1765/02 ca.

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: Colonial remonstrance against Molasses Act of 1733

He quotes: "'That the Complaint contained in the New England Memorial & Petition was frivolous & Groundless, an high Insult upon his Majesty's Government, & tending to shake off the dependency of the said Colony upon this Kingdom, to which by Law & Rights they are & ought to be subject."

GLC07654.09

[n.y.]/09/18

S, S. I.

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: the death of Johnston's bird

Johnston's cousin informs him of the death of his bird.

GLC03107.04093

1669/06/01

Pope, Sarah, fl. 1669

Manuscript document signed

Title: Land petition.

Petition for one of the first English children born in the New World, signed by Sarah Pope, a passenger aboard the third ship to arrive at Plymouth, the Anne.

GLC07954

1865/01/28

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to Edward O.C. Ord re: endorsement on petition

GLC07856

1808/08/08

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Broadside

Title: Notification. The Freeholders... [calling town meeting on Embargo Act]

A notice calling a Boston town meeting to prepare a petition for ending the Embargo Act towards Spain and Portugal.

GLC06991.01

1808/08/10

Document signed

Title: Circular: Petition to the President, with printed letter to Petersham selectmen

Resolutions passed at a Boston town meeting to create a petition to end the Embargo, signed by 7 selectmen of Boston, including Charles Bullfinch, William Porter and Ebenezer Oliver. With an attached (conjugate) printed letter, to the Selectmen of Petersham

GLC06991.02

1808 ca.

Broadside

Title: An address to the Republican friends of the National Administration...

Continues: "In the county of Berkshire..." Contains pro-embargo, pro-Jefferson sentiments.

GLC06991.03

1808 ca.

Broadside

Title: Whereas the town of Boston [Pro-embargo protest with blanks for town names]

Resolutions.

GLC06991.04

February 20, 1827

Johnson, Green S., fl. 1827

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt of Mrs. David Murphy for subscription to Ratmonth?]

GLC01450.600.040

12 November 1789

Various

Document signed

Title: to Samuel Osgood, Postmaster General of New York

One petition addressed to Samuel Osgood dated November 12, 1789. A statement details that the signers felt obligated to petition on behalf of Goddard to have her reinstated as postmaster. 235 prominent citizens of Baltimore signed the petition.

GLC09756.04

1864/03/04-18

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: Petitions re: separation of church and state in Memphis, Tenn. [decimalized]

1) Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis. DS: [Memphis], [n.d.] Petition to Abraham Lincoln re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. 7 p. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state; and AES of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (18 March 1864) re: "no military necessity" for taking church into Union hands. 2) Chaplain Association of Memphis. DS: Memphis, 11 March 1864. Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. 9 p. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military…

GLC04813

1818/08/04

Gelar, Jose, fl. 1818

Manuscript document

Title: Petition of freeman wrongly enslaved by Samuel P. Hargrove

"The Petition of Jose Gelar respectfully showeth that he is a native of the Island of Cuba,... and by birth a freeman..."

GLC07609

1775/11/09

Slough, Matthias, fl. 1775

Letter signed

Title: to Jasper Veats re: petition from Congress to be delivered to King George

Discusses a petition from Congress to be delivered "to His Majesty."

GLC07481.03

1690/02/27

Cornelise, Arnout, fl. 1690

Manuscript

Title: Petition of Arnout Cornelise [incomplete]

GLC03107.04875

February 28, 1802

Holland, Park, 1752-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Noted as a copy. Discusses the lots, boundaries, and legal issues of the settlers in Bangor, Maine. Encloses (not included) a plan for Bangor, Maine that shows the settlers lots, the names of the settlers before 17 February 1798, and the names of the present owners. Page three contains extract of a letter from John Gleason discussing the quality of the land. Letter is originally addressed to John Gleason but it may have been forwarded to Knox due to Gleason's extract that was added.

GLC02437.07720

1700/08/27

Lanch, John, fl. 1700

Manuscript

Title: Petition of John Lanch to Richard Earl of Bellomont

John Lanch petitioned Bellomont to request that he be paid for some hogs and a cow that Indians slaughtered.

GLC03107.04844