1812/02/03

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

Header Record

Title: Collection of diplomatic dispatches to James Monroe as Sec. of State [Decimalized .01- .13]

Discusses international relations and Napoleon. Some dispatches manuscript, with some partly printed.

GLC07459.01

1812/03/15

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Monroe re: organizing military forces

"It seems the Emperor never kept his ministers so hard at work night and day...to organize and push forward the unexampled military force before which Europe now trembles." Labeled "Dispatch no. 9"

GLC07459.02

1780/12/12

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Broadside

Title: Proclamation [threatening rebellious New Yorkers]

Broadside threatening rebellious New Yorkers: "seduced from their Allegiance by...Ambitious and Factious Men."

GLC07462

1806/05/19

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown re: U.S. role in Mediterranean after end of the Barbary War

Also discusses ratifying Treaty of Peace and changing from war to peace establishment. Written in Monticello

GLC07465

1780/04/08

Beaumarchais, Pierre A.C., fl. 1780

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Friedrich Von Steuben re: financing American Revolution [in French]

"As for what concerns me, that which prevents you from gaily beating the English. Money? Soon I will take it, when it will come; but grace troubles you by means, I am much more curious about our laurels..."

GLC07473

1773/11/18

Sears, Isaac, 1730-1786

Manuscript document signed

Title: Certifying hearsay evidence re: John Hancock importing tea

Certifying third-hand mention that "I heard ...that Mr. John Hancock of Boston had imported the greatest quantity of tea... since the non-importation agreement."

GLC07474.01

1756/05/17

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

Broadside

Title: His Majesty's Declaration of War against the French King

Printed by Thomas Baskett.

GLC07475

1760 ca.

Various

Manuscript document signed

Title: Oath of allegiance to King Geroge III, signed by 90 members of Massachusetts

Document joined at top and printed in two columns, signed by officials of the Massachusetts Bay colony. (Since new oaths were required on the coronation of a new monarch, dating is inferred from that date.)

GLC07476

1781/10/28

Heath, William, 1737-1814

Letter signed

Title: to John Hancock re: detailed news of Cornwallis' surrender

GLC07478

1776/07/27

Silliman, Gold Selleck, 1732-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his son

Destruction of statue of King George III in NYC. In part: "I went toward the Fort and there I saw his Majesty and his Horse, tumbled Headlong down on the Ground." Silliman also writes about "a Mighty Fleet of Ships our Enemies have got" off Staten Island.

GLC07480.01

1776/07/06

Letter

Title: to "Uncle" re: British invasion of New York, an American preparations

An unsigned letter describing the British invasion of Staten Island and American preparations and provisioning in New York. The writer appears to have been conducting business for the recipient. Losses on p. 1, near center fold (obliterating a word before "Tory Army") and on the top of p. 2 affecting some lines of text.

GLC07480.02

1812/06/18

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

Letter signed

Title: re: printed circular letter announcing declaration of War of 1812

GLC07413

1781 ca.

Leizel, Balth Frederic, fl. 1781

Print

Title: L'arrive Du Prince Quillaume [sic] Henry a Nouvelle York en Amerique

Print from "Collection Des Prospects." Handcolored "Vue d'Optique" depicting a ship at habor, in billowing waves. A view of New York harbor (imaginary?), showing a ship arriving in a stormy sea, but said to be (per imprint) based on a painting by Richard Wright. It is supposed to show the third son of George III, Prince William Henry, visiting New York. Collateral to GLC04386, George Washington to Odgen, on a plan to kidnap the crown prince.

GLC07436

[1847]/03/31

Newspaper

Title: Rochester Daily Advertiser Extra. [Mexican War]

Taylor's "Repulse of Santa Anna's Army!!"

GLC07430

1845 ca.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Print

Title: The General Jackson. [hand-colored lithograph]

Lithograph by Black Artist Jules Lion after the battle of New Orleans. Printed by d'Aubertet de Jurica (?).

GLC07438

1810/01/17

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Barnes re: activities at Monticello

Also discusses Kosciuzko and Jefferson's financial situation. Written in Monticello

GLC07510

[1861/03/16]

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph manuscript

Title: Reading manuscript of a presidential speech re: relations with Nicaragua

A manuscript written in large letters, welcoming Luis Molina, Minister of Nicaragua. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861, p. 286

GLC07519.01

1919/05/20

Lincoln, Robert T., 1843-1926

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Markens re: enclosing a piece of Lincoln manuscript

"I am enclosing to you a piece of Lincoln mss which is not exciting but is characteristic. It was no doubt held in President Lincoln's hand when making the address to Mr. Molina..."

GLC07519.02

1798/10/27

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Nicholson re: transmitting a letter in French

"The enclosed letter sent me by Mr. Lazenove will give you an opportunity of exercising and displaying your knowledge..."

GLC07526

1815/11/29

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter

Title: to William Eustis re: relations with the British (in hand of Louisa Adams)

"...[I]f we intend to hold our right as valid we must be prepared to maintain it by force. Early in the course of the summer, the British Governement determined to maintain and to encrease [sic] their naval armaments on the Canadian Lakes this very significant measure appears to have been understood by our Government who have properly taken the hint and determined upon corresponding armaments on our side." Text and signature written entirely in hand of Louisa C. Adams.

GLC07615

1830/08/12

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Madame Le Vasseur re: three glorious days in France [in French]

"The great victory of our people...heroism, selflessness, the miracle of these three days are beyond expression." In French.

GLC07618

1786/08/09

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: Resolution re: accounting for slaves taken by British during war

"Resolved: That the Secretary for foreign affairs cause to be made separate lists of the numbers, names, and owners of the Negroes belonging to the citizens of each State and carried away by the British..."

GLC07623

1771/05/20-25

Document

Title: The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [Quaker conduct]

Letter to the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere guiding Quaker conduct. The letter warns against overuse of credit, "[f]or by these Practices, many inncocent Wives and Children have been inevitably and unexpectedly involved in ruinous and deplorable Circumstances." Written in the fifth Quaker month.

GLC07628

1777/05/19-24

Document

Title: The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [Revolution]

Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland, and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia. Both letters guide the conduct of Quakers, and encourage peaceful conduct in the face of the American Revolution: "...the general body of friends in America, under all the trials and difficulties they are exposed to in these times of confusion and peril, have been preserved in a conduct consistent with our peaceable principles." Written in the fifth Quaker month.

GLC07629

1776/05/27-06/01

Document

Title: The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [American Revolution]

Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland, and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia. Both letters guide the conduct of Quakers, especially in the difficult time of the American Revolution. Written in the fifth and sixth Quaker months.

GLC07630