1797/11/25

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter A. Jay re: Napoleon & the French Revolution

"There must be in the Republic an unprecedented & unparalleled want of virtue."

GLC07579

1790/05/08

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Manuscript document

Title: Statement of Account with Benjamin Johnson

Includes entry for "Negro Fanny & her children." Dates from 1782-1787, while Monroe lived at Williamsburg.

GLC07411

1792/09/08

Livingston, D.H., fl. 1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [?] re: sympathy for the loss of one's husband

D.H. Livingston writes to share his sorrow over the death of a friend's husband. Docketed on p.4.

GLC03107.04783

February 8, 1797

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that the furniture has been shipped and discusses financial matters.

GLC02437.06910

1791/03/04

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from James Langdon for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04721

1791/03/04

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Simon Milian for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04722

1791/03/04

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from James Van Deusen for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04723

1791/03/04

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Nicholas Harman for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04724

1791/03/03

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Peter Miller for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04725

1791/03/03

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Daniel Erkanbrach for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04726

1791/03/03

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Peter Harmen for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04727

1791/03/03

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Nicholas Harmall for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04728

1791/04/20

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat as rent due Robert, Walter, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04729

1791/04/11

DeLameter, Cornelius, fl. 1790-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat from Nicolas Feler for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04730

1794/10/29

Van Veghten, Dirck, fl. 1794

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of payment for an account with Philip Livingston

GLC03107.04731

February 8, 1792

Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Provides information on the Committee's decisions regarding the settlement of the "ten Proprietors" on Knox's Waldo patent lands in Maine. Updates Knox on financial deals the Committee is making about the purchase of land.

GLC02437.05314

February 28, 1798

Johnson, John, fl. 1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: Proposed sale of land

From exile in Canada, the loyalist son of Sir William writes on the proposed sale of land

GLC08119.02

1790/10/01

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Quarter Master re: ordering forage for a public horse

Written on a quarter sheet of paper.

GLC04675.13

1791/03/15

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: to Gov. of Georgia re: transmitting copies of various acts of Congress

Various acts of Congress: Whiskey tax, the capitol, treasury dept., salaries of the Executive Dept., post office, pensions for invalids, support of light-houses, reducing the public debt, granting lands to settlers in the Northwest territory, raising an additional regiment to protect the frontiers, the U.S. Mint, and provisions for temporary jails when necessary. Docketed.

GLC04675.01

1793/07/20

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

Manuscript

Title: Contemporary copy of Pendleton's brief autobiography

Originally written July 1793. Contemporary copy. Docketed on verso: "Concise history of Judge Pendleton's life written by himself. Copied." Six years before his death Pendleton outlined his biography, focusing mostly on his political career. In part: "I have often contemplated [my life]... as a rare and extraordinary instance and pathetically exclaimed 'Not unto me o Lord! Not unto me o Lord! but unto thy name be the praise..." It was first printed in the Richmond Enquirer 11 April 1818 which is the text for Mays, Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton, 2: 605-607.

GLC06761

1795/02/17

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

Document signed

Title: Queries Respecting the Introduction, Progress and Abolition of Slavery in Mass.

Small broadside, disbound and signed by Belknap. Virginian St. George Tucker wrote a 1796 Dissertation on Slavery, proposing abolition. As part of his research, he queried colleagues with a list of eleven questions which are printed here. Jeremy Belknap, first Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts Historical Society, is believed to be responsible for this printing for distribution to local colleagues. Evans 28257, MHS 2738.

GLC06764

1789/09/09

The Constitution of the United States

Newspaper

Title: Essex Journal and New Hampshire packet. [No. 271 (September 9, 1789)]

Scarce newspaper printing of the seventeen amendments introduced by James Madison in the first Congress. Includes proceedings of Congress, introducing the amendments. The name "Mr. John Adams" has been inscribed in the left hand margin of the front page. Brigham 1: 375.

GLC06766

1797/10/24

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rev. Dr. Walter re: Europe's political strife, system of checks and balances

Some edge losses at top right, affecting a few letters. A rare letter, written as president, commenting on his writings on government, and their influence on the Federal constitution and his depair over Europe's political and military strife. He thanks Dr. Walter for sending two volumes of essays from Count Rumford and then elaborates of his system (in his book Defense of the Constitutions of the United States) of checks and balances between an executive and legislative branch. He writes in part that the three volumes of the Defense "were written with a view of not only compassing the…

GLC06666

1795/08/09

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Letter signed

Title: to Comite des Finances [in French]

Appealing to the Committee of Finances, he asks for justice on behalf of Jacques Le Ray. He relates what Le Ray's son, James, has told him about his father. The letter praises both father and son for their staunch defense of "the cause of liberty" and for aid to America in obtaining arms, and requests that Jacques' financial troubles be dealt with promptly.

GLC06683

1793/11/15

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Genet?] re: "measure consequence to Citizen Genet"

GLC06706