling of Atlanta, Latest News from Richmond.
Missing front and back page. War news includes reports from various battle fronts. An editorial examines the local conservative paper in terms of recent election results and...

GLC05959.23.14

Weekly state journal. [Vol. 2, no. 24 (April 23, 1862)]

The Roanoke Island Defeat, News From Corinth, Huntsville & Decatur, Heavy Federal Losses at Shiloh, Death of General Buell, Evacuation of Fredericksburg, Laws of the Confederate States of America, General A.S. Johnston's Battle Order.

Editorials...

GLC05959.25.01

Semi-weekly Raleigh register. [Vol. 61, no. 78 (September 28, 1861)]

The Kentucky Feud, Correspondence Between State & Confederate Authorities.
Correspondence between Kentucky state officials and Confederate leaders is printed here, with letters describing the relationship between Tennessee and Kentucky. Two articles...

GLC05959.26.08

Semi-weekly Raleigh register. [Vol. 61, no. 82 (October 12, 1861)]

The Battle of Lexington - Official Report of General Price, Extraordinary Escape of Adjutant George W. Alexander, The Exploit at Chickamacomaco, Yankee Encampment at Chickamacomack - Broken up and Dispersed.

A long article examines the commercial...

GLC05959.26.11

Semi-weekly Raleigh register. [Vol. 61, no. 83 (October 16, 1861)]

Engagement on Cape Henry Beach, The Retreat of Rosecrans, Naval Engagements Reported From New Orleans, Removal of Fremont.

Two poems describe the current difficulties faced. An article examines the cotton question in connection with Great Britain...

GLC05959.26.12

People's press. [Vol. 12, no. 37 (January 16, 1863)]

Meeting of Brothers in the Two Armies, Lincoln's Proclamation, Battle of Nashville, Brilliant Operations of General Forrest.
A long article examines the events of the year 1862, particularly with the war. An article describes the reunion of two...

GLC05959.27.01

People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 7 (June 19, 1863)]

Vicksburg, Yankee Spy in Nassau.
Observations of a Yankee spy who traded for southern cotton are printed. Two articles discuss running the blockade, and two other articles discuss an important habeas corpus case. The minutes of a peace convention in...

GLC05959.27.09