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1792
Pierpont, Joseph, fl. 1792
[Map of land]
Map of the land by the Penobscot River. Water is drawn with blue watercolor ink. Shows the division of land into different plots.
GLC02437.10593
10 November 1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Abraham Ogden
Letterpress copy. Discusses the distance a nation's power and protection extends from the sea coast. Notes that "belligerent" European powers have frequently appealed to President George Washington for protection in waters along the United States...
GLC02437.05965
to Pierpoint Edwards
GLC02437.05966
to Richard Harrison
GLC02437.05967
to George Read, Jr.
Letterpress copy, but signed by Jefferson. Discusses the distance a nation's power and protection extends from the sea coast. Notes that "belligerent" European powers have frequently appealed to President George Washington for protection in waters...
GLC02437.05969
circa 10 November 1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Knox's draft, written in the president's voice, for a portion of Washington's December 3, 1793 annual message (State of the Union address) to Congress. Discusses negotiations for peace between the U.S. and hostile Indians in the Ohio Territory. Says...
GLC02437.05984
19 March 1794
Maunsell, William, fl. 1794
to John Maunsell
Discusses his successful experiment cultivating potatoes from their shoots. Claims, "a greater discovery was never made in agriculture…" and exclaims how the discovery will benefit "the lower orders of the People with food at a very cheap rate."...
GLC02437.06066
November 1793
to unknown
Letterpress copy. Written at the behest of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Requests that the state governments keep the district attorneys informed of ships captured within three miles of the coast. Goes into details of this situation. (See...
GLC02437.05982
GLC02437.05983
6 December 1793
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, ?-1811
to Henry Knox
Says she placed an order for goods in Havre de Grace, France, but they were sent to Philadelphia instead of Boston. Asks Knox for a loan of $135 to cover this unexpected cost. Place written assumed from content.
GLC02437.05989
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