1832

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses abolition debates in Parliament. Preaches about moral freedoms in regard to reason and conscience.

GLC00496.148

circa 1773-1790

Cowper, William, 1731-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lady Hesketh

Declines recipient's offer to send salmon to Olney where the price is prohibitively expensive. Discusses local matters.

GLC00496.149

June 28, 1822

Croly, George, 1780-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses recipient's new colonial appointment and offers advice.

GLC00496.150

circa 1840

Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

Autograph note signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Sending Pringle his book on the life of Robert Burns. Cunningham advises him to ignore what the critics have said. Date inferred from publication of the single volume "The works of Robert Burns," published 1840. Recipient inferred from partially clipped salutation. Cunningham's father was a neighbor of Burns.

GLC00496.151

October 21, 1832

Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Denounces a certain critic as having no genius and no right to judge his work. Sympathizes with Pringle's problems with booksellers.

GLC00496.152

23 March 1842

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B. B. French

Promises to send a copy of his remarks from a past engagement. French was Clerk of the House of Representatives.

GLC00496.153

June 6, 1849

Ellis, Sarah Stickney, 1812-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Plans to visit recipient on next trip to London. Written in Rose Hill Neighborhood.

GLC00496.154

circa 1816-1827

Foscolo, Ugo, 1778-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Asks to borrow a copy of the volume containing his essay on the Lyrics of Tasso.

GLC00496.156

December 29, 1828

Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire; William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam; John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe; Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; Richard Fitzpatrick; Dudley Long North; Andrew St John, 13th Baron St John; Lord Robert…

GLC00496.157

May 1, 1830

Fraser, James Baillie, 1783-1856

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Wants Pringle to see a drawing of the massacre at Glen Coe and is eager to hear his opinions on the depiction's accuracy.

GLC00496.158

March 1, 1777

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown

This manuscript is a copy (possibly a draft) of part of an 01 March 1777 memorandum from American commissioners Benjamin Franklin and to Silas Deane to French foreign minister Vergennes, as they negotiated a contract with the Farmers General of France. [An autograph copy of the full memo is in the Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères of France, according to the Franklin Papers at the American Philosophical Society.]

GLC00496.159

September 24, 1873

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rose

Having left papers regarding Supreme Court case number 9 and a pamphlet on the rules of the court at home, he requests they be sent to him. Written on Union Depot Hotel of Pittsburgh stationery with "Pittsburgh" struck by Garfield.

GLC00496.160

August 1830

Grant, Charles, 1778-1866

Autograph letter

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Formal letter suggesting days and times for an interview.

GLC00496.161

February 17, 1842

Hall, Anna M., fl. 1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dear Madam

Anna M. Hall thanks an unnamed woman author for sending her book on female education. Hall feels there is currently no system of education in England, and the ideas the author espouses are much needed by the women of England. She thinks the author is wrong to elevate drawing over music, as music has given Hall much solace. Written on her Old Brompton letterhead. Possibly written near Alexandria, Virginia.

GLC00496.162

March 30, 1799

Clark, John Innes, 1745-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harrison Gray Otis

Copy of Alexander Hamilton's opinion on the case of John Innes Clark v. Nathaniel Russell at the request of Otis. Transcribed by Clark.

GLC00496.163

March 29, 1884

Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Declines the request to be a lecturer. Written on The Constitution Magazine letterhead.

GLC00496.164

April 8, 1846

Harris, John, 1802-1856

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Requests assistance and chapel circulars from recipient addressed as "Dear Bro."

GLC00496.165

circa 1875-1885

Engraving

Title: [Engraving of Rutherford B. Hayes]

Clipped signature affixed beneath engraving.

GLC00496.166

4 June 1812

Hering, C., fl. 1812

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for Mr. Thalders]

Documents the payment of 52 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence.

GLC00496.167

May 20, 1834

Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Letter of thanks for a book.

GLC00496.168

9 March 1847

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement securing midshipman's commission]

In response to Henry Horn's third party request for a naval position for R. Manley. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason

GLC00496.169

May 18, 1833

Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1729-1807

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

The letter discusses editing a speech for publication and encloses requested quotations.

GLC00496.170

1840

Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses one of her supporters, Henry F. Chorley. Describes the cold winter and reports other news.

GLC00496.171

May 25, 1829

Howitt, Richard, 1799-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Voices concerns over Pringle's lack of correspondence and criticism of Howitt's work.

GLC00496.172

July 21, 1814

Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, 1769-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Mentions David Bailie Warden, American consul general in Paris. Also mentions Mr. de Lafayette (possibly the Marquis de Lafayette), and Berthollet (possibly Claude de Berthollet, a French chemist). Contains a cardboard strip attached to the end of the letter, possibly to keep the pages from separating. Docketed by Madison.

GLC00496.173