1750

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of papers relating to French and English boundaries. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08953

3 August 1751

Bowler and Abbot, fl. 1751

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Flucker

Discusses a bill to Flucker's account and a negotiation regarding prices of merchandise. Noted as written in Colchester, state and/or country unknown.

GLC02437.08954

17 October 1752

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Debts due to Isaac Winslow, listed by the name of the debtor.

GLC02437.08959

25 May 1795

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions regarding money paid by William Bingham for buying land by date, starting from 21 December 1792 to 1 October 1793. Also signed by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.10392

20 March 1802

Austin, Jonathan Loring, 1748-1826

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Jonathan Loring Austin by date, from 26 June to 11 September 1801.

GLC02437.10401

14 August 1806

Blagge, Samuel, fl. 1805-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Samuel Blagge by date, for 29 November.

GLC02437.10402

26 February 1747

Burns, William, fl. 1747

Manuscript document signed

Title: [William Burns's declaration regarding the Muscongus settlement]

Burns discusses his settlement on Samuel Waldo's Muscongus Patent (also known as the Waldo or Linconshire Patent, land in present-day Maine). Discusses improvements Burns made to a stone house, and mentions his black cattle. Burns was given command of a company of soldiers by Governor [William] Shirley, after which he and his family moved to a settlement of 40 or 50 "Protestant Familys from Germany" on the Madomock [Medomak] River. Notes that several German settlers, at Colonel Samuel Waldo's urging, joined the expedition against Cape Breton in [1745]. Asserts "That about the Middle of…

GLC02437.10410

26 February 1747

Campbell, John, fl. 1747

Manuscript document signed

Title: [John Campbell's declaration regarding the Damariscotta River settlement]

Attests that he took up land in an area under the charge of Colonel [David] Dunbar. Dunbar was replaced by Colonel Samuel Waldo, and some families left the area while others remained. The greatest concentration of settlers dwelled in the township of Walpole, Massachusetts, where Campbell asserts "...they built houses and made some considerable Improvements in Farming and Lumbering, which all those who remained there and others that were added to the settlement of the remove aforementioned continued to do till the beginning of the Spanish War..." When war between Britain and France broke…

GLC02437.10411

8 July 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account]

A financial account involving Henry Knox and Charles Barrett. Docket notes the account was settled with Charles Barrett on 8 July 1795. Written in Knox's hand, signed in text by Knox. Also signed by Charles Barrett.

GLC02437.10624

4 November 1719

Smith, Thomas, fl. 1719

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Contract]

Signed by Benjamin Alder. John Coney and John [Lavell] Junior signed as witnesses. Anthony Roddard signed as Justice of the Peace on 5 May 1722 at Boston, Massachusetts. Contract between Thomas Smith and Benjamin Alder. Involving a tract of land called Muscongus (in present-day in Maine) and part of some islands located in eastern New England be sold to Alder from Smith. Terms and conditions of the contract are included.

GLC02437.10630

8 November 1742

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Contract]

Signed by Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. John Palmer and Charles [Proctor] signed as witnesses. J. Bradbury signed as Justice of the Peace on 25 January 1743. Indenture contract between Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. Waldo grants 200 acres of land in Maine to Burton. Terms and conditions of the contract are included.

GLC02437.10634

14 December 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to George Washington

Writes concerning a "return of the Ordnance Arms and Military stores in possession of the United States." States that many of these stores accumulated in several areas as a result of the revolution and wishes to find better permanent housing for them. Writes, "[t]he important characteristics for magazines and arsenals seem to be perfect security against enemies, internal and external, blended with an easy access by water. The expence of land transportation of heavy articles for a series of years compared with that by water, renders the latter quality indispensible for a magazine." Goes on…

GLC02437.10288

16 November 1793

Baucel (agent), fl. 1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox [in French]

Written by Baucel as the agent of Monsieur D'Espremenil, who made a deal with William Duer involving lands in Maine. See GLC02437.05930 and .05937 for background on the situation. This letter is a follow up on previous correspondence.

GLC02437.05976

23 December 1793

Henley, David, 1749-1823

Autograph document signed

Title: [Voucher for Henley's pay as a clerk in War Department]

Asks James Henry Langier, a clerk in the War Department, to give his pay to Burgess Allison. He is asking for pay for his services as clerk in the War Department from 1-5 July. The total is $7. It is signed at the bottom by Allison stating he "Received the above."

GLC02437.06004

May 6, 1824

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John McLean

Secretary of State Adams writes to McLean, Commissioner of the General Land Office, about the government responsibility for internal improvements. In response to McLean's request, he encloses a copy of an 1807 resolution he put before the senate on the topic (written on p. 3 in a secretarial hand) and indicates it can be "found in the Octavo Edition of the Journals of the Senate recently published Vol. 4, p. 155." Describes it as "the first Resolution ever offered in Congress, contemplating a general system of internal improvement." Discusses the congressional vote on it and the…

GLC01727

June 30, 1824

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Oliver Wolcott Jr.

Partly printed circular letter signed as Secretary of State written to the Governor of Connecticut, with printed resolution on page 3 directing distribution of copies of the (W. J. Stone) facsimile of the Declaration, and other documents. A note at bottom of page 1 reads: "Two of these are for the Colleges of the State." The circular is accompanied by a separate small folio sheet printing of the resolution.

GLC01728

7 March 1829

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of John McLean as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]

Countersigned by James Hamilton as acting Secretary of State. Autograph note signed by Charles H. W. Wharton on verso certifies that McLean has sworn to support the Constitution of the United States. Docketed on verso by Wharton. Writing is faded on document. Paper seal on left side.

GLC01734

June 30, 1829

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

President Jackson responds to a letter from an unknown sender suggesting that Cadwallader David Colden represent the United States Government in the Netherlands. He expresses his favor regarding this suggestion, and praises Colden's character.

GLC01735

March 4, 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Moses Dawson

Jackson writes as President concerning the subsiding economic panic of 1834 caused by the calling in of loans by the second Bank of the United States. Informs that the panic will leave the country in a better condition "... by giving us, in time, a metalic currency to meet the wants of the labouring class of the community by putting down the circulation of notes under five dollars ... " Jackson made a decision to prohibit all bank notes worth less than five dollars. Ends the letter by stating, "The tyrant [the Second Bank of the United States] is chained & must expire at the end of its…

GLC01736

March 1, 1806

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Mitchill

President Jefferson sends New York Senator Mitchill an enclosed letter (not included) regarding a case involving General John Armstrong. He asks if the Tripoline Treaty experiences delay in the Senate. One full length seated engraving of Jefferson included.

GLC01737

May 4, 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Lincoln writes a note on military forces. He recommends a division be admitted to the new corps of volunteers.

GLC01739

4 April 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Promotion of Nathaniel C. McLean to Brigadier General of Volunteers]

Official document promoting McLean, signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. This item was accompanied by maps. Includes blue seal on top left section.

GLC01740.01

5 May 1864

Margedant, William C., 1835-?

Map

Title: Part of Northern Georgia

Printed "In the field" on cloth. Black and white lithograph depicts Northern Georgia. Compiled under the direction of William E. Merrill, Chief Topographical Engineer, Washington, D.C. Margedant was Captain and Superintendent of the Topographical Engineers Office, Washington, D.C. According to a previous note, this item accompanied the commission of Brig. Gen. Nathaniel C. McClean.

GLC01740.06

May 2, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to California Delegation in Congress

Lincoln asks the delegation to take a case off his hands because he does not have time to get acquainted with it. The case referred to is not identified. Letter written on Executive Mansion stationary. One bust engraving of Lincoln included.

GLC01741

March 16, 1817

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Swartwout

Letter written by Monroe as President to Swartwout, the former Quartermaster-General from March 1813 to June 1816. Monroe was Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815 and Swartwout reported to him during that point in the War of 1812. Swartwout apparently wrote Monroe for documents defending his conduct during the war. Monroe says he is returning papers relating to claims of Swartwout from January 1815. Says he remembers the time well and recollects the powers given to Swartwout to carry out the war. Says his letter from February 4, 1815 will give the best account of the powers given him. Says…

GLC01743.01