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to Henry Knox
17 April 1787
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Asks Knox and his wife Lucy to welcome a Mrs. Jeffrey, who is travelling with Mr. and Mrs. John Hancock to New York City.
GLC02437.03525
[Letter books of Captain Joseph Foster Green of the USS Canandaigua] [word processed inventory available]
18 August 1862-11 September 1864
Green, Joseph F., 1811-1897
Three letter books from the USS "Canandaigua," belonging to Captain Joseph F. Green, the Commander of the Charleston Blockade Squadron. Volume 1 covers 18 August 1862-25 September 1863. Volume 2 covers 25 September 1863-30 April 1864. Volume 3...
GLC05126
[Three volumes of letterpress copy books of G. F. Tindall]
November 2, 1861 - February 20, 1865
Tindall, Gideon F., fl. 1834-1865
Three volumes of letterpress copies of letters written by Tindall. First volume contains mostly letters written as assistant superintendent for the railroad in Dunkirk, New York, from November 1861 until May 1864, though many of these were written...
GLC03837
Archive of correspondence re: Nova Scotia politics and mercantile affairs [partially decimalized]
1758-1788
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Also mentions the Stamp Act, Bunker Hill and early Revolutionary War. Joshua Mauger Collection. [various places]: 343 items, 1619-1789 (bulk: 1763-1785). The greater part of the collection consists of 249 letters to Mauger, dealing primarily with...
GLC03902
Autograph letterbook of outgoing correspondence, most 1785-88, 1805-8 & 1811-12
1785-1812
Langdon, John, 1741-1819
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
Captain's letter book. Reports, letters and orders, U.S. practice ship John Adams.
1862
Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888
The John Adams was a training ship for midshipmen at the Naval Academy. As such, the daily orders have many references to extra duties and "watch" dealt out as punishment for minor ("smoking", "for not having hammocks up in time") and more serious (...
GLC05911.03
Letters U.S.S. Passaic S. Atlantic squadron from July 20, 1863 to May 13, 1864 and U.S.S. Isonomia N. Atlantic and Gulf squadron from Augt 17th 1864 to October 11th 1864
20 July 1863-17 August 1864
Majority of letters written and signed by Simpson, though several are clerically written and signed. Battle action of the Passaic off Charleston and battle reports of the steamer frigate U.S.S. Isonomia off Alabama and Western Florida. Also...
GLC05911.05
Letterbook of U.S.S. Isonomia East Gulf squadron from Oct 12th 1864 to Dec. 24th 1864 and U.S.S. Mohican N. Pacific squadron from Augt 14th 1866 to June 1st 1867
12 October 1864-1 June 1867
Majority of letters written and signed by Simpson, though several are clerically written and signed. Attacks on Fort Sumter, engagements with blockade runners and attacks on various gun batteries. Includes two letters regarding deserters of the U.S...
GLC05911.07
No. 1 Letters, U.S.N.
15 December 1873-30 April 1874
Correspondence of Captain Simpson.
GLC05911.10
No. 1 letters U.S.N.
26 June1875-3 May 1876
Captain Simpson's correspondence aboard the U.S.S. Powhatan (June 26 - 29, 1875) and the U.S.S. Omaha (July 9, 1875 - May 3, 1876). Original bookmark removed from page 221 to collateral file.
GLC05911.14
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