1794/07/19

Irvine, William, 1741-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Denny

Discusses a dispute between the United States and the Six Nations over land. Contends that "there is nothing in the Constitution...that gives the Legislature much less the Executive a shadow of Power to cede...a single foot of ground, the territory right of soil or jurisdiction of any state." Criticized Israel Chapin, an Indian agent to the Iroquois, for telling citizens of Pennsylvania to "quit their lawfull business" and "flattering the savages with a hope that this ground is to be relinquished." Discusses how to maintain peace, commenting on the power of the governor and…

GLC05542

1786/11/18

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Responds favorably to the work done at the Annapolis Convention and since. Explains why he cannot attend the Constitutional Convention. He was re-elected president of the Society of Cincinnati, whose meeting coincides with the convention. Although he declined that position because of his desire to retire from public life, attending the Constitutional Convention would be considered a snub to the former officers of the Continental Army. Expresses his happiness in hearing Madison would chair the Virginia delegation to the Constitutional Convention.

GLC07699

1814/11/12

Morris, Phebe, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812

Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many persons rejoiced in the barbarous and wanton destruction committed at Washington...it is actually true that Admiral Cockburn placed himself in the chair of the House of Representatives and deliberately took the votes of 'to burn or not to burn.'"

GLC07721

1804 ca.

Tripoli, fl. 1804

Print

Title: Blowing Up the Fire Ship Intrepid commanded by Capt. Sommers...

[Title continued] "by the American Squadron under Commodore Edward Preble." Hand-colored copper-plate engraving by John Guerrazzi, London.

GLC07729

1799/05/23

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to James Wilkinson re: summoning Wilkinson to Washington

"I begin now to be anxious to learn that you had received my letter desiring you to repair to the Seat of Government...that...a general plan for the arrangement of the affairs of the Western Army, with an eye to the existing posture of our political concerns, might be digested and adopted." Syrett, Harold C. (The Papers Of Alexander Hamilton. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1976), Volume XXIII: 1799/04 - 1799/10, p. 139

GLC07656

1803/11/18

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Appointing Tobias Lear as Consul to Algiers

GLC07658

1783/08/02

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Baron de Capellan de Sol re: letter of thanks

Highly complimentary letter of thanks for a gift received from the Patriotic Society of the City of Enkhuysen, The Netherlands. "Your station, Sir, and your Character in particular, have indeed merited the confidence and regard of the Confederate States of America..."

GLC07676

1793/10/14

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edmund Randolph re: debating legality of relocating Congress

GLC07677

1786/08/23

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Loring Austin re: his Fourth of July oration

GLC07696

1790/01/31

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gov. Hancock re: praise for the Republican form of government

"The result of my reflections on republics are, that they are more productive of happiness, and an enlargement of the human mind, than any other sort of Government."

GLC07659

1783/03/12

Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813

Letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene re: news of the Peace Treaty

"I should think it prudent to maintain so respectable a force in Georgia and South Carolina as would discourage any attempt on them fin case the Negotiations should prove abortive."

GLC07661

1789/05/11

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Madam" re: descriptions of Paris and the opening of States General

"I had the Honor to be present on the fifth of this Month at the opening of the States General. A Spectacle more solemn to the mind, than gaudy to the Eye."

GLC07662

1805/02/25

Granger, Gideon, 1767-1822

Document

Title: re: defending himself against accusations in the Yazoo land grant scandal

GLC07636

[1790 ca.]

Genêt, Edmond Charles Édouard, 1763-1834

Manuscript signed

Title: re: improving navigation of Hudson River

GLC07767.02

1793/05/06

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel Appleton re: attachment of stocks in the loan office

Addressed to Appleton as Commissioner of Loans, Boston.

GLC07794

1788/03/16

Hastings, Jon, fl. 1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: mail lost during Constitution ratification proceedings

GLC07770

1784/03/04

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: Act re: election of five commissioners to negotiate Indian treaties

Elected commissioners are George Rogers Clarke, Oliver Wolcott, Nathaniel [sic] Greene, Richard Butler, and Stephen Higgenson.

GLC07793

1801/01/30

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: to James Hillhouse re: notifying Senators of special session

GLC07813

1809/08/22

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to Representatives re: reply to representatives of Michigan Territory

GLC07817

1813/04/03

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. Harper re: court in Charleston

GLC07811

1794/08/28

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Letter signed

Title: to Patrick Henry re: envoy to Madrid

GLC07812

1783/03/12

Humphreys, W., fl. 1783

Print

Title: The Tea Tax Tempest... no. 227

GLC07823

1804/09/28

Krafft, C., fl. 1804

Map

Title: A View of Tripoli in Barbary

GLC07828

1791/09/19

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet signed

Title: Return of the whole number of persons... [census report]

GLC07833

February 28, 1790

Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he is attending to their business at the general court concerning the Waldo patent lands. Writes, "As to the northern boundary - the report has been rejected in the senate."

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