March 1, 1863

Wilkes, Jane J., fl. 1863

Letter

Title: to Charles Wilkes

Incomplete letter from which author has been inferred (says "Mrs. Wilkes" in the body). Mrs. Wilkes discusses her meetings with President Lincoln, Secretary of Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of State William Seward, Senator Isaac Arnold, and General John Sedgwick in trying to get her husband's rank of commodore reinstated (it had been annulled according to this letter). Wilkes was disrated (becoming a captain on the retired list) in November 1862, on the ground that he had been too old to receive the rank of commodore under the act then governing promotions. Recipient inferred from the lines "…

GLC00496.265

1763-1783

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph note

Title: Regarding affidavits in Paris

Contains list of names concerning some issue in Paris, including Peyton Skipwith, Gouverneur Morris, William Lee, General William Hull, and Benjamin Hichborn. Seems to be written on the back of an old letter. Unrelated address leaf on verso. Note is a fragment.

GLC00496.266

January 20, 1778

Lee, William, 1739-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee

Addressed to Franklin, Deane, and Lee as the Commissioners at Versailles. Now that he has received a copy of a treaty, he will go to Vienna to take up his appointment there. Also comments on money needed for travel.

GLC00496.268

October 23, 1776

Andre, fl. 1776

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

Requesting permission to ship twenty-five barrels of flour. Written to Jenifer while president of the Maryland Council of Safety. Andre was most likely a French merchant.

GLC00496.269

8 June 1782

Marion, Francis, 1732-1795

Manuscript document

Title: Articles of Treaty between General Marion in behalf of the State of So. Carolina and Major Gainey & the Inhabitants under his Command which were Included in the Treaty made under the 17th day of June 1781

Clerical copy of treaty made between loyalist Major Micajah Gainey and American General Francis Marion. Gainey promises to disarm and swear allegiance to America. The second article notes that Gainey "will deliver up all Negroes, Cattle and other property." They loyalists will also give up all who do not agree to the terms and all their prisoners. In return, Gainey's men will be pardoned from treason charges. Those who do not accede "shall have leave to go within the British Lines." Written at Burches Mill on Peedee.

GLC00496.270

December 4, 1823

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Gales, Jr.

Requests pamphlet containing the transactions of the great convention, and asks to become a subscriber to Gales' paper. Brings up political news.

GLC00496.271

16 October 1794

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Manuscript

Title: Mr. Marshall's opinion as to the penalties incurred under the Militia Laws

Manuscript in clerical hand with clerical signature. Marshall expresses the opinion that "only the fine imposed by the Act of Congress ought to be Collected." He concludes by noting that foreign subjects and citizens are not subject to the militia laws.

GLC00496.272

September 4, 1817

Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin W. Crowninshield

Perry writes to the secretary of the navy to recommend Dr. Richard Stevens for a position as a surgeon in the navy. Cites his experience as a surgeon's mate aboard the frigate Java in the Mediterranean and attests to his "extensive acquirements and eminent professional qualifications." The letter is pasted to a piece of paper. Pasted to the verso is an unrelated, undated note pertaining to a woman's request to have her husband's remains buried in the proper cemetery, which had been communicated through Commodore Perry.

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April 28, 1820

Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Ronaldson

Hale requests, "...please inform me what will be your best terms for a set of types for my paper, the principal kinds to consist of, about three hundred and fifty weight of Bourgeois and nine hundred of Minion." Includes a pencil note at the bottom of the page, possibly referring to type ordered in 1816.

GLC00496.274

September 11, 1824

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter

Title: to Augustus B. Woodward

Unsigned. The last page(s) are missing. Letter is incomplete. Woodward had written observations "addressed to the individual citizen" which the writer has given a hasty perusal. The writer notes that the Virginia Constitution should not be ascribed to Jefferson; the origin, he finds with George Mason, and the Declaration of rights "was substantially from the same hand" (i.e., Mason's). He ascribes the preamble of the VA. Constitution to Jefferson. The letter breaks-off in mid-sentence. The letter ends: "with a view to correct the faults of the existing Constitution, as well as to obtain the…

GLC00496.605

March 20, 1779

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gouverneur Morris

Washington acknowledges receiving the letter from Colonel George Morgan, and discussing "affairs to the westward." McIntosh, who had mortally wounded Button Gwinnett in a duel, commanded Fort Pitt from May 1778 until March 5, 1779. His subordinates Daniel Broadhead and Morgan complained of his conduct. Washington writes that residence with McIntosh at Valley Forge had impressed him and he hoped the Georgian would be disinterested in western disputes. He writes that command will go now to Brodhead and concludes (with a hint of exasperation) "with such means as are provided, I must labour" ("…

GLC00496.099

August 14, 1795

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Dickinson, et al.

Memorial regarding Jay's Treaty. Answers Dickinson's current inquiry regarding a memorial with an enclosure previously sent to the Selectmen of Boston (not included).

GLC00496.100

9 June 1783

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: [Official discharge of Leonard Chapin Matross from the 2nd New York Artillery Regiment].

Countersigned by Washington's military secretary, Jonathan Trumbull, and Adjutant James Bradford. Matross' discharge came shortly after the end of the American Revolution. His service began 10 March 1781. With a nineteenth century note on the loan of this document to an International Exposition by Mrs. William Cummings Story Lawrence of Long Island, New York. Partially printed.

GLC00496.101

July 19, 1779

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to George Clinton

Reporting the battle of Stony Point and the situation on the Hudson River. With brief postscript by Washington. Docketed on page 2.

GLC00496.102

July 30, 1798

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James McHenry

George Washington forwards Anthony MacHarg's letter of application for cavalry instructor to Secretary of War McHenry. Washington expresses interest in MacHarg's experience but requires further testimonial to professional ability and personal character.

GLC00496.103

December 16, 1797

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: [Land Lease for James Welch]

Washington's copy with annotations throughout. Includes detailed boundary and rent information.

GLC00496.104

January 20, 1784

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph note signed

Title: to John Davidson

Regarding an address from the Yankee Club of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. Recipient inferred from docket.

GLC00496.105

February 21, 1785

Document signed

Title: [Land Grant for George Washington]

Signed by George Washington, George Dulany, and Elizabeth Dulany. Countersigned by David Steward, William Payne, Charles Lee, and Lund Washington with their respective seals. Restores Washington's inherited land grant dating from 1674.

GLC00496.106

1783-1815

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Fragment from a longer letter with only the signature and postscript remaining. Postscript discusses surgeons in Philadelphia recommended by delegates of the Continental Congress. "Mr. Palmer" is visible on verso.

GLC00496.107

July 29, 1793

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1737-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances Washington

Announces the death of Mrs. Lear, a family friend. Frances Washington, George Washington's niece, and Dandridge were cousins.

GLC00496.116

December 7, 1857

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Carlisle

Discusses current legal cases. Badger was a superior court judge, secretary of the Navy, and a U.S. senator. James Mandeville Carlisle was a Washington, D.C., lawyer with whom he formed a law partnership in the mid-1850s.

GLC00496.125

September 11, 1856

Bertola, G. Alide, fl. 1856

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Reports the visit of Bosch Spencer.

GLC00496.129

14 June 1847

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

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement securing midshipman's commission]

In response to J.B. Blake's third party request for a naval position. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason.

GLC00496.130

December 30, 1828

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Gales and William Winston Seaton

Letter to the editors of the Intelligencer in Washington, D.C. Informs them that the "wine gallon" has been omitted from federal law. Noticed this when he was compiling "The Revised Statutes of the State of New York." Calls their attention to two articles on the subject by Professor James Renwick of Columbia College, one of which appeared in the Albany Daily Advertiser. Butler (1795–1858) was Attorney General of the United States from 1833 to 1838, and in that role wrote President Jackson's protest against the Senate's censure of him for removing federal funds from the Bank of the United…

GLC00496.136.01

October 16, 1837

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Gales and Mr. Seaton

Asks that the last 500 speeches of his that he ordered be sent to the folding room of the House of Representatives. Postscript requests the country newspaper be delivered to him in Buffalo, N.Y., during the recess. Wants $1 worth of speeches sent to William B. Smith of Buskirk's Bridge, NY.

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