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1792/02/22

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: turning down an invitation to meet with President Washington

Randolph expresses his desire, and inability, to pay a "visit of respect, which is due to-day" to "the President and Mrs. Washington." Attached to GLC 2794.018.

GLC02794.021

1792/03/26

Blair, Samuel, 1741-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: turning down an invitation to dine with President

Blair declines the invitation to dine with George Washington because of "the badness of the road from Germanton [. . . .] [I]ll health, & partly on other considerations." Docketed on address leaf. Written in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

GLC02794.023

1792/07/02

Clarkson, Nathaniel, fl. 1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: invitation for President George Washington from Mayor of Philadelphia

GLC02794.026

1792/12/13

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: excuses for not accepting an invitation from the President

Written as Governor of Pennsylvania. Attached to GLC 2794.041. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.027

1794/01/26

Edwards (doctor), fl. 1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tobias Lear

Invitation to "take a dish of Tea." Lear's address is identified as "33-Surry Street."

GLC02794.035

1889/11/10

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sen. Joseph R. Hawley re: his loneliness and an invitation to dinner

Written as President

GLC02793.049

1901/09/25

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to H. L. Shaw re: assuming the Presidency, inviting his Harvard friends

Signed as President on black-bordered stationery. Alludes to a dinner with his Harvard friends held as Governor of New York two years prior.

GLC02793.053

1811/10/24

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Samuel Storer re: personal news & desire to have his son Lincoln join him

Marked "Duplicate" on first page. Written in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Lear thanks his brother-in-law, Storer, for letting his son, Lincoln, stay in Storer's home. Lear sends for Lincoln to join him in Algiers.

GLC02794.166

1766/12/18

St. John, Henry, fl. 1766

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: invitation for a visit

Henry St. John asks Robert, Jr. to pay him a visit if the weather permits it this winter. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.03089

1752/09/20

Livingston, John, 1714-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: thank you for an invitation to drink wine

John thanks Robert, Jr. for an invitation to join him in drinking his wine, and updates Robert, Jr. on some trading concerns.

GLC03107.02854

1755/06/21

Livingston & Alexander

Letter

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: assistance settling an account with Elisha Sheldon

Brothers Livingston and Alexander ask Robert, Jr. if he will assist Elisha Sheldon in settling his account with them. Followed by a postscript signed by William Alexander, in which he implores Robert, Jr. "not to let me want this that you engaged to furnish," as he is expecting an important visit from Governor Shirley. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02893

1751/10/03

Alexander, William, 1726-1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: gratitude for a pleasant visit

William thanks Robert, Jr. for such a kind reception at the Manor, and notes that he will send him a clock shortly.

GLC03107.02819

1751/10/03

Verplanck, Gulian, fl. 1751

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: "Gentle Bacchanalion Engagement"

Verplanck discusses arrangements for shipping iron, and tells Livingston that the gentlemen in the club may desire to have a glass of wine with him, and pay him a visit for a "Gentle Bacchanalion Engagement."

GLC03107.02822

1714/02/28

Hager, Frederick, fl. 1713-1714

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: resolution to pay respects

Hager apologizes that his business has kept him so busy and promises to pay his respects to Livingston as soon as possible. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01051

1714/05/03

Knight, Sarah, fl. 1713-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: a present of books

Sarah writes to say that she has sent Robert a present of books, as she heard that he was looking for some new entertainment. She also invites Robert and Alida to correspond with her more frequently and keep her updated on the family's health.

GLC03107.01075

1806/12/27

Patterson, Daniel, fl. 1803-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Walter Patterson re: receipt of naval honors

Daniel describes a recent occaision on which a dinner was given to honor his naval service. Docket and address leaf on p.4.

GLC03107.04501

1944/01/11

Bovenschen, Frederick, fl. 1944

Document

Title: Menu.

Menu, guest list, etc., from dinner honoring Frederick Bovenschen.

GLC06196.263

February 17, 1919

Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968

Typed letter

Title: to Helen Lyons

Writes to his wife about working on the roads and discusses the weather. Asks about their daughter. Says that the troops watch movies on Tuesdays and Fridays and have dances on Thursdays. Explains that the French dance differently than the Americans. Encloses a picture of his company (not included). Typed on Knights of Columbus letterhead.

GLC07810.069

February 10, 1865

Maitland, Ann, 1813-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Expresses relief he is still in Memphis. Reports his regiment is suffering, with little to no food. Says the Baptist meeting is over and they "immersed" seventeen people. Comments she witnessed the immersion and "...became disgusted and went home thinking I had seen enough for one day." Mentions that Grier is at a party, but she intends to limit his socializing in the future. States she is glad that religion comforts him in all his trials.

GLC03523.10.158

1797/11/08 ca.

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Manuscript

Title: Listing 16 patriotic toasts given at reception in honor of President Adams

The toasts includes those given to the United States, the Constitution, the Vice President, Congress, the Congress of 1776, foreign ministers, George Washington ("we profoundly venerate his virtuous character"), Kosciusko (struck and reinserted), Independence, the Administration, Lafayette, the press, etc.

GLC06928.02

1798/05/08

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: Thanking the citizens of New Brunswick, NJ for his reception

"I have constantly received... in New Brunswick, so much hospitality, civility, and friendship, that the candor and good will of these resolutions to me are nothing surprising."

GLC06928.01