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1810
Fulton, Robert (1765-1815)
Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions
The book illustrates different methods of torpedo and submarine defense, that Robert Fulton invented himself. Contains 5 illustrations.
GLC03107.05318
1789
Morse, Jedediah
The American Geography / By Jedediah Morse
8vo. Signed on titlepage by George Washington with his engraved heraldic bookplate. Contemporary calf. With two fold-out engraved maps, as issued. Athenaeum Catalog (1897) p. 506 (item 161 in the GW's estate inventory), mentions that it was once...
GLC00176
1814/11/12
Morris, Phebe (fl. 1814)
to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812
Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many...
GLC07721
circa 1808
Unknown
5000 American Seamen detained on board British vessels!
Alerts citizens to British impressment, American prisoners in France, "Algerine Piracy and Barbarity," and the relocation of American families to Canada, and blames it all on the Embargo Act of 1807. Urges "a hearty vote for the ANTI-EMBARGO and...
GLC07703
26 August 1783
Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)
[Journal of Revolutionary War military officers and other staff]
Hierarchical lists of (named) officers serving under Colonels [John] Lamb, [John] Crane, [Lewis] Nicola (Invalid Corps), [Benjamin] Tupper (10th Mass.), Butler (1st Conn.) and [Samuel] Webb (3rd Conn.), and Engineers and Sappers under Major [Jean...
GLC02437.02419
1812/06/24-26
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Benjamin Rush re: economic policy, declaration of war
"The prudence of an individual is the policy of a nation. Self preservation is the first law of nature to both...France, under Washington's administration, had in defiance of all laws human and divine, plundered our commerce in every sin in Europe...
GLC07306
1797/01/02
Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
re: appropriation of Morris' property after the Revolutionary War
"I cannot be worse of[f] ... if my furniture is sold I shall think harder of it than of all the rest... his opinion of Prane Street [debtors prison] accomodations ... thus you see our property and honours vanish together."
GLC07548
1786/08/09
Thomson, Charles
Resolution re: accounting for slaves taken by British during war
"Resolved: That the Secretary for foreign affairs cause to be made separate lists of the numbers, names, and owners of the Negroes belonging to the citizens of each State and carried away by the British..."
GLC07623
1813/04
A Day of reckoning at hand [anti-War of 1812 election broadside]
New York State Anti-War of 1812 propaganda regarding election of officials against war.
GLC07551
1812/07/09
Eustis, William (1753-1825)
War of 1812 re: fortifying coast against attack by England
GLC07184
1812/06/18
Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849)
re: printed circular letter announcing declaration of War of 1812
GLC07413
09 September 1799
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Gov. Edward Rutledge [S.C.] re: European war, military preparedness
GLC00122
1784/02/20
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
to Elbridge Gerry re: seeking appointment as Secretary of War
Docketed by Gerry.
GLC07004
1812/09/18
to Benjamin Rush re: Jefferson and Madison's Presidential terms, War of 1812
"Those who brought us into this confusion are the best qualified to bring us out of it" (War of 1812).
GLC07492
11 January 1790
Freeman, Ezekiel (fl. 1790)
Henry Knox, Secretary at War in account current with the United States
Accounts for General Knox as of 1789, most likely for his time thus far as Secretary of War. Includes "Accounts opened in Treasury Books for sundry warrants in his favor from the 26th May 1785 to Jan 1789..." deductions from the Ordnance Department...
GLC02437.10225
1805/03/12
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Ann Welsh re: denying pension to widow of Revolutionary War officer
"Having fallen during the war, no right of half pay could arise in their case . . . A legislature must follow general rules, and never do for one person what they would not do for every other under the same circumstances . . . [commutation] has never...
GLC07172
1796/04/12
Adams, Thomas B. (1772-1832)
to Joseph Pitcairn re: Mediterranean sailing for American ships, Algiers
GLC02961
16 November 1792
Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841)
Henry Knox Esq. Secretary at War in a/c current with the United States
Three parts. First part dated 16 November. Lists expenditures due to Indian treaties as well as expenses incurred through different departments. Total amounts to $51,464.36. Note stating "By a Statement of this Transaction mark't A it appears that...
GLC02437.10259
1783/02/06
Passport for "Eagle" of John Sanders re: cessation of war, proclamation of peace
Printed document cosigned by American peace commissioners Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, mentioning the cessation of hostilities between Great Britain and the U.S., and asking for passage for the ship "Eagle" now at London and bound for Jamaica....
GLC06398
1806/05/19
to unknown re: U.S. role in Mediterranean after end of the Barbary War
Also discusses ratifying Treaty of Peace and changing from war to peace establishment.
GLC07465
08 December 1812
to Dr. Benjamin Rush re: dream of American glory, early history
"The history of the hobby horse" -p.4 (Adams's humorous name for the story he tells in this letter.) Free frank on p.4
GLC00599
20 May 1785-31 December 1785
[Account of pay for the American Regiment commanded by Colonel Harmar]
Ledger of pay for Colonel [Josiah] Harmar's regiment, from 20 May-31 December 1785. Also includes amounts paid to various officers in that regiment.
GLC02437.03229
1814/02-09/1815
Thorne, Captain
War of 1812 orderly book of Capt. Thorne's Co., 60th King's Rifles
60th regiment, King's Royal Rifle Corps in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
GLC07222
4 Jaunary 1784
Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)
Return of the American regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson
Lists commissioned and staff officers.
GLC02437.02907
9 December 1791
Nourse, Joseph (1786-1792)
Auditors Report on the Acct. of Henry Knox Esq. Secretary for the War Department
Title from docket. Three parts. First part with a copy of R. Harrison's signature. Writes concerning the account between the Treasury Department and Knox as Secretary of War, "commencing July 1st and ending November 30th 1791 ... " The total...
GLC02437.10243
7 July 1789
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Extract from a report of the Secretary of War to the President of the United States
Relays some observations "resulting from a general view of the Indian Department...with the hope that some of them might be considered as proper principles to be interwoven in a general System for the government of Indian Affairs." Discusses...
GLC07379
15 April 1783
Draft of a society to be formed by the American officers & to be called "the Cincinnati"
Document itself not signed, but docket has Knox's signature. This is a draft document describing the purpose and administrative organization of the officer's fraternal organization that became the Society of the Cincinnati. Says the Society was...
GLC02437.02090
circa 1786-1789
Statement of the Claims of the Commonwealth of Virginia against the United States for Advances and Services on Account of the late War
Lists expenses during the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1780 less a payment received from Congress in 1785. The total debt is $13,349,102. Accompanied by "Explanatory remarked on the Statement of the claims of Virginia" (see GLC07114.02).
GLC07114.01
26 August 1790
[Proclamation regarding the violation of treaties made with the Choctaw and Chicksaw tribes]
President Washington warns citizens of the United States against violating certain treaties previously negotiated with Native American tribes. Instructs civil and military officers of the United States to govern themselves according to the treaties...
GLC02437.09397
Blois, A. J. E. R. de (fl. 1789)
Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique [in French]
French primer on American Democracy by member of Society of the Cincinnati, including discussion of U.S. and State Constitutions. Includes ALS (04/14/1808) addressed to Monsieur Le Prefet [in French], and an MDS (07/15/1825) detailing de Blois's...
GLC07688
18 March 1783
Mercer, John F. (1759-1821)
to George Weedon and William Fitzhugh
Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Discusses a dispatch from Henry Laurens, one the American delegates working on the treaty, that "conveys...the design of the court of London...to...
GLC06491.02
28 February 1784
to William Hull
Writes to Hull about a dispute with Major [Sebastian] Bauman regarding officers of the infantry and artillery appearing in the same roster. Knox says he consulted with Washington and other general officers before making the decision. States that "[m...
GLC02437.10202
27 June 1785
Chastellux, Francois Jean, marquis de (1734-1788)
to Henry Knox
General Chastellux (signed Chastelleaux) requests that Knox admit a French doctor who served in the Revolutionary War to the Society of the Cincinnati. Writes, "... you remember very well dear general, that after the siege of york you left behind a...
GLC02437.03160
16 August 1784
to Joseph Carleton
Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the details of Major Job Sumner's difficulty in obtaining pay for his military service. Also discusses a letter from Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, recently transmitted to...
GLC02437.03040
16 June 1815
to James Maury Esq.
"...what is incomprehensible to me is that the Marquis of Wellesly...says that 'the aggression which led to war was from the US, not from England.' is there a person in the world who, knowing the circumstances, thinks this? the acts which produced...
GLC09077
4 March 1812
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Thomas B. Adams
Signed with his initial "A." Adams discusses family matters, his declining a seat on the Supreme Court. He expects war with Great Britain: "All the information that we receive from the United States... indicates a disposition and measures leading to...
GLC07118
12 November 1794
Notes on the State of Virginia (George Washington's copy)
Signed by Washington on the title page. The book is the second American edition of Notes on the State of Virginia, published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia, with original worn sheep binding. Jefferson's book not only covered geography of Virginia...
GLC04389
1 April 1783
to George Weedon
Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Discusses the possibility of a separate peace being brokered that does not include France. Also discusses the insincerity of some British...
GLC06491.03
9 December 1787
to M. Duma[s]
Written as American ambassador to France to Dutchman Charles William Frederic Dumas at the Hague, who had wanted to negotiate a commercial treaty for America. (Dumas had been refused.) Jefferson points out past history and present problems...
GLC00322
11 November 1806
Babson & Rust (fl. 1804-1806)
Eastern repository. [Vol. IV, no. 21 (November 11, 1806)]
Contains the notice of Henry Knox's death and his eulogy. Describes Knox's burial and the military honors given. Along with discussing Knox's character, the eulogy addresses Knox's contribution to the Revolutionary War, his time as Secretary of War...
GLC02437.10608
1784
Faden, William (ca. 1750-1836)
Plan of the Siege of Savannah...
Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 76.
GLC04316
4 April 1794
Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...
GLC08076
12 May 1800
Hamilton, Alexander (1755-1804)
to Samuel Hodgdon
During the Quasi war with France, Major General Hamilton writes to the Superintendent of Military Stores Hodgdon, in anticipation of greater hostilities. Requests a supply of marquees and tents, as he plans to set out for camp at Scotch Plains, New...
GLC07539
1810/11/03
to Ezekiel Bacon re: free-trade in turbulent Europe
Written while serving as American minister to Russia. "Neutrality . . . alone will preserve our independence." Folio.
GLC07162
16 August 1783
Discusses the distribution of artillery at American garrisons, now that most hostilities have ceased. Written at "Head Quarters." Washington's signature clipped.
GLC02437.09365
19 November 1798
to John Jay
Inspector General Alexander Hamilton writes to Governor of New York John Jay about the importance of engineers in planning the defense of Philadelphia against possible attack duing the threat of war between the United States and France in 1798...
GLC07155
[1787-1788 ca.]
Hancock, John (1737-1793)
Retained draft of Adams' instructions to Massachusetts legislature
Samuel Adam's instructions to the Massachusetts legislature instructing them to promote the radification of a Constitution of the United States of American. Adams claims that such an act would not only strengthen the relations between the states...
GLC07916
15 May 1785
Knox, recently appointed Secretary at War, makes arrangements with Carleton, acting Secretary at War, to transmit pay and commissions to Major Wyllis (possibly John P. Wyllis) and his men.
GLC02437.03149
23 October 1786
to George Washington
Writes that he hopes to be able to visit General Washington at Mount Vernon soon. Is convinced of the General's affection for him and feels sure that his limited correspondence will not be misconstrued; is aware that responding to too many letters...
GLC02437.03319
1 December 1783
Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810)
Wants to know when General George Washington will be in town so he can pay his respects before Washington returns to Virginia. States that the treatment of Loyalists in New York City is much to the honor of the U.S. military and nation as a whole...
GLC02437.02815
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