1811/02/22

Williams, Isaac B., fl. 1808-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hollis Mr. Kinstry re: shipment of pig iron for Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

Written at the Manor of Livingston, in Ancram, New York.

GLC03107.03913

1811/02/25

Williams, Isaac B., fl. 1808-1814

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt from John Decker of rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

Written at the Manor of Livingston, in Ancram, New York.

GLC03107.03914

1811/02/26

McKinstry, Hollis, fl. 1811

Document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat for rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

GLC03107.03915

1811/02/27

Mink, Philip, fl. 1810

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt from John Dunce of rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

GLC03107.03916

1811/02/28

Mink, Henry, fl. 1810-1812

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt from Nicholas Jacobie of rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

GLC03107.03917

1811/02/28

McKinstry, Hollis, fl. 1811

Document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat for rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

GLC03107.03918

1811/02/28

Williams, Isaac B., fl. 1808-1814

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt from the Widow Bies of rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

Followed by another receipt of rent from Widow Bise, signed by Isaac B. Williams, 1 March 1811. Written at the Manor of Livingston, in Ancram, New York.

GLC03107.03919

1811/03/07

McKinstry, Hollis, fl. 1811

Document signed

Title: Receipt of wheat for rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

GLC03107.03920

1811/03/07

Williams, Isaac B., fl. 1808-1814

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt from John Decker of rent due Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

Written at the Manor of Livingston, in Ancram, New York.

GLC03107.03921

1811/03/07

Williams, Isaac B., fl. 1808-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hollis M. Kinstry re: shipment of pig iron for Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

Written at the Manor of Livingston, in Ancram, New York.

GLC03107.03922

February 19, 1808

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to William Pinkney

Indicates that he is sending a series of gazettes reporting on congressional proceedings, which "will give you a view of our internal affairs." Explains the route by which Mr. Nourse will deliver them to London so that Pinkney can arrange other correspondence to Paris and his own government. Discusses a previous letter concerning the Embargo Act of 1807 and a British decree made on 11 November 1807. Also comments on communications from David Erskine, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning Napoleon's Berlin Decree, the British retaliation, and their effects on neutral maritime…

GLC03419

1812 ca.

Header Record

Title: War of 1812-related items [decimalized]

Materials relating to the War of 1812 including signatures, documents, pamphlets, etc.

GLC03436

1815/01/11

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

Monroe discusses the establishment of a standing militia. He also criticizes the Hartford Convention, arguing that it may lengthen the War of 1812. Authorizes military protection for the Springfield Arsenal, should it be necessary. A half-sheet of paper is glued onto the original letter's 3rd page. General Henry Dearborn, then the senior major general in the United States Army in command of the northeast, was possibly the recipient.

GLC05280

1815/09/14

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Unknown.

Discusses his ill health, Napoleon's demise and a treaty with Algiers

GLC05281

1801/02/11

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. Williams re: Jefferson-Burr election crisis

Written as Speaker of the House during the Jefferson-Burr election crisis. "15 ballots have been taken & no election."

GLC05301

1803/10/17

Broadside

Title: Twelfth Amendment, with notes, and draft of speech to the legislature at bottom

12th Amendment with notations. The draft speech at the bottom of the page is the beginning of the speech GLC 5321.02.

GLC05321.01

1803/10/17

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph document

Title: [Speech in favor of the twelfth amendment]

Pickering argues that the proposed twelfth amendment, which would reform the Electoral College, would help realize the intent of the framers and give the Constitution "stability and duration." Referring to the contentious, drawn-out presidential election of 1800, he asks who would have answered for the consequences, if a president had not been elected by March 4th, and the Constitution had thus run out. He notes that the framers expected amendments, and points out that "it is a well known fact that the amendments already incorporated into the constitution have greatly increased its friends."…

GLC05321.02

1813/09/15

Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William H. Harrison

Requests funds for the maintenance of prisoners during the War of 1812. Written aboard the schooner Ariel.

GLC05264.02

1801/02/18

Otis, Harrison G., 1765-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Lowell Jr. re: Adam's appointment of the "Midnight Judges"

Adam's attempt to appoint federal judges before Jefferson's inauguration. Mentions appointments of Justices Lowell (Chief justice of the 1st Circuit), Bourne and Jere: Smith (Associate Justices of same), John Davis (district judge), himself ("H.G.O") (D.A.). He concludes "It is presumable the appointments will be concurred in. Mr. Parson is also nominated Attorney General of the United States."

GLC05588.03

1815/01/31

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Isaac Shelby

Secretary of State Monroe sends a circular letter to the governor of Kentucky transmitting an act (not included) authorizing the raising of troops and requesting men from Shelby's state. Written a few weeks after the Battle of New Orleans and a few weeks before the United States received notice of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812.

GLC05323

1811/09/30

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Cutts

Urges the Massachusetts congressman to visit Washington, D.C., discusses foreign policy and affairs regarding Britain and France. The War of 1812 began the following year.

GLC05348

1808/03

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Book

Title: State papers concerning members of Jefferson's government

Compilation of printed "State papers" concerning principal members of Thomas Jefferson's governments. re: Privateering and shipping interests

GLC05349

1801/04/25

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Burnett re: Jefferson inaugural, Napoleonic wars

GLC05242

1815/02/18

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Everett

Announces the arrival of the Treaty of Ghent in Washington, D.C., which ended the War of 1812, and favorably assesses it as "perfectly honorable to the UStates." Also comments that the Battle of New Orleans "gives its men a splendour which will make the epoch memorable in our history." Monroe was then secretary of state. Dr. Everett was a physician and a state politician in Virginia. Letter includes an address and free frank in Monroe's own hand.

GLC05568

1808, 1818

Bowdoin, James Temple, 1776-1842

Book signed

Title: Debates, resolutions and other proceedings of the Convention of... Massachusetts

Debates of the state convention in 1789 to ratify the Constitution. Printed by Oliver & Munroe, and Joshua Cushing. Signed and dated on titlepage by Bowdoin in 1818. Ex-Barlow copy with plate; Ex-Clements Library.

GLC05509