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to Benjamin Lincoln re: gratitude for getting position as Washington's secretary

"I gladly and willingly accept of the proposal which you made me of going to Virginia . . . . to render myself serviceable, and agreeable to General Washington." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.002

to Tobias Lear re: thanks for charity gift from President Washington

"The attention of the President of the United States to the Charity School under the care of the Dutch Church in this City is very acceptable [. . . .] Please to accept my thanks . . ." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.009

to Tobias Lear re: accepting President George Washington's invitation

Written as Mayor of New York City. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.010

to Tobias Lear re: invoice for Madeira wine

Same as GLC 2794.012, except this copy contains the invoice lacking in GLC 2794.012. Including two letters from John M. Pintard re: an invoice for wine shipped to George Washington. Lacks 7 December 1790 fragment included in GLC 2794.012....

GLC02794.013

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...

GLC02794.023

to Buchan, the Earl of Erskine re: a portrait of President George Washington by Trumbull and American neutrality.

Buchan, the Earl of Erskine, an English liberal in Edinburgh, Scotland, writes: "I am much pleased to find that the Portrait of our great good Washington meets your Lordship's approbation [. . . .] There is now with Mr. [Benjamin] West in London...

GLC02794.036

to David Humphreys re: thanks for condolences, Washington family news

Written on behalf of Martha Washington: "she has a grateful heart for these tributes of respect & veneration paid to the memory of her dear deceased husband." Also gives news of the Washington family, especially marriages of George Washington's...

GLC02794.043

to Tobias Lear re: rumors of a covert deal for gun powder

Dodge expresses concern that Americans were making covert deals for powder. "[A] letter has been intercepted from [illegible] to some of his friends here in which he says, By all means comply with the agreemt. with the Americans for Powder . . ....

GLC02794.049

Copy of treaty of peace and amity between the United States and Tripoli

In a clerk's hand with copy signatures of Tobias Lear and the various Tripolitan leaders involved in the treaty.

GLC02794.070

Copy of treaty of peace and amity between the United States and Tripoli

In a clerk's hand with copy signatures of Tobias Lear and the various Tripolitan leaders involved in the treaty.

GLC02794.071

[envelope]

GLC02750.347

[envelope]

GLC02750.357

[envelope]

GLC02750.378

[envelope]

GLC02750.388

[List of camp and garrison equipage abandoned near Alexandria, Virginia.]

Signed by Daniels as Colonel and Morse as Quartermaster.

GLC02750.430

[clothing receipt roll]

Signed by various members of Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, and a witness.

GLC02750.468

to Mother

They sailed later than expected. There has been no seasickness so far. They see porpoises one day. A Capt. jokingly snapped his pistol at an orderly thinking it was not loaded but it was and wounded the man. Written aboard the "New Brunswick"

GLC02751.11

to Sister Rosetta

There has been a movement of the army. They cut off supplies to the rebel batteries as they intended. They are under marching orders but may not go anywhere for a week or so. He talks about the cost of food. He has had to sell his pistol just to buy...

GLC02751.29

to Sister Rosetta

He thanks her for the medicine she sent to ease his diarrhea. He comments on the expedition Gen. Banks has been leading from Berwich Bay as one of the most successful of the war. He describes the Rebel prisoners.

GLC02751.32

Upper Silesia

Bief history of Silesia, geographical considerations, industry, the Paris Decision, population. He also tells some of his personal experiences in the region.

GLC02766.063

to Lucius S. Felt re: insurance on home in Galena, Ill.

Written as President during his re-election campaign. Grant also mentions the possibility of repairing the house should he be defeated.

GLC02793.040

to Tobias Lear re: Corbin Braxton as surveyor for the Port of Richmond

Written in a clerk's hand, signed and docketed by Samuel A. Otis. Names "Corbin Braxton as Surveyor of the Port of Richmond in Virginia in the Stead of David Lambert." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.004

to: Tobias Lear

Sewall gives Lear power of attorney to "receive at the Treasury of the United States, the amount of my Account for Services performed in the District Court of Maine." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.015

to Tobias Lear re: "hoisting machine"

Gardner, a self-described millwright, explains the capabilities of his heavy load "hoisting machine."

GLC02794.038

Extract of letter to James Madison re: Cathcart's allegations

Davis provides Madison with an account of his conversation with the Bey Sapatapa regarding Cathcart's allegations that Davis was no longer the recognized American Consul. With a copy of a letter from James Leander Cathcart, Consul at Tunis, to the...

GLC02794.056