1755/06/06

Stevenson, James, fl. 1750-1755

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Elliot re: pending agreement for the release of prisoners

Stevenson writes to James Elliot, who is at the time confined in prison, and informs him of proceedings between "the two governments" to reach an agreement regarding the exchange of prisoners.

GLC03107.04744

1756/03/11

Seymour, Thomas, fl. 1744-1756

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Everts re: opinion regarding rights to the oar bed at Salisbury

Thomas Seymour writes to clarify the rights of various owner's, and specifically Mr. Livingston's, to use the oar bed at Salisbury. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04746

1818/04/15

Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William C. Bradley

Discusses the appointment of a congressional committee to investigate expenditures made in executing the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent and their report. The committee was formed in response to reports of waste. Comments on the efforts of a Mr. Allen to have negative parts of the report pertaining to the fifth article removed. Discusses the reading of a confidential letter to the committee by John Holmes that was critical of the expenditures, which Crafts made a copy of (see GLC05634.03). Believes Holmes wants to supplant the man originally appointed…

GLC05634.04

1821/02/03

Van Ness, Cornelius P., 1782-1852

Printed document

Title: [Report on the progress and expenditures of the Commissioners regarding the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent]

The fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent pertained to the establishment of various parts of the boundary between the United States and Canada. Van Ness was the commissioner for the section of the boundary outlined in article five and Peter B. Porter was the commissioner for the section outlined in articles six and seven. The report ends with a printed letter from Van Ness to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams regarding the execution of article five.

GLC05634.02

1818/03/26

Turner, Charles, 1760-1839

Manuscript letter

Title: to John Holmes

Reports on his activities assisting in the execution of the part of the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent pertaining to the settlement of an United States-Canada border in the east. Discusses several problems with the enterprise, being at odds with government agents, and the various suggestions he made. Submits his ideas for Holmes to make use of as he sees fit and asks they be kept confidential. Fears becoming a scapegoat. Holmes had been appointed a commissioner to divide the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay between the United States and Great Britain. Turner was a Massachusetts state…

GLC05634.03

1818/04

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution of the Select Committee on the execution of the Treaty of Ghent]

Copy of a declaration including a letter in the report of the Select Committee investigating the expenditures made in the execution of the part of the Treaty of Ghent fixing the boundary line between Maine and Canada. The letter, written by Charles Turner, was critical of the execution of the treaty (see GLC05634.03). Also resolves "That the Select Committee be discharged from further considering the said report." Addressed to Cornelius P. Van Ness in Burlington, Vermont.

GLC05634.05

1786/06/12

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Letter signed

Title: to John Franklin, William Hooker Smith, and John Jenkins

Franklin, writing as president of the Pennsylvania Council, discusses the strife in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania, land that was claimed by both Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Acknowledges the "affliction" of the Yankee settlers, describes the testimony heard by the Council, and offers safe passage for an agent. The Connecticut settlers were later given clear title to the land, but John Franklin was imprisoned for treason. The conflict arose under the Articles of Confederation and helped justify support of a new Constitution.

GLC04686

1781/12/24

Pickering, John, 1737-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Langdon re: Habeas Corpus, constitutional issues

"The Confederation dearly points out the right of deciding all controversies concerning the boundaries of any state... the present case shows the necessity and utility of such powers being vested in the United States and not in any one separate state lest the whole should be involved in a war by the Rashness, imprudence or prejudice of one or more states... Parliamentary Habeas Corpus backed by the military arm... I ask who is to observe the writ? the Militia? Would it not have been more eligible and regular for the Supreme Judicial Court to have issued and directed a Habeas Corpus."

GLC06542

1796/06/15

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Document

Title: Proclamation condemning riotous proceedings on the Manor of Livingston

GLC03107.05428

February 8, 1792

Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Provides new information that he received on good authority about how a Mr. P. gave information to a merchant company in England that the ports at Niagara and Detroit would be taken by the United States. Briefly mentions how this information pertains to the Indian struggles in the Northwest Territories.

GLC02437.05312

1790/10/09

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Joseph Peirce

Hoping to sell the portion of the Waldo Patent that previously belonged to Thomas Flucker as soon as possible. Worries that the lands will soon be made worthless by the number of people who have settled there illegally without paying. For this reason he hopes to sell the vast tract of about 60,000 acres by April 15, 1791. Discusses the details of the sale, which he hopes Peirce will assist in.

GLC02437.09233

February 7, 1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Document sent to the Massachusetts legislature defending Henry Knox's claims on the Waldo patent]

Written to the Massacusetts Legislature defending Henry Knox's claims to the Waldo patent against a petition sent to the legislature by many residents of the patent. Argues against the claims made in the petition, and states that the land rightfully belongs to Knox. Part of the sixth page is on a separate sheet, that was once attached.

GLC02437.09263