September 17, 1814

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Hynes

Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: " A combined British and Spanish force, with 500 or 600 Indians made an attack by land and water on Fort Bowyer in Mobile Point, the battle was tremendous, and continued until about 12 OClock at night when a ... vast explosion took place [destruction of British warship Hermes]". Colonel Hynes was a Nashville merchant. Jackson spells his name Haynes on the envelope.

GLC07983.01

1776-1780

Lincoln, Rufus, 1751-1838

Diary

Title: Revolutionary War Officer's Journal

Early battles, including the battles of Brooklyn, Long Island, White Plains, The Crossing of the Delaware, Brandywine, Gerrmantown, Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, etc. Entries from 6/28//1776 to 10/17/1777 (45 pages) with several charts at the end (33 pages), with entries from 1776 to Lincoln's Discharge in 1783. This was written by Lincoln after the war, but contains a very significant and unusually complete wartime record.

GLC08007

21 March 1863

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

Newspaper

Title: The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 16 (March 21, 1863)]

Raising of militias and militia rosters, editorials, ads, classifieds, soldiers letters, Ladies Hospital Association of Opelousas, etc. Gray, white, and red floral pattern.

GLC08009

May 15, 1877

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Beverly Tucker

The letter discusses Reconstruction and end of military occupation of Louisiana: "Louisiana is oncemore free!...we have now to repair the damage of 4 1/2 years war and 11 1/2 years of robbery & oppression such as no civilized people have ever yet had to bear."

GLC08013.01

3 December 1816

Baylies, William, 1776-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that A.H. Lawrence & Co. would not make the endorsement because they claimed they did not have any authority to do so, "except in case of payment of the residue." Mentions he has written to Mr. Winslow so ask "what to return or keep the Papers." Possibly related to the support of a church in Hanover, New Hampshire.

GLC06313.04.052

February 13, 1863

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Major General McPherson, Memphis.

Marked private at the top. The list of promotions sent to the Senate by the President was not recommended or approved of by Halleck. "It is a political list, not a military one. I have done everything in my power to break up the system of political Generals, but of have utterly failed and given it up in dispair."

GLC05601.102

25 March 1815

Wilson, John, 1777-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Congratulates Hobart on being in the Massachusetts Legislature, which Wilson just learned of. Also writes to Maria Hobart (his sister). Replies to her comment that her "Husband has taken great liberties & I must not believe all he says."

GLC06313.04.043

29 March 1815

Everitt, Haber, fl. 1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Sends Hobart the cost for suits, offices and community fees.

GLC06313.04.044

10 April 1815

Gordon, William, 1783-1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

In accordance with Mr. Litchfield's wishes, Dr. Gordon describes his situation. Litchfield was in a sick bed do to injuries sustained in a fight with his brother.

GLC06313.04.045

1 September 1755 - 15 April 1815

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Facsimile

Title: ["Facsimiles" of five John Adams signatures, being of an engraved plate removed from a book]

Four are associated with places and dates, the range of which appears as the date of this document.

GLC06313.04.046

24 July 1815

Baylies, William, 1776-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Replies to Hobart's question concerning an unspecified legal matter.

GLC06313.04.047

12 August 1816

Hobart, Aaron, 1764-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Informs his son that the case against Nathan E. Bennett and H. Loud is settled. Also, mentions that Mr. Hayden is very sick and has a short time to live.

GLC06313.04.048

6 July 1816

Whitman, Thomas, fl. 1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

In regard to a legal case, Whitman informs Hobart that they "have filed a motion in arrest of judgment."

GLC06313.04.049

17 September 1816

Cooper, Joab Goldsmith, ?-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses business matters. Mentions he accidentally learned that Mr. Baruch Williams was the agent for Hobart's brother, Elihu Hobart. Tells Hobart that if he has not paid his order he may do so or wait till Cooper gets there. Also, requests an order "with a draft for the remainder" exchange sent to Mr Williams and him. Possibly related to the support of a church in Hanover, New Hampshire.

GLC06313.04.050

28 November 1816

A.H. Lawrence & Co., fl. 1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart and Aaron Hobart, Sr.

Informs the Hobarts that Joab Cooper has sent them to collect money owed through a note dated 30 March 1816. Mentions that Cooper has deducted a certain amount from the note and expects to be paid the difference. Possibly related to the support of a church in Hanover, New Hampshire. See GLC06313.050 for a related letter from Cooper.

GLC06313.04.051

29 August 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to George Washington

This appears to be a preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the members of his Cabinet, Washington asked for opinions as to the proper response to take if the British asked for permission to travel across U.S. territory, from Detroit to the Mississippi, in order to attack Spanish posts. See GLC02437.08216, GLC02437.08217, and 2437.09449 for related drafts.

GLC02437.04709

October 5, 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memorandum on the visit of John Pope to Henry Knox]

This document describes the visit of "Mr. John Pope or Colonel Pope" who was from near Richmond, Virginia. Reports that Pope claimed to have gone down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers last spring in the employ of Patrick Henry and David Ross of the Virginia Yazoo Company. Pope claims to have met the governor of New Orleans (Miro Estevan) traveling up the Mississippi to the Walnut Bluffs to build a military base. He then went to Pensacola, and up the Alabama River, meeting Alexander McGillivray of the Creek Nation. He arrived at McGillivray's on 27 May, staying at his house 7 days, and staying…

GLC02437.05187

9 December 1791

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841

Manuscript document signed

Title: Auditors Report on the Acct. of Henry Knox Esq. Secretary for the War Department

Title from docket. Three parts. First part with a copy of R. Harrison's signature. Writes concerning the account between the Treasury Department and Knox as Secretary of War, "commencing July 1st and ending November 30th 1791 ... " The total amount due to the state comes to $3,672.97. Noted that "[t]he Statement and Documents on which this Report is founded are herewith Transmitted for the [decision ?] of the Comptroler of the Treasury Thereon." Second part with a copy of Oliver Wolcott's signature. Writes about the "[s]unary additional credits to the Secretary at War having been…

GLC02437.10243

8 June 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill of sale to Benjamin Walker]

Bill of sale for a tract of land in New York to Walker. Dated previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.04625

22 June 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Copy of a document related to the Cayuga Nation]

Appears to be a partial copy or a set of notes from a 22 June 1790 treaty signed at Fort Stanwix by five commissioners and eleven Cayuga chiefs and warriors. Discusses the Cayugas' lands. Apparently, the Cayugas are seeking permission from the state to [lease] their lands. An additional note states that "certain white people have settled upon the lands ... " Refers to [Mr. Street] in relation to the land. Lists the names of the five commissioners (including Joseph Brandt), along with a note stating that the original of this document was signed by eleven chiefs and warriors 22 June 1790 at…

GLC02437.04635

16 July 1790

Moor, Hannah, fl. 1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment of William Moor's military service]

Moor signs a receipt for forty dollars from Henry Knox via Henry Jackson. The payment was made on account of Moor's son, Lieutenant William Moor, for his military service. Countersigned by H. Alline as a witness.

GLC02437.04655

28 August 1790

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Description of a bill of exchange]

William Knox signs on his own behalf and on behalf of his brother, Henry Knox. Copy of an explanation of bills of exchange (see GLC02437.04703) drawn by William Knox, in favor of and endorsed by Henry Knox, and sold to Samuel Shaw and Thomas Randall. States we "the drawn [William Knox] and the endorser [Henry Knox] of the beforementioned bills hold ourselves bound to Messrs Shaw & Randall for the payment of the same, together with the charges arising thereon if they should not be duly honored and paid..."

GLC02437.04703

3 September 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: Power of attorney

Gives his brother William Knox power of attorney to sell Henry Knox's St. Lawrence lands along with 25,000 acres of the Waldo Patent. Recorded in the secretary's office of New York on 4 September 1790 by Robert [Harpur], Deputy Secretary.

GLC02437.04713

7 October 1790

Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [War office salaries]

List of the War Department's employees' salaries owed and paid out for July, August, and September 1790 sent to Knox. Also signed by Reiner John Van den Brock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankon, Caleb Swann, and Caesar Lloyd Cummings.

GLC02437.04742

6 January 1791

Manuscript document

Title: War Office 1790 Salaries October, November, December

List of salaries requested and received for employees of the War Department. Includes John Stagg Junior, R. J. VandenBrock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankson, Cesar Lloyd Cummings (who signs with his mark).. The men signed for receipt on page two.

GLC02437.04814