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circa 1820
Scott, Walter, Sir (1771-1832)
Collection of 2 items regarding Sir Walter Scott [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC00496.083
1828-1893
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893)
[Collection of 2 items regarding Benjamin Butler] [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00496.136
7 May [1817]
Hill, Hugh (fl. 1780-1817)
[To all whom it may concern]
Somewhat illegible. Relates to the privateer ship the Pilgrim. Year is illegible but possibly 1817. Hill was the captain of the Pilgrim. Part of a collection of receipts from the Lovett family. John Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and...
GLC01450.006.20
22 January 1822
Hagner, Peter (fl. 1797-1822)
to Aaron Hobart
Indicates that a letter with enclosures Representative Hobart sent to the Secretary of War has been forwarded to the Auditor's Office. The letter regarded the payments sue to Edward Morton for boats and arms supplied. Explains pertinent regulations...
GLC06313.04.143
2 February 1822
Holmes, Charles J. (1790-1859)
Letter of introduction for the son of Elisha Ruggles of Rochester, Massachusetts, who was relocating to Washington, D.C. as "an officer in the newly established College at Washington."
GLC06313.04.148
21 February 1822
Unknown
Written from the Treasury Department & Auditor's Office. Asks for the papers in the case of Edward Morton to be returned. Hobart was helping Morton recover money owed to him for boats and arms he supplied (see GLC06313.143).
GLC06313.04.149
14 February 1822
Cutting, Nathaniel (b. 1774)
Discusses a memorial petition requesting a military land bounty for Stephen Raymond, the heir to Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Raymond, which had again come to his office. Indicates that his feelings about its merits have not changed and that he...
GLC06313.04.153
18 February 1822
Dey, Anthony (1777-1859)
Circular letter from Anthony Dey sending a flax sample (not included) processed by "his new Machine," which would be on exhibit in Washington, D.C.
GLC06313.04.158
22 February 1822
Meigs, Return J. (1782-1851)
Informs Hobart that he will "make the Communication attended to on Monday next," which has been delayed by several committees calling on him. Written from the General Post Office.
GLC06313.04.159
25 February 1822
In accordance with a resolution Hobart introduced and which had passed through Congress, Meigs, as Postmaster General, sent statements to the Speaker of the House and the Chairman on Post Offices & Post Roads. Sends Hobart a copy (not included)....
GLC06313.04.161
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