1794/05/19

Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Porteous

Letter of introduction and request for assistance for two traveling men.

GLC02450.07

1794/07/03

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. LeRoy and Mr. Bayard

Discusses a shipping business venture. Comments on French naval activities in the West Indies, including their recapturing of Guadeloupe from the British. Mentions a possible response from Sir John Jervis. Speculates that the French might not only recover the islands taken by Jervis but capture him as well. Expects a positive outcome from John Jay's upcoming negotiations in London, part of which were aimed at obtaining indemnities for shippers, securing the right to trade in the British West Indies, and ensuring peace. That meeting produced Jay's Treaty.

GLC02450.08

1787/01/22

Jones, Walter, 1745-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Carter

Dr. Jones informs Carter that his friend, Mrs. Taylor, has died. Attending her death has prevented him from preparing medicine for their chronic patients.

GLC02450.09

1789/09/08

Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ives

Seeks payment of a fifty pound debt or proof that it has already been paid. The recipient was possibly James Ives of Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

GLC02450.10

1795/02/19

Lowell, John, 1743-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Pickering

Informs by quoting from a letter he recently received that Pickering has been nominated, and will be appointed, District Judge for New Hampshire. Offers to maintain a communication "on the Business of our Offices as well as an other occasions."

GLC02450.11

1819/01/30

Martin, Luther, 1748-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the governor and members of the council of the state of Maryland

Martin, Maryland's attorney general, accepts the appointment to argue the state's claim against the Second Bank of the United States in the landmark case of McCulloch v. Maryland.

GLC02450.12

1778/08/19

Parsons, Theophilus, 1750-1813

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Marriage Certificate of Dr. David Norwood and Elizabeth Tarbell]

Also signed by Stephen Needham, who notes that the marriage was recorded in the Danvers town records. Parsons, a Justice of the Peace for Essex County, Massachusetts, solemnized the union.

GLC02450.15

1781/08/01

Ross, David, 1755-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Nelson, Jr.

Asks the Governor of Virginia for a copy of the appointment of a Mr. Pench as agent in France and the instructions given to him. Also seeks directions from the governor's board on how to act on a tobacco contract held by Mr. Pench.

GLC02450.17

1808/08/17

Sullivan, James, 1744-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Denial of a permit to ship flour to Yarmouth, Massachusetts]

Also signed by the Select Men of Yarmouth, Massachusetts: Elkanah Crowell, John Eldridge, and Benjamin Matthews. Responds to the Select Men's request dated 10 August 1808 that Governor Sullivan issue a permit to David Killey for the schooner Betsy, mastered by Thomas Hall, so that flour (for consumption) could be shipped to Yarmouth from Baltimore or Alexandria. Sullivan shows respect for the Select Men's authority and acknowledges the legitimacy of their request, but claims to have no authority to issue such a permit. Sullivan's response appears on the verso of the request. The…

GLC02450.19

1807/12/22

Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter R. Beverley

Mentions that he has not received a letter from a Mr. Clarke. Discusses business matters pertaining to the estate of a deceased person. One bust engraving of Tucker included.

GLC02450.20

1862/12/29

O'Hara, Theodore, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: as AAG of CSA army, a request to see brigade commanders [circular]

O'Hara was author of several poems, including "Bivouac of the Dead"

GLC02453.02

1895/03/08

Wallace, Lew, fl. 1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. G. Sibley re: personal matters

Apparently thanking Sibley for a positive review, letting Wallace "rank above Dickens."

GLC02453.04

1889/10/13

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Riding re: thanking for editing his article

GLC02453.05

1907/02/03

Carney, Julia A. Fletcher, 1823-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to D. F. Thompson re: about child's poetry

GLC02453.06

[1917/02/24]

Cheny, John Vance, fl. 1917

Autograph quotation signed

Title: By and by [poem or quote]

GLC02453.08

1863/06/01

Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Bancroft re: telling Bancroft he was elected honorary member

GLC02453.09

1887/03/10

English, Thomas, fl. 1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: Thank you note, with AMS poem "Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt"

Thank you note, accompanied by poem 23 September 1843 (22.6 x 18 cm.).

GLC02453.10

1892/12/22

Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Herbert re: regarding brother's arrival in Chicago

GLC02453.11

1897/05/30

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Review of Reviews re: about article edits

GLC02453.12

1901/01/14

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. L. Sibley re: about writing plans

GLC02453.13

1884/08/06

George, Henry, 1839-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Knight re: about writing an essay

GLC02453.14

1876/11/27

Gilder, Richard W., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stedman re: a letter enclosing other people's poems (not included)

Gilder was an American poet and editor

GLC02453.15

1874/09/26

Hayne, Paul H., fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to an unknown recipient re: publication of a poem "My Daughter"

GLC02453.16

1843/04/13

Hoffman, Charles, fl. 1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B. F. Schneck re: personal matters

Charles Fenno Hoffman, founder of the Knickerbocker magazine?

GLC02453.17

1867/10/01

Holland, Josiah, fl. 1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward De Forest re: about lecture tour

Holland was the founder of "Scribner's" magazine

GLC02453.18