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to Mary Walton Morris

Written by Kosciuszko, the great Polish hero of the American Revolution to the wife of Declaration of Independence signer, Lewis Morris. Letter of introduction for a Mr. Bernard, saying he was of high character and discerning judgment. Playfully...

GLC01767

[Monthly list of armorer's supplies for the Frigate L'Amazone] [In French]

Laperouse signs six times (once per month).

GLC01768

to Col. A. C. Moore re: preparations for Battle of Cheat Mountain

Moore commanded the 29th Regiment of Va. Vols. The Battle of Cheat Mountain was Lee's first campaign of the war.

GLC01769

to Sylvanus Bourne

Delineates his plan to make a fortune selling, settling, and improving six million acres of American frontier land to be purchased by men and women in America and Europe seeking a new place to settle. Stresses the amount of money that shareholders...

GLC01773

[Bill of sale for two enslaved women named Hannah and Jen]

Bill of sale for two enslaved women named Hannah and Jen. The sale documents Philip Livingston as the seller. Jen's age is listed as 24 years old. They were sold for 100 pounds in New York currency to Rieneer Van Giesen. Cosigned by his son Philip...

GLC01775

to Thomas Ward re: Sam Burnet's retirement

GLC01776.01

to Thomas Ward re: annexation of Texas

GLC01776.02

to Col. Thomas Ward re: his tract of land in Texas

Ward was Commission of the General Land Office in Austin.

GLC01776.03

to Col. Thomas Ward re: not expecting annexation of Texas to the U.S.

Marked "Private."

GLC01779

to Thomas Ward re: location of seat of government & settlement of "archive war"

Written to Ward, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Rusk looks forward to a settlement of the archive war and the question of a capital.

GLC01780