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1808/03/29
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to unknown recipient re: sending the text of a treaty
This document refers to the Monroe-Pinkney treaty of 1806 (per Monroe Papers).
GLC01575
17 December 1810
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Letter and copied note from Timothy Pickering to James McHenry [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01578
21 September 1798
[Concerning payment of a claim to the Spanish Government]
Serving as Secretary of State, Pickering informs an unknown recipient of a letter received from Colonel David Humphreys regarding a claim presented to the Spanish Government. Expects that "if we avoid a war with Spain, the claim will finally be paid...
GLC01579.02
28 August 1812
Additional instruction to the public and private armed vessels of the United States.
Signed by Monroe as Secretary of State, directed to privateers. In response to the repeal of British Orders in Council, instructs naval and privateering ships to assist American-owned vessels bringing British goods to the United States. Issued...
GLC01665
17 October 1785
King, Rufus, 1755-1827
to James Bowdoin
King and Gerry, members of the Continental Congress, transmit information concerning two acts of Congress to Bowdoin, Governor of Massachusetts. State that these acts (not included) contain instructions to an unspecified foreign minister. Request...
GLC01674
1762-1939
Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819
Thomas Noyes archive and collateral [Decimalized .01 - .56.03]
Collection contains Continental Army commissions papers, a company journal, a Continental Congress pamphlet, and family scrapbooks and genealogy.
GLC02150
1812/09/08
Jeffery, Richard, fl. 1748-1812
to Nancy Jeffery
Writing his wife about her inability to send letters, enclosing articles she asked for and knitting needles, good health of all friends and relations, arrival of militia and their poor health, capture of British frigate "Guerriere" by the USS...
GLC01896.003
20 January 1803
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to the Marquis of Casa Yrujo
Madison, Secretary of State, encloses a copy of a letter (not included) addressed to President Jefferson by Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans trader and planter who supplied the United States with military materials obtained from the Spanish during the...
GLC01948
1808/02/17
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Jean Guillaume Neuville re: whether foreigners can own land in the U.S.
Written as President to Baron Hyde de Neuville. Jefferson ventures an opinion but refers the question to lawyers, particularly in the several states.
GLC01960
1810/06/28
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Benjamin Rush re: re: "Has America no soul?" and America's future
Written from retirement at Quincy, bemoaning the state of America, its manipulation by European politicians and its potentially great future. Adams asks whether "America has no soul" since no one jumps to its defense. He also foresees, like many...
GLC01965
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