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to Hamuda Bassa re: threatened war between Tunis and U.S.

Draft copy of GLC 2794.085. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." For excerpt, see GLC 2794.085. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.084

to Hamuda Bassa re: threatened war between Tunis and U.S.

Final draft of GLC 2794.084 in a clerk's hand, with Lear's signature. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." Lear writes: "the repeated threats of your Excellency to make war upon the United States has Obliged the Commander of the American...

GLC02794.085

to Tobias Lear re: wrongly imprisoned and abused Portuguese [in French]

Signed by various Portuguese officers: Paulo Freire de Andrade, F. Bernardo Borges do Valle, Jose Bernardo de Hacerda, Diogo Ramire Esquivel, Joao Jose de Andrade, and Joao dos Santos. Letter mentions Portuguese wrongly imprisoned and beaten by...

GLC02794.112

Extracts from Davis' journal of activities as American Consul in Tripoli

Detailed account of import/export transactions. In notes from 1 to 6 February 1810, Davis gives an account of the Bey of Tripoli's mission "with 1500 cavalry and a small train of artillery to enforce obedience from some of the adjacent arabs and...

GLC02794.149

to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, discusses the furlough of Private Sherrin of the 2nd Massachusetts (Banks appealed for Sherrin's furlough on behalf of Hooper, and the furlough was denied). Mentions many...

GLC02689

to Isaac Trimble

General Beauregard, commanding the Confederate Army of the Potomac, writes to General Trimble, commander of forces located at Evansport, Virginia. He states "It is more than probable that either another naval expedition is contemplated by the...

GLC02690

Augustus R. & Miller Wright archive: Confederate turncoat [partially decimalized .01-.12]

This collection comprises personal and military correspondence relating to U.S., and later Confederate, congressman Augustus Wright and his son Miller, both Southerners with Unionist sympathies. Topics include battles (including First Manassas)...

GLC02691

Pardon of Miller A. Wright (c/s Seward)?

Pardoned for "serving as a Colonel in the Army of the so-called Confederate States of America."

GLC02691.03

The Union is dissolved! [Charleston Mercury, Extra Ed.]

Docketed on verso with contemporary and (apparently post-war) note.

GLC02688

Inaugural address of President Davis: delivered at the capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, P.M.

Printed by Shorter & Reid. First Printing. Uncut.

GLC02691.01

to Augustus M. Wright re: his son returning to duty upon recovery from wounds

Lee discusses Miller A. Wright's application for leave as well as personnel issues in Augustus R. Wright's regiment. Wright, Sr. had asked Lee to support his son's appeal for an extension of his leave of absence. With A.M. Wright's initialed...

GLC02691.02

to Lord Cornbury re: spying on the French

Schuyler writes that some men have gone to spy on the French, and that he has enclosed a letter from the interpreter at Onondaga, which relates news of the continual trouble with Indians. Letter marked as a copy.

GLC03107.02077

"Propositions made by three Mohogs and some Riber Indians and Waganhaer . . .

. . . come from Tiogsagrondie" The Indians tell Corlaer that they have come to Albany to trade, and that they expect to be well received and welcomed into a partnership. In their answer, the Indians are thanked for coming to trade, but are told...

GLC03107.02078

Petition to Sidney Lord Godolphin, High Treasurer of England

Livingston petitions the High Treasurer to reinstate his position as Secretary of Indian Affairs, and to order the payment of the arrears of his salary out of the surplus revenue of Albany. P.3 contains a letter from William Lowndes to the Earl of...

GLC03107.02079

"Message sent from the Sachims of Onnondage by the way of the Oneyde and . . .

. . . MohogsCountrey hither" The Onondaga Sachems inform the English that two of their Indians were abducted by the French and their Indians on a recent trip into Canada. In their answer, the English thank them for the information and instruct them...

GLC03107.02081

to Peter Schuyler re: retrieval of captives

Partridge thanks Schuyler for retrieving a captive boy, and asks him to try to find any more that he may hear of. He also notes that he would greatly appreciate any information Schuyler may offer of the enemy's designs. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02083

to Lord Cornbury re: trouble with the inhabitants of New England

Schuyler asks Lord Cornbury to address a recent incident in which the people of New England violently chased away a group of peaceful Indians hunting in that area. P.2 contains another letter in which Schuyler requests Lord Cornbury's presence in...

GLC03107.02084

"Account of the negotiations of K:V: Renselaer & Robert Livingston who . . .

. . . were sent Express to Albany by the President & Councill of N: York to dispatch spys to Canada"

GLC03107.02085

"Instructions for Mr. Renselaer and Mr. Livingston"

Schuyler and Renselaer are instructed to travel to Albany, and there find the most trustworthy Indians to send to Quebec and Montreal

GLC03107.02086

Order for Mr. Livingston and Mr. Renselaer

The document orders Livingston and Renselaer to oversee the Indians' expedition to Canada.

GLC03107.02087

Dispatch of Indians to Quebec and Montreal

Renselaer and Livingston send one pair of Indians to Quebec, and another pair to Montreal and order them to make what discoveries they can and to follow the instructions of Coll. Vetch and Coll. Nicholson. P.2 contains the instructions of Vetch and...

GLC03107.02088

Account of pork, bread, and Indian corn distributed to Indians and English men

GLC03107.02089

Propositions to the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Cayugas

Ingoldesby asks the Indians for their full support in a land expedition against the French in Canada, who have shown themselves time and again to be the enemies of the 5 Nations. He also expresses his concern over the absence of the Senecas, who...

GLC03107.02090

Examination of an Onondaga Indian

The Onondaga Indian relates news he heard from a Seneca that a company of Indians were discussing plans to attack the 5 Nations. He also states that 2 nations of Indians from Maryland have all been killed by a pestilential disease. P.2 contains an...

GLC03107.02091

"At a Meeting of the Mayor aldermen of the citty of Alb[any] the Justices . . .

. . . of the sd. County, the Commissioners for the Expedition against Canada & Commissioners of the Indian affares" The Commissioners state that it would be a great risk to sail up the river into Canada during the winter, and make a number of...

GLC03107.02093

to Richard Ingoldesby re: petition concerning the expedition to Canada

The Mayor and Aldermen of Albany discuss some reservations regarding the planned expedition to reduce Canada. They recommend recalling the land troops until the fleet arrives from England, which will necessitate postponing the expedition until the...

GLC03107.02094

Resolution to give an account of the provisions sent to Albany

The Commissioners of New York for the Canada Expedition state their resolve to give the General Assembly an account of the provisions they sent to Albany to assist with the expedition to reduce Canada.

GLC03107.02095

"The Camp at the Wood Creek Reviewed with an account of the Forces Built . . .

. . . Between Albany and said Camp, and of the Forces Posted there in order for the Expedition against Canada and how they are Subsisted." The Review relates a number of concerns regarding the expedition to reduce Canada. The soldiers are described...

GLC03107.02096

to Peter Schuyler re: instructions to travel to Onondaga

Hunter informs Schuyler that a group of French men and officers recently arrived at Onondaga, and he wishes Schuyler to travel there immediately. While at Onondaga, Schuyler is instructed to thank the Indians for informing the English of the French...

GLC03107.02102

Propositions of the 5 Nations and River Indians to Coll. Robert Hunter

The 5 Nations and River Indians have gathered at Albany to voice their commitment to General Francis Nicholson and the expedition to reduce Canada. They ask the Governor to pardon the French Praying Indians if they decide to help the English, and...

GLC03107.02103

Proceedings at a council of war

The Council gives directions on how to use the "brass ordinances" sent from England, and addresses complaints of bad bread from Coll. Schuyler's regiment. They also give orders for the creation of a court to try crimes committed against the aritcles...

GLC03107.02105

Proceedings at a council of war

The Council discusses an operation to take Mount Royal, and lists payment due to officers and other individuals involved in the expedition. Notes are also made on replacing the bad bread in Coll. Schuyler's regiment.

GLC03107.02106

Proceedings at a council of war

The Council asks that accounts be made for the victualling of soldiers, the Commissioners procure as many carpenters as possible, provisions be delivered to soldiers and Indians with great speed, and surgeons be instructed to tend to casualties...

GLC03107.02107

Account with Indian Nations [in Dutch and English]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.02108

to the Commissioners for regulating the palatine affairs re: approaching enemy

Schuyler writes of news that the enemy is approaching, and requests that the Commissioners send their palatines to Albany with the greatest speed and urgency. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02109

Answer to the Indians

The document warns the Indians not to trade with the French, who lie and cheat in order to weaken the Indians and make them more vulnerable in the time of war.

GLC03107.02112

Propositions made by the Mohicans [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02113

Propositions to the 5 Nations

Governor Hunter speaks on behalf of the Queen of England, and invites the 5 Nations to renew their covenant chain of peace with the English. He informs the Indians that the English have made peace with the French, and expects that the 5 Nations will...

GLC03107.02116

Propositions to Governor Hunter with an answer

The Sachems resolve to end their war with the flatheads of Carolina, condole the death of Queen Anne, and request that the English sell goods at a more reasonable price. In his reply, Governor Hunter states that he will need time to think about the...

GLC03107.02118

Alteration of the former propositions

The Sachems request that the part of their former proposition stating their resolve never to join the English in a war be blotted out and forgotten. They explain that the rising cost of goods caused them to initially make this statement, and they...

GLC03107.02119

Answer to the propositions of the 5 Nations

Governor Hunter begins by recalling the war against the French of Canada, and states the importance of upholding the "hatchet" of mutual defense between the English and the 5 Nations. In response to the Indians' complaints of the high price of goods...

GLC03107.02121

Reply to the propositions of Governor Hunter

The 5 Nations correct Governor Hunter's account of the attacks commited by the Flatheads of Carolina, and explain that the English provoked them when they failed to lower the price of goods in return for the Flatheads' service in a war with another...

GLC03107.02122

to Robert Hunter re: attacks made by the 5 Nations [excerpt]

The Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, writes to Governor Hunter to inform him that the 5 Nations have attacked a nation of Indians in an English fort as they prepared to make peace with Virginia. Docket notes that this is an excerpt of a...

GLC03107.02123

Proposition to the 5 Nations [in Dutch]

Docketed on p.4.

GLC03107.02124

Proposition to the Five Nations

Governor Hunter assures the 5 Nations of the good will and protection of their sovereign, King George, so long as the Indians uphold their part of the agreement. He reminds them that the 5 Nations and the English are bound to keep peace with each...

GLC03107.02127

Answer to the proposition of Governor Hunter

The 5 Nations thank the Governor for his assurance of good will and protection, and agree to maintain the covenant with the English. However, they note that if the English should attack another Indian nation out of malice, then the 5 Nations would...

GLC03107.02128

Proposition to the River Indians

Governor Hunter assures the River Indians of King George's good will and protection, and then presents them with gifts as gesture of faith in their duty and fidelity.

GLC03107.02129

Proposition to the 5 Nations regarding Virginia

Governor Hunter states that the Governor of Virginia has informed him that the 5 Nations recently attacked a nation of Indians settled in an English fort as they prepared to make peace with the colony of Virginia. He reminds the 5 Nations that this...

GLC03107.02131

Answer to the proposition of Governor Hunter regarding Virginia

The 5 Nations state that the Indians they attacked in Virginia are a "false and treacherous" people, but if they had known that they were friends of the English, they would never have attacked. They extend their apologies to Virginia, and ask that...

GLC03107.02132

Proposition to the Sachems of the 5 Nations [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02133