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Autograph document

[Receipt]

31 May 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Sends various articles of bedding to his nephew Francis Flucker in Billerica, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.08711

Collection Item

Manuscript document

[Inventory]

17 June 1807

Copeland, Moses, fl. 1786-1807

List of the real estate and personal effects of the late Henry Knox. Items include land plots, their acreage, to whom mortgaged (Artemas Ward, for one), and everything on them. Household effects, listed in detail room-by-room, include furniture...

GLC02437.10405

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Henry Toland

1835/08/21

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Jackson agrees to pay the debt that his adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr., owes on furniture that he had purchased two years earlier. Jackson adopted his son as an infant from his wife's brother and sister-in-law, Severn and Elizabeth Rucker. His...

GLC02527

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Col. Samuel Lane re: a proposal to sell his own furniture to the White House

[1817]/04/02

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Written as President, noting "a considerable deficiency, in the sum appropriated" to furnish the White House and proposing that he leave some personal furniture "at a fair price".

GLC02793.013

Collection Item

Letter signed

Letter appointing Lieut. Col. W. W. J. Bliss to disburse money for furnishings

1849/04/03

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Signed as President

GLC02793.027

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to J. Stanley Brown

4 January 1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Thanks Brown sincerely for the "beautiful bear skin" he had given him. Promises to put it in his home as a constant reminder of Brown's consideration.

GLC03141

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Esthur Monk

December 11, 1857

Maugrita, fl. 1857

Writes to Cripps' mother in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the care of Mr. Benedict. Relays a message for Monk to send curtains to a family friend. Mentions having received a letter from Tousey, an acquaintance, who promises to return from Mexico soon...

GLC03587.33

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Robert Livingston re: manufacture and sale of a fur couch

1722/08/15

Van Horne, Cornelius, fl. 1721-1737

Van Horne writes that he is overseeing the construction and sale of a couch made of Livingston's furs, and also informs Livingston of some other business and trade matters. Beneath the letter he has made a copy of their account with one another.

GLC03107.01462

Collection Item

Manuscript document

Account of Robert Livingston

1722/10/10

Delancey, Barberie, & Moore, fl. 1722

Livingston purchased rugs, caps, dishes, and gloves.

GLC03107.01470

Collection Item

Autograph document signed

Account of Robert Livingston

1723/05/15