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

1776/01/21

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

Autograph document signed

Title: re permit to John Riddell to take passage to Great Britain

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.33

1773/03/04

Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

Document signed

Title: Signed two pound Virginia paper currency note

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.34

1774/12/19

Rhoads, Samuel, fl. 1774

Document signed

Title: re: indenture of Alexander Abrahams

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.35

1793/12/04

Schureman, James, fl. 1793

Letter signed

Title: re: personal finances, also signed by John Neilson and John Bray

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.36

November 30, 1796

Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Holten

Smith is attempting to reestablish his acquaintance with Holten to get information on the presidential race in Massachusetts. Smith is worried that electors in New England, under the influence of Alexander Hamilton, will give their votes to Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina, the supposed vice presidential candidate. Says that if southern electors vote for Pinckney, a favorite son, that both Jefferson and Adams could lose the presidency. To prevent this he hopes the Massachusetts electors will vote for another candidate and mentions Aaron Burr. Asks the correspondence to remain confidential…

GLC02471.37

1777/05/14

Smith, Richard, fl. 1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Livingston re: declining attendance "at the present session"

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.38

1781/01/20

United States. Continental Congress.

Autograph document signed

Title: Extract from minutes urging Governor of Delaware to send troops to Trenton

Written as Secretary of Congress. [Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.39

1776/01/03

Tilghman, Matthew, 1718-1790

Document signed

Title: Military commission

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.40

1775/08/04

Trumbull, Joseph, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: Payment for and storage of molasses

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.41

1757/12/19

Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832

Autograph document signed

Title: to Thomas Richardson re: voucher for payment to Edward Saunders

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.43

1791/01/10

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simeon De Witt re: land grant

Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).

GLC02471.44

1789/03/15

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Document signed

Title: Certificate & receipt of payment as delegate to NY Convention (c/s Geo Clinton)

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.45

24 June 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Warren Winslow

Tells Winslow that he is forwarding his request to promote Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill to the Secretary of War for consideration. A blue paper and printed blurb about Davis are attached to the document. 1 black and white bust engraving of Jefferson Davis included.

GLC02472

17 August 1865

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Todd Lincoln

Douglass thanks Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. Notes that the gift is not merely a memento, but is an "inclination of his humane interest" in the "welfare of my whole race." Accompanied by a small newspaper clipping and a black and white bust engraving of Douglass.

GLC02474

1786-1891

Header Record

Title: American explorers, adventurers and naturalists: 14 letters & docs [decimalized]

[decimalized 02475.01-02475.14]

GLC02475

22 June 1853

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses his observations of and desire to obtain specimens of turtle eggs (species unspecified).

GLC02475.01

circa 1867

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868

Signature

Title: to Malcolm Towndsend

Alexander C. Hunt, the Governor of Colorado, writes to Malcolm Towndsend in response to Towndsend's request for General Carson's signature. Hunt states that due to the fragile state of Carson's health, Carson is only able to sign his name.

GLC02475.03

1828-1829

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt and note signed by William Clark [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02475.04

22 October 1846

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to E.M. Kerne

Informs Lieutenant Kerne, commander of the district of the Sacramento Valley, that Peter Brennan, this letter's bearer, has authorization to enlist men "in the service of the United States at the rate of twenty five dollars per month." Asks Kerne to give Brennan assistance. Fremont was then engaged in military activities against California, then owned by Mexico.

GLC02475.05

July 13, 1854

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Writes to an unknown bookseller asking if he has copies of Gray's manual of botany available because Mr. Willis, the principal of the Freehold Institute, is not able to obtain a copy. Asks what the selling price is. With small square fragment of blue lined paper with text, possibly cut from another letter. Addressed from Banbridge.

GLC02475.06

17 March 1853

Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Ticknor

Writes that he has noticed "that you have made no charges against our little party for the host of troublesome commissions connected with my lectures" and considers it "a direct contribution to the object of our Expedition." Offers his thanks.

GLC02475.07

23 March 1786

Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802

Document signed

Title: [Indenture for sale of land in Virginia]

Signed on verso by Tuck Welles [Greencolt?] who states "This Indenture was acknowledged by the said Benjamin Logan to be his Act & declared ordered to be Recorded." Logan, a pioneer, sells a parcel of land to Isaac Shelby, John Logan, William Montgomery, and Hugh Logan, Lincoln County justices of the peace. Indicates the parcel size as 26 acres. Mentions various markers, such as sugar trees and creeks, indicative of boundary lines. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Joseph Russell and John Bailey.

GLC02475.08

1837/03/31

Long, Stephen H., 1784-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Harlan

Thanks Dr. Harlan for the present he sent to Mrs. Long. Mentions receiving instruction for surveys of Maine and Massachusetts, which he will engage when the weather improves and the winter cold abates. Mentions sending a box of presents.

GLC02475.09

11 May 1891

Peary, Robert E., 1856-1920

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clarence C. Buel

Indicates that he is planning "an Expedition to determine the northern terminus of Greenland." Reports to Buel, the assistant editor of Century Magazine, that he has been advised to seek an outlet for publishing articles related to the expedition, but had not yet made specific plans.

GLC02475.10