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1715/12/10
Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789
to Philip Livingston re: trading news
Gilbert discusses the departure of different trading vessels and his business with Philip. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.02432
1715/12/31
Livingston, John
to Philip Livingston re: lack of correspondence
John writes that he has only received about one letter from Philip in the past two years, and asks if something is amiss that he should be aware of. He sends warm wishes for the new year, and mentions some beaver trading transactions. Docketed on...
GLC03107.02433
1716/04/04
to Philip Livingston re: trading business
Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.02434
1716/04/23
Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775
to Philip Livingston re: differences with Margaret Vetch
Robert discusses a conflict of interests that arose while doing business with their sister Margaret.
GLC03107.02435
1716/05/11
to Philip Livingston re: wampum for Alida Livingston
Robert asks Philip to send their mother some wampum, and notes that she has enclosed a lamb and dried apples. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.02436
1716/05/15
Jay, Augustus, fl. 1711-1725
to Philip Livingston re: business dealings
Jay asks Philip not to feel obligated to sell his goods at any time, and notes that he is always happy to conduct business with him. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.02437
1716/05/20
Gilbert writes that he has shipped Philip's flour, and hopes that there are no losses on it. He also notes the price of rum and flour from Barbados. On p.2 Gilbert made a copy of his letter to Cornelius Van Horne concerning the shipment of Philip's...
GLC03107.02438
1716/05/30
to Philip Livingston re: severe illness of Alida Livingston
Robert writes that their mother is sicker than she has ever been, and asks Philip to send a doctor to the Manor. He concludes with a note of fear that they may lose their mother.
GLC03107.02439
1716/05/31
Fresneaux, Andrew, fl. 1714-1719
to Philip Livingston re: [in Dutch]
GLC03107.02440
1716/06/22
Cruger, John, fl. 1714-1719
GLC03107.02441
1716/07/03
GLC03107.02442
5 November 1777
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
to George Washington
Written by Laurens as president of the Continental Congress; signed once and initialed twice by Laurens. Retained copy encloses extracts of Congress and a postscript reporting the passing of those resolutions. The extracts concern recovery and...
GLC04803
23 March 1778
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797
to Patrick Henry
Co-signed by Banister and free franked in his name. Requests that Congress send new troops to camp without delay. Warns that the Continental army is weak and that it is likely the British will attempt an attack before reinforcements come. Also...
GLC04807
28 May 1776
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
to Thomas Ludwell Lee
Written by Richard Henry Lee as Continental Congressman from Virginia to his brother Thomas Lee. Says he is busy because he has a committee meeting with Generals Washington, Gates, and Mifflin on "the operations of their Campaign." Says he cannot...
GLC04809
9 May 1794
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to Robert R. Livingston
Monroe, Senator from Virginia, urges Livingston, Chancellor of New York, to accept Washington's offer to succeed Gouverneur Morris as Minister Plenipotentiary to France. Tells Livingston it will be good for the party if he accepts. Says "the effect...
GLC04822
November 26, 1818
[Patent for Jacob Bromwell's improvement of the wheat fan, or winnowing machine and J.Q. Adams and Engraving of James Monroe and James Monroe]
Document signed by John Quincy Adams and James Monroe, 1 engraving of John Quincy Adams, and 3 engravings of James Monroe.
GLC04823
2 December 1823
James C., Dunn & Co, fl. 1823
President's Message
Same-day printing of the Monroe Doctrine in an extra for the Washington Republican and congressional examiner. One of the most important lines includes: "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and...
GLC04824
22 June 1775
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Commission of Captain Daniel Morgan]
Partially printed document signed by Continental Congress President John Hancock and co-signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary to Congress. The writing in the document's body was done by General George Washington. Document appoints Daniel Morgan as...
GLC04825
6 January 1816
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to John McHenry
Encloses a collection of sermons by Rev. Richard Price that shaped Pickering's faith. Over forty years ago Pickering renounced the "Calvanistic scheme" in which he had been educated as "utterly incompatible with the perfections of the Deity." Price...
GLC04835
1797/11/14
Jackson, William, 1759-1828
to Sharp Delany re: returning equipment used in surveying
Written from the Surveyor's Office. Jackson signed the Constitution as Secretary of the Convention. In one of his last acts as President, Washington appointed Jackson surveyor of customs at Philadelphia.
GLC04842.25
May 1, 1787
McHenry, James, 1753-1816
to [George Washington] re: explaining his absence from the Convention
Misdated May. McHenry writes the Convention's president, Washington, that he was unable to attend the opening sessions because his brother lay ill. He did attend in August and kept a private record of proceedings.
GLC04842.29
1795/12/17
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Henry Remsen, Jr. re: erratic nature of deliveries, reaction to Jay's Treaty
Concerning delivery of a nail machine, pea planting, newspaper subscriptions and France's reaction to Jay's treaty. He fears France's reaction to the treaty and that they may be silent on "the principle the Count de Vergennes once expressed to me...
GLC04794
31 August 1779
Brice, James,1746-1801
to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
Document certifies that Daniel St. Thomas of Jenifer, a futuer signer of the U.S. Constitution, took the oath called for under the "An Act to resrict the Deleages of this Sate in Congress from enegaging in any Trade either foreign or domestic."...
GLC04795
3 November 1779
Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808
to William Phillips
Written by Jenkinson as Secretary of War in Lord North's ministry in London to Major General Phillips as the ranking officer of the Convention Army, which consisted of prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign. The army was being barracked in...
GLC04796
13 November 1778
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
to Robert Morris
Jones, Captain of the U.S.S. Ranger, informs Morris, a Continental Congressman, of recent events in France. Reports that in June, a highly esteemed gentleman (who Jones does not name) wrote him a secret letter promising him command of a large ship...
GLC04797
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