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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

National Archives and Records Service Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Hyde Park, New York

INDEX TO

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S COLLECTION

OF AUTOGRAPHS AND MISCELLANEOUS

HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS

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ADA11S, JOHN ALABANA (cont' d)

Adams' letter to 400 Conmercial letter of 249 LGeorg~Hammond, N. F. Smith /jer J. British Junister to H. MannJ, Hobile, to the United States, Charles T. Pollard, introducing John }lontgomery,, regarding Quincy Adams, 1794. prices, market con-

ditions, etc., written Adams' signature on 401 on printed sheet of patent issued to Merchants' and Planters' Nicholas J. Roosevelt Price-Current, 1850. and James Smallman for self-propelling steam Commercial letter 254 engine, 1798. from D~Ger and Abbot,

}lobile, to Eben Chad-ADA}IS, JOHN QUINCY wick, Boston, regard-

168 ing shipments of

Whig Party subscrip- cotton, 1851. tion for funds to de-fray cost of printing Bill of sale to John 271 political tracts fmr G. Motly, Tuskegee, the re-election of Alabama, for negro

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Adams, with list of slave, Jane, 1860. Raleigh, North Carolina subscribers, 1828. ALElCANDER, WILLIA}! see:

Stirling, Maj. Gen. Lord 44 Letter of John Adams 400 1778. to George Hammond,

, British lunister to fuVIERICA the United States, in-troducing J. Q. Adams, Stanza apparently 380 1794. in handwriting of

author, S. F. Smith. ALABA}!A lYnda t eil

Land grant in Alabama 212 J\}~CAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION to James C. Watson from the United States Letter of N. H. Egle- 346 Government by virtue ston, Secretary, to of the United States Prof. L?JRothrock Treaty with the Creek regarding forestry Indians, signed by and the prevention Martin Van Buren, 1840. of floods, 1894.

Letter to J. F. Jackson, 243 Montgomery, from Wash-burne & \'/oodman, Miner-al Point, Wisconsin, offering to buy bounty land warrants, etc. 1848.

ANDERSON, JOSEPH

Anderson's statement, 178 as Comptroller, United States Treasury Depart­ment, to John Caldwell, Receiver of Public M.onies at Shawneetown, Illinois, regarding the latter's accounts, 1831.

Photostat of Presi- 358 dent Theodore Roose-velt's letter to Secretary of War, Elihu Root regard-ing tests for physi-cal fitness for Army officers, increase of horsemanship, etc., 1907.

ARTHUR, CHESTER!.

Arthur's cancelled 325 check to 11rs. William Kingsland, 1874.

Arthur's check, issued 329 to Theodore M. Pomeroy, 1876.

AUTOGRAPHS

Collection of 73 sig- 258 natures, letters, etc. of certain gover­nors, cabinet members, Congressmen, assembled bJ Charles C. Kibbee, L1853-5!il

Autograph of Paul 351 Du Chaillu, 1899.

AUTOGRAPHS (cont' d)

Autograph book belong­ing to a resident of Buffalo, New York, containing chiefly signatures of resi­dents of central and western New York; runong them, the sig­natures of John Van Buren and Millard Fillmore. [[858-61/

Autogra.ph book con­taining signatures of members of Congress and certain Cabinet members, c. 1864.

Album of mounted cards, each bearing signature of Governor of the particular state in 1935.

BAILEY, THEODORUS

Bailey's character reference for John Reston, former Pough­keepsj.e schoolmaster, 1818.

BANCROFT, GOORGE

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Bancroft's letter to 234 Elliot C. COl-mn de-clining invitation to address the Mercan­tile Library Association of Boston, 1846.

BANKNECHT, ~.E.

Doner of early 19th 404 century account book of a storekeeper at Shrewsbury, Massa-chusetts, 1933.

BARTOLOZZI, PI~TRO

Photostat of Barto- 74 lozzis I s recei.pt for painting purchased by Benjamin \rlest, 1789.

BAYARD, SAMUEL

Customs entry certifi- 97 cate for Bayard, enter­ing New York City on the ship, Factor, signed by Bayard, 1798.

BAYNE, JULIA TAFT

Letter from Mrs. Bayne 404 to Harry F. Banknecht, mentioning knowing the Lincolns in the l-Thi te House, 1931.

BEAtJR])}ARD, GENERAL PIERRE Q • ..,!.

Fragment of General 293 Beauregard's General Orders regarding field conduct of Confederate troops under fire, 1864.

BEAVERBROOK, LORD

Letter from General 396 James Wolfe to "Captain" Parr, 1759, - gift of Lord Beaverbrook, 1942.

Letter from William 397 Pitt, Earl of Chatham, to Robert D'Arcy, -gift of Lord Beaver-brook, 1942.

Donor of letter Ll79sj 400 of John Adams to George Hammond, 1943.

BEA VEllliIWOK, 1Qill2 (cont' d)

Donor of letterLl80Y 402 of James Monroe to unnamed correspondent, 1943.

Donor of autograph 409 letter and inscription of James Russell Lowell, 1943.

Donor of letter of 413 James Madison, "Jr." ffindate§ to "Mr." Bingham regarding Virginia's method of electing United States Senators by vote of the Legislature, 1943.

BELT., ~

Envelop addressed to 1$5 Smith ThollJEson, franked by Bell, Ll$34-4!7 ,

BENSON, ROBERT

Benson's signature on 94 deed of Jonathan, Hamp-ton Lawrence and Jo-anne Lawrence to Williams Ogden, New York City, 1797.

BIDDLE, NICHOLAS

Biddle's longhand signed 384-statement on Patriotism, ffindate§

ffiIS}!ARCK ? J Authorization signed 286 by ffiismarck i7to ?russian M~nister of Finance to grant sum of money and medal to C~ttleib Bley, Berlin lockkeeper.

BLAIR, 110NTGOMERY

Schuyler Colfax's 388 letter to Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, introducing Samuel Ward Francis and his stamp-cancel-ling machine, LUndated7

BLOUNT, GENERAL WILLIg

General Blount's order 136 to clothe two Chickasaw Indians visiting Presi-dent l1adison, lel~ .•

BOER WAR

Letters from Admiral 349 Alvin C. Corry, R. N. regarding Boer War, sent to !i'lI'S. Charles Odell, 1900.

BONAPARTE, CHARLES h. Bonaparte's letter to 162 Leroy Bayard and Com-pany regarding payment of debt, 1826.

BRAHANY, 'l'HOMS Yi"

Diary of Brahany, commenting on Wilson's 2nd. inauguration, war legislation, and events immediately preceding and follow­ing United States entry into World War I, with descriptions of President Wilson at work on his War Hessage, 4 Harch - 24 April 1917.

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BRUNO, ELEANOll.E

Donor of George Wash- 399 ington manuscript L178171eaf from Orderly Book, 1942.

Donor of original patent 401 L179§7signed by John Adams, issued to Nicholas J. Roosevelt and James Smallman, 1939.

BUCHAN, ~ of

George Washington's 86 letter LFhotostat from British Muse~to Earl of Buchan regarding establishment of federal government, early Washington City, etc., 1793.

BUCHANAN, JAMES

Buchanan's letter to 209 Ross Wilkins regarding confirmation of Judge Blythe as Collector of Port of Philadelphia and other political news, 1840.

BURBRIDGE, BRIGADIER GENERAL S'l'EPHEN G.

General Burbridge's 297 letter to Abraham Lin-coln, from Lexington, Kentucky, on conduct of Captain T. E. Hall, etc., 1864.

BURLINGAME, ANSON

Autograph of Burlingame, 321 United States Hinister to China, 1868.

WIDNSIpE, GENERAL AMBROSE §.

Burnside's endorsement 280 of Colonel ll. R. Martin's recommendation for appointment of Lt. Thomas B. Oakley as ArmY Postmaster, 1861. LPhotostaY

BURR, AARON -- ---

Burr's letter to iilfj,ul.0,374 Foxcraft, written fr~ # 3 Wall Street, New York Cit~, February l4,tl'\'2cU _,q:i~a:6out rent of a horse.

BUSINESS MATTERS

Receipt of John Leddel 12 (Leodel?), attorney for estate of Samuel Fitch, to John Pintard, 1729, and affidavit of John Pintard regarding estate of Samuel Fitch, witnessed by Robert Lurting, Nayer, New York, 1733.

Niscellaneous American 15 merchant papers, in­cluding correspondence, bills of lading, in­voices, receipts, etc., 1741-1844.

Niscellaneous mercantile 16 papers of Samuel and William Vernon of New­port, Rhode Island, li746-l78Y· Draft from Robert 17 Montgomerie, to Abraham Hillhouse, London merchant, 1753.

BUSINESS, l>lAT'l'E1IS (co nt' d)

Correspondence of Daniel Park Custis, York River, Virginia, with Thomas Knox, Bristol, England, re­garding tobacco and other merchandise shipped by Custis, 1754.

Niscellaneous merchant papers of Christopher Champlain LChamplinl, Newport, Rhode Island, [i760-l80Y.

Account owed to Thomas Vernon; Newport, Rhode Island, by William Munnford, 1762.

Letter of Titus and Willets, New York, regarding shipments of food, 1764.

Bill to Titus and vli11i8 ffiilletsYfor beef from Henderson and Ewing, 1765.

Lease, issued by Paul and Anne Pickersgill to George Baynos, for land at Crakehall, Bedale Parish, York­shire, England, 1766.

Niscellaneous papers of William Channing, New York merchant, [i766-18orj}.

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Leaf from ledger of 28 S&~uel Farmar, New York merchant, sho>zing ac-count of Archimedus George, 1767.

BUSIW..;sS MATTERS (cont' d) BUSINESS MATTERS (cont' d)

John and Thomas 29 Miscellaneous merchant 52 Burling's bill for papers of Terrason flour bought by Brothers and C~any, Capta.in Tanner, 1767. Phila.delphia, 1781-

l78if}. Receipt to Archabl 31 George, from Joshua Typewritten copies of 58 De St. Croix, Newport, business letters Rhode Island, 1770. written from New York

to Dominic~ Lynch in Two leaves from ledger 34 Ireland, 1783-1784. of unknown Phi1adeluhia merchant, Ll77l-l80~. Bill of Henry Nash and 59

Company, New York Receipt for wine paid 35 against Philip Mack-on account of Archi- swain, for wine, 1783. medus George, signed by Will Stepple, 1771. Letters of Nathan 60

Leavenworth, Washington, Edward Winslow's order 36 Connecticut, from his to Elisha Ford for dry- son Henry, William goods, 1773. Carter, and Samuel

Hinkson, [f.784-l80J}. Receipt of Gabriel W. 38 Ludlow, to NiCholas Bill of sale from John 64 Quackenbos for purchase Vanemburgh, to John W. of a negro slave, 1773. Nachbane for whaler,

Promissory not,e of 41 Betsy, 1786.

Hugh Wallis to Patrick Innkeeper's license 66 Walker, New York, 1776. issued to William

Corwin by James Duane, ltiscellaneous merchant 43 Mayor of New York, 1786. papers of Stephen and Ge01'e Deblois, Ll777- Receipted bill of 71 1787 • Walker and Robert

Nichols to "Mr" Peter-Letters of Joseph Wood- 46 son for tea, New York, bridge and others to 1787. Dudley i'loodbridge re-

76 garding mercantile Thomas Allen's receipt matters, Ll778-l7817. to Samuel Freebody for

Mercantile papers of 51 George and William

fee for binding books, New York, 1789.

Deblois, New York, 1781.

BUSINESS ¥illTTERS (cont'd) BUSIN}JSS ~Y.TTERS (cont'd)

Letter from Donato 77 Letters from Louis 124 and Burton, London and James Rossignol, merchants, to Hichard Savannah' and letter Dorsey, John ~? -1, LPrint~§ from Louis Maryland, regarding Long, Hal'soille8, to tobacco shipments, Mark Prager, Jr., etc., 1790. merchant of Philadelphia,.

Letter about "Mr." 79 1805,1806.

Green's debts from Receipt si21ed by John 126 Murray and Sansom, A. \filson for Ivi11iam Ifl- York merchants y, HilY, District of to William Channing, Columbia, for a negro 1790. slave sold to John

87 Hollingsworth of South

Receipted bill for rum Carolina, 1807. furnished to William Belcher by Joseph Letter of Israel Thorn- 131 Burroughs, 1793. dike of Boston to

Messrs. Willing and Due bill of Abraham 88 Francis, regarding a Cuyler to Caleb Gardner, draft of his son, St. Thomas, ~? -1, Andrew's, etc., 1812. 1794.

Promissory note of 137 Letter to Jacob Morris 96 Ebenezer Gurley to from William Barber, Edward Woodward, 1814. Crum Elbow, N_ York, about repayment of a Letter of Mary Bingham 154 loan, 1798. to William Couperthwait,

Philadelphia, regarding Seven promissory notes 101 an order of drygoods, issued at different 1820. places by various

162 signers, L1798-l803V. Charles L. Bonaparte's letter to Leroy Bayard

Promissory note of Jo., 103 and Company regarding Nancarrow, Jr. to payment of debt, 1826. Samuel Meeker, Phila-delphia, 1799. Letter of Thomas Shaw, 163

Fredericktown Maryland, Customs receipt for 105 to Henry M. Morfit, rum imported by Remson, Washington, regarding 1799. 110rfit's credit at

the Fredericktown Promissory note from 110 Branch Bank, 1826. H. and In. Harris to Charles LAbramy, 1800.

BUSINESS MilTTERS (cont'd)

Bill of sale from 165 Adam Tunno to the Reverend iv. E. Pogson, Charleston, South Carolina, for three slaves, 1827.

Miscellaneous merchant 171 papers of George Bowen, Newport, Rhode Island, regarding outfitting of ships, marine in­surance, etc., Ll829-1834-185W.

Orders for drugs and 172 dry goods from William Stabler and Company, Alexandria, Virgim.a, 1829-1852.

LeUer of Elisha J. 173 Winter, President, Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company, to Alfred Kelly, Newark, Ohio asking for names of engineers competent to make a survey of a railroad, 1830.

Business letter from 186 Smith Hubbard and Company, New Orleans, to Smith and Company, Hartford, 1834.

Miscellaneous business 187 letters of Jackson Riddle and Company, Philadelphia merchants, Ll835-183'i!.

BUSINESS HATTERS (cont I d)

Four merchant letters 196 of J. C. Harter, Man­chester, England, to Ebenezer Chadwick, Boston; letter of Smith Hubbard and Company, New Orleans, to Smith and Company, Hartford; letter of F. A. Lel1ann, London, and letter of Gartner, Harter and Kilgour, Manchester, England, to Kirk Boott, Lowell, Massachusetts, Ll836-185W·

Letter of Thomas J. 198 Coffee, Brandon, Virginia, to William Bailey, Lynchburg, Virginia, about business and financial conditions, 1837.

Letter of Elisha H. 205 Jordan, Brucetown, Virginia, to William Benton, Middleburgh, Virginia, regarding sale of cattle, 1838.

Herchant papers and 207 correspondence of Washington Jackson Llater Jackson, Todd and Companil, Phila-delphia, including correspondence from Natchez, New Orleans, Washington, Ll838-183'i].

Letter of Amasa Breck, 216 Providence, Rhode Island, to T. Smith & Companj', Hartford, Connecticut, regarding goods ordered, etc, 181!1.

BUSINESS HATTERS (cont'd)

Receipted bill to 217 W. Reed for advertising inserted in the Phila­delphia Public Ledger, 1841.

Letter from Richard H. 218 Johnson of Kentucky to Richard Smith, request-ing more time in which to pay a bank debt, 1841.

Letter of John Hill, 219 cashier in Banlc of Cape Fear, Wilmington, North Carolina, to D. A. Davis, cashier, Salisbury, North Caro-lina, regarding bank business, 1841.

Letter to B. B. Andrews, 225 Norwich, New York, from James Andrews, New York City, regarding setting himself up in grocery business, 1$43.

Letter of A. Averill 230 and Company, New York City, to T. Smith and Company, Hartford, Connecticut, regarding freight shipment, 1$44.

Bill of lading, Delawa~e 235 and Hudson Canal Com-pany, Rondont, New York, to E. B. Watkinson, Hartford, Connecticut, for 100 tons of coal, 1847.

BUSINF13S ~iATTERS (cont'd)

Letter of Nesmith and 236 l'1alsh, New York City to J. W. Chadbourne, North Edgecomb, Haine, regarding advances on Chadbourne's new vessel, 1847.

Letter of Thomas Hac- 237 Kenzie and Son, Balti-more, to T. Smith and Company, Hartfo,d, Connecticut, regarding shipment of root harnes for harnes via the Bayou Pioneer for New Orleans, 1847.

Second page of letter 247 from Kennedy Hacgregor and Company, Canton, China, to Frederick Huth and Company, London, regarding tea market, etc, 1$49.

Commercial letter of 249 14. F. Smith Eer J. H. Marril, Mobile, Alabama, to Charles T. Pollard, Montgomery, Alabama, regarding prices, markets conditions, etc.~ written on printed sheet of Herchants' and Planters' Price-Current, 1850.

Letter of E. Crane, 252 Warm Springs, /!leorgiy to Bisher and Company, Boston, regarding cotton crop and cotton market, etc, 1850.

BUSINESS MATTERS (cont'd)

Commercial letter from 254 Dexter and Abbot, Mo-bile, Alabama, to Eben Chadwick, Boston, Massa­chusetts, regarding shipments of cotton, 1$51.

Correspondence of 266 James Horrison and Company, Cincinnati, OhiO, and Irish and English meat packers, regarding cattle and hog prices, shipments, etc,. L1$56-1$5§7.

Promissory note given 270 by Granville J. Kelly, Baltimore, to Long and Company on the Bank of Virginia at Fredericks­burg, 1$59.

Four bills of lading 272 for goods shipped on Benjamin Delano (brig) from New York to Lavaca, Texas, 1$60.

Receipt for tub of 279 butter sold for R. G. Coffin, on Hudson River Steamer, Sherman, by Henry S. Crooke, 1$61.

Letter of John G. Dale 296 and S. G. Nicholson, New York, to A. S. Far­well, Wells River, Ver­mont, enclosing receipt for two passages aboard steamship of Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia Steamship Company, 1864.

BUSINESS ~JlTTERS (cont'd)

Cancelled check of 314 George H. Billon, Liuthor of Billon's Annals of St. Louis?, 1$65. --

Letter of Ashbridge 316 and Company, Liverpool, England, to James D. B. DeBow, Nashville, re-garding package of bonds sent by DeBow to England for sale, coming cotton crop, high postage on De-Bow's Review, etc" 1$66.

Chester A. Arthur's cancelled check to Mrs. William Kings-la.nd, 1$74.

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Letter of A. Guynemer, 327 manager of the Shreve-port, Louisiana, Times to D. W. C. Rame, Mar-shall, Louisiana, re­garding subscription policies of the Times, 1$75.

Check to Theodore M. 329 Pomeroy, issued by Chester A. Arthur, 1$76.

Invoice jJ.n. FrencW of 377 goods to be sent either to New York City or Philadelphia, signed by "Bauge" and consigned to "Mr. Delahay", [jin­date§.

BUSINFBS 11A T'l'ERS (cont I d) CA~IE1l0N, ~

Instructions Lin 378 Letter from Col. Henry 280 FrencQ7for selling R. Martin to Secretary the h'mse of H. of War Simon Cameron Bourdon LOf San Do- regarding Lt. Thomas B. ming£7at Princeton, Oakley, 1861. L?hotostai7 New Jersey, ~undate~.

CANADA Letter written C H. 379 Therese Delano ?-1 Copy of letter of George 45 concerning her indebt- Washington to Henry edness and asking that Lawrens, disapproving certain sums be ad- the proposed expedition vanced to her, LUndate~. to Canada, 1778.

Account book of general 404 Letter from Aiexander J. 141 storekeeper at Shrews- Dallas, United States, bury, Massachusetts, Treasury Department, to 1809-1829. John Rogers regarding

efforts to prevent BUTLER, BENJANIN.E. smuggling of British

188 goods via Canada, 1816.

~~ Letter of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, Balti- Letter from B. Menzies 155 more, to Attorney Gen- in Quebec to her parents eral Butler, covering in Crieff, Scotland, an enclosyre £Pot regarding family matters, attache~, 1835. 1821.

CADILLAC, ANTOINE DELAHOTHE Land grant in Simcoe 159 county,~per Canada,

Account of M. Pascaud 3 ,{ontariO , to Lieut. for merchandise sent to Colonel Nathaniel Coffin, Seigneur Cadillac, 1696. signed by Sir Peregrine

CALHOUN, JOHN f. Maitland, Kc. B., Lieut. Governor, 1824.

Calijoun's letter to 203 Letter from Harry Date, 211 vi. O. Niles requesting London, Canada, to additional copies of Thomas Eyre, Port Hope, Niles' National Regis- Upper Canada, about his tel', 1837. personal afiairs, 1840.

Calhoun's letter to 227 General James Wolfe's 396 James W. McCulloh, First letter to "Captain" Parr Comptroller, regarding regarding the Canadian' appointment of United campaign in French and States Harshal for Hiss- Indian War, 1759. ouri, 1844.

CA..lIIADA (cont' d)

Letter of William Pitt, 397 Earl of Chatham to Robert D'Arcy, mention-ing progress of war in Ame~lca against the French and his hopes for Canada, 1761.

CAR'rER, JAMFS Q.

Two letters from Theo- 353 dore Roosevelt, as @overnor of New York, "0 James C. Carter re­garding the Governor's advisers, politicians and reformers, "Boss" Platt, etc,. 1900.

CARVALHO, CLAIRE

Donor of affidavit, 53 1782, regarding build-ing and ownership of the Schooner, Eliza, 1933.

CassIs signature on appointment of James Soley as West Point cadet, 1833.

CHANNING, WILLIAM

Miscellaneous papers of William Channing, New York merchant /5.766-18097 •

CHINA --Letter of Punqua Winchong, Canton, to Samuel L. !4itchell of New York regarding Winchong's voyage to China, 1809.

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CHINA (cont'd)

Second page of letter 247 from Kennedy HacGregor and Company, Canton, China, to Frederi ck Huth and Company, London, re­garding tea market, etc., 1849.

Autograph of Auson 321 Bur1ingrune, United States Minister to China, together with two signatures in Chinese characters, apparently of members of the Chinese Embassy staff in Washington, /5.86Y. Cover of letter to 354 Miss Mary Vaughan, British Advance~Base Hospital, Tientsin, from Major H. Vaughan, 1901.

CHOATE, JOSEPH li.

Choate's letter to 359 Harvard Club of New York, seconding nomi-nation of Conrad Goddard for membership, 1909.

CHURCHILL, LORD RANDCLPH §..

Lord Churchill's letter 333 to {Vivian D~Majendie, on stationery of the India office, regarding Majendie'g request to Churchill to forward to the Home Secretary any petition on behalf of George Twilley ~? -1 l8S5.

CHURCHIIJ., WINSTON §.. CIVIL WAR (cont'd)

Churchill's letter, 410 Typewritten copy of 281 as First Lord of the letter from General Admiralty, to Andrew vlilliam T. Sherman Bonar Law, defending to "Colonel Hazzard", the Dardanelles~er- Commander at Mouth ation LGallipoli of Salt River, /j.en-and stating Churchill's tuckil appraising him position since 1911 in of troop movements building un the British ordered for approach Navy against the threat to Elizabet9town of Germany, 1915. /j.entucky?~, 1861.

CIVIL SERVICE Letters of Dan Parks, 282 from McKinney, Texas,

Note by President 331 to his ~dfe and son, Rutherford B. Hayes, describing army life, charging that Post- illnesses in camp, etc., master D. G. Hunt of Also letter from I. Mc-Rochester, New York, Cann to B. Lann, des-was attempting "to cribing arrival of unit influence and control in Dallas, Texas, ill-

~, the LRepublicarilnom- ness of men, news of inating convention by battles, etc., 1862. means of the Post Office, 1880. General Order # 5, 284

Statement in longhand 361 issued by order of General Paul J.Semmes,

of and signed by Wood- Hq. Semmes Brigade, in row Wilson, regarding camp near Fredericks-his attitude toward burg, Virginia, rel-pending federal em- ative to inspection of ployees liability regimental arms and bill, 1912. ammunition, 1$63.

CIVIL y[AR Letter of S. A. Baker, 285 written from camp, near

Photostat of letter of 280 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Colonel Henry R. Martin of the 44th Regiment to Secretary of War, Indiana Volunteers, men-Simon Cameron recom- tioning camp life, rains, mending Lieutenant· illness, an attack by Thomas B. Oakley fol' a brigade of negroes, appointment as an prices in Tennessee, army paymaster; en- etc., 1$63. dorsed on back ["Ex-ecutive Ol'dei7by Abraham Lincoln, 1861.

~ WAlt (cont'd)

Clothing issue form 287 for Company I, 23rd Coast Artillery, in command of Lieutenant N. Hiddlebrook, show-ing names of men, and items issued, 1863.

Letter of Henry C. 288 Morhous, Camp of the l23rd Regiment LKrmy of the Potomac 27 at Kelly's Ford, Virginia to his parnnts at LKeeseville, New York 17 asking for news, etc., 1863.

Special Order issued 289 at Wilmington by A. Vander Horst, granting 10-day furlough to Private Joseph Single-tary, 31st North Caro-lina Guard, 1863.

Letter of Warren 291 Mosher, 1st Mich. B., Co. G. Infantry, on board U.S.S. Ranier, Grand Gulf, Mississippi, to Samuel Shoemaker, Summit, Indiana, on conditions in the South, soldier looting, etc., 1864.

Printed announcement of 292 Dutchess County ilfew Yor~ and Poughkeepsie Sanitary Fair, "for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers of our National Army," to be held at Pough­keepsie, 1864.

Fragments of General 293 Pierre Beauregard's General Orders #2 and # 3 regarding field conduct of Confederate troops under fire, 1864.

Printed form letter 294 to Selectmen of town of Brownington, Ver-mont, urging filling quota for 17th Vermont Regiment, signed by Governor J. Gregory Smith, 1864.

Receipt signed by 295 Samuel Barrows for 2077 boxes of "Hard Bread" from the Alex-andria fill- giniy, Qr-!. depot bound for Belle Plain, ViDginia, 1864.

Letter of Brigadier 297 General Stephen G. Burbridge at Lexington, Kentucky, to Abraham Lincoln regarding Captain T. E. Hall, Endorsement of Lincoln (having effect of Ex­ecutive Order) on back, 1864.

Letter of Platt C. 298 Curtis,Jefferson Gen-eral Hospital, Jeffer­sonville, Indiana, to his brother asking for money, describing hos-pital treatment, etc., 1864.

CIVIL WAR (cont'd)

Letter Lincompleti? from l1arbury to his mother, Mrs. Rachel ¥arbury, Baltimore, written from "Front of Petersburg," de­scribing conditions in camp, giving ad­vice to his brother about volunteering, etc., 1864.

Letter of Hiram E. Pettis, Baton Rouge, LOuisiana, to his wife, Lucy Jane, at Oakfield, Centre, I'lisconsin, regarding army life, sending messages to family, etc., 1864.

Leaf of Orderly Book, containing General Order # 70, HQ, Army of Northern Virginia, by command of General Lee, signed by W. H. Taylor, regarding clothing and shoes issued to enlisted men. Verso contains minutes of other entries, 1864.

Inventories and in­voices of QM and Ordnance Supplies drawn by Lieutenant Edgar H. Riggs for use of enlisted men in Company C., 35th ¥~ssachusetts Volun­teers, Ll864-18627.

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Lctter of Lucius J<'air- 305 chEd, Secretary of State, WisconSin, to Mrs. Lucy J. Pettis, Oak Centre, Wisconsin, r~orting her husband LHiram E. Pettiy "all right" in October 1864. 1865.

Consolidated provision 308 return form for the 38th Mississippi and 14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment, showing one days ra-tions for men, 1865.

Photostatic copy of 309 General Robert E. Lee's General Order No.9, HQ. Army of Northern Virginia, announcing surrender of the Army to Northern forces, lS65.

Certificate filed by 309a 1st Sgt. Alpheus Wilson, Co. F. 4th. Delaware Volunteers, claiming commutation of rations while on furlough, 1865.

Love letter of Clarence 310 St. Clair, aboard U.S.S. Minnesota off Hampton Roads, Virginia, to "Carrie" at Waterford, New York, mentioning the approach of the l1errimac, Ll865Y Discharge certificate of 310a Daniel Barrett, Hyde Park, New York, as member of Co. C. Sth. Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps, 1865.

~ WAR (cont'd)

Discharge certificates 310b of Alexander, William C., and Robert Milroy of Dutchess County, New York, following Civil War service, 1865.

Letter from Col. 312 Robert H. Ramsey, Military Division of Tennessee to R. Abbey, 1865.

Samuel B. Shaw's 320 letter from Omaha, Nebraska, to United States Senator John M. Thayer, requesting Thayer's aid in ob-taining passage of a bill to grant bounties to members of the "Inland Squadron," during the Civil War; also Thayer's reply, 1868.

Typed copy of letter 334 from General vlilliam T. Sherman, st. Louis, Missouri, to Edward p. Howe, Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding Sherman's dificulties since the Civil War with Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun, Edwin Stanton and others, mentioning an incident in the Civil l"far, 1886.

CLARKSON, MATTHEW

Clarkson's letter to 49 Maj. General Lincoln regarding his hope of being exchanged when Lincoln is, 1780.

CLElILENS, SAl!Ul!-;L

Photostatic copy of 269a Mississippi River Steam-boat pilot's license issued to Clemens, and summary of oath taken by Clemens, 1859.

CLEVELAND, GHOVER

White I-louse card auto- 341 graphed by Cleveland, in envelope addressed to Edward P. Howe, Saratoga Springs, Ne~[ York. 1888.

Cleveland's letter from 350 Princeton, New Jersey, to J. Sterling Norton, Nebraska City, Nebraska, regarding Democratic party prospects for 1900, Republican waste, etc., 1899.

Portion of letter from 391 H. 'II. S. Cleveland to some member of the Delano family giving his estimate of Grover Cleveland's character, ffindatei/.

CLEVELAND, HORACE)1. §..

Portion of letter from 391 H. W. S. Cleveland to some member of the Delano family, giving H. W. S. Cleveland's estimate of Grover Cleveland's character, ffindatei/.

CLEVELAND, LILY

Brief extract from diary 356 of Lily Cleveland, men­tioning Governor Theo-dore Roosevelt, 1901.

COLFAX, SCHUYLER

Colfax's letter to 388 Postmaster General i'Iontgomery Blair introducing Dr. S. ltl. Francis and his stamp­cancelling machine. .LUndateY

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AHERICA

Letter of George 301 Offutt, Chief of Central Bureau, Con­federate Post Office Department, Richmond, Virginia to Chadwick Farmer, New Ferry, Virginia, regarding changing of post office at Chalklevel, Virginia, and Farmer's deli very of mails between New Ferry and Chalklevel, 1864.

Letter of Jefferson 337 Davis, Bea~ir, Mississippi, to J. G. Ramer, regarding publication and sale of Davis' book, The Rise and Fall of the Conf ederateGover'iiiiient , 1887.

CONGRESS

Lafayettes' file copy 55 of his letter regarding Versailles Armistice to the President of the Continental Con-gress, 1783.

CONGRESS (cont'd)

Petition of Brigadier 80 General Isaac Huger, Charleston, South Car­olina, to Jacob Read, Speaker, and Members of the House of Repre­sentatives for rejection of bill authorizing a ferry on the Congaree River, 179l.

Letter of Senator John 184 M. Robinson of Illinois to John Caldwell, Shawneetown, Illinois, notif~ng him that Senate has confirmed Caldwell's nomination as Receiver at Shawnee-town, 1834.

Letter of 1"li11iam H. 269 Seward, from Washing-ton, to George Palmer Putnam, regarding the sending of Congressional publications to the Westchester County Library Association at Yonkers, New York, 1858.

Autographs of members 408 of Congress c. 1864.

CONNEC1'ICUT

Letters of Joseph Wood­bridge and others to Dudley \"ioodbridge on mercantile matters, Norwich, Ll778-178i7

46

CONNECTICUT (cont'd)

Letters of Joseph 46 \~oodbridge and. others to Dudle-J v.foodbridge on mercantile matters, Norwich, Ll778-l7817.

Letters of Nathan 60 Leavemrorth, Wash-ington, Connecticut, from his son Henry, li:l.lliam Carter, and Samuel Hinkson,Ll784-l80iJj

Order of Eliphalet 73 Dyer to Oliver Wol-cott, Jr, to pay ± 20 to Messrs. Taintor and Isham, and charge to his salary account as Judge of the Super-ior Court, 1789.

Letter of adminisbra- 82 tion of Surrogate of Saratoga County ffiew Yor~appointing Joel Johns executor of estate of Benjamin Johns of Connecticut, 1792.

Summons issued to 120 Benjamin Clark of Ashford, ~Iindham County, Connecticut, by Justice of the Peace, James Byles, 11:)03.

Regulations adopted 138a by the School Visiting Committee in the 2nd School Society, Groton; en verso, addressed to John Gray, 1814.

CONNECTICU1' (cont I d)

Letters testamentary 144 issued tly Jonathan Barnes, Surrogate, Tolland, to Zebulon Crocker, et al, to administer estate of Hannah Wheeler, Willing-ton, 1817.

Letter regarding per- 156 sonal and church af-fairs from C. P. Hoses, New York, to 1-11'. /jirs.fl Gardiner Nills, Canton, Connecticut, 1822.

Business letter from 186 Smith Hubbard and Company, New Orleans, to Smith and Company, Hartford, 1834.

Order from Smith Hubbard 190 and,Company, New Orleans, for ~harness, carpet bags, etc., from Smith and Co;npany, Hartford, 1835.

Business letter of 196 Smith, Hubbard and Company, New Orleans, to Smith and Company, Hartford, 18.38.

Letter of Amasa Breck, 216 Providence, Rhode Island, to T. Smith and Company, Hartford, regarding goods ordered, etc., 1841.

Let tel' from vi. Nelson, New York City, to D. C. Collins, Collins Hfg. Company, Hartford, re­Rard-i.ng shipment. of axes, 1843.

224

CONN!;CTICUT (cont'd)

Let tel' to T. Smi th 230 and Compo.ny, Hartford, from A. Averill and Company, New York City, regarding freight shipment, 181+4.

Bill of lading for 235 100 tons of coal to E. B. l-latkinson, Hartford, from the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, 1847.

Letter of Thomas Hac 237 Kenzie and Son, Balti-more, to 1'. Smith and Company, Hartford, re­garding Shipment of root harnes for harness via the Bayou Pioneer, for Ne~1 Orleans, 1847.

Journal of Amos Wheeler, 403 Jr. of a voyage in the Sloop, Rover, from Stonington to Wilming-ton, North Carolina, and an account of early weeks of Wheeler's school teaching there, 1809.

COMNELLY, JOSEPH ~. !.

Donor of Andrew Jack- 148 son's letter, 1818, to Major Alexander C. W. Fanning about Fort St. Marks, Florida,1933.

COOKE, NICKOLAS

Letter of Paul Allen to 40 LGovernoi7Cooke regard­ing persons near N ""!port , Rhode Island suspected of selling provisions to British ships, 1775.

Signature of Grace ~ "'70 Coolidf,o on r,Qrtion of franked envelope, 1935.

CORNltIALLIS, LORI; @HARLES?

Lord Cornwallis' affi- 119 davit of expenses for the keeping of horses for the public service, 1802.

CORRY, ADMIRAL ALVIN Q., R.N~.

Admiral Corry's letters 349 to Hrs. Charles Odell regardin&-international affairs,L1897-190g7.

CORTLANDT, PHILIP

Signature of Cortlandt, 8 as witness and notary on deed in Ne~1 York City, 1719.

·.Certificate of Cortlandt 10 John Cruger and others regarding failure to provision royal navy, 1721.

COKE, Tl'NCH -- ---Letter of Aaron Dunham, 84 Trenton, New Jersey, to Coxe, Conunissioner of Revenue, enclosing copy of Dunham's letter to revenue collector, John M. Cummings, 1793.

CMviFORD, ViILLIAN !i.

Secretary of the Treasury152 Cra1'lford' s letter to Adam D. Ste>lart about collection of customs at llichilimackinac, 1819.

Statement in longhand 1~5 vlX'Hten by James Hon-roe on human progress, etc, for the Quaker philanthropist, Cresson, with brief statements of James Hadison and William Short, 1828.

CRIMEAN "JAR

Letter of Henry B. 262 Hest~ail Maker's Nat£Of Stoneham, V~ssachusetts, from Philadelphia, regard-ing his coming voyage to England and the Baltic in the U.S.S. San Jacinto, referring to the engagement to be fought in the Baltic betvreen "the English, French and Russians," etc., 1854.

CROMWELL, DLlVER

CUBA

Cromwell's letter to 373 Sir William Springer L17 and L17 Barrbw, written during En~ish Civil iiar [i.641-52.1, concerning the Round-head cavalry, his prefer­ence for "honest men" rather than ".&entlemen" etc, ,6indate!y.

Extract in French from 121 documents of the San Domingo delegation at Santiago de Cuba re-garding American brig, Ceres, NevT York, captured b~ French privateer, 1804. LEnglish translation also~

CUBA (cont' d)

LeUer of Charles 260 Tyng and Compa.ny to Hemry C. Thacher, Boston, regarding state and shipment of cigars to Thacher, 1854.

CURTIS, GEORGE vHLLIAM

Curtis' note, from 330 West New Brighton, Stateh Island, New York, to unnamed correspondent, thanking

him for sending a paper, 1877.

CUSTIS, DANIEL PARK

Letters to Daniel 18 Park Custis from Thomas Knox regard-ing tobacco and other merchandise, 1754.

CUSTOHS, BUREAU OF THE

Letter from Alexander 141 J. Dallas, Treasury Department, to John Rogers, Collector at Michilimackinac fislani/ regarding efforts to prevent smuggling via Canada, 1816.

Letter of William H. 152 Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, to Adam D. Stewart, Collector at Hichilimackinac fis1ani/regarding mode of collecting there, 1819.

CUSTO;·jS, Bl.J1illAU OF THE

Letter from James 259 Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury to F. W. Allen, Colle~tor of Customs, Nantucket, Nassachusetts, author­i~ing repairs, etc, to revenue boat at Nan­tucket, 1854.

DALLAS, ALEXANDER i.

Letter of Dallas, United 141-Stat·es Treasury Depart­ment, to John Rogers regarding efforts to prevent smuggling of Britiah goods via Canada,1816.

DANA, CHARLES!.

Typed oopy of General 334 William T. Sherman's letter to Edward P. Hm~e mentioning Sher-man's difficulties with Dana, 1886.

Donor of albtml of 41-2 autographs of Gover-nors of states in 1935.

DAVIS, JEFFERSON

Davis' letter to J. G. Ramer regarding the sale of Davis' The Rise and Fall of the COrif eCi;;a'te"G<>vern:­ment, 1887.

337

DEARBORN, GENERAL HENRY A. S. -- -Letter to John C. Spencer, Canandaigua, Ne~l York, from "You know whom," at Fort Niagara, complaining of the conduct of General Dearborn and the progress of the war, 1813.

132

Claim against the 138 government by Briga-dier General Dearborn, Massachusetts, Drafted 11ilitia, for his pay and allowances 19 September to 30 Novem-ber, 1814.

DE Bow, i. 12. ~. !}8JD.es Dunwoody Brownsow

Letter from Ashbri~ge 316 and Company, Liverpool, England, to James D. B. De Bow, Nashville, re­garding package of bonds sent by De Bow to England for sale, coming cotton crop, high postage on De Bow's Review, etc. 1866.

DELANO, FREDERI C

Donor of photostat of 86 1793 letter of George 1,iashington to the Earl of Buchan, 19~.3.

DELANO fjJ, )1. THERESE

Letter of M. Therese 378 Delano, concerning her indebtedness, (Undated)

DEMOCRACY ---Photestat of typescript 268 copy of Thomas Babington Nacaulay's letter to Henry Stephens Randell giving Nacaulay's opinion of Jeffersonian democracy, 1857.

DEl\!OCRATIC PAR'rY

Letter from A. C. 180 Paige to B. N. Numford, of Schenectady, Ne~l York, regarding Demo-cratic Party Convention at Baltimore, 1832.

Letter of D. Evans, 228 per 11. S. Leonard, to G. VI. Newell, Chief Clerk, Canal Department Albany, New York, asking where LPemocrati£7 bargemen may vote on election day, 1844.

Hinutes of two meetings 290 of the PlYmouth LMass­achusettsi7 Democratic Club, 1863.

Letter of Sam L. 324-Southard, St. Louis, to Horatio Seymour, regarding approaching Baltimore convention, Seymour's attitude toward the Greeley ticket, dangers of a third party, etc., 1872.

Letter of Representa.tive 345 Ben E. Russell to Ben W. Austin regarding the Democratic party, 1893.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY (cont' d)

Grover Cleveland's 350 letter from Princeton, Ne\1 Jersey, to J. Sterling Morton, Nebreska City, Nebraska, regardimg Democratic party pros-pects far l~OO, present leadership, Chicago platform, etc., 1899.

DNtlli'Y, GEORGE fia.ter Admira;V

Writes to L. H. Go1de- 278a borough, Narch 17, 1861, congratulating Golds-borough on his appoint-ment to the Narine Corps.

DEJiIEY, ADHIRAL GEORGE

Praise for Commander 395a Glavis' Naval History of the War of 1812.

DIPLOHATIC SERVICE

Albert Gallatin's 142 letter to Louis Ghe-bard, Paris, about a l~. Baker, consul of a Spanish port, 1816.

DIX, JOHN fl.

Dix's letter accepting 238 invitation to lecture before Washington LD.c;7 Trinity Church Library Association, 1848.

DOWNEY, WILLIARD --- ----Donor of 1854 letter of 265 C. P. Elliott to"Mr'! l~alker, Exeter, Haine, and 1854 letter from Rachel P. Walker, 1934.

DREXEL, JOSEPH ~. DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK,(cont'd)

Drexel's letter to 33S Letter of James Kirke 261 George Alfred Townsend, Paulding, Hyde Park, to regarding "Mr. Bona- unnamed correspondent venture" and Drexel's thanking him for gift inability to continue of three volumes, lS5t.. book collecting, 1887.

Printed announcement 292 DU CHAILLU, PAUL of Dutchess County and

351 Poughkeepsie Sanitary

Autograph, lS99. Fair, "for the relief of the sick and wounded

DUNN, ElJiV ARD soldiers of our National

Donor of 17S6 certi- 63 Army," to be held at Poughkeepsie, lS64.

ficate of army service £Includes list of Ladies of Ezekiel Camp and Executive COmmittee;7 certifivate of Ezekiel Also cover addressed to De Camp as Freeman of Nrs. North, Gregory New York, 1942. House.

___ - DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK Discharge certificate 310a of Daniel Barrett, Hyde

Letter of William 96 Park, New York, as Barber at Cram Elbow, member of Company C. to Jacob Norris, Albany, Sth Regt, Veterans regarding repayment of Reserve Corps, 1865. a loan, 1798.

Discharge certificates 310b Character references 146 of Alexander, William C., for John Reston, former and Robert Nilroy of Poughkeepsie school- Dutchess Cotmty, follow-master, by James Tall- ing Civil War Service, madge of Poughkeepsie 1865. and Theodorus Bailey, 1818. Resolution of Dutchess 362

Three covers ~thout lS5 County Board of Super-visors on death of

letter'yaddressed to _ Albert B, Schryver, Smith Th~son, franked former member of the by J fOhn Bell, John Board, 1912. ForsytLt and Levi 1-Iood-bury, lS34-184!7. DYER, ELIPHALET

Letter of A. Gibbs, 202 Order to have a sum of 73 Hyde Park, Ne\~ York, to money paid out of his Emily Judd, Ne>Iark, Ne>I salary account as Jersey, discussing local Judge of the Superior ne>IS and gossip, the Court, Connecticut, Poughkeepsie regatta, 1789. etc., 1837.

EDUCATION

Regulations adopted 138a by School Visiting COmmittee, Groton, Connecticut, 1814.

La Salle County, 111- 231 inois, record of com-mon school, kept by E. L. Graves; also trustees' certificate showing school inspec-tion, etc., 1845.

Schedule of common school kept by Ella Francis in township #32, La Salle County; also four cancelled checks Llm84-82f for teacher's salaries, coal, etc., 1875.

EGGLESTON, ElJiIARD

325a

Letter from Eggleston 336 to J. C. Green, West Chester, Pennsylvania, regarding autographs of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1887.

ELLIS, MRS. WILLIAM .!i.

Donor of autograph 408 book Ll86b7 containing signatures of members of Congress and some members of the Cabinet.

EVERETT, EDWARD

Everett's letter to 167 Hessrs. Bary and Rich-mond in Cambridge, New York, covering letters of introduction to Baron LBarthold glNiebuhr and Professor ,velcker of Bonn University, 1828.

FAIRCHILD, LUCIUS

Fairchild's letter, 305 as Secretary of State, Wisconsin, to Mrs. Lucy J. Pettis, Oak Centre, Wisconsin, re~orting her husband LHiram E. Pettis - Item 3021 "all rigbt - - - " in October 1864, 1865.

FAIRFAX, LORD

Two extracts from 15a Hinutes of Governor's Council, Williamsburg, Virginia, regarding Governor Thomas Fair-fax's claim to certain quitrents, 1745.

FANNING, YJAJOR ALEXANDER £. Yr.

Andrew Jackson's 148 letter to Major Fanning regarding the defence of Fort St. Marks under Fanning's command, and disposition of the "Spanish" Schooner and "Young" Arbuthnot, etc., 1818.

FAll.LEY, JAMES fl.

Photostat of Farley's 371 forecast for 1936, predicting that Landon would carry only Maine and Vermont, 1936.

FARRAR, FREDERICK vlILLIAM

Letter to Canon Farrar 409 from Ambassador James Russell Lowell, en-closing an inscription in verse for the Raleigh Hemorial "Iindow of St. Hargaret' s, Westminster, 1888.

FAYER~lEATHER, CHARLES

Letter to Charles Fayer- 368 'leather, New York City, from Norman Thomas, re­garding F. D. Roosevelt as candidate for Presi­dent, 1932.

FAYER'V'lF.ATHER, MHS. CHARLP..s

Donor of brief extract 356 from diary /5. 9Cyof Lily Cleveland mention-ing Theodore Roosevelt, n.d.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Photostat LSritish 86 HuseU!!!l of George Wash­ington's letter to the Earl of Buchan regard-ing establishment of Federal government , early Washington, etc., 1793.

FENARD, ADllIRAL RAYNOND !:..

Donor of letter /5.7727 398 of Benjamin Franklin to H. De Chaumont, 1944. Admiral Fenard's letter referring to Roosevelt's gi ving France the Sene­galais, 1944.

FER.lmS, I·UIS. JOHN Q. II

Donor of poem by Anna 385 Wilkinson Chase, 1943.

FILUIORE, HILLARD

Fillmore's New Years 244 note to his cousin, Hrs. E. L. Evans, 1849.

FILLHORE, MILLARD (cont' d)

Autograph of Fillmore in book of autographs of persons in central and western New York /5.$58-6Y.

FLOOD CONTROL

407

Letter of N. H. Egle- 346 ston, Recording Secre-tary, American Forestry Association, to Prof. Rothrock regarding impending flood inves­tigation, and flood control, etc. 1894.

FLORIDA

Andrew Jackson's letter 148 to Hajor Alexander C. W. Fanning, COlIllllanding Officer at Fort st. Harks, regarding the defence of the Fort and the disposition of the "Spanish" Schooner, etc., 1$18.

FOLEY, SIR THOHAS

Photostat of Lord 118 Nelson's letter to Sir Thomas Foley, mention-ing friends, including Lord and Lady Hamilton, and giving his opinion on possibility of war, 1$02.

Photostat of letter 382 from Lady ElIlIlla Hamilton to "Captain" Foley concerning his sisters­in-law, and sendin~ greetings, Ltindate2l.

FORREST EDWIN , ---Franked envelope 390 signed by Ex-President FranY~in Pierce, ad-dressed to Forrest, New York City, LUn-dateil·

FORSYTH, JOHN

Franked envelope of 11:15 Forsyth, addressed to Smith Thompson, L1834-18W.

FRANCE

John Jay's letter to P. A. Adet, V.d.nister from French Republic, regarding appointment of French consul at New York, 1795.

91

Photostats of two 107 letters from the Harquis de Lafayette to William Vans Murray regarding conditions in France Land Europi}, 1799.

Harquis de Lafayette's 147 letter regarding the Pilnitz coalition of 1791, 1818.

Typed copy of letter 257 from George Summer, New York City, to unnamed correspondent, regarding attitude of French government to-ward United States annexation of Sandwich Islands, etc., 1853.

FRANCE (cont' d)

Emile Zola's note to 348 Martin Bild, Paris, authorizing a German translation of Le Jeune, 1897.

Photostat of statement 366a in handwriting of Wood-row Wilson, signed by him, on proposal to guarantee aid to France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany, 1919.

Admiral Raymond A. Fenard's letter to President Roosevelt, referring to the hand-ing over for the French Navy the Senegalais, 1944.

FRANCIS, SAi'1UEL WARD

398

Schuyler Colfax's 388 letter to Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, introducing Francis and his stamp­cancelling machine, LUndateil.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Letter from Franklin, 398 written at PassyLrarii! to M. DeChaumont, dis­cussing Lafayette's impending departure for America with troops, etc., 1779.

]?RENCH AND INDIAN ltJAR

Certificate of service 39 of William Cowper in "late War in North' America~ sigged by LGeneral SiI1Frederick Haldimand, 1774.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (cont' d)

General James Wolfe's 396 letter to "Captain" Parr, written "from an island in the middle of the St. Lawrence - -close to the enemy on our front and right", regarding the Canadian campaign, 1759.

l1illiam Pitts' letter 397 to Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holderness discus-sing Lin pari/progress of wars in America against the French, and his hopes for Canada, 1761.

FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Address of the Society 75 to George Washington, signed by Nicholas Waln, 1789; also Naln' s transcript of Washington's reply.

Anna Wilkinson Chase's 385 La Quaker preache!l poem, A Comparison Be-tween a Winter Orchard and the Church under Our "NaJiie, together with a letter to her sister, LUndateg7.

GAINES, MAJOR GENERAL ~DNUND .f.

Andrew Jackson's letter 153 to General Gaines, re­garding sale of cattle to Talladega Indians, 1819.

GALLATIN, 1II.BEflT

Gallatin's letter to 142 Ghebard, Paris, re-garding actions of "~lr." Baker, consul of a Spanish port, 1816.

GEORGIA ----Letter to the Governor 69 of Georgia from Richard Caswell, Governor of North Carolina, asking for arrest of John Marshall, 1787.

Letter from Louis 124 Rossignol and letter from James Rossignol, Savannah to Mark Prager, Jr., merchant of Phila­delphia, about mercan-tile matters, 1805.

Letter of Washington 170 Stone, Augusta, to his brother Walter at Talbotton, regarding death of their mother and management of a farm, 1829.

Letter of W. H. Mitchell,194 Stanford Cross Roads, Putnam County, to his sister, Mrs. Sarah C. Vdtchell, Athens, re­garding family affairs, mentioning taking "Camilla" to Warm Springs, 1836.

Letter of H. Johnson, 208 Hickory Grove, Flat Shoals, }feriwether County, to her "twin brother", Frederick Foy, San Augustin, Texas, urging Foy to return to Georgia to live, 1840.

GEORGIA (cont'd)

Letter of ii. H. Mitchell,221 Milledgeville, to l~illiam S. Hitchell, Athens, regarding business and personal matters, mentioning vlarm Springs, 18iflo

Letter of A. Iversen, 229 Columbus, to William L. Hitchell, Athens, re­garding politics and his reasons for decli-ning to be nominated for Governor, 1844.

Letter of Thomas Stone, 233 Oxford, to Edward Gid-dens, Talbotten, re­garding settlement of an estate, 1846.

Letter from Haviland, 240 H-----& Allen, to Hrs. Mary Wright, Van Wert, Georgia, regarding settlement of bill for Dr. Joel L. Flanigan, 1848.

GERMANY

Authorization to 286 Prussian Minister of Finance to grant sum of money and medal of merit to Gottlieb Bley, Berlin lock-keeper, Signed by !ftismarckj] 1863.

Warrant, signed by 363 Kaiser Wilhelm II, ap­proving a pension of 7000 marks to George Wruck, countersigned by Lentz for lunister of Public Iforks ,Berlin, 1914.

GERPUUf.r (cont'd)

Letter of Winston Church-410 ill to Andrew Bonar Law about the Dardanelles operation and Chur-chill's efforts since 1911 in building up the British fleet against 'the threat of Germany, 1915.

GIBBONS, ~ CARDINAL

Cardinal Gibbon's 360 letter to H8Jor J. Otis Woodward accepting life membershi~ in Albany /Jiew Yor'!yBurgesses' Corp~ 1909.

~, WILLIAN !!.

Land grant in Nicholas 169 County, Virgim:a to Israel Browne, signed by Governor Giles.

GQVERNOlYil ,:J!TATE

Album of mounted cards, 412 in alphabetical order of States, each bear-ing signature of Governor of the par­ticular state in 1935.

GRANBY, LORD

William Pitt's letter 397 to Robert D'Arcy men­tioning Lord Granby, 1761

GRANGER, GIDEON

Correspondence, con- 115 tracts, etc, between Postmaster General Granger and John Cad­wallader regarding Cad­wallader's contract to carry mails, etc, 1800-1807.

GREAT BRITAIN

Parchment in Latin giving record of Common Pleas case at Westminster L1ondori7 heard by Judge Sir John Finch, 1636.

1

Certificate of John 10 Cruger, Philip Cort-landt, and others re­garding failure of Ne~l York residents to raise sufficient funds for provisioning of the Royal Navy, 1721.

Personal letter from 25 Louis Thockton in Lon-don, to his wife, ThIilia, in America.

Lease, issued by Paul 26 and Anne Pickersgill to George Baynos, for land at Crakehall, Bedale Parish, Yorkshire, England, 1766.

Contract behleen John 32 Hodgson and William Hutton and Company, Paisley, Scotland, for 6100 acres bordering Lake Champlain, 1770.

Affidavit of William 72 Jarvis, formerly of the King's Orange Rangers, attesting to his in-come and employment, 17SS.

Copy of Sir Alexander 7S Seton's power of at­torney to Lady Hargaret Seton and-others, Edin­burg fj]1790. .

gll~J\'r BlU'l'AIN (cont' d)

Note accepting invitation93 to Rufus King to dine at the Guild hall with the Lord Mayor of London, 1796.

Copy of will of Sir 95 Henry Seton Ll78Q7. Edinburgh, sent by Alexander Seton to his attorneys, 1797.

Lord Nelson'S letter to 109 Lieutenant General Fox regarding movements of the Britiah fleet, lSOO.

Photostat of letter lIS from Lord Nelson to Sir Thomas Foley, men­tioning Lord and Lady Hamilton, Admiral Sir George Martin, Admiral Sir George Keith, Elphinstone, Sir Ben-jamin Hallowell Carew, Sir \filliam Stewart; and giving opinion of possibility of war, lS02.

Affidavits of Lord 119 Cornwallis and Lieut-enant Colonel Nightin-gall regarding expense connected with the keeping of horses "for the public service", lS02.

Lord Nelson's letter to 122 Cardinal Deshing fj] offering hiru safe- con-duct to Italy, etc.,lS04.

Royal fishing permit 223 issued to unnailled bearer for permission to fish in the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London; en verso "To Hembury, ealllekegper, Hyd e l'arkJ,! If:lh2.

Gill,AT BRITAIN (cont'd)

Certificate indenturing 241 John Huggitt, South Shields, Durham, Eng-land, as apprentice seaman to Alexander Dixon, shipowner; also Mariner's Register Ticket, issued at North Shields, England, to John Huggitt, 1843.

Second page of letter 247 to Frederick Huth and Company, London, from Kennedy HacGregor and Company, Canton, China, regarding tea market, 1849.

Certificate indenturing 326 James Hiers Huggitt, South Shields, England to Janes Young, of the same place; also cer­tificate of completion of apprenticeship, 1$75.

Letter from Lord Ran- 333 dolph S. Churchill to ··'l1r." lJ.i vian Dering Najendi.i7 on stationery of the India office, re­garding Hajendiets re-quest to Churchill to forward to the Home Secretary any petition on behalf mitigating the sentence of George Twiney !iJ, 18$5.

Four letters from Ad- 349 miral Alvin C. Corry, R.N. to Brs. Charles Odell regarding Boer ltTar, British vie1r1 of conditions in Orient, Russia, Germany, etc., 1900.

GREAT BRITAIN (conttd)

Cover of letter to 354 Miss Hary Vaughan, British Advanced Base, Tientsin, China, from Hajor H. Vaughan, 1901.

Photostat of letter 366 from Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, British Ambassador, to Charles M. Hamlin, regarding attitude of the British toward America prior to United States declaration of war on Germany, 1918,

Letter of Oliver Crom- 373 well to Sir William Springer L17 and L17 Barrow, written during English Civil War jJ.641-16527, concerning the Roundhead cavalry, his preference for "honest mlm" rather than "gentle­men", etc., Lundatei/. jJ.642V

Photostatic copy of 382 letter from Lady Hamil-ton to Captain Eoley, mentioning Lord Nelson, Lundatei/. jJ.802j]

William Pitt's letter 397 to Robert DtArcy, dis­cussing Dusiness of House of Lords, men­tioning Lord Egremont, Sir Joseph Yorke, Lord Granby; also discussing progress of war in America against the French and his hopes for Canada, 1761.

GREAT BRITAIN (conti d)

Winston Churchill's 410 letter to Andrew Bona.r La;!, sta.ting his posi-tion since 1911 in bunding up of British fleet, and defending the Da.rdanelle:3 operation, etc., 1915.

GREELEY, HORACI':

Letter of Sam L. Southard324 to Horatio Seymeur re­garding Seymour's atti-tude to\'!ard the Greeley ticket, 1872.

Autograph of Greeley 408 in book of autographs, c. 1864.

GROSSHA]" HOSES !i.

Donor of Hillard Fill- 244 more's letter 1849, to his cousin, HI'S. E. L. Evans, 1940.

GUTHRIE J Al<!li:S ----, ---Secretary of the Trea- 259 sury Guthrie's letter to E. tV. Allen, 601-lector at Nantucket, jv[assachusetts, autho­rizing repairs, etc, to revenue boat at Nantucket, 1854.

HALDHfAND, fGENERAL sm7 FREDEIUCK

Certificate of service 39 of i'lilliarn C01'1per in "late IVaI' in North America'; signed by General Haldimand, 1774.

HA1'iILTON, ALEXANDER, JR.

Satisfaction of mort- 166 gage from Hamilton to Nicholas and Bridget Demarest and James C. D. Clark, entirely in Harni lton' s hand1'iri tine, 1827.

Letter fr0~ Lafayette 376 to M. Ham:Llton, Tun-dateY·

HAHILTON, gQX ~J

Referred to in Lord 118 Nelson's letter to Sir Thomas Foley, 1$02.

Photostatic copy of 382 letter from Lady Hamil-ton to Captain LSiI' Thomas17 Foley concera-ing his sisters-in-law, and sending greetings from Lord Hamilton and Lord Nelson, LUndateY.

HAMLIN, CHARLES~.

Photostat of letter 366 from Sir Cecil Spring-Rice to Hamlin, regard-ing attitude of British toward America prior to United States declaration of war on Germany, 191$. LAlso letter from ~~S. Hamlin to HI'S. F. D. Roosevelt, sending the photostat, 192HJ.

HAYI1IN, HANNIBAL

Autograph, in book of autographs, e. 1864.

40$

HAN110ND, /GFfJRrE7

John Adams' letter to 400 Hammond, Hinister to United States from Great Britain, intro­ducing John Quincy Adams, 1794.

Hlk\'D, HAJOR GENERAL ElJ',vARD

Mentioned in "Order 3'99 of March" for American troops in leaf from George Washington's Orderly Book. Manu-script from papers of General Hand, 1781.

HARNED, !!. !!.

Donor of promissory 103 note /5.792/ of .Io. Nancarrow, Jr, 1940.

Donor of bond /5.7927 104 of James NcCoy, et al to Alexander HcBeath, 1940.

Donor of promissory 110 note fj800J M. and In. Harris to Charles [ji.bramj], 1940.

HARmSON, BENJAMIN

Photostat of Harrison' s 3l~4 letter of congratulations to William E. l1atthe>ls, 1892.

HAl1RISON, NILLIAH IIDlRY

Signature of Harrison 127 on a lottery ticket for Vincennes /J.ndianiJ University, 1807.

lIARlITSON, IVILLIAJ.l HENRY (cont' d)

Letter from P. Negley, 213 l-Jashington ~!edical Col­lege, Baltimare, to Dr. vI. H. Diffenderfer, Baltimore, regarding ~Ihig celebration of Harrison's election, I.Bl',.o.l

HA'tlAIIAI\ ISLANDS

Typed copy of leLter 257 of George Sumner, New York City, to unnamed correspondent, regard-ing attitude of the French Goverrunent to-ward United States annexation of the Sand­wich Islands, 1853.

HAWLEY, JOSEPH ROSWELL

Letter of Lewis Merrill, 328 President, United States Centennial Commission, ~hiladelphia, to Colonel J. G. C. Lee, United States Army, Philadel-phia, requesting Lee to act as Aide-de-crunp to General Joseph R. Hawley at opening ceremonies, 1876.

HAYES, RUTHERFORD B. --- -Hayes' note charging 331 Postmaster D. G. Hunt of Rochester, New York, with using his job to influence Republican nominating convention, 1880.

Hayes I visiting card 3f!7 with his signature, ['undate§:'

HEATON, !!.. !!..

Donor of letters of 157 R. G. White and family, Hareham, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Abigail vlhite of Canton, Ohio, Ll823-183£ - 1943.

HEPBURN, JAMES Q.

Hepburn's letter to Ben 342 W. Austin, about Trinity Historical Society. Also testlinonial to Hepburn as missionary to Japan, 1890.

Note of Governor Hill 381 from Albany, New York, regarding his inability to attend a concert Lundate,W.

HOGLE, LEO Q.

Donor of typed tran- 179 script of letter, 1831, of AndrewW. Beckett, 1938.

HOLDERNT<'....3S, EARL OF !Robert D' Arcil

William Pitt's letter 307 to Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holderness, discus-sing business of the House of Lords, progress of the wars in America against the French, etc., 1761.

HOl.LAND

Letter from Benjamin 398 Franklin, written at Passy /Jariil to N. Chaumont, discussing resolution of the Holland States General authorizing convoys for their merchant men to protect them from British privateers, 1779.

HOL}'ill:3, OI.IVER WENDELL

Autograph note of 340 Holmes at Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, to unnamed correspondent, 1888.

HONE, PHII.IP

Deed from Philip and 204. Catherine Hone, New York City, to Nealy Lockwood for property in New York City, 1837.

HOSACK, DAVID

Customs declaration of 113 David Hosack for box of books imported on the ship Nercury,1800.

HOUSE, EDWAHD]1.

Letter of Frederick 369 Thompson, Assistant Editor of The Common-}:fea.l, Ne~l York City, to Colonel House offering his services to F.D.R. in public relations ca.pacity, 1932.

HOUSTON, SAM

Typed copy of letter 2;<2 from Andrsor Jackson to President Sam Houston, supporting Houston's veto of Texas Legis­lat.ure's demand for war with Mexico, 1842.

Houston's letter to 256 his daughter, Nannie Lou, sending some greens from t.he Tomb of Washington and a "Canuc" newspaper, 1853.

HOliE, EDWARD R.LFather of Louis HOwy

Typed copy of letter 334 from General William T. Sherman, St. Louis, Missouri, to Howe at Saratoga Springs, New York regarding Sherman's difficulties since the Civil War with Charles A. Dana, Edvun Stanton and others, 1886.

White House card auto- 341 graphed by Grover Cleveland, in envelope addressed to HO~le, 1888.

HUGER, BRIGADIER GENERAL ISAAC

Huger's petition to 80 Congress regarding prevention of ferry on Congaree River, 1791.

HUGGITT, ~ • .!i.

Donor of Indenture cer- ?41 tificate of John Huggitt to Alexander Dixon and Hariner's Register Tic-ket of John Huggitt, 1848, 1941.

rlUGHEq, CHARLES EVANS

Signature of Just.ice 367 Hughes clipped from official Supreme 1 Court envelope /5.9JOj].

ILLINOIS

Certificate assigning 151 bounty lands in Illi-nois to Theodore lvard Fairchild, signed by James Monroe and Josiah Meigs, 1819.

Statement of Joseph 178 Anderson, Comptroller, United States Treasury, Department, to John Caldwell, Receiver of Public Monies, Shawnee­town, Illinois, regard-ing latter's accounts, 1831.

Senator Elias Kent 183 Kane's letter to George T. M. Davis, enclosing receipt for Davis' annual sub­scription, 1833.

Letter t.o John Caldwell, 184 Shawneetown, Illinois, from Senat.or John M. Robinson, regarding Cald~lell' s confirma-t.ion by Senate as Re-ceiver at. Shawneetown, 1834.

La Salle County,record 231 of school kept by E. L. Graves; also trustees' certificate shOwing school inspection, etc. 1845.

ILLINOIS (cont'd)

Schedule of common 325a school kept by Ella Francis in district 8, township #32, range 2, La Salle County; also four canc~lled checks [i884-8:i] 1875.

INCOHE TAX

Receipt issued by Ira 304 j·!axwell, Deputy Inter-nal Revenue Collector, 5th District, Indiana, to William Dickey, for $4.40, 1865.

Receipted invoice for 311 income tax of N. Good-rich, 6th District, Indiana, 1865.

INDIANA

Signature of William 127 Henry Harrison and others on a Vincennes Ondiana Territor;i7 University lottery ticket, 1807.

Contemporary copy of 2~0

letter from LJoshua17 Lindsay, 110nticello, Indiana, to John Carr and T. A. Howard, re­garding John Lindsay, his brother, and the latter's service as blacksmi th for me Pota­watomie Indians,1840; also draft on the Post Office Department, signed by Amos Kendall, to Joshua Lindsay to pay vlilliam Scott for his mail carrying contract, 1839.

INDIANA (cont'd)

Letter from John Erwin, 246 Richmond, to John W. Erwfun, Hamilton, Ohio, regarding family mat-ters, 1849.

Letter of S. L Baker 285 to his "Cousin" written from camp near Nurfrees­boro, Tennessee, of camp life of 44th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, 1863.

Letter to Samuel Shoe- 291 mal{er, Summit !J,arwiW Indiana, from Warren Hosher, on board U.S.S. Rainer, Grand Gulf, ~ussissippi, on con-ditions in the South during Civil War, soldier looting, etc;, 1864.

Receipt issued by Ira 304 l1axwell, Deputy Inter-nal Revenue Collector, 5th District, Indiana, to William Dickey for ~~4.40, 1865.

Receipted invoice for 311 income tax of N. Good-rich, 6th District, Indiana, 1865.

Letter of congratula- 344 tions to William E. Hatthews, Huntsville, from President Ben-jamin Harrison, 1892.

ra\>iA

Letter of James A. 197 Throop, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, re&;rding letter ~ttache£lof William Hason, Washington, to his nephew Dewitt C. Throop Kirkland, New York 218317, regarding importance of Andrew Jackson's administra-tion, 1908.

ITALY ---1'1. A. M. Mazzoletti, 319 Italian silk grower, introduced by William H. Seward to Elliot C. Cowdin, with request that Co~Tdin supply Mazzoletti with infor­mation regarding American silk culture, 1868.

JACKSON, ANDlTh"W

Ship's pass signed by 123 Jackson, 1833.

Jackson's letter to 148 Major Alexander C. W. Fanning regarding Fanning's command of Bort St. Marks LFlorid~ and the restoration of the "Spanish" schooner, the liberation of "young Arbuthnot," and the defense of the Fort, 1818.

Jackson's letter to 153 11ajor General Edmund P. Gaines regarding sale of cattle to Talledega Indians, 1819.

JACKSON, ANDREW (cont'd)

M. L. Lathrop's letter 192 from Washington to his brother at Carthage, New York, describing social life at Washing-ton, a 1'0ception at the White House at time tho big sheese was sent to President Jackson, etc., 1836.

Andrew W. Beckett's 179 letter (copy)from Alexandria describing a visit to Andrew Jackson at the wbite. House, 1831.

Jackson's check made 189 to himself, 1835.

Letter of Congressman 197 lvilliam Mason from vlashington to his nep-hew Dewitt C. Throop, regarding importance of Andrew Jackson's administration,1837.

Typed copy of Jackson's 222 letter to President Sam Houston of Texas, supporting Houston's veto of Texas Legis­lature's demand for war with Mexico, 1842.

JACKSON, GEORGE

Jackson's LEritish Com- 159 missioner at Washington under the Treaty of Gheni71etter of thanks to B. O. Taylor for taking care of his horse, 182L,.

Testimenial [author 342 unkno~ regarding James C. Hepburn's mission in Japan, 1890.

JAY, JOHN

Jay's letter to P. A. 91 Adet, Hinister from France, regarding appointment of French consul at New York, 1795.

JEFFERSON, THOHAS

Jefferson's signature 48 as Governor on land grant to James Leather­dale, 1780.

Jefferson's signature 50 land grant in Augusta County, Virginia, to James Perry, 1781.

Jefferson's letter to 85 the Governor of New Hampshire enclosing copies of ~ Federal statutes Lnot include2V, 1793.

Jefferson's signature 120a on warrant for military bounty lands issued to Dan Foster, 1803

Jefferson's signature 123 on ship's pass, 1804.

Jefferson's letter 134 LPhotostajJ to "YlY dear Friend," etc, regarding prQgress of the war,L181~ the Lewis and Cla.rk expedition, etc •. 1813.

JEFFERSON, THOMAS (cont'd)

Photastat of typ,d copy 268 of Lord Thomas B. Ma­caulay's letter to H. S. Randall, New York City, regarding his opinion of Jefferson, Jeffer-sonian democracy, etc. 1857.

JOHNSUN, RICHAliD ii.

Johnson's letter from 218 White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, to Richard Smith, requ.esting more time in which to pay a bank debt, 1841.

KANE, ELIAS KENT -- --Senator Kane's letter 183 to George T. H. Davis, enclosing receipt for a subscription, 1833.

KANSAS

Quit claim deed issued 313 to George H. Walker by Isaac and Anna R. Adams of Sandwich, New Hamp­shire, and Henry and Martha H. Ayling, Boston, Hassachusetts, for par-cel of land in Lawrence, Kansas, 1865.

KEARNEY, PHILIP

Letter from James 402 Honroe, Richmond, Virginia, to unnamed correspondent, regard-ing loss of a letter supposed to have been delivered by Kearney, 1808.

KGLLY, (JOHN -- --Letter from John Kelly, 318 Sheriff's office, Ne.1 York City;, to William H. LBosyTweed, regard-ing Charles Loew's promise to buy some of the Ta~any Hall mort-gage bonds, 1867.

Kendall, Amos

Signature on draft on 210 the Post Office Depart­ment to Joshua Lindsay to pay William Scott for his mail-carrying contract, 1839.

Bond and contract between Adam, John, and George 'flinn, of Fayette County, and Robert Porter of Lexington for a loan, 1798.

100

Letter of Elisha I. 173 Winter, President of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company, to Alfred Kelly, Newark, Ohio, requesting help in finding an engineer to do a survey for new railro9-d, 1830.

Letter of Richard H. ?~8 H. Johnson Lof Kentuck;i7 to Richard Smith, ask-inp for more time in >Ihlch to pay a bank debt, 1841.

KENTUCKY (cont'd)

Letter of Elisa Gipson, 242 Wayne County, to his son, Ulysses Gipson, Cedar County, l'lissouri., and his daughter; on srune sheet, letter from Bookius B. Moore, to his father and mother, brothers and sisters. Both letters on family matters, 1848.

Letter from J. M. Dyer, 264 Lexington, to the Reverend Richard Abbey, Yazoo City, Mississippi, regarding a receipt, 1854.

KIBBEE, CHARLES 9..

Autograph co~lection of 258 Kibbee, consisting of signatures, notes and letters of Governors, Congressmen, Cabinet members, L1853-185~.

~, RUFUS

Note LPresumably in 93 handwriting of Kini7 accepting invitation to dine at Guild hall with Lord Mayor of London, 1796., "o.Q,\.\(\JpteY- lJ-t ~<DveYI

/' f' I, '1'1 ' R IACl,,\ "''"0\ ev.cc9- " TJ.o E;.. 0.> u. 'ekM.. (l,t KORAN .l e i' v.. .5 (0 l e. W\ " -Nff

Six pages of an ancient 372 Koran, hand illuminated in gold, said to be 800 years old, n.d.

"

KOREA --Letter from Tom E. Ye, 347 Secretary of the Korean Legation, ivashington,

LABOR

to Mrs. B. Schlesmyer, regarding her request for Korean Postage stamps, 1897.

Photosta.t of Souvenir of Passage of the Eight-Hour Law, given by NeH York Letter Carriers' Association; also photostat of engrossed testimonial presented to William F. Harrity for aid in securing passage of the 8-hrnur law, 1888.

LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE

339

Lafayette's file copy 55 of his letter to Presi­dent of Continental Congress regarding Versailles Armistice, 1783.

Photostats of two lettersl07 from Lafayette to vJill-iam Vans Murray regard-ing conditions in Europe, 1799.

Lafayette's letter to 147 the pamphleteer Scheffer Ll7 regard-in? the Pilnitz coa-lition of 1791, 1818.

Photestat of letter 376 from Lafayette to M. LAlexanderV Han:>ilton, Tundate.9J •

LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE (cont'd)

Letter of Benjamin 398 Franklin at Passy jjarii] to H. Chaut-mont, mentioning La­fayette's impending departure for America Hith troops, etc. 1779.

LANDON, ALFRED 11.

Photostat of James A. 371 Farley's electien forecast for 1936, predicting that Landon Hould carry only Maine and Vermont, 1936.

LAWRENS, HElIlRY

Copy of letter of 45 George Washington to La.wrens, disapproving of proposed expedition to Canada, 1778.

LAI'!, ANDRE', BONAR

Letter of First Lord 410 of the Admiralty Win-ston S. Churchill to Law, defending the Dardanelles operation and stating Churchill's position since 1911 in building up the British fleet, etc; 1915.

LEE, AHTHUR

Lee's letter to Beth- 47 man Brothers (Frank­furt-am-Main) regard-ing economic affairs, 1779.

LEE, CHlL3LES

Hajor General Lee's gen~'42 eral order issued at Stanford, 1776.

LEE .C",",HA:..:::RL=ES::;.c (cont' d) --' -

Attorney General Lee's signature on patent to Nicholas J. Roosevelt and James Smallman for steam engine, 1798.

Deed to Illnd!; in Virginia in payment of debts owed to Lee, by Joh!!! Hose, John Ste,rart and Theo­dosius Hansford, 1800.

LEE, R. E.

401

112

Pa.ssenger list for 193 Phoenix LStag37 Line, ~!ashinrton to Balti-more, with notation of clover seed sold R. E. Lee, 1836.

LEE, ROBERT §.

Photostatic copy of 309 General Lee's General Order No.9, announcing sU:t'render of the Army of Virginia, 1865.

Lee's letter to vii11-ia'll H. }!a.cFarland, re­garding a visit to Richmond, Illness, 1870.

LEGAL HA~'TERS

Parchment in Latin 1 giving record of Com-mon Pleas case at "t'lese­nD.nster LLondo&heard by Judge Sir ilohn Finch, 1636.

LEGAL EATTERS (cont' d)

Fragment of legal 2 document between Isaac 1'J'inslo1'l and Israel Thomas., 1695.

["mUllons and complll:lnt I. :ensued to Joremi.ah Colcutt ve. John iViarott iX! Nayor's Court, New York City. 1711.

Complaint of Bollitie 5 Bogart, avainst John ,;ood in assault case, Ne" York City. Mayor's Court, 1711.

Last ><ill and testament 6 of Jacob May of Phila­delphia, 1712.

Report of Court Audi- 7 tors to Hayor's Court in debt action of Robert Howard vs. ThOmas Atkins, 1714.

Deed of Nichola.s and Hary 11aetleyson to Abraha'llBuller, 1719.

Affidavit of John Harris and James Carron as to services of Ichabod Louttet as mate on The Sloop Phoenix, 1720.

9

Po"er of attorney from 11 Thomas Janney to Ben-jamin ~!ayne and v{illiam Fisher, 1732.

COrnplJlint of W:i.ll:lrull 13 Bl'ya.n!; aea:Lnnt \/i11:I.[I)n Grir'r: for deb!;, 171,1.

LEGAL 11ATTERS (co nt' d) --Indenture LFhotostai7 20 apprenticing Johanna Dwyer to Elizabeth Wright to learn "bleeding and midwifery~ 1761.

Contract between John 32 Hodgson and William Hutton and Company for 6100 acres border-ine Lake Champlain, 1770.

Letter of Hays and 33 Pollack, Newport, Rhode Island, to Oliver Arnold, regard-ing legal matter, 1770.

Grant of land in Bottetourt County to James Leatherdale signed by Thomas Jefferson as Governor, 1780.

48

Grant of land in 50 Augusta County, Vir-ginia to James Perry, signed by Thomas Jef­ferson, 1781.

Affidavit of error in 54 case of Jonathan Ogden, vs. Dirck Scouten, witnessed by Robert Yates, Ne'; York, Supreme Court Justice, 1782.

Letter to William Chan- 57 ning from Henry and Eden Shotwell, and others, regarding settlement of a suit~ ~~-e-rf ?ork, 17~.

LEGAL !flATTERS (cont' d)

Satisfaction of mort- 67 gage, held by Barnet Sebring, by George Webster, mortgagee, signed by James Duane, !0ayor of New York, 1786.

Warrant to the Mayor 6S of New York from Supreme Court at Albany for the arrest of Lewis Hallam, comedian, 1786; also notation of habeas corpus granted, 1787.

Patent for land to 70 Richard Graham, signed by Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia, 1787.

Affidavit of William 72 Jarvis as to his income and employment bet~leen certain dates, 1788.

Sir Alexander Seton's 78 power of attorney to Lady Margaret Seton and others, Edinburgh, ff], 1790.

Deed for propert;'l in 81 New York City from John and Anne Lawrence to Samuel OsgOOd, 1792.

Letter of amninistra- 82 tion appointing Joel Johns executor of the estate of Benjamin Johns of Connecticut,1792.

Notice of satisfaction 82a. of mortgage from WilliaJfi Beekman to CorneUl't,

.;rr/~(jh, Arm} !}TV)

3rif!lU:l~1 ::(,;01'(": $ N ('1'{1 Yorv~

City, 1792.

LEGAL MAT.:r~ (cont' d)

Notice of satisfaction 83 of mortgage from ~Jilliam Ogilvie to Daniel Ludlow and Brockholst Living­ston LIater assigned to l'lilliam Beekman and lvilliam Beekman, Jr.J Nei" York, 1792.

Summons and complaint 89 against Peter Palmer and Benjamin Nix in behalf of Hobert Bowne and Edmund Prior, New York, 1794.

Copy of will of Sir 95 Henry Seton, Edinburgh, (1700) sent by Alex-ander Seton to his attorney, 1797.

Deed of Charles 11. 98 Graham to William Ogden and Jonathan H. La~lI'ence for a lot in New York City, 1798.

Bond and contract 100 between Adam, John, and George Winn, Fayette County, Ken-tucky, and Hobert Porter, Lexington, Kentucky for a loan, 1798.

Bond of James McCoy, 104 et al, to Alexander HcBeath, 1799.

Deed from ~Jilliam and Susan Ogden, New York, to Austin Pichols, Philadelphia, 1799.

106

LEGA~ Mil.1"rE:ltS (co nt' d)

Deed pf Catherine and 108 Thomas Fuller, ~ecutors of estate of Thomas Fuller, to John Potter for property on Charles-ton Neck, South Carolina; Len verso Catherine Fuller's relinquishment of rights and claims on propertv 1799.

Deposition, Court of III Common Pleas, Northamp-ton County, Pennsylvania regarding case of John Clein vs. John Caspar Kurtz, 1800.

Deed to lands in Vir- 112 ginia in payment of debts oVled to Henry Lee by John Hose, et al, 1800.

Notice to Peter Blight 114 of Philadelphia that Hilliam E. liells, in­solvent debtor, be furnished SUbsistence in debtor's prison; en verso, affidavit of John Jacob Bi.elfeld that he served notice on Blight, 1800.

Satisfaction of mort- 116 gage by Edward and Nary Patten to Andret·, Norris, New York City 1801.

Affidavits of Lord 119 Corm-mllis and Lieut-enant Colonel Nighting-all regarding expense connected with the keeping of horses for the public sr,rvlce, 1802.

Summons issued to Ben- 120 ja.min Clark of :'.shford, Connecticut by Justice of the Peace James Byles, 1803.

Deed from Richa.rd G. 133 1'Iaterhouse to John Rhea for land in Rhea County, Tennessee, 1813.

Documents relating to 139 Fre"sburg and Chautau-qua County, New York, including deeds, agree­ments, promissory notes, etc., 18;11,-1878.

Letters testamentary 11+4 issued by Jonathan Barnes, Surrogate, Tolland, Connecticut, to Zebulon Crocker, et al to acitninister estate of Hannah v!heeler, vlillington, 1817.

Relea.se, issued by 160 Peter I. Shand, Charles" ton, South Carolina, for estate of Elizabeth Izard, to Mrs. Nary E'ringle and }Irs. Patience vi. 13. Eustis in trust for Ralph Stp8.d Izard, for Hilton Plantation, 1826.

Satisfaction of mort- 161 gage by Robert Lenox, mortgagor of New York, to Theodosius Fowler, 1826.

L''!';A.!! HA'I"l'GHS (cont I d)

Satisfaction of mort- 166 gage from Alexander Hamilton, Jr. to Nicholas and Bridget Deme.rest and James C. D. Clark, 1827.

Land grant to Israel 169 Browne, signed by Governor lvilliam B. Gibs of Virginia, 1828.

Satisfaction of mort- 175 gf1ee from Mayor and IQdermen of the City of New York to Isaac and Jane Haria AnIDlerman 1830.

Letter of Roswell Harsh, 181 Steubenville, Ohio to T. Officer regarding pending lawsuits, 1832.

Letter of R. V. Thomp- 195 son, Salem, Ne .. r Jersey, to Thomas F. Leaning, regarding legal matters, 1836.

Deed for property in 204 Ne;1 York City fre·m Philip and Catherine Hone to Neely Lockwood, 1837.

Letter of Thomas Stone, 233 Oxford, Georgia, to Edward Giddens, Tal-botton, Georgia, re­garding settl~nent of an estate, 1846.

iiarranty deed from 306 Lyman " and Hartha S. Severence, Hopkinton, N,q":T ~:ork, to ColUT,1bus ;-'. ;'",r',,;'!""'J.0 7 :Jt:!:::.~J j :'~t'fH

~r.'Jr:/>, 1~l.t5.

Quit claim deed issued 313 to George H. l-Ialker, by Isaac and Anna R. Adams of Sandwich, New Hamp­shire, and Henry and Hartha H. Ayling, Bos-ton, }iassachusetts, for parcel of land in La1,­rence, Kansas, lS65.

Chattel mortgage given 383 by Stephen, Williem N., and Stephen ltfait, Jr, to Edward L. Schenck, proba.bJ!y at Fonda, NeVi York L~date£7.

LESCOT, PR::o::nDEN'r ELIE

Donor of letter of 90 Toussaint L'Ouverture /5.79:i}, 1943.

LEOI'IS AN~l CLARK EXPEDITION

Thomas Jefferson's letter LFhotostai7 to 1I~1Y dear Friend and Baron," regarding the publication of the Journal, Lof the Expe­di tioii/, lS13.

LElI'IS, GENERAL /Morgan7

Letter to John C. Spencer, Canandaigua, New York, from lIyou knC>l whom, II at Fort Niagara, complaining of the conduct of Generals LeVlis and Dearborn, et c ., lS13.

134

132

J<;xecuti ve Order of 280 appointment of Lieut-enant Thomas B. Oakley as an army paym1Cster, on hack of letter re­coramendin&.., Oakley, lS61. LPhotostay

~ndorsement by Lincoln 297 having effect of Exec­utive Order, on back of letter to Lincoln from Brigadier General Stephen G. Burbridge, regarding conduct of Captain T. E. Hall, 1864.

Letter from Julia Taft 404 Bayne to Harry F. Bank­necht, mentiOning that she kneVi the "Lincolns in the l\'hite House, 1931.

LINCOLN, HAJOR GENEllAL BgNJANIN

Letter of j'\attheVi 49 Clarkson to 14ajor General Benjamin Lincoln regarding hope of being exchanged Vihen Lincoln is, 1700.

:,jentioned in a leaf 399 from George Washington's Orderly Book giving order of Barch for re­aligrunent of forces for the Southern Campaign, 17S1.

LI'rERARY HA'l'TEltS

Letter from Jedidiah 99 Norse to f.'lessrs.. Swords, Dlublishery, regarding distribution of Eorse's Gazetteer, 179tl.

LI'fK,ATlY WITT'TIS (cont' d)

"Peace Be Still, "manu- 283 script poem, author un­known, 1863.

Letter from ;,dw~_rd 336 Epgleston Lauthor of :, Hoosier Schoolmaster7 Owl's Nest, Lake George, to J. C. Green, I'lest Chester, Pennsylvania, regarding autographs of-Nathaniel Hawthorne, 18$7.

Letter of Jefferson 337 Davis, Beauvoir, ~liss­issippi, to J. G. Rruner, regarding publication and sale of Davis' book, TllJe Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government";" 1$87.--

Emile Zola's note to 348 Hartin BUd, Paris, authorizing a German transla_tion of Le Jeune, 1$97.

Anna Wilkinson Chase's 385 poem, A Comparison Between a Winter Orchard and the Church under Our Nmne, together with a--­letter to her sister, L undate.i7.

Letter of Mayne Reid 386 to George Patten, ask-ing him to determine when umbrellas were first used in the United States and whether /J5avidf} Rittenhouse could have used one in 1769, etc., {tindate.i7 •

LITElIA1~Y /-lJ\l"l'ElW (cont' d)

Manuscript, Born to 389 Good Luck, by Charles [(eade. in He~_d e' s hand~itins, {tindate.i7

Typewritten copy of 395 Theodore lloosevelt's essay, History ~ Literature,Zundate.i7.

LOUIS XVIII

Letter of thanks for 145 Christmas greetings from Louis XVIII of France to the Duc de Richelieu, counter-signed by Richelieu, 1817.

LOUISIANA

Letter from Smith Hubbard and Company, NeVi Orleans, to B. Smi th and Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1834.

186

Order of Smith Hubbard 190 and Company, New Orleans, to Hessrs. Smith and Company, Hartford, Connecticut for Harness, carpet bags, etc., 1835.

Business letter of 196 Smith, Hubbard and Company, New Orleans, to Smith and Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1838.

Letter Lin French? from 255 Fergus Garden, NeVi Or­leans, to J. E. Sayet, Baton Rouge, regarding politics, etc., 1852.

LOUISIANA (cont'd)

Letter of A. Guynemer, 327 manager of the Shreve-port Ti'l1es, to ;). lti. C. Rame, Harshall, Louisi-ana, refarding subscrip­tion policies of the Times, 1875.

Receipt to A. ,;;. Smith 332 Superintendent of the Hint at New Orleans, from F. F. Claussen for silver bullion, 1884.

L'OUVERTURE see: TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE

LOWELL, JAHES RUSElELL

Letter of Lowell, 409 written in London, while Ambassador, to Canon LIrederick Willi~ Farrar, en-closing an inscription in verse for the Raleigh Memoria.l Win-dow in St. l1ar garet ' s , \i es tminst er, 1883. '\

Lu.sl+o..(\\ Cc.-) !l:.RI1>·",\,,(,S (ovei2.slt:ed)

HC CULLOH, ~ ]i.

Letter from John C. 227 Calhoun to McCulloh, regarding appointment of United States Har-shal for FD.ssouri, 1844.

NACAL'LA:', THOl>lAS J?.

Photostat of typescript 268 copy of Lord 11acaulay' s' letter to Henry Stephens Randall, giving his opinion of Jeffersonian democracy, 1857.

:..;H:..;.A' D:;.:I::;:S:..;:O.;:.:,N, ~

Eadison's signature 120a on warrant for military bounty lands issued to Dan Foster, 1803.

Nadison's signature on 123 D ship's pass, 1810.

Hadison's letter to 130 Dr. Benjamin Hush regarding illness of Alfred Hadison, 1810.

Letter to John C. 132 Spencer, Canandaigua, New York, from "You know whom," at Fort Niagara, complaining of Hadison's choice of military leaders and of "the blind men at Washington," etc., 1813.

General Willie Blount's 136 order to clothe two Chickasaw Indians on their way to visit President Hadison, 1814.

Hadison's signature on 140 portion of official document bearing Presi­dential seal; also clipped signature of Hadison, 1815. Fac-simile of Madison's letter to President Honroe, 1820.

Brief sta.tement written by Hadison for the Quaker Phil­osopher, Elliott Cresson, 1828.

405

!fL'lDISON, JAMES (cont' d)

'-":adj.son's letter to 413 "Hr. II Bin:ham on Virginia's method of electing United States Senators by vote of the. Legislature, Lundate,W.

I,LADISON, lmS. JANES !J5oLLY7 Note from Brs. Madison 143 to Hrs. ffienjaminV Rush requestin~ loan of "6 pippens" etc., 1816.

!IlAlNE

Letter of Nesmith and 236 vialsh, New York City, to J. ~i. Chadbourne, North Edgecomb, Maine, regarding advances on Chadbourne's new vessel, 1847.

Letter of Captain 250 Samuel Viatts, skipper of vessel Mcllain, from Sisal fiucatan, HexicoV to Thomas P. Burgess, '~[a_rren, Haine, regarding shipment of hemp to Ne\< Orleans, also possible sale of the McMain, etc., 1850.

Letter of Captain Reuel 251 fJieveliJ Hallowell, Antwerp, Belgium, to Thomas p. Burgess, "Jarren, Haine, regard-ing financial arrange­ments, voyage to Ant-werp, shipping arrange­ments Dossible sale of his ship, etc., 1850.

~IAINE (cont' d)

Letter of C. P. Elliott, 265 Boston, to "Hr." Walker, Exeter, l1aine, together with letter from Rachel P. Walker to "Respective Friends" written on same stationery, and unstamped cover addressed to Hachel Walker, 1854.

Letters from Nesmith 278 and Sons, New York City to Captain Jesse Snow of Brunswick, Naine, regarding cHrgo of the ship Screamer, de~osit of funds, etc., L1860-186il.

VlAITLAND, _SI_R ,:.P""ER""Jill:;::' ",-RI=N=E

Hajor General Sir 15'b Peregrine's signature as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada on land grant in Simcoe County to Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Coffin, 1824.

EMENDIE, VIVIAN DERING

Letter of Lord Randolph 333 S. Churchill to "Mr." Hajendie, regarding ,'lajendie's request to Churchill to forward to the Home Secretary any petition on behalf of George Twiney L17, 1885.

NARYLAND

Power of Attorney from 11 Thomas Janney to Ben-jamin l'layne and Will-iam Fisher, 1732.

NMiYLANIJ (cont' d)

Fane William [3harpe' s 30 lector to ~overnor Horatio Sh~rpe17 mentioninp: Lord Bal­timore, etc., 1769.

Letter from Donato 77 and Burton LLondon Nerchanti7, to Richard Dorsey regarding busi­ness matters and tobacco shipments, 1790.

Bond of James HcCoy, 104 et al, to Alexander McBeath, 1799.

Order from Decius Wads- 135 worth, Chief of Ordnance, to deliver 200 rounds of ammunition to Gen-eral Philip Stewart for Use of the Maryland Hilitia; receipted by General Stewart, 1814.

Letter of Julius 149 Forrest at Upper l1arl-boro to his friend Taylor L17 in London rega,rding personal opinions and friends, 1818.

Letter of Thomas Shaw, 163 Frederickto"m, l1aryland, to Henry N. Norfit, 'dashington, D. C., re­gardinl'; Horfit's credit at the Fredericktown Branch Bank, 1826.

Letter from A. C. Paige 180 of Baltimore to B. N. Munford, Schenectady, Ne .. , York, regarding Democratic Party Conven­tion at Baltimore, 1832.

~MlD (cont'd)

Lettor from n. :3. 187 YarborOUGh, Cotton G:i.n Port, Naryland, to ~lrD. coarc;arett ltlddle, Cal­houn's Hills, ,.bbeville District, South Caro-line" rega.rding.,family matters, L18301/.

Letter from P. Negley 213 to Dr. II. H. Diffen-derfer, LWashin~on Iftedical Collegey Baltimore, regarding Hhig celebration of Harrison's election, 1840.

Letter of Thomas Hac 237 Kenzie and Son, Balti-more, to T. Smith and Company, Hartford, Connecticut, regarding sDipment of root hames for harness via the Bayou Pioneer for New Orleans, 1847.

Promisso~J note given 270 by Grenville J. Kelly, Baltimore, to Long and Company on the Bank of Virginia at Fredericksburg, 1859.

Letter LIncomplet~from 299 [jJMarbury to his mother Nrs. Rachel Marbury, BaJ .. ',-­timore, written from "Front of Petersburg," describing conditions in camp, giving advice to his brother about volunteering, etc., le6h.

HfI3SACHUSl;;TTS

Draft for ~ 100 from 17 [(obert Hontgomery, Boston, to Abraham Hillhouse, London merchant, 1753.

Letter of Jedidieh 99 Horse to He:·srs. Swords, publishers, ref'arding distribution of· r10rse t 5 Gazeteer, Che.rlest.o,m, 1798.

Ship's passes: For ship 123 Arab of Fairhaven, signed by Andrew Jack-son, 1833, For ship General Pike of New Bedford, signed by Nartin Van Buren, 1837. For barque Alto of Fairhaven, signed by :·1. Van Buren, 183$. For ship Zephyr of Nmr Bedford, signed by l~. Van Buren, 1839. For ship Herald of New Bedford, signed by H. Van Buren, 1840. For ship Chile of New Bedford~ signed by J. Tyler, 1843.

Two letters of Israel 131 Thorndike of Boston: one, to an unnamed per-son, regarding his son E<lwa.rd's schooling, 1811; the other to Hessrs. Willing and Francis re­earding businer;s,matters, 1812.

Claim against the eovern-138 ment by Brigadier Gen-eral Henry A. S. Dear-born, l-lassachusetts, Drafted ;'filitia, for his pay and allot-rances, 1814.

MAS.iACHUSEr1'S (cont' d)

Letter of John BayleJ", 150 Newburyport, to Samuel Jackson, Whensm, re-garding local goos).p, 1818.

Letters of H. C. White 157 and family from \1are-ham, Nassachusetts, and New Orleans to i'lJ's. Hbigail vlhite of Canton, Ohio, /5-823-183£.

Herchant letters of 196 J. C. Harter, Nan-chester, England to Ebenezer Chadwick, Boston,;and business letters of F. A. Le Nann, London and Gart-ner, Harter and Kilgour, Hanchester, llilgland to K~rk Boot~~ Lowell, L1836-185!±fi

Letter from Isaac and 201 11ary Herriam, Sturbridge, t.o Hrs. Hary Po,,,ers and Jacob Powers, Bran­don, Vermont, regarding familY affairs, 1837.

George Bancroft's 234 letter to Elliot C. Cowdin declining in­vitation to address the Hercantile Librnry Associa.tion, Bosto1':\, 1846.

Trial impressions of 248 6 stamps used on llk~l at Wilbraham, 14assa­chusetts, by Elizabeth A. l!loulton, Postmistress with her signature, 1849.

HJl SSA C;rvSET'!'3 (cont' d)

Commercial letter to 254. :E.ben Chad\;ick, Doston, from Dexter and i\ bbot, Hoblle, Alabama, re-gardill{>; S11iplllents of cotton, 1851.

Secretary of the Treas- 259 ury James Guthrie's let ter to fi:. H. Allen, Collector at Nantucket, authorizing repairs, etc. to revenue boat at Nan­tucket, 1854.

Letter to Henry C. 260 Thacher, Boston, from Charles Tyng and Com-pany, Havana, regarding sale and shipment of cigars to Thacher, 1854.

Letter of Henry B. West 262 ffia.ilmaker 1 s ;iati! of Stoneham from Philadel­phia regarding his COIning voyage to Eneland and the Baltic in the U.S.S. San Jacinto, taking dispatches to the American minister at St. Petersburg, 1854.

lunutes of hiO meetines 290 of the Plymouth /fassa­chusettsy Dem0cratic Club, 1863.

Quit claim deed issued 313 to George H. vfalker by Isaac and Anna R. Adams of Sandwich, He',i Hamp­shire, and Henry and Hartha ;{. Ayling, Bos-ton Hassachusetts, for narcel of 12nd in Lawrence, Kansas, 1865.

HAS"ACHUSSTTS (cont' d)

Account book of general 404 store-keeper at Shrews­bury, Nassachusetts, 1809-1829.

hlw:r::}, Jll,rn.t\11 --~leigs' signnture, as 151 General Land Office Commissioner, on cer­tificate assigning bounty lands to Theo-dore "'lard Fairchild, 1819.

HEHCPANT N; JUNE

Affidavit of John Harris 9 and James Carron as to services of Ichabod Louttet on the sloop, Phoenix, 1720.

Portage bill for the 37 sloop Hope to Barbados and retul'n, John Northam, Easter, 1773.

Affidavit of '!lilliam 53 Henderson of Philadel::' phia regarding the building and o>mership of the schooner, Eliza, 1782.

Permit of passage and 56 ship's manifest of sloop Nancy and Pris­cilla, signed by J runes Jefferson, I,laster, and 'Iii lliam Seton for port of New York, 1783.

Clearance papers of the 64 ,Ihaler, Betsy, David Squires, master, Also bill of s'lle fcit' the Betsy from Jolm Vanem­bur,.,h to ilohn '.r. Nach­ban~, Port of New York, 1786.

HERCHANT FARINE (cont I d)

Extract in French from 121 documents of the San Domingo delegation at Santiago de Cuba re­garding the American brig Ceres of Ne" York captured as a prize by the French privateer liegulil.tor, 180h [Also contemporarJ; English translatio'!y •

Eine ships' passes jJs- 123 sued in Nffi'f York, _lass­achusetts and SO\lth Carolin~ signed by Presidents Jefferson, i-iadison, "Monroe, J ack-son, Van BU!!en, Tyler, and their respective Secretaries of State, !J-804-1842·

Bill of Thomas \'Iells 125 to Daniel Coats for sunplies and gear furnished to the ship Speedwell, 1806.

Hiscellaneous merchant 171 papers of George Bowen, Newport, Rhode Island, regarding shipping mat­ters, purchase,of ves-sels, marine insurance, etc. Ll829-1834,185~.

Bill of lading for the 224 ship Huntsville at the Port of New York bound for Ne," Orleans with 75 packages of axes, with letter of 1:. Nelson, New York City to D. C. Collins, Hartford, Connecticut, lC43.

:':ERCHANT }IARINE (cont I d)

Letter of Captain 250 Sallluel I'iatts, skipper of vessel 1!1·~cNain'!

from Sisal, ZYucatan, NexiciJ to 'fhomas P. Burgess, Warren, Haine, regarding sh:Lpmcmt of hemp to New Orlel.lXls; also regard·i.ng sltle of the Hcl1ain, 1850.

Letter of Captain Heuel 251 [fievelj] !IalioHell, AntHerp, Belgium, to Thomas P. Burgess, ~iarren, Maine, regard-ing financial arrange­ments, voyage to Ant-werp, shipping and passenger arrangements, etc., 1850.

Four bills of lading 272 for goods shipped on the brig Benjamin Delano from New York to Lavaca, Texas, 1860.

Bill 0: lading for 274 goods shipped on the Schooner, Julia Smith, from Indianola L~liss­issippij] to Boston, 1860.

Bill of lading for 273 goods shipped from Lavaca, Texas to Boston Hassllchusetts on the schooner Helvin, 1860.

Bill of lading for 276 goods shipped on schooner Herbert Hanton from Lavaca, Ta"'{r:J,s t.o Boston, IS60.

lJJ!JtCHANT jiAHUm (cont I d)

Letters of Nesmith and 278 Sons New York City to Captain Jesse Snow of the ship Screamer, re­garding ship's ca.rgo, deposit of funds, etc., 5860-186.21.

Ship's pass issued by 343 Constantinople port authorities to Capta.in Mack of :3.3 .. Ne,vrninster to proceed through the Dardanelles and Bos-porus, 1892.

Six shippine receipts 352 for goods delivered by Ii/right Brothers, ViOKI5-burg, Mississippi, Ll899-19091.

Journal of a voyage 403 in the Sloop, Rover, from Stonington, Connecticut to Vril-mington, North Car-olina kept by Amos ~iheeler, Jr., school­master, 1809.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Letter from Thos. O. 263 Sumner, Charleston, South Carolina to the Reverend Richard Abbey, Ya.zoo City, aississippi, enclosing extra.ct from minutes of General Con­ference of the l';ethodist Episcopal Church, South regarding legacy of Cornelius Vanhouten, 1854.

MT,;l'llOmS'l' EPISCOPAJ, CHUWJII (cont I d) - -Letter ef Colonel 312 Robert H. Ramsey, l'lili tar:! Di visien of the 11ennessee, to it .. Abbey, Agent for the Nethodist Publishing House, Nashville about paint fjJ for-warded to i'iashington, 1865.

]Q;xICO

Typed copy of letter 222 from Andrew Jackson to President Sam Houston of Texas, supporting Houston I s veto of the Texas Legislature's demand for vlar with I·I exi co , 1842.

Letter from "Wasnan," 315 Chi ef 0 f Nili tary Council, ~Titten from the Imperial Palace, Mexico Cit~, to Dr. Federico LFriedricb7 H. Von Hellwald in Vienna, expressing the Emperor I s LMaximilia.!!7 thaILl{s for the gift of a volume, 1866.

Letter of Secretary of 317 State, \,lilli~m H. Se-"a.rd, to Don Aueustine L,£Pez de Santa Anna LAntonio Lopez de Santa Ani!, New Brighton, New York, informing him that correspondence regarding l'iexican matters may be conducted only through diplomatic channels, 1866.

HICmGAN

Account of H. Pasca..ud for merchandise s0nt to SGir,neur AntoinG Delamothe Cadillnc a.t Hi chilinm ckinac , 1696.

Letter from Alexander J. Dallas, Treasury Department, to John Rogers, Collector at ;J;ichilimackinac, re­garding efforts to prevent smuggling via Canada, 1816.

Secretary of the Treasury '"iilliam H. Crawford's letter to Adam n. Stewa.rt, Col­lector at Vichilimack­inac, regarding mode of collecting there, 1819.

HILITARY SCIENCE

3

141

152

Treatises L3 volumes 406 lithographed from manuscripy on !1ilitary Science used in class instruction at West Point in the 1830's, 1-1ith notations and drawinf,s by Cadet Samuel Plummer, Class of 1835, 0831-183.27.

lITLLJ!:R, mCHAEL

Donor of letter, 181 1832, of Hoswell Marsh, Steubenville, Ohio, 1950.

Heceipt 8i(,;n8<1 by 332 F. F. Clausson at the Now Orlca.ns JVdnt, for 31,892.53 ozs. of 8il vcr bullion from A. Iv. Smith, 0uperin­tenden'!:. of the ~iint, 1884.

Letter to the Heverend 263 Hichard Abbey, Yazoo City, from Thos. O. Sumner, Charleston, South Carolina, en-closing extract from minutes of General Conference of the Hethodist Episcopal Church, South, re-garding legacy of Cornelius Vanhouten, 1854.

Letter to the Heverend 264 Hichard Abbey, Yazoo City, from J. H. Dyer, Le.'Ci.ngton, Kentucky, regarding a receipt, 1854.

Letter from John C. 227 Calhoun to First Comp­troller James Iv. Hc-Culloh regarding a~ pOintment of William C. Anderson as United States Harshal for Missouri, 1844.

Letter to Ulysses Gip- 242 son, Cedar County, l-iiss­ouri, from Elisa Gipson, his fa.ther, in Ivayne County, Kentucky, re­g2.rding family ma.tters, 1848.

Check issued by George If. Billon £author of Billon's Annals of St. J.o~to J.lessrs.Dan and Luke, on the St. Louis National Bank, 1865.

:MISTRAL, FREDElTIC

Copy of letter of Theodore Roosevelt thanking Mistral for a. copy of Mistral's Hireille, fj90:il.

110NROE, J A}1)!0

J.!onroe's signature on certificate assigning bounty lands to Theo­dore 1'!ard Fairchild, 1819.

Monroe's signature on a ship's pass, 1824.

314

357

151

123

F?cslinile of President 140 ~'ladison' s letter to President Honroe, 1820.

Letter of James 110nroe 375 to unnamed correspon-dent re~rding Jud~ LSamuel1J Nelson, Lun­date.sV •

Letter from Monroe at 402 Richmond, Virginia, to unnamed correspondent regarding loss of a. letter supposed to have been delivered by Philip Kearney, 1808.

1·j(;NR01,;, JAl:'iES (cent r d)

statement in longh~.nd 405 on hUmnn progress, etc." Nri ttcn by ~Ionro" for the (,I.uake)' f'hil'~nthr(J-pist j;].liott Cresson, with brief statements of James Madison and William Short, 1828.

j·10NTCftL"1, GElJEllAL LOUIS JOSEPH DE

General James Wolfe's 396 letter to "Captain" Parr, written at Orleans Island in the st. Lal;­rence, mentioning the damage inflicted on Hontcalm's forces, 1759.

HORSE, JElJIDIAH

Morse's letter to his 99 publisher, regarding distribution of Horse's Gazetteer, 1798.

NO};TON, J. STEllLING

Grover Cleveland's 350 letter to Horton re-garding Democratic party prospects for 1900, Republican ''laste, etc., 1899.

MUHl1AY, lrlILLIMi ~

Photostats of two 107 letters from Lafayette to \villiam Vans Hurray regarding conditions in Europe, 1799. En verso notes signed by Nurray regarding a letter to George'Washington and the return of a letter to T,vashington, 1799.

NA l'OLEONI C \'i!lttS

NAVY

Lord Nelson's letter 109 to Lieutenant General Fox regardinr move-ments of the British Fleet, 1800.

PhotostDt of Lord 118 Nelson's letter to Sir Thomas 1'01 ey, giving Nelson's views on possibility of war, 1802.

Lord Nelson's letter to 122 Cardinal Deshing fj] promising him safe-conduct to Italy, and referring to events in 1798 and 1799, from the ship Victory, 1804.

Secretary of the Navy 62 Benjamin Stoddert's letter to vlashington, Butler and Nevins, Alexa.ndria, Virginia regarding sil.le of ship, l<i"a.shington, 1785.

NEBRE."3KA

Letter of Samuel B. 320 Shaw, Omaha, Nebreska to United States Senator John M. Thayer, request­ing aid in obtaining pas sa.ge of a bill to grant bounties to mem­bers of the "Inland Squadron" during the Civil \1ar; also Thayer's reply, 1868.

Letter of James Nonroe 375 to unnamed cOrreS!'0n-dent regarding JUt1ge Nelson, LUndateg7.

NW,SON, LaIlD /Horati07

Nelson's letter to 109 Lieutenant General Fox rerarding movements of British fleet, 1800.

Photostat of Nelson's U8 letter to Sir Thomas Foley, mentioning friends, including Lord and Lady Hamilton and giving Nelson's opinion of possibility of war, 1802.

Nelson's letter to 122 Cardinal Deshing fj] offering him safe-conduct to Italy, etc., 1801,.

Photostatic COi'Y of 382 letter from Lady fuma Hamilton to Cantain Foley LSir Tho~asi7 mentioning Lord Nelson, Lundateg7.

NE':{ HAH?SHlRE

Thomas Jefferson's 85 letter to the Governor of New Hampshire, en­closinp copies of ~ Federal Statutes Lnot includeg7, 1793.

N1')"r HPK'SHIRE (cont' d)

Quit claim deed issued 313 to George 11,. Walker by Isaac ane; !lnna H. Adams of Sandvr.ich, New Hrunp­shire, and Henry and 11artha lI. Aylin,'., Boston, n9.~is8.chuseLts, for parcel of land in Lawrence, Kan­sas, 1865.

~ JEHSEY

George Hashington' s 44 letter to ?lajor Gen-eral Lord Stirling regarding troop move-ments to Princeton, 1778.

Letter of .earon Dunham, 84 Trenton, to Tench Coxe, Commissioner of Hevenue enclosing copy of Dun­ham's letter to revenue collector John N. Cum­mings, 1793.

Letter of R. V. Thompson,195 Salem, New Jersey to Thomas F. Leaming, Philadelphia regarding legal lll2.tters, 1836.

Letter to Vass Emily 202 Judd, Newark, N",,, Jersey, from ,\. Gibbs, Hyde Park, Nm. York, regarding proposed move to Illinois, local gossip, etc., 1837.

Letter from Beulah fl. 232 Eddy, Newark,ffi.J.,,] to William Antis re­garding family me.tters, 1845.

NEiv JERSEY (cont' d)

Instructions Lin French? 378 for selling the house of 1;1. Bourdon Lof San Domin~ at Princton, Lund'lt csf7.

NillIJ YORK (Giti]

Summons and compl,~int 4 issued to Jeremiah Col­cutt vs. John Narott in action in Hayor's Court, signed by J. Van Cortlandt, Hayor, 1711.

Complaint of BoLlitie 5 Bogart against John I'lood in assault case, Hayor's Court, New York City, signed by J. Van Cortlandt, Mayor ;1711.

Heport of Court Auditors 7 to Mayor's Court in debt action of Hobert How-drd vs. ThomaS Atldns, 1714.

Deed of Nicholas and 8 Mary Haet.teyson to Abraham Buller, t<it­nessed by Philip Cort­landt, 1719.

Receipt of John Leddel 12 L1eodel17 attorney for estate of Samuel Fitch, to John Pintard, 1729 and affidavit of Jolm Pintard regarding estate of Samuel Fitch, witnessed by Robert Lurting, Mayor, 1733.

Complaint in the Mayor's 13 Court of vlilliam Bryant against William GriLl'; for debt, 1741.

NTiifJ Yom, f.!i..i t:il (cant' d)

Common Council ord er l.h for election of a con-3table; 2nd certincnte of election of Hicholas Cooper, sifned by John rcoore, l7hl..

Photostat of indenture 20 apprenticing Johanna DvlYer to Elizabeth ','fright to le2.= "bleed-ing and mi.dw"ifery, tI 1761.

Letter regarding ship- 23 ments of food by Titus and 1rfillets, New York merchants, 176h.

Bill of Henderson and 21, Ewing to Titus and Willis [dilletsz! for beef, 1765.

Hiscellaneous papers Z? of William Channing, NBW York merchant, 0766-18cxjJ.

Leaf from ledger of 28 Samuel Farmar, merchant showing account of Archimedus i'eorr;e, 1767.

John and Thomas Bur- 29 ling's bill for flour boufht by CaptAin Tanner, 1767.

Viscellaneous merchant h3 papers of George and SteDhen Deblois, 0777-17ijJ.

l~ercantile papers of 51 George and William De­blois, 1781.

ma,: YuJd( !!1i t:il (cont' d)

1 ';6 Porm:i t of pclSsago am _ s llipn I manifest of sloop, Nancy and l'ris­cilla, siGned by Jrunes Jefferson, "f-:ast.er, and Hilliam Seton for Port of New York, 1783.

Letter of Henry and 57 JWen Shotwell, a~d others to 1,Hlliam Channing regarding settl.ement of a suit, 1783.

lyPewritten copies of 58 business letters written from New York to Dominick LynCh in Ireland regarding economic and social conditions, 1783-178h.

Certificate of EzelcLel 63 De Camp as Freeman of Ne~1 York, by order of James Duane, Mayor, 1786.

Clearance papers of 6h the whaler, Betsy, David Squires, master; signed by John, Lamb, Collector, 1786.

Innkeeper's license 66 issued to William Cor-mn, signed by James Duane, 1786.

Satisfaction of rnort- 67 gage, held by Barnet Sebring, by George Webster, mortgagee, signed by James Duane, 1-1ayor, 1786.

l\TJ:1NJ YORK [5i ty7 (co nt' d)

Receipted bill of Walter a,nd Hobert Nichols to "Nr." Peterson for tea 1787.

Receipt from Thomas 76 Allen to Samuel Free-body for cha.rges for binding books, 1789.

Letter about "Hr." 79 Green's debts to William Channing from Murr,N a,nd Samsom, Lmerchants17 1790.

Deed to Sa~uel Osgood 81 from John and Anne Lawrence, 1792.

Notice of sa.tisfa.ction $2a. of mortgage from ~lill-iam Beekma.n to Cornelia, Hicha.el, Jacob, Ann and Samuel Hoore, 1792.

Satisfa.ction of mort- 83 gage to Daniel Ludlo,! and Brockholst Living-ston from ~illiam Ogilvie, Lla.ter a.s-signed to \1illiam Beekman and j'Jilliam Beekma.n, Jr~,1792.

Summons and complaint $9 against Peter Palmer and Benjamin Nix in behalf of Robert BOVIne and Edmond Prior; docu­ment endorsed by N. ffiarinus17 vJillett, 1794.

NJ1'\oJ YllHK /JSi til (cont' d)

Letter from ,John Ja,r to P. A. Ade~ regard­ing French Consul at New York, 1795.

Deed of Jonathan Hampton Lawrence and wife, Joanna, to l'iill­iam Ogden for house and lot, Nev' York City; with signature of Robert Benson, 1797.

91

94

Customs entry certifi- 97 cate for Samuel Bayard, entering New York on the ship, Factor, signed by Bayard, 179$.

Deed of Charles N. 9$ Graham to William Ogden and Jonathan H. La\>ITence, for a lot in New York, 1798.

Customs receipt for rum 105 impoEted by Henry Rem-son, 1799.

Deed from vlilliam and 106 Susan Ogden, New York City, to Austin Nichols, Philadelphia, 1799.

Customs declaration of 113 David Hosack for box of books imported on the ship, Hercury, at Port of New York, 1800.

Satisfaction of mort- 116 gage by Edward and Nary Patten to Andrew Morris, Document witnessed by Danei1 D. Tompkins and John VI. Gibson, 1$01.

NT"'I YORK @ity7 (co nt' d)

Customs declaration 117 at Port of New York of Ebenezer St~vens 1801.

Ship's passes: For 123 schooner Little Tom of New York, signed by Thomas Jefferson 1804. For Baltic of Portland, signed by James YJadison, 1810.

Letter of Punqua 128 Hinchonl!, Canton, China to Samuel L. lutchell, Nev' York, regarding Winchong's voyage to China, 1809.

Letter from Punqua 129 i'iinchong, Canton, China to Samuel l-litchell, New York, regarding sending orange trees and f01<ls to "I'cr." Schenck, 1810.

Theodorus Bailey's 146 Lllew York City Post­mastei7 character re­ference for John Res-ton of Poughkeepsie, 1818.

Letter from C. P. }!oses. 156 New York, to Hr. /jrs;] Gardiner Hills, Canton, Connecticut, 1822.

Satisfaction of mortgage 161 held by liobert Lenox, to Theodosius FOVller, 1826.

Satisfaction of mortgage 166 from Alexander Hamilton Jr. to Nichola.s and Brid­get Demarest and James C. D. Clark, 1827.

NEI{ Yom, /§i ty7 (cont' d)

Satisfaction of mort- 175 rage from ~jayor snd Aldermen to Isaac snd J ll11e Haria fUlUllermnn, signed by Mayor \llnUer DOVlne, 1830.

Letter from Willirun 177 Taf£ard to Secretary of State t1artin Van Buren asking payment for passage of "two distressed seaman," 1830.

Deed from Ppilip and 204 Catherine Hone to Neely Lockwood for property in New York City, 1837.

Letter from W. Nelson, 224 NeloJ York City, to D. C. Collins, Hartford, Connecticut, regarding consignment of axes from Hartford for ship-ment to NffioJ Orleans loJritten on bill of lading form for the ship Huntsville, 1843.

Letter of A. Averill 230 and Company,New York City to T. Smith and Company, Hartford, Connecticut regarding frieght shipment, 1844.

Four "premiums" for 234a punctuality, deport-ment, snd industry in studies awarded to George Douglas Ste1<art, New York Cit~ District School #4, L1846-184§!.

miNI YORK !Gi ty7 (cont' d) -----

Letter of Nesmith and 236 ',Ialsh, New York City to J. W. Chadbourne, North Edgecomb, Maine, rel~arding advances on Chadbourn's new vessel, 181,7.

Letter from John Kelly, 318 ,Sheriff's Office, New York CitJ:;, to \villiam H. ffios~l'rv[eed, re-garding Charles Loe~[' s promise to buy some of the Tammany Hall mort-gage bonds, 1867.

Photostat of Souvenir 339 of Pass,' ee of the Eight­Hour La,'[, given by NeH York Letter Carriers' Association; also photo­stat of engrossed testi­monial presented to \-lilliam F. Harrity for aid in securing passage of the S-hour laH, 1888.

Aaron Burr's letter to 371, L27 Foxcraft, written from If3 \'1 all Street, February 11" [rio datil about rent of a house.

NEl1 YORK /State7

Certificate of John 10 Cruger, Robert Lurtings, Philip Cortland and others regarding failure of New York residents to raise sufficient funds for provisioning of the Royal Navy, 1721.

Letter of John Van Rens- 22 selaer, Jr. to his cous' in, Anthony Van Rensse­laer about family con­nection, etc., 1763.

m!:\'1 YOHK @tate7 (cant' d)

Contract between Jolm 32 Hodgson and William Hutton and Company for 6100 acres border-ing Lake ChrunpJ.ain, drawn in Paisle.v, Scotland, 1700.

lleceipt for wine l,aid 35 on account of Archi-medus George, signed by Will Stepple, J.771.

Promissory note to hJ. Patrick 'Jl·alker from Hugh Wallis, 1776.

Affidavit of errors 54 in case of Jonathan Ogden vs. Dirck Scouten, ,ritnessed by Robert Yates, NeH York Supreme Court Justice, Albany, 1782.

Order to Gerard I3ancker, 65 Treasurer of New York State, signed by James Clinton and Simeon Del'ii t t, Commissioners for determining Penn­sylvania - NeH York boundary, for tents for use of Commissioners, J.786.

Warrant to the Hayor 68 of NeH York from Suprane Court at Albany for the arrest of Le101is Hallam, comedian. 1786; also notation of habeas corpus granted, 1787.

Letter of administration 82 of Sidney Berry, Sur­rOEate of Saratoga County appointing Joel Johns exe­cutor of est.ate of Benja­min Johns, Connecticut, 1792.

NJ9tl YOIlli /State7 (cont I d)

Letter of \'Jilliam 96 Barber, Crum ElbOi', Nev. York, to Jacob Morris, Albany, re-ga-cding repayment of a loan, 1798.

Documents re1aUng to 139 Frewsburg and Chautau-qua County, 1814- 12.78.

Letter of Lieutenant 174 Enos T. Throop to General Alexander M. }luir, Commj_ssary Gen-eral, New York regard-ing legislation on federal funds for equipping the state militia, 1830.

Nilituy commission to 176 Daniel Lee as Colonel of Infantry, New York State ¥dlitia, signed by Lieutenant General Enos T. Throop, 1830.

1'-1. L. Lathrop's letter 192 from Washington to his brother at Carthage, New York, regarding social life in Washing-ton, 1836.

Letter of Congressman 197 William l1ason, Washing­ton,to his nephew Dewitt C. Throop, Kirkland, New York, regarding the importance of Andrew Jackson's admin­istration, 1837.

NE'N YORK /State7 (cont I d)

Printed form letter, 215 signed by Governor Hilliam H. Se,rard, to Rufus Arlen, enclosing copy of New York State Senate resolutions re­garding public lands, l84l.

Letter of James Andrews, 225 New York City to his brother, B. B. Andrews, Norwich, New York, re­garding setting hDnse1f up in the grocery busi­ness, 1843.

Letter from Burton and 226 Eliza Roberts, West Greenville, Pennsyl-vania, to 111'. and Hrs. Aaron Rice, Geneva, New York, 1843.

Letter of D. Evans, per 228 M. S. Leonard, to G. H. Newell, Chief Clerk, Canal Department, Albany, asking where bargemen may vote on election day, 1844.

Letter of Beulah A. 232 Eddy, Newark iNew Jerseilto lrJilliam Antis, Canandaigua, regarding family matters, 1845.

Bill of lading, Delaware 235 and Hudson Canal Company, Rondout, New York, to E. B. Hatkinson, Hartford, Connecticut for 100 tons of coal, 1847.

NEW YOlU( /State? (cont' d)

Two ~effipti7 envelopes 267 from 1:leyamleya, ,as-cons in, address to I'lendell D. ~liltse,

Southwest Oswego, 1857.

Letter of viilliam H. 269 Seward to George Palmer Putnam regarding the sending of Congressional publications to the Westchester County Library Association at Yonkers, New York, 1858.

Letter to David Murray, 275 Albany, from Charles Sumner regarding a lecture by Sumner in Albany, 186C.

Letter of Henry C. 288 !-1orhous, Camp of the 123rd Regiment,~rmy of the Potomac1Jat Kelly's Ford, Virginia to his parents at Keeseville, asking for news, etc., 1863.

'tlarranty deed from 306 Lyman M. and Martha S. Severence, Hopkinton, New York to Columbus p. Andrews, Perry, New York, 1865.

Love letter to IICarrie~ 310 Waterford, New York, from Clarence St. Clair,

,aboard U.S.S. Hinnesota off Hampton Roads, Vir­ginia, mentioning the approach of the Herri-mac, !5-865Y --

NE11 Y0HK /State? (cont' d) ----Note of President 331 Rutherford B. Hayes, Charging that Post-master D. G. Hunt of Rochester was attempt-ing "to influence and control the LRepublicari7 nominating Convention by means of the Post Office," 1880.

Agreement made between 349a Benjamin Van Vrarucen and Van Voast Brothers, Schenectady, in bet on Theodore Roosevelt's chances of .dnning the Ne"l York State Governor-ship election, 1898.

Albany /ftew Yori' Bur- 36C gesses' Corps member-ship of James Cardinal Gibbons, 1909.

Note of Governor David 381 B. Hill, Albany, re-garding his inability to attend a concert. Lundateil.

Chattel mortgage given 383 by Stephen, I'lilliam N., and Stephen \'iait, Jr., to Edward L. Schenck, probabl~ at Fonda, New York. Lundateil.

Autograph book belong- 407 ing to a resident of Buffalo, New York, containing chiefly sig­natures of residents of central and western New York; among the si~natures are those of Jo~.n V&"l Buren and. Hil-, ".'::#">,1 -; ,: Y~o-"'r;-. Ii ~ t:f:-11~/f1 7 .z..=}. "..t-<", J ,~ I-.L'J" '- 15J'

NICOLAY, JOHN Q.

Nicolay's note to 307 j)8JJleS Speeil Attorney Genera.l enclosing Presidential recom­mendation fo)' a. nomin­ation, 1(:\65.

Edv18.rd Everett's letter 167 of introduction to Nessrs. Barry and Rich­mond in Cambridge, New York, covering letters of introduction to Baron Niebuhr at Bonn University, 1828.

NILES, !:l:. Q.

Letter from John C. 203 Calhoun to Niles, re­questing a,.lditional copies of the Niles National Register, 1837.

NORTH CARDLINA

Order of Richard Cas- 69 well, Governor, to Governor of Georgia for arrest of John Marshall, 1787.

Promissory note issued 110 in Mecklenburg County, by H. and In. Harris to Charles /J.bramil , 1800.

Whig Party subscription 168 for funds to defray cost of printing political tracts for re-election of John Quincey Adams, with list of Raleigh, North Carolina, subscri­bers, 1828. Also cover addressed to Colonel Samuel F. Patterson, \~ilkesboro, Hoith "', Carolina. ", .'"

NORTH CAl'!.oLINA (cont' d)

Letter of John Hill, 219 ca.shier in Bank of Cape Fear, Wilmington, to D. A. Davis, cashier Salisbury, North Car-olina, regarding bank business, 18/.;1.

Special Order issued at 289 Wilmington by A. Van-der 1I0rst, grnntinL: lO-da;." furlough to Private Joseph Single-ta.ry, 31st North Caro-lina guard, 1863.

Journal of a voyage in 403 the sloop Rover from Stonington, Connecticut to \vilmington, kept by Amos Wheeler, Jr., schoolmaster, and an account of his teaching at l'filmington, describ-ing appearance of the place, treatment of negroes, business con­ditions, religious meetings, health con­ditions, etc., 1$09.

ODELL, MRS. CHllHLES F.

Donor of letters from 349 Admiral 1U vin G. Corry, R.'l., 1897-1900, about Boer War, etc., 1940.

Letter of William H. 152 Crawford, Se\!lretary of the Treasury, to Ada~ D. Stewart, Collector at }lichilimackinac, r"­garcling lJl0de of collect-ing there, specifically referring to notes of Ohio banks, 1819.

OHIO (contirl)

Letters on family and 157 local matters, of H. G. llliite and family, from Wareham, Massa­chusetts and Ne~f Or-leans, to ~trs. Abigail w~ite of Canton, Ohio, 0 823-18327.

Letter to Alfred Kelly, 173 Newark, Ohio, letter from Elisha 1. ""inter, regardip8 railroad con­struction for the Lex­ington and Ohio Rail-road, 1830.

Letter of Haswell Marsh, 181 Steubenville, to 'i'.

Officer, regarding pend-ing la."sui ts, 1832.

Five letters in German 214 script written to }frs. F. von \,angelin, Cleve­land, from Bremerhaven, St. Louis, et!!., 0840-184il.

Letter from ":'!ilo" , 239 Balti!llore, to A. a. Scott, G&~bier, Ohio, regarding fWllily, friends, politics, etc., 1<$4[3.

Letter of Jolm Erwln, 246 Hichmond, Indiana, to John \'i. Erwin ffiis son j] Hamilton, Ohio, regard-ing fa~mily matters, 1849.

Correspondence of James 266 Horrison and Company, Cincinnati and Irish and English meat pa.ckers re­garding cattle and hog urices, shi1;)ments, etc .. .; [L8%-185ij.

OIlIO (cont' d)

Letter of D. A. O. BililO 322 fjJ, l1emphis, 'rennessee, to Dr. C. Driscoll, Cin­cinnati, Ohio, asking for marriage certificate of Mary Hough and John Dummrth, married circa 1850 by Driscoll; also Driscoll's certificate; etc., 1870.

Check issued by John 335 She!'llL'tn to Hoyt Il\cComb on the Nansfield, OhP!?, Citizens National Bank, 1886.

Visitinp' card of ll.uther- 387 ford B. ~ Hayes ,Yi th h.i.s signa.ture and printed designation that Hayes "as Aide-de-camp to _ Commander-in-Chief Lof the Ohio National Guardj] at Fremont, Ohio, Lun­date£!?

OHillON

Cancelled cashier's 355 check for :.11.00 on the Banlc of vJoodburn, Ore-gon, payable to the county recorder by Ladd and Bush, Salem, Oregon, 1901.

PAHSONS, J!tAJOH GEI,ElUI:L SAliUEIL I!OLDE.IIl

Hentioned in a leaf 399 from George Washington's Orderly Book giving Order of March for re­alignment of forces for the Southern C&npa.ign, 1781.

PATENTS PENNSYLVANIA (cont' d)

Original patent for 401 Order to Gerard Bancker 65 self-propelling steam Treasurer of New York engine, issued to State, for tents for Nicholas J. Roosevelt use of Commissioners and James Sms1Jman by for determining Penn-John Adams, signed by sylvania - New York Timothy Pickering, boundary, 1786. Charles Lee; and a description signed by Receipted bill tor rum ~ the inventors, 1798. furnished to William

Belcher by Joseph PATRIOTISM Burroughs of Philadel-

Nicholas Biddle's long- 384 phia, 1793.

hand, signed statement Letter of E. M. Walker, 92 on Patriotiem,LUndat~ Philadelphia, to Robert

Dunbar, regarding Vir-PAULmNG, JAMES KIRKE ginia wheat crop, 1795.

Paulding's letter to 261 Promissory note of Jo. 103 an unnamed correspon- Nancarrow, Jr., to dent, thanking for Samuel Meeker, Phila-gift of three vo11lll1es, delphia, 1799. 1854.

Deed .from William and 106 PENNSYLVANIA Susan Ogden. New York

6 City, to Asutin Nichols

Last will and testa- of Philadelphia, 1799. ment of Jacob May of Philadelphia, 1712. Deposition in Court 111

of Common Pleas, North-Two leaves from ledger 34 ampton County, regard-of unknown Philade@hia ing case of John Clein merchant /5.771-1802 • VB. John Caspar Kurtz,

lSOO. Miscellaneous merehant 52 papers of Terrason Notice to Peter Blight 114 Brothers and Company of Philadelphia that Philadelphia /5.7etJ.-17sY. William E. Wells. in-

solvent debtor, be fur-A£fidavi t of William 53 nished subsistence while Henderson of Philadel- in debtor's prison; en phia regarding the verso, affidavit of building and ownership John Jacob Bielfeld of the schooner, ~, that he served notice 1782. on Peter Blight, lSOO.

PENNSYLVANIA (cont' d)

Correspondence, con- ll5 tracts and receipts between John Cadwal-lader of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and Gideon Granger, Post-master General'Lalso Abraham Bradle.i7re-garding Cadwallader's contract to carry mails between Huntingdon and Alexand:ri;:~ Virginia, /JOOO-l80lJ •

Translation of an ex- 121 tract /J80W in French from documents of the San Domingo delegation at Santiago de Cuba re­garding the American brig £!£!!, captured by a French privateer, by George Taylor, Jr. of Philadelphia, 18OS.

Letter frem Louis Ros- 124 signol, and letter trom James Ross1~l, Savannah; one letter lJ?rinteil from Louis Long, Marseilles LFranc!7- all on mercantile ma. tters, to Mark Prager Jr., merchant of Phila­delphia, 1805, 1806.

Letter of Ma~ Bingham Wjlmington, LDelawar!7 to William Couperthwalt, Philadelphia, regarding shipping of an order for dry goods from Chester to Wilmington, 1$20.

154

PENNSYLVANIA (cont I d)

Letter of Charles L. 162 Bonaparte, Philadel-phia, to Leroy Ba;rard lmd Compan;y, New York City, regarding pay-ment of a debt, lS26.

Miscellaneous bUsiness 1m letters ot Jackson Riddle and Compan;r, Philadelphia merchants, regarding tobacco sales the stock market. marine insurlmC!~ shipping, etc., W5-lS3lJ

Merchlmt papers of 207 Washington Jackson /Jater Jackson, Todd and eomps:rr;j] of Phila­delphia, [j.S3S-1$3'iJ.

Letter from Janes 209 Buch&n&n to Ross Wil-kins appro 'ling confir­mation of Judge Blythe as Collector of Port of Philadelphia, lS4O.

Receipted bill to w. 217 Reed LWilliam Bradford Reed17 for advertising inserted in the Phila­delphia Public Ledger, 1841.

Letter of Burton and 226 Eliza Roberts, West Greenville, to Eliza's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rice, Geneva, New York regarding purchase of a farm, family matters, etc., 11143.

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PENNSYLVANIA (cont'd) ID1, WI:r.t:U\M

Letter of Lewis Mer- 328 Pitt's letter to 397 rill, President, United Robert D' Ar~, Earl of States Centenntal Com- Holderness, discussing mission, Philadelphia, business of the House to Colonel J. Go C. of Lords, progress of Lee, United States wars in America against Arrrry, Philadelphia, the French, and his requesting Lee to act hopes for Canada, 1761. as Aide-de-camp to General Joseph R. PLATT, THCMAS COLLIER Hawley at opening -ceramonies, lrrn6. Letter from Theodore 353

RoOsevelt as Governor Letter to J. Fisher 393 of New York, to James Leaming, Philadelphia, c. Carter, mentioning from his wife, concern- "Boss" Platt, 1900. ing family affairs, relatives, etc, LUn- ~, THCMAS datei/.

AutobiOgraphic Sketch 394 PICKERING, TIMOTHY !?! Thomas Posey. in

unknown longhand, Secretary of State 401 signed by W. A. G. Pickering's signature Posey, 1818. on a patent to Nicholas J. Roosevelt and James ~ OFFICE DEPARn.lENT Smanm.an, tor steam engine, 1798. Correspondence, con- ll5

tracts and receipts PIERCE, FRANKLIN between John Cadwal-

lader of Huntingdon, Franked envelope 390 Pennsylvania and Gideon signed by Ex-President Granger, Postmaster Fra,nklin Pierce, ad- General Lalso Abraham dressed to the actor Bradley, Assistant Edwin Forrest, New York Postmaster Gener~ re-City., Lurtdatei/. garding Cadwallader's

contract to carry mails. PINKERTON. WILLIAM if.. etc. 1000-1007.

Donor of longhand 361 Schuyler Colfax's let- '388 signed statement [i91Y tel' to Postmaster Gen-ot Woodrow Wilson on eral Blair introducing federal employees S. W. Francis and his liability bill, 19'33. stamp-cancelling

machine, Lundate§j.

PREPAREDNESS RMD, JACOB

Letter of Theodore 364 Petition to Speaker 00 Roosevelt to Judge Read, and members of Herbert S. McDonald, House of Representa-Brockville, Canada, tives, from Brigadier describing attitude General Isaac Huger of men in Theodore regarding proposed Roosevelt's office ferry on the Congaree toward military pre- River, South Carolina, paredness, etc., 1916. 1791.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1936 READE, CHARLES

Photostat of James 311 Manuscript, in author's 389 A. Farley's election handwriting, by Reade, forecast for 1936 pre- "Born to Good Luck," dieting that Landon /.Undatei/. would carry only Maine

REID, CAPTAIN /Thomas? Mayne and Vermont, 1936.

PUTNAM. GIDRGE PALMER Letter of Mayne Reid 3S6 at 119 Nassau Street

,~ Letter of William H. 269 New York City, to Seward to Putnam, re- George Patten, regard-garding Congressional ing a reference to publications, lS5S. first use of umbrellas

in the United States RANDALL, HENRY STEPHENS of America, etc., /.Un-

2M datei/.

Photostat of type-script copy of Lord REPUBLICAN PARTY Macaulay's letter to Randall regarding Note by President 331 Macaulay's low opinion Rutherford B. Hayes, of Jeffersonian democra- charging that Post-cy, lS57. master D. G. Hunt of

Rochester, New York RANDOLPH. EDMUND was attempting to "in-

fluence and control the Signature of Edmund 70 nominating Convention Randolph as Governor by means of the Post of Virginia on land Office," lSoo. patent to Richard Graham.

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REVOLUTION, AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AMERICAN (cont· d)

Letter of Paul Allen to 40 Copies of business 58 LGovernoil Nicholas letters written to Cooke, regarding per- Dominick Lynch in sons near Newport, Ireland. giving Rhode Island, suspected picture of New York of selling provisions City at time of with-to British ships. 1775. drawa1 of British

troops, 1783-1784. General order issued 42-by Major General Charles Bounty certificate of 61 Lee at Stanford, 1776. John Gesner, Revo-

lutionary' veteran, Gecrge Washington's 44 1785. letter to Major General Lord Stirling ffiilllam Certificate of army 63 Alexandeilregarding service of Ezekiel troop movements to Camp~igned by John Princeton, 1778. Van e, 1786.

Copy of letter of 45 Warrant for military 121a George Washington to bounty lands. issued Henry Lawrens disap- to Dan Foster, assignee proving the proposed of Thomas Reed, Reve-expedition to Canada, lutionary veteran; 1778. signed by Thomas Jef-

ferson as Presi~ent Arthur Lee'e letter to 47 and countersigned by Bethman Brothers, James Madison as Frankfurt-run-Main, re- Secretary of State, garding economic af- 1003. fairs, 1779. /Jarts of letter in cadi/. Letter from Benjamin 398

Franklin written at Letter of MLatth~ 49 Passy ~rii7 to M. Cls:rkson to Major Gen- DeChaumont, discussing eral Benjamin Lincoln Lafayette's impending regarding hie exchange departure for America along with General with troops, a reSl)-Lincoln when Lincoln lution of the Holland exchanged with General States General author-Ph:I.lllps, 1700. ising convoys for their

merchantmen to protect Lafayette's file copy of 55 them from British his letter to the Presi- privateers, etc., 1779. dent of the Continental Congress regarding the Versailles Armistice, 1783.

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REVOLUTION , AMElUCAN (cont I d)

Leaf, in handwriting 399 of C~eral George Wash-ington, from Washington's Orderly Book, containing an Order of March for troop movements during realignment of forces for the Southern Cam-paign, 1781.

RHODE ISLAND

Miscellaneous papers of 16 Samuel and William Ver-non, merchants of New-port and Boston, in-cluding correspondence invoices, bills of lah,r' etc., jj.746-178

',,-, Miscellaneous merchant 19 papers of Christopher L:5:amPlain, of NEIWport,

760-100?J.

Account and by William 21 Mum!ord to Thomas Ver-non, Newport. 1762.

Receipt to Archibald 31 George from Joshua De St. Croix, Newport, 1770.

Letter from Hays and 33 Pollack, Newport, to Oliver Arnold regard-ing a legal matter, 1770.

Portage bill for the 37 sloop, Hope, John Nor-tham, Master, to Barba-does and return, 1773.

RHODE ISLAND (cont I d)

Letter of Paul Allen 40 to LGovernoi7 Nicholas Cooke regarding persons near New port suspected of selling provisions to British ships, 1775.

Receipt from Thomas 76 Allen, New York City, for fee for binding books for Samuel Free­body, books to be sent to Freebody at Newport, 1789.

Miscellaneous merchant 171 papers of George Bowen, Newport, regarding shipping matters, marine insurance, pur­chase of vessels, Ll829-1834.185~.

Letter of Amasa Breck, 216 Providence, to T. Smith and Company, Hartford, Connecticut, regarding goods ordered, etc., 1841.

HI CHELIEU. m!Q 12111

Letter of thanks for 145 Christmas greetings, to Richelieu from Louis XIII of France, counter­signed by Richelieu, 1817.

ROBINSON, :!Q!lli!!.

Senator Robinson's 184 letter to John Cald-well, notifying him that Senate has con-firmed Caldwell's nom­ination as Recei vel', 1834.

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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN.E. (cont'd)

Lord Nelson's letter 122 Notation in own hand 135 to Cardinal Deshing on auction folder of @promising him eafe- order of Decius Wads-conduct to Italy, and worth regarding am-referring to events in munition for ~land 1798 and 1799 when he Mili~a, 1814, un-helped the Church, 1804. dated •

ROOSEVELT. ELEANOR Letter of Norman 368 Thomas to Charles S.

Letter from Michael 181 Fayerweather. New Miller sending Mrs. Lebanon, New York Roosevelt's letter regarding F.D.R's of Roswell Marsh, unfitness as Presi-Steubenville, Ohio, dential candidate, 1832, identifying party bankruptcy, document as one of etc., 1932. F.D.R's collection of covers sold in Frederick Thompson's 369 1946, with Mrs. Roose- letter to Colonel velt's reply, 1950. Edward M. House, offer-

,~ ing his services to ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN .E. Roosevelt in public

6 relations capacity,

Longhand note about 1932. Will of Jacob ~ of Philadelphia, un-datei/o

ROOSEVELT, NICHOLAS i!...

Original patent for 401 Longhand note about 11 & steam engine, issued power of attorney of to Roosevelt and James Thomas Janney, 1732. Smallman, bearing sig-/.Undatei/ • natures of John Adams,

Timothy Pickering, Typewritten chit 90 Charles Lee; also gi ving history of gift description of patent of Toussaint L'Ouverture Signed by the inventors, letter from President 1798. Elie Lescot, 1943.

Roosevelt's description 102 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE

in own hand, of letter Agreement made between 349& /J.79jJ of Toussaint Benjamin Van Vranken L' Ouverture, 1907. and Van I1ol¥lt Brothers,

Schenectady, New York, in bet on Roosevelt's chances of winning the New York State Govern-ship election, 1898.

ROOSEVELT, THJroDORE (cont I d)

Two letters of Roose- 353 velt, as Governor of New York to James C. Carter regarding mis-takes he may have made, advisers in Albany, politicians and reformers, "Boss" Platt, etc., 1900.

Brief extract from 356 diary of Lily Cleve-land, mentioning Gover-nor Roosevelt. Also clipping fromLLondori7? Morning Post regarding Theodore Roosevelt's accession to the Presi­dency, 1901.

Copy of Roosevelt's 357 letter to Frederick Mistral, thanking him for a copy of ~~ book, Mireille,Li90.2I.

Photostat of President 358 Roosevelt's letter to Secretary of War Elihu Root regarding tests for physical fitness for Army officers, in­crease of horsemanship, etc., 1907.

Roosevelt's letter to 364 Judge Herbert S. Mc Donald, Brockville, Canada, describing atti­tude of men in T.R's office to preparedness and giving his views, 1916.

Typewritten copy of 395 Theodore Roosevelt's essay, Histo~ "s Literature,undategJ •

ROOT, ELIHU

Photostat of President 358 Theodore Roosevelt's letter to Secretary of War Root regarding tests for physical fit­ness for Army officers increase in horseman-ship for officers, etc., 1907.

RUSH, DR. BENJAMIN

Letter from James Madi- 130 son to Dr. Rush regard­ing illness of Madison I s nephew, Alfred Madison, 1810.

RUSH, !:!!l§.. /Ben.iSJIrl:il

Note from Dolly Madi- 143 son to Mrs. Rush re­garding the loan of "6 pippens", 1816.

~, RICHARD

Letter of Julius 149 Forrest, Upper Marl-boro ffi2,:rylandj] to his friend Taylor in London, both former law students of Rush, 1818.

RUSSELL, BEN !.

Letter of Representa- 345 ti ve Russell from Bainbridge, Georgia, to Ben W. Austin, Oak Cliff, Texas, regard-ing the Democratic administration then taking over the govern­ment, 1893.

RUSSIA

Letters from Admiral 349 Alvin C. Corry, R.N. to Mrs. Charles Odell regarding Russian intrigue, etc.

SANTA Am, AUGUSTINE tANTONI07LOPEZ QJ!!

Letter of Secretary 317 of State, Ivilliam H. Seward to Santa Anna at New Brighton, New York, informing him that correspondence regarding Mexican matters may be conducted only through diplomatic channels, 1866.

SANTO DOMINGO

Toussaint L'Ouverture's 90 letter to Citizen Hedon­ville regarding possi­bility of L'Ouverture's reSignation from the Government, 1795.

Letter from Toussaint 102 L'Ouverture to Citizen Bunel, suggesting union ot San Domingo with United States, 1799.

Extract in French from 121 documents ot the San Domingan delegation at Santiago de Cuba regarding the American brig Ceres. of New York captured by a French pri vateer, 1804. ffing-lish translation also~

SEMINOLE CAMPAIGN

Andrew Jackson's 148 letter to bf.ajor Alex-ander C. W. Fanning, Commanding Officer of Fort St. Marks, Florida, shortly after Jackson had taken the fort from the Spanish, IB18.

Letter of Andrew Jack- 152 son at Nashville, to Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, Augusta, Georgia, re­garding sale of cattle to Talladega Indians, IB19.

SETON, SIR J\.LEXANDE1/.

-Copy of SirA:fex.ander' s 78 power of attorney to Lady Margaret Seton and others, Edin-burgh /1J 1790.

~, .[ill .!ill!lli! Copy of will of Sir 95 Henry /5.7sQJ,Ed1nburgh, sent by Alexander Seton to his attorneys, 1797.

SEWARD, FREDERICK !!.

Autograph, in book 408 of autographs, c. 1864.

SEWARD, WILLIAN li.

Printed form letter, 215 signed by Governor Seward, to Rufus Arlen, enclosing copy of New York State Senate resolutions regarding public lands, 1841.

SEW'ARD, WILLIAM li.

Seward's letter to 269 George Palmer Putnam regarding the sending of Congressional pub­lications to the West­chester Library Asso­ciation at Yonkers, New York. 1858.

Seward's letter to 317 Don Augustine ~ez de Santa Anna LAntonio Lopez de Santa An!7. regarding correspon-dence about Mexico, 1866.

Seward's letter to 319 Elliot C. Cowdin, intro­ducing W. A. M. MaZZol.,' letti, asking Cowdin to supply Mazzoletti with information re­garding American silk culture, 1868.

Autograph, in book 408 of autographs, c. 1864.

SEYMOUR, HORATIO

Sam L. Southard's 324 letter from St. Louis to Seymour, regarding approaching Baltimore Convention of the Dam­ocratic Party, Seymour's attitude toward the Greeley ticket, dangers of a third party, etc., 1872.

SHARPE. HORATIO

Letter from Fane wu- 30 liam Sharpe, London to Governor Sharpe, mention­ing Lord Baltimore, etc. 1769.

SHERMAN, !!2!!! Check issued by John 335 Sherman jJormerly Secretary of the Trea­sur,i7 to Hoyt McComb on the Mansfield, Ohio Citizens National Bank, 1886.

SHEllMAN, GENERAL WILLIAM 1.

Sherman's letter from 281 Louisville, Kentucky, to "Colonel Hazard" regarding troop move­ments to'lard Eliza­bethtown LKentuckil, 11361.

TYPed copy of letter 334 from General Sherman, st. Louis, Missouri, to Edward P. Howe, Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding Sher­man's difficulties since the Civil War with Charles A. Dana of the New York ~, Edwin Stanton, and others, 1886.

SHORT, WILLIAM

Brief statement 405 written by Short for the Quaker Philanthro­pist, Elliott Cresson, 1828.

SLAVERY

Receipt by Gabriel W. 38 Ludlow to Nicholas Quackenbos for pur-chase of a negro slave, 1773.

SLAVERY (cont'd) SMALLMAN, J AJ.lES

Receipt si~ed by John 126 Original patent tor a 401 A. Wilson for William steam engine, issued HiW District ot Col- to Smallman and Nicho-umbia, tor a negro las J. Roosevelt, slave sold to John bearing signatures Hollingsworth ot South ot John Adams, Timothy Carolina, 1807. Pickering, Charles Lee;

165 also description of

Bill of Sale gom Adam patent signed by the Tunno LTunnor? to the inventors, 1798. Reverend W. M. Bogsen, Charleston, South Caro- SMITH, SAl-lUEL FRANCIS lina, tor three slaves, -1827. Li\ttached to docu- Stanza ot America , 300 ment, a metal identiti- apparently in hanbi'·' cation tag worn by a writ~ ot Smith un-slave, Charleston, 1822;7 date

Typed transcript ot 179 §.Q,!J!g AMERICA letter trom Andrew W. Beckett at Alexandria, Letter of James ~!ac- 200 D. C. LVirginiai! to Gill, U.S.S. North his brother regarding Carolina at Callao, visit to see Andrew Peru, to Dr. Nicholas Jackson, etc., mention- MacGill, Berkley ing "desperate run-away County, Virginia, re-Negroes that infest the garding medical opper-woods~ etc., 1831. tunties in South

America and talk of Bill of sale for negro 271 war, 1837. slave, Jane, to John G. Motley at Tuskegee, SOUTHARP, :SAMtlEJ:;·L. Alabama, 1860.

Senator Southard's 191 Microprint reproduction 277 letter to Ogle Tayloe, of bill of sale to requesting use of Sarah Chisum for negro Tayloels cabin at slave, Amanda, signed White Sulphur Springs, by former owner, J. B. Virginia, 1835. Downing, 1860.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Petition or Brigadier 00 General Isaac Huger, Charleston, to Jacob Read, Speaker, and members or United States House or Repre­sentatives ror rejec~­tion or bill author-izing a ferry on the Congaree River, 1791.

Deed of Catherine and 108 Thomas Fuller, execu-tors of estate or Thomas Fuller, to John Potter for pro-perty on Charleston Neck, etc., 1799.

Receipt si~ed by John 126 A. Wilson Lfor William HillJ, District of Col­umbia, for a negro slave sold to John Hollings­worth of Edgerield District, South Carolina, 1007.

Ship's pass for ship 123 Albion or Charleston, signed by James Monroe, 1824.

Release, issued by 160 Peter I. Shand, Charles­ton, as attorney ror estate of Elizabeth Izard, to Mrs. Mary Pringle and Mrs. Pa-tience W. B. Eustis in trust for Ralph Stead Iza:rd:,for Milton Plantation, 1826.

~ CAROLINA (cont' d)

Bill of sale from 165 Adam Tunno LTunnori} to the Reverend W. M. Pogson or Charleston for three slaves, 1827.

Letter from Haviland, 240 Harrud Jlj and Allen, Charleston, to Mrs. Mary Wright, Van Wert, Georgia, regarding settlement of bill for Dr. Joel L. Flan-igan, 1848.

Letter to the Reverend 263 Richard Abbey, Yazoo City, South Carolina, from Thomas O. S1l!J!!ler, Charleston, enclosing extract from minu:l:les of General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, regarding legacy of Cornelius Vanhouten, 1854.

!SPEED, JAMES7

John G. Nicolay's note 307 to Attorney General Speed enclOSing a Presidential recommen­dation for a nomination, 1865.

SPENCER, :I.Q!?]i Q.

Letter to Spencer at 132 Canandaigua, New York, from "You know whom~ . complaining of conduct of Generals Dearborn and Lewis, 1813.

SPRING-RICE. SIR CECIL (Arthur7

Photostat of letter 366 from Sir Cecil Lthen British Ambassadoil to Charles M. Hamlin, regarding attitude of British toward America prior to United States declaration of war on Germany, 1915.

~ COLLECTING

Letter from Tom E. Ye, 347 Secretary of the Korean Legation, Wash­ington, to Mrs. B. Schlesmyer, regarding her request for Korean stamps, 1S97.

STANTON, EDWIN M.

Typed copy of General 334 William T. Sherman's letter to Edward P. Howe mentioning Sher-man's difficulties with stanton, 1$86.

Autograph, in book of autographs, c. lS64.

STATE DEPARTMENT

40S

Typed copy of letter 257 from George Sumner, New York City, to unnamed correspondent mention-ing his sending a note to Mr. ffiUliam L;] Marcy regarding attitude of French Government toward United States annexation of Sandwich Islands, etc., 1853.

STEifART, GENERAL PHILIP

Order from Decius 135 Wadsworth, Chief of Ordnance, to deliver 200 rounds of anunun-ition to General Stewart; receipted by General Stewart, lS14.

STI~ MAJOR GENERAL !.6llil2

George Washington's 44 letter_to Lord Stir-ling Lwilliam Alex­ande!! regarding troop movements to Princeton, 1778.

STODDERT, BENJAMIN

Secretary of the Navy 62 Stoddert's letter to Washington, Butler and Nevins, regarding sale of ship Washington, 1785.

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER -Card with autograph 392 of Harriet Beecher Stowe, giving address at Hartford, Connecti-cut, ,{undateiJ.

SUMNER, CHARLES

Sumner's letter, from 275 Boston, to David Murray Albany, New York, re­gretting his inability to lecture at Albany until later, lS60.

TALLMADGE, FREDERICK!.

Fragment of letter 245 from Representative Tallmadge to unknown correspondent, lS49.

TANEY, ROGER l?. TENNESSEE (cont' d)

Letter of Chief Justice lag Letter of Colonel 312 Taney to Attorney Gen- Robert H. Ramsey, MG, eral Benjamin F. Butler, HQ, Military Division covering an enclosure of the Tennessee, to [not attach~, 1835. R. Abbey, Agent for

the Methodist Publish-TAnoR, AUSTIN ing House, Nashv:i.lle

about paint /il for-Donor of letter of 373 warded to Washington, Oliver Cromwell, 1944. 1865.

TAnoR, ZACHARY TEXAS

Letter of Brevet Briga- 206 Letter to Frederic Foy, 208 dier General Taylor, San Augustin, Texas, United States Army of from H. Johnson, Flat the South, at Fort Shoals, Georgia, re-Brooke, Florida, to ferring to "war" in unnamed person regard- Texas and urging him ing transfer of "Lieut- to return to Georgia,

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enant Eaton," 18)8. 1840.

TENNESSEE Letters of Dan Parks, 282 written from McKinney,

Deed from Richard G. 133 Texas, to his wife and Waterhouse to John Rhea son, describing army for land in Rhea County, life, illnesses in 1813. camp, etc., Also letter

from I. McCann to B. General Willie Blount's 136 Lann, describing arri-order to vT. B. Lewis, val of unit in Dallas, Nashville, to clothe Texas, illness of men, two Chickasaw Indians, news of battles, etc., who had been in the 1862. army of General Jackson, on their way to visit President Madison, 1814.

THAYER, ~!1.

Letter of Samuel B. 320 Postal cover only, from 253 Shaw, Omaha, Nebreska, Liverpool, England, to Senator Thayer re-addressed to "Major questing Thayer's aid Graham, Near Nashville, in obtaining passage Tennessee," 1850. of a bill to grant

bounties to members of the "Inland Squadron," during the Civil War; also Thayer's reply, 1868.

THOMAS, NORMAN

Thomas's letter from 368 New York City to Charles S. Fayerweather, New Lebanon, New York, re­garding F.D.R.'s un-fitness as Presidential candida.te, party bank­ruptcy, etc., 1932.

TOMPKINS, DANIEL 12.

Signature as witness ll6 to satisfaction of mortga.ge by Edward and Mary Patten, New York City, 1801.

THOMPSON, FREDERICK

Thompson's LAssistant 369 EditQr of the Common­weal/letter to Colonel Edward M. House, offer-ing his services to F.D.R in public relations field, 19.32.

THOMPSON, SMITH

Three covers ,6iithout 185 letteri7 addressed to Thompson, franked by JLObiil Bell, John Forsyth~ and Le~ Wood­bury, Ll8.34-184!/.

THORNDIKE, ISRAEL

Two letters of Thorn- 1.31 dike: one, to unnamed individual fj.t Deerfiel.!!7 regarding his son Ed­ward's schooling and upbringing;1811; the other, to Me5~s~ Willing and Francis re­garding business matters, Boston, 1812.

THROOP, ~ 1.

Lieutenant Governor 174 Throop's letter to General Alexander M. Muir regarding funds for equipping the New York State Militia, 18.30.

Lieutenant Governor 176 Throop's signature on military commission to Daniel Lee, Colonel, New York State Militia, 18.30.

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE, FRANCOIDS 12.

Toussaint L'Ouverture's 90 letter to Citizen Hedonville, regarding possibility of L'Ou­verture's resignation from government, 1795.

Touissaint L'Ouverture's 102 letter to Citizen Bunel suggesting union of San Domingo with United States, 1799.

TOWNSEND, GEORGE AI.FRED

Joseph W. Drexel's 338 letter to George Alfred Townsend, regarding "Mr. Bonaventure", etc., 18$7.

TREASURY DEPARTMJJm

Letter of Aaron Dunham, 84 Trenton, New Jersey, to Tench Coxe, Commissioner of Revenue, enclosing copy of Dunham's letter to revenue collector, John N. Cummings, 1793.

!!!!i QE 1812 (cant' d) WASHINGTON, GlIDRGE (cont' d)

Certificate assigning 151 Address of the Society 75 bounty lands in 111- of Friends to Washing-inois to Theodore Ward ton; also transcript Fairchild and heirs of Washington's reply, of Corporal Ward Fair- 1789. child, 1819.

Photostat LBritish 86 WARM SPRINGS. GEDBIA MUl!IeU!!li' of Waehington' s

letter to the Earl of Letter of W. H. Mit- 194 Buchan regarding es-chell, Stanford Cross tablishment of Federal Roads, Putnam County, Government, early Wash-Georgia, to his sister, ington City, etc., 1793. Mrs. Sarah C. Mitchell, Athens, regarding Mentioned in photostat 107 taking "Camilla" to of note on back of Warm Springs, 1836. letter of Lafayette

to William Vans Murray, Letter of W. H. Mit- 221 1799. Chell, Milledgeville, to William S. Mitchell, Leaf in handwriting, 399 mentioning Warm Springs, of General George 1841. Washington, from his

Orderly Book, contain-Letter of E. Crane, 252 ing an Order of March Warm Springs, to Messrs, for troop movements Fisher and Company, and realignment of Boston, regarding cotton forces for Southern crop, market, and family campaign, 1781. matters, 1850.

WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON, GlIDRGE

Photostat of George 86 Washington's letter to 44 Washington's letter Major General Lord to the Earl of Buchan Stirling regarding describing early Wash-troop movements to ington, 1793. Princeton, 1778.

Receipt si~ed by John 126 Copy of Washington' s 45 A. Wilson for William letter to Henry Hil17. District of Lawrens, disapproving Columbia, for a negro of proposed expedition slave sold to John to Canada, 1778. Hollingsworth of louth

Carolina, 1807.

WASHINGTON. Q.Q. (cont'd)

Letter of George Jackson,159 British Commissioner at Washington under the Treaty of Ghent, to B. O. Taylor, thanking him for care of his horse, 1$24.

Typed transcript of 179 letter from Andrew W. BecKett, at Alooc-andria D. C. /Jir-gini~'iJ to his brother regarding his visit to Andrew JacKson at the White House, 1$31.

Letter to Ogle Tayloe, 191 Washington, from Senator Samuel L. Southard requesting use of Tayloe's cabin at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, 1$35.

M. L. Lathrop's letter 192 to his brother regard-ing social life in Washington, describing reception at White House, etc., 1$36.

Passenger list for 193 Phoenix J.StagjJ Line, Washington to Baltimore, with notation of bags of clover seed for R. E. Lee, 1836.

Letter from John Konjay 199 fj] to Ogle Tayloe re­garding his inability to accompany the Tayloes to England, 1837.

Letter of H. G. Wilson, 220 C-eorgetown, to H. M. Morfit, regarding a call by WilSon, lSU.

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WEBSTER, DANIEL

Franked envelope of 164 Webster, as United States Senator, to John Agg, 1827.

WELCKER, !Friedrich Gottlieb7

Edward Everett's 167 letter of introduction to Messrs. Barry and Richmond in Cambridge, New YorK, covering letters of introduc-tion to Professor Welcker at Bonn Univer­sity, 1828.

WELLES, GIDIDN

Autograph, in bOOK of 40S autographs, c. 1864.

WEST, BENJAMIN

Photostat of receipt 74 from Pietro Barto-lozzi for painting purchased by West, 1789.

WEST POINT see UNITED STATES - MILI1'ARY ACADEMY

WHIG PARTY --Whig Party subscrip- 168 tion for funds to de-fray cost of printing political tracts for re-election of John Quincy Adams, with list of Raleigh, North Caro­lina subscribers, lS28.

Letter from nMilo~ Bal- 239 timore, to A. G. Scott, GambiElr, Ohio, Mention-ing a "Taylor M4!etine" in Baltimore and 'rlfJ.'1-lor's chances, etc. 184S

WHITE, f!!!!:

Donor of microprint 277 reproduction of bill of sale jJ.86gj' to Sarah Chisum for negro slave, Amanda, 1944.

WILHELM II, KAISER

Warrant approving pen- 363 sion of 7000 marks to George Wruck, signed by Kaiser Wilhelm, 1914.

WILKINS, ~

Letter from James 209 Buchanan, Washington, to Wilkins in Detroit, ~egarding confirmation of Judge Blythe as Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, 1840.

WILLETT, !i. ljiarlm.us?7

Signature as Sheriff, 89 New York City, on summons and complaint against Peter Palmer and Benjamin Mix, etc., 1794.

WILSON, WOODROW

Statement in longhand 361 of and signed by Woodrow Wilson, on stationery of Congress Hotel, Chicago, regarding attitude toward pending federal employees' li­ability bill, 1912.

Photostat of statement 366a in handwriting of Wil-son, signed by him, on proposal to guarantee aid to France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany, 1919.

WILSON, WOODROW (cont'd)

Diary of Thomas Brah­any, Chief Clerk of White House Executive O.:t'fice, commenting on Wilson's second in­auguration, war legis­lation, events immedi­ately preceding and following United States entry into World War, with description of President Wilson at work on his War Message, 4 March - 24 April, 1917.

WISCONSIN

Letter fro~.C~ Wash- 243 burne and LP'yrus-VWood-man, Mineral Point, Wisconsin to J. F. Jack­son, Montgomery, Alabama, offering to buy bounty land warrants; letter on 1844 printed form letter of Washburne and Woodman describing operations in Wisconsin lands, 1848.

Two Lempti] envelopes 267 addressed to Wendell D. Wiltse, Southwest Oswego, New York, from Weyauweya, Wisconsin, 1857.

Letter of Hiram E. 300 Pettis, to his wi.:t'e, Lucy Jane, Oakfield Centre, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, regarding army life; sending messages to family, etc., 1864.

WISCONSIN (cont I d) WORLD WAR I (cont1d) --Letter of Lucius Fair- 305 Four letters. of Edward 365 child, Secretary of S. Morgan, Jr. to his State, Wisconsin, to family at Birmingham, Mrs. Lucy J. Pettis, Alabama while aboard the Oak Centre, Wisconsin, U.S.S. QycloPB or on ~orting her husband shore leave, 1917.

ram E. Pettis -tem. 30fJ7 all right. • • Photostat of letter 366

in October 1864. 1865 from Sir Cecil Spring-

WOLCOTT, OLIVER, ill'i. Rice, British Ambass-ador, to Charles M.

Order of Eliphs.let Dy'er 73 Hamlin, regarding attitude of the Brit-

to Wolcott to pay a ish toward America sum of money out of prior to United States Dyer's account as Judge declaration of war on of Superior Court, Con- Germany, 1918. necticut, 1789.

Letter of Fir5t Lord 410 WOLFE, GENERAL ~ of the Admiralty

Winston S. Churchill General Wolfe's letter 396 to Andrew Bonar Law, to "Captain" Parr, at defending the Darda-Westminster, written nelles operation and at Orleans Island in stating Churchill's the st. Lawrence, re- position since 1911 garding the Canadian in building up the campaign of the French British fleet against and Indian War, 1759. the threat of Germany,

1915. WOODBURY, 1m.

WORLD WAR II Envelope addressed to 185 ---Smith Thompson, franked Letter of Admiral Ray- 398 L! Senator Woodbury, mond A. Fenard, French 1834-417· Naval Mission, giving

Roosevelt s letter of WORLD ~! Benjamin Franklin's

'364 and referring to the

Theodore Roosevelt's handing over of the letter to Judge Herbert Senegalais for the S. McDonald, Brockville, French Navy, 1944. Canada, describing attitude of certain Americans t011srd pre-paredness, and gi v1ng his "Views. 1916.

YOUNG, ANNIE E. - -Donor of letters of 282 Dan Parks and I. Mc Cann /5.S6i! describing life in arm;y during Civil War, 1943.

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Zola's note to Martin 348 Blid, Paris, author-izing German trans-lation of ~ Jeune, 11397.