title: Letter to William Carmichael, in Congress, Philadelphia

namePart: Chase, Samuel

abstracts: Acknowledges receipt of letter of the 24th inst.; anxious to have answers to his queries; believes hostilities have begun between Spain and Great Britain; asks him to send the manifesto of Spain as soon as he can get it; goes to Chester on Sunday; asks him to visit him there when on his way down.


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namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

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abstracts: Has received on the 20th inst. the Bank port bills for $1,500 forwarded by him; account of gold sent; other business matters.

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title: Letter

originInfo: 1779-11-23Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Forbes, James

title: Letter

abstracts: Acknowledges receipt of letter of the 19th inst.; the army is going into winter quarters; Congress recommended [Nov. 19] to the states to limit prices not to exceed those of 1774 by more than twenty for one; if this measure and the raising of taxes are complied with, a stop may be put to the amazing depreciation of the currency; hopes to see him soon, as some of the new delegates are expected in Congress.


title: Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland, Prince George's Co

namePart: Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

namePart: Forrest, Uriah

abstracts: Speaks of the delays attending the execution of business at Baltimore; he is unwell but cannot leave until Thursday; rumors that a ship from L'Orient, intended for Baltimore, has arrived in New York, also that the negotiators from England, America and France have agreed on thirty-eight preliminary articles, and for each article they drank a bumper of wine.


title: Letter to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, President of the Senate

namePart: Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas

namePart: Goldsborough, Robert

abstracts: Has received his letters; would have attended the Senate at the beginning of the sessions, but the county court has been sitting until last Saturday, and he could not leave; a violent cold prevents him from setting out immediately for Annapolis, but if he can get a boat he will come in a few days; thinks it hard that out of such a number of members a senate could not be made up without obliging him to risk his health.


title: Letter to George Plater, President of the Senate of Maryland [Annapolis]

namePart: Plater, George

namePart: Hall, John

abstracts: Acknowledges receipt of his letter of the 16th inst.; cannot attend the Senate at present, owing to his ill health; a full representation is doubtless to be wished for, especially for the discussion of such important questions as the currency; hopes to attend by the time the gentlemen can arrive from the Eastern Shore; they must be indulgent to his old age.


title: Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland

originInfo: 1781-10-02Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Hanson, John

abstracts: General Washington after his visit to Count de Grasse at Cape Henry returned to Williams-burgh the 23d ult.; he says that the Admiral is ready to cooperate against Cornwallis; the vessels from the head of Elk have arrived and are debarking the troops; accounts from New York say that the enemy suffered greatly in the engagement with the Count de Grasse; the Count's own account; Cornwallis's fate now seems inevitable; on the return of the fleet the British troops destined for the southward were landed on Staten Island because of sickness; they are there still.


title: Document

originInfo: 1779-11-17Charles County, Md.

namePart: Charles County (Md.). County Court

title: Document

abstracts: Certificate of John Gwinn, clerk of the court, that Walter Hanson and William Harrison, signers of the above acknowledgment (all of which has been cut away except their signatures) are Justices of the Peace for the county, legally authorized and commissioned. Written on the back of a fragment of a transfer of real estate from Henry Riddell to Robert Peter.


title: Document

namePart: Harrison, William

title: Document

abstracts: Receipt for £170 from William Patterson on account of John Skyren of Philadelphia as a payment from Colin & James Ross of Fredericksburg.


title: Letter to John Galloway, Chestertown [Md.]

originInfo: 1778-01-12Queen Anne County, Md.

namePart: Galloway, John

namePart: Hemsley, William

abstracts: His children, Nancy and Phil, are dangerously ill; has written to Mr. Morris that he has no sterling money and can only pay in paper; incloses a letter for Mr. Morris; would be glad to hear from Galloway so as to arrive at some resolution about the payment.


title: Letter to [Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland.]

originInfo: 1780-07-25Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Henry, John

abstracts: Has received his letter and will exert influence in favor of the gentleman recommended; the half of the Acts of the General Assembly which he has just received will be sent to Europe in a few days, by [Henry] Laurens; the remainder will be forwarded by some other opportunity; conjectures as to the destination of the English fleet of sixty sail which left New York on Wednesday last; strength of the French fleet, and land forces; reports from John Adams of encouraging prospects in England for American affairs.


title: Letter to the Council of Safety of Maryland

originInfo: 1776-02-05Talbot County, Md.

namePart: Hindman, William

abstracts: An opportunity offering by the Michael's River packet, he writes in behalf of William Frazier, who desires an appointment as third lieutenant in Captain Hindman company; the application was delayed until the consent of his parents was obtained; the appointment would be pleasing to Captain Hindman and his officers; if agreeable, Mr. Gibson will bring over the commission for him.


title: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Horatio Gates, Philadelphia

namePart: Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

namePart: Howard, John Eager

abstracts: Would gladly accompany him to New York and Long Island, but cannot leave his law business; Dr. Tillotson is staying with him, having returned from the Eastern Shore; thanks Gates for having made them acquainted; is surprised that he does not mention a certain lady in his letter, for he hears he has been at Hackettstown and New York since he last saw him; nor does he mention Miss Ch–w, whom Howard desires greatly to meet; sends compliments to Armstrong.


title: Letter

originInfo: 1780-10-02Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

title: Letter

abstracts: Has been ill for a week; will start for Maryland as soon as he is able to travel; Congress is without credit or money; does not know what is to be done with Gates; thinks General Small wood should have the command; Gates will undergo a court of inquiry; uncertain whether André is to be executed as a spy or pardoned on discovery of accomplices; report that the Spaniards have sailed from Havana with 20,000 troops for Pensacola and St. Augustine; no news from the French fleet.


title: Letter to the delegates from Maryland in Congress

namePart: Johnson, Thomas

abstracts: The 80,000 dollars have just arrived; if they could be equally successful in procuring about 2,000 stand of arms, their friends at home would be much better off; the look-out boats have not yet returned; the report is that the British are 3,000 strong, that they have burned Suffolk and returned again to Portsmouth; the Virginia militia are turning out well; if the enemy are but 3,000 strong they shall not have Baltimore without a struggle, nor should they Annapolis if there were 2,000 more stand of arms.


title: Letter

namePart: Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

title: Letter

abstracts: Removal of the Convention troops to Fort Frederick ought not be deferred a moment; Mr. Murdock is well supplied and will furnish the necessary provisions for the guard and the prisoners on the way; an order inclosed for $375 on the collector of Frederick County, for the expenses of the officer to be sent with the British officers to Connecticut; hope the indulgence to the officers to remain until the 25th inst. may be revoked; cannot give Surgeon Carroll leave to visit his relative at Elk Ridge; recommend that the Convention troops, when at Fort Frederick, be under the care of Col. Rawlings.


title: Letter

originInfo: 1777-09-30Frederick Town, Md.

namePart: Lloyd, Edward

title: Letter

abstracts: His long absence from Council is due to the gout; is sorry not to be able to attend at so critical a time; hears that Congress has removed to York, and that the armies are still in the same situation as reported on. Thursday by Mr. Jones; the militia behaved badly and the regular force is not strong enough; only a spirited exertion of the militia can save the country; asks what the Council are doing.


title: Letter to the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College [Chestertown, Md.]

namePart: Lloyd, James

abstracts: Tendering his resignation as a member of the board.


title: Letter to William Tilghman, Easton [Md.]

namePart: Tilghman, William

namePart: Martin, Luther

abstracts: Sickness will prevent his seeing him for some time; when he comes, will bring the list of the fortunate number in the lottery; Mr. S. C. [Samuel Chase] is appointed judge, hopes he will accept; has written to the court to have his trial business continued; asks him, together with Mr. Wright and Mr. Scott, to look after his actions when not engaged on the opposite side.


title: Letter

originInfo: 1785-07-04Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: McHenry, James

title: Letter

abstracts: Has been on a visit to this place for a few days; as Mr. John Henry will leave New York to-morrow he will return thither reluctantly; but it is necessary that the State should be represented; the requisition for '75 has not yet passed, the old paper money is still before Congress, besides other important questions; he cannot stay beyond the end of August; has drawn upon him accordingly for two months; enters at length into the money relations between Maryland and the United States.


title: Letter to [Thomas Harwood, Treasurer, Western Shore.]

namePart: Harwood, Thomas

namePart: Paca, William, 1740-1799

namePart: Maryland. Governor

abstracts: Recommending, by virtue of "An Act enabling the Governor to exercise certain Powers therein mentioned," that Capt. Perry Benson of the 1st Regiment, Maryland line, wounded at Ninety-Six [S. C.], receive $20 a month half pay from Nov. 15, 1783, on which date his full pay ceased.


title: Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland, Annapolis

originInfo: 1782-07-15St. Mary's County, Md.

namePart: Plater, George

abstracts: Regrets that he and Mrs. Plater cannot accept the invitation of the French minister to attend the celebration of the birth of the Dauphin.


originInfo: 1781-07-17Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Potts, Richard

abstracts: No authentic information from the south; gives contents of official letters coming down to Mar. 7, from the British Ministry to their commander-in-chief and heads of departments in America; they were captured in a packet and transmitted to Congress by John Jay; he must return on the first of Aug. to attend the courts; expects to be relieved by Mr. Hanson; humiliating position of the delegates in having to depend on their friends for support; has just heard from the State Agent that tobacco is at hand for their relief; news of the reduction of Augusta, but nothing official from Ninety-Six.


title: Letter to General Otho H. Williams, Baltimore, Md

originInfo: 1791-11-27Carpenter's Point, N.Y.

namePart: Williams, Otho H.

namePart: Ramsay, Nathaniel

abstracts: Agrees to sell him a certain lot of ground that adjoins his land; will leave the price to. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Potts or Mr. Murdock; the certificate is in the land office or with the Examiner; the purchase money is paid and it requires only a simple assignment; on Mr. Baker's return the interest and some of the principal shall be remitted at the first opportunity; Mrs. Ramsay has just presented him with a scrawny faced boy; would like to go down to Baltimore and stay for a few days.


title: Letter to Samuel Stringer [Albany, N. Y.?]

namePart: Stringer, Samuel

namePart: Ridgely, Richard

abstracts: Has been at this place for some days working at his profession, though the prospects are not good, owing to the stagnation of commerce and the depression of the currency; thinks peace is near; depravity of the British leaders and Gov. Johnstone; the family are well; Fred will not return to Maryland until he has visited Albany; he himself is too much entangled in business; thinks of establishing himself in Baltimore.


namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Rogers, John

abstracts: Thinks hard money is the most useful thing in the world and therefore will wait until Mr. Harrison can find a convenient opportunity of sending the cash to Annapolis; fears the Governor has been put to some perplexity about his money and other city affairs; infirmities will soon compel him to come to the metropolis, or to resign; Mr. Jennings promised that he or J. Bullen would write about Rutland's house, but they have not done so; his disapproval of the civil list as settled by the Assembly.


title: Letter to Seaborn Jones, Augusta, Ga

namePart: Jones, Seaborn

namePart: Ross, David

title: Letter to Seaborn Jones, Augusta, Ga

abstracts: Is glad to hear from his letter of the 10th inst. that he has received Murray's bond and the advice from Crawford that the money deposited with him for Patrick Napier is still in his hands; other business matters; asks for information as to Col. John Allison who removed from Alexandria to Georgia; asks if the compromise which has taken place between Georgia and Congress will influence the value of the certificates.


title: Letter to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer [Annapolis]

namePart: Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas

namePart: Rumsey, Benjamin

abstracts: Wishes to buy a bill of exchange for £100 at 30 days sight; asks him, as he is at the Capitol, to make inquiries on the subject, especially as he shall want to send about £500 more in draughts in the fall.


title: Letter to Robert Gilmore, Baltimore, Md.

namePart: Gilmore, Robert

namePart: Scott, Gustavus

abstracts: Acknowledges his letter concerning Mr. Ralph; has no doubt Ralph will ultimately be able to pay; expects to see him soon.


title: Letter to William Tilghman, Philadelphia

namePart: Tilghman, William

namePart: Seney, Joshua

abstracts: The death of his father makes it necessary for him to give particular attention to his business; asks if Tilghman has any papers relating thereto, or if they were turned over to other hands previous to his departure for Philadelphia; is going to Queen Anne; asks about a debt for which Mr. Austin has a judgment.


title: Letter to William Tilghman, Cecil Co., Md

namePart: Smith, William

abstracts: Asks him to send back by the bearer, Mr. William Mathews, the balance due on Williamson & Lurby's bond, after deducting his fee; denies the truth of Lurby's statement that he had taken an order on John Merryman of Baltimore for more than £200; Williamson is well able to pay if the sheriff or his security does his duty.


title: Letter to his sister Watty [Philadelphia]

originInfo: 1783-04-27Port Tobacco, Md.

namePart: Stone, Thomas

abstracts: She is to deliver the inclosed letter to Lawrence Washington, if in Philadelphia; his father returns thanks for her kindness; neither Mr. Mason nor himself can go to the county where the charge against him will be examined; it is desired that the young gentleman remain in Philadelphia until he hears further from his father.


title: Document

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

title: Document

abstracts: Extract from the journal, certifying that Thomas Stone of Maryland attended and took his seat.


title: Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland

namePart: Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

namePart: Tilghman, Matthew

abstracts: Has received his letter in council of the 1st inst.; it shall be laid before the special council at their next meeting; the blank commissions are received, and the barges are being fitted out with all speed; fears the late resolution of the Assembly respecting the Treasury will retard somewhat their equipment; the approach of so large an army is alarming; if the State is invaded, help from one shore to the other will be cut off; asks for information by every opportunity.


title: Letter to [Thomas Johnson, Governor of Maryland.]

originInfo: 1777-06-05Queenstown, Md.

namePart: Johnson, Thomas

namePart: Wright, Turbutt

abstracts: Incloses the commissions with certificates that no person named therein has qualified; thinks it necessary that others should be appointed in place of those who have refused to act, especially as it requires three judges to constitute a court; has heard no opinion as to the legality of issuing another commission in the present state of the old one; Solomon Wright has been made clerk of their county court; he would doubtless be willing to accept the post of-clerk of the special court.


title: Document

originInfo: 1755Henrico County, Va.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Adams, Thomas

title: Document

abstracts: Bill for 150 [pounds of tobacco?] due from William Battersby to the Clerk of Henrico for clerical work.


title: Letter

originInfo: 1782-06Hatcher's Run, Dinwiddie County, Va.

namePart: Banister, John

title: Letter

abstracts: Hears that a new law is in passage for raising Virginia's quota of continental troops; if so, those counties that have raised troops under the last law should be considered, that some provision may be made, equal to what was promised by that law to the recruits; asks him to lay the matter before some of the best and most rational members; any just compensation for the former bounty would satisfy the men; has been detained at home for several weeks by sickness.


title: Letter to Doctor [Thomas] Dawson, President of William and Mary College, Va.

namePart: Dawson, Thomas

namePart: Bland, Richard

abstracts: Mr. Currie desires to be Surveyor of Prince George, in place of Col. Boiling deceased; be will be his security and will execute a bond when he next comes to town; will also execute at that time the bond he gave when Currie was appointed surveyor of Chesterfield.


title: Letter to Arthur Lee, New York

namePart: Lee, Arthur

namePart: Bland, Theodoric

title: Letter to Arthur Lee, New York

abstracts: Giving an account of current politics in Virginia, his views on relinquishing to Spain the navigation of the Mississippi, and on the commercial policy of the country with Spain and Great Britain.


title: Letter to [Col. William Cabell, Amherst Co., Va.]

namePart: Cabell, William

namePart: Braxton, Carter

abstracts: Old Roark delivered his letter informing him of the sale of Seaton's negroes and part of his land; is willing to take the remaining part; will leave it to him and Mr. Allen to decide as to the purchase of the land on Huff's Creek; is determined to rebuild his mill; asks about the transportation of wheat to Westham; will get the deed of Manesis [Manassas?] executed; death of Governor Fouquier; the Assembly will probably meet the last of the month; fears the old president will hardly keep himself awake to deliver a speech.


title: Letter to Harry Innis, Danville, Ky

namePart: Innis, Harry

namePart: Brown, John

title: Letter to Harry Innis, Danville, Ky

abstracts: Thinks that Kentucky, if application were made, would be admitted into the Union with no opposition, as Vermont is expected to come in with the consent of New York; urges a change in the representation; the Governor of the Western Territory [Arthur St. Clair] sets out in a few days; Maj. Dunn's fate has created a bad impression concerning Mrs. Dunn; he found the Dutch ambassador and his daughter well; he esteems her as a friend but she could not be happy in Kentucky and he is determined to live there.


title: Letter to Alexander Campbell

namePart: Campbell, Alexander

namePart: Carrington, Edward

title: Letter to Alexander Campbell

abstracts: Samuel Hanson, Port Inspector of Alexandria, reports seizure of a hogshead of foreign rum, shipped on the sloop Jaby by Thomas McElderry of Baltimore for Robert Peter of Georgetown; it was seized because without marks or certificate; asks him to institute proceedings.


title: Letter to the Commissioner of Loans of Pennsylvania

namePart: Dawson, John

abstracts: Has received several letters from Mr. John Nicholson of Richmond, Va., relative to a claim purchased from Walker Baylor, which is now by some means in the Pennsylvania commissioner's office; asks to be informed of the state of the case.


title: Letter

namePart: Fitzhugh, William

title: Letter

abstracts: His letter addressed to the care of Wilson & Co. at Alexandria has just come; thanks him for advance of £500 would not have shipped his tobacco to any other house; will try to return part of the money, but has just purchased 500 acres of land near by, which he must either pay for soon or lose.


title: Letter to William N. Fleming, Healing Springs, Louisa

namePart: Fleming, William N.

namePart: Fleming, William

abstracts: At his daughter Markham's is an account of his advances for John Markham since the execution of the deed of trust; refuses to be responsible for any debts contracted by Markham since then.


title: Letter to [Col. John Laurens, Charleston, S. C.]

originInfo: 1780-05-01Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Laurens, John, 1754-1782

namePart: Grayson, William

abstracts: Tells of the recent votes in Congress to make good to the officers and soldiers the depreciation of the currency; news of the movements of various bodies of troops; great anxiety about Charleston.


title: Letter to James Brown, Richmond

originInfo: 1794-12-26Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Brown, James

namePart: Griffin, Cyrus

title: Letter to James Brown, Richmond

abstracts: Was disappointed in not seeing him; Mr. Marshall delivered some papers which he will sign, if that was Brown's intention; other business matters; his son will return to Virginia in October; desires that Brown should continue to supply him.


title: Letter to [Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia.]

namePart: Harrison, Benjamin, ca. 1726-1791

namePart: Hardy, Samuel

abstracts: News of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; speculations as to the commercial policy of Great Britain with reference to the U. S.; sketch of a proposed treaty by the King of Prussia sent over by Adams; arrest and trial of Longchamps; Van Berckel and Marbois, the Dutch and French ministers, are dissatisfied with the decision in the case and suggest laws similar to those in Europe for the protection of foreign ministers; he thinks the Legislature should anticipate a recommendation on the subject from Congress.


title: Letter to Col. William Fleming and the Kentucky commissioners

namePart: Virginia. Governor

abstracts: Orders for their proceedings; speaks of the money sent on for them, and leaves matters largely to their discretion.


title: Letter

namePart: Harvie, John

title: Letter

abstracts: Authorizing him to sell, if he gets a good price, the within mentioned lands, taken by him in discharge of a debt; they were valued by Messrs. Johnson and Price at the figures herein given; would be willing to sell them for any currency that would be received at the Continental Treasury, in payment of a balance due from Mr. George Webb, late Continental Receiver in Virginia, for whom he is bound as security.


title: Document

namePart: Henry, James

title: Document

abstracts: Receipt for £194 for attendance as a delegate at the May session of the Assembly.


title: Letter to [Philip Payne, L. Island, Va.]

originInfo: 1798-03Red Hill, Va.

namePart: Payne, Philip

namePart: Henry, Patrick

abstracts: A man who lives near claims a certain steer in Henry's possession; the man's conduct is suspicious; he says Bradley did not post the steer according to law; but the fellow has waited until Bradley's evidence would be unavailable in case of a suit; asks Payne to ride over and satisfy the man; has never in his life been sued on his own account, and such a thing would give him more concern than fifty times the value of the steer; after all, the man may be right.


title: Letter to Col. James Wood

namePart: Wood, James

namePart: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

title: Letter to Col. James Wood

abstracts: Has delayed answering his letters of April 12 and 23 because unable to get a council until five days ago; Captain Cherry's complaint about his rank is just; explains the method used in ranking supernumeraries and officers of the new battalions; sends five new commissions for certain officers, their old ones being revoked; clothing will be sent as soon as possible; order in which the different corps are to be furnished with it; Mr. McNiell, of the British prisoners, has permission to go to the warm springs.


title: Letter to Theodoric Bland, Philadelphia

namePart: Bland, Theodoric

namePart: Jones, Joseph

title: Letter to Theodoric Bland, Philadelphia

abstracts: Maintaining that the United States should not relinquish their claim to the free navigation of the Mississippi; the interests of the southern states and of the future western states are to be resigned for an assurance of independence and a subsidy; reasons why this should not be done; a firm stand should be made for American pretensions; any yielding will strengthen Spain in her claims.


title: Letter to Thomas Hutchins, Geographer to the United States, Philadelphia

namePart: Hutchins, Thomas

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

abstracts: The committee for viewing the banks of the Potomac [B. Hawkins, E. Gerry, D. Carroll, J. F. Mercer, H. Williamson], ask him to come to Annapolis as quickly as possible, for they intend to start as soon as he can attend.


title: Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?]

originInfo: 1776-07-16Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

namePart: Lee, Francis Lightfoot

abstracts: Telling him of the movements of Lord Howe and the armies round New York; news by Col. W. Alleyn from Crown Point; Burgoyne at St. Johns with 1,000 men; trouble expected with the Indians; 20,000 men will soon be ready to defend the Jerseys; Washington has as many as he wants; urges his brother to come on; otherwise the State will be unrepresented, for Mr. Jefferson is determined to go home, the terms of Cols. Harrison and Braxton expire Aug. 11, and he does not know when to expect Mr. Wythe.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Statement of account with the State of Virginia, for attendance in Congress at different periods from Apr. 1775 to Apr. 20, 1779; dates, travelling expenses, and cash received from various sources are stated.


title: Letter to [Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland.]

namePart: Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

namePart: Lee, Henry

abstracts: Speaks of the military movements in the north; arrival of Rodney; Washington's visit to Hartford to meet the French admiral and general; his own views as to the necessity for a strong central government, the management of the army, reform in the finances and the effect of foreign troops on supplies for the army.


title: Letter to John Page, Williamsburg, Va

originInfo: 1779-04-04Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Page, John

title: Letter to John Page, Williamsburg, Va

abstracts: Incloses extract of a letter which leads him to suppose that certain stores are safe; various movements of French ships; speaks of the adventures of Ford, Arthur Lee's secretary in Paris; suspicion has fallen on him and he will probably not be retained; report that Count d'Estaing has beaten Gen. Grant in St. Lucia; failure of Clinton's last expedition in the Sound; Spain seems likely to join in the war; if so, Great Britain must yield.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Statement of account with the State of Virginia, for 93 days attendance in Congress from Sept. 1775 to Jan. 1776, and for 5 days in the Convention, with travelling expenses.


title: Letter to [George Washington?]

originInfo: 1780-12-21Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Washington, George, 1732-1799

namePart: Madison, James, 1751-1836

title: Letter to [George Washington?]

abstracts: They have received a letter from Peter Thornton, saying that he escaped lately from New York and was detained now by "your Excellency," until they shall testify in his favor; they know his father and think he may be allowed to proceed as far as Philadelphia where they will examine further into the truth of his story. In the handwriting of James Madison.


title: Letter to James Monroe, Richmond

originInfo: 1788-11-05Gunston Hall, Va.

namePart: Monroe, James, 1758-1831

namePart: Mason, George

title: Letter to James Monroe, Richmond

abstracts: Suggesting that the tobacco paid into the state treasury for taxes might profitably be disposed of through his son John Mason, who has gone into partnership with two Maryland gentlemen named Fenwick, and has recently sailed for Bordeaux where the firm does a large business in tobacco; asks him to lay the matter before his colleague, Mr. Dawson, and the Assembly.


title: Letter to Michael Gratz, Lancaster, Penn

originInfo: 1778-06-29Fredericksburg, Va.

namePart: Gratz, Michael

namePart: Mercer, James

abstracts: Now that the British have left Philadelphia, he wishes information of his affairs transacted by Mr. Abrahams, and of his account current.


title: Letter to John Fitzgerald, Alexandria [Va.]

namePart: Fitzgerald, John

namePart: Mercer, John Francis

abstracts: The bills which were to have been forwarded to Annapolis should be sent instead to Baltimore, as he is about to leave for that place.


title: Letter to John Brackenridge, Kentucky

namePart: Brackenridge, John

title: Letter to John Brackenridge, Kentucky

abstracts: Congratulates him on his arrival and good prospects; the French minister has slighted the President, and the monarchy party are trying to separate the country, from France and pave the way to a connection with Great Britain; Jay and King have certified the indiscretion charged to the French minister and handed it to the public printer; friends of republican government should be on their guard.


title: Letter to George Washington

originInfo: 1781-09-16Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789

title: Letter to George Washington

abstracts: So many vessels have been destroyed by the enemy that he fears the state supplies will come in slowly; asks if a few empty transports could be spared from the French fleet.


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Statement of account with the State of Virginia for attendance in Congress, from Sept. 10, 1775 to Apr. 1777; dates, travelling expenses and receipts are specified.


title: Letter to Alexander Donald

originInfo: 1790-06-20Mannsfield, Va.

namePart: Donald, Alexander

namePart: Page, Mann

title: Letter to Alexander Donald

abstracts: Has just returned from a visit to Richmond, therefore did not answer sooner; as to accounts with the house of Donald & Burton, sends papers to show that he has paid the one specified; is sorry Donald is about to leave Virginia; fears he has disappointed Donald by trusting too much to Col. Washington's engagement; can make no engagement for the payment of debts due from Col. Tayloe's estate within the time specified.


title: Letter

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Pendleton, Edmund

title: Letter

abstracts: Giving his views on the constitution; thinks amendments should come subsequent to adoption; would trust the great principles, such as freedom of the press, trial by jury, etc., to the principle that the people retain all powers not expressly granted; disapproves making the Senate the executive council; so too the President's power of giving final force to treaties; thinks the plan of organizing the courts will be inconvenient to distant citizens.


title: Letter to George Washington, Cambridge [Mass.]

originInfo: 1776-01-26Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

abstracts: Has been trying to collect the journal and ordinances of the last state convention, to send him, but Purdie is backward in publishing them; a skirmish, Sunday, was favorable; the Colony's armed vessels serve to check Lord Dunmore's tenders; Mr. Custis's tenement has been burned, through carelessness of soldiers quartered there; thinks the country should be answerable for it; the convention has established a court of admiralty, and has recommended free trade to Congress.


title: Document

namePart: Randolph, John

title: Document

abstracts: Bond of £400, from John and Peyton Randolph to William, David, and Matthew Sims, as security on removing a suit brought by the latter against John Randolph from the county court to the general court.


title: Letter to James Webb

namePart: Webb, James

namePart: Smith, Merewether

title: Letter to James Webb

abstracts: Is unwell; Mr. Howerton told him that a motion would be attempted this court, against him (Smith), concerning Clement's executors vs. Smith; asks him to stop it; the execution ought not to have issued as it did.


title: Letter

namePart: Walker, John

title: Letter

abstracts: Will send his wheat by the first conveyance; has not received accounts for last year's tobacco; Dunbar was to have sent him some old spirits; they may be forwarded in the wagon with the wheat-fan, and the things from Martinique; list of articles to be sent for Mrs. Walker.


title: Letter to [Gen. Adam Stephen.]

namePart: Stephen, Adam

namePart: Washington, George, 1732-1799

title: Letter to [Gen. Adam Stephen.]

abstracts: Thanks him for his congratulations on the discovery of the vile machinations of ministerial agents; their measures have recoiled so far on their own heads except in Canada; news of the movement of the fleet under Lord Howe, and of the British troops on Staten Island; the 3d and 9th of July recalled to him their escape at Great Meadows and on the Monongahela; he prays that the same Providence will protect them now.


title: Letter to Robert Carter, Nomoni, Va

originInfo: 1772-05-29Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Wythe, George

title: Letter to Robert Carter, Nomoni, Va

abstracts: Hopes he arrived safely; incloses copy of a letter he wrote to Mr. Fauquier about the affairs of the latter's father; anxious to be rid of the troublesome business.


title: Letter to Brigadier-General [Jethro] Sumner

namePart: Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785

namePart: Ashe, John Baptista

abstracts: Is undecided what road to take, knowing that Sumner had gone to Charlotte; has ordered Dr. Love to set out on the next day with what clothing he could collect; two wagon loads of medical supplies are on the road from Philadelphia; a South Carolina officer, taken at the fall of Charleston, reports that the Americans captured the last lot of British despatches to New York; they show that Lord Adam Gordon [Lord George Gordon?] heads 50,000 men resolute for peace or American independence; increasing commotions in other European states; Major [Pinketham] Eaton, himself and some others set out to join Sumner on the next day.


title: Document

originInfo: 1803-12Wilmington, N.C.

namePart: Bloodworth, Timothy

title: Document

abstracts: Receipt from the Naval Office for fees for December 1803, amounting to $39.771/2.


title: Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee

originInfo: 1797-06-23Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Sevier, John

namePart: Blount, William

abstracts: Incloses papers with news of the peace of Campo Formio; its effect upon England; proposed invasion of Ireland; British budget calls for £42,776,000 -- a proof of the distress of its funds; Elbridge Gerry is appointed envoy to France in place of Francis Dana who resigned; Gerry and Marshall will leave soon to join Pinckney, at present in Amsterdam; difference of opinion in Philadelphia as to war with France; subjoins titles, and notes on the fate of six bills respecting arming in anticipation of war; revenue for the year will be raised by indirect, not by direct taxes as Tennessee feared; has forwarded to each member of the General Assembly of Tennessee newspapers containing official documents that relate to the survey of the boundary between the United States and Spain.


title: Letter to [Thomas Hart?]

originInfo: 1779-02-13Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Hart, Thomas

namePart: Burke, Thomas

title: Letter to [Thomas Hart?]

abstracts: Sends by Joseph Sharp Jr., who is about to set off for Hillsborough, newspapers which will give all the news he can at present communicate; hopes and expects to be relieved soon; at all events, he intends to start for home on March 15th if he can do it consistently with the public service.


title: Document

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

title: Document

abstracts: Notes on the debates in Congress, February 20, 21, 24, 26 at Baltimore, and in March at Philadelphia, with regard to retaliation for the treatment of General Charles Lee, Lee's request that a committee of Congress be sent to him at New York, the relative powers of Congress and the individual States, and other general matters.


title: Letter to Henry Potter, Raleigh [N. C.]

originInfo: 1800Granville County, N.C.

namePart: Potter, Henry

namePart: Burton, Robert

title: Letter to Henry Potter, Raleigh [N. C.]

abstracts: Introducing the bearer Mr. David Ross, who goes to Raleigh on account of important business with Colonel Donelson.


title: Letter to Governor Abner Nash [Hillsborough]

namePart: Nash, Abner

namePart: Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789

abstracts: General Gates will give him a detailed account of the defeat at Camden; he himself has ordered the scattered troops and the militia to meet at Charlotte; arms must be sent to camp; he sent Dr. Williamson, with a flag, to the British camp for a list of the killed, wounded and prisoners; suggests that the Assembly, if the Governor can get no quorum at Hillsborough, might meet at the camp at Charlotte where the members belonging to the army could attend; if no assembly meets the Governor and Council will undoubtedly come thither; speaks of officers who, he fears, are lost; refers him to the bearer Major [Richard Dobbs] Spaight for further particulars.


title: Steamer loading cotton, Mobile, Alabama.

type: geographic

text: Alabama

type: topic

authority: lctgm

text: Cotton

text: Steamboats

supplied: no

authority: lcsh

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints

rights: Due to the breadth of time this collection covers, different rules apply to different photos. Photos published before 1923 are public domain and have no known rights restrictions. Photos created or published after 1/1/1923 (but before 1/1/1964) that lack a copyright notice are in the public domain and have no known rights restrictions. Photos created or published after 1/1/1923 (but before 1/1/1964) that have a copyright notice can only be used on NYPL's websites or inside exhibition catalogs and NYPL brochures, unless specific clearance has been granted by the Rights Clearance Analyst. Restrictions for post-1923 photos will be set at the item level.

collectionTitle: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Chowan County (N.C.). Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

title: Document

abstracts: Writ to [Edward Blount] Sheriff of Chowan County, to compell the appearance of John Hertford of Chowan County, peruke-maker, at court, Monday, June [25] to answer Robert Turner on the charge of assault and battery; damages £20,000.


title: Letter to [Richard Caswell, Governor of North Carolina.]

namePart: Harnett, Cornelius

abstracts: Congress has been driven to Lancaster by Howe's approach to Philadelphia; it is thought he will fight another battle before taking the city; Washington is reënforced by Macdougall with 1,500 regulars, and 2,000 Virginians; Gates's army in the north is strong; Burgoyne must fight or retreat; either would end hostilities in that quarter for a time.


title: Railroad bridge, Mobile, Alabama.

namePart: Sandoz, Albert (1836-1897)

text: Alabama

text: Railroad locomotives

text: Railroad bridges

title: [Railroad bridge, Mobile, Alabama.]

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Railroad bridge, Mobile, Alabama.

text: Alabama

text: Railroad bridges

title: [Railroad bridge, Mobile, Alabama.]

text: Stereoscopic views


originInfo: 1797-04-16Tellico Blockhouse, Tenn.

namePart: United States. Indian Commissioners

abstracts: In reply to his letter of Apr. 13, handed them by Mr. Cowan, they inform him that the Indians are inclined more peaceably than ever before; that they withhold from him no information whereby the citizens can be injured in any way; a few Indians had been invited to meet there for ends beneficial to the U.S.; that they, Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and James Winchester, had been appointed Commissioners to mark the boundary lines between the Indians and the U. S.


title: Letter to [Samuel Johnston, Edenton. N. C.]

originInfo: 1776-02-20Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Johnston, Samuel

namePart: Hewes, Joseph

abstracts: Sends in charge of James Thompson and John Crowley a load of various articles; an inventory is in the packet addressed to the Provincial Council; because of John Penn's fondness for "Common Sense" they (the North Carolina delegates in Congress) have agreed that copies of the pamphlet be sent; the Council is to judge as to the advisability of distributing them; directions as to reckoning up the charges for the cost of transportation, and the pay of the wagoners.


title: Woodstock Iron Works, Views in Anniston, Ala.

text: Alabama

text: Iron industry

title: The furnace.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to James Brown

originInfo: 1790-07-07Hill's Ferry, Martin County, N.C.

namePart: Brown, James

namePart: Hill, Whitmell

title: Letter to James Brown

abstracts: Sends by his son, Jos. B. Hill, his account for settlement; an unusual demand for vessels to transport produce to Virginia caused his delay in filling the contract, and this delay caused a leakage in the tar.


title: Mining districts of Ala., views in Anniston

text: Alabama

text: Iron industry

text: Schools

title: Store, mill and school house.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to the Speaker [of the House of Representatives of North Carolina]

originInfo: 1777Masonborough Sound, Wilmington, N.C.

namePart: Hooper, William

abstracts: Tendering his resignation of his seat in the Continental Congress.


title: Mining districts of Ala., views in Anniston.

text: Alabama

text: Carriages & coaches

title: Carrie and Alfred with Alfred's pony 'Tim' [showing man and woman in small buggy].

text: Stereoscopic views


title:
The
    Capitol of Montgomery, Alabama.

originInfo: Continent Stereoscopic Company

text: Alabama

text: Capitols

text: Montgomery (Ala.)

title: The Capitol of Montgomery, Alabama.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Abner Nash, Governor of North Carolina, New Berne

abstracts: Repeating the statement he made last post, that it would be utterly impossible for him to relieve [Willie] Jones in Congress unless the Board of Trade supply him with money to meet his expenses; refers him to the bearer Mr. Collins for information as to occurrences in that part of the country.


title: Up Eldorado from Grand Forks, Klondike.

text: Alaska

text: Mining

title: Up Eldorado from Grand Forks, Klondike.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to Abner Nash Governor of North Carolina [Hillsborough]

namePart: Jones, Allen

abstracts: At the news from Colonel Seawell of the battle of Camden he ordered to be raised in his district the same number of men, and under officers of the same rank, as was directed by the last draft for 4,000 men; they are to rendezvous at Halifax and Franklin Courthouse until further orders, and these he waits for from the Governor; if the men are to march, he asks under what officers; requests details about Camden; apologizes for not going to Hillsborough by his efforts in raising the militia.


title: A Klondike camp.

text: Alaska

text: Dogs

text: Gold miners

title: A Klondike camp.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to [Abner Nash? Governor of North Carolina, Hillsborough, N. C.?]

originInfo: 1780-10-07Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Jones, Willie

abstracts: Acknowledges receipt of his letters of 10th and 14th ult. from the hands of [William] Sharpe; Congress resolved yesterday that Washington order a Court of Inquiry on the conduct of General Gates as commander of the southern army, and that he appoint an officer to take the place of Gates until that inquiry be made.


field: copyrightDate

title: Bonanza and Eldorado mines, where millions in gold were taken out. Klondyke [Klondike], Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Thomas Bourk [Burke], Governor of N. C

namePart: Burke, Thomas

abstracts: Congratulates him on his election as governors to succeed Nash; answers the questions Burke had asked in his letter of June 28 about whom the officers that handled the public money were accountable to, about the return of warrants, the public stores, the strength of the militia, bonds, and other matters; incloses a proclamation for the discharge of militia prisoners; news of the arrival at Charleston of three regiments from Ireland.


title: View down from Front St., Dawson City, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Streets

text: Dawson (Yukon)

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to [General William Woodford.]

originInfo: 1778-08-11Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Woodford, William

namePart: Penn, John

title: Letter to [General William Woodford.]

abstracts: Asks for news from the camp, what the charges are against General Lee, and how his trial comes on; gives European news from the last letters; isolation of England; she may perhaps acknowledge the independence of the United States before declaring war on France; Colonel [John] Banister will be at camp with him soon on the "Committee about regulating the Army.


title: The Atlas Stereographs.

originInfo: ChicagoAtlas View Company

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

title: Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike.

title: Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to [Samuel] Huntington

originInfo: 1781-09-11Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796

namePart: Sharpe, William

title: Letter to [Samuel] Huntington

abstracts: Explains delay in answering letters of Aug. 16 and 27 by absence in the country; refers him for particulars as to the French fleet in the Chesapeake to General [Mordecai] Gist's letter in the inclosed paper [Penna. Packet, No. 778, Thurs., Sept. 6, 1781?]; news of Washington's movements; rumors about Cornwallis's plans; the British fleet under Admiral Graves was sighted off the capes of Delaware last evening; news of operations in the south under Greene, Sumter, Marion; Arnold in Connecticut; success of Colonel John Laurens in France; the aid secured; favorable aspect of American affairs; Sharpe intends to leave Philadelphia, Oct. 1.


title: The Atlas Stereographs.

originInfo: Atlas View Company

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

title: Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike.

title: Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to [George Washington]

namePart: Washington, George, 1732-1799

namePart: Sitgreaves, John

title: Letter to [George Washington]

abstracts: President of the United States [New York]. As U. S. district attorney he informs him of the vacancy in the office of Judge of the district of North Carolina, due to the death of John Stokes; hints that it might be well to make a speedy appointment as business in which the United States is interested, which is cognizable in the district court is now pending in that court.


title: Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike.

originInfo: Griffith & Griffith (Firm)

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

title: Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to Jacob Read, Philadelphia

namePart: Read, Jacob

namePart: Spaight, Richard Dobbs

title: Letter to Jacob Read, Philadelphia

abstracts: Thanks him for his letter of Jan. 24 inclosing the Secretary of State's [Timothy Pickering] letter to [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney; trusts Pickering's letter may preserve peace with France; news that the Directory had refused to receive Pinckney, and had prohibited further intercourse with the United States, and the depredations of French privateers in the West Indies have put a stop to all commerce; asks if any steps have been taken to redress the evil or to get satisfaction for property captured by the French.


title: Trading & Exploring Co., Dawson City, Klondike.

originInfo:
Philadelphia, Pa.

    Griffith, George W.

namePart: Griffith, George W.

namePart: Griffith & Griffith

type: corporate

text: Alaska

text: Stores & shops

text: Dawson (Yukon)

text: Stereoscopic views


field: dateIssued

title: Our Alaskan sisters up in the Klondike country.

text: Alaska

text: Athapascan Indians

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to James Iredell, Edenton, N. C

namePart: Iredell, James

namePart: Swann, John

title: Letter to James Iredell, Edenton, N. C

abstracts: Speaks of the indecision of New York with regard to the new constitution; hopes that if New York does reject it, such an example will have no influence in North Carolina; their painful suspense with regard to the decision of South Carolina; Rhode Island will probably veer about when she sees the new system at work; arrangements about putting it into effect will probably be reported on that week.


title: Eventually, George wins.

namePart: Whiting, R. R.

namePart: Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward) (1862-1922)

text: Alaska

text: Courtship

text: Athapascan Indians

type: content

text: Unrelated image on verso.

type: admin

text: [Verso has a picture.]

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Document

originInfo: 1788-08-04Hawkins County, N.C.

namePart: White, James

title: Document

abstracts: Certificate of Captain James White to the statement of William Henry and David Walker, both of Hawkins Co., that they have appraised at £60, current money of North Carolina, the horse (described in the document) belonging to Nicholas Nail, a horseman in the public service. and stolen from him by the Indians.


title: Women prospectors on their way to Klondyke [Klondike].

originInfo: 1898Littleton, N.H.B. W. Kilburn

namePart: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West) (1827-1909)

text: Alaska

text: Women

text: Gold miners

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Henderson, Richard

title: Document

abstracts: Warrant from Richard Henderson & Co., Proprietors of the Colony of Transylvania, to John Floyd, ordering him to survey, for John Hay, 640 A. of land beginning at the mouth of a small creek where it runs into Floyds Fork; two plots of the survey and an account of his proceedings to be returned to their office within three months.


title: On their way to Klondyke [Klondike].

originInfo: Littleton, N.H.B. W. Kilburn

text: Alaska

text: Trails & paths

text: Gold miners

title: On their way to Klondyke [Klondike].

text: Stereoscopic views


title: On their way to Klondyke [Klondike].

text: Alaska

text: Trails & paths

text: Gold miners

title: On their way to Klondyke [Klondike].

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Nicholas Gilman [New York]

namePart: Gilman, Nicholas

namePart: Williamson, Hugh

title: Letter to Nicholas Gilman [New York]

abstracts: Tells of the general sentiment he found on his journey, that the tonnage on British vessels, as proposed in the revenue bill, was rather low; a very sensible man cooly informed him that he thought a commercial war of retaliation upon England was necessary; he wishes their southern friends would calculate how much $.50 per ton would necessarily reduce the price of this per cent.


title: Through fields of ice and snow, en route to the Klondyke [Klondike].

text: Alaska

text: Winter

text: Gold miners

text: Stereoscopic views


title: A mining camp in the Klondyke [Klondike].

text: Alaska

text: Log cabins

text: Gold miners

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Onward and upward over the Chilcoot [Chilkoot] Pass.

text: Alaska

text: Gold miners

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to the Senate

namePart: South Carolina. House of Representatives

title: Letter to the Senate

abstracts: Requesting permission to amend "An Act to open & keep in repair a Canal to lead from Rogers's lake into Pedee river," by restoring the two clauses that the Upper House had struck out.


title: Panning out the gold in the Klondyke [Klondike], Alaska.

originInfo: 1899Littleton, N.H.B. W. Kilburn

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to [John Laurens? in France.]

originInfo: 1781-03-28Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Laurens, John, 1754-1782

namePart: Bee, Thomas

title: Letter to [John Laurens? in France.]

abstracts: Incloses papers giving all material intelligence; failure of French fleet to enter the Chesapeake prevented Arnold's fall; news of Sumter, Marion, and Pickens in the south; their friends in St. Augustine are in good spirits and are determined to hold out to the last; some have been forced into temporary submission rather than see their families starve; news of their friends in Charleston; patriotism of the women; accessions of militia to the army; the letter by "An Independent American" is by Sir James Jay who takes this method of expressing his chagrin at his failure to be appointed Secretary to Franklin; Maryland has joined the Confederation; the impost duty; repeal of all tender laws will bring specie into circulation.


title: Shooting through the Grand Canyon, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Canyons

text: Canoes

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Claim 23 above Hunker. The Klondike.

originInfo: 1900Philadelphia, Pa.William H. Rau

namePart: Universal View Co.

namePart: Rau, William Herman (1855-1920)

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

title: Claim 23 above Hunker. The Klondike.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Messrs

originInfo: 1783-06-05Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Beresford, Richard

title: Letter to Messrs

abstracts: John De Neufville and Son, Amsterdam. Thanking them for their services to his friends in England; his duties in Congress prevent his taking an active part relative to the affairs of the family's estate, but he will do what he can to have replaced all former or future disbursements; offers his own estate as security. A postscript adds that the fact that South Carolina has not repealed the laws prohibiting suits for debt renders it inconvenient to make speedy remittances.


title: The Klondike. Prospector at Claim 29, above Hunker.

originInfo: Philadelphia, Pa.William H. Rau

namePart: Griffith & Griffith

text: Alaska

text: Gold mining

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Verdier, John M.

title: Document

abstracts: Deposition before John Bull as to his observations in Beaufort of a sloop that came up the river the morning before, and appeared to be a spy; inquiries of its officers; soundings taken by it of the river.


title:
The
    Klondike. Street scene and dog team, Dawson City.

originInfo:
1900

      Philadelphia, Pa.

    William H. Rau

text: Alaska

text: Streets

text: Working dogs

text: Dawson (Yukon)

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to [Brig.-Gen. William Moultrie?]

originInfo: 1779-05Doctor Clatheralls Horse Shoe, S.C.

namePart: Moultrie, William

namePart: Butler, Pierce

abstracts: Tells of a fatiguing pursuit and skirmish; his captures and the news they give him. The letter breaks off and is taken up again at Mr Ferguson's plantation, one o'clock; further news from the prisoners; asks for 1,000 light horse and a few negroes; fears that he will break down; Charleston is evidently the object of the enemy; women and children should be sent out of town, and Gen. Lincoln be hurried down; horses of the militia greatly fatigued; only fifty of the corps left.


title: Klondike Mill Co.

originInfo:
1901

      New York

    Underwood & Underwood

namePart: Underwood & Underwood

text: Alaska

text: Rivers

text: Dawson (Yukon)

text: Sawmills

text: [Caption on back:] Mouth of the "Troandik" (plenty fish) River, from which the Klondike mining region takes its name, Alaska.

title: Saw-mill where lumber sold at 30 cents per foot and saw-dust at $10.00 a load. Dawson City, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Mouth of the "Troandik" (plenty fish) River, from which the Klondike mining region takes its name, Alaska.

originInfo: 1901Underwood & Underwood

text: Alaska

text: Rivers

text: Logs

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to [Lieut.-Col. John Laurens.]

originInfo: 1778-09-07Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Drayton, William Henry

title: Letter to [Lieut.-Col. John Laurens.]

abstracts: Congratulating him upon the glory he gained in the late action in Rhode Island; their fears that he had fallen; his duty to his country forbids his rashly exposing himself; asks for information on several points concerning the movements of the allies in Rhode Island, and with regard to Monmouth.


title: Kasa An [Kasaan] village, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Canoes

text: Totem poles

text: Indians of North America

text: Structures

text: Alaska

title: Kasa An [Kasaan] village, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Looking up Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Streets

text: Sitka (Alaska)

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to Jacob Read [Annapolis, Md.]

namePart: Read, Jacob

namePart: Eveleigh, Nicholas

title: Letter to Jacob Read [Annapolis, Md.]

abstracts: Requesting him to ask the opinion of Robert Morris as to which is the most equitable way of settling bonds given after the commencement of depreciation, and on which partial payments have been made at times when depreciation was increased; and as to the mode of settlement between two merchants, both furnishing equal advances of money at first, after that no advances by either, the business being conducted by one alone; reminds Read of a bond to him, due Sept. 1; great distress because of want of money.


title: Kasa-an [Kasaan] village, Indians and canoes, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Juneau City, from across Gastinean Channel, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Juneau (Alaska)

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Letter to his sister, Mrs Lord

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Gadsden, Christopher

title: Letter to his sister, Mrs Lord

abstracts: Concerning papers regarding certain lands; he has no papers relative to his brother's estate; suggests that they may have been left in England with the trustees to her marriage settlement; he has understood always that the lands were settled on her; suggests applying to one of the Rutledges if she thinks her papers are among theirs.


title: European and American Views.

text: Alaska

text: Indians of North America

text: Dwellings

text: Totem poles

text: Tlingit Indians

text: Structures

text: Alaska

type: temporal

text: To 1899

text: Wrangell (Alaska)

title: Ft. Wrangle [Fort Wrangell]. Chief's house.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Lachlan McIntosh, Darien [Ga.]

namePart: McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806

namePart: Gervais, John Lewis

abstracts: Informs him of the intractability of his son Lachlan, staying with Gervais; arrival on the 11th inst. of Col. [Henry] Laurens, who expects to visit the Altamaha soon; meeting called at Charleston for Jan. 11, to choose deputies for the next Continental Congress; hopes that Georgia will accede to the resolutions of the last Congress; appearances in Great Britain unfavorable to America; sorry that he and McIntosh have been disappointed by the non-arrival of the cargo of negroes; if Georgia accedes to the non-importation Association, they will have to be sent to the West Indies.


title: European and American Views.

text: Alaska

text: Stores & shops

text: Juneau (Alaska)

title: Juneau City. Curiosity shop.

title: European and American Views.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Popular Series.

text: Alaska

text: Totem poles

text: Haida Indians

text: Structures

text: Northwest, Pacific

text: To 1899

text: Kasaan (Alaska)

title: Kasa-an [Kasaan] village.

title: Kasa-an [Kasaan] village.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Jones, George

title: Document

abstracts: Petition to the judges of the state that Joseph Butler be cited to appear at the court of common pleas Aug. 12, to answer for a debt of £5 by an accepted order on him drawn by Daniel Darr.


title: A miner's home at Cape Nome, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Log cabins

title: A miner's home at Cape Nome, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Halftone photomechanical prints


title: Document

originInfo: 1772Charleston, S.C.

namePart: Huger, Daniel

title: Document

abstracts: Report of a jury finding for the plaintiff £161 6s. 6d. and costs.


title: American and Foreign Views.

originInfo:
1890

      Saint Paul, Minn.

    T. W. Ingersoll

namePart: Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward) (1862-1922)

text: Alaska

text: Bridges

text: Sitka (Alaska)

title: Sitka. Indian River bridge.

title: American and Foreign Views.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: American and Foreign Views.

text: Alaska

text: Streets

text: Sidewalks

text: Juneau (Alaska)

title: Juneau City, Main Street.

title: American and Foreign Views.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Hutson, Richard

namePart: Hutson, Thomas

title: Document

abstracts: Bond to William Hasell Gibbes, Master of the Court of Chancery, for £1620 for the payment to W. H. Gibbes, on or before May 13, 1788, of £810.


title: American and Foreign Views.

text: Alaska

text: Canneries

text: United States

text: Fishing industry

text: Metlakatla (Alaska)

title: New Metlakahtla, Indian Salmon Cannery.

title: New Metlakahtla, Indian Salmon Cannery.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Jacob Read, Senator, Philadelphia

namePart: Izard, Ralph

abstracts: Urging him to make every exertion to secure the confirmation by the Senate of the appointment of John Rutledge as Chief Justice; he thinks that Rutledge's opposition to Jay's treaty was due to a temporary derangement of mind caused by his wife's death; asks that [George] Cabot, [Caleb] Strong, [Oliver] Ellsworth and [Frederick] Frelinghuysen be told of his opinion in the matter.


title: American and Foreign Views.

text: Alaska

text: Totem poles

text: Haida Indians

text: Alaska

text: To 1899

text: Kasaan (Alaska)

title: Kasa-an [Kasaan] village, 6 totem poles and Indian homes.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Kasa-an [Kasaan] village, Alaska.

originInfo:
1890

      Washington, D.C.

    J. F. Jarvis

namePart: Jarvis, J. F. (John F.) (b. 1850)

text: Alaska

text: Canoes

text: Haida Indians

text: Alaska

text: To 1899

text: Indians of North America

text: Structures

text: Alaska

text: Kasaan (Alaska)

title: Kasa-an [Kasaan] village, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title:
The
    first white man's log cabin, Haines, Alaska.

originInfo:
1898

      Meadville, Pa.

    Keystone View Company

namePart: Keystone View Company

namePart: Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd)

text: Alaska

text: Log cabins

text: Haines (Alaska)

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Kean, John

title: Document

abstracts: Order on the Commissioners of the Treasury of the state, for the payment to Alexander Chisolm of £99 2s. 2d., his account for part of his losses on remitting 18 months salary as a delegate in Congress.


title: Steamer Queen at Haines mission, Alaska, en route to the Klondike.

originInfo:
1900

      Meadville, Pa.; New York; [etc.]

    Keystone View Company

text: Alaska

text: Ships

text: Haines (Alaska)

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Gelatin silver prints


title:
The "
    City of Seattle," at Skaguay [Skagway] wharf, Alaska.

originInfo:
1898
    1900

      Meadville, Pa.; New York; [etc.]

    Keystone View Company

text: Alaska

text: Steamboats

text: American

text: Skagway (Alaska)

title: The "City of Seattle," at Skaguay [Skagway] wharf, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views

text: Gelatin silver prints


title: Letter to Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Hartford, Conn

namePart: Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

namePart: Kinloch, Francis

abstracts: Regrets that a letter of introduction from N. Vaughan failed to reach him; ventures to ask Wadsworth's aid in procuring a pair of carriage horses, not more than 6 years old, nor under 15 hands high.


title: Lynn Canal from the summit, Alaska.

originInfo:
1903

      Littleton, N.H.

    B. W. Kilburn

namePart: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West) (1827-1909)

namePart: Davis, James M.

text: Alaska

text: Mountains

text: Lynn Canal (Alaska)

text: Fjords

title: Lynn Canal from the summit, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to George Clinton, Governor of New York

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

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

abstracts: President of Congress informs him of the receipt of letters of the 31st and 20th ult. which were presented to Congress and by it referred to the Board of War; transmits an Act of Dec. 29 for bringing to punishment when practicable such of the inhabitants of the States as have joined or shall join the enemy.


title: Views of the Pacific Coast. 11.

namePart: Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904)

text: Alaska

text: Sitka (Alaska)

text: Sailing ships

text: Waterfronts

title: Alaska Ter. - Sitka from Japanese Island.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Views of the Pacific Coast. 47.

text: Alaska

text: Indians of North America

text: Dwellings

text: Tlingit Indians

text: Totem poles

text: Alaska

text: To 1899

title: Alaska Ter. - Fort Tongass. Group of Indians.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Indian village of Klinkwan - modern natives, and totem poles of old Hydahs, Alaska.

originInfo: 1902New YorkUnderwood & Underwood

text: Alaska

text: Indians of North America

text: Dwellings

text: Totem poles

text: Haida Indians

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

title: Document

abstracts: Extract from the minutes containing the notice of the election of Henry Laurens as President of Congress.


title: Alaska, Twin Glacier. (Geo Unit no. 19B)

originInfo: Meadville, Pa.; New York; [etc.]Keystone View Company

text: Alaska

text: Glaciers

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Sitka, Alaska.

originInfo:
New York

    Continent Stereoscopic Company

namePart: Continent Stereoscopic Company

text: Alaska

text: Sitka (Alaska)

text: Waterfronts

title: Sitka, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Philip Schuyler, Ticonderoga; by favor of R. R. Livingston

originInfo: 1775-11-11Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

namePart: Lynch, Thomas

abstracts: Thanks him for the part he had taken in ascertaining the true state of the Connecticut regiments; details of a conversation with Gov. Trumbull about [Benjamin] Hinman's troops; is sorry they fell short of what Schuyler and Montgomery expected with regard to courage; accounts of the total reduction of Canada and of its accession to the league are awaited with great suspense.


title: Autograph

title: Autograph

abstracts: "T. Lynch Junr" on the half-title page of Hume's History of England, vol. 8, Lond., 1767.


title: Letter to George Washington

originInfo: 1777-07-05Charles Town, S.C.

namePart: Washington, George, 1732-1799

title: Letter to George Washington

abstracts: Recommending to him the bearer, Col. [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney.


title: Government reindeer en route for Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Reindeer

type: statement of responsibility

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Gold miners

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Lieut.-Gen. Alexander Leslie [Charleston, S. C.]

namePart: Leslie, Alexander, ca. 1740 1794

namePart: Mathews, John

abstracts: In answer to his letter of the 8th inst.; maintaining that he has been misinformed when he says the sequestered estates have "had the greatest attention paid to them -- been preserved in a connected state -- and greatly thriven"; that "liberal allowances" have not been made to the families whose estates were sequestered; that his officers have stripped the estates of all kinds of property; that although the State legislature has confiscated the property of loyalists it has left untouched debts due them; that his proposition for suspending the Confiscation act without offering an equivalent is inadmissible.


title: Document

originInfo: 1782-07-30Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Middleton, Arthur

title: Document

abstracts: Order on John Ross for [$500] payable to Thomas Elliott. Receipt signed July 31, 1782, by Thos. O. Elliott. 1 page. Endorsed: "No. 47." On the back is written an order on John Ross, Philadelphia, for $500, payable to Arthur Middleton and to be charged to the State of South Carolina; signed July 30, 1782, by John Rutledge, David Ramsay, Ralph Izard. Narrow strip.


namePart: Keystone View Company

namePart: Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd)

text: Alaska

text: Gold miners

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Bull, William

namePart: Beale, Othniel

namePart: Middleton, Henry

namePart: Drayton, John

namePart: Skottowe, Thomas

title: Document

abstracts: Witness of the governor, William Bull, and the council, sitting as a court of chancery, to a certain document, of which the remainder has disappeared.


title: Letter to [W. H. Drayton, Arthur Middleton, and C. C. Pinckney, Members of the Secret Committee, Charleston, S. C.]

originInfo: 1775-07-01Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Drayton, W. H.

namePart: Pinckney, C. C.

abstracts: Delegates of South Carolina send a vessel for gun-powder; all salt petre should be sent to Philadelphia to be used there for powder; if more than 4,000 lbs be collected, the surplus is to be sent at another opportunity; they send ... bushels of Indian corn to be exchanged for rice in which the powder may be concealed; secrecy recommended; suggested that large stores of powder may be procured from Havana.


text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to John Huger, Charleston

originInfo: 1775-10-17Fort Johnson, N.C.

namePart: Huger, John

namePart: Motte, Isaac

title: Letter to John Huger, Charleston

abstracts: Recommending as quartermaster to the 2nd South Carolina regiment, in place of Mr. Graham who is about to resign, Joseph Lloyd; refers to Col. [William] Moultrie for information about Lloyd's character.


title: Gold miners and packers on Dyea Trial [Trail], Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: The morgue after the snowslide, April 3, 1898. Sheep Camp, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Morgues & mortuaries

text: Avalanches

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Preparing to climb "The Golden Stair" and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Gold miners

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Major John Hampton

namePart: Hampton, John

namePart: Pinckney, Charles

title: Letter to Major John Hampton

abstracts: Inclosing regulations recently made concerning the militia, roads, bridges, etc., and the notifications respecting the elections, which should be diffused as generally as possible.


title: Miners and packers climbing the "Golden Stair" trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to [Maj.-Gen. Lincoln, Headquarters --Dobbs's Ferry--, N. Y.]

originInfo: 1781-08-13Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

namePart: Ramsay, David

abstracts: News of his recent release from confinement at St. Augustine; analogy between the history of South Carolina and of New Jersey; good effects of the revolution upon the character of the people; capture of Isaac Hayne by the British; the great number of South Carolina people in Philadelphia; he expects to visit the camp before his return to Charleston; assurances of his friendship for Lincoln; debt of South Carolina to the latter; prospects of peace.


title: A happy home in Alaska

text: Alaska

text: Dogs

text: Tents

text: Keystone View Company.

title: A happy home in Alaska

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Citizens of Ohio en route to the Klondike, Dyea Trail, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Oxen

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Joseph Clay, William Hopkins, John Habersham, Savannah [Ga.]

namePart: Clay, Joseph

namePart: Hopkins, William

namePart: Habersham, John

namePart: Read, Jacob

abstracts: Incloses a commission for the examination of Philip Miness, a witness in a suit between Philip Hart of South Carolina and John Houston of Savannah; a verdict had been given for the plaintiff, but the Court of Common Pleas has granted a new trial; asks that the result of the examination be sent in time for the court that begins Oct. 21; importance of the suit.


title: Distant view of Chilcoot [Chilkoot] Pass, Alaska.

namePart: Keystone View Company

namePart: Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd)

text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Distant view of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

title: Distant view of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: The leading store at Sheep Camp, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Stores & shops

text: Hotels

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to -- --

namePart: South Carolina. Governor

title: Letter to -- --

abstracts: Acknowledges receipt of letter of 9th inst. directed to the Governor of the State and enclosing copies of the President's speech to both Houses of Congress; the newspapers will show him that only three public acts were passed by the South Carolina legislature at the last session; the report of the joint committee on military affairs was not embodied in a law; the Judiciary Bill and the election of officers took most of the time of the legislature; the citizens are united and will act with firmness whenever the honor or interest of the country requires it.


title: At the foot of Chilcoot [Chilkoot] Pass, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: The "Dora Bluhm" at the Port of St. Michaels, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Steamboats

text: American

text: Waterfronts

text: Tents

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Going up the Yukon River by moonlight to Dawson City, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Steamboats

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to [Henry Laurens and W. H. Drayton]

namePart: Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

namePart: Rutledge, John

abstracts: the delegates of South Carolina in Congress [Philadelphia]. Incloses an extract of a letter from Gen. Lincoln; urges necessity of troops for the defence of South Carolina and Georgia. 3 pp. A postscript of 2 pp. contains detailed information about the troops they have and gives a copy of a memorandum handed to Gen. [Robert] Howe for them, which shows that Gen. [Sir John] Vaughan is expected to move against South Carolina with a fleet and 10,000 men.


text: Alaska

text: Steamboats

text: Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Starting out for Caribou, Beaver City, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Dogs

text: Sleds & sleighs

text: Fur coats

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Over the ice, Koyukuk River, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Ice

text: Keystone View Company.

title: Over the ice, Koyukuk River, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Trapier, Paul

title: Document

abstracts: Receipt from William Allston from Aug. 13 to Sept. 15, for rice, beef, salt, and vinegar for use of the company under his command. Addressed: "To John Lewis Gervais Esq., Charles Town." On the back is written an order, Dec. 10, 1776, of W. Allston on John Garvis [J. L. Gervais] for the payment of the within order to his clerk, Samuel Rankin. Narrow strip.


title: A letter from home - on the Allenkaket River, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Dogs

text: Reading

text: Letters

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Miners returning to camp with frost covered faces.

text: Alaska

text: Gold miners

text: Cold

text: Keystone View Company.

title: Prospectors returning to camp. 62 degrees below zero, Alaska.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to his niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker, care of Dr. [John Patton]

namePart: Tucker, Elizabeth

namePart: Tucker, Thomas Tudor

abstracts: Emmet, University of Va. [Charlottesville]. Incloses certain profiles he had promised her; sends regards to various friends.


text: Alaska

text: Gold miners

text: Cold

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Andrew, Benjamin

title: Document

abstracts: Statement of account with the State of Georgia for £21, payment for 36 days attendance in Council, from Oct. 10 to Dec. 20. Receipted in full.


title: Prospectors starting for home, 1400 miles in the interior of Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Sailboats

text: Gold miners

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Big ice on the Allenkaket River, Alaska.

text: Alaska

text: Ice

text: Keystone View Company.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to [George Walton]

namePart: Walton, George

namePart: Baldwin, Abraham

title: Letter to [George Walton]

abstracts: Telling him of the death at six o'clock that morning of [James] Jones; [Benjamin] Taliaferro and [Lucas] Elmendorf sat up with him.


title: Letter to Joseph Clay, Savannah, care of Mr. Boren

namePart: Brownson, Nathan

abstracts: Thanks him for the sugar and coffee, which came safe to hand by Mr. Miller; asks that ten or fifteen gallons of wine and one or two bushels of salt be sent him by the bearer; think wine is more whole some at that season than brandy or other spirits.


title: Letter to John Houston, Savannah

originInfo: 1772Savannah, Ga.

namePart: Houston, John

namePart: Bullock, Archibald

title: Letter to John Houston, Savannah

abstracts: Making inquiry relative to a dispute between one of his negroes and one of Houston's, which caused Houston to enter his kitchen and beat some of his servants; later one of Houston's negroes beat a servant girl belonging to Bullock.


title: The cactus of Arizona.

namePart: Continent Stereoscopic Company

text: Arizona

text: Cactus

text: Arizona

text: Ranches

text: published by the Continent Stereoscopic Company.

title: The cactus of Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: A model Spanish residence in Arizona.

text: Arizona

text: Fences

text: Adobe houses

title: A model Spanish residence in Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Seaborn Jones

namePart: Jones, Seaborn

namePart: Clay, Joseph

title: Letter to Seaborn Jones

abstracts: [Augusta?] Acknowledges receipt of letter of 20th inst. [ult.?]; delay in sending Paris's bonds with the accounts was due to a press of business; explains that Col. Gaines is mistaken with reference to the compound interest, that the note is taken for the interest due on his account from Jan. 1, 1786 to its date; his own copy of the account contains, by mistake an omission of one article; is sure that Col. Gaines has a perfect copy.


title: Arrival of the first locomotive in Arizona.

text: Arizona

text: Railroad locomotives

text: Streets

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Descriptive views of the American continent.

text: Arizona

text: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

text: Fences

text: Ehrenberg (Ariz.)

title: The Colorado river and Ehrenburg, Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to John Berrien, Louisville [Ga.]

namePart: Berrien, John

namePart: Few, William

abstracts: Suggests that another execution be issued against James Richards and his securities as a tax collector if he do not come to Louisville in a few days for settlement with the treasurer; the execution issued before was judged illegal, but he reversed the judgment; the sheriff failed to serve it because of the negligence of a clerk; since that time Richards has offered to make satisfactory settlement.


title: Letter to William Fox

namePart: Fox, William

namePart: Gibbon, William

title: Letter to William Fox

abstracts: Asking if he is to account to them for the lease of the land from the time he took it from Mr. Munroe (?) or from the beginning of the lease; four years have expired and nothing been paid.


title: Colorado river(?).

text: Arizona

title: [Colorado river(?).]

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Seaborn Jones [Augusta, Ga.?]

originInfo: 1796-05-25Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Gunn, James

title: Letter to Seaborn Jones [Augusta, Ga.?]

abstracts: Informs him of the appointment of Rufus King as minister to England, Commodore Bowers of Rhode Island Marshall for Georgia at the suggestion of Chief-Justice Ellsworth, and Eliott a commissioner to run the boundary line between U. S. and Spain; incloses Mr. Aims's [Fisher Ames] speech; ad. journment which will come in a few days will be the best thing for the government, for there is no disposition to do good.


title: Ruins near the Great Casa Grande, Arizona.

text: Arizona

text: Casa Grande National Monument (Ariz.)

text: Ruins

text: Arizona

text: Indians of North America -- Structures

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Gwinnett, Button

title: Document

abstracts: Affidavit of David Rees before Button Gwinnet, Justice of the Peace, that he drew up the agreement (on part of which this document is written) dated June 23, 1773, between Samuel Miller of Sunbury, Ga., and Edward Morse of Senegal, Africa, now of Sunbury, by which each was to furnish £350 for a slave-buying venture; and that Morse and Miller signed the agreement in the presence of Anne Coddington.


text: Arizona

text: Petroglyphs

title: [View of painted rocks in the desert.]

text: Stereoscopic views


text: Arizona

text: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

text: Steamboats

title: Steam-boat on the Colorado River in Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Mr. Birch, Augusta

originInfo: 1794-01-10Custom-house, Savanna, Ga.

namePart: Birch,

namePart: Habersham, John

title: Letter to Mr. Birch, Augusta

abstracts: Informing him that bonds dated Jan. 3, 1792, amounting to $440.09, given by Messrs. Hunt, Stallings & Co. for duties, have not been paid: although David Robinson of Savannah is surety, he supposes that Birch is responsible for the bonds since he holds all the remaining stock of the firm; asks his determination before beginning suit.


text: Arizona

text: Railroad tracks

title: Near the town of Williams, Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


text: Arizona

text: Petroglyphs

title: The mysterious painted rocks of Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Governor [George] Mathews [Augusta]

originInfo: 1787-06-16Chatham County, Ga.

namePart: Mathews, George

namePart: Habersham, Joseph

abstracts: Incloses a letter he received two days ago; thinks Mr. Barnard believes a general war is imminent; suggests that it might be well to be on their guard.


title: The Pima Indian of Arizona.

text: Arizona

text: Pima Indians -- Arizona -- 1800-1899

title: The Pima Indian of Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


text: Arizona

authority: tgm

text: Rock formations

text: Arizona

text: Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)

title: Rocks in the Canon de Chelle--950 ft.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Splatt, Edward

title: Document

abstracts: Statement of account with Lyman Hall for medical services from Jan. 5, 1772, to Jan. 8, 1774. 2 pp. Fo. Followed by one-half of a folio leaf with statement of account, and settlements from June 7, 1771 to Jan. 1, 1775; balance due £8 8s. 6d. A. D. Three endorsements.


text: Arizona

text: Churches

type: name

nameType: corporate

text: Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.)

title: [View of church at San Xavier.]

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to John McIntosh, Frederica [Ga.]

namePart: McIntosh, John

namePart: Houston, John

abstracts: Requesting settlement of a debt for £55 4s. 7d. with interest from Apr. 12, 1786 due from the estate of Mr. Donworth for which McIntosh is executor, to the estate of Mr. Townley for which Houston is an executor.


namePart: Continent Stereoscopic Company

text: Arizona

text: Churches

title: San Xavier, Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter

originInfo: 1777-10-07London, England

namePart: Houstoun, William

title: Letter

abstracts: Refers him for details of his present situation to Mr. De Veaux who sails for Georgia in a few days.


text: Arizona

text: Churches

title: The old mission of San Xavier, Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


text: Arizona

text: Cactus

text: Arizona

title: Cactus of Arizonz--the saguaro.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

originInfo: 1784-02-09Chatham County, Ga.

title: Document

abstracts: Writ, in the name of Joseph Clay, assistant justice for Chatham Co., to compel the attendance of Hezekiah Wade, defendant in a suit for £50 damages, at court at Chatham on Tuesday, Mar. [2].


text: Arizona

text: Cactus

text: Arizona

title: Cactus of Arizona--the saguaro.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Lincoln

namePart: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

namePart: Howley, Richard

title: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Lincoln

abstracts: Pursuant to inclosed resolution, the Assembly wishes to have all public monies sent by Congress to this State transmitted at once to Augusta, with the reasons of théir detention.


title: [View of paddle cactus.]

text: Arizona

text: Cactus

text: Arizona

title: Cactus growth near Tuscon, A.T.

title: Cactus growth near Tuscon, A.T.

text: Stereoscopic views


text: Arizona

text: Indians of North America

title: Indians going for hay in Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to George Jones, Louisville [Ga.]

namePart: Jones, George

namePart: Jones, Noble Wimberly

abstracts: Mr. [Archibald] Bullock sent his letter of the 20th; is glad to hear Mr. [Joseph?] Gibbons is better; Mrs. McCulloch says the papers of her claim were left with Mr. Robertson, Secretary of the Senate; Mr. [Edward] Telfair and himself think something ought to be done for her; Mrs. Jones is still at Lambeth.


title: Indians going for hay in Arizona.

text: Arizona

text: Indians of North America

title: Indians going for hay in Arizona.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Seaborn Jones, Augusta, Ga

namePart: Jones, Seaborn

namePart: Langworthy, Edward

title: Letter to Seaborn Jones, Augusta, Ga

abstracts: Incloses a subscription paper for "A Political History of the State of Georgia &c."; asks him to take in subscriptions for it and to turn over the money to James Johnston at Savannah.


title: Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.]

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806

title: Letter to John McIntosh, Savannah [Ga.]

abstracts: Sends five of his negroes with five kegs of oysters; his mother desires that three of them be sent to his uncle.


title: Letter to [William?] Washington

namePart: Washington, William

namePart: Pierce, William

title: Letter to [William?] Washington

abstracts: Expresses great esteem for him; arrived in New York the 11th inst., with Mrs. Pierce;. Col. [Henry] Lee had already left for Virginia; the southern country, especially Georgia, is in high estimation at the North; Washington's lands will soon be valuable; he might come to New York and open a speculating office; Congress has not yet made a house; if Walton had come, he would probably have been made president; Mr. [William] Blount of North Carolina is talked of.


title: Looking down upon Ayer's Peak, a mountain 600 feet high.

namePart: Underwood & Underwood

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

namePart: Stirk, Samuel

title: Document

abstracts: Petition to the Governor, Samuel Elbert, on behalf of Henry Allison, praying for a hearing before the Council in behalf of his petition, and for compensation for four negroes given him Mar. 26, 1783, by the Commissioners of Confiscated Estates, on an order from Lyman Hall, the then Governor; of these he sold three to Col. Jack, who by verdict of court in the March term was obliged to surrender the aforesaid negroes to Hancock, the claimant thereof.


title: A mightly red rift in the earth - Bright Angel Canon from O'Neil's Point.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Stereoscopic views


title: An eroded sentinel - survivor of the primeval flood.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Rock formations

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Joseph Gibbons, Jr., Sharon [Ga.]

namePart: Gibbons, Joseph, Jr.

namePart: Telfair, Edward

abstracts: Has received his letter by Capt. Rees; does not know anything about Mr. Whight; has not heard from Sheirs & McLeod; they must send receipts for rafts; any articles for him must await the arrival of his boat; Mr. Speers must push off all the lumber on hand and try to get a market for four rafts that will reach him in a few days.


title: "The sinuous Colarado, yellow as the Tiber" - north from Bissell's Point.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Sightseers

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Seaborn Jones, Augusta

originInfo: 1785-11-09Butler's Creek, Ga.

namePart: Seaborn Jones, Augusta

namePart: Walton, George

title: Letter to Seaborn Jones, Augusta

abstracts: Was obliged to leave town before the result of the measure with Mr. [Hugh] McCall was known; hopes the principal, or at least a decent part, will be sent; with respect to Jones's practice, had expected that some of his own fees would have been paid; dunning is disagreeable; "if a judge can neither receive his salary, nor fees of office, the conclusion is natural.


title: The Castles, from head of Hance's Cove.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Rock formations

text: Sightseers

title: The Castles, from head of Hance's Cove.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Gazing into a yawning chasm 5000 feet deep, Moran's Point.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Sightseers

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

originInfo: 1777-12-31Richmond County, Ga.

namePart: Walton, John

title: Document

abstracts: Bond for £3,000, from John Walton to John Howell, as security for payment of a debt of £1,500 with interest from next December.


title: Document

namePart: Wood, Joseph

title: Document

abstracts: Bill for £150 7s. 6d, due from Ignatius Few for cotton cards sent him to sell, by permission of William Few Jr., and for rum.


title: North from Bissell's Point - looking up the Colorado River.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Sightseers

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to John Houston [Philadelphia]

originInfo: 1775Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Houston, John

namePart: Zubly, John Joachim

title: Letter to John Houston [Philadelphia]

abstracts: Is setting out for Georgia; the other delegates will probably reach home before him, as he is ill and must travel slowly; will not make his report to the Council of Safety until all are present; has left his case of spirits in his lodging, "it will either suit you or Messrs. Habersham.


title: A Pinion tree which plants its nuts 4000 feet below, Rowe's Point.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Pines

text: Stereoscopic views


title: The Serpentine Fault (asbestos deposit) from the south cliff of the Colorado River.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Horses

text: Stereoscopic views


title: In the limestone halfway down Grand View Trail.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Horseback riding

text: Trails & paths

text: Arizona

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to --

originInfo: 1773-03-28Williamsburg, Va.

namePart: Randolph, Peyton

title: Letter to --

abstracts: Enclosing packets from Messrs. Farel and Jones; did not know his address until receipt of his letter; sends this by his nephew, Edmund Randolph, who is going to Baltimore.


title: In the limestone halfway down Grand View Trail(2).

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Horseback riding

text: Trails & paths

text: Arizona

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Zigzagging down Red Canyon Trail.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Horseback riding

title: Zigzagging down Red Canyon Trail.

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to --, of Georgia

namePart: Middleton, Henry

title: Letter to --, of Georgia

abstracts: He has not heard from James Hume, Attorney General [of Georgia], as to what was done with a certain bond of Robertson, Balie & Jameison, which he desired Hume to deliver to his correspondent; wishes to know if it was received, as Hume has left the Colony.


title: Rounding Cape Horn on the Bright Angel Trail.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Horseback riding

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Crossing the Lower Plateau towards the Colorado River.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Horseback riding

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to William Alexander --Lord Stirling--

originInfo: 1775-01-03Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Alexander, William, Lord Stirling

namePart: Hancock, John, 1737-1793

abstracts: His letters of the 3d, 5th, 6th, 14th, 17th, and 19th Dec., with inclosures, were laid before Congress; the sense of that body is shown by the inclosed resolutions; has confidence that he will pay due regard to them.


title: A mightly sentinel in a trackless waste - Zoroaster Tower.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Packtrains

text: Stereoscopic views


title: The Guardian Giants - work of erosion on the Rim.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Rock formations

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island

namePart: Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919

namePart: Cooke, Nicholas

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

abstracts: The President of Congress writes that his last was by Brown, and dated the 12th inst.; incloses an act of Congress of the 16th, for obtaining from the states information about their decisions on the recommendations of Congress.


title: The tourist's view - Sentinel Point and Walcott Peak from Bright Angel Hotel.

namePart: Underwood & Underwood

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Stereoscopic views


title: A mighty red rift in the earth - Bright Angel Canon from O'Neil's Point.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to George Clinton, Governor of New York

originInfo: 1779-01-10Philadelphia, Pa.

namePart: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

abstracts: The President of Congress incloses two acts of Congress, of the 2d and 5th inst., regarding finance; also an act of the 1st inst.


text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Sightseers

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Beside the Colorado - looking up to Zoroaster Tower from Pipe Creek.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Letter to Joseph Reed, President of Pennsylvania

originInfo: 1779-11-18Philadelphia, Pa.

abstracts: The President of Congress incloses two acts of Congress, of the 12th and 16th inst., concerning the corps of artificers raised by the Quartermaster-General; also one of the 12th inst. asking the states to aid in obtaining witnesses and depositions for courts martial.


title: Down the Granite Gorge of the Colorado (1200 ft. deep) from Pyrites Point.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

text: Sightseers

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Up the Colorado River from Pyrite Point to Zoroaster Tower.

text: Arizona

text: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

text: Canyons

text: United States

text: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

text: Stereoscopic views


title: Document

originInfo: 1781-08-14Philadelphia, Pa.

title: Document

abstracts: Passport and safe conduct for a vessel to sail with a cargo of salt. Written form not filled in.