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June 9, 1812
Greene, James, 1765-1836
to Moody Bedel
Lieutenant Greene provides Colonel Bedel with a report indicting he enlisted two men for a period of five years each. Written during the War of 1812.
GLC01450.721.03
Duncan, John, fl. 1812
Duncan relays news of his appointment to ensign of infantry and his changed orders to report to Colonel Bedel's command. Written during the War of 1812.
GLC01450.721.04
June 24, 1813
Langdon, John, 1741-1819
to Isaac Hull Butler
Deputy Commissary Langdon indicates that he will forward clothing to Captain Butler. Written during the War of 1812.
GLC01450.721.06
June 12, 1815
Babcock, Hampton Champlin, 1792-1849
Lieutenant Babcock informs Bedel that he has men from the 11th Infantry under his command who need to be paid. Lists five such men. A signed note by Bedel on the bottom requests that another officer peruse the list. Written shortly after the War...
GLC01450.721.07
March 13, 1815
Wilson, N., fl. 1815
Seeks discharge documents necessary to carry out General Alexander Macomb's order to transfer a soldier named Daniel Dolloff from the 11th infantry regiment to the 34th infantry regiment.
GLC01450.721.09
March 23, 1815
Bedel, Hazel, fl. 1812-1821
Writes to his brother to report problems with soldiers' pay shortly after the end of the War of 1812. Mentions rumors about military appointments, President Madison's plan to maintain an army of 25,000, and a potential assignment for their squadron...
GLC01450.721.10
February 25, 1832
Tornel y Mendívil, José María, 1789-1853
to Dr. Joshua Cohen
Written as Mexican Secretary of State.
GLC01450.723
July 11, 1812
Unknown
to Viscount Castlereagh
Indicates he is sending a series of New York newspapers that contain "an address of great public Interest from the minority in Congress to their constituents, and a very important act...on...Trade and...Communications between United States & Great...
GLC01450.724.01
August 3, 1786
Colton, B., fl. 1786
to William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount of Barrington
Asks if Barrington will use his interest with Lord Sydney of behalf a Mr. Akers, who for the last 10 years was an Assistant Justice of the Courts of the King's Bench and Common Pleas in the Island of St. Vincents. Says he has worked without "the...
GLC01450.724.02
August 9, 1786
Barrington, William Wildman, 1717-1793
to Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Written by Lord Barrington to Lord Sydney as British Home Secretary, an office he held 1783-1789. Barrington is enclosing a letter that solicits Sydney's appointment of a Mr. Akers as Chief Justice of the island of St. Vincents (see GLC01450.724.02...
GLC01450.724.03
June 20, 1779
Beckman, Ijerich, fl. 1779
to unknown
GLC01450.801
July 14, 1777
Bachellor, William, 1749-?
to Captain Hudson
Discusses the chemistry Dr. Boerhaav and determines there is "No process in which the purging Salts are made that is practicable at this Time." Transcribes a long passage from a book explaining how to make salt cartharticum.
GLC01450.802
February 24, 1782
Livingston, Peter, 1737-1794
Sent Captain John Shaver with four barrels of flour. Asks Bromfield to store them and send them by first convenyance to Captain Hopkins at Hartford. Also says to send Hopkins all the pork. Says to also send what is not cut up because this will be the...
GLC01450.803.01
March 11, 1777
Bromfield, Sally, fl. 1777-1782
to Henry Bromfield
Very informal letter to her brother Henry (who she refers to as Harry in the body of the letter). Says she will not apologize for writing so soon after her last letter and that he will write whenever there is a trifle worth mentioning. Says "I cannot...
GLC01450.803.02
May 14, 1777
Bromfield's informal and funny letter to her brother. Says she received what she will call only a beginning of a letter from Livingston. Pokes fun at him when she says "I chearfully acquiese in your abrupt conclusion, as I am sure you must have...
GLC01450.803.03
April 19, 1777
Affectionate, and at some points funny, letter to her brother. Jokes about who in the family was going to take up the pen to write him. Worries about the destruction the war is causing. Says she "cannot help hoping that an overuling providence will...
GLC01450.803.04
December 12, 1840
Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869
to Thurman Fessenden, John Underwood, and Samuel Tisdale
Fessenden, Maine Senator-Elect, thanks members of the New England Society of the City of New York for an invitation to attend the Society's anniversary on 22 December 1840. Declines the invitation, which commemorated the landing of the Pilgrims at...
GLC01465
February 24, 1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Benjamin Lincoln
Recommends a Mr. Payton for work. Mentions Payton's "great distress owing to some peculiarly unhappy circumstances in his family," and suggests there might be an available post "within the Quartermaster or Commissary[']s line" under General Lincoln...
GLC01466
May 8, 1814
Brown, Jacob, 1775-1828
to George Edward Mitchell
Major General Brown notes receiving Colonel Mitchell's letter reporting the British capture of Oswego, New York, at the Battle of Big Sandy during the War of 1812. Indicates that he is satisfied with Mitchell's actions against the superior...
GLC01469
April 16, 1799
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to James McHenry
Written as President to Secretary of War McHenry. Concerning Adams' interpretation of the Constitution concerning military appointments. Adams remarks "I never understood the Constitution. To suppose that the President has power to appoint Judges...
GLC01477
December 5, 1792
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817
to John Hay
McKean, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, instructs Hay, Treasurer of York County, to pay Henry Miller for service as a Pennsylvania elector during the first Presidential election.
GLC01501
December 24, 1780
Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791
Written by Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Says he will need the recipient's assistance when he goes before Congress, the French Ambassador, and the Generals of the Continental...
GLC01502
August 11, 1862
Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks), 1837-1892
to Jane Brisbin
Captain Brisbin writes to his wife following the Battle of Malvern Hill, which he describes as "the memorable occasion when General [George] McClellan changed his base of operations from the York to the James River." Refers to Captain Kantz...
GLC01504.01
June 30, 1864
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
to James Sanks Brisbin
Typed and signed as a true copy by Albert L. Mills as First Lieutenant and Adjutant First Cavalry. Banks informs Colonel Brisbin that "while many Officers are censured or praised without sufficient reason for their services in the Red River Campaign...
GLC01504.02.01
February 23, 1865
Burbridge, Stephen Gano, 1831-1894
to the Adjutant General
Typed and signed as a true copy by Albert L. Mills as First Lieutenant and Adjutant First Cavalry. Excerpt from a letter from General Burbridge, who praises Brevet Brigadier General James S. Brisbin's recruitment of African American troops in...
GLC01504.02.02
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