1 October 1796

Hunnewell, Richard, fl. 1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Relates that in conversation with Major [George] Ulmer, he has learned that Mr. [Samuel] Ely has gone to Boston to plead his innocence to the General Court. Adds that he will give Ulmer the warrant against Ely so Ely may be immediately apprehended if he returns.

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17 November 1793

Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Says he arrived in New York on 15 November and received Knox's letter of 8 November. Is glad that health has been restored to Philadelphia after the yellow fever outbreak. Says that since Washington has settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania for the present, it is probable that Congress will meet there for a few days. Asks to be kept updated on the president's intentions. Is happy that Knox informed him that his housekeeper Mrs. Cortright is well. Reports that two of Mrs. Izard's letters to her were returned unopened and they feared she was dead. Encloses a letter to her and asks Knox to…

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22 November 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ralph Izard

References Izard's letter of 17 November. Says it is the general opinion that Congress can meet in Philadelphia at the next appointed time. Says President Washington is staying in Germantown, although he comes to town often. Reports that Germantown is destitute of proper accommodations and says Izard and Smith will prefer their own house in the city. Mentions that if Congress decides to meet in Germantown, he can easily ride there from Philadelphia. Notes Izard's house is free from danger. Sends a note from Mrs. Cortright, Izard's housekeeper. Letterpress copy.

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January 26, 1790

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the account of Colonel [John] Crane, stating that "[t]he principal objection to a close of the accounts of Colo. Crane arises on the expenditure of the monies recieved [sic] by him in the year 1777 for the recruiting service." Includes a list of transactions and agrees to look further into the matter, though also writes that "if it should appear that the sum due by the Colonel in 1777 was appropriated by him to his private use, then his accounts will stand as I have already stated them, and leave him a debtor to the U States exclusive of the sum retained from him & the monies…

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10 October 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Howe

Knox acknowledges receipt of Howe's "elegant present of a cloak and Helmet, from the iles in the pacific Ocean."

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31 March 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ralph Izard

Forwards a copy of "Mr. [OTallorys] letter" with the "permission of the President of the US." The said letter contains "insinuations...against several gentlemen of respectable character." Requests Izard to look at it and advise whether or not it would be improper to publish it.

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20 June 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Jacob Hull

Written by Knox, who refers to himself in the third person throughout. Knox states that he is exempt from the local taxes of Philadelphia the same as any member of Congress. Says this was the case in New York. Says he would only have to pay taxes if he owned and occupied real estate.

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July 1791

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Encloses a copy of an "oration" (not present) given by Robert Porter before the Society of the Cincinnati in Pennsylvania. Date added later in pencil.

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December 31, 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Iredell

Written in the third person and signed in text by Knox. Informs Judge Iredell that he received the note he sent. Knox is sorry his business took up so much of his time that he couldn't enjoy the Judge's company. Looks forward to the Judge visiting Philadelphia "when a more intimate connection between them may take place." Date added later in pencil.

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January 16, 1795

Howe, Benjamin, fl. 1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes a long and sincere farewell to Knox. Congratulates Knox on his retirement and thanks him for his long, laborious, and faithful service.

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25 July 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Job and Josiah Ingraham

Informs the Ingrahams that he is aware that they have been moving a mark, most likely a boundary marker, around and now asks that they refrain from doing so. Lower left side is ripped, resulting in text loss.

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9 December 1797

Ingraham, Joseph, 1762-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to sponsor him as he is applying for a position as first lieutenant on board the frigate, the USS Constitution.

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15 May 1798

Howard, John Eager, 1752-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Maryland congressman Howard discusses the impending conflict between America and France and public reaction to the XYZ Affair. Free frank signed by Howard.

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24 August 1789

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John E. Howard

Transmits to the governor of Maryland "an Act providing for the Expenses which may attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the appointment of Commissioners for managing the same." With presentation note on verso indicating that this document was given as a gift to Count Donadio of Spain by Brantz Mayer on 10 November 1876.

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27 March 1791

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear

Writes about household affairs at Mount Vernon. Discusses the staff and forbids the steward from having wine. Asks him to keep the garden in order. Asks Lear to, "Furnish Mrs. Washington with what money she may want and from time to time ask her if she does want, as she is not fond of applying."

GLC06431

10 October 1793

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: [Recognizing Dannery as French Consul at Boston]

Countersigned by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State. Official recognition of Thomas Dannery as French Consul in Boston. Given "such functions, powers, and priviledges, as are allowed to Consuls of the French Republick by law." Large raised seal of the United States in the lower left corner of document.

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19 June 1794

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gouverneur Morris

Marked both duplicate and private. President Washington writes to Morris as Minister to France. Assures Morris of his continued confidence in him, despite the need to recall him from his position in Paris. Says he was not going to write and simply allow the Secretary of State to send him word, but when an opportunity to write presented itself he could not pass it up. The French government asked the American government to recall Morris after they recalled Edmond Charles Genet, their minister to America. Genet, angry that America would not support France in the wars that had broke out in Europe…

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6 June 1799

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to James McHenry

Washington as commander of Provisional Army during Quasi War to James McHenry, Secretary of War. References McHenry's letters and enclosures of 11, 19, 21 May 1799 and his letter of 13 May 1799 to McHenry. Washington claims he cannot get enough information to fill officers positions in Provisional Army, even after writing John Marshall and Henry Lee. Mentions that McHenry does not want to have public advertisements to solicit applications and Washington says he will continue to search for applicants. Says that he was not recommending the engineers he wrote about in his previous letter, just…

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January 18, 1800

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: To Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the territory North West of the river Ohio

John Adams in his last days as president to the government of the territory of Ohio. Expresses gratitude to them for their kind letter, which apparently thanked him for his job while president. Mentions Arthur St. Clair, Edward Tiffin, and H. Vanderburgh. Says "Your sincere attachment to the Constitution and Government... do you honor." Pages are separated and there are two holes in the document, creating some text loss.

GLC06399

14 October 1790

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Telfair

Defends states' rights. In reference to the passage of the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act in July, 1790, he argues that if the Congress becomes the arbiter of land titles, the states' sovereignty will be diminished and all "landed property" will be in jeopardy. Alludes to the Yazoo land deal the two men were involved in, which was affected by the legislation.

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6 April 1797

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus King

References many letters he has received from King and others. Pickering writes as Secretary of State to King as American Minister to Britain. Expresses anger at the French Directory over exclusion of American representatives in XYZ affair. Says French seizures of American ships has taken on a systematic quality. Says there is "one consolation, that they have weaned us from our undue attachment to France." Claims sentiments in America are turning against the French Revolution after recent events. Mentions the scandal with Ira Allen of Vermont, Ethan Allen's younger brother. Ira Allen…

GLC06652

13 March 1790

Heyward, Thomas, 1746-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Heyward, a South Carolina Signer of the Declaration of Independence, who was in retirement from politics. References letter of recipient from 8 September 1790. Says they need to come to some decisions about the Savage estate because the situation is becoming urgent. Says creditors are "clamorous." Complains that they are seeking large sums from the estate. Hopes to be able to accede to their demands "so far as it respected the Negroes." But says he will not do anything until he gets the thoughts of the other executors. Mentions a plan that involved the selling of the slaves for the…

GLC06672

February 1798

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

Print

Title: The Battle of Bunker's Hill

After the painting of John Trumbull. Engraving by Johann Gottfried von Muller. Published by A.C. de Poggi, in London.

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February 1798

Clemens, Johan Frederik, 1748-1831

Print

Title: Death of General Montgomery

Engraved by Danish engraver J.F. Clemens, based on a painting by John Trumbull completed in 1786. Published by A.C. de Poggi at 91 New Bond Street, London. Depicts the death of General Richard Montgomery during the assault on Quebec on 31 December 1775. Montgomery showed real promise as an officer when he took command of General Philip Schuyler's army after Schuyler was evacuated because of illness. He led troops that captured St. John and Montreal and afterward he converged on Quebec with General Benedict Arnold and met his fate. Aaron Burr is depicted holding Montgomery. Burr tried to…

GLC06580

1796

Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848

Book

Title: A Dissertation on slavery with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it...

[Complete title] "A dissertation on slavery with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it, in the State of Virginia." First edition. With contemporary notations on and a page of manuscript notes dated 1836 in front. Tucker's argument was urgent, and prophetic: "The author [considers] the Abolition of Slavery in this State, as an object of the first importance, not only to our moral character and domestic peace, but even to our political salvation." The Dissertation had originated as a series of lectures at the College of William and Mary. Clarkin, Mathew Carey, A Bibliography 283; Sabin…

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