1828 circa

Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854

Painting

Title: [Sketch of a small town]

Watercolor drawing of a small town, most likely in Ireland or England. Croker was a famous Irish folklorist.

GLC02542.32.27

18 July 1818

Preston, James Patton, 1774-1843

Printed document signed

Title: [Certificate appointing Rawley Evans as sheriff]

Preston, Governor of Virginia (1816-1819), appoints Evans as sheriff of Monongalia County (present day West Virginia). Partially printed.

GLC03481.03

27 June 1819

Moore, Thomas Patrick, 1797-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Informs an unknown recipient: "Eccles has returned is unable to [?] or do anything else- Smashed by his produce speculations- This was to me a totally unexpected event- I may save it in time, but doubt it. Expecting to be at Lexington must constitute my apology for not writing earlier..." Docket states: "T. P. Moore- Private soldier in 1812 member of Congress many years- One of Genl [Jenkins?] pets- Sent Minister to Bogota..."

GLC03481.04

3 October 1828

Wood, Bradford Ripley, 1800-1889

Document signed

Title: [Contract between Walter and Smith Weed]

Wood signs as a witness. Walter, of Auburn, New York, promises to pay Smith, of Albany, New York $2,000. States that if Walter pays Smith $1000 in one year, the previous obligation is void.

GLC03481.05

1815-1860

Map

Title: [Survey map of 329.5 acre tract]

Tract broken into three sections. Since this is part of the Duley family papers, the land was probably in Kentucky. Probably circa 1850-1900.

GLC06377.12

1815-1860

Manuscript document

Title: [Enoch and Wilebour Duley family record]

Records births, deaths, and marriages on printed "Family Record" stationary with an ornamental border. The only marriage recorded is Enoch and Wilebour's in 1840. Notes their children's birth dates and the death dates of two children, as well as those of Enoch and Wilebour. No date but must be after Enoch's death in 1906. Probably written in Kentucky.

GLC06377.13

1815-1860

Underwood, William N., 1862-1947

Pamphlet signed

Title: Gospel Hymns Consolidated

Owned by William N. Underwood, signed above title and on last page. Back cover separated.

GLC06377.14

1815-1860

Manuscript document

Title: [Description of a 200 acre tracts]

Describes coordinates and landmarks of two 200 acre tracts. Since this is part of the Duley family papers, the land was probably in Kentucky. Probably circa 1850-1900.

GLC06377.15

11 September 1821-17 September 1871

Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834

Document signed

Title: [Treasury Department document regarding the account of Lieutenant Henry H. Redmond]

Contains Redmond's account information, signed by Peter Hagner, Auditor, and Richard Cutts, Second Comptroller of the Treasury, 11 September 1821. Signed by James Davidson Jr. of the Auditor's office and E. E. Reynolds of the Comptroller's office. Hagner signs again 17 September, certifying that transcripts (possibly transmitted with this document) are copies of originals on file in the Auditor's Office. Signed by William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, who attests that Hagner was auditor at the time he signed. Features paper seal.

GLC03481.34

1815-1860

Youngdalh, Luther Wallace, 1896-1978

Signature

Title: [Signatures of various United States political figures]

Collection primarily contains signatures from nineteenth and twentieth century Senators and Representatives. Other signatures are included, such as Youngdahl (Governor of Minnesota 1947-1951); William Moultrie (Revolutionary War patriot); William F. Packer (Pennsylvania Governor 1858-1861); Frank L. Polk (Acting Secretary of State 1920); Sir Oliver Mowat (Canadian statesman); Jeremiah Sullivan Black (Attorney General 1857-60 and Secretary of State 1860-1861) among others. United States Congressmen include William E. Mason (Illinois, late nineteenth/early twentieth century); Henry Dodge (…

GLC03481.33

1820

Hillhouse, William, fl. 1820

Pamphlet

Title: The Crisis, No. 1 or Thoughts on Slavery, Occasioned by the Missouri Question.

Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co, New Haven, Connecticut. Denounces slavery and its introduction into the new Territories: "The extension of slavery to the new and unculivated regions of the west...is a great calamity...It is a blot on the human character." Signature of A.H. Maltby, partially trimmed. Bound with, The Crisis, No. 2 or Thoughts on Slavery, Occasioned by the Missourie Question. Auri Sacra Fames [accursed hunger for gold]. Continuation of the above. Signature of A.H. Maltby, partially trimmed.

GLC09062

21 November 1822

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Document recognizing Francisco Vicente Spinoza de Camara Perestrello as Consul in Massachusetts and New Hampshire]

Also signed by John Quincy Adams. Francisco Vicente Spinoza de Camara Perestrello represented the King of Portugal and Brazil.

GLC09065

February 6, 1818

Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes first to report on Knox's daughter (in law) Eliza's travels to and from Boston, and correspondence related to her (Eliza married Lucy's son Henry Jackson Knox). Next, discusses President [John] Adams's recent preoccupation with the idea of an American Navy. Adams believes that when he was Vice President under Washington, they discussed the establishment of a Navy; [Thomas] Jefferson and [Henry] Knox supported the idea, but [Alexander] Hamilton and the Attorney General did not. Writes that President Adams would like to know whether Lucy remembers any debates on this subject.…

GLC02437.08066

26 November 1823

Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Is happy to report that he has completed the business that has brought him to Boston. He has negotiated the financial arrangements between [John] Gleason, General Sullivan, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Healy. Relates the courteous treatment he received and the social engagements he attended.

GLC02437.08069

27 September 1825

Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

Manuscript document

Title: [to Mrs. Thatcher] [incomplete]

Addressee and author are unknown, but previous research indicates that the author is Henry Dearborn and the addressee is Mrs. Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher. Largely illegible, but apparently discusses plans he made with the late General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08070

8 July 1817

Hewson, John, 1744-1821

Autograph letter

Title: to Rufus Lincoln [incomplete]

Says Lincoln's daughter reports his health is as good as can be expected. Hewson says his health has been poor since last winter and that he was confined to the house for eight or nine weeks. Says God wanted him to live in order to help his youngest son, who ruined his family through drinking, move westward to Ohio and work as a carpenter. He has bound him out to a master carpenter for two or three years to complete his training. Says his other son James was in the Hospital for one year at 4 dollars a week and he is to move west as well. A son-in-law has also gotten into debt and ran away and…

GLC03849.04

30 March 1819

Hewson, John, 1744-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus Lincoln

Tells of his six month confinement to his room. Had two colds in that time, despite sitting four feet from a fire the entire time. Relates their harshness. Did not send for a doctor, but was bled twice. When his daughter saw how bad he was, she sent for a doctor, who prescribed some medicine. He took it once, but it made him feel worse and he stopped. Says his faith in God kept him from complaining and that he never expected to live this long. Says he has not seen Lincoln in 40 years and six months, which is probably when they escaped from New York around October 1778. Says Lincoln's daughter…

GLC03849.05

20 November 1819

Hewson, John, 1744-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus Lincoln

References Lincoln's letter of 6 June 1819. Says he is sorry that Lincoln's hearing is so bad and goes on to explain his temporary problems with hearing. Says he put drops of oil in his ear and took a piece of smooth wood and used that to clean out the wax from his ears. Claims he pulled out two or three pea-sized balls of wax from his ear and that he repeats this every few years. Says he is writing this small script without the aid of glasses, which are in his wig. Claims he read a newspaper article about putting drops of spring water in your eyes daily and that has preserved his eyesight.…

GLC03849.06

1 November 1820

Hewson, John, 1744-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus Lincoln

Claims to be suffering from severe influenza and that he might die soon. Hopes they can meet in heaven.

GLC03849.07

circa 1820

Hewson, John, 1744-1821

Autograph letter

Title: to Rufus Lincoln [incomplete]

Undated, circa date inferred from other letters in the collection. Note in pencil in different hand says page 13 is the last, but it is missing here. Pages numbered 5-12 so beginning and end of letter are missing. After escaping to New Jersey, probably in October 1778, from a reference in another letter, they went back to pick up their fellow escapees who could not swim and paid their helpers with the canoe they stole. They were forced to keep moving and were helped by farmers who supported the Revolution. Says this took place in Monmouth County where "General How made so many wigs by his ill…

GLC03849.08

12 November 1821

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Smith Thompson

Transmits a pardon (not included) for Thomas Bryant made on condition of his leaving the country. Thompson was Secretary of the Navy.

GLC08916

29 December 1820

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George A. Otis

Thanks Otis for the copy of a translation of Carlo Botta's History of the War of Independence, Vol. 2 (Storia della guerra della indipendenza degli Stati Uniti d'America, in Italian). Discusses the translation, noting that "Of the original work the high character seems to be sufficiently established." Indicates that a recent letter he wrote was not for publication, but permits Otis to use as he sees fit. Tells Otis that Andrew Stephenson of Richmond, Virginia requests a subscription of "your volumes as they come out."

GLC08928

October 19, 1818

Tucker, Thomas Tudor, 1745-1828

Printed letter signed

Title: to Moody Bedel

Printed form letter with blanks filled in by hand indicating that a draft against the Bank of the United States had been sent (not included) and requesting a receipt. Tucker was the secretary of the treasury.

GLC01450.721.19

1815-1860

Livingston, William, fl. 1769-1793

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for legal fees]

Receipt for 43 shillings.

GLC03149.02

1815-1860

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Roger B. Taney

Modern printing of a bust portrait engraving of Taney.

GLC03210.02