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to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee
January 20, 1863
Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864
Note folded like a triangle. He says Lucien on one side. Inside there are three words, illegible.
GLC02744.132.02
1 piece of cloth
circa 1861-1864
Capt A. Comstock witten in black
GLC02744.265
[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to Samuel Dyer]
December 19, 1772
Dyer, Samuel, fl. 1772-1773
Includes account information from 16 October 1772. Signed on verso by Dyer 19 December 1772, certifying that Flucker paid part of his account, and signed again 20 April 1773 noting that the account is paid in full. Flucker paid Dyer "for work... at...
GLC02437.09477
Inheritence
February 10, 1797
Russell, Christopher, fl. 1713
GLC02924.057
Probate of Will
26 July 1825
Baylies, Hodijah, fl. 1825
Partially printed
GLC02924.066
Guardianship
4 October 1825
Hannah Allen gaining guardienship over Abner Abigail Ruth and Charles Allen; partially printed
GLC02924.070
Reciept
14 December 1816
Russell, William, fl. 1816
Assets gained in grandfathers will
GLC02924.063
Assignee's sale
February 21, 1846
Cheatham, Henry, fl. 1846 Cheatham, Henry, fl. 1846
Broadside announcing sale of "real and personal property," including enslaved people, from the estate of William R. Robertson. Lists 600 acres of land in the town of Union, Missouri, 19 or 20 enslaved people, farming utensils, horses, cattle, and...
GLC03085
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: debt to the late Capt. Tingley
1766/06/12
Tingley, Agnes, fl. 1766
Agnes Tingley informs Robert Livingston, Jr. that he is indebted to her father, the late Captain Tingley, and notes that "such are our Curcumstances that the money would be of very great service & I am emboldened to believe (by hearing of your...
GLC03107.03062
Marriage contract between Robert Livingston, Jr. and Gertrude Schuyler
1766/09/22
Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775
The indenture, presided over by Peter Du Bois, makes provisions for the welfare of Robert Livingston, Jr.'s intended wife, Gertrude Schuyler, if Robert, Jr. should die before her. Signed by Robert Livingston, Jr., Gertrude Schuyler, and Peter Du...
GLC03107.03070
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: denial of debt to Robert Livingston, Jr.
1762/07/26
Newkerck, Cornelius, fl. 1762
Newkerck writes that he has been informed that his uncle died with an outstanding debt to Robert, Jr., but notes that he is not his uncle's heir and not responsible for paying his debts. He refers Robert, Jr. to his uncle's widow and her new husband...
GLC03107.02994
[Deed of sale for two slaves]
28 June 1849
Payne, Ann, fl. 1849
Possibly a copy possibly written in the hand of Lewis Carbery. Deed of sale for slaves Eliza Jones & son Sam Jones for $170 to William Fowler. Eliza, age twenty-nine, and son Sam, sixteen months, were sold on condition that Eliza be freed on Ann...
GLC04294
AES acknowledging receipt of dividend for creditors of estate of James T. Torry
1829/12/05
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
GLC04120
to Harriet Henry
2 April 1836
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Buchanan writes to his sister because he is concerned for her health. He writes: "let me strongly urge you to resist the gloomy feelings & apprehensions which I fear you indulge." He asks her to submit to the will of God, but also acknowledges he...
GLC05508.054
A Catalog of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenaeum
1897
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Compiled by William Coolidge Lane. First edition, 8vo, frontis portrait, 1 other plate and 12 facsimile titlepages. "A catalogue of the books from Washington's library and assorted Washingtoniana on deposit at the Athenaeum, with an inventory of...
GLC06187
to James Mercer
December 26, 1774
Written by Washington a month after the adjournment of the first Continental Congress to Mercer as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Informs Mercer of the cost of purchases made for him in Frederick, Maryland including £29 for a slave...
GLC06335
Inventory of the estate of Jesse Woodhull deceased.
February 17, 1795, March 13, 1800
Marvin, Seth, fl. 1795
Estate inventory taken 17 February 1795 and filed on 13 March 1800. Document signed by Seth Marvin and John W. Tuthill in 1795, and by Samuel Strong and Richard Woodhull in 1800. No place of creation, but Woodhull was living in New Cornwall, Orange...
GLC06144
Guide for Claimants of Deceased Soldiers
1864
Fowler, W. H. (William Henry), 1826-1867
Written by Colonel Fowler as Superintendent of Army Records and Agent to Adjust the Claims of Deceased Soldiers for the State of Alabama. Printed by George P. Evans & Co. A guide for southern families to claim the bodies and personal possessions of...
GLC06158.04
[Appointment of administrator for the estate of the late Robert Cunningham]
1838/09/24
Heard, William J.E., 1801-1874
Acting in his capacity as probate judge, Heard appoints Bazil G. Ijams the administrator of Cunningham's estate. Written four days before Heard was elected chief justice of Colorado County, Texas.
GLC06623.11
to unknown
13 March 1790
Heyward, Thomas, 1746-1809
Written by Heyward, a South Carolina Signer of the Declaration of Independence, who was in retirement from politics. References letter of recipient from 8 September 1790. Says they need to come to some decisions about the Savage estate because the...
GLC06672
[Three letters regarding the furlough of Seth Warren, requested so he can settle his father's estate]
December 31, 1782
Baron, Asa, fl. 1783
Baron writes 31 December 1782 on behalf of the heirs of the estate of Samuel Warren, a "shaking quaker," to ask that Warren's eldest son, Seth, a soldier, receive a furlough to return to the estate to help settle his inheritance. On page two, in an...
GLC02437.01792
to the Executors of Dr. Benjamin Franklin's Will
27 October 1790
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
In this contemporary copy of a letter from Franklin's grandnephew Williams to executors of Benjamin Franklin's will, Williams is trying to obtain books from Franklin's library as part of his inheritance: "Being still without your answer to my...
GLC02437.04758
25 April 1791
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Addressed to "My dear friend." Writes that he looked at all the newspapers "relative to the claim of James Bowdoin on behalf of his late father Wm. Bowdoin but...found nothing among Mr. Flucker's accounts or papers." Encloses a "paper in possession...
GLC02437.04925
to William Duer
14 June 1791
Writes, "Mr. Samuel Ogden transmitted by the post yesterday to the Massachusetts [committee] a full [renumeration] of my claim on the eastern lands..." Says this will make things easier for Henry Jackson. Discusses the details of two drafts for $5...
GLC02437.04993
to Henry Knox
11 October 1789
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Discusses the education of the son of a mutual friend [possibly named Sumner or Summer], whose legitimacy is suspect. Writes, "I am afraid whether I have any thing in writing that acknowledges him as his Son & that he ment [sic] to consider him as...
GLC02437.04386
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