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1856
Schade, Louis, fl. 1856
The Immigration into the United States of America
Disbound. Title continued: "From a statistical and national-economical point of view." Printed at the Union Office.
GLC05942
1861
Campbell, Robert, fl. 1859-1861
A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60.
Published by Thomas Hamilton in New York and by the author in Philadelphia. Contains a frontispiece print of Campbell, and a fold out map of Yoruba country near the Niger River (attached to front flyleaf). In the introduction, Campbell writes,...
GLC06171
1864
Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894
Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.
First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.
GLC06188
1919
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
Deportation, its meaning and menace; last message to the people of America.
Written by Berkman and Emma Goldman. After the author statement, the title continues: "Ellis Island, New York, U.S.A., December 1919." Colophon reads: "Ten cents a copy. Order from M. E. Fitzgerald, 857 Broadway, New York City."
GLC06222
Ninth annual report of the General Agent of the Board of National Popular Education, with the constitution of the board; January 1856.
The Board was founded to send New England women to teach in the American West. In original tan wrappers.
GLC06232.01
Bradford, William, fl. 1856
The History of Plymouth Plantation, printed from the original manuscript
Published for the Massachusetts Historical Society by Little, Brown & Co.
GLC05894
15 August - 7 September 1793
Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796
to Henry Knox
Three parts. First part dated 15 August. Details his journey to view the land and states that "for about 1 mile the land was very poor, but the Inhabitants a long the River are very thick settled and have plenty of Wheat, Barley, Rye, and Corn." Goes...
GLC02437.10272
5 April 1792
Flint, Royal, 1754-1797
Writes to acquaint Knox with the measures he is taking respecting the purchase of lands in Maine. Discusses financial arrangements he has made with General [Henry] Jackson to compensate for the insolvency of their business associate Mr. [William]...
GLC02437.05400
16 September 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Royal Flint
Forwards a letter for William Duer, regarding land in Massachusetts. Asks Flint to obtain an answer from Duer and to inform Knox himself of Duer's development. Also mentions the status of Madame de Leval's security and payments.
GLC02437.05611
4 January 1795
Encloses a letter (not included) regarding the eastern lands. Says he believes the land could be sold to settlers from half a dollar to a dollar an acre. States Mr. Timothy Green can provide further information on the lands when he is in town...
GLC02437.06292
2 June 1789
Glasbeech, Baron de, fl. 1781-1789
Writes to discuss his impoverished lifestyle and complains of the government owing him money. Asks if perhaps Knox can lend him money, and then when Congress settles his debts he will be able to pay Knox back. Back page features various...
GLC02437.04230
29 September 1789
Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796
Discusses the difficulties he is having in finding an agent. Mentions asking Rufus Putnam, but he "is so taken up with his Ohio concerns that I cannot prevail on him to undertake it." Has also tried to ask the surveyor, a Mr. DeWit, but he also...
GLC02437.04371
27 October 1789
Discusses the payment of debts and the possibility of traveling to the Ohio region.
GLC02437.04398
28 February 1802
Holland, Park, 1752-1844
to John Gleason
Noted as a copy. Discusses the lots, boundaries, and legal issues of the settlers in Bangor, Maine. Encloses (not included) a plan for Bangor, Maine that shows the settlers lots, the names of the settlers before 17 February 1798, and the names of...
GLC02437.07720
circa 1585-1763
History of the Livingston family
The manuscript traces the Livingston family back to its first descendents in Scotland. It was thought that the first member of the Livingston family was a Hungarian man who arrived in Scotland in 1070.
GLC03107.04825
30 August 1794
to William Griffin
Working draft to GLC02437.06190. Discusses the terms on his newly purchased island (Brigadiers Island, now Sears Island, Maine). Notes all the inhabitants, except for a gentleman named Benjamin Carver, have agreed to leave the island within a year's...
GLC02437.06189
Final retained version of GLC02437.06189. Discusses the terms on his newly purchased island (Brigadiers Island, now Sears Island, Maine). Notes all the inhabitants, except for a gentleman named Benjamin Carver, have agreed to leave the island within...
GLC02437.06190
8 February 1800
The writer works out some ideas about the prices of possible lands Knox could sell, as well as the way and manner in which those lands should be settled.
GLC02437.07363
28 March 1805
Provides Gleason with a variety of instructions about work to be done at Knox's estate. Includes a list of workmen arriving by ship, as well as information on how to run the lime mills.
GLC02437.07925
20 June 1785
to Thomas Halsey
Knox requests that Halsey secure transportation on a ship from Providence, Rhode Island to New York City for his family and some furniture. Anticipates that Halsey can secure their passage on either Captain Godfrey's or Captain Laton's ship.
GLC02437.03157
23 April 1789
Hazen, Charlotte, fl. 1789
The wife of General Moses Hazen, Charlotte (she signs it "Charlot"), writes, "Mr Hazen I am informed has requested to see you about some business, I suppose from circumstances it is to consult you on the propriety of either going to Lake Champlain...
GLC02437.04187
28 September 1791
Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817
Reports that he has "at last settled the principles on which the account is to be closed very much to my satisfaction tho not exactly upon my first plan." Says their "friend" was not of service as expected and he had to come forward and negotiate for...
GLC02437.05172
1 January 1794
Harwood, Richard, fl. 1791-1794
Makes inquiries about the value of the estate in the District of Maine. Heard its value has gone up considerably and that timber is being shipped as far away as Virginia. Believes Knox made a good profit on the lands and wants to know what Knox...
GLC02437.06017
circa 1861-1865
Group of men eating in camp scene
Image shows six men, one is a captain, another's rank is obscured, and the remainder wear civilian clothes. The opening of an A-frame tent is visible on the right hand edge of the photo. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in...
GLC05111.02.1348
1861-1865 ca.
Path or Road through a forrest
No identification. Handwritten on back: "Hessian Camp"
GLC05137.225
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Abraham Lincoln President of the United States
Done after a Mathew Brady photograph. Shows Lincoln surrounded by an emblematic border done by New York illustrator William Momberger. The images in the borders portray the defeat of the dragon "Secession," freed slaves, western emigration, rural...
GLC05239
June 14, 1849
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Legal document in re Houston v. Jas. Hastarr re: land bought from Austin
GLC05248
1862 ca.
Waud, Alfred R., fl. 1862-1865
Charge of Meagher's Irish Brigade... Fredericksburg
Black and white ink and gouache painting of the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862. It depicts Meagher's Irish Brigade (the 63d, 69th and 88th NY, 115 PA and 28 Mass.; shown carrying a battle flag with Irish harp) charging Marye's Heights....
GLC07065
1800-1820 ca.
Native American manuscripts re: Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians [Decimalized .01- .23]
This collection consists largely of correspondence and legal documents pertaining to Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee Nation. Topics include despoiled property (#9, 17, and 18); compensation (#6, 7, 8, and 21); the Treaty of 1805 (#11)...
GLC07562.03
3 September 1791
[Legal document involving land agreement with William Duer and Henry Knox]
This document is in the hand of William Duer, but the last sentence on page 3 is written by Knox, who also signed it. States that Duer and Knox accede to the forming of a French colony on their land in Maine, probably in reference to Madame de la...
GLC02437.05141
8 June 1792
Duer, William, 1747-1799
[Account between William Duer and Henry Knox]
Ledger outlines accounts between Duer and Knox from 1791-1792.
GLC02437.05498
6 March 1759
to Samuel Waldo
Discusses financial business and inquires about the settling lands. Signed with an illegible signature.
GLC02437.08994
27 August 1791
[Statement concerning the Scioto Company in Ohio]
Discusses the problem with the Scotia company, the uncertainty of the emigrants who thought they had bought land, and the possibility of obtaining actual acreage versus merely a land option. Divided into eleven parts. Sewn binding.
GLC02437.10236
1818/11/20
Livingston, Henry, 1753-1823
to Walter Patterson re: difficulty living in New York
H[enry] L[ivingston] describes the problems a friend has had maintaining a job and a place to live in New York, and advises Walter to prevent his mother and sister from going to New York for the winter. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04532
1818/06/19
Fletcher, Daniel, fl. 1818
to William D. Patterson re: decision to go to New Orleans
Fletcher writes that he has decided to go to New Orleans to try to procure a job in a counting house, and wonders if he could make the voyage on William's ship. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04552
8 June 1791
to William Duer
Written by Secretary of War Knox to Duer. Marked "Secret." After receiving William Constable's answer, says that Samuel Ogden will write to the commissioners of Massachusetts "relinquishing any claim on the eastern lands." Knox says he told Ogden...
GLC02437.04980
Reports that this letter will be delivered by Madame de la Val and Mr. de la Roche who will communicate provisional articles "I have Enterd into with them for commencing a French Establishment on the Lands we have purchased." Says the present state...
GLC02437.05134
5 September 1791
Says he wrote to Duer earlier about the provisional articles for the French colony on the land they have purchased in Maine. Believes that Madame de la Val and Mr. de la Roche were supposed to have seen the property yesterday, but believes they were...
GLC02437.05145
4 October 1791
Knox signs with his initials. Knows that Duer understands the "modification of our purchase in Massachusetts yet I confess I wish we could make some definitive arrangement, to enable us to pay for a considerable portion of it that we might be freed...
GLC02437.05185
29 April 1792
to War Department [in French]
Note on the docket declares that this is a copy of a letter Colonel William Duer sent to Mr. [Despreminet] without the authority of Henry Knox. Mentions Madame de Leval and Mr. de la Roche. Docket is an Autograph document signed by Knox, stating, "a...
GLC02437.05435
8 August 1792
Informs Duer that he will not be able to make their previous appointment as he cannot leave Philadelphia at this time due to some "public business." Adds that he does not think this will disappoint Duer, though, because he understands that it is...
GLC02437.05574
6-13 September 1792
[Copies of correspondence]
Copies of correspondences between William Duer, Henry Knox, Royal Flint, and Henry Jackson detailing the progress of their land deals and Duer's financial instability. Also includes details on the land agreements involving Madame de Leval and...
GLC02437.05607
16 October 1792
to Henry Jackson
Informs Jackson that Henry Knox has agreed to give Madame de Leval and Mr. de la Roche deeds for portions of Trenton and "No. 8" (both in present-day Maine). Instructs Jackson, "To enable her further to place the Germans, you will assist her to take...
GLC02437.05655
28 November 1792
Informs Duer that he has looked over the agreement and believes it to be obligatory for them to fulfill the terms and conditions stated. States that he will be taking a look at all of the agreements made with Madame de Leval in order to better assess...
GLC02437.05716
11 December 1792
Discusses his reasons for terminating his financial agreement with William Green and mentions other avenues he is considering. Notes he has made overtures to [Théophile] Cazenove, andt after receiving Duer's "pressing letters" decided it best to try...
GLC02437.05732
12 December 1792
Le Roy, Herman, 1758-1841
Copy of a letter from Herman Le Roy to William Duer; written in Henry Knox's hand. Informs Duer that Knox called on "Mr C" [Théophile Cazenove] and himself to discuss the eastern lands. Says Knox made it clear to them that he would be willing to...
GLC02437.05733
13 December 1792
Informs Duer he called on Herman Le Roy and [Théophile] Cazenove the day before to discuss the eastern lands, especially the sale of Duer's portion. Notes he tried pushing forth a sale of Duer's portion of land in "every way and manner possible" but...
GLC02437.05734
18 December 1792
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, ?-1811
to [Heny Knox] [in French]
A duplicate of GLC02437.05741. GLC02437.05741 is a translation. Discusses land deals involving herself, Knox, [Jean-Baptiste] de la Roche, and [William] Duer. States that Mr. de la Roche has gone to the eastern lands to hopefully provide stability...
GLC02437.05742
3 February 1795
Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828
to Mason Wheaton
Is happy to hear that his uncle, Mason Wheaton, is doing well and expresses his warm feelings for him. Heard that Henry Knox is going to be Mason Wheaton's neighbor soon and writes, "it is a satisfaction which requires energy to express that so great...
GLC02437.06339
10 September 1789
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
Writes to thank Knox for his replies to his recent letters. Mentions that he and his wife are happy to announce they will be "permanent Citizens[s] of these States," and hopes to be close enough to Knox to renew their friendship. Thanks him for his...
GLC02437.04353
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