4 to 11 June 1868

Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Cripps

Duplicate letter, not in Leslie's hand. Discusses the news companies in New York City in reply to Cripps' inquiry about the franchising of news publications. Leslie explains how the publisher and news company chain of command works. Sends Cripps a copy of his and the American News Co.'s news circulars (not included). Signed "Frank Leslie per J.S. Thrasher." Written on Oficinas de las Publicaciones de Frank Leslie letterhead, advertising his publication, Ilustracion. Company envelope is postmarked 29 June, Habana, and includes two ten-cent stamps reading "Ultramar" and depicting a…

GLC03587.45

1733

Zenger, John P., 1697-1746

Newspaper

Title: New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 932, no. 12 (January 21, 1733)]

Bitterly criticizes governors who abuse their power. States that "plagues, epidemical distempers, and famines are tolerable evils, compared to an ill governor and supreme magistrate." Specifically criticizes Governor Lowther of Barbados. Also includes three editorials addressed to Zenger, one of which discusses a response published in the New York Gazette to a paper criticizing Governor William Cosby of New York. In addition to the editorials, the journal also includes a section for New York and New York customs house arrivals and departures. The advertisement section includes an…

GLC06108.02

21 June 1759

Draper, John, 1702-1762

Newspaper

Title: The Boston news-letter. [No. 3015 (June 21, 1759)]

Prints an act passed on the Governor of Massachusetts Bay concerning bankrupts and their creditors. Articles detail news from London, Philadelphia, New York, and the West Indies. Also includes information on arrivals and departures of privateer ships, military happenings, and public notices.

GLC01450.452.02

February 22, 1854

Gadsden, James, 1788-1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Cripps

Writes to his Secretary reporting that the treaty is before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations and expects a favorable decision which he hopes will upset Ward. Recaps the road to their success but adds a few caveats relating to unwanted amendments to the treaty. Discusses the importance of keeping the people involved in the treaty process honest and why it is their duty to do it. Notes that they want to replace Black enslaved people and enslave indigenous and Mexican people. Mentions the inevitable possession of Cuba. Adds personal news. Postmarked 22 February, Washington, DC.,…

GLC03587.09

22 August 1839

Kennon, Beverley, 1793-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William B. Shubrick

Written by Captain Kennon to Commodore Shubrick as commander of the West Indies Squadron. Kennon says he is forwarding the proceedings of the court in the case of William Smith (not included). Written while aboard the USS "Macedonian"/

GLC03479.08

26 March 1840

Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jesse Hoyt

Written by Commander Stringham at the U.S. Navy Yard in New York to Hoyt as Collector of the Port of New York. Tells Hoyt an anchor landed in New York on the USS "Boston" in May 1839. It was picked up in Havana, Cuba by the "Boston."

GLC03479.09

November 21, 1898

Brumby, T.M., fl. 1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Frank

Encloses the autograph of Admiral Dewey as she requested and a cap ribbon from one of the sunken Spanish gunboats (neither is included). Says there has been a high demand for the ribbons as souvenirs. Asks to be remembered to Mr. Frank and says he thinks fondly of their time together at her house in Jamaica. Written while aboard the USS "Olympia".

GLC03479.65

1900-1929

Morgan, C.W., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Niles

Morgan asks Niles to dine with him on Sunday if he has no previous engagements.

GLC03479.75

16 June 1792

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Marquis de Lafayette.

Re: "Exterminating the Monster Aristocracy" of New England Federalists, Constitution, The Voice of the People, French Colonies, and to Compound (House in Secure Facilities) Slaves in St. Dominique (Haiti).

GLC08063

1811-1848

McCarthy, Charles, ?-1824

Book

Title: [Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone]

Documents issued in Sierra Leone, many dealing with slavery. Bound by Colonial Office Library (possibly the Colonial Office Library of London). Contains a brief and incomplete handwritten table of contents. An exhaustive compilation of documents related to the British rule of Sierra Leone 1811-1848. First act possibly docketed by Charles McCarthy, Governor of Sierra Leone 1814-1824, 11 November 1815. Contains documents related to McCarthy's rule in Sierra Leone and several newspaper clippings from 1822 and 1823, pertaining to McCarthy. Includes a variety of treaties between the British…

GLC08059.01

25 July 1781

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he recently forwarded Lucy Knox a letter from her brother, Thomas. Reports on ships that have arrived in Boston carrying news from Antigua, England, and Martinique. Comments on currency: "The New Money has experienced the fate of the Old in this Quarter, having entirely stop'd circulation, which causes nearly a total stagnation of all Business, at present I do nothing, people will not part with Specie but for the necessaries of Life of wch I have none... " Complains that he has not heard from Henry, his brother, in a long time.

GLC02437.01082

circa 1860

Gault, S.W., fl. 1850-1860

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of W. S. Langhorne]

W. S. Langhorne, seated full portrait. Albumen print (Bermuda: S. W. Gault). Inscribed: "Your friend W.S. Langhorne"

GLC01896.184

1861-1877

Gault, S.W., fl. 1850-1860

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of N. F. Richardson]

N. F. Richardson, seated full portrait. Albumen print (Bermuda: S. W. Gault). Inscribed: "To Mr. E. R. Archer From his dear and ever great full friend N. F. Richardson"

GLC01896.187

circa 1861-1863

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Free Negroes in Hayti

One print entitled, "Free Negroes in Hayti" by Adalbert John Volck dated approximately 1861-1863. Volck's illustration is a caricature of Haitians. To raise money for the Confederacy, he has satirized Black Haitians as savages who sacrifice their children. Illustration does contain graphic violence of cannibalism.

GLC00493.27

14 May 1861

Stewart, J.J., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 20 (May 14, 1861)]

Conditions of Peace Required of the so-called Seceded States. Reports from the past state legislature are printed. Ads request volunteers for the Salisbury Grays and the Engineers, artillery, infantry, and cavalry. An article provides advice to volunteers about how to survive sickness during the war. An editorial valorizes Southern military leaders. A North Carolina act to raise 10,000 troops outlines attempts to increase military, and captions of other acts are included. This issue has international connections to the Confederacy, including Brazil and Cuba.

GLC05959.29.02

1856

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852

Engraving

Title: Landing of Columbus.

One engraving entitled "Landing Of Columbus" dated 1856. Depicts Columbus landing in the New World in 1492. Columbus and his men arrive on a beachfront in the West Indies. Columbus holds the royal banner of Aragon and Castile in one hand and a sword in the other. Native West Indians watch the Europeans from behind a tree. Published by Martin, Johnson & Co, New York, based on a painting by John Vanderlyn, and engraved by Henry Brian Hall.

GLC08878.0001

1861/09/15

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: The New York herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)]

Prints a letter of President Lincoln to John C. Fremont concerning emancipation. Headline reads, "Modification of the Proclamation with regard to the liberation of slaves." Lincoln asks Fremont to modify his order proclaiming that all slaves owned by Confederates in Missouri were free because it goes against Congress. Civil War news, retreat of the rebel Army of Manassas, news from Havana and Mexico, among other items.

GLC08793

1800/07/21

Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800

Newspaper

Title: Connecticut courant. [Vol. XXXV no. 1852 (July 21, 1800)]

Prints an announcement from the secretary of the treasury on national borrowing, an editorial against President Thomas Jefferson, a Rhode Island law to prevent "Peddling of Feathers, Indigo, and Tin Ware," international news on wars in Italy and Germany, and a proclamation by Toussaint L'Overture announcing a blockade over the southern ports of St. Domingo (present day Haiti).

GLC08726.02

1794/07/03

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. LeRoy and Mr. Bayard

Discusses a shipping business venture. Comments on French naval activities in the West Indies, including their recapturing of Guadeloupe from the British. Mentions a possible response from Sir John Jervis. Speculates that the French might not only recover the islands taken by Jervis but capture him as well. Expects a positive outcome from John Jay's upcoming negotiations in London, part of which were aimed at obtaining indemnities for shippers, securing the right to trade in the British West Indies, and ensuring peace. That meeting produced Jay's Treaty.

GLC02450.08

1758/06/10

Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761

Letter signed

Title: to Captain Vaughan

Orders Captain Vaughan to "receive twelve pipes of Madeira wine being two months supply," for his men. Written on board the HMS Namur.

GLC02500.03

1830/10/18

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Header Record

Title: Letter by Andrew Jackson and engraving of him [Decimalized .01-.02]

A letter by President Andrew Jackson to Hardy M. Cryer, and an engraving of Jackson by A. B. Walter.

GLC02526

1802/06/09

Dodge, Amite, fl. 1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: rumors of a covert deal for gun powder

Dodge expresses concern that Americans were making covert deals for powder. "[A] letter has been intercepted from [illegible] to some of his friends here in which he says, By all means comply with the agreemt. with the Americans for Powder . . . . This is in every body's mouth." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.049

1683/07/10

Van Dyck, Arent, fl. 1683

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

The goods mentioned seem to originate from Barbados, including flour. Also includes the signature of Robert Stanford.

GLC03107.00104

1683/10/22

Van Dyck, Arent, fl. 1683

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch and English]

The goods being transacted probably originate from Barbados, including flour. Also signed by Robert Stanford.

GLC03107.00105

1699/08/05

Cleland, John, fl. 1699

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: family news

Livingston's nephew writes to forward news of the family's health in Scotland, and to request "the honour of a Lyne from you [which] would infinetly oblige." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00509