27 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for eight rations]

A request for eight rations for James Adams and his wife. A note written in a different hand and signed by James Adams at the bottom of the second page confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09746

4-18 May 1803

Breck, Anna, fl. 1803-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Lucy Knox

Writes a lengthy letter to Lucy Knox, the daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox. Discusses the prospect of finding a future husband and mentions Miss Knox's engagement. Also mentions a situation involving Knox, another lady, and a gentleman (possibly Knox's fiance). Discusses a ball she recently attended and describes the decorations. Writes of various acquaintances and other news she has heard. Letter was written between [4] May 1803 and 18 May 1803.

GLC02437.09867

12-18 August 1804

Breck, Anna, fl. 1803-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Thatcher

Writes to her friend Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher (daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox). Updates Knox on her life and comments how long they have been friends. Says her current residence is pleasant. Notes she has good neighbors, nice walks, and nice rides. Asks for confirmation regarding a rumor she heard about Knox's Aunt [Sarah Lyons Flucker] Beaumez getting married in England. Letter was written between 12 and 18 August 1804. Written from Spring Hill, state is not listed.

GLC02437.09869

20 July circa 1803-1804

Breck, Anna, fl. 1803-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Introduces Knox to a Mr. Thornby. Notes Thornby will be in Knox's neighborhood and wishes them to meet.

GLC02437.09901

circa 1796-1820

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes a disheartened letter to Mrs. [Lucy?] Knox. States her spirits are depressed over her anxiety for her loved ones in America.

GLC02437.09902

circa 1800

Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses Knox's daughter, Lucy Knox, and her potential visit with them. Lucy Knox's life span used as a circa date.

GLC02437.09905

May 1790

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Discusses her family and how she is happy her sons have recovered from their illness. Also mentions sending something from Worcester to Boston. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.09928

5 August 1797

Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809

Autograph letter

Title: to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Informs Knox that he wishes to return to America soon, but has decided to stay in India, after consulting with his wife.

GLC02437.09991

5 September 1781

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Transmits a box and map (not included), asking Knox to commit them to a person in whom he can confide. Notes that Knox should go by water to Christiana (possibly Delaware). Gives his compliments to Knox's wife, Lucy, hoping that she will spend some time at Mount Vernon. Docketed in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.09399

8 March 1783

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

The wives and children of soldiers in the New York Artillery regiment who are living in camp are to be provisioned by the army, in order to make sure they do not leave and take their soldier husbands with them. This provision only applies to women who are already in camp, and not new arrivals. "The number of Women and Children in the New York Regiments of Infantry before the new System of Issues took place obliged me, either to depart from that System and allow them provision or by driving them from the Army risk the loss of a number of Men, who very probably would have followed." Written…

GLC02437.09364

26 February 1747

Campbell, John, fl. 1747

Manuscript document signed

Title: [John Campbell's declaration regarding the Damariscotta River settlement]

Attests that he took up land in an area under the charge of Colonel [David] Dunbar. Dunbar was replaced by Colonel Samuel Waldo, and some families left the area while others remained. The greatest concentration of settlers dwelled in the township of Walpole, Massachusetts, where Campbell asserts "...they built houses and made some considerable Improvements in Farming and Lumbering, which all those who remained there and others that were added to the settlement of the remove aforementioned continued to do till the beginning of the Spanish War..." When war between Britain and France broke…

GLC02437.10411

February 13, 1837

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emma Donelson

Letter of condolence to his niece upon the death of her son.

GLC00496.037

August 7, 1888

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clarence Stedman

Sends a picture. Promises a copy of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Written at Oak Glen, Howe's summer home.

GLC00496.033.01

circa 1861-1910

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Battle Hymn of the Republic]

Transcript of all five stanzas.

GLC00496.033.02

circa 1880's

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Print

Title: Engraved portrait of Julia Ward Howe

Letter mentions a portrait; signature appears printed

GLC00496.033.03

1886

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

Letter

Title: Lithographic letter requesting autograph

Hopes to insert into his private copy of "Poets of America" original drafts or autographic copies of poems by the authors represented in the book. He is also collecting engravings of the authors, and asks his correspondent to send a photograph if such an engraving does not exist. Unsigned, but name pencilled in at bottom.

GLC00496.033.04

May 17, 1845

Jackson, Sarah Yorke, 1805-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emma Y. Donelson

Addressed "My dear sister." Includes updates on mutual friends and family. Andrew Jackson adopted his wife's nephew and named him Andrew Jackson, Jr. Sarah Yorke, his wife, was the president's daughter-in-law. Emma Yorke Farquhar Donelson married Jackson's nephew Thomas Jefferson Donelson, Andrew Jackson, Jr.'s twin brother.

GLC00496.034

April 30, 1845

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emma Y. Donelson

Written primarily by Sarah Yorke Jackson. Discusses family, mutual friends, and the president's declining health in detail. Andrew Jackson adds postscript notes regarding his health and the inheritance Emma should receive for caring for her aging mother. Sarah Yorke Jackson married the president's adopted son, his wife's nephew, Andrew Jackson, Jr. Emma Y. Donelson married Andrew Jackson Jr.'s twin brother, Thomas Jefferson Donelson, who was not adopted by the president.

GLC00496.036

December 17, 1880

Victoria, Queen of United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

A letter of condolence. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery.

GLC00496.093

December 21, 1880

Victoria, Queen of United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

Regarding proposed memorial and funeral. Written on Osborne black-bordered stationery.

GLC00496.094

December 26, 1880

Victoria, Queen of United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

Regarding funeral service and burial. Reminisces about deceased daughter and husband. Eulogizes Constance, recipient's mother. Written on black-bordered stationery

GLC00496.095

July 10, 1884

Victoria, Queen of United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

Reply to letter of condolence for Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Expresses self-pity and adds an inspirational poem (page 2). Sees this as a pilgrimage to inner strength. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery. Leopold, Queen Victoria's youngest son, died of hemophilia at the age of 30.

GLC00496.096

August 21, 1766

Wesley, John, 1703-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Avison

Encourages her in her faith and gives her practical advice on how to increase it. With a side note: "Do not measure the length of your letter by that of mine, I have a thousand avocations."

GLC00496.111

circa 1837-1889

Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Autograph of January for Mrs. Allen]

Complete quotation reads, "Laura Bridgman Providence autograph for Mrs. Allen." Bridgman was a deaf, mute, and blind girl, educated by Samuel Howe at the Boston Institution for the Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts, beginning in 1837. Collateral are three newspaper clippings about Bridgman (one with a portrait), a printed poem about her by Mrs. Sigourney, and a autograph note by Anna Maria Bergandthat.

GLC00496.114.01

July 21, 1834

Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham,, 1778-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Introduces Harriet Martineau. Martineau was a British author and transcendentalist.

GLC00496.133