28 November 1793

Virginia

Broadside

Title: Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant

A state cannot be sued by individuals, opposing the Supreme Court case Chrisholm v. Georgia.

GLC03763.01

circa 10 October 1793

Wyllys, George, fl. 1793

Manuscript document signed

Title: Document opposing Supreme Court decision (Chisholm v. Georgia) that a state may be sued

Signed by George Wyllys and Docketed by Samuel Huntington. Dated the second Thursday in October, i.e., the 10th.

GLC03763.02

3 March 1783

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William S[tephens] Smith

Written by General Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Smith as commander of the post at Dobbs Ferry, New York. Discusses the problems of trading with British-occupied New York City and the issue of states ignoring the "barrier between us and the enemy."

GLC03770

12 December 1795

Stewart, John, 1759-1823

Printed document signed

Title: [Resolutions in the Virginia House of Delegates recommending additional Amendments to Constitution][copy]

Instructs Virginia senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress to "unite their utmost exertions" to obtain the following constitutional amendments included: 1. treaties that become law must be ratified by the House; 2. impeachments be conducted by a tribunal other than the Senate; 3. changing Senate terms to three years with one third of the Senate changing each year; 4. excluding judges from holding other offices. Stewart was the clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates. Co-signed by R. Brooke for the state Senate.

GLC03764

January 16, 1799

Stewart, John, 1759-1823

Broadside

Title: Va. Resolutions recommending amendment to bar aliens from Congress

Also asking that aliens be barred from the Judiciary and Executive departments.

GLC03765

February 1804 - April 1804

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Diary kept at Algiers re: lodging, business, etc.

Diary kept from February to April.

GLC03767.01

12 December 1793

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tristram Dalton re: voyage across the Atlantic and arrival at Glasgow

Written to his business partner.

GLC03767.02

1812

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Manuscript

Title: Inventory of Lear's household

GLC03767.03

17 August 1802

Smith, Thomas, 1745-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jasper Yeates

Discusses the recent arrival of a chief justice who lives near the Schuylkill River (near Philadelphia). Mentions an upcoming jury held for a judgment pertaining to Miss [Prius?]. Discusses possibly moving a trial or meeting to Lancaster, Pennsylvania from Philadelphia. Expresses concern regarding the health of citizens in both Philadelphia and Lancaster. Refers to the possible arrival of Breckinridge, and states "I am afraid our Citizens will be too eager to return from the Country which may produce a relapse, if any of the seeds of the fever yet remain in the City, as I still suspect…

GLC03769.003

1794

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Book

Title: A Defence of the Constitutions of the government of the United States...

New Edition, with a preface extracted from Jedediah Morse's American Geography, describing Adams. Printed by John Stockdale. Bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt edges.

GLC03771.01

13 June 1798

Pamphlet

Title: House Report re: sale of lands North-west of the Ohio River

Evans 34780.

GLC03774.01

1799

Pamphlet

Title: House Report re: accepting cession of CT's Western Reserve

Connecticut gave up the territory west of Pennsylvania.

GLC03774.02

1787

Tarleton, Banastre, 1754-1833

Map

Title: A History of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces

With Newberry Library bookplate and library stamp of the Newberry. Accompanied by William Eaton fold-out map (49 x 66 cm), showing Cornwallis' marches through Virginia and Maryland (while Jefferson was governor of Virginia).

GLC03667

1795

United States. Treaties, etc.

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between Great Britain and United States

Printed by Edward Johnston. Official British printing of Jay's Treaty. Signed on 19 November 1794. ADD REFERENCES.

GLC03673.01

1797

Pamphlet

Title: A bill for carrying into execution the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation

Printed docket.

GLC03673.02

30 November 1795

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pinckney

Written by Adams as American Minister to the Netherlands. Recipient inferred as Thomas Pinckney, American Minister to Britain who was serving as envoy extraordinary to Spain to negotiate boundaries. Mentions Pinckney's letter of 28 October 1795 to William A. Deas, Secretary of Legation. Secretary of State Edmund Randolph had ordered Adams to London to exchange formal ratification of the Jay Treaty. He arrived too late to execute that duty, which was performed by Deas. Adams is writing with impatience since he was forced to remain in London to await instructions concerning questions raised…

GLC03675

December 11, 1790

Harrisson and Purdy, fl. 1790

Newspaper

Title: New York weekly museum. [No. 135 (December 11, 1790)]

Includes President George Washington's second State of the Union Address (page 3). Among other topics, Washington discusses the condition of public credit, the Western frontier, independence from foreign commerce, and the appointment of consuls to foreign countries. Contains various news and advertisements.

GLC03130

16 April 1791

Newspaper

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no. 101 (April 16, 1791)]

Contains "Discourse on Davila. No. 30."; article discussing the right of state legislatures to instruct their state's senators in Congress; extract of a report from the London Humane Society; opinions of Delaware representative John Vining on the bank bill under consideration in the House of Representatives; poem, "To Ella"; extracts from letters from London, Paris, and Dublin, discussing trade and markets; report on an act passed in Congress providing pensions for invalids, and supporting lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers; and, an epitaph for Voltaire.

GLC03128

August 30, 1804

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Benjamin Morgan as member of Legislative Council for Louisiana]

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. Says the appointment was made in light of Congressional division of the Louisiana Purchase into two sections in 1804, Orleans Territory and the District of Louisiana. Morgan was appointed to the Legislative Council for the Orleans Territory, which consists of the modern day state of Louisiana. Given a one year term to begin on 30 September 1804. Large Seal of the United States on recto.

GLC03871

14 March 1805

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Briggs re: reports on formation of government & surveying of Louisiana

With three drafts of letters by Briggs to Jefferson.

GLC03872

16 April 1806

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Jarvis

First page contains Jefferson's letter to Jarvis acknowledging the receipt of Iberian wines for Monticello. Also briefly discusses U.S. foreign relations with European nations. Pages three and four contain Jarvis drafted response to Jefferson, dated July 22, 1806. Jarvis expresses satisfaction that the wines were well received and comments on foreign relations, including the prospect of the United States acquiring Florida. A Bostonian, Jarvis served as the Charge d'affaires at Lisbon from 1802 to 1811. Docketed on the second page.

GLC03873.01

3 March 1812

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to Congress

Transmits the proceedings of a convention assembled in New Orleans pursuant to an act "for the admission of the said State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States." Louisiana became a state on 30 April 1812.

GLC03879

circa February 1817

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Draft of first inaugural address]

First draft of president-elect Monroe's inauguration address. Monroe gave the address, with substantial changes, on 4 March 1817, beginning the Era of Good Feelings. The speech was the first outdoor inauguration since Washington's in 1789. Monroe's draft has a generally positive tone, expressing happiness and confidence with America's present and future prospects. It was written to appeal to everyone and avoids confrontation. Begins by thanking his fellow citizens for their trust in him and says he hopes to be a useful public servant. Following in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson's ideas on…

GLC03880

22 March 1784

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis Johnston

In response to a 23 February 1784 letter from the assistant treasurer of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, Washington returns certificates (not included), with his signature and seal, for three European members of the state society. As president of the organization, Washington advises Johnston that the certificates must be countersigned by the secretary general, Henry Knox.

GLC03885

03 October 1789

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Huntington re: transmitting acts to organize the new government

Washington's letter also lists the acts and resolutions being transmitted, which are of an organizational nature.

GLC03886