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to Mr. Dawson

Declines complimentary box tickets. Written at Willard's Hotel, possibly in Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Washington, D.C.

GLC00496.202

to Frances Bland Coalter

Written by Randolph as a Virginia Congressman to his sister. Writes after learning she has been ill and hopes to visit the warm springs at which she is recuperating. Says he would have been home sooner but an unexpected demand for money left him...

GLC00496.212

to unknown

Letter of introduction for Prince Ruspoli, a Roman nobleman and Admiral of the fleets at Malta.

GLC00496.215

to Mr. Murphy

Augustine Henry Shepperd speculates about the dubious appointments in Jackson's cabinet. First name missing on address sheet.

GLC00496.221

to unknown

Discusses poetry and includes three sonnets.

GLC00496.144

to Mrs. Pringle

Encloses a notice of Thomas Pringle's work that has been published posthumously in a newspaper. Clarke was a printer.

GLC00496.145

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses procedures for a public meeting on protecting the enslaved people in the crown colonies, namely Jamaica. Advises shrewd planning and maintaining a schedule.

GLC00496.146

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses anti-slavery legislation and Pringle's Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC00496.147

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses abolition debates in Parliament. Preaches about moral freedoms in regard to reason and conscience.

GLC00496.148

to Lady Hesketh

Declines recipient's offer to send salmon to Olney where the price is prohibitively expensive. Discusses local matters.

GLC00496.149

to unknown

Discusses recipient's new colonial appointment and offers advice.

GLC00496.150

to Thomas Pringle

Sending Pringle his book on the life of Robert Burns. Cunningham advises him to ignore what the critics have said. Date inferred from publication of the single volume "The works of Robert Burns," published 1840. Recipient inferred from partially...

GLC00496.151

to Thomas Pringle

Denounces a certain critic as having no genius and no right to judge his work. Sympathizes with Pringle's problems with booksellers.

GLC00496.152

to B. B. French

Promises to send a copy of his remarks from a past engagement. French was Clerk of the House of Representatives.

GLC00496.153

to unknown

Plans to visit recipient on next trip to London. Written in Rose Hill Neighborhood.

GLC00496.154

to unknown

Asks to borrow a copy of the volume containing his essay on the Lyrics of Tasso.

GLC00496.156

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include...

GLC00496.157

to Thomas Pringle

Wants Pringle to see a drawing of the massacre at Glen Coe and is eager to hear his opinions on the depiction's accuracy.

GLC00496.158

to unknown

This manuscript is a copy (possibly a draft) of part of an 01 March 1777 memorandum from American commissioners Benjamin Franklin and to Silas Deane to French foreign minister Vergennes, as they negotiated a contract with the Farmers General of...

GLC00496.159

to Rose

Having left papers regarding Supreme Court case number 9 and a pamphlet on the rules of the court at home, he requests they be sent to him. Written on Union Depot Hotel of Pittsburgh stationery with "Pittsburgh" struck by Garfield.

GLC00496.160

to Thomas Pringle

Formal letter suggesting days and times for an interview.

GLC00496.161

to Dear Madam

Anna M. Hall thanks an unnamed woman author for sending her book on female education. Hall feels there is currently no system of education in England, and the ideas the author espouses are much needed by the women of England. She thinks the author is...

GLC00496.162

to Harrison Gray Otis

Copy of Alexander Hamilton's opinion on the case of John Innes Clark v. Nathaniel Russell at the request of Otis. Transcribed by Clark.

GLC00496.163

to unknown

Declines the request to be a lecturer. Written on The Constitution Magazine letterhead.

GLC00496.164

to unknown

Requests assistance and chapel circulars from recipient addressed as "Dear Bro."

GLC00496.165

[Engraving of Rutherford B. Hayes]

Clipped signature affixed beneath engraving.

GLC00496.166

[Receipt for Mr. Thalders]

Documents the payment of 52 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence.

GLC00496.167

to Thomas Pringle

Letter of thanks for a book.

GLC00496.168

[Endorsement securing midshipman's commission]

In response to Henry Horn's third party request for a naval position for R. Manley. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason

GLC00496.169

to unknown

The letter discusses editing a speech for publication and encloses requested quotations.

GLC00496.170

to unknown

Discusses one of her supporters, Henry F. Chorley. Describes the cold winter and reports other news.

GLC00496.171

to Thomas Pringle

Voices concerns over Pringle's lack of correspondence and criticism of Howitt's work.

GLC00496.172

to James Madison

Mentions David Bailie Warden, American consul general in Paris. Also mentions Mr. de Lafayette (possibly the Marquis de Lafayette), and Berthollet (possibly Claude de Berthollet, a French chemist). Contains a cardboard strip attached to the end of...

GLC00496.173

to Thomas Pringle and John Fairbairn

Forwards essays on government, jurisprudence, and liberty of the press for circulation in "The South African Journal." Hume was a political reformer who campaigned for universal suffrage and religious freedom.

GLC00496.174

to John Hancock

Thomas Jefferson asks Governor Hancock to collect data on the cod and whale fisheries. Seller's note reads: "an incomplete press copy of a contemporary transcript." First pages missing. Written while Jefferson was Secretary of State. Letter is...

GLC00496.175

[Bill for two books]

Bill from David Longworth for two copies of "Telemachus" to Thomas Jefferson for $17.00.

GLC00496.176

[Ledger page listing medical purchases]

Lists purchases for Thomas Jefferson.

GLC00496.177

to Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Titled: "To Thomas Jefferson Randolph from his illustrious grand Father." Advises his grandson on such issues as choosing friends, using common sense, and knowing when to leave well enough alone. Notes on verso. Former owner Harry Dalton's note...

GLC00496.178

[Bond owed to John Muir]

Counter-signed by Robert H. Harrison and John Parke Custis.

GLC00496.179

Collection of three clipped signatures of Andrew Johnson [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC00496.181

to Hugh McCulloch

Requests an interview with the Secretary of the Treasury McCulloch on behalf of Mrs. Dudley.

GLC00496.182

to unknown

Discusses involvement in a production of Richard III.

GLC00496.184

to Edward Moxon

Edits one of Thomas Pringle's poems.

GLC00496.185

to unknown

Has an extra ticket to hear Dr. Chalmers and invites recipient to join him.

GLC00496.186

to unknown

Delivers an account of her travels. Mentions her respect for Thomas Pringle.

GLC00496.187

to unknown

Comments on recipient's recent book. Requests information on Sir Walter Scott.

GLC00496.188

to J.M. Dawson

Describes the reception of his poem in New York City and Philadelphia. Discusses Broadway and the New York theatre scene. Affixed to verso is a satirical letter from Dawson dated February 25, 1854 presenting Lover with a diamond ring.

GLC00496.189

to unknown

Apologizes for being unable to attend an introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge arranged by the note's recipient.

GLC00496.190

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses unity in matters of the Anti-Slavery Committee.

GLC00496.191

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses the election and the reviews of Mackenzie's "Travels in the Island of Iceland."

GLC00496.192