20 December 1827

Document

Title: [The president, directors, and company of the Bank of the United States vs. Solomon Etting]

Requests a new venue for the trial because of a possible lack of impartiality on the part of the Court Marshal, Thomas Finley. States that the request was overruled by the Circuit Court.

GLC03545.20

27 December 1827

Williams, Nathaniel, 1782-1864

Document

Title: [Notes about the Bank of United States vs. Solomon Etting case]

GLC03545.21

3 May 1828

Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel Williams

Introduces Dr. Frederick Hall, a professor of natural philosophy interested in establishing a high school in Baltimore. Asks Williams to talk with Hall about the prospects of accomplishing this.

GLC03545.22

November 1819

Sergeant, John, 1779-1852

Document signed

Title: Collection of two letters from John Sergeant to Nathaniel Williams [Decimalized]

GLC03545.23

1824

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Autograph manuscript

Title: Supreme Court Opinion, Osborn et al. v. the Bank of the U.S.

The case upheld the primacy of Federal law over the states. Not in Rhodes' calendar of Marshall's papers (1969). Compare: writings (1839) 315-42, Dillon, Complete Constitutional Decisions of Marshall, (1903) 466-511, and other sources.

GLC03653

January 14, 1818

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Henry F. Doyhar for keeping a billiard table without a license].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Fined $150. Pardoned because of his misunderstanding of the licensing requirements and his indigent circumstances.

GLC03655

21 August 1818

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Tudor

Adams argues repeatedly from James Otis's work concerning Parliament's attempt to exercise control of the American colonies. He concludes with the statement "[t]hat Parliment had not Authority over America in any case Whatever."

GLC03625

2 November 1817

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Count De Grouchy

Hopes that Grouchy's son has recovered from his illness. Indicates that he would like to meet Grouchy in person and would be honored if he came for a visit to Monticello. Gives directions, "the route thro' the counties next below the Blue ridge, to wit by the Court houses of Prince William, Fauquier, Culpeper & Orange, would present you what I think the finest part of our country . . ." Also describes a route by Fredericksburg.

GLC03584

21 September 1838

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to editor of Quincy Patriot

Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his opposition to the admission of Texas, a condemnation of the "fraudulent" Treaty of New Echota which removed the Cherokee Indians and a bill for suppressing duelling between representatives. Pages are stained.

GLC03707

February 14, 1820

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Spencer Roane

Written by Tyler as Republican Congressman from Virginia to Roane as Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Writes to Roane about issues surrounding the Missouri Compromise debates. Tyler was concerned with Northern arguments that claimed Congress could restrict slavery in the Territories through their Constitutional powers. Says he is worried "about the nature of the power which is attempted to be exercised by Congress[.] you and myself cannot fail to agree in pronouncing it a bold and daring assumption - warranted neither by the constitution or the principles of justice."…

GLC03670

circa February 1817

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Draft of first inaugural address]

First draft of president-elect Monroe's inauguration address. Monroe gave the address, with substantial changes, on 4 March 1817, beginning the Era of Good Feelings. The speech was the first outdoor inauguration since Washington's in 1789. Monroe's draft has a generally positive tone, expressing happiness and confidence with America's present and future prospects. It was written to appeal to everyone and avoids confrontation. Begins by thanking his fellow citizens for their trust in him and says he hopes to be a useful public servant. Following in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson's ideas on…

GLC03880

24 December 1823

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: [Instructions to James Brown, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France]

Written by Quincy Adams as Secretary of State to Brown as American Ambassador to France. Lists 14 items he included with instructions, including: a commission for his post, a letter of credence to King Louis XVIII, full powers for negotiating commerce and navigation issues, a cypher to send coded messages, a letter of credit to the banks in Amsterdam to carry out his duties and draw his salary, various legal books, a passport, full powers to negotiate an end to slave trade, and a letter for Albert Gallatin, who he was replacing in France. Spells out salary and expense issues in detail and…

GLC03922

January 26, 1825

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Monroe

Lafayette writes that he will be placing his monetary gift from Congress into the Bank of the United States.

GLC03899

12 April 1823

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Adlum

Indicates that he received Adlum's memoir on cultivation of native wines, a bottle of Tokay wine, and a letter from Adlum. Discusses Adlum's memoir at length.

GLC03929

21 April 1824

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Edgar Mason

President Adams sends a copy of a letter from Edmund Gage to Massachusetts congressman Jeremiah Nelson (not included) to District Attorney Mason. Asks Mason to verify the claims in the letter; if they are true "Captain Gage and his vessel may both be released, and the prosecution discontinued."

GLC04004

1819

Book

Title: Convention between his Britannic Majesty and the United States...

Folio. Printed by R.G. Clarke. Official British printing. Established U.S.-Canadian border, settled question of fishing rights off Newfoundland, and agreed on jointly adminstering Oregon for ten year period. Signed on 20 October 1818.

GLC03985.19

1825

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty between United States and Columbia

Large Quarto. Printed by F.M Stokes. First Columbian printing. First treaty between the US and another icountry in the western hemisphere. Negotiatedin 1824, ratified in 1825. Malloy p. 292.

GLC03985.20

1826

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty between United States and Federated Republic of Central America

Small folio. Printed by Imprena Mayor Casa de Porras. Treaty of amity and commerce with rebelling Spanish provinces. The Federal Republic of Central America included Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica and was formed in 1823 by rebelling Spanish provinces. It is the second treaty between the United States and another country in the Americas. Malloy 160.

GLC03985.21

6 January 1818

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Cabell

Concerns difficulties in getting the Virginia legislature to approve the establishment of the University of Virginia and its general educational system. Asks Cabell to sign a report regarding the college's finances (GLC04108.02), then deliver it to Governor of Virginia James Preston. Mentions hope that a published report of their views will spur subscriptions, and provide for more professorships. They hope to hire Thomas Cooper to teach law. Much of the legislative opposition to the University of Virginia came from the House of Delegates and supporters of the College of William and Mary…

GLC04108.01

6 January 1818

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph manuscript

Title: Estimate of the objects of application.

Lists itemized costs and subscriptions relating to the establishment of the University of Virginia. Enclosed with his letter to Cabell (GLC 4108.01).

GLC04108.02

1822

Morse, Jedediah, 1761-1826

Book

Title: A report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in the summer of 1820 , under a commission from the President of the United States, for the purpose of ascertaining, for the use of the government, the actual state of the Indian tribes in our country: Illustrated by a map of the United States; ornamented by a correct portrait of a Pawnee Indian

Printed by S. Converse, published by Howe & Spalding. Signed by M. H. White on the title page. Reverend Morse presents a detailed study on Native American Tribes to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. Information in this work is based on Morse's own observations and on the reports of army officers, government agents, and missionaries who had frequent contact with Native Americans.

GLC04135

1819

Bradbury, John, fl. 1819

Book

Title: Travels in the interior of America, in the Years 1809,1810 & 1811... [Louisiana]

GLC04141

1821

Nuttal, Thomas, 1786-1859

Book

Title: A journal of travels into the Arkansa Territory, during the year 1819. With occasional observations on the manners of the Aborigines.

Published by Thos. H. Palmer. Includes Nuttall's observations on his journey from Philadelphia to Arkansas along the Arkansas River. Describes his encounters with Cherokee, Chickasaw, Osage, and Quapaw Tribes, among others. A botanist and naturalist, Nuttall also details the vegetation, climate, and agricultural possibilities of the territory he passes through. Contains a fold-out map inside the front cover of Nuttall's route along the Arkansas River.

GLC04142

1823

James, Edwin, 1797-1861

Book

Title: Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long / from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party

Published by H.C. Carey and I. Lea. Contains a separate folio atlas volume with two maps, eight plates (1 colored), and 1 plate of geological cross-sections. James was the botanist and geologist for the expedition.

GLC04143

1821

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Book signed

Title: Report upon weights and measures.

An attempt to synthesize history, philosophy and physics into a coherent whole that illuminates the nature of human relations. Recommends the adoption of the metric system, as a blessing that will lead to "the improvement of the physical, moral and intellectual condition of man upon earth," by making stronger the "links of sympathy between the inhabitants of the most distant regions." Points to international suppression of the slave trade as a precedent for an international effort to standardize weights and measures. First edition. Inscribed by Adams to diplomat and politician Jonathan…

GLC04045