1793/05/01

King, Rufus, 1755-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leonard Eanswoort re: personal matters

Requesting delivery to William Morris of a packet of documents.

GLC02470.21

1784/10

Livingston, William, fl. 1769-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. Drayton re: about argument between son and Gen. Drayton

GLC02470.23

1790/02/20

Martin, Alexander, fl. 1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gov. S.C. re: transmitting proposed constitutional amendments

GLC02470.24

1809/07/06

McClurg, James, fl. 1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Simpson re: requests dividend for shares in bank of the U.S.

Simpson was cashier of the Bank of the United States. Written on a slip of paper.

GLC02470.25

1799/04/05

McHenry, James, 1753-1816

Letter signed

Title: to Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson re: forwarding an act to reorganize troops

Written at the War Department

GLC02470.26

1807/07/19

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Van Rensselaer re: providing an introduction

GLC02470.27

1783/12/01

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Document signed

Title: Warrant to make payment

GLC02470.28

1799/06/12

Pickering, John, 1737-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cashier of the Bank of the U.S. re: regarding personal finances

GLC02470.30

1801/01/21

Pinckney, Charles C., fl. 1746-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Simpson re: regarding account with "national bank"

GLC02470.32

1788/08/08

Pinckney, Charles C., fl. 1746-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Caswell re: entering an agreement with Gov. of NC & SC about defense

Caswell was Governor of North Carolina. Labeled "Duplicate" at top.

GLC02470.33

1794 ca.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Rittenhouse re: president approves of Mr. David as melter and refiner

Undated, but date inferred from his position as Secretary of State (Jan. 1784-Aug. 1795). Written at the Department of State.

GLC02470.34

1785/12/23

Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: One hundred for war expenses

GLC02470.36

1783/11/05

Williamson, Hugh, fl. 1783-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Halsten re: regarding employing a distiller

GLC02470.38

1785/09/01

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George G. Meade re: estate legal opinion

GLC02471.11

1785/01/27

Few, William, 1748-1828

Autograph document signed

Title: Signed oath in re: land grant (c/s William Glascock)

GLC02471.12

1809/10/18

Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: lottery

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.16

1783/10/17

Jones, Willie, 1740-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: Bill to State of North Carolina for services in Continental Congress

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.23

1798/09/10

Kinsey, James, 1731-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: business transaction

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.24

1802/05/04

Langdon, John, 1741-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: introducing John Wentworth

GLC02471.25

1787/03/23

Neilson, John, fl. 1787-1797

Document signed

Title: re: decision of court-appointed referees in a dispute

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.32

1813/09/20

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Dearborn

President Madison writes to General Dearborn, commander of the United States army during the War of 1812, to discuss war plans and British policy. He also mentions problems with Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong, who had refused to call out the state militia to support the war. Number 142 appears on the top of p. 1. Attached to booklet which also contains an engraving of Madison by H.B. Hall and Sons in New York.

GLC02538

1796/09/20

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Pamphlet

Title: The President's address to the people... [farewell address -- proof copy]

The only separate book printing, by J. Ormrod and Conrad. With proof reader's notes and marks. Signature of Robert Meir on first page. Howes WI43, Sabin 101579

GLC02556

1796/09/17

Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800

Broadside

Title: Address of the late General George Washington, to the citizens of the United States, on declining a re-election to the office of president.

An early broadside printing by Hudson and Goodwin. In this speech, George Washington declines a re-election to the office of President and offers counsel on governance to the country. Two signatures on verso.

GLC02557

1787/09

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

Magazine

Title: The American Museum. [Vol. II, no. 3 (September 1787)]

Contains the first magazine printing of the United States Constitution on p. 276-284. Also contains an essay by Benjamin Franklin on "Information for those who would wish to remove to America. Also features political sketches, an address to "friends of American Manufacturers," reflections encouraging commerce, articles on agriculture, political culture, and various prose and poetry. Provenance from the library of Henry Knox, although without ownership marks.

GLC02593.01

1796/03/07

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: Treaty between the U.S. and the Dey & Regency of Algiers (c/s Timothy Pickering)

Signed as President and countersigned by Pickering as Secretary of State. English translation from the Arabic with clerical signatures for Vizier Hassan Bashan (the Dey of Algiers), Joseph Donaldson Jr. (American negotiator) and David Humphreys (American Minister to Portugal).

GLC02794.001