1830

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

Autograph note signed

Title: to Mr. Glynn

Arranges a meeting and is sorry he missed Mr. Glynn yesterday.

GLC00496.234

March 3, 1832

Thompson, T. Renwick, fl. 1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Includes Thompson's letter to Pringle as well as Pringle's reply. Comments on their sending two articles on the same subject to the same paper. Feels that if Mr. Macaulay gives them an article on the W.I. question they should be glad as two attacks are better than one. In Pringle's reply, he mentions that the Examiner, a newspaper, is strong and it would be in their best interest to take advantage of the paper's power to suppress the liberals who affect moderation.

GLC00496.236

1815-1860

Thomson, Andrew, fl. 1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Asking for a face to face meeting and encloses a certificate for Mr. Pears (not included).

GLC00496.237

circa 1840

Thornley, Thomas, fl. 1846-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Disappointed at lack of coverage of the Corn Law Meeting in the Morning Chronicle. Discusses an advertisement for resolutions from another quarter. Includes the member list of the Ipswich Committee.

GLC00496.238

November 29, 1826

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Messrs. Gales and Seaton

George Ticknor writes to Gales and Seaton to request a subscription to the Daily National Intelligencer.

GLC00496.239

April 16, 1840

Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 1791-1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

In this letter, Patrick Fraser Tytler is thanking Thomas Pringle for a book of poetry given to him through Mr. Morehead, a mutual friend. He discusses an upcoming publication which Tytler would be obliged to support.

GLC00496.240

circa 1830

Villers, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Villiers, a British politician and lawyer, writes to an unknown recipient. He discusses a mutual friend possibly Sembish. He mentions The Examiner, a London newspaper. He also discusses British politics, and an "engagement with the Yankees." He writes, "I am afraid that the prevailing feeling in America is agst us- They see in our treatment of those colonies only a continuation of the same misgovernment that led to their own independence." Date previously inferred.

GLC00496.242

10 February 1831

Watson, John F., 1779-1860

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill for books from Messrs. Carey & Start]

Watson, the antiquarian and author, orders copies of his own book, Annals of Philadelphia (1830). Orders one copy of the book History of Enthusiasm (possibly A Natural History of Enthusiasm, 1830). Includes a brief biographical note on Watson written in pencil at the bottom of the page.

GLC00496.248

February 7, 1820

Waugh (doctor), fl. 1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Waugh, a reverend, writes to Pringle in Deptford, a township in London. In the first paragraph, which is struck, Waugh insists that Pringle meet Mrs. Gregory. He introduces Mr. Elliot, who bears this letter. Waugh hopes that Elliot will be useful in Pringle's society (possibly the Anti-Slavery Society). Notes Elliot's acquaintances, referring to his travels on the European continent and his association with James Montgomery, who wrote the poem "The Wanderer of Switzerland." Letter is attached to a brown paper frame.

GLC00496.249

September 20, 1817

Webb, Mary, fl. 1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Ratledge

Webb, on the Island of Saint Helena while Napoleon was there, writes to her friend in London. Mentions a recent earthquake on the island. Refers to mutual acquaintances. Discusses ordering goods from the India Company. Comments that her daughter is her only female comfort, that she made a mistake in bringing only female servants, and complains of the lack of British goods on the island. Writes "the gaiety of this place is sickening to say nothing of the dissipation- We often often talk of the many pleasant hours you have suffered us to pass in your presence and the recollection affords me…

GLC00496.250

May 9, 1832

Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Wilberforce, a British abolitionist, writes from the Brighstone (Brixton) Rectory (possibly while his son Samuel served as vicar there). He recommends Mr. Stephen, a relative and friend (likely his brother-in-law James Stephen), to serve as chairman of an unspecified organization (possibly the Anti-Slavery Society). He notes Stephen's "abhorrence of the Slave trade and Slavery." Mentions other members of the Society, including Mr. Buxton and Dr. Lushington (possibly Thomas F. Buxton and Stephen Lushington, both reformers and abolitionists). He hopes Pringle's new anti-slavery publication will…

GLC00496.251

January 14, 1830

Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Wilberforce, a British abolitionist, writes from Highwood Hill, London. He invites Pringle to visit, and discusses travel arrangements in detail. Includes a postscript on the same topic. The letter is attached to a brown paper frame. Split along center fold. Measurements include attached frame. Includes postscript in Wilberforce's own hand.

GLC00496.252

circa 1820

Wilkie, David, 1785-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to dear MacDonald

Date previously inferred. Wilkie, the Scottish painter, promises McDonald he will call at 7 o'clock. Measurements include attached frame.

GLC00496.253

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Four letters and two other documents regarding William A. Williams [Decimalized .01-.06]

Four letters regarding Williams's land holding and legal issues, mentioning freedmen, as well as an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and an official permission to visit Richmond.

GLC00496.254

October 1, 1787

Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Recipient is James Madison, who was awarded this degree in 1787. Madison's name is faded. Witherspoon informs the recipient, a College of New Jersey (now Princeton) alumni, that he has been awarded the Degree of Doctor of Laws. Written from "Tusculum near Princeton," Witherspoon's home.

GLC00496.255

October 30, 1846

Yancey, William L., 1814-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Messr. Smith, Greene & White

William L. Yancey accepts an honorary membership in Phi-Delta Society of Oglethorpe University in Midway, Georgia.

GLC00496.256

January 7, 1673

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

Replies to a letter from an unknown Lord and other gentlemen. He states "I will by the first opportunity informe his Majty of what you write concerning the Soldiers, both in the Downs and at Harwick, and shall speedily send you his Resolution thereupon." He writes that George I, King of Great Britain, intends "the Augustine shall goe out with Sr John Narbrough, and to that purpose I have sent you his Majty Orders for Victualling her in which I advise you will cause all possible dispatch to be used... " Discusses the refitting of two other ships. Written at Darby House.

GLC00496.258.01

June 13, 1898

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

Queen Victoria thanks Ronald for a cup he sent for her Jubilee. She hopes to see him when she returns to Windsor. Written on black-bordered Osborne royal stationery.

GLC00496.259

December 26, 1848

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: California herald. [(December 26, 1848)]

Large map on front titled "Gold and Quicksilver District of California." Articles discuss California's gold supply, Americans' excitement about the gold supply, and migration of workers to California. Includes "song of the gold digger" on second page.

GLC00496.260

1861-1865

Smith, H.W., fl. 1848-1868

Print

Title: Engraved portrait of Andrew Johnson

Vignette left-facing bust portrait in profile by H.W. Smith. Engraver's name is located on the lower right of the image. Printed signature underneath image. Page appears to have once been a part of a book.

GLC00496.261.01

circa 1860

Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895

Print

Title: John Marshall LLD

Portrait engraving of Marshall seated, in judge's robes. Printed signature of Marshall underneath. Possibly based on a painting by J. B. Martin, as the name is printed under the engraving.

GLC00496.262

circa 1840-1849

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Facsimile

Title: [Printed facsimile of Polk's signature]

GLC00496.263

March 1, 1863

Wilkes, Jane J., fl. 1863

Letter

Title: to Charles Wilkes

Incomplete letter from which author has been inferred (says "Mrs. Wilkes" in the body). Mrs. Wilkes discusses her meetings with President Lincoln, Secretary of Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of State William Seward, Senator Isaac Arnold, and General John Sedgwick in trying to get her husband's rank of commodore reinstated (it had been annulled according to this letter). Wilkes was disrated (becoming a captain on the retired list) in November 1862, on the ground that he had been too old to receive the rank of commodore under the act then governing promotions. Recipient inferred from the lines "…

GLC00496.265

1763-1783

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph note

Title: Regarding affidavits in Paris

Contains list of names concerning some issue in Paris, including Peyton Skipwith, Gouverneur Morris, William Lee, General William Hull, and Benjamin Hichborn. Seems to be written on the back of an old letter. Unrelated address leaf on verso. Note is a fragment.

GLC00496.266

January 20, 1778

Lee, William, 1739-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee

Addressed to Franklin, Deane, and Lee as the Commissioners at Versailles. Now that he has received a copy of a treaty, he will go to Vienna to take up his appointment there. Also comments on money needed for travel.

GLC00496.268