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1813/05/14
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war
Broadside reprinting terms of prisoner exchange agreed to by the American and British governments.
GLC01403
1800
Communications from several states... respecting the Alien & Sedition Laws
(Virginia Resolves) [Full title] "Communication from Several States, on the Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, Respecting the Alien and Sedition Laws...." First edition printed by Meriwether Jones by order of the Virginia Assembly. Old...
GLC05770
1794
Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880
Hudibras, in three parts, written in the time of the late wars
Zachary Grey, Ed.. With Hogarth's engravings. With index and errata. Bookplate of John Pollexfen Bastard on front pastedown.
GLC08411
1813-1865
12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812
GLC08430
1813/09/15
Bronson, Enos, 1774-1823
United States gazette. [Vol. XIII, no. 1284 (September 15, 1813)]
Published by Enos Bronson & Elihu Chauncey from 1804-1818. Uncut newspaper covering various aspects of the War of 1812. Contains news from Paris and elsewhere in Europe as well as from around the United States. Contains reports on a naval...
GLC08430.09
30 November 1803
Compton, Harry, fl. 1803
[Purchase of slave Kate and her three children by manumitted slave]
Legal document for the purchase of the slave Kate and her three children Ben, Caleb, and Nancy. The purchaser was "a free African" named Harry Compton, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and he left an "X" as his mark. It appears that Kate was Compton's...
GLC08440
30 August 1793
Varick, Richard, 1753-1831
to Alexandre Hauterive
Reports the seizure of three French deserters but is compelled to discharge them due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
GLC08457
circa 1797
[Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures]
Ticket for a lottery to be held in Paterson, New Jersey, to benefit the "Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, erected by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey. -- Subject to a Deduction of 15 per Cent." Printed by...
GLC08524
1791/03/02
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no. 88 (March 2, 1791)]
"An Act to incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States" is reprinted on the front page. So is "An Act Regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont." The first act established the...
GLC08552
18 April 1789-22 April 1789
Gazette of the United States. [No. 3 (April 18, 1789-April 22, 1789)]
Issue describes Adams' s trip from Massachusetts to New York to assume the vice presidency and presidency of the Senate. Describes in detail his trip from Westchester into the city. Contains John Langdon's, president pro tempore of the Senate, speech...
GLC08553
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