title: Document

namePart: New York (Province). Governor

namePart: New York (Colony). Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Fragment of a proclamation announcing the royal disallowance of three acts passed by the legislature in January, 1770; one, for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed [23] Jan, the second, more effectually to enable persons to recover debts on promissory notes, passed [20] Jan, the third [for the relief of James De Peyster, passed on the 26th].


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namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

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namePart: Great Britain. Army

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title: Document

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abstracts: Contingent account of six companies of His Majesty's 65th Regiment doing duty at Boston, from 25th December 1775 to the 16th March 1776, amounting to £25 13s. 5 1/2d. The expenses mentioned are for a hospital nurse, fresh provisions, bedding for the sick, etc. Certified by T. Bruce Lt. Col. Further certified at Halifax, June 4th, by W. Howe.

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title: Letter to Robert Stockton, Quarter-Master at Princeton

namePart: Stockton, Robert

namePart: Morris, Lewis

abstracts: Certifies that Stockton furnished him with a horse the preceding September when carrying despatches from Gen. Sullivan to Congress; this horse was put into the Continental Stable at Philadelphia.


title: Letter to Samuel W[hittlesey] Dana, Middletown [Conn.]

namePart: Dana, Samuel Whittlesey

namePart: L'Hommedieu, Ezra

abstracts: Concerning the settlement of Benjamin and Nathaniel Conkling's bond to Peter Tuthill; directs Dana to prosecute the bond unless they consent to settle as proposed.


title: Letter to Gov. George Clinton, Poughkeepsie

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

namePart: Orange County (N.Y.). Court of Oyer and Terminer

abstracts: The necessity of attending the Supreme Court at Albany has led the judges to adjourn this court until May; they subjoin a list of six persons, Claudius Smith, John Ryan, Matthew Dollson, Thomas Delamer, James Gordon, Amy Augur late Amy Jones, convicted at the recent session, and recommend Amy Augur for pardon.


title: Letter

originInfo: 1821-07-04Weston, Oneida County, N.Y.

namePart: Floyd, William

title: Letter

abstracts: Acknowledgement of a friendly and respectful address from a number of inhabitants; he wishes continued happiness and prosperity to the country.


title: Letter to Horatio Gates

namePart: Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

namePart: Morris, Jacob

title: Letter to Horatio Gates

abstracts: He is unable to pursue his journey to Reading until tomorrow; introduces the bearer, William West, son of his late friend William West of Philadelphia; sends his compliments to the amiable young widow, Mrs. Booth.


title: Document

namePart: New York (State). Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Commission appointing Peter R. Livingston colonel of the militia regiment of Albany heretofore commanded by him. Engraved form filled in. With the coat of arms of New York engraved by H. Dawkins. Signed, Geo: Clinton [Governor]. Countersigned, Abrm. B. Bancker, Dy: Secretary.


title: Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia

namePart: Marbois, François Barbé de

namePart: Witherspoon, John

abstracts: Acknowledges a letter of the 14th by Mr. Delandes, to the education of whose son he will pay the strictest attention; he has now several young French gentlemen; he has never heard anything against Mr. Lavalette; the latter came to Princeton to teach French; he gave him encouragement, having tried himself to introduce a knowledge of the language, before the war; Lavalette left only because he could not gain a sufficient support.


title: Letter to Elias Boudinot, Commissary of Prisoners, at Headquarters [Valley Forge, Penn.]

namePart: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

abstracts: He learns from Capt. Spear and Capt. Walker that Boudinot has offered them a pass to go to New York or Philadelphia and negotiate an exchange for themselves, provided they could get someone to be security; [Richard] Stockton would have drawn the bond, but did not know what form or what sum was required; Walter Buchanan has offered to be security for Capt. Spear, and he offers himself for both; asks that a pass be sent, with instructions as to the bond.


title: Document

namePart: College of New Jersey

title: Document

abstracts: Diploma of Bachellor of Arts conferred on Samuel Livermore. Engrossed form on parchment. Signed, Aaron Burr, Praeses. Edwd. Shippen, David Cowell, Wm. P. Smith, Richd. Treat, Caleb Smith, Samuel Finley, Curats.


title: Letter to the Legislature of New York, Kingston

originInfo: 1779-09-14Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Phelps, Charles

abstracts: On arriving he delivered to the President of Congress the writings from the Legislature and all papers transmitted relative to Vermont; next day [Sept. 8th] a committee of five was appointed to consider the same; in the mean time he strove to influence members, urging the intolerable usurpation and tyranny of Vermont, and the necessity of resorting to arms unless Congress should interpose; he thought it best that some one other than President Jay should press the matter in Congress, and therefore applied to [John] Dickinson, stating that the committee meant to bring in a report assigning a certain day on which Vermont should show cause why New York should not extend jurisdiction over the district in question, and over those inhabitants who acknowledge themselves to be citizens of New York; he then set forth at length his objections to this report, and submitted to Dickinson a proper form for a report, ordering that the prior claimants, that is the three states claiming jurisdiction, should be heard before Vermont.


title: Letter to Caesar Rodney

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

namePart: Atlee, Samuel John

title: Letter to Caesar Rodney

abstracts: The bearer, Alexander Stewart, commended himself to the writer by his behaviour on Aug. 27th, 1776 [battle of Long Island]; he was then a lieutenant in the Delaware regiment, and though his parents desire that he should enter into the Hospital, he chooses to continue in the military line, provided justice is done to his merit and promotion is secured him according to his former rank in the regiment; Atlee recommends him to the Executive Council in the strongest manner.


title: Document

namePart: Great Britain. Army

title: Document

abstracts: Certificate of honorable discharge of John Tilsey, drummer in the First High land Battalion, or 77th Regiment, after five years service.


title: Document

namePart: Witherspoon, Ann

title: Document

abstracts: Order [on Robert Stockton] for £9 10s. in favor of Ebenezer Wright.


title: Letter to Ebenezer Elmer, Speaker of the General Assembly of New Jersey

namePart: Elmer, Ebenezer

abstracts: The committee appointed by the trustees presents to the Assembly, through him, a petition in behalf of the college.


title: Letter to Matthew Irvine [Philadelphia]

namePart: Irvine, Matthew

namePart: Witherspoon, David

title: Letter to Matthew Irvine [Philadelphia]

abstracts: He attended the examination of witnesses as requested; their answers will be sent forward with the commission; he made enquiry of Ellis and others, but finding that their answers to Irvine's questions would be similar to those made by the other witnesses, he did not call on them; Irvine is mistaken in supposing Ogden to be under the influence of [John Wright?] Stanley; the former is a respectable merchant and a man of independent mind.


title: Letter to the Marine Committee of Congress [York, Penn.]

namePart: United States. Continental Navy Board

abstracts: On the approach of the enemy, they ordered all naval stores, papers etc. to be embarked in the frigates and the packet Mercury; they have been brought here now and concealed in farm houses or sent up Crosswick's Creek; the Board has taken charge of the ship Lion, Capt. Wilson, a great part of her cargo being continental; they offer congratulations on the battle of, Saturday last [Germantown], and on the promising aspect in the north; the enclosed letters for Morris and [Carter] Braxton were delivered by Lieutenant Wilson, formerly of the sloop Independence, who was taken in the sloop Morris but made his escape from Halifax.


title: Clipping

type: name

text: Hopkinson, Francis

title: Clipping


title: Letter to Henry Baldwin, Meadville, Penn.

originInfo: 1841-08-09Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Baldwin, Henry

namePart: Hopkinson, Joseph

abstracts: He Is glad to learn that Baldwin will come on the first Monday of September; he has not been able to get away because of admiralty business; the senate has now appointed him a commissioner of bankrupts, a laborious office with not one cent of pay; he envies Baldwin his rural employments, and feels no great pleasure at the prospect of work, though he will not flinch from his share.


title: EM2823

type: citation/reference

type: admin

text: Metadata to be culled from Emmet calendar (external vendor). Titles and other metadata will be updated when available.

title: EM2823

supplied: no


title: Letter to Lewis Pintard, Baskinridge [N. J.]

originInfo: 1783-02-25Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Pintard, Lewis

abstracts: He expects Pintard's resignation [as agent for American prisoners] will be much blamed, although he thinks it right, even if the war should continue; states the terms on which he will have Jonas Post as a tenant; farming and business matters; Sir Guy's [Sir Guy Carleton] general orders are evidence of an expected evacuation; speaks of a pending process againt Mr. J --.


title: Document

namePart: New Jersey (Province). Assembly

title: Document

abstracts: To either of the Treasurers of New Jersey. Certificate that David Cooper attended the Assembly for six days during the present sitting at Burlington, for which he is to receive £1 16s.


title: Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]

originInfo: 1775-07-30Jamaica Plain, Mass.

namePart: Smith, Elizabeth

namePart: Gordon, William

abstracts: He sets out for Philadelphia in a month; he still retains an affection for his native country and wishes to have matters accomodated without a total separation; Great Britain will be reduced to great distress, especially if Spain and France make war on her; hopes it may prove her reformation and not her destruction; by the arrival of Gen. Washington affairs have been brought to better order; it was a kind providence that H's [Thomas Hutchinson's] letter-books were discovered; the publications have ruined him with many, and future ones will complete his overthrow; the affair of Lexington led people to plant more corn than usual, in apprehension of a scarcity; he hopes for an increased spirit of religion; Mr. Williams will show her extracts from the Colonel's letters, which he will not publish needlessly if his further conduct is not hostile to America.


title: EM2849

title: EM2849


title: Portrait

text: Stockton, Mrs. Richard

title: Portrait

abstracts: Bust, directed to the left, facing and looking to the front. Vignette photograph. [1860?].


title: Letter to Andrew Bayard [Philadelphia]

originInfo: 1799-10-02New Brunswick, N.J.

namePart: Bayard, Andrew

namePart: Paterson, William

title: Letter to Andrew Bayard [Philadelphia]

abstracts: Order on George Simpson, Cashier of the Bank of the United States, for $875, being his quarter's salary as a judge of the Supreme Court, in favor of Andrew Bayard of Philadelphia.


title: Letter to John Kean, Head of Wye River, Eastern Shore, Maryland

originInfo: 1785-03-03Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Kean, John

namePart: Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson

abstracts: After a dispute in court, [John?] Moylan has paid £165 4s. 3d., which Kean may draw for; he trusts that Kean will remember his promises.


title: Letter to John N. Henry

namePart: Henry, John N.

namePart: Rutherfurd, John

title: Letter to John N. Henry

abstracts: On arriving, he found Henry's letter and deposit of $3,750 on account of the debt due to his father [Walter] and the estate of P. V. B. Livingston from the estate of J. Duncan; he has paid one half of the sum to Ph. Livingston; the death of his own father Jan. 9th makes him executor, and he therefore asks payment on one of Duncan's bonds which is in Henry's hands.


title: Document

namePart: William, Alexander

title: Document

abstracts: Deed of sale conveying to Caleb Hetfield a tract of land at Horseneck, Essex County, N. J., for £129 19s. 6d. Printed form filled in. Signed, Cors. Hetfield, Frans Post, William Crane, Stirling, John Reid, Walr. Rutherfurd, David Ogden. Witnessed, Isaac Ogden, Isaac Hidden. Endorsed.


title: Letter to Aaron Ogden, Elizabeth Town [N. J.]

originInfo: 1792-01-09Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Ogden, Aaron

namePart: Dayton, Jonathan

abstracts: He has agreed to lend Dr. Jonas Stanbery $5,000 in six per cent stock; Ogden is therefore to deliver to Sayrs Crane, the bearer, one of the certificates of that species of stock.


title: Letter to Samuel Morris, Chairman of the Council of Safety, Penn.

namePart: Morris, Samuel

namePart: New Jersey. Assembly

abstracts: The Assembly has considered the letters of Aug. 26th and 29th requesting that certain persons employed in manufacturing intrenching tools and carrying on salt works in this state be exempted from bearing arms; they answer that these men can exempt themselves by payment of a fine; particular exemptions would be injurious at this time.


title: Letter to Robert Maxwell, Sussex

namePart: Maxwell, Robert

title: Letter to Robert Maxwell, Sussex

abstracts: As he has been good enough to undertake to procure clothing for the New Jersey troops in the Continental Army, they hope he will do everything in his power; the Assembly are now passing a law directing the mode of obtaining supplies, but as not a moment is to be lost they wish him to be busy in the meantime; McMurtrie will inform him more fully; he may safely get what he can of any kind and forward it to the battalions.


title: Document

namePart: New Jersey. Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Marriage license of William Williams and Rebecca Garison. Printed form filled in.


title: Letter to Thomas Addis Emmet, New York

originInfo: 1872-10-23Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis

namePart: Pascal, Charles L.

title: Letter to Thomas Addis Emmet, New York

abstracts: An engraved portrait of John Hart the Signer has recently been published, represented as taken from a portrait in Dr. Emmet's collection; as one of Hart's descendants he is willing to accept it as authentic, because of a tradition that there once was [ill]h a portrait; mentions the refusal of a member of the Morton family to acknowledge the portraits of John Morton as authentic; asks if the original of the Hart portrait is in existence, as, if so, he believes it can be recognized by relatives yet living.


title: Letter to Thomas Addis Emmet, New York

originInfo: 1872-11-03Philadelphia, Pa.

title: Letter to Thomas Addis Emmet, New York

abstracts: Acknowledges a letter explanatory of the portraits of the Signers; it reflects great credit on Dr. Emmet, and is appreciated by some who until now did not have such a good opinion as his own concerning Dr. Emmet's collection and his means of securing lost portraits; he will endeavor to find the evidence that there was a sketch of John Hart; he has a pencil sketch of John Polhemus, and tradition holds that there was one of Hart; the engraving by Burns has been received, and the family likeness is seen distinctly.


title: Letter to the Earl of Buchan

originInfo: 1806-10-22Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Buchan, Earl of

namePart: Rush, Benjamin

title: Letter to the Earl of Buchan

abstracts: He has deferred answering the letter by Dr. [Nathaniel] Chapman, because the box made of the tree which sheltered Wallace was stolen on the road, and he has vainly tried to recover it; he deeply regrets the loss of the gift; congratulates Buchan on the elevation of his brother [Lord Erskine] to the Chancellorship; the latter's son [David Montagu Erskine] will be received with open arms as minister to the United States; the Palmer family, recommended by Buchan, are doing well; Major [David] Lenox's family often talk of Buchan's friendliness to them.


title: Letter to Caleb Smith, Nassau Hall [Princeton]

namePart: Smith, Caleb

namePart: Davies, Samuel

abstracts: As the Presbytery has just broken up, and Mr. Smith is about to set out, he has no time to write at large to any of the trustees, though sensible of the honor they have done him [in offering him the presidency of Princeton College]; Mr. Smith can state his sentiments: he was never so much at his wit's end; having no guide but the Presbytery's judgment, he submitted to that; had they voted for his accepting the trust, he would have complied.


title: Document

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Shippen, William

title: Document

abstracts: Order on the Commissary General for a hogshead of rum for the artificers at Yellow Springs.


title: Letter to Timothy Matlack

originInfo: 1778-10-01Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Matlack, Timothy

namePart: Morgan, John

title: Letter to Timothy Matlack

abstracts: Desires his good offices in procuring a pass for Mrs. Ann Glenn to New York; she is the widow of Thomas Glenn, steward of the Reprisal under Capt. Weekes [Lambert Wickes]; she says that her husband was in the continental service for three years, and that a year's pay is due her, which she has vainly tried to get; she has lived in his family for several years, and now desires to return to her relatives in England. A. L. Endorsed.


title: Letter to [the Committee of Safety.]

originInfo: 1776-12-04Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Bond, Thomas

title: Letter to [the Committee of Safety.]

abstracts: In the letter of his son [Thomas?], laid before them, he requests that provision be made for forty wounded, to be brought from his hospital to this city, and advises that the military hospitals be fixed near water carriage; he himself recommends that the Pennsylvania Bettering House and the provincial hospitals be used for the wounded, and indorses the advice as to water portage; he urges that a director general of military hospitals be appointed, and describes the duties which he should perform; offers himself to fill the place, on condition that he may have the help of his son, who has already distinguished himself in this department.


title: Letter to [Thomas?] Harwood, Receiver of continental taxes, in Maryland

namePart: Harwood, Thomas

namePart: Ramsay, David

abstracts: He has not yet received an answer to his former letter inclosing bill drawn in his favor by the Board of Treasury; he now sends two more; John Kean, delegate from South Carolina, is authorized to receipt for the money should the answer not come until after his own departure for Charleston on the 10th.


title: Letter to Mr. Claypole [David C. Claypoole, Philadelphia]

namePart: Claypoole, David C.

namePart: Paine, Thomas

abstracts: He has observed paragraphs in his paper [The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser] in support of an unconstitutional proceeding of the late Assembly, the repeal, of the Bank Charter; last Friday he sent him a paragraph on that subject which has not been inserted; unless the paper intends to make itself a party paper in this business, he does not understand why the paragraph is withheld.


title: Letter to [Ashbel?] Green

originInfo: 1797-09-10Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Green, Ashbel

title: Letter to [Ashbel?] Green

abstracts: He desires him to communicate to his friends that Dr. Way lost at six bleedings only forty or forty-five ounces of blood, far too little to kill any person under like circumstances; Dr. [Hugh] Hodge saw the patient only in the remission of the fever, and the opinion he gave as to the cause of death was rash and cruel in the highest degree.


title: Document

originInfo: 1778-03-27Pittsburgh, Pa.

namePart: United States. Commissioners for the Western Department

title: Document

abstracts: Having inquired into the conduct of Col. George Morgan, agent for Indian affairs, they wholly acquit him of the charges of infidelity in his public trust and disaffection to the American cause; they are possessed of facts regarding him which evince uncommon diligence in the discharge of his duties and attention to the interests of the United States.


title: Letter to Thomas Riché

originInfo: 1800Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Riche, Thomas

namePart: Kuhn, Adam

title: Letter to Thomas Riché

abstracts: As requested, he incloses his account for medical attendance, also the account for medicines furnished to Mr. Riché's (daughter. A. L. Endorsed.


title: Letter to J[ohn] S[tuart] Skinner [Baltimore]

namePart: Skinner, John Stuart

namePart: Rush, Richard

abstracts: Thanks him for a cordial note and for the inclosed letter from [William Harris?] Crawford, and for the newspapers; he means to proceed to Washington next day.


title: Document

originInfo: 1745-09-23Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Meredith, Reese

title: Document

abstracts: Received from Gov. James Hamilton a blank Mediterranean pass no. 645 signed Vere Beauclerk Duncannon and W. Ellis, together with a blank oath, blank bond, and blank certificate of naval officer, for which he is accountable that they be returned, filled up according to the orders of the Admiralty.


title: Letter to William Lee [London]

namePart: Lee, William

namePart: Washington, Samuel

title: Letter to William Lee [London]

abstracts: He wishes every day that fresh instances might be produced in support of Lee's opinion that British sentiment is changed in respect to America; the accounts from the other side are more and more alarming; he thinks well of Lee's advice that the colonies by frugality and industry should convince the ministry that they can live independent of them; he hopes to see associations entered into for that purpose, which must lead the trading people of Great Britain to interpose; Lord Bottetourt opened the Assembly in great state, but on the passing of some necessary resolutions he dissolved them in a passion; Miss Sally Lee desires to hear from him; congratulates him on his marriage with Miss [Hannah Philippa] Ludwell.


title: Letter to James Mercer, by John Lewis

originInfo: 1777-12-31Augusta County, Va.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Mercer, James

namePart: Lewis, John

namePart: Jones, Gabriel

title: Letter to James Mercer, by John Lewis

abstracts: The cruel murder of the Cornstock [Cornstalk], his son, and two other Indians at the Point has already occasioned the death of six people; he fears a general war next spring with the Shawnees and the Delawares; he has been so surrounded with smallpox that he has not been able to stir out this winter.


title: Letter to [Henry Laurens.]

originInfo: 1779-11-08Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

namePart: United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789

title: Letter to [Henry Laurens.]

abstracts: By a resolve of Nov. 1st the Marine Committee was directed to make like provision for the passage of [Henry] Laurens to Europe as was directed to be made for Messrs. Jay and Adams; the Committee, having no person in South Carolina to execute the above order, requests that Laurens make the necessary provision himself and draw on the Committee for the amount.


title: Letter to Gov. Thomas Mifflin

namePart: Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

namePart: Nevill, Presley

title: Letter to Gov. Thomas Mifflin

abstracts: Acknowledges a letter of Apr. 11th inclosing the act for regulating the militia, and a commission appointing him Inspector to the Alleghany County brigade; he returns thanks for this additional proof of the Governor's good opinion; he desires further instructions as to Capt. Patterson's corps.


title: Letter to [William?] Cranch

namePart: Cranch, William

namePart: Law, Thomas

title: Letter to [William?] Cranch

abstracts: If Mr. Ray agrees to the mortgage according to the award, the accompanying note is to go endorsed by himself; if not, the arbitration is rendered null, and his endorsements not demandable.


title: Letter to Lewis Jacob Cist [Cincinnati?]

originInfo: 1843-03-03Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Cist, Lewis Jacob

namePart: Clymer, George

abstracts: He sends a banknote bearing his father's handwriting; so many applications have been made that he now has little left, in the way of letters, that he can part with; he offers information as to the whereabouts of several descendants of signers, namely: Burd Wilson, Alexander Dallas Bache, a great grandson of Franklin, James Woods, who married a daughter of Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, grandson of the signer, Capt. Robert Stockton, John Read, and Thomas McKean, son of the signer.


title: Letter to --

originInfo: 1777-05-23Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Ross, George

title: Letter to --

abstracts: By the inclosed packet for the Committee they will observe the steps taken in Philadelphia towards an amendment of the government; the citizens do not mean to direct, however, and if any other mode should be thought of in the county of his correspondents they will be satisfied; he writes particularly to urge consultation as to the best measures; the circular letter is left to be directed to such districts as may be thought proper; urges them to get the memorials signed and sent back with all haste.


title: Document

namePart: Montgomery, William

title: Document

abstracts: Montgomery having applied for a captaincy in one of the battalions to be raised in Pennsylvania, the undersigned certify that he is of good character and a man of property.


title: Letter to [David McCleur --McClure--, near Carlisle.]

originInfo: 1773-07-06Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: McClure, David

namePart: Bayard, John

abstracts: He sends by McClintock all letters received for McClure or [Levi] Frisbie; their journey, though unsuccessful as to the Indians, has doubtless been of great benefit to the settlers west of the mountains, who are destitute of ministers.


title: Letter to [Sir William Johnson.]

originInfo: 1764-02-17Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774

namePart: Pennsylvania (Province). Governor

title: Letter to [Sir William Johnson.]

abstracts: The Indians who were refused a passage through New York returned to Philadelphia under escort of a party of Royal Americans, by order of Gen. Gage; this guard, and the opposition apprehended from the inhabitants of the city, prevented an attack by the armed men who came from the frontiers as far as Germantown with that design; it is necessary to remove all Indians out of the Province; asks his advice as to sending them to the towns on the Susquehanna, or obtaining the consent of Gov. Colden for their passage to Albany in a sloop.


title: EM3025

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

title: EM3025


title: Letter to Adam Ort [Orth], Lebanon

namePart: Orth, Adam

namePart: Atlee, Samuel John

title: Letter to Adam Ort [Orth], Lebanon

abstracts: Wishes him success in the Herculean labor he has undertaken [collection of militia arrearages]; firmness and resolution will be necessary; he is to account with the treasurer for monies collected, of which he is to receive ten per cent.


title: Letter to Gov. George Clinton

originInfo: 1781-07-30Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

namePart: Roberdeau, Daniel

title: Letter to Gov. George Clinton

abstracts: Clinton's friendly letter of the 3d inst. lays him under obligation, although the subject of his own application and Clinton's answer has been for some time enveloped in a cloud, and the concurrence of the states will be long wanting.


title: Document

originInfo: 1772-06-09Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Society of the Sons of St. George

title: Document

abstracts: Certificate of membership of William Pollard. Printed form filled in.


title: Document

originInfo: 1792-01-11Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Bank of the United States. Directors

title: Document

abstracts: Authentication by the President of a resolution adopted by the directors, Dec. 29, 1791, authorizing the President to appoint persons in the several states to receive interest due to the bank, on Jan. 1.


title: Letter to Thomas Riche, New Windsor [N. Y.]

originInfo: 1777-11-17George Emlen's house Whitemarsh, Pa.

namePart: Riche, Thomas

namePart: Nesbitt, John Maxwell

abstracts: He applied to Gen. [Washington] for a pass for Mrs. Riche, and mentioned the situation of Riche's sister; the General answered that it was particularly necessary to prevent anyone going to town at present that could give intelligence of our vessels or the condition of the river; in a few days the same objection might not apply; he asked [Tench] Tilghman to remind the General at a proper season, and he himself will write from Lancaster; expresses his obligations for Riche's hospitality.


title: Letter to Mathew Irvine [Irwin?], Headquarters

namePart: Lowrey, Thomas

abstracts: Acknowledges letter with his Excellency's note at the foot; flour can be had near Easton from William Patterson or Col. Jacob West; he will order beef and pork from John Shenerd; Robert Wilson and Mark Thompson of Hacketts Town can furnish supplies; Robert Hoops has a mill near Easton.


title: Letter to Henry Jackson [Boston?]

originInfo: 1793-03-16Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Jackson, Henry

namePart: Bingham, William

title: Letter to Henry Jackson [Boston?]

abstracts: He thinks the lottery prizes [of lands in Maine] ought to be purchased, but he is astonished at the prices offered; purchasers forget that locations cannot be ascertained without a survey, which the State has refused to enter into; the favorable arrangement of Mme. Leval's claims ought to stimulate her to form a settlement on the lands; asks to whom the remaining part of No. 7 belongs, and whether he could procure the remainder of Mount Desert, and how Trenton is to be divided so as to make out a deed to Mme. Leval and M. La Roche; he expects many French settlers next summer; hopes the legislature will pass a law favorable to the admission of foreigners.


title: Letter to --

title: Letter to --

abstracts: Desires that the inclosed be signed by Judge [Richard] Stockton and then forwarded to Burlington; reminds him of a promised copy of the settlement of Col. Reed's Jersey lands; twenty acres have been sold for taxes.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Order on the Cashier of the Bank of the United States for $800, in favor of Peter Browne, to be paid out of his salary for the present quarter.


title: Document

namePart: United States. Treasury

title: Document

abstracts: An estimate of monies loaned to the United States at certain periods and reduced to specie value by tables of depreciation; also of the debts on the funded books and certain credits to individuals ordered by Congress on interest to be passed in the treasury books, with a calculation of interest for one year on the whole debt. A. D. Marked "Copy." The signatures of James Milligan, Comptroller, and of Joseph Nourse, Register, are affixed in the same hand. Endorsed.


title: By the United States in Congress assembled, September 30, 1785. Resolved, [that the commissioners of the continental loan-offices in the several states perform certain duties and observe the regulations herein laid down]


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: General charge of the president judge to the grand jury, extolling the British constitution and the system of trial by jury.


title: Document

originInfo: 1776-07-10Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Pennsylvania. General Assembly

title: Document

abstracts: Commission appointing John Holiday second lieutenant in the Second Battalion of Associators of Cumberland County. Printed form filled in. Signed, John Morton, Speaker.


title: Letter to John Nicholson [Philadelphia]

originInfo: 1786-03-23Northern Liberties, Pa.

namePart: Nicholson, John

namePart: Bryan, George

title: Letter to John Nicholson [Philadelphia]

abstracts: He has determined to try to make out a bill of escheats before the house rises, and for that purpose he asks Nicholson to deliver to the bearer the Acts of Connecticut and Virginia.


title: Letter to Capt. William Murray, Carlisle [Penn.]

originInfo: 1764-01-29Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Murray, William

namePart: Penn, John

abstracts: Some time ago, tumults in Lancaster County obliged him to apply to Gen. Gage for troops; the General sent him the inclosed order to the commandant at Carlisle, which he now forwards, with instructions to march at once to Lancaster and there await further orders, for the preservation of the peace.


title: Letter to John Montgomery, Philadelphia

originInfo: 1775-09-14Pittsburgh, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Montgomery, John

namePart: Wilson, James, 1742-1798

title: Letter to John Montgomery, Philadelphia

abstracts: It is an extraordinary step for the Virginians to take possession of Fort Pitt after the recommendation addressed to the inhabitants west of Laurel Hill by the delegates of both provinces; this act has occasioned the application sent by Col. Morris and himself to Congress, on behalf of the people; something ought to be done for the impoverished people who settled here while the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania was peaceably admitted; the Indians have not yet come into the treaty, and he does not know whether troops may be needed for the frontier.


title: Document

originInfo: 1769-08-04Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Galloway, Joseph

title: Document

abstracts: Legal opinion on an item in the will of Cadwalader Evans, affecting Rowland Perry.


title: Letter to [Thomas Riche.]

originInfo: 1786-12-16Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Duffield, Samuel

title: Letter to [Thomas Riche.]

abstracts: On receipt of letter, he applied to Mr. Howell and Dr. Park [Thomas Parke], from whom he got an order for the negro woman's reception in the hospital.


title: Letter to W[illiam?] Smith

originInfo: 1790Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Smith, William

namePart: Bradford, William

title: Letter to W[illiam?] Smith

abstracts: As he will not be in town next day, their meeting must be adjourned to Monday.


title: Letter to [George Bryan, Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council?]

originInfo: 1778-11-06Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Gérard de Rayneval, Conrad Alexandre

abstracts: In compliance with the wishes of the Council, he consents to the enlargement of [William] Straker.


title: Letter to the President and Council of Pennsylvania

originInfo: 1784-06-14Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: La Luzerne, Anne César de

abstracts: Expresses his regret at taking leave, and his sense of the friendship which has been extended towards him not only by the Governor and Council but by the citizens of Philadelphia; he has found in this city every compensation possible during his five years absence from home.


title: Document

originInfo: 1777-06-27Orange County, N.Y.

namePart: Orange County (N.Y.)

title: Document

abstracts: Indenture made between Jesse Wood-hull, Sheriff, and Col. Abraham Hasbrouck, John Brewster, Henry Wisner, Henry Wisner, jr., and Zachariah Dubois, showing that agreeably to ordinance the sheriff caused notice to be given of an election for representatives in the General Assembly; John Haithorn [Hathorn], Jeremiah Clark, Teunis Kuyper [Thomas Cuyper], and Ruelof Van Houten were elected.


title: Letter to Capt. Richard Peters

originInfo: 1776-08-31Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Peters, Richard

namePart: Clymer, Daniel

title: Letter to Capt. Richard Peters

abstracts: Recommends Capt. Meng with his officers and men as suitable for guards in the city; asks Peters to recommend them to the Committee of Safety; a letter from him would settle the point.


title: Letter to Gen. [John] Armstrong

originInfo: 1785-04-08Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Armstrong, John

namePart: Delany, Sharp

title: Letter to Gen. [John] Armstrong

abstracts: Having learned that it is necessary to apply to the Council as a body for the office which he now holds, he requests Armstrong to make his application for the appointment of Collector of the Port of Philadelphia.


title: Letter to -- --

namePart: Campbell, George

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: By request of James Smith of York Town he makes application on the accompanying account, and desires that a certificate be sent him showing that the payments were made agreeably to this statement.


title: Document

namePart: Morris, Thomas

title: Document

abstracts: Receipt for $688 8/9 6/0 from Horatio Gates.


title: Document

namePart: Maryland. Militia

title: Document

abstracts: Muster roll of Capt. Thomas Bourke's company in the flying camp. 112 names. Certified by Thorn. Muse, Robt. Harrison and John Lynch. Endorsed.


title: Letter to [George Simpson, cashier of the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia.]

originInfo: 1807-11-13Scituate, Mass.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Simpson, George

namePart: Cushing, William

abstracts: Acknowledges favor of Oct. 9th with draft for his quarter's salary; will call for the last quarter's salary at Philadelphia in January, on his way to Washington.


title: Document

namePart: Dauphin County (Pa.). Orphans' Court

title: Document

abstracts: At a Court held before Jacob Cook, John Gleninger, and Martin Weaver, application was made by Jacob Steger for a pension on account of a wound received while serving with the militia under Gen. [James] Irvine in the skirmish at Chesnut Hill [Dec. 5, 1777]; the court adjudged him entitled to a pension of five dollars per month.


title: Letter to Henry Laurens, Bath

namePart: Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

namePart: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

title: Letter to Henry Laurens, Bath

abstracts: Presumes that Laurens has written to some of his colleagues since arriving in England, but no letters have come to hand; after making and sending over many propositions of their own and of [David] Hartley's, it is now proposed by the ministers that the preliminary articles be signed as a definitive treaty, with the addition of a paragraph at the beginning and end.


title: Letter to Cadwallader Colden

namePart: Colden, Cadwallader

title: Letter to Cadwallader Colden

abstracts: The [Philosophical] Society, as far as relates to Philadelphia, is formed and has held meetings; the members are, Thomas Bond, John Bartram, Thomas Godfrey, Samuel Rhodes, William Parsons, Phineas Bond, Thomas Hopkinson, William Coleman, and himself; the following have been added from New York and New Jersey, [James] Alexander, [Robert Hunter] Morris, [Archibald] Home, John Coxe and Mr. Martyn of Trenton; there are gentlemen in other colonies who are expected to join.


title: Letter to Benjamin Chew

originInfo: 1750Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Chew, Benjamin

namePart: Hamilton, James

title: Letter to Benjamin Chew

abstracts: Having spent the day at Mount Airy, he did not receive Chew's note until the evening; he was serious about Raymond's mortgage; will bring the papers to town and meet Chew at Mr. Turner's, in order that an assignment may be drawn.


title: Document

namePart: New Jersey (Province). Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Grant of a tract of land, in the name of Lady Elizabeth Carteret, Proprietrix of the Province, to Morris Worth of Shrewsbery, comprising ninety-one acres between the Navesink and Shrewsbery rivers and three acres on an island in Shrewsbery bay, on condition of a yearly payment of one half-penny per acre.


title: Letter to Nicholas Vincent, senior captain at Plymouth

originInfo: 1779-01-25London, England

namePart: Vincent, Nicholas

namePart: Great Britain. Admiralty

abstracts: Directing him to hold a court martial on Lieut. Thomas Revell Shivers for the loss of the sloop Penguin on the coast of Newfoundland, Nov. 3, 1778; transmitting a letter from Lieut. George Lumsdain relative to the affair.


title: Letter to -- --

originInfo: 1775-05-25St. James's Street, London

namePart: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: Acknowledges letter of Feb. 18th and a pamphlet; the act for restraining trade ought to convince Americans that they have been deceived by assurances that their combination would cause the English people to make a change in administration to comply with American demands; the body of the people are united on the present measures with respect to America; if Franklin, who is doubtless employed by the opposition, should prevail on the Americans to stand out, he will only increase their distress; if this senseless confederacy should hold until another session of parliament, the members would be so incensed that their first act would be an exclusion of Americans from the fishing banks; the letters of the New England men will confirm his statements of the general sense of the kingdom, for they have expressed home their surprise at finding it so different from what they conceived.


title: Document

originInfo: 1772London, England

title: Document

abstracts: Account of the General Post Office with Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft, from Apr. 5, 1770, to Apr. 5, 1772.


title: Document

originInfo: 1757Boston, Mass.

namePart: Hancock, Thomas

title: Document

abstracts: Bill for £239 19s. 6d. sterling, due him from the Earl of Loudoun for hire of vessels and sending expresses with dispatches on his Majesty's service. Certified: "A True Account T Pownall.


title: Letter to -- --

namePart: Necker, Jacques

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: Thanks him for the interest he has expressed in Necker's work [Sur la législation et le commerce des grains, 2 vols., Paris, 1775]; he has sent two copies to the address of Pierre Benard [Bernard?] at Calais, one of which he wishes to be given to [Richard] Glover; he would like to have the latter's speech on American affairs [The Evidence Delivered on the Petition Presented by the West-India Planters and Merchants to the Hon. House of Commons, as it was introduc'd at the Bar and Summ'd up by Mr. Glover (London, 1775)]. In French.


title: Letter to Henry Laurens [Nantes?]

namePart: Franklin, William Temple

title: Letter to Henry Laurens [Nantes?]

abstracts: His grandfather being indisposed directs him to acknowledge Lauren's letters of the 3d and 10th inst.; he incloses the passport for England as requested.


title: Portrait

text: Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat de, Marquis

title: Portrait

abstracts: Bust; profile to the left; circular frame within a ruled rectangle open above and below; a view of his death-bed is below, with half a page of biography. Inscription: Caritat de Condorcet Député a la Convention Nationale, Mort le 28 mars 1793. Mezzotint within a lined border. [Paris, 1820?].


title: Document

originInfo: 1786-05-22Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council

title: Document

abstracts: Grant of a tract of land called Bayonne, in Westmoreland County, surveyed by Alexander McLean, to Benjamin Nones. Printed form filled in. Signed, B. Franklin, Presidt. Attest, James Trimble for John Armstrong jun Secry. Endorsed with a certificate of its enrollment in patent book no. 7, p. 41, by Nath. Jones. Parchment.


title: Letter to Jonathan Williams, jr., Nantes

originInfo: 1781-01-29Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Williams, Jonathan Jr.

namePart: Bache, Richard

abstracts: As the Kensington arrived at Boston instead of Philadelphia, he sent the bill of lading for the wine to Williams's father, desiring him to dispose of it according to directions in Williams's letter; he is still in the dark as to the things sent in this vessel for Mrs. Bache.


title: Letter to [Richard Bache, Philadelphia.]

originInfo: 1783-04-11Cambridge, Mass.

namePart: Mecom, Jane

abstracts: Acknowledges a letter of Dec. 4th; the draughts were paid; thanks him for his care in the matter; her brother [Benjamin Franklin] was always a good and kind benefactor; she would like to hear oftener from Bache, her niece, and the children; Cousin Jonathan Williams informed her of Benny's proficiency; sends this by Samuel Bradford, who is soon to marry Cousin Williams's daughter; now that peace has come she hopes the Baches may visit her; she lives sometimes with her daughter Collas, sometimes with Mr. Williams in Boston, and sometimes with Gov. [William] Greene or her grandson Elihu Greene at Warwick, R. I.


title: Document

namePart: Taylor, George

title: Document

abstracts: He has known Mr. Webb for several years and believes him qualified to command a company of riflemen if the Committee of Northampton County should think proper to recommend him to that service; for particulars he refers to Mr. Gordon, who is now in Philadelphia.


title: Document

originInfo: 1772-10-10Northampton County, Pa.

namePart: Shall, Michael

title: Document

abstracts: Inventory of the property of Nicholas Shall, deceased; being mostly farming utensils and live stock, besides money due from several persons. Certified Oct. 14th by Peter Shilp and Adam Gearing (signing with his mark) before Geo Taylor, and attested by the latter. Endorsed.


title: Document

namePart: Funston, James

title: Document

abstracts: Petition to Gov. John Penn, showing that he has been convicted of bastardy on the evidence of an infamous woman, and that the payment which he is obliged to make her in consequence will reduce him to the greatest distress; he therefore begs a remittance of the fine which he is sentenced to pay to the Governor.


title: Letter to Gunning Bedford [jr., New Castle, Del.]

namePart: Bedford, Gunning, Jr.

namePart: Mitchell, Nathaniel

abstracts: The question of a removal of Congress to Philadelphia is shortly to be agitated; urges him to attend or to send some other member of the delegation in order to give the voice of Delaware; he will be received with open arms by all the southern states; the thing must be done before the 21st, for then the times of the South Carolina delegates expire.


title: Autograph

namePart: Read, John

title: Autograph

abstracts: Engraved fac-simile of his signature, with the inscription: John Read, Esq. 1688–1756. One of the original Proprietors of Charlestown and one of the Commissioners appointed by the Colonial Legislature of Maryland to lay out and govern that city. [New York? 1850?].


title: Letter to John Swift, Collector of His Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia

originInfo: 1769-07-31Newcastle, Del.

namePart: Swift, John

namePart: Ross, George

abstracts: He has purchased for £4 15s., and the other boat in exchange, a boat very desirable for his purpose; in her, with one other hand, he will be able to board any vessel in a fret of wind; he has drawn on Swift for the cost.


title: Document

originInfo: 1782-12-18Wilmington, Del.

namePart: McKinly, John

title: Document

abstracts: Account, amounting to £1055, for damages sustained by his property, during September and October, 1777, his house having been plundered then by the enemy.


title: Letter to [Robert Knox,] Philadelphia. Capt. [James]

originInfo: 1778-09-04Great Egg Harbour, N.J.

namePart: Knox, Robert

namePart: Houston, Thomas

abstracts: Josiah and himself have just come ashore and made oath concerning the prize brig, as they understood that the captains of the schooners took the captain and mate to a justice and made them swear what was not true; asks Knox to acquaint the vice-president with the affair; Josiah and himself have appointed Mr. McCollok as their agent.


title: Letter to William Peters

originInfo: 1761-12-31Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Peters, William

namePart: Galloway, Joseph

title: Letter to William Peters

abstracts: Requests him to enter a caveat against the return of survey to be made in pursuance of a warrant granted to Mary Douglass, alias Kennedy, for twenty-five acres in East Nottingham, in order that William Ramsay, who claims the same, may be heard.


title: Letter to Thomas Rodney, Dover. Capt.

originInfo: 1782-09-11Wilmington, Del.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Rodney, Thomas

namePart: Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

title: Letter to Thomas Rodney, Dover. Capt.

abstracts: John Willson borrowed the gray horse to ride to Philadelphia, therefore he cannot send it to Kent until next morning; he has not been able to procure yesterday's or this day's papers; they give an account of changes in the ministry; death of Rockingham; the King's speech is very mild and good-natured; victory of the French fleet in the East Indies.'.


title: Document

namePart: Delaware. Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Commission appointing Caesar Rodney Brigadier General of the two battalions of militia in Kent County and of the western battalion in Sussex County. Printed form filled in.


title: Letter to -- --

originInfo: 1764-02-26Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Chew, Benjamin

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: Mr. Byrne has just called on his way to Dover, and desires that the bundle of money found in Tom's desk should be sent to Chew, as he suspects that it may prove to be what was stolen by Festus; Byrne insists that Tom shall receive his trial here; Chew suspends judgment until the matter is more fully sifted.


title: Annapolis, June 1, 1785. The subscriber, having been duly appointed to succeed the late Mr. Nourse as commissioner to settle the accounts between the United States and the state of Maryland [gives notice that all claimants must present their demands at hi

title: Annapolis, June 1, 1785. The subscriber, having been duly appointed to succeed the late Mr. Nourse as commissioner to settle the accounts between the United States and the state of Maryland gives notice that all claimants must present their demands at hi


title: Letter to James Wilson [Philadelphia]

namePart: Wilson, James, 1742-1798

namePart: Hooper, Robert Lettice

title: Letter to James Wilson [Philadelphia]

abstracts: He sends the Canaan accounts, with [Simeon] Dewitt's account for surveying, and asks Wilson to forward his proportion of the amount; he has written to [William] Bingham also; Wilson's land-book is finished.


title: Letter to S[amuel] Bryan

originInfo: 1801-12-18Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Bryan, Samuel

namePart: McKean, Joseph Borden

title: Letter to S[amuel] Bryan

abstracts: Sends copies of certain documents which he wishes him to compare with the originals in order that he may testify to their correctness; sends him a subpaena, and asks him to bring every paper he can relating to Gen. [Thomas] Proctor's claim against the Commonwealth.


title: Letter to W[illiam] L[eete] Stone [New York]

namePart: Stone, William Leete

namePart: Sergeant, John

abstracts: Owing to the short time in which Congress will remain in session, it would be impossible to carry through any measure on the subject [slavery] mentioned in Stone's letter of the 28th; for the same reason, this is not the time for public meetings; petitions, however, ought to be got up, and the public mind kept directed to the subject; in the South, there is entire union; every individual feels the question as his own concern; it is not so in the North; as for the District, there is no reason why slavery should not be abolished there; he would not invade the rights of the southerners, nor wound their feelings, but they are unreasonably sensitive, and would exclude even consideration of slavery; he will cooperate in any plan, but does not think the present a favorable time.


title: Document

namePart: Society of the Cincinnati

title: Document

abstracts: Diploma, blank and undated, engraved with the emblems of the society. Signed, Ge: Washington, President. Countersigned, H. Knox, Secretary. Parchment. Engraved form.


title: Letter to Lesley [Leslie] Combs, Frankfort, Ky.

namePart: Combs, Leslie

namePart: Lewis, William

abstracts: Acknowledges letters; he has received solicitations from other men of high respectability, but he has not answered as yet nor made any appointment.


title: Letter to Samuel Tredwell, Edenton

namePart: Tredwell, Samuel

namePart: Iredell, James

title: Letter to Samuel Tredwell, Edenton

abstracts: N. C. Blackburn having negotiated Tredwell's prize as well as his own six lottery tickets, he in-closes Tredwell's, indorsed; incloses for Mrs. Iredell a copy of the President's speech, which all admire here, the friends of government enthusiastically.


title: Letter to Gen. [Elias] Dayton, Elizabeth Town, N. J.

namePart: Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807

namePart: Harper, Robert Goodloe

abstracts: Both parties mean to make a struggle in the election of the lower house of the assembly in October; the federalists will doubtless win, and they will then alter the law and substitute a choice by the legislature for the present district election of electors; Delaware is for Adams and Pinckney, the Carolinas uncertain; Brown and Relf's publication [the Philadelphia Gazette] containing Dayton's reply to the Aurora lies, was republished here; Dayton owes it to his country and to the cause of decency to prosecute this scoundrel [William Duane]; he himself has decided to pursue that course on the first occasion.


title: Letter to Thomas Sim Lee. M. Gerrard [Gérard]

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

namePart: Johnson, Thomas

abstracts: will stop here on his way to Baltimore, and Johnson desires to show him attention; he wishes Lee's assistance in the matter, and asks him to come up; hopes to see Mr. Carroll also.


title: Letter to Joseph Reed

originInfo: 1779-02-19Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Paca, William, 1740-1799

title: Letter to Joseph Reed

abstracts: He knows of no resolution of Congress which discontinues Gen. Arnold's command in this city.


title: Letter to Gov. [Thomas Sim] Lee

title: Letter to Gov. [Thomas Sim] Lee

abstracts: Having learned that his wife is seriously ill, he intends to set off for Philadelphia next morning; he can find no boat at present for Kent Island, and therefore requests the use of one belonging to the state; Commodore Grayson could probably contrive to get him over.


title: Letter to Sir William [Johnson,] [Tryon County, N. Y.?]

originInfo: 1768-03-10Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774

namePart: Blair, John

abstracts: Acknowledges letter of Jan. 8th to the Lieutenant Governor [Fauquier], who died on the 2d inst.; the Council have advised him to lay it before the Assembly; sends him a power, under their seal, to transact business with the Indians at the congress to be held in summer; incloses a letter from Lord Shelburne directing them to run the boundary line between themselves and the Indian hunting ground, in which service Sir William and Mr. Stewart [John Stuart] are to join; they will begin at Col. Chiswell's lead mines, but there is great uncertainty as to the other end of the line.


title: Letter to Gov. [George] Clinton, New York

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

abstracts: Acknowledges a letter and depositions relative to the piracy of Hughes and Burke; he has had depositions taken, which he now forwards; the schooner is at Baltimore, and the affair has been communicated to the Judge of the Admiralty so that she may be secured.


title: Letter to Gov. Patrick Gordon [Philadelphia]

originInfo: 1733-05Burlington, N.J.

namePart: Gordon, Patrick

namePart: Calvert, Charles, 6th Baron Baltimore

abstracts: Acknowledges letter; as to Gordon's paying him the compliments suitable to his rank, he repeats what he declared at New Castle, that he neither was ambitious of nor expected civilities from those with whom he must differ, on account of their behavior in the government of Pennsylvania.


title: View

title: View

abstracts: The Carroll house. Small photograph. [1860?].


title: Letter to William Hammond

namePart: Hammond, William

namePart: Carroll, Charles

title: Letter to William Hammond

abstracts: Inquires about Hammond's rheumatism; desires to see him, but not at the risk of his health; asks how much plank there is in his warehouse.


title: Letter to Thomas Lee, Upper Marlbro' [Md.]

namePart: Dulany, Daniel

abstracts: Introduces the Rev. Mr. Forbes. who is appointed to the late Mr [William] Brogden's parish; he is chaplain to a regiment, and has gained the esteem of officers of rank, particularly Col. Maitland and Major Moncrieffe; he intends to reside at Marlbro'.


title: Letter to Gov. John Penn [Philadelphia]

namePart: Penn, John

namePart: Eden, Robert, Bart

title: Letter to Gov. John Penn [Philadelphia]

abstracts: The guardians of the proprietor of Maryland have refused to sign the return of the [boundary] commissioners, because, as he supposes, they think such an act improper without the especial direction of the Lord Chancellor given after the matter should have been brought before him in court; Eden cannot therefore take upon himself a power that they have declined; he deprecates the issuing of an ex parte proclamation by Pennsylvania; he leaves for England in a few days, and will lay Penn's letters before the guardians; in the meantime no steps will be taken here to indicate a concurrence in Penn's proposed measure.


title: Letter to Nathaniel Ramsay, Clement Holliday, and Gabriel Duvall, commissioners for the sale of confiscated property

namePart: Ramsay, Nathaniel

namePart: Holliday, Clement

namePart: Duvall, Gabriel

abstracts: Having seen a notice in the newspapers that the property of his brother Lloyd Dulany is to be sold, he informs them that the land held by his brother in Kent county was given by his father in tail, and that as heir at law he claims the reversion; also, his brother borrowed of him the sum of £390 2s. 6d., for which debt he claims satisfaction.


title: Letter to [John Andrew Schulze,] Governor of Pennsylvania

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Schulze, John Andrew

namePart: United States. Department of State

abstracts: In pursuance of the resolutions of Congress printed herewith, six fac-simile copies of the Declaration of Independence, engraved by William J. Stone, are transmitted; three of them being for the colleges and the Philosophical Society of the state.


title: Letter to Gov. James Thomas [Annapolis]

namePart: Thomas, James

namePart: Caton, Richard

title: Letter to Gov. James Thomas [Annapolis]

abstracts: Acknowledges his letter of the 12th inst. inclosing one for Mrs. Caton together with resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland on the death of Charles Carroll; Mrs. Caton desires him to express her gratitude for the tribute to the memory of her father.


title: Letter to Julius -- --

originInfo: 1830-09-03Doughoregan Manor, Md.

namePart: McTavish, Mrs. John

title: Letter to Julius -- --

abstracts: Her nurse leaves on the 15th, and she is in great difficulty to procure another; she has heard lately from her sisters Louisa and Mary; Mr. Chanche is at Emmettsburg.


title: Letter to Count --

title: Letter to Count --

abstracts: Incloses a note from the Rev. Mr. Chanche; not being acquainted with Mr. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury, she cannot ask him a favor, but urges the Count to inform him that the sisters of charity are too poor to pay duty on the vestments they have imported for their chapel; they are a public benefit, nursing the sick and poor; Miss Seton, whom Ingham knew personally, was educated by them, and her mother [Elizabeth Ann Seton] was their superior.


title: Letter to John Hancock, Boston

originInfo: 1778-10-19Albemarle County, Va.

namePart: Hancock, John, 1737-1793

namePart: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

title: Letter to John Hancock, Boston

abstracts: He hears from T[homas] Adams that the continental finances are not flourishing; from an Italian acquaintance, [Philip] Mazzei, he has learned that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has a large sum of ready money which he might be willing to put out at interest, also immense magazines; the Genoese have heavy deposits in the London bank which they might be induced to withdraw; Mazzei, who is a zealous whig, offers to undertake a mission from Congress to negotiate the matter; he thinks £600 would enable him to continue a year in Tuscany, in which time the purpose could be effected.


title: Letter to William Fleming

originInfo: 1779-08-07Albemarle County, Va.

namePart: Fleming, William

title: Letter to William Fleming

abstracts: Incloses an order explaining the plan of officering and stationing the two western battalions; hopes that Fleming will proceed in concert with the other commissioners so that the chain of posts to be recommended may form a complete western defence; asks him, when he reports the stations proposed, to mention what station the men of each county ought to occupy, also to prepare a statement of the arms in his possession, as the time is near when the men must be raised, and the Executive should pay attention to the procuring of arms and camp utensils.


title: Document

originInfo: 1755-04-10Albemarle County, Va.

namePart: St. Anne's Parish (Albemarle County, Va.)

title: Document

abstracts: Indenture between Peter Jefferson and Matthew Jordan, Church-wardens, and William Cabell, binding out to the latter party two poor children, Elizabeth and Mary Mathews, to learn the occupation of spinsters.


title: Document

originInfo: 1771-12-23Charles City County, Va.

title: Document

abstracts: Bond in the sum of £50 for a marriage license between Thomas Jefferson and Martha Shelton.


title: Letter to Sir William Johnson

namePart: Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774

namePart: Murray, John, 4th Earl of Dunmore

title: Letter to Sir William Johnson

abstracts: He has received a letter from Lord Hillsborough, with an extract of a letter of Sir William's dated Aug. 14, 1770, directing that the Legislature should again be recommended to regulate the frauds in trade and the incroachments of which the Indians complain; he incloses an address of the General Assembly, showing their sentiments on the subject; it alludes to certain regulations heretofore practised in the Indian country, of which the Assembly declare themselves uninformed, and as to which they require knowledge before a sufficient law can be passed; he desires Sir William to transmit all such regulations as have been observed successfully with the Indians, and any other intelligence proper to the subject.


title: Document

originInfo: 1776-07-04Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789

title: Document

abstracts: Declaration of Independence. Fac-simile of the first draft, in Jefferson's handwriting, with interlineations in the handwriting of Franklin and of John Adams. Engraved on steel by Charles Toppan. Philadelphia, 1829. 6 ll.


title: Letter to Thomas Mumford, Groton

originInfo: 1765-10-21Wethersfield, Conn.

namePart: Mumford, Thomas

namePart: Deane, Silas

title: Letter to Thomas Mumford, Groton

abstracts: Requests him to supply the bearer, when at New London, with either pork or oats.


title: Letter to M[atthew] and Thomas Irwin, Philadelphia

originInfo: 1779-02-26Marlborough, Va.

namePart: Irwin, Matthew

namePart: Irwin, Thomas

namePart: Nicholas, George

abstracts: Sends a letter from [Edmund] Randolph containing a commission for taking depositions to prove their claim; this will save them the expense of sending their witnesses to Virginia.


title: Document

originInfo: 1783-12-02Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Deslandes, Loyer

title: Document

abstracts: Protest before Barbé, vice consul of France at Philadelphia by Loyer Deslandes of a note of Louis de La Valette for £30 15s., received from M. Cothenet.


title: Letter to the Duke [de Choiseul]

originInfo: 1770-04-17Autun, France

namePart: Duke de Choiseul

namePart: Vergennes, Charles Gravier de, Count

title: Letter to the Duke [de Choiseul]

abstracts: Acknowledging a letter of the 9th, he says it is true as M. de St. Priest has reported, that the old translation of the agreement with the Porte is imperfect; on this account he engaged the Sieur Deval to make a new version, his object being not so much to control the demands of the dragomans, as to judge rightly of the propriety of the demands which his ministry obliged him to make at Constantinople; although the affairs of the Levant and Barbary ports are simpler, he believes that Deval's translation will prove useful to M. de St. Priest; he has but one copy, which he will send to the Duke immediately on his return to his country house.


title: Letter to Martha Jefferson

namePart: Jefferson, Martha

title: Letter to Martha Jefferson

abstracts: Sends her 15 livres as desired, but cautions her against anticipating her allowance; it is better to do without any article than to run into debt; advises her to hurry the making of her gown, as they will dine at the Marquis Fayette's next week.


title: Congress of the United States: At the Second Session, Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. An Act for the Relief of John Stewart and John Davidson


title: Letter to [Richard] Harrison, Cadiz

namePart: Harrison, Richard

namePart: Carmichael, William

title: Letter to [Richard] Harrison, Cadiz

abstracts: Introduces Mr. Peyrera, who goes from Paris to Cadiz on business.


title: Letter to --

namePart: Short, William

title: Letter to --

abstracts: Acknowledges a letter of Jan. 7th containing the accounts of their journey; he will give a draft on the public funds for his portion; asks him to examine certain papers relative to the negotiation at Madrid, that is, those marked no. 1, being copies of his correspondence from 1793 to 1795, which he desires should be carried to America; or, if a sure conveyance offers, they may be returned to him here; Mr. Franklin would perhaps take charge of them.


title: Letter to William Channing [Newport, R.I.]

originInfo: 1793-05-12Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Channing, William

namePart: Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

abstracts: Incloses a copy of the President's proclamation announcing the neutrality of the United States; the President desires great watchfulness against infractions of neutrality; advises Channing to correspond with some of the federal officers, especially the collectors; if he finds any fitting out of vessels of war he must omit nothing to bring the culprits to punishment, and in the trial of such cases he must impress the public with the danger with which such conduct threatens this country.


title: Letter to [ -- Walker, New York?]

originInfo: 1791-09-30Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Ternant, Jean Baptiste, chevalier de, 1751-1833

title: Letter to [ -- Walker, New York?]

abstracts: The three boxes from London have arrived on the Harmony; he hopes that Mrs. Walker's parcel was received safely; he sent it by [Sharp] Delany.


title: Document

originInfo: 1780-03-22Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: American Philosophical Society

title: Document

abstracts: Diploma of membership in the society, conferred on Francis Barbé de Marbois.


title: Letter to Pierpont Edwards, New Haven

originInfo: 1779-03-20Phillipsburgh, N.J.

namePart: Edwards, Pierpont

namePart: Burr, Aaron

title: Letter to Pierpont Edwards, New Haven

abstracts: He has at length started Edwards's saddle, for which he incloses the original bill; he resigned [from the army] Mar. 3; he is finishing some arrangements of the post; next week he goes to Litchfield; the wine and sausages were gratefully received.


title: Document

namePart: Dale, Richard

title: Document

abstracts: Bill of lading for 1950 Spanish milled dollars, received from Alexander Simple, to be delivered to the order of William Simple, Philadelphia.


title: Letter to Gen. [Horatio] Gates, New York

namePart: Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

namePart: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

abstracts: Expresses pleasure at the approval of friends; all that Gates recommended has been carried out; the matter has been in train since the preceding June, varying in one particular only from Gates's ideas; the site of Fort Rosalie being less favorable for a fort, the former administration built one called Fort Adams commanding the river near the southern boundary; there they have silently been making a place d' armes suitable to the number of men in its neighborhood; the most important matter now is to open a land office for the country obtained from the Choctaws; if it were granted in small lots the yeomanry would be able to defend it; if this speck on the horizon blows over, all is smooth water; Monroe leaves in a fortnight.


title: Document

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French

title: Document

abstracts: Blank license issued on the surety of the firm of Jtin. Soussat, Bordeaux, for an American vessel to land a cargo of cereals at Marseilles, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, or Nantes. Printed form partly filled in.


title: Letter to --

originInfo: 1808-07-14Wood End, England

namePart: Berkeley, George Cranfield

title: Letter to --

abstracts: In quires if an intended transfer of stock from his brother to himself has been completed yet, and if the settlements from Sir Thomas Hardy upon his daughter are in any forwardness; Mr. Dongan of Tortola, who is now in London, ought to be made answerable for the prize money that he paid wrongfully to Sir A[lexander F. I.] Cochrane for two schooners captured by the Cleopatra; Cochrane had no right to share.


title: Documents

namePart: University of Virginia

title: Documents

abstracts: Three receipts by professors for payments of salaries, and two draughts on the proctor of the university. Signed respectively C. Bonnycastle, John P. Emmet, Robley Dunglison, Isaac Raphael, G. Blaettermann, George Tucker. Narrow strips.


title: Letter to Gov. [Benjamin] Harrison, Richmond

originInfo: 1783-06-24Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Harrison, Benjamin, ca. 1726-1791

namePart: Wythe, George

abstracts: He is ready to undertake that part of the business assigned by the board, but begs to be excused from supervising the impression and correcting typographical errors; if it is intended that every judge of the chancery shall be employed, he wishes to know whether he should communicate the Governor's letter to [John] Blair.


title: Letter to James Mercer, and other judges of the general court

originInfo: 1789-06Richmond, Va.

namePart: Mercer, James

abstracts: Desiring their opinion on a point of law, he has directed the clerk of the court of chancery to wait on them with a statement of the question.


title: Document

originInfo: 1770-05-26County of James City, Va.

namePart: Whiting, Francis

namePart: Kennon, William

title: Document

abstracts: Petition of Francis Whiting and William Kennon to Lord Botetourt and the judges of General Court, showing that they are sued by Lawrence Fagan in the county court of Buckingham, for trespass, and praying that a writ of certiorari may issue to remove the case into the General Court. Sworn to before John Randolph. A writ of certiorari ordered to issue, by Botetourt, John Blair, James Horrocks. Endorsed.


title: Document

originInfo: 1780/1789William and Mary College, Va.

namePart: William and Mary College. President and Masters

title: Document

abstracts: Blank form of a lease of a tract of land belonging to the college. Printed form.


title: Letter to John Page, Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Page, John

namePart: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

title: Letter to John Page, Williamsburg, Va.

abstracts: Thanks him for his last letter; if their large gallies were manned, gunned, and fitted, the navigation of the bay would receive no interruption; wishes Virginia and Maryland would act jointly in the matter; advantages of the gallies; events of war are at a standstill until the new army assembles; the horses of the enemy are nearly all dead for want of forage; it is disgraceful to Americans that 6000 men determined upon their ruin should winter in their country; urges Page to press forward their quota; a war in Europe is not far off; they expect news soon upon the return of the vessel that carried Dr. Franklin to France; Page's brother and sister were inoculated three days ago; Congress is to return to Philadelphia on Wednesday next; a postscript adds that seamen put ashore by Com. Hotham report that the ships have great fear of our gallies.


title: Letter to Thomas Pinckney

originInfo: 1796-09-22Cleveland Row, London

namePart: Pinckney, Thomas

namePart: Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron

title: Letter to Thomas Pinckney

abstracts: Acknowledges letter of Sept. 18; trusts no difficulty will occur respecting his baggage; if there should be any he may rely upon it that immediate directions will be given to facilitate the embarkation of it.


title: Document

originInfo: 1773-01-23London, England

namePart: Alderton, Thomas

title: Document

abstracts: Bill for £40 travelling expenses to Wroxton Abbey and thence to Dillington and return, Aug. 23, 1772 to Oct. 1, 1772. With recommendation signed by Lord North, praying Duke of Newcastle to pay the amount; an order on Lord Northington, Feb. 1, 1773, to pay the amount out of the seizures since Oct. 25, 1760; certificate of examination and record, signed by Northington, Feb. 3, 1773. Receipted, on the back, 4 Feb, 1773 by T. Alderton and witnessed by James Best.


title: Document

originInfo: 1790Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Shippen, William

title: Document

abstracts: Receipt for £895 19s. 6d., Virginia convention money, from Messrs. Simon and Gratz, collateral security to the obligation for the same amount in Pennsylvania currency, due Mar. 25 next, on the back of which the receipt is written.


title: Letter to Thomas Jefferson, [Richmond,] Governor of Va.

originInfo: 1781-01-15Fredericksburg, Va.

namePart: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

namePart: Weedon, George

abstracts: Since the receipt of his letter of II inst. he has taken every measure in his power to fulfil the request; various county lieutenants have been warned; he has between 600 and 700 men ready now, of which number 150 are riflemen; from information of Col. [Thomas] Matthews he expects 500 more in the next week; he has had all the lead at this post run into balls; they need more.


title: Letter to George Clinton, Governor of N. Y.

originInfo: 1778-09-01White Plains, N.Y.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

namePart: Washington, George, 1732-1799

abstracts: Informs him that Capt. Colson [Samuel Colston] of the 5th Virginia regiment, wounded and killed Mr. Vantassel of New York; Colson has escaped, perhaps to Virginia, perhaps to the West Indies; will Clinton make efforts for his apprehension; the last advices from Rhode Island, of Aug. 29, from Gen. Sullivan, inform him that the Americans have withdrawn to the north end of the island; a skirmish with the enemy resulted favorably for the Americans; d'Estaing's fleet has reached Boston.


title: Letter to George Washington

namePart: Lee, Francis Lightfoot

namePart: Wormeley, Ralph

title: Letter to George Washington

abstracts: The enclosed letters were received last summer, but they delayed sending them until he was at leisure and free from public cares; they are totally ignorant of Col. Tayloe's part in the affair, which is the subject of Mr. Montagu's letter; they know only that the estate has been sold; they ask if he can give them, for Mr. Montagu, any light on the subject.


title: Letter to John Tabb [James River, Virginia]

originInfo: 1771-03-21London, England

namePart: Tabb, John

namePart: Lee, William

abstracts: Informs him that he is now settled in London in the tobacco trade, and would esteem Tabb's favors a peculiar obligation; he is almost sick of politics since the base desertion by the northern colonists of every good and noble principle; the most provoking circumstance is that there was the greatest probability of everything's being set right had they persevered one season more; small chance of redress now; by the papers sent herewith he will see that America is not alone in feeling the iron rod of ministerial tyranny.


title: Document

originInfo: 1765Williamsburgh, Va

namePart: Symme, John

title: Document

abstracts: Petition to Lieutenant-Governor, Francis Fauquier, and the rest of the judges of the general court, praying for a writ of supersedeas in the case of trespass brought against him in this court by Meriwether Skelton to settle the bounds of their adjoining lands in Hanover county; the county court, Apr. 5, 1764, ordered a survey of the bounds, whereby the petitioner is involved in double expense and vexation and is put in danger of having his defence in this court prejudiced. With recommendation of Edmund Pendleton in favor of issue of the writ.


title: EM3813

title: EM3813


title: Letter to Francis Lewis, chairman of the commercial committee of Congress, Philadelphia

originInfo: 1779-07-10Newington, Va

namePart: Lewis, Francis

namePart: Braxton, Carter

abstracts: Encloses a statement of his several late accounts; asks that the money be paid to Robert Morris; with regard to the money paid by Capt. Cunningham to Mr. Bingham, he leaves it to Lewis's decision.


title: Document

originInfo: 1756-06-09Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Cary, Archibald

title: Document

abstracts: Petition to Robert Dinwiddie, and the rest of the judges of the general court for a writ of certiorari in the action for assault and battery brought against him in the court of hustings of Williamsburgh by Henry Wetherburne, ordinary keeper, of that city.


title: Document

originInfo: 1783-04-04Fredericksburg, Va.

namePart: Carter, Charles

namePart: Page, Mann

title: Document

abstracts: Bond for £341 8s. 7 1/2d., security for the delivery of five likely negroes, property of Carter and tendered by him to Page until they are sold by Larkin Stanard, sub-sheriff of Spotsylvania county, at Fredericksburg, May 18 next, to satisfy a writ of capias ad satis faciendum executed against Carter for £170 14s. 33/4;d. and costs, for Hugh Dunagha.


title: Letter to --his daughter-- Mrs. S. B. Nelson, Yorktown

namePart: Nelson, S. B.

namePart: Page, John

abstracts: Refers her to the bearer for news of himself; introduces Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop of Massachusetts, who have been in Richmond for a month with Col. Hichborn, the father of Mrs. Winthrop.


title: Letter to --

namePart: Carrington, Paul

title: Letter to --

abstracts: He had promised to go down to the house of his correspondent with Mr. Caldwell to settle Mr. Byrd's account, but sickness prevented; asks for the amount of the balance and for other information relative to Col. Byrd's case.


title: Letter to Col. Nicholas Cabell

originInfo: 1793-10-23Union Hill, Amherst County, Va.

namePart: Cabell, Nicholas

namePart: Cabell, William

title: Letter to Col. Nicholas Cabell

abstracts: Asks him, while at the Assembly, to speak to John Pendleton concerning the lots in Beverly town, Westham, that Pendleton supposed Cabell had received from his father, and which he was desirous of purchasing; asks Nicholas to have viewed and marked out his part of the road from Pounding Mill Creek to Swan Creek which the Court had ordered done; he will then have his own part opened before the next Court; if his son William should set off for Assembly before Nicholas he will trouble Nicholas with some petitions against the division of the city that are not yet at hand.


title: Letter to William B. Giles, M.C., Philadelphia

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Giles, William B.

namePart: Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789

abstracts: He will do all in his power to facilitate the collection of the debt with which Giles is charged; his father was never the owner of the land called Rapahosick, but he was the vendor of it with some other persons whom Nelson does not know; the original trustees are all dead, but he heard that Judge Nelson had been appointed to complete the trust; they are solicitous with regard to the outcome of the French commission; some few are regardless of a rupture with France who feared greatly a war with England three years ago.


title: Letter to Benjamin Harrison, jr., Richmond

namePart: Harrison, Benjamin Jr.

namePart: Harrison, Benjamin, ca. 1726-1791

abstracts: He failed to get the horse he wanted for Charles Harrison; if Mr. Morris will take £36 in wheat to be delivered to his order any time in September, in place of the £30 cash he asks for his horse, Harrison will take him.


title: Document

namePart: Fairfax, Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

title: Document

abstracts: Deed to Charles Broad water for 430 acres of land in Stafford county.


title: Document

namePart: Randolph, William

title: Document

abstracts: Bill of exchange on Messrs. Buchanan, merchants in London, for £30 at sixty days sight, in favor of Charles Steuart.


title: Document

originInfo: 1771-12-11Bucks County, Pa.

namePart: Bucks County (Pa.). Commission of the peace

title: Document

abstracts: Deposition of Andrew Allen, attorney general, that negro Carter slave of Thomas Buckman, shot and killed negress Lyd on Oct. 13, 1771.


title: Letter to the council of safety of Pennsylvania

originInfo: 1776-12-06Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: United States. War Department

abstracts: Directing them to provide immediately an escort of militia to attend the British prisoners from Philadelphia to Newtown, Bucks county, whence they are to be sent to the British lines as exchanges.


title: Letter to William Tilghman, Newtown, Md.

namePart: Tilghman, William

namePart: Livingston, James

abstracts: Asking him to take steps to recover a debt of £37 due to Livingston from Daniel Heath, the collection of which debt was intrusted to Tilghman by Mr. Lewis of Philadelphia.


title: Document

namePart: Virginia. Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Commission appointing James Browning and Benjamin Lillard, appointed justices of the peace on that same day for Culpeper county, commissioners of oyer and terminer for the trial of slaves in Culpeper county.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Land warrant for 6, 180 acres of land to Abraham Irvin, in consideration of three land-office treasury warrants, nos. 12,924, 12,925, 12,923, all issued July 9, 1782.


title: Letter to William Wilkinson, Wilmington, N. C.

namePart: Wilkinson, William

namePart: Harnett, Cornelius

abstracts: Introduces the bearer, [Arthur] Middleton; hopes that every civility will be shown to him and his family while in Wilmington; congratulates him on the glorious news inclosed.


title: Letter to Gov. Richard Caswell, N. C.

originInfo: 1777-06-25Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789

namePart: Penn, John

title: Letter to Gov. Richard Caswell, N. C.

abstracts: On his way hither he learned that salt sold at $20 a bushel in Maryland; a number of merchants have made it a business to buy up the necessaries of life in order to fix what price they please; cautions the Governor to prevent this pernicious practice in North Carolina; the enemy have retreated from Brunswick; Gen. Washington thinks that the willingness with which the militia turned out is one reason for their desire to get back to New York; the people here have postponed all disputes about their form of government.


title: Letter to Gen. J[ethro] Sumner, Bute County, N.C.

originInfo: 1779-01-16Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785

abstracts: Incloses his commission as brigadier general; Col. [James] Hogan also is appointed a brigadier general; North Carolina's recommendation of Col. [Thomas] Clark could not be complied with, as Hogan was the senior and had behaved well.


title: Letter to the General Assembly

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

title: Letter to the General Assembly

abstracts: Transmits certain resolves of Congress, namely, the articles of confederation, the address to the states, and resolves recommending taxation and confiscation.


title: Letter to -- --

originInfo: 1771-07-16Fort George, New York

namePart: Tryon, William, 1729-1788

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: He desires to know whether the King's salary is to be continued to him in the same channel through which Lord Dunmore received his, as Governor of New York; if so, he requests his correspondent to act as agent and transmit it quarterly from Boston; he believes that his salary ought to begin with the date on his commission, Jan. 19th, though Dunmore drew pay down to the 9th inst.


title: Letter to the House of Assembly

namePart: Middleton, Arthur

title: Letter to the House of Assembly

abstracts: The method of reading and passing bills which they have insisted upon is not agreeable to that which has been practised hitherto in the province, as they may find by reading their own journals; if they had desired an alteration, they should have proposed it at the beginning of the session; he regrets that so much time has been spent in disputes.


title: Document

namePart: South Carolina (Province). Governor

title: Document

abstracts: Grant to Francis Bremar of one hundred acres of land in Craven County. Printed form filled in.


title: Document

namePart: Smith, William

title: Document

abstracts: Certificate of honorable discharge of William Smith, drummer in the Royal American Regiment.


title: Letter to Charles Jenkinson [London]

originInfo: 1780-05-13Charles Town, S.C.

namePart: Jenkinson, Charles

namePart: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795

title: Letter to Charles Jenkinson [London]

abstracts: Transmits a half yearly certificate of general and staff officers on the establishment in North America under his command.


title: Autograph

namePart: Lynch, Thomas

title: Autograph

abstracts: "T Lynch Junr" on a small strip of paper.


title: Letter to Nathaniel Heyward, Charleston

namePart: Heyward, Nathaniel

namePart: Heyward, Thomas

title: Letter to Nathaniel Heyward, Charleston

abstracts: He has received a copy of Brailsford's bill from De Saussure; it avoids Nathaniel's claim or Marie's settlement, and is filled with abuse; he will attend when it comes before the court.


title: Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké

namePart: Grimké, John Faucheraud

namePart: Rutledge, Edward

title: Letter to [John Faucheraud] Grimké

abstracts: He examined the papers respecting Brisbane's bond, but was taken ill the same day; he is better, and desires an interview with Grimké.


title: Document

namePart: United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789

title: Document

abstracts: Proceedings of Congress relative to Lord Howe's request through Gen. Sullivan for a conference; Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge appointed a committee to confer; their report.


title: Letter to John Vaughan, Philadelphia

namePart: Vaughan, John

namePart: Pinckney, Thomas

title: Letter to John Vaughan, Philadelphia

abstracts: In order to pay for some machinery purchased of Mr. Dillot, he incloses some continental certificates which he desires Vaughan to sell at the market price and give Dillot credit for $265 of the proceeds.


title: Letter to John Fothergill [London]

originInfo: 1768-05-11Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Fothergill, John

namePart: Logan, William

title: Letter to John Fothergill [London]

abstracts: His two young sons will sail in the next ship with a party of Friends; they are to go to school with James Fell at Worcester, there being no suitable schoolmaster here, and the city being full of ensnaring youth on the high road to destruction; he desires Fothergill to advise and direct his son Will in his next steps after he shall have done with Dr. Hunter; touches on American affairs.


title: Letter to -- --

originInfo: 1822-07-11Prospect Hill, N.Y.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Genêt, Edmond Charles

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: Concerning payment of a note to the Mechanics' Bank.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: License for Edward Rutledge to be married by the Rev. Robert Cooper to Henrietta Middleton, Edward and John Rutledge binding themselves to the Lieutenant Governor in the sum of £2,000. Printed form filled in.


title: Letter to Henry [Middleton Rutledge, London?]

namePart: Rutledge, Henry M. (Henry Middleton), 1775-1844

abstracts: He is writing a long letter on private matters, which he will send by a safe hand; Henry's uncle, [Charles C.] Pinckney, is still with them, waiting for a vessel daily expected; advises Henry to take his law books with him when he goes to the Continent, and to be ready to join Gen. P[inckney] as soon as summoned.


title: Portrait

text: Sumter, Thomas

title: Portrait

abstracts: Vignette; bust; after C. W. Peale. Line. [New York? 1860?].


title: Letter to John Houstoun, South Carolina, by Capt. Hardy

namePart: Houstoun, John

namePart: Walton, George

abstracts: Requests him to transmit to him the great seal of the state; he is expected to take his seat in Congress as soon as possible; Walton intends to go at the first opening of spring, and if Houstoun does not go sooner he will be happy to serve with him.


title: Letter to Thomas Rasberry

namePart: Rasberry, Thomas

namePart: Ewen, William

title: Letter to Thomas Rasberry


title: Document

originInfo: 1788-01-09Chatham County, Ga.

title: Document

abstracts: Affidavit before Joseph Clay to the effect that he had been misled by the almanack into believing that the court of common pleas at Charleston, before which he had a cause depending in which Philip Hart is plaintiff, would not meet until the third Tuesday in February; that he learned from Edward Rutledge, on Jan. 3, that the court was to sit on Jan. 12; that he made all efforts to get his witnesses before the latter date, but found it impossible so to do; that he had transmitted to Charleston by Edward Penman the affidavit of Philip Minis, his principal witness, made before one of the assistant judges in Savannah; and that Philip Minis is now too ill to give his testimony viva voce.


title: Letter to --his son-- John McIntosh, Altamaha

originInfo: 1786-05-20Skidaway Island, Ga.

namePart: McIntosh, John

namePart: McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806

abstracts: Regrets to hear that he has rashly taken up a new scheme; he has obligations enough depending upon him now; requests him to attend without fail the next land court at Sunbury and to endeavor to get warrants for three or four thousand acres in Liberty and from five to seven thousand in Glynn county in his father's name; urges him to come thence in his boat and to bring all his papers with him so that his father may aid him in settling his affairs.


title: Letter to Messrs. Swen and O'Brien, Treasurers

namePart: Swen,

namePart: O'Brien,

namePart: Gwinnett, Button

abstracts: Requesting them to exchange for the bearer. Capt. Clement Nash two hundred dollars Georgia money for two hundred dollars Continental currency to enable him to proceed on the recruiting service.


title: Document

namePart: Zubly, John Joachim

title: Document


title: Plan

title: Plan

abstracts: Georgia, Parish of St. John. Plan of The Town of Sunbury containing 3430 Feet in length from North to South, & 2230 in Breadth on the South Side, & 1880 in breadth on the North. [Also:] List of The Proprietors of The Town of Sunbury, in Georgia. Manuscript [drawn by C. C. Jones, Jr., from the original in his possession, 1876].


title: Letter to John Houstoun

originInfo: 1773-03-20Saint Andrews Parish, Ga.

namePart: Drayton, Stephen

title: Letter to John Houstoun

abstracts: Complaining of the deception practised upon him with regard to real estate by Button Gwinnett; recites in detail the troubles between them; to show in part, how great injury has been done him by Gwinnett, he sends Houstoun a note of £20 as part payment.


title: Letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir George Yonge, Bart. [Secretary at War]

originInfo: 1784-10-04Whitehall, London

namePart: Yonge, George

namePart: Lennox, Charles, 3d Duke of Richmond and Lennox

abstracts: Transmits to him the enclosed etter from his nephew Lord Edward Fitzgerald; so much depends upon consideration of the regulations established in his office, the time when they were to take effect, and the practice of the army, that he does not presume to judge on the matter himself but leaves the decision to Yonge.


title: Letter to [Charles] Lee

namePart: Lee, Charles

namePart: Bulloch, Archibald

title: Letter to [Charles] Lee

abstracts: They hasten to assure him that they believed always that he would exert himself to the utmost for the colonies; they would not desire to know anything that would be inconsistent with his honor to communicate to them; they apprehend that his request relative to Messrs. Bryan and Toyner must have risen from wrong intimation; they know of no counter orders; before receipt of his letter they had issued orders to Captain Thomas Morris; they will be obliged if Captain Toyner will assist him.


title: Document

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Maryland. General Assembly

title: Document

abstracts: Instructions to William Smith, Benjamin Rumsey, and Charles Carroll, delegates in Congress, directing them to move for a confederacy of the states, and specifying certain conditions to be maintained.


title: Document

originInfo: 1781-03-01Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789

title: Document

abstracts: In pursuance of an act of the Legislature of Maryland, John Hanson and Daniel Carroll, delegates, ratified the Articles of Confederation.


title: Document

namePart: New Hampshire. House of Representatives

title: Document

abstracts: Report of committee appointed to consider losses of officers and soldiers that have suffered in the service, recommending payment to David Johnson of Capt. Wait's company, Col. Beddle's regiment for loss of a gun valued at £3 12s., and 42s. payment to Dr. Abraham Downer of Charlestown for dressing the wound of Caleb Hunt of Capt. Blodget's company of Col. Hale's regiment, and £3 4s. payment for nursing Benjamin Phillips, of Capt. Stone's company of Col. Scammel's regiment.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Vote appointing [Abiel] Foster, [Moses] Carr, [Moses] Nichols, [Elisha] Whitcomb, and [Joseph] Dow a committee to nominate ten persons, of whom five shall be appointed a committee of safety.


title: Letter

namePart: Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808

namePart: Hancock, John, 1737-1793

title: Letter

abstracts: Recommending Dr. [William?] Scollay, who goes to New York to seek reimbursement for medicines taken from his shop for the use of British troops.


title: Letter

namePart: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

namePart: Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

title: Letter

abstracts: Asking him to suggest some mode by which T. Chase, late deputy quartermaster, may be reimbursed for money advanced to the government during the war.


title: Letter

namePart: Bowdoin, James

namePart: Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

title: Letter

abstracts: Acknowledges letter by Capt. Walden who has made propositions to supply copper half-pence to the amount of £100,000; the business of a mint has been under consideration of a committee, whose report he incloses; the Board of Treasury will examine Walden's affairs.


title: EM. 4164

title: EM. 4164


title: EM. 4165

title: EM. 4165


title: EM. 4171

title: EM. 4171


title: Letter

namePart: Cooke, Joseph P.

namePart: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796

title: Letter

abstracts: To Joseph P. Cooke [Danbury]. A letter from the Secretary of Congress informs him that seven states only are represented, and urges the attendance of delegates from this state; Dr. [William Samuel] Johnson being detained at Philadelphia in convention, it is expected that Cooke and [Stephen Mix] Mitchell will attend.


title: EM. 4179

title: EM. 4179


title: Letter

originInfo: 1776-06-05Hartford, Conn.

namePart: Tallcott, Matthew

namePart: Hosmer, Titus

namePart: Hamlin, Jabez

title: Letter

abstracts: It seems to be the sense of the Assembly that the lead mine should be pushed with the utmost diligence; they ask him to consult with [Thomas] Bidwell as to improvements in the furnace.


title: Letter

namePart: Clinton, James

namePart: Duer, William

title: Letter

abstracts: He has learned that two companies purpose setting out this evening to join the enemy; they will be assembled before daylight at a house five miles from New Windsor, where a party will intercept them if possible; Clinton must keep out scouting parties, especially in the neighborhood of Smith's tavern; the men have all procured or forged passes; every man found on the road must be held; there is a regular officer among them, who has been concealed for some time in the country.


title: Letter

originInfo: 1778-02-17Camp Valley Forge

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

namePart: Morris, Gouverneur

title: Letter

abstracts: An American army in the bosom of America is about to disband for want of something to eat; three times the troops have been on the point of disbanding; the neighboring country has been laid under contribution to no purpose; the sly broad-brims are assiduous in undermining their resources; when the Americans are starved from a piece of ground it smiles with abundance for Howe; desertion prevails in the British Army; with their own the wonder is that any stay, having neither clothes, food, wood nor straw; asks for a return of the officers in Gansevoort, Van Schaick's and Dubois's regiments with information as to their relative merits; entreats him to raise a tax of at least half a million dollars; only by taxation can the war be ended.


title: EM. 4194

title: EM. 4194