1814/09/10

Goodman, John, fl. 1814

Broadside

Title: General Committee of Defence For the City and Liberties of Philadelphia

Applauds the formation of the Volunteer Associations for the Defence of the City and County of Philadelphia and outlines the authority vested in the Committee of Defence. Indicates that the rules governing its formation are prescribed by law, that voluntary service does not replace military obligations, and only those not currently in the military can come under the direction of the committee, volunteering imposes no additional duty and will not require any services that would not be required by the militia, and if volunteers exempt from the militia wish to remain exempt then they…

GLC02978.11

1814/09/16

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson

Reports that the General Committee of Defence had an interview with the Pennsylvania governor about the formation of a corps of engineers and pioneers. Governor Simon Snyder agreed to commission them as volunteers that could be called into service under General Bloomfield. Lists names of men to be appointed and at what rank. Patterson is marked first, as a captain. Williams asks if Patterson will serve and select men to fill other ranks. Hopes Patterson, who was a professor, will not refuse on account of his lectures. Also notes that there will be no difficulty getting enough men.

GLC02978.12

1814/09/17

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson

Discusses expanding the Corps of Field Engineers & Pioneers. Hopes Patterson, the chief engineer, has decided to become the first captain, which Williams asked of him in GLC02978.12, and will help decide who else become officers. Claims Patterson's background as a professor will make him a good captain and cause their defense program to be successful, and consequently expand.

GLC02978.13

1814/09/18

Fonciu, John, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson [French]

Fonciu, a French officer who had lived in Philadelphia, was Jonathan Williams' chief assistant in the volunteer association of field engineers organized by Philadelphia's Committee of Defence.

GLC02978.14

1814/09

Manuscript document

Title: [Response to objections to the plans of the Philadelphia General Committee of Defence] [French]

Notes that "Certain observations in the Aurora...seem to disapprove of the system...of combining field fortifications with the maneuvers of troops for the defence of Philadelphia" during the War of 1812. Those who disprove recommend replacing retrenchments with a system of platoons. Provides several objections to the platoon plan and explains those objections in terms of military science and the current conflict. GLC02978.16 is a contemporary English version of this document.

GLC02978.15

1814/09

Manuscript document

Title: [Response to objections to the plans of the Philadelphia General Committee of Defence]

Notes that "Certain observations in the Aurora...seem to disapprove of the system...of combining field fortifications with the maneuvers of troops for the defence of Philadelphia" during the War of 1812. Those who disprove recommend replacing retrenchments with a system of platoons. Provides several objections to the platoon plan and explains those objections in terms of military science and the current conflict. GLC02978.16 is a contemporary French version of this document.

GLC02978.16

1814/09/18

Wright, W.E., fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson

Reports that, in accord with Patterson's "request & to accelerate the works," he has given a lot of assistance in the previous twenty days. Indicates that some on the Philadelphia General Committee of Defence have observed that he did so without authority. Requests that he be given some authority if he is to be of future service to the committee.

GLC02978.17

1814/09/18

Eckstein, Frederick, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson

Seeks an explanation for why his name was omitted from the list of persons on the volunteer association of field engineers organized by Philadelphia's Committee of Defence. Recounts his admirable service thus far and notes that "The corps was to be composed of Gentlemen of Science and of honor - I feel my honor wounded." Patterson responded to this letter the same day (see GLC02978.19).

GLC02978.18

1814/09/18

Patterson, Robert M., 1787-1854

Autograph letter

Title: to Frederick Eckstein

Responds to Eckstein's complaint that he was omitted from the list of persons on the volunteer association of field engineers organized by Philadelphia's Committee of Defence (see GLC02978.18). Patterson recognizes Eckstein's service and explains the omission as stemming from a need "to consult the whims and the groundless prejudices of hundreds." Expresses sympathy for Eckstein's hurt feelings.

GLC02978.19

1814/11/20

Eckstein, Frederick, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson

Quotes from Patterson's explanation of why his name was omitted from the list of persons on the volunteer association of field engineers organized by Philadelphia's Committee of Defence (see GLC027978.19) and seeks further explanation. Provides a detailed description of his service and how he learned he had been dismissed. Notes that he left Europe because he admired the Constitution and asserts that he owes "it to my Country, to my family, to myself, not to suffer my rights to be torn from me with impunity."

GLC02978.20

1814/10/20

Goodman, John, fl. 1814

Autograph document signed

Title: At a Meeting of the General Committee for the City of Philadelphia and the Districts adjoining:

Records a resolution to thank the volunteer association of engineers for their work along the Schuylkill River and other defense services. Also resolves to record the names of those volunteers in the minutes of the committee. Resolutions extracted from the minutes.

GLC02978.21

1814/10/28

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. Patterson

Asks Patterson to call the volunteer association of field engineers together and requests that the enclosed resolves (see GLC02978.21), to thank them for their service and record their names in the minutes of the Committee of Defense, be communicated. Also asks for a list of their names and indicates that he is sending an incomplete list in his possession (see GLC02978.25 and GLC02978.26).

GLC02978.22

1814/10/29

Manuscript document

Title: [Notice of a meeting for members of the volunteer association of field engineers]

Announces a meeting at Rubicam's Tavern "to receive a communication from the General Committee of Defence" (see GLC02978.21 and GLC02978.22). Possibly written by Robert M. Patterson.

GLC02978.23

1814/10/31

Manuscript document

Title: [Record of meeting of Philadelphia's volunteer association of field engineers]

Records that at a meeting of the volunteers at Rubicam's Tavern a communication was received from Jonathan Williams, the chairman Philadelphia's Committee of Defence (see GLC02978.21, GLC02978.22, and GLC02978.23). Resolves to organize a committee to produce a requested list of member names, to be available for future service, and to complete sodding at Fort Hamilton, "to prevent...all the calamities of the approaching winter." Possibly written by Robert M. Patterson.

GLC02978.24

1814/10

Manuscript document

Title: [List of members in Philadelphia's volunteer association of field engineers]

Jonathan Williams, the chairman Philadelphia's Committee of Defence, had a partial list of member names and requested that Robert M. Patterson make a list at a group meeting (see GLC02978.22). The engineers at that meeting resolved to have a list drawn up (see GLC02978.23 and GLC02978.24). This is probably the list Williams sent.

GLC02978.25

1814/10

Manuscript document

Title: [List of members in Philadelphia's volunteer association of field engineers]

Jonathan Williams, the chairman Philadelphia's Committee of Defence, had a partial list of member names and requested that Robert M. Patterson make a list at a group meeting (see GLC02978.22). The engineers at that meeting resolved to have a list drawn up (see GLC02978.23 and GLC02978.24). This is probably the list made by the members.

GLC02978.26

1813/12/11

Oliver, Robery Dudley, ?-1850

Manuscript document

Title: [Bloackade of Long Island Sound Confirmed]

Copy of a letter from Captain Oliver, a senior British officer in the Long Island Sound, to Don Thomas Stoughton, the Spanish Consul in New York. Informs Stoughton that a British ship called the Valient was off New London, Connecticut, and orders were in place to blockade the Long Island Sound, effective 6 December 1813. Asks that the intelligence be communicated "to the other neutral consuls in your district." Message dated from the Philadelphia Gazette and originally from the New York Gazette of 9 December 1812.

GLC02978.27

21 April 1868

Remington, William, fl. 1864-1873

Manuscript document

Title: Lease to Mr. N. P. Campbell

Marked as a copy. Agreement to lease No. 50 Bolton Place to N. P. Campbell for three years. Sets the yearly payment and the conditions of the lease. On page two are notes dated 1871 and 1872 renewing the lease.

GLC03545.24.04

12 March 1912

Chamberlin, P. W., fl. 1912

Manuscript

Title: Copy of a legal document [in Spanish]

GLC03545.24.05

26 April 1864

Remington, William, fl. 1864-1873

Manuscript document

Title: [Bond of Williams Remington, William Remington, and Nathaniel Williams to the Marine Bank of Baltimore]

Marked as a copy. Binds the three men to the Marine Bank for 5,000 dollars. On page 3 Williams Remington certifies that he will undertake the duties of runner of the Marine Bank faithfully and diligently.

GLC03545.24.06

24 November 1832

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Manuscript document

Title: Donnells Executors vs. Pawson's Administrators

Signed as a true copy by John Johnson, an employee of the court. Appellee's statement of a case involving the purchase of some cargo. With notes and accounts for the case. Copied signatures of Taney, Williams, and Johnson.

GLC03545.24.07

1842

Williams, Nathaniel, 1782-1864

Manuscript document

Title: Savage Manufacturing Co. vs. The Baltimore Silk Company

Copy of a petition to the judges of the Baltimore County court from the Savage Manufacturing Company to obtain payment from the Baltimore Silk Company. States that the Savage Manufacturing Company has made repeated efforts to obtain payment from the president of the Baltimore Silk Company, David Barnum without success. Copied signatures of Nathaniel and Joseph Williams as attorneys for the petitioners and Thomas Kell as the court clerk.

GLC03545.24.08

circa 1800-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Court depositions]

Depositions of various people concerning their acquaintances with the following men; William Lux, George Lux, Daniel Bowly, and William Russell. Includes the depositions of Richard Ridgely, Jacob Stergars, Jonathan Weily, Martin Eichelberger, Maria Demout, and William Gibson.

GLC03545.24.09

December 1, 1875

Murray, C., fl. 1875

Document

Title: [Receipt for payment of street paving bill]

Partially printed pink receipt for William Remington showing a payment made to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of $457.95 for paving Oliver Street. Marked "Folio 2 City Taxes, 1875," and "James M. Anderson, City Collector." Murray signed certifying receipt of payment for the collector.

GLC03545.24.10

circa November 1815

Manuscript document

Title: [List of bills for the Brig Emeline]

Accounts of people who have property being shipped on the Brig Emeline, Captain Stevens commanding, sailing from Liverpool in November 1815. Includes names and amounts owed. Given to Nathaniel Williams by Lou(is?) G. Barard by direction of William Appleton of Boston.

GLC03545.24.11