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1826/03/02
Hopkinson, Joseoph, 1770-1842
to James C. Fisher re: personal matters
GLC02453.19
July 18, 1822
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to James Ronaldson
Docketed by Ronaldson. Jefferson compares the speciments (probably Ronaldson and Binney no. 1) to those used in a book in the mid-eighteenth century, and is cheered by the prospect of human progress. Ronaldson-Binney's first typeface was the first...
GLC00496.042
circa 1820
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
The fortunes of Nigel [incomplete]
Single page only with revisions. Sellers note on verso reveals source and location of remaining sheets.
GLC00496.083.01
March 22, 1828
Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 1786-1845
to unknown
Thanks recipient for book of poetry. Discusses dinner plans with William Wilberforce and Zachary Macaulay. Buxton, Wilberforce and Macaulay were British abolitionists who worked for social reform. The letter also mentions Secretary of State...
GLC00496.137
13 January 1817
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Samuel Carswell
Asks Carswell to extend a line of credit to John H. Eaton on Jackson's behalf. Eaton was travelling to Philadelphia in order to publish his Life of Jackson.
GLC03243.01
27 January 1821
to William S. Cardell
Jefferson asks Cardell to thank the American Academy of Language & Belles Lettres for giving him an honorary membership. Comments on the role of language in the advancement of science, making references to England and France, and contends that...
GLC03785
27 April 1825
to Nathaniel Bowditch
Thanks Bowditch for the extract of his review from the North American and asks him to lecture at the University of Virginia. Bowditch, an astronomer and mathematician, turned down a position at the University in 1818, but kept in contact with...
GLC03415
14 March 1828
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Written by Monroe in retirement to an unknown recipient, but the collateral file has paperwork that says it is to Tench Ringgold. That cannot be confirmed, although it is possible. Ringgold was a well known Republican politician in Washington, D.C...
GLC03338.02
1828/11/28
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to unknown re: transmitting a sample of Patrick Henry's handwriting
Madison notes that Henry "must, it would appear, have been in early life when the letter was written."
GLC04842.30
12 April 1823
to John Adlum
Indicates that he received Adlum's memoir on cultivation of native wines, a bottle of Tokay wine, and a letter from Adlum. Discusses Adlum's memoir at length.
GLC03929
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