July 1695

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Memorandum re: delivery of wheat from Henry Beekman

Memorandum regarding wheat and corn to be ground into flour. Names Henry Beekman as one person responsible for completing the task. Also includes calculations on the quantity of flour different amounts of wheat and corn may yield.

GLC03107.00276

April 1713

Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: order to grind wheat for sale

On behalf of his father, Gilbert tells his mother to stop brewing and malting beer, as it is too late in the year to sell it. Rather, she ought to grind all the flour and purchase as much wheat as possible, since these will get a better price.

GLC03107.02243

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Mr. Johannes House re: wheat, hens, and 18 days riding

GLC03107.03704

1786

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Account of wheat for the family

GLC03107.03597

1803-1804

Cantine, Peter Jr., fl. 1802-1813

Manuscript document

Title: Account of wheat received in store for Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

The account began 11 November 1803.

GLC03107.03798

1773

Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Sales of various goods on the account and risk of Robert Livingston, Jr.

The document contains several separate accounts, recording the sales of such items as pig iron, cornel, bran, wheat, flaxseed, and potash for the account and risk of Robert Livingston, Jr. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.03273

1772

Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Sales of flour and pig iron on the account and risk of Robert Livingston, Jr.

Document contains 2 separate accounts for the sale of flour and the sale of pig iron. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.03274

1767-1768

Walter & Robert Cambridge Livingston, fl. 1766-1768

Manuscript document

Title: Sales of flour for the account of Robert Livingston, Jr.

P.2 records the goods purchased on trading ventures to Madeira and Belfast, for the account of Robert, Jr.

GLC03107.03113

24 December 1776

Whipple, William, 1730-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Langdon

Written by New Hampshire Continental Congressman Whipple, a Declaration of Independence signer, to Langdon agent for Continental prizes and superintendent of the construction of several ships of war. Langdon had resigned his Congressional seat in June 1776. Wrote last letter to Langdon a day or two before Congress adjourned on 11 December 1776. Says they started meeting in Baltimore on 20 December 1776. Claims the British approach sparked a panic except for the Tories "of which you know there are not a small number." Heard that enemy troops have made it to Burlington, New Jersey. Because…

GLC03269

circa 1585-1763

Manuscript

Title: "Wheat Accounts" [fragment]

GLC03107.03986

1778

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for allowing the exportation of... wheat-flour... [to Canada]

GLC03562.28

26 December 1774

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Mercer

Written by Washington a month after the adjournment of the first Continental Congress to Mercer as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Informs Mercer of the cost of purchases made for him in Frederick, Maryland including £29 for a slave named Kate. Says the whole of Mercer's purchase was for £2385.14.2. Has heard nothing from Colonel Payton on the Loudoun County land for which Mercer was charged. Washington is involved in a disputed land deal through Mercer for Gray & Adams land, and he writes that it appears that the land in question is 56 acres short of the 1224 he was going to…

GLC06335

27 August 1860

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Tyler

Tyler, former President of the United States, elaborates on the 1860 Presidential election to his son Robert. States that he discussed the election with Colonel William T. Withers of Mississippi. Expresses approval at the fusion of Stephen Douglas' and John Bells' supporters in New York, and declares "that in my view the defeat of Lincoln was the great matter at issue, and that all others were subordinate." Encloses a letter (not included) from General Foote, a Douglas supporter. Expresses his support of Presidential candidate John Cabell Breckinridge and Breckinridge's running mate Joseph…

GLC07112

February 21, 1839

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. W. Hanson

Writes briefly of their correspondence and paying a bill for "spring wheat" he purchased. Discusses his candidacy for president in the 1840 election. Mentions Henry Clay, who was a candidate for the Whig nomination, and says he was informed there are many states where the votes would be given to him instead of Clay, including Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. The Whigs ended up nominated Harrison over Clay. On the issue of slavery he writes, "...the Louisville Journal declares that if I were the only candidate opposed to VB [Martin Van Buren], I would…

GLC07732.01

20 July 1790

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Gives a report of his trip to Alexandria, Virginia, and the surrounding area. Mentions that he had dinner with the Washingtons at Mount Vernon. Says he would have stayed with a Mrs. House in Philadelphia, but the Attorney General, Edmund Randolph, arrived with a large family, so William had to lodge elsewhere. Discusses business he tended to while in Virginia and Maryland, and reports on the success of crops, including tobacco, corn, and wheat, in the area. States that Mr. [Alexander] McGillivray left Philadelphia that morning, and will soon see Knox in New York.

GLC02437.04658

19 October 1798

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Hale

Asks Secretary of State Hale to prepare a pardon for Jacobus J. Low. Low had been convicted in Ulster County of receiving two barrels of stolen flour, and sentenced to pay a $50 fine and serve 4 months in jail. Written by Jay as Governor of New York. Two seated black and white engravings, one right profile engraving, and one bust engraving of John Jay included.

GLC02482

1861-1877

Slayton, Chester, fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter

Title: to unknown

[Written on scrap paper with no names or date] "Look out for thieves Roch. has lost four or five bushels of wheat lately others have lost oats & - we keep on the look-out- & somebody will get caught- some of these times Il bet."

GLC03955.07

10 September 1863

Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

He talks about Bragg and Gen. Rosecrans. He says Bragg is a coward and a traitor and is afraid of Rosecrans. Then he goes on to speculate whether Father ought to save his wheat for the Spring market or Fall.

GLC02415.044

13 July 1864

Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

They bought some potatoes and onions at what he thinks are unfair prices.He warns her to have someone get the wheat as soon as possible or else they will ahve to see what rights the man who worked their farm has.

GLC02415.092

18 August 1864

Morse, Justus, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss (Kitty)

He writes that if it had been his fate to fall on the battlefield he would have been ready to die. But her letters always kept him going and made him stronger. He told his father he wants him to put in some wheat.

GLC02170.55

22 June 1862

Jones, William B., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Reeser

Jones writes from headquarters, Camp White House. Wishes Reeser well. Reports that he is within twenty miles of Richmond, Virginia and his company is fighting off Confederate guerrilla parties. Describes a skirmish in which the Confederates wounded twenty Union men, burned some hay and grain wagons, and stole mules. Jones's men took sixty Confederate prisoners. Describes confederate soldiers acting as "farmers and younian men untill we get out of thare site… we cant yet to do as we pleas or we wold not hav afarmer in Viriginey we wold kill them as fast as we cold find them… " Mentions…

GLC03523.43.02

21 August 1863

Wirt, Elles, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. P. Kessler

Discusses his farm and land. List the selling price of corn, hay, wheat, oats, potatoes, chicken, beef, and various other items. Request a favor to borrow their oxen and a horse. Writes he will pay them after harvest. Sends his best to the family.

GLC03523.52.08

1 September 1854

unknown, fl. 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh Esquire

A letter written to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh. In this letter, the author writes about farming and how the lack of rain will effect the crops if the weather persists. The author goes on to write about the prices that his crops, including wheat, are likely to bring in, and the construction of a brick house that his father is overseeing. The author also mentions the death of a woman in the community as a result of dysentery. This letter is signed, but the signature appears illegible. There is a postscript written across the top of the last page of the letter. The author has written the…

GLC06253.05

February 16, 1793

Lindsey, John, fl. 1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Acknowledges receiving several letters from Knox and apologizes for not responding sooner. Laments that Knox wrote that "nothing final[l]y had taken place in Congress respecting your return here." This is in reference to a diplomatic post William tried to get through his brother. Reports that "War has actualy taken place between France & England." Says there is a great need for an American resident in Dublin as "a general Embargo was laid yesterday," which has detained American vessels. Says "France has lost Character with us by the tryal & Death of their late King" (King Louis…

GLC02437.05821

January 15, 1791

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Original version of GLC02437.04828. It contains an additional page where William tells Knox that he has heard from General Maunsell that Knox gave a grand one hundred person ball before leaving New York for Philadelphia and of several society marriages. Also notes he heard about French refugees "from the Islands" taking up residence in New York, the Dutch "being large purchasers" causing the "funds" to rise, and that "there had been a great influx of money from S. America and the Islands for Wheat."

GLC02437.04829