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1815/02/13
Treaty of Ghent
Announcing the Treaty of Ghent. This broadside contains the news from both New York and London that peace between the United States and Great Britain had been signed..
GLC07929
1815/01/06
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Jeremiah Goodman re: marriage among his slaves
Written in Monticello
GLC07831
1816/02/10
Ellery, William, 1727-1820
Affidavit.
Benjamin Headwine swears that he believes the Spanish ship Cleopatra "is intended for the slave trade."
GLC07910
5 July 1815
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to Henry Fox, Lord Holland
Condemns Britain's "new crusade" against Napoleonic France: "Our countries are now at peace and I am satisfied that you will unite with me, in a strong desire, that they may long remain so. I well know the interest which you take, in the...
GLC09109
4 July 1815
Hewson, John, 1744-1821
to Rufus Lincoln
Asks forgiveness for not replying to his last letter as he was ill. But says his health is as good and his morals as upright when they were on "the Island" (New York ) together (from a reference in another letter, it appears he escaped in October...
GLC03849.02
23 November 1815
Saw Lincoln's daughter, who brought a letter from Lincoln in response to Hewson's of 4 July 1815. Glad that Lincoln enjoyed his last letter. Expresses joy that Lincoln might come to visit. Tells him his wife died on 30 September 1815 after a nine...
GLC03849.03
1816/06/29
Madison, James, 1751-1836
To: James Monroe
Barbary piracy and its connection to Spain with respect to recently captured ships. With Monroe's docketing.
GLC07978
1815/02/14
To: Thomas Miller
Fowarding copy of the Treaty of Ghent to the Northern front: "Hostilities may immediately cease between our troops and those of Great Britian"
GLC07980
1815/01/13
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to James Monroe
Five days after battle of New Orleans, criticizes delayed supplies: "The want of them continues to expose me to great hazard. How unfortunate it is that our preparations are always so far behind the events that make them necessary!"
GLC07985
1815/04/17
Federal Republican members of the Legislature
Address to the people of the state of New York
The address states that the objects of the recent war with Great Britain have not been accomplished.
GLC03107.05305
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