10 April 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written by Elliott on board the U.S.S. Falmouth as commander of the West Indian Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo. Orders Mayo to assume command of the schooner U.S.S. Grampus. Says Lieutenant James G. Boughan will provide him a copy of his general instructions (GLC04604.14). Says Boughan will get him acclimated to the ship and give him further orders.

GLC04604.16

5 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: Circumstances leading to and attending the seize of the Phoenix

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Relates the chase made by the "Grampus" to capture the slave trade ship"Phoenix" off the coast of Saint Domingo. J.C. Hall, captain of the merchant ship "Kremlin," which sailed out of Boston, Massachusetts (see letter Mayo wrote to Hall at GLC04604.19), was threatened by the "Phoenix" and witnessed Mayo's seizure. The "Phoenix" raised a Spanish flag when encountered. Says they had to fire shots to get them to take down their sails and surrender. Sent a Lt. Wilson and an armed party to board the 90.5 ton schooner. The…

GLC04604.17

5 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Branch

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus, which was off the coast of Saint Domingo, to Branch as Secretary of the Navy. Better copy of GLC04606.17. Marked "No. 2" in docket.

GLC04604.18

9 June 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.C. Hall

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus to Hall as captain of the merchant ship "Kremlin," based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Hall was threatened by the slave trade ship "Phoenix" and witnessed Mayo's seizure of the ship for piracy. Looked over Hall's affidavit and says he overlooked "two material points." Two points are: 1. the "Phoenix" ordered him to send a boat on board of her and after Hall refused and the "Phoenix" threatened to board the "Kremlin," which was an attempt to detain the ship without authority on the high seas. 2. the "Phoenix" crossing the…

GLC04604.19

12 July 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo to remain with the Grampus until Lt. Wilson comes out with the prize. Mayo is to escort Wilson to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Tells him to secure all prisoners for the trip for New Orleans. When he returns to Pensacola, Elliott wants to be given a report. Written "in haste." Address and docket are on a sheet that is now separated from the letter.

GLC04604.20

1 August 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Knight

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the schooner U.S.S. Grampus to Mr. Knight of Havana, Cuba. References Knight's letter of 26 June 1830. Says he has made a request that is so out of line that he cannot comply with it. The request involved the slave ship "Feris" and Mayo says that the only explanation for the request must be Knight's lack of knowledge of the ship's character. Says "The slavers are now almost the only Pirates afloat, and they will be dealt by accordingly." Says the ship will never reach Cuba because it will never be cleared from New Orleans. Even if the ship…

GLC04604.21

7 September 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Manuscript letter

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Clerical copy written and signed by H.F. Ingraham, Captain Elliott's clerk on the U.S.S. Erie. Marked "True Copy." Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo that once his ship is prepared he is to sail off the coast of Havana and Mantanzas Bay. Tells him to restock his supplies at Mantanzas Bay quickly. Afterward he is to sail into the Caribbean Sea where American trade is "subject to annoyance of which I will expect an exercise of great vigilance in giving to it such protection as your…

GLC04604.22

13 November 1830

Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845

Letter signed

Title: to Isaac Mayo

Written in clerical hand and signed by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo to take provisions for a four month cruise off the coast of Mexico. Says he needs to use economy in stocking the ship. Asks Mayo to leave him the triplicates of the list of requisitions. Says Lt. Rinker has been ordered to join the Grampus to replace Lt. Rick Morris. Says Morris is to have permission to return home and to report to the Secretary of the Navy by letter when he arrives. Mayo is to make an appearance off Vera…

GLC04604.23

31 December 1830

Mayo, Isaac, 1791-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.D. Elliott

Marked "Copy of a Letter to J.D. Elliott," on docket. Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus to Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron. Half the letter appears to be written in a clerical hand and the last half written and signed by Mayo. References Elliott's orders of 7 September 1830 (see GLC 04604.22) and says he proceeded to the coast off Havana, Cuba on 13 September. He encountered a gale on the way there, taking much water, and anchored in Mantanzas Bay on 21 September. Waited to leave until 2 October because a convoy was gathering.…

GLC04604.24

December 27, 1837

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

Printed document

Title: In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Mr. Calhoun submitted the following motion for consideration.

25th Congress, 2d session, no. 47. Calhoun's famous resolution establishing the orthodox state rights position. "Resolved, That in delegating a portion of their powers to be exercised by the Federal Government, the States retained, severally, the exclusive and sole right over their own domestic institutions and police, and are alone responsible for them ..." Resolves that slavery in the southern and western states is an essential domestic element of those states and was in existence at the adoption of their constitutions.

GLC00267.021.01

December 28, 1837

Norvell, John, 1789-1850

Printed document

Title: In the Senate of the United States. December 28, 1837. Mr. Norvell submitted the following motion for consideration.

25th Congress, 2d session, no. 49. Norvell agrees with John C. Calhoun's famous resolution establishing the orthodox state rights position (GLC00267.021.01). "Resolved, That the government of the United States is a national government only for the general purposes specified in the Federal constitution: That the States of this Union, in all their reserved rights and powers, are separate, independent, and sovereign political communities..."

GLC00267.021.02

13 March 1848

Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Young Mason

Gaines states "Permit me to present to you the name of Wm O Smith of Kentucky a very promising boy and highly recommended by Govr Letcher, as well qualified to fill the office of Midshipman in the Navy."

GLC03481.07

15 May 1853

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles M. Kingsley

Writes "Yours of 14th rd. The cigars have not come. I note what you say as to [Mr. Dennis?]."

GLC03481.10

January 19, 1859

Burns, Joseph, 1800-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the editor of the Congressional Globe

Requests that the editor of the Congressional Globe transmit the Globe to William S. Tannyhill of Millersburg, Ohio, "Commencing with No. 1 at the Commencement of the present session" and to charge the cost to him (Burns).

GLC03481.12

1850-1885

Print

Title: [Portrait of Judah P. Benjamin]

Penciled note on verso reads "Appears to be reproduction of a mezzotint; false platework."

GLC01353.02

26 May 1846-31 May 1846

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to M. Hoffman

Contains three letters written by Spinner, auditor and deputy naval officer in charge of the port of New York (1845-1849). Spinner writes from the Naval Officer Custom House. Pages two and three contain a letter written 28 May 1846. Page four contains a letter written 31 May 1846 from No. 7 Greenwich Street. All letters pertain to business and financial matters related to the port. On page four, Spinner cites "... no authority or sanction is intended to be given to any allowance to the Naval Officer... over and above the true prorated rate of his compensation as fixed by law..."…

GLC03410.03.01

circa 14 May 1845

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

Address leaf

Title: to Henry Harn

Docketed address leaf from President Polk to Harn in Philadelphia. States "President Polk Recd May 14th 1845."

GLC03481.06

January 1852

Paterson, W.A., fl. 1852

Document signed

Title: [Recommendation for James McDowell to serve as door keeper for the Virginia Senate]

Signed by Paterson, William Ritchie, John M. Daniel, Thomas Ritchie, Robert W. Hughes, L. M. [Gladbrach?], James Dove, Shelton C. Davis, William F. Watson, John Lynch, and G. W. C. Sutten recommend McDowell as members of the "Spartan Rank." Lower right quadrant is missing.

GLC03481.08

13 August 1852

Briggs, George Nixon, 1796-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Br. Taft

Written as Governor. Writes "I recd a letter from Judge Bishop yesterday saying that Dr. Leavitt wished me to send my bill against him to you. I charged him $50..." Writes (and signs) again 17 December 1852 noting that Taft received his payment for Leavitt's bill. Docket states "Briggs v. Leavitt."

GLC03481.09

14 September 1857

Kane, George Proctor, 1820-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Toucey

Kane, H. P. Brooks, and James [Lawrence?] recommend Dr. Edward Sparks of Annapolis to Toucey's consideration for the post of naval storekeeper. Brooks relates that Sparks has recently been removed from two positions on account of his political sentiments.

GLC03481.11

7 May 1839

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Promisory note to Seth Hall for one dollar]

Promissory note to Seth Hall for one dollar. Signer may have the last name North, but it is hard to tell.

GLC02542.32.28

1863

Printed document

Title: [Summary of the military service of Confederate Generals John Horace Forney and Dabney Herndon Maury]

A page removed from a biographical work.

GLC05012.03

03 March 1847

Massachusetts Legislature

Printed document

Title: Resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts, concerning slavery.

29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 219. Resolves that the Massachusetts legislature is opposed to the existence of slavery and the extension of it into new territories.

GLC00267.119.03

January 21, 1841

Alabama. Legislature.

Printed document

Title: Resolutions of the general assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the States to surrender fugitive slaves from justice.

26th Congress, 2d session, Senate document no. 127. Printed by Blair & Rivers. Concerns the stealing and carrying away of a slave named Atticus by Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kilbron from Georgia to Maine. Maine refused to surrender Philbrook and Kilbron as fugitives from justice. Resolves that states should be required to surrender fugitives from justice from other states according to the U.S. Constitution.

GLC00267.136.01

6 June 1841

Carter, Henry L., fl. 1841

Printed document signed

Title: [Printed bill of sale for John, an enslaved man]

One printed bill of sale paid by John P.B. Jones to James C. Pleasants dated June 6, 1841. Jones paid 670 dollars to enslave a man named John. The document was filled out and signed by Henry L. Carter, Pleasants' attorney.

GLC01445.01