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Written in Washington Square, New York. Discusses his trunk, which has been detained. Hopes to be refunded for the expenses incurred by being unable to use the contents of the trunk. Includes an order for spikes (nails) to be sent to New Orleans....

GLC05339.09

to Aaron Hobart

Transmits "a notification of continuance for Oliver Winslow," and returns "Mr. Eells' letter." Sent from the Pension Office in the War Department.

GLC06313.04.113

to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that the words "North Halmouth" has been removed from Robert Dunham's contract and that the post office there is now operational. Written from the General Post Office.

GLC06313.04.115

to Aaron Hobart

Explains that because he is on the Valuation Committee (which he describes as "an unpleasant situation"), he must obtain information about all "the taxable property in the Commonwealth [of Massachusetts]." Discusses the problems obtaining the...

GLC06313.04.116

to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart of the amount of United States Stock in Boston ($18,898,381.46). Hobart had been asked to discover this information for tax assessment purposes (see GLC06313.116). Written from the Treasury Department.

GLC06313.04.117

to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that he is returning documents related to a memorial petition requesting a military land bounty for Stephen Raymond, the heir to Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Raymond. Explains why the claim was dismissed: it was invalidated by...

GLC06313.04.123

Gazette of the United States. [No. 60 (November 7, 1789)]

Printed on page four is the act of Congress to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States (continued in the 2nd issue of the Gazette, see GLC08757.02). A letter of John Adams dated 16 October 1780 concerning troops in the Revolutionary War...

GLC08757.01

Recent work of grog shops

Gives detailed accounts of crimes and murders committed at liquor saloons due to excessive drinking. Stories are reprinted from other newspapers or publications. Printed by the Temperance Republicans. Subtitle reads: "It is high time for the law...

GLC01733.15

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to hold money owed to Daniel Dunbarr of Halifax, Massachusetts, who will send someone pick it up from Knox's store. Ripley served as a missionary, preacher at Dartmouth College, and professor of theology at Dartmouth as well. He spells...

GLC02437.00133

to Henry Knox

Details of arrangements to have Knox advertise and sell Rivington's books. Discusses the children's book he was printing (also see GLC02437.00128). Proposes arrangements to have Knox sell other books. An inventory at the top of the letter lists...

GLC02437.00135

to Henry Knox

Indicates that he has enclosed a print that he wants Paul Revere to engrave immediately. Explains that he needs the engraving for a fold-out in a copy of Cook's Voyage he is printing. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to...

GLC02437.00136

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to forward letters to the surgeon and apothecary John Manning, along with a draft against him. Rivington previously asked for Manning's address (see GLC02437.00131). Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America...

GLC02437.00137

to Henry Knox

Sends Knox pamphlets which he believes Knox does not have and will be of interest to his customers. Mentions that he has printed a letter to John Hancock in Rivington's New-York Gazetteer and would provide the opportunity for any of Hancock's...

GLC02437.00138

to Henry Knox

Discusses raising a militia in Providence, Rhode Island and asks Knox to send "the Boston Cadets Articles in full" to him. Tyler was an adjutant of Babcock's Rhode Island State Regiment in the Revolutionary War.

GLC02437.00139

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to forward an important letter. Addressed to Hugh Knox, Bookseller & Stationer.

GLC02437.00140

to Thomas Flucker

Admiral Montagu informs Flucker that Admiral Samuel Graves will arrive later that month to assume command from British Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Gage. Orders Flucker to leave his house by midsummer. Flucker was Gage's secretary. Sandwich...

GLC02437.00141

to Henry Knox

Indicates that he has sent Knox publications to sell and asks him to place an advertisement. A post script gives additional information about some of the publications. Bell was a Philadelphia bookseller.

GLC02437.00142

to Henry Knox

Reports shipment of publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00143

to Henry Knox

Places a new order for books and a newspaper he has not yet received. Asks Knox to get a pamphlet called "Lord Somers' Judgment of whole kingdoms & nations" from John Langdon, bind it, and send it to him. Also asks Knox to order specific books and...

GLC02437.00144

to Henry Knox

Discusses advertising in newspapers in regard to business arrangements with Knox.

GLC02437.00145

to Henry Knox

Indicates that he has received the bill of Thomas Boylston and an order for books. Acknowledges the implementation of the "Boston Port Bill," which closed the Boston Harbor in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. Expresses concern at how it will...

GLC02437.00146

to Henry Knox

Dr. Godfry requests the London Magazine and medical magazines.

GLC02437.00147

to Henry Knox

Regrets that Knox has not responded to his letter concerning the binding of a pamphlet (see GLC02437.00144). Places magazine orders.

GLC02437.00148

to Henry Knox

Orders books and magazines.

GLC02437.00149

to Henry Knox

Confirms the receipt of a book order and places a new one.

GLC02437.00150

to Henry Knox

Discusses previous correspondence and a draft brought against him by the New York bookseller and printer James Rivington (see GLC02437.00131 and GLC02437.00137). Manning was a surgeon and apothecary.

GLC02437.00151

to Henry Knox

Places an order for books and stationary. Bayley was a printer, publisher, and composer.

GLC02437.00152

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to give his papers to the man who delivered this letter.

GLC02437.00153

to Henry Knox

Asks about a list of books he requested from Knox. Knox has indicated that some of the books are scarce but said nothing of the others. He wonders if Knox lost the list, since he made the request a year ago. Oliver wrote a similar letter on 7...

GLC02437.00154

to Henry Knox

Rivington provides a list of books he has sent to Knox to sell. Mentions other books he was printing. Asks for a list of subscribers Knox has procured, possibly for Rivington's New-York Gazetteer or an edition of Cook's Voyage Rivington was...

GLC02437.00155

to Henry Knox

Suggests collecting payment from Knox's subscribers to Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, since they have had it a year. Requests a list of subscribers to Cook's Voyage, which Rivington was printing. Asks Knox to forward to New York any news Boston...

GLC02437.00156

to Henry Knox

Requests that Knox buy and send him soap. Also asks Knox to write him a letter describing the state of things in Boston; at the time, the British had just passed the Intolerable Acts, including the Boston Port Bill, which closed Boston Harbor on 1...

GLC02437.00157

to Henry Knox

Indicates that Dr. Morewood, who has been appointed by Dr. Norton to distribute Maredants Drops, seeks an agent for distribution in Boston. Rivington has recommended Knox. Also asks him to collect money from subscribers to his newspaper, Rivington...

GLC02437.00159

to Henry Knox

Captain Bass informs Knox that he knew his brother John when they sailed to London together. States that he has "been sick going on three years which has seduced me to the necessity to ask favours from Sundry Gentleman." Asks Knox for a donation.

GLC02437.00160

[Collection of Ethan A. Jenks, company I, seventh regiment, Rhode Island volunteers] [decimalized]

The first group of size one documents in the Ethan A. Jenks collection primarily contains Civil War correspondence related to the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers. This group begins with Jenks' enlistment as Recruiting Officer (#2), and...

GLC02750

The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner...

(title continues)... together with the history of the Missouri Compromise Daniel Webster's memorial in regard to it-- History of the annexation of Texas-- the organization of Oregon Territory-- and the Compromise of 1850. Published by Justus S...

GLC05116.01

The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner...

(title continues)... together with the history of the Missouri Compromise Daniel Webster's memorial in regard to it-- History of the annexation of Texas-- the organization of Oregon Territory-- and the Compromise of 1850. Published by Justus S...

GLC05116.02

Proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Providence

Proceedings of a meeting held "to Protest Against Slavery in Nebraska; with the Addresses of the Speakers." Contains the speeches Greene, the president of the meeting, and various speakers opposing the extension of slavery into Nebraska. The...

GLC05116.05

Kanzas and the Constitution.

Printed by Damrell & Moore. Written by "Cecil," a pseudonym of Sidney G. Fisher. First published in the Philadelphia North American 31 July 1856, and copied into the Boston Daily Advertiser 18 August 1856.

GLC05116.17

The border ruffian code in Kansas.

Published by the Tribune Office in New York City. Includes an examination of the "The character of the Code of pretended Laws enacted by the bogus Territorial Legislature of Kansas- a Legislature notoriously forced upon the people of that territory...

GLC05116.19

[List of accounts owed to Duncan September to December 1859]

First two pages include account totals for persons who owe Duncan. Page three contains a letter, possibly to Charles P. Leverich, a financial agent. In the letter, Duncan comments on other accounts, noting that the annual percentage rate is ten...

GLC05339.01

to Charles P. Leverich

Discusses molasses and sugar sales. Instructs Leverich, a financial agent, to forward a letter to Mary Linton, who will return from Europe in March. Notes that Linton's funds are in Leverich's hands, and he should let her have them if she needs...

GLC05339.02

to unknown

Instructs the recipient to direct future correspondence by way of New Orleans. Predicts a separation between the Northern and Southern Presbyterian church and a separation in the Methodist church. Writes, "I really think the union cannot hang...

GLC05339.03

to unknown

Discusses impending trouble between the North and South. Remarks that "the South presents a more united front" than during any other period. Comments extensively on states' rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. Discusses some politicians' aim...

GLC05339.04

to Charles P. Leverich

Discusses business (pertaining to molasses and sugar) with Leverich, a financial agent who assisted in managing Duncan's accounts. Lists the notes he holds for various persons, when the money is due, and the amount owed. Discusses details of the...

GLC05339.05

to Charles P. Leverich

Lists the notes he holds for a variety of people, when the money is due, and how much is due. Includes a prediction of how much would be due through 1867. Cites yearly income totals. Discusses specific account information.

GLC05339.06

to unknown

Requests the recipient to procure and send a tin box of crackers. Seeks to gain information on the school of "M & C," attended by the recipient's son. Writes on behalf of a lawyer, H. B. Shaw, from Vidalia, Louisiana. Notes that Shaw desires to...

GLC05339.07

to unknown

Comments on the lack of comfort and rest he has recently received. Informs the recipient he may travel to New York at the end of May. Discusses Dickinson (possibly Daniel S. Dickinson), John Slidell, and the corruption of New York politicians....

GLC05339.08

to unknown

Requests that the recipient ship white and red top turnip seeds by steamer to New Orleans. Suspects a Mr. Brown of being "Abolitionist, or Black Republican (synonymous terms). If he be so- no more Bills must be made with him- on My account, & I will...

GLC05339.10

to unknown

Remarks on the purchase of "Negro boots- made of the very best materials," which he plans to obtain at a reasonable rate. Discusses the collection of interest on the liabilities of the Michigan Southern Rail Road. A note scribbled on page two...

GLC05339.11