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August 18, 1807
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Caesar A. Rodney
Written as President to his Attorney General. Recipient from address leaf. Free franked. Written in Monticello
GLC01483
April 26, 1806
Kiteridge, Peter, 1750-?
to Gentlemen
One document written by Peter Kiteridge dated April 26, 1806. Details that he was born to African parents in Boston. Kiteridge at the time of this document is a freeman, and requests financial assistance from the Medfield's selectmen. Provides...
GLC01450.702
11 December 1773
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Catharine Macaulay
Adams predicts a breach between America and Britain and writes that "Nothing, but equal Liberty and kind Treatment can Secure the Attachment of the Colonies to Britain." He argues that London's "Experiments" in public revenue will open trade to the...
GLC01787
1769/07/28
Iroquois Nation
Six Nations. Document signed with the holograph totems of 14 chiefs.
A reciept acknowledging the final payment for land ceded by the Six Nations at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. With the loss of these lands the Six Nations eventually dispersed: the Mohawk and Cayuga to Canada, the Oneida to Wisconsin, while the Onondaga...
GLC02548
May 1770
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
A view of part of the town of Boston in New-England and Brittish Ships of War landing their troops 1768
One of two copies known to be signed by colorist Christian Remick, and engraved by Paul Revere. Originally framed in worn edge scallop frame and old glass, with frame cut-down for the print. Propaganda print showing disembarkation of British troops...
GLC02873
July 16, 1776
Whipple, William, 1730-1785
to [John Langdon].
Discusses contracting for guns, military preparations, and the Declaration of Independence. Remarks that independence was proclaimed in the army at New York last Wednesday and a statue of King George III was taken down and cast into bullets, "...
GLC03186
October 31 1774
Dawe, Philip, fl. 1750-1785
The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering
Engraving attributed to Philip Dawe, with hand-coloring. Shows the Boston Tea Party in the background, a "Liberty Tree" with a paper "Stamp Act" affixed upside-down, with five unsavory Bostonians forcibly pouring a pot of tea into the mouth of a...
GLC04961.01
20 October 1776
Moncada, Fernando de Rivera y, fl. 1775-1776
to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)
Discusses building missions in San Diego and San Juan Capistrano. Also mentions soldiers in the stockade and checking on the families of troops.
GLC06287.08
1888/12/04
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Robert Adams
He is disturbed over the "clamour raised for the disfranchisement of the colored voters of the South." Written on letterhead from Cedar Hill, Douglass's Washington, D.C. home.
GLC04997
28 August 1787
Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822
[Wheresoever any person bound to service...]
Draft. States that "the legislatures of the several states shall make provision for the recovering of such persons." No mention is made by name of slaves, apprentices or servants. Pencil note on back concerning a meeting at "Clifton at the Blue...
GLC00819.17
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