1846

Colcock, C.L., fl. 1846

Autograph letter

Title: to Thomas H. Colcock (incomplete)

Discusses getting caught up in a squall on the Broad River in the Carolinas. Details the near escape of the boat and the salvation of himself and the others sailing with him. States that one person on the boat died when the boat overturned. Last page or pages are missing.

GLC08165.01

26 June 1812

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Document

Title: [An act concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods].

Addressed to the commander of the Brig Argus, Edward Howe, Jr.

GLC08230

05 March 1810

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Christopher Gore

Written to Governor of Massachusetts Christopher Gore. Explains his opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment that would limit the life of an embargo act to 30 days after Congress enacted it. Countersigned by James Lloyd.

GLC08220

circa 1776-1830

Header Record

Title: Collection of items related to Colonel Thomas Marshall [Decimalized .01- .03]

GLC01450.005

22 June 1801

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to "the Collectors of the Customs'

"Issue no commission to any private armed vessel . . ." (Complying with Convention with France ending the Quasi war.)

GLC08364

1739-1740

Manuscript document

Title: Account of passengers and disposal of the servants time of service who were brought hither from Cork in Ireland on the ship John & Mary...

Title continues "James Underdowne Master on account & Visque of Capt. John Eloss Owner of said ship." Ledger page accounting for passengers and their servants on board, including pricing.

GLC08366

26 September 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: Ordnance & Stores from Head of Elk & Baltimore arrived in James River.

Lists quantities of artillery supplies that had arrived and ships with supplies that had not yet arrived. The ordnance was for the siege of Yorktown. The last page is separated from the first two; the two parts are marked with the reference code VII-77 and VII -78, respectively. Henry Knox's copy.

GLC02437.01192

13 October 1781

Pryor, J., fl. 1781

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports that the ordnance expected from Richmond (see GLC02437.01195) have arrived at Trebell's Landing, but the vessels have orders (communicated through Pryor's Deputy) not to land more stores there. Asks Knox to whom the stores should be delivered. The ordnance was needed for the siege of Yorktown.

GLC02437.01223

17 July 1783

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to Silas Talbot

This is a copy of a certificate sent to Captain Talbot by Major General Gates. Says when he was in command of the troops in the Eastern Department in 1779, there were many small British cruisers harrasing American shipping from Long Island to Nantucket. To stop them, Gates says he had a large galley and a sloop named "Argo" fitted for battle. The "Argo" had 12 6-pound guns and was given to the command of Rhode Islander Silas Talbot, "that intrepid & enterprising officer." Goes on to say he "was eminently useful & greatly assisted in driving the enemy from our coast and relieving our…

GLC02437.02297

January 21, 1767-February 20, 1770

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

Manuscript letter signed

Title: [Continuation of agreement with Joseph Palmer]

Agreement continuing the partnership between Thomas Flucker and Joseph Palmer in a spermecetti manufacturing business as their original agreement from 1763 is about to expire. Consent to slight alterations in their agreement. Signed by both Flucker and Palmer. A note on the bottom, dated 20 February, 1770, in Boston, declares that "The above continuation of our partnership is wholly settled this Day" and is signed by Palmer.

GLC02437.09060

21 August 1771

Moss, Thomas, fl. 1771

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Ommanney & Co.

Written from "Gibraltar in Boston Harbour." Addressed to Mr. Ommanney & Co., Savage Gardens, London. Asks the company to pay a sum to John Langdon on a particular timetable. The name "John Langdon" is written on verso.

GLC02437.09071

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Stone Blockade off Charleston, S.C.

Depicts the treacherous route into Charleston Harbor with several sunken ships. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.

GLC00493.10

circa 1673-1689

Header Record

Title: Items related to Samuel Pepys [Decimalized .01 and .02]

GLC00496.258

August 29, 1762

Taylor, George, fl. 1762

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant General De Boice

Letter written to the Governor of (possibly &) Lieutenant General De [Boice] at Santo Domingo. Taylor, master of the brig New Grace, writes that he has taken two brigantines and two sloops, and that he put eighty people ashore with water and provisions. Requests "a Flag Truce to take them off the Island" as soon as possible. Letter written "On board the New Grace of the Cape."

GLC01450.446.13

1968

Streeter, Thomas W. (Thomas Winthrop), 1883-1965

Book

Title: The celebrated collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter...

(title continues)... Morristown, New Jersey sold by order of the trustees. Volume four of a seven volume collection, plus index. Includes: Kansas and Nebraska, the Dakotas, the Rocky Mountains, Colorado and Pike's Peak Gold Rush, Wyoming and Montana, the Mormons and Utah, Nevada, cattle and the cattle trade, Pacific voyages, and California through 1849. Public auction 23 and 24 April. Published by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (affiliated with Sotheby & Co. in London). Contains images of items in the collection. Pages numbered 1475-1854. Includes a price list for the Streeter…

GLC03261.04

24 June 1846

United States. Congress (29th, 1st session : 1846)

Pamphlet

Title: Schooner Amistad.

Includes a letter from James Buchanan, Secretary of State, to Charles J. Ingersoll, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. Contains correspondence between A. Calderon de la Barca, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain, and John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State before Buchanan. All items pertain to the Amistad.

GLC00267.067.02

19 May 1824

United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Pamphlet

Title: [Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Piracy around Cuba and Puerto Rico from the 18th Congress]

Printed report "Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to which was referred so much of the President's message, as relates to Piracies committed on the Commerce of the United States, in the neighborhood of the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico." Says the measures adopted by the last session of Congress and the zeal of naval officers in the Caribbean have put a stop to piracy. Says pirates have operated from Cuba "for years" under the eye of the Spanish government. Says the Spanish government was complicit in the acts. Mentions that the present Captain General of the Island of Cuba has…

GLC04604.01

2 July 1840

United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1840)

Pamphlet

Title: Spanish schooner L'Amistad (to be annexed to Doc. 185).

To be annexed to GLC05795.01. Contains correspondence between Pedro Alcantara de Argaiz, Spanish minister at Washington, D.C., and John Forsyth, Secretary of State. Contains Spanish and English versions. In a letter to Forsyth, Argaiz writes "Under the circumstances herein set forth, the undersigned, minister of her Catholic Majesty, finds himself under the disagreeable necessity of protesting fully and with all necessary energy, against the order issued for the imprisonment of Don Jose Ruiz and Don Pedro Montes, and he asks the Executive Power of the Union to use all the means which it…

GLC05795.02

5 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: Circumstances leading to and attending the seize of the Phoenix

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Relates the chase made by the "Grampus" to capture the slave trade ship"Phoenix" off the coast of Saint Domingo. J.C. Hall, captain of the merchant ship "Kremlin," which sailed out of Boston, Massachusetts (see letter Mayo wrote to Hall at GLC04604.19), was threatened by the "Phoenix" and witnessed Mayo's seizure. The "Phoenix" raised a Spanish flag when encountered. Says they had to fire shots to get them to take down their sails and surrender. Sent a Lt. Wilson and an armed party to board the 90.5 ton schooner. The…

GLC04604.17

5 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Branch

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus, which was off the coast of Saint Domingo, to Branch as Secretary of the Navy. Better copy of GLC04606.17. Marked "No. 2" in docket.

GLC04604.18

9 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.C. Hall

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus to Hall as captain of the merchant ship "Kremlin," based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Hall was threatened by the slave trade ship "Phoenix" and witnessed Mayo's seizure of the ship for piracy. Looked over Hall's affidavit and says he overlooked "two material points." Two points are: 1. the "Phoenix" ordered him to send a boat on board of her and after Hall refused and the "Phoenix" threatened to board the "Kremlin," which was an attempt to detain the ship without authority on the high seas. 2. the "Phoenix" crossing the…

GLC04604.19

12 July 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo to remain with the Grampus until Lt. Wilson comes out with the prize. Mayo is to escort Wilson to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Tells him to secure all prisoners for the trip for New Orleans. When he returns to Pensacola, Elliott wants to be given a report. Written "in haste." Address and docket are on a sheet that is now separated from the letter.

GLC04604.20

1 August 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Knight

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the schooner U.S.S. Grampus to Mr. Knight of Havana, Cuba. References Knight's letter of 26 June 1830. Says he has made a request that is so out of line that he cannot comply with it. The request involved the slave ship "Feris" and Mayo says that the only explanation for the request must be Knight's lack of knowledge of the ship's character. Says "The slavers are now almost the only Pirates afloat, and they will be dealt by accordingly." Says the ship will never reach Cuba because it will never be cleared from New Orleans. Even if the ship…

GLC04604.21

7 September 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Manuscript letter

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Clerical copy written and signed by H.F. Ingraham, Captain Elliott's clerk on the U.S.S. Erie. Marked "True Copy." Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo that once his ship is prepared he is to sail off the coast of Havana and Mantanzas Bay. Tells him to restock his supplies at Mantanzas Bay quickly. Afterward he is to sail into the Caribbean Sea where American trade is "subject to annoyance of which I will expect an exercise of great vigilance in giving to it such protection as your…

GLC04604.22

13 November 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written in clerical hand and signed by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo to take provisions for a four month cruise off the coast of Mexico. Says he needs to use economy in stocking the ship. Asks Mayo to leave him the triplicates of the list of requisitions. Says Lt. Rinker has been ordered to join the Grampus to replace Lt. Rick Morris. Says Morris is to have permission to return home and to report to the Secretary of the Navy by letter when he arrives. Mayo is to make an appearance off Vera…

GLC04604.23