17 December 1791

Bell, George, fl. 1791-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Memorandum apparently addressed to S[amuel] Shaw. Discusses financial transactions, particularly sales and interest on merchandise (alludes to merchandise being sold by Bell on Shaw's behalf; see GLC02437.05247, GLC02437.05248 and GLC02437.05249 for more information.)

GLC02437.05260

1 May 1792

Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes that the Consul of France has asked Breck to enclose a letter for Knox to forward (not present). The Consul is apparently afraid that the letter will be miscarried, so asks if the addressee (a Mr. De Rome) could send his reply via Knox. Relates that his wife, Mrs. Breck, is looking forward to a visit by Mrs. Knox and the children. Explains that the state of Massachusetts is calm at present, and the financial crisis in New York has not extended to his region. Sends his compliments to Henry Jackson, if Jackson is with him.

GLC02437.05440

10 June 1792

Pearce, William, fl. 1783

Printed document signed

Title: [Certificate] [in German]

Partially printed with names written in by hand. Certifies that Carl Wilhelm de Schmidsfelden is employed in a certain regiment with a yearly wage of 1500 Spanish dollars which should be delivered to him should he leave the regiment, but is now to receive land as payment instead. Contains a seal.

GLC02437.05502

2 August 1792

Bell, George, fl. 1791-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Shaw

Discusses the sale of goods on Knox's behalf, as well as his attempts to acquire money owed to Knox.

GLC02437.05566

7 August 1792

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the situation of the family of the late General Nathanael Greene and believes that "[i]t is time a Bill was finally passed by a considerable majority for pecuniary restitution to the family;" Also writes concerning the status of the military at Camden [South Carolina]. Mentions the French Revolution, stating that "it is a great & a good cause" but still has some misgivings due to the direction in which the government seems to be heading.

GLC02437.05571

5 December 1792

Brett, Piercy, fl. 1788-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Provides an extensive description of "French affairs" in relation to the French Revolution which he states is occupying all of Europe. "That their Republic seems so firmly established, they bid defiance to all the neighbouring powers to shake it. Since the retreat of the Prussians and Austrians, their successes continue in the most uninterrupted series. Nothing stops their victorious career ... Wherever their victorious Generals go, they are sure to succeed; they offer the people liberty, and invite them to shake off the yoke of despotism, and form a constitution agreeable to their own…

GLC02437.05724

13 June 1793

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Sent three of the maps by post as Knox directed. Each map costs 20 shillings or $2.50, for a total of $7.50. Encloses the account with receipts (not included). Reports "The City of New York is in a state of anarchy every night since the arrival of the french Frigate." This is in reference to the arrival of the French frigate "Ambuscade," which brought news of the French declaration of war against Great Britain.

GLC02437.05900

18 May 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Discusses the appointment of either Mr. [Thomas] Pinckney or [David] Humphreys as the minister to the Republic of France. Mentions Mr. Pinckney might transfer to France as long it is not disagreeable to him. Also notes Mr. Humphreys has not voiced opinions on the French Revolution and would make a good appointment. Recommends the following people, [Thomas] Jefferson, [James] Madison, Governor Henry Lee Virginia, John Rutledge, Elbridge Gerry, Doctor William Eustis, and Jedediah Huntington, along with a few others. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.06098

13 April 1794

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes about the impending war and declares that Knox should "give up any consideration for the common or public good of our country." Discusses the necessity of finding an "American" engineer to help prevent the "enemy" from learning the strengths of their ports. Recommends searching for "geniuses in America" and to have the government give them as much assistance it can afford. Also, suggests New York having four companies of artillery during war and two during peace. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.06077

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 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

August 25, 1842

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. Thomas William Ward

Letter written as President of the Republic of Texas. Accompanied by an Executive Department order written and signed in secretarial hand. Letter discusses predicting peace with Mexico & Indians and Texas

GLC01777

April 29, 1842

Reily, James, fl. 1841-1846

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. Thomas Ward

Reily lobbied for Texas in Congress. Letter written during the escalating crisis between the United States and Mexico which ultimately led to the Mexican War. Reily writes "My heart fondly turns to Texas." Letter also discusses a diplomatic report from Washington.

GLC01778

September 9, 1782

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Gen. David Forman

Letter written in the hand of Washington's aide-de-camp Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Written two months before the signing of the first provisional peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States in Paris on November 30, during the uneasy lull that followed American victory at Yorktown in September 1781. As Brigadier General of New Jersey militia, Forman had acted as Washington's watchman since 1780 by keeping the Commander in Chief advised of enemy movements off the coast. Even after ratification of the peace treaty, it was not until November 1783 that British troops entirely evacuated…

GLC01783

1775

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Book

Title: An address to the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, on the present important crisis of affairs [Reprinted in "English defenders of American freedoms, 1774-1778"]

See the Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.01-1800.04. Vigorous, inflammatory attack on government of George III. Alerts people of Ireland, Scotland, and England to dangers of legislation without representation and parliamentary oppression. Solutions include the requirement of a civil test for all elected officials to ensure responsibility to the people, and the overturning of septennial parliaments. Reprinted in English Defenders of American Freedom, 1774-1448: Six Pamphlets Attacking British Policy, comp. Paul H. Smith (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972). Third edition. (London;…

GLC01784.02

1774-1775

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser. [No. 1674 (January 4, 1774) - no. 1725 (December 27, 1775)] [with gaps]

Revolutionary War era newspaper: Pennsylvania Journal. 5 and 19 April 1775 issues contain fugitive slave ads. Issue number 1698 is missing. March 8, 1775 contains African Slavery In America written by Thomas Paine in 1774.

GLC01706

1721

Care, Henry, fl. 1721

Book

Title: English liberties, or the free-born subject's inheritance [1st American edition]

12mo. Fifth edition, first American edition. First printing of the Magna Carta in America. Printed by N. Buttolph, B. Eliot and D. Henchman. Rebound.

GLC01710

1744

Pennsylvania, Treaties

Pamphlet

Title: A treaty...by...Virginia and Maryland with...the indians of the Six Nations

Stab-stitched, uncut. Printed by Benjamin Franklin. First edition. The treaty was signed in June 1744. it renews allianace between Iroquois and Great Britain at the outbreak of hte French and Indian war. Boyd 3; Curtis/Cambell 84; Evans 5416; Hildeburn 907; Miller 364; Sabin 60736.

GLC01711

12 July 1764

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1855 (July 12, 1764)]

Prints a declaration of John Penn, the Governor of the province of Pennsylvania, proclaiming the Delaware and Shawanese Indians enemies of the province. Reports that Penn will offer rewards for Indian captives or scalps and delineates the amount of the reward to be paid for captured male Indians, women and children, scalps, etc. Other articles detail acts concerning paper bills of credit and the importation of hemp and flax. Reports on other news from European countries, especially London, as well as from New York and Philadelphia. Also includes posts and advertisements, some offering…

GLC01713.01

1766

Parker, James, fl. 1766-1771

Pamphlet

Title: Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, &c.

Records Franklin's testimony before the House of Commons concerning American grievances about the Stamp Act, internal levies, the debts from the French and Indian War, costs and origins of that war, American manufactures, and American sentiments towards Britain and Parliament. Among the questions and answers are: "Q. What used to be the pride of Americans? / A. To indulge in the fashions and manufactures of Great-Britain. / Q. What now is their pride? / A. To wear their old cloaths over again, till they can make new ones." Copyright and libel laws prohibited any indication of the "august…

GLC01719

May 24, 1821

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter

Title: to Mathew Carey

Adams complains that American government mixes too many legislative powers with the executive. Also discusses Europe's quest for Democracy "without Sufficient knowledge of the system of Organization necessary to form it and preserve it." The original signature was clipped and has been replaced.

GLC01726

1776

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Header Record

Title: Declaration of Independence [book printing]: The remembrancer....

GLC01730

February 14, 1783

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Broadside

Title: [Announcing the armistice between the United States and Great Britain]

Announcing the armistice between the United States and Great Britain. Printed by Charles Eyre & William Strahan. Full title: "A Proclamation, declaring cessation of arms, as well by sea as Land, agreed upon between his magesty, the most christian king, the king of Spain, the states general of the United Provinces, and the United States of America, and enjoying the observance thereof."

GLC01731

September 26, 1788

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Brown

Madison writes to Brown, then a Kentucky lawyer and later a senator, to promise further communication of his thoughts on making Kentucky a state. Also comments cryptically, because he has no cypher established with Brown, about his sentiments regarding "our confidential conversation just before your departure." Indicates that he has anticipated "every political calamity," probably referring to Spain's efforts to get Kentucky to become an independent state. Includes two resolutions passed by Congress on September 16, 1788 relating to American rights to the Mississippi River.

GLC01742.01

May 15, 1835

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to John Brown

Madison sends Brown, a former Kentucky senator, a copy of letter from Madison to Mann Butler. The copy, dated October 11, 1834, provides a recollection of the 1788 correspondence between Madison and Brown regarding Spain's efforts to get Kentucky to become an independent state. It also attests to the friendship between Madison and Brown and directs Butler, who was writing about the period, to other sources.

GLC01742.02