1795/01/28

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary S. Lear [Tobias' mother] re: family matters

Lear apologizes for not writing his mother, complaining that, due to extensive business duties, "I find myself so closely and unremittingly engaged that I begin to feel the effects of it on my health--[.]" Includes lengthy riscussion of Lear's engagement to the niece of George Washington.

GLC02794.037

1795/09/03

Perkins, James, fl. 1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tobias Lear

Introduction for Dr. May, who is moving to Washington. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.039

1791/10/20

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: transport of "Steam Jack" and visit to Philadelphia

Written as the Collector at the Port of Boston. Attached to GLC 2794.021. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.018

1791/11/07

Wadsworth, James, 1730-1817

Autograph note signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: transmittal note

Transmitting unknown document. Wadsworth was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army.

GLC02794.019

1792/01/10

Harrison, Richard, 1750-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear

Harrison writes from the Auditor's Office: "I request the favor of your informing me on what day William Lewis Esquire resigned his Commission as Judge of the district of Pennsylvania." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.020

1792/03/23

Peale, Charles Wilson, 1741-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: a donation to Peale's Museum in Philadelphia

Requesting to make "the donation to the Museum" in Lear's name. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.022

1792/04/26

Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: sending Journals of the Senate

"I send you for the use of the President of the United States two setts of Journals of Senate . . . ." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.024

1792/12/13

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: excuses for not accepting an invitation from the President

Written as Governor of Pennsylvania. Attached to GLC 2794.041. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.027

1792/12/24

Wingate, Paine, 1739-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: conveying letters

Written as U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.

GLC02794.028

1793/01/10

Stagg, John, fl. 1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tobias Lear

Lear identifies the author as "Major Stagg." "Please to inform the President that Grand Joseph, one of the Indian chiefs died yesterday evening, and will be buried this afternoon." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.029

1793/01/14

Wynkoop, Gerardus, fl. 1793

Letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: transmitting list of members of Pa. House of Reps.

Lear identifies Wynkoop as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.030

1793/10/27

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gouverneur Morris re: letter of introduction for Tobias Lear

Introduces Lear to Morris in Paris. "I need only tell you that his integrity and Abilities gained him the unbounded Friendship of the President & the esteem of those who have had an opportunity of knowing his Conduct and Services." Written as U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania to G. Morris, the American Minister to France.

GLC02794.032

1794/01/16

Burbridge, A., fl. 1794

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Tobias Lear to A Burbridge

Invoice for mail delivery services

GLC02794.034

1794/01/26

Edwards (doctor), fl. 1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tobias Lear

Invitation to "take a dish of Tea." Lear's address is identified as "33-Surry Street."

GLC02794.035

1795/07/25

Gardner, H.H., fl. 1777-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: "hoisting machine"

Gardner, a self-described millwright, explains the capabilities of his heavy load "hoisting machine."

GLC02794.038

1795/10/24

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Book

Title: Message of the President... to Congress relative to France and Great Britain

Compiled by Jefferson as Secretary of State, mostly relating to the Genet Affair. Printed for Matthew Carey.

GLC02835

1796/04/12

Adams, Thomas B., 1772-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Pitcairn re: Mediterranean sailing for American ships, Algiers

GLC02961

1790/04/13

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Marriage certificate of Louis Guillaume Otto & Miss de Crevecoeur

In Latin and French, witnessed by numerous people. Signed by Jefferson (serving then as Secretary of State). Also signed by Members of Congress Jeremiah Wadsworth, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., NYS Supreme Court Justice Richard Morris, Vice Consul of France Antoine R.C.M. DelaForest [sic?] and wife (?), with John and Susanna Kean, Philip Livingston, John Trumbull. A. Frances de Crevecoeur was daughter to the famous author.

GLC02895

1791/01/19

Pintard, John M., ?-1811

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: invoice for Madeira wine

Same as GLC 2794.012, except this copy contains the invoice lacking in GLC 2794.012. Including two letters from John M. Pintard re: an invoice for wine shipped to George Washington. Lacks 7 December 1790 fragment included in GLC 2794.012. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.013

1791/04/07

Platt, Richard, 1755-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: presenting a "large salmon for Mrs. Washington."

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.014

1791/07/11

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 1760-1833

Letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: error at the Treasury Dept.

"I have taken measures for correcting the error, which happened in the Settlement at the Treasury . . . " Written in a clerk's hand. Wolcott was the Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Docketed on address leaf. Attached to GLC 2794.017.

GLC02794.016

1791/06/25

Sewall, H., fl. 1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tobias Lear

Sewall gives Lear power of attorney to "receive at the Treasury of the United States, the amount of my Account for Services performed in the District Court of Maine." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.015

1791/09/09

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: thanks for condolences

Thanks for Lear's condolence letter concerning a death in Knox's family. "We both felt it perhaps too Sensibly, but more particularly the tender Mother whose former wounds are opened afresh on this unexpected event . . . grief almost too much for human nature." Knox lost an infant son and a 9-year-old son in 1790. Attached to GLC 2794.016. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.017

[1800 ca.]

Young, Arthur, 1741-1820

Document

Title: Detailed description of a plow

George Washington introduced Tobias Lear to Young, a prominent British agriculturalist.

GLC02794.178

[1800? ca.

Letter

Title: [in Arabic]

GLC02794.174