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to Robert Livingston re: offers of friendship and service as a trapper

Cochrane, a French trapper from Canada, uses his knowledge of a Mr. Gregoire to gain contact with Livingston. Fragment of docket on address leaf.

GLC03107.00152

to Governor Bradstreet re: French and Indian encounters on the frontiers

Livingston writes of his regrets for the capture of the settlement at Cascoe Bay by the French and their Indian allies, and his belief of a need to "Subdue Canada." He then mentions writing to the Government at Albany in an effort to discover the...

GLC03107.00172

to Robert Livingston re: a voyage to Caledonia

Borland writes to Livingston discussing the trip to the Scottish colony, with an eye towards Livingston donating money and/or supplies to the trip. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00517

to Robert Livingston re: prohibition from exportation of horses to Canada

Nanfan sends his condolences on the loss of Livingston's daughter, and requests news on the failed Commission of Mr. Weaver and the possibility of receiving pay from England. He also forwards an order stating the sending of horses from New York to...

GLC03107.00543

Town and Country Magazine or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1776. [Vol. 8, (1776)]

Eighth annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues bound in original leather. Includes many engraved plates. Indexed at the end of the volume. Printed...

GLC03457

to Elijah Flint

Provides a lengthy discussion of "the declaration of war with G. Britain, and the unprepared Situation we were placed in to make our defence." Comments on the spread of the news of the start of the War of 1812 to British forces and relations with...

GLC03436.01

[Excerpt from ship's log for the CSS "Florida"]

Written aboard the USS Florida at sea. Exerpt or clerical copy of log of the CSS "Florida" from 9 July-10 July. Gives the speed, course, direction of wind, force of wind, weather, barometer, and thermometer readings for every hour of each day. Also...

GLC03440

The record of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham on abolition, the Union and the Civil War.

Published by J. Walter & Co. in Ohio. Vallandigham signs 19 January 1864 in Windsor, Ontario, where he was living in exile.

GLC03441

Town and Country Magazine. [Vol. 10, (1778)]

Title continues, "or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1778." Tenth annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues...

GLC03458

Map of British & French Dominions in No. America [map used in Treaty of Paris]

Very large printed folded map with outline color. This is the "Treaty of Paris" map, third edition, the edition that was used in settling territorial claims in 1783. Accompanied by its original marbled-paper map case.

GLC03556

to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety

A retained copy written by Colonel Arnold four days after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. With initialed postscript. Says last letter sent was 11 May 1775. Announces that Crown Point has been captured. Mentions logistics of moving captured cannons...

GLC03559

An Act for allowing the exportation of... wheat-flour... [to Canada]

GLC03562.28

to James Dundas

Dundas, Captain of the H. M. S. Bonetta, informs his brother James he was in New York and other locations before moving north to Nova Scotia. Reports that on the way, his men took five prizes and reclaimed two brigs containing low-valued cargo....

GLC03676.02

Daily Virginia state journal. [Vol. 2, no. 829 (November 30, 1864)]

Peace proposal by Abraham Lincoln, Drinking and Battle of Piedmont, West Virginia, Confederate Blockade Runners, Halifax, Novia Scotia.

GLC05959.63

[British adjutant's orderly book]

Orderly book of British Commander-in-Chief William Howe, oblong quarto, in the handwriting of six or seven soldier-clerks. Details daily orders, official memoranda, court martials, provisions, directives on the control of civilians, embarkations and...

GLC05983

Canada et Louisiane [double page engraving with handcoloring]

Drawn by George Le Rouge, Engineer to the King. With hand-colored outlines. Double-page engraving showing the east coast of North America from New Foundland to Florida, with insets of Niagara Falls (small), New Orleans (medium) and upper Louisiana...

GLC05714

to Alexander Spottswood Campbell

Spottswood was possibly Mosby's grandson (son of daughter May Virginia Campbell and Robert Campbell). Typed on Department of Justice stationery with the printed heading, "Carbon copy for the file". Transmits a clipping from the Times-Dispatch on an...

GLC05738

British dominions in America agreeable to the treaty of 1763...

With hand-colored outlines. Depicts the east coast of North America from New Foundland to Florida. Printed by Dury.

GLC05713

to Henry Clay

Asks Clay to review a copy of a letter to Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett (not included). Discusses attempts by politicians to lend him support for a presidential bid in the election of 1840, to which he expressed indifference. Comments on...

GLC06001

to Joshua Mauger

Business concerning the execution of Vice-Admiral Philip Durell's will. He says he will send Nancy to a boarding school if she is causing trouble for the Maugers.

GLC03902.075

to Maria Breedlove

Received Maria's letter and presents. Sends news of Maria's brothers and sisters. Written at Cragfont.

GLC06997.061

[Receipt for two prints]

Partially printed receipt for "Two Prints, one representing the Battle of Bunker's-Hill, and the other the Death of General Montgomery." States that Rufus G. Amory paid three guineas, half the price of these prints. Verso signed by Amory, stating...

GLC02542.32.16

Opinions and award of the commissioners, under the treaty of July 1, 1863, between Great Britain and the United States, for the final settlement of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound agricultural companies, pronounced, September 10, 1869.

Published by John Lovell. Rose reports on the claims of both companies as a commissioner for Great Britain. Johnson reports as commissioner for the United States. Both mens reports were delivered in Washington, D. C., 10 September 1869. Johnson...

GLC02682.01

to Jacob Bailey

A letter to Jacob Bailey, concerning life in French Canada. Towards the end of the letter two paragraphs are written in French.

GLC02669.012

to Hannah Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his wife Hannah Bailey. In his letter, Bailey details the Battle of Lake Champlain in Vermont and the capture of Captain Merrick and thirty-three soldiers from his company. He also writes about British soldiers defecting...

GLC02669.008