September 5, 1830

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Gales, Jr.

Complains about the delivery of the newspaper. Expresses sadness over the prospect of Gales' "Register of Debates" ceasing publication.

GLC00496.196

July 24, 1834

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Reports travel difficulties from an exciting trip to London. Notes, "if I had staid a week longer I should have been brought back in my coffin." Has been able to write since her return. Mounted (possibly glued) to a single piece of thick, gray paper.

GLC00496.198

August 7, 1828

Montgomery, James, 1771-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses poetry versus fiction as an art form. Allows his poetry to be used by the Anti-Slavery Society for publication in their periodical.

GLC00496.199

March 28, 1847

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Howe Gould

Congratulates Gould on the publication of his poetry. Discusses his own timidity in publishing.

GLC00496.200

circa 1830-1850

Noel, Baptist Wriothesley, 1798-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Declines a request due to a previous engagement. Written in the Hornsey neighborhood of London.

GLC00496.201

August 31, 1828

Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.

GLC00496.203

April 9, 1855

Pearson, R.C., fl. 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W.A. Lucas

Encloses South Carolina tender for deposit in his account.

GLC00496.204

September 1780

Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799

Document signed

Title: Calligraphic document on vellum [in Latin].

Tied with rope with lead seal.

GLC00496.205

January 26, 1860

Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to N.L.C. White

Declines request for autograph of her husband, James K. Polk.

GLC00496.206

circa 1820-1850

Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834

Letterbook

Title: Cover for Thomas Pringle's collection of autographs

The front cover of an autograph and correspondence album (approximately 80 items) assembled by Scottish poet Thomas Pringle with letters from poets, novelists, essayists, and other writers. The letters in this collection were disbound prior to acquisition by the Gilder Lehrman Collection. They are itemized alphabetically in the range of GLC00496.128-.276, intermittently. Pringle was a Scottish poet and became Secretary of the (British) Anti-Slavery Society in 1827, and some of these letters have come from his correspondence.

GLC00496.207

circa 1777

Document signed

Title: [List of land sales]

Signed by Abraham Alexander, Hezekiah Alexander, David Reese, Eph. Brisard, William Wilson, Edward Giles and John M. Alexander. Records eleven deeds dated 1772-1777. Place of writ inferred from several co-signers' participation in the signing of the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Declaration of Independence, 1775.

GLC00496.208

12 December 1853

Davidson, W.H., fl. 1853

Document signed

Title: [Land deed for W. R. Meyers]

Signed by the Common Council of Charlotte, including W. H. Davidson, W.W. Elms, Robert Shaw, William Johnston and John Rigler. Countersigned by [illegible] Harris. Includes cost and boundary information. Certification on verso.

GLC00496.210

circa 1825

Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Signed Bryan Waller Procter. Sympathizes for recipient's recent accident. Suggests having the recipient's publisher send proofs directly to Cornwall for transcription. Hopes for a speedy recovery.

GLC00496.211

May 27, 1846

Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Returns, and thanks Pringle for forwarding, two letters (included in main collection). Sends autographs of Ugo Foscolo, C.P. Villiers, Horace Smith, and Thomas Thornley (included in main collection).

GLC00496.213

February 13, 1829

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Declines an invitation for a meeting. Expresses concern over the success of an annual publication as well as his ability to contribute quality material. Docket by Pringle explains an ambiguous line regarding aforementioned annual.

GLC00496.214

July 16, 1841

S., Edward, fl. 1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Caroline Voigt

Writes to his fiance about his job as an accountant in a shipyard. Discusses seeing her father in Philadelphia. Inquires about family and friends. Proposes they marry and expresses his love for her. Author's last name not provided.

GLC00496.216

February 9, 1831

St. John, James Augustus, 1801-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Apologizes for not writing sooner on grounds that he was busy with his most recently published work, "Lives of Distinguished Travellers." Discusses his upcoming "Anatomy of Society" and expresses concern over its critics' reception and his friends' reactions. Inquires after Pringle's upcoming work of fiction about South Africa and wishes him future success.

GLC00496.217

January 2, 1830

Placide, Henry P., 1799-1870

Autograph note

Title: to H.W.R.

Signed in text and likely written by Henry Placide, in the third person (based on a handwriting comparison). Writes that Henry Placide cannot give an opinion of a farce without having read it and asks recipient to send a copy. Written on paper imprinted with "J.H. Walsh & Sons, Newburgh."

GLC00496.218

November 16, 1819

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Inquires about Pringle's health and discusses the difficulties of getting documents and information from officeholders. Written from Scott's home on Castle Street in Edinburgh.

GLC00496.219

March 1, 1819

Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 1781-1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Thanks Pringle for a book of verse about which he positively critiques. Encourages Pringle to continue cultivating his muse.

GLC00496.220

17 August 1787

Bocquet, Peter, fl. 1773-1793

Document signed

Title: [Receipt from Peter Brazleman]

Partially printed document. Treasury Ofice receipt of 55 pounds, 13 pence for 2385 acres on seven tracts of land surveyed for Charles Simms, John Griffey, and David Hopkins.

GLC00496.222

January 12, 1860

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R.L.C. White

Replies that White's modest request will be easily granted.

GLC00496.223

March 2, 1850

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Campbell Preston

Attaches petition for copyright law hoping recipient's political connections can help Simms' interests. Attached to GLC00496.224.02.

GLC00496.224.01

circa March 1850

Document

Title: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

Printed petition to Congress seeking passage of copyright law. Attached to GLC0496.224.02.

GLC00496.224.02

circa 1850

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

Autograph note signed

Title: Presentation page of a Richard Twiss document

Presentation page of "Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 and 1773," by Richard Twiss, including signed note by William Gilmore Simms. Consists of first blank endpaper of the book which has apparently been torn out; includes an autograph presentation signed by Twiss, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. William Dick and dated 28 March 1775. Includes a quoted excerpt from Samuel Johnson's critique of the work (called "Twiss' Travels in Spain" by Johnson) in an unknown hand. On the same page is a note by William Gilmore Simms signed "W.G.S." Note includes bibliographic information about the…

GLC00496.225