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1842/04/15
Jones, Henry, fl. 1842
to Th. Ward re: informing Ward that there are enough wagons to remove archives
With certification of delivery on p. 2 by Joseph Daniels. Mistakenly addressed to [Thomas] "Wm. Ward"
GLC02145.16
1692
Blimdell, Francis, fl. 1692
"The End of Leysler's business"
Opinion of the provincial council that Jacob Leisler and his associates "were Condemned and Suffered according to law but that there familys may be fitt objects of there Majesties mercy to have the Estates of their Relations restored to them upon...
GLC03107.00204
26 September 1789
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [No. XLVIII (September 26, 1789)]
[French Revolution, fall of Bastille]
GLC03174.01
1 June 1645
Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698
to Marquis D'Humieres
Provides details of the French capture of Rosas during the Catalonian revolt in Spain.
GLC03422
1830/08/12
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
to Madame Le Vasseur re: three glorious days in France [in French]
"The great victory of our people...heroism, selflessness, the miracle of these three days are beyond expression." In French.
GLC07618
December 1859
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry...
Small broadside with lithograph signature of Brown produced by the Liberator, reprinting his address to the Virginia Court before sentencing. Brown denies wanting to murder or cause an uprising. He argues that his raid on Harper's Ferry was just...
GLC05508.051
28 August 1832
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to William B. Lewis
Writes to Lewis about the widespread opposition to the issue of nullification. Declares that "Alabama is firm as a Rock for [Martin] Van Buren and against nullification," and names a few men opposed to it as well. Proclaims that nullification is...
GLC05661
26 June 1801
Houston, Robert, 1765-1824
to Henry Knox
Describes a shooting incident where he and his colleagues were fired on (likely involving the conflict between the settlers and Knox's surveying). Also lists various men who have been apprehended. Mentions he does not believe his armed force is...
GLC02437.07552
July 1800
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
List of Agressors
List of person who disturbed the land surveyors.
GLC02437.07437
2 January 1797
Ely, Samuel, fl. 1796-1797
[Petition]
Petition on behalf of his father regarding his estate.
GLC02437.06891
18 March 1788
Expected to write this morning, but was interrupted by deputies of the "dutch patriots." While he was speaking to them he says he had a copy made of his letter to the General, possibly referring to George Washington, and has enclosed it (not included...
GLC02437.03825
1 January 1784
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
[Appointment of Commissioners for Augusta County, Virginia]
Harrison, Governor of Virginia, appoints Commissioners "for the purpose of trying, condemning and executing, or otherwise punishing and acquitting, any slave committing a capital crime within the said County..." Appoints James Powell Cocke, John...
GLC08884
22 September 1801
[Report on the insurgents in the Waldo Patent]
Reports on the plans and whereabouts of the insurgents on the Waldo patent who have attacked and threatened Henry Knox's surveyors. The report was written for the surveyors, in order to help them avoid attack. A number of names are written on the...
GLC02437.09279
1852
Thompson, George, fl. 1852
Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission.
Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission. Abolitionist's diary of his African trip. Includes several eye witness accounts of the...
GLC09408
23 November 1838
Marub, Alex, fl. 1838
to Hugh Brady
acknowledges receipt of letter from Brady on the trial of Captain Jamieson
GLC08104.003
15 January 1840
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
GLC08104.011
16 October 1838
Arthur G., fl. 1838
talks of hostility between the two nations and a building organization called the Hunters Society that wants to overthrow the government in the Canadian provinces
GLC08104.001
14 November 1838
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851
asks General Brady to exert vigilance when preventing American miltia from entering Canada
GLC08104.002
1815-1860
[Expresses apprehension at possible rupture between United States and Empiire of Great Britain]
GLC08104.004
19 February 1839
Anderson, Robert, fl. 1839
says that at present things are quiet between the two nations
GLC08104.005
talks about news of a robbery
GLC08104.006
22 May 1839
GLC08104.007
16 October 1839
expresses hope that United States will respect British North Americans
GLC08104.008
28 October 1839
says he will see the general earlier than expected
GLC08104.009
11 November 1839
to Secretary of the Treasury
excerpt of a letter expressing a need for information that would counteract a potential invasion
GLC08104.010
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