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1815/09/14
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to: Unknown.
Discusses his ill health, Napoleon's demise and a treaty with Algiers
GLC05281
15 July 1816
Madison, James, 1751-1836
[Patent for Schuyler Fisher's improvement in the Hatter's Plank Kettle]
Signed by Madison as President. Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State and Richard Rush as Attorney General. Fisher's written description of his invention is signed by Samuel Fisher and Aston Peren as witnesses.
GLC07330
1815-1830
Stanford, John, fl. 1798-1813
Collection of prayer and sermon notes
GLC07299
1815 ca.
Battle of New Orleans broadside [in French and English]
Dual-language War of 1812 broadside detailing battle of 8 January 1815. Consists of illustration and key.
GLC07263
1815/06/24
Thornton, William, 1759-1828
to William Thornton
Discusses British General Thornton's valor and wounds received at the Battle of Bladensburg and the Battle of New Orleans. Also critically discusses European politics and war, and assesses Napoleon at length. Notes that Thornton's capture and...
GLC07367
1816/08/06
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to William H. Crawford
Writes to Secretary of War Crawford to transmit Captain John Allen's muster roll (not included) of volunteers who helped protect Chickasaw Indian land from "Intruders," referring to white settlers.
GLC07374
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
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
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