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4 August 1783
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: rumors of war and peace, need for Federal Constitution
Also discusses problems of paper money and credit.
GLC00099.121
12 August 1787
to James Madison re: awaiting results of the Constitutional Convention
Anxiously awaiting the results of the Constitutional Convention. Pendleton mentions the need for a strong document and the need for the secrecy (mentions rioting over taxes).
GLC00099.123
25 August 1783
to James Madison re: certificates vs. bills to finance governments
Very good political content. Concerning their disagreement over certificates vs. paper bills for financing governments, the expense and dangers of maintaining foreign ministers. Empress of Russia. Accidentally skipped in the WR/Henkels numbering...
GLC00099.124.01
06 October 1783
to James Madison re: standing army, French relations, prices in Virginia
Also mentions location of capitol, Germantown (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), French trade and question of maintaining garrisons in peacetime.
GLC00099.127
09 June 1789
to James Madison re: freedom of trade, forms of government
Mentions Pendleton's opposition to use of titles in government.
GLC00099.139
15 March 1790
to Hon. John Page re: thanks for sending documents, Hamilton Treasury
Similar to ALS of April 2 to JM, #99.143.
GLC00099.142
2 April 1790
to James Madison re: unhappiness over Hamilton's Treasury plan
Discusses (as do following letters) Pendleton's unhappiness over Hamilton's plan, concerns over its nature, principles, constitutionality, etc. Powers of separation
GLC00099.143
21 July 1790
to James Madison re: news, capitol coming to the Potomac
Discusses local news, Pendleton's pleasure in the capitol coming to the Potomac, discussion of American pre-war debts to Britain, constitutional defining of treaties.
GLC00099.144
15 January 1791
to James Madison re: attack on the Hamilton's Bank of the U.S.
Objects to Hamilton's Treasury plan. Also discusses taxes, disposition of public lands, standing army, peace between Britain and Spain.
GLC00099.145
[ 1792 ] 14 March 1791
to James Madison re: more discussion of the Bank [misdated]
Misdated "1791", should be 1792 per J.C.A. Stagg, PJM 17: 563 n. Good political content. Mentions: objections to Hamilton's Treasury plan, Constitutional definition of position of Speaker of the House.
GLC00099.146
1791 ca.
Legal brief in the case of Jones v. Walker
Legal brief in the suit of Jones, surviving partner of Farrell and Jones, of Great Britain, against Thomas Walker, Defendant, in debt on bond before the Federal Circuit Court, Richmond, Va. Entirely in the hand of Edmund Pendleton. Probably 1791....
GLC00099.147
09 December 1781
to James Madison re: transmittal letter of the preceding legal document
Transmittal letter for legal brief in the suit of Jones v. Walker. Page 4 is docketed by Madison: "[illegible] inclosing the discussions in the Circuit Court of the US at Richmond on the subject of 'British Debts'." A pencil note identifies the...
GLC00099.148
08 February 1792
to James Madison re: suggestions for next Census, attack on Hamilton
Comments at length and unfavorably on Hamilton's report on Manufactures.
GLC00099.149
28 April 1792
to James Madison re: trade, anti-Hamilton, lawsuits
GLC00099.150
28 November 1792
to "General" James Madison, re: relations with French, Hamilton
Madison is saluted "Dear General" as a joke, PJM 17: 574 n.1. Also comments on political pamphlets Madison has sent, and states clear anti-Hamilton positions.
GLC00099.151
30 January 1795
to James Madison re: thanks for pamphlets, John Taylor, Congress
Discusses the powers of Congress to tax.
GLC00099.152
20 July 1790
to Robert Beverley re: discussion of lands and speculators
Discusses lands, ownership, and affairs of several Virginia companies formed to speculate in the west. U.S. Treasury
GLC00099.155
11 June 1863
Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863)
to Emily J. Semmes
Writes to his wife that he "wept like a child" when reading her last letter. Expresses his thoughts before going into battle en route to Gettysburg. Discusses his concerns about his possible death, the welfare of his family, and his diminished...
GLC00101
27 July 1799
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to: James McHenry
Fear or rising debt and taxes. Written as President to his Secretary of War. Adams approves McHenry's raising a company of cavalry [sic] but worries at cost. "This system of Debts and Taxes is levelling all government in Europe." JA was staying at...
GLC00103
10 June 1848
Brown, John (1800-1859)
to Simon Perkins
Discusses his wool business. "Burlington" continues to make excuses for not paying, while at the same time pleading for wool to be sent to him. Burlington Mills Manufacturing Company in Vermont was one of Brown's clients in the wool business.
GLC00106
13 December 1790
Hamilton, Alexander (1755-1804)
to William Ellery
Writes that he learned from the Collector of Customs at Providence that the ship Warren embarked without a coasting license or a register indicating her destination. Asks if she arrived in Newport without a license and if Ellery charged her with...
GLC00109
13 March 1813
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to William B. Lewis
Concerning supply problems to Lewis, who was quartermaster in Nashville, government inefficiency, the national debt and heavy taxes. Complains of his own inactivity when his troops are needed in the Northwest, but will continue to obey his orders....
GLC00113
14 November 1892
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
to E.K. May
Discusses reform for hardened criminals. Wants as much reform as possible, but those not able to reform should stay in prison indefinitely - "no cure no release."
GLC00118.01.01
21 October 1862
Gives instructions to his wife to secure their property from the Union occupation of General Benjamin Butler during the Civil War. Directs her to go immediately across the Mississippi river to their plantation. Doubts that the Federals have visited...
GLC00175
28 March 1762
Adams, Samuel (1722-1803)
[Tax revenues from David Wier to Samuel Adams for 1757-1760]
Contains Samuel Adams's signature as tax collector.
GLC00184.02
25 March 1776
Hart, John (1708-1780)
New Jersey currency note no. 58335, 18 pence (or 1 shilling 6 pence).
Printed from wood cut and mounted on card. Co-signed by Robert Smith and John Sturm, Jr.
GLC00184.17
10 March 1789
Ellery, William (1727-1820)
to Benjamin Huntington
Writes to reprise a letter he had previously sent stating that he wishes "to hold some post under the new government." Prefers to be made a judge for the Eastern District, and in that case would like his son, William Ellery Jr., to succeed him as...
GLC00192
21 April 1777
Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795)
to William Whipple
Discusses various Tory conspiracies, such as counterfeiting currency (to cause inflation) and spreading smallpox. Describes the difficulties of recruiting sufficient men for the army. Notes that many men have marched to Ticonderoga. Postscript...
GLC00193
circa 1936-1937
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
Collection of five speeches [Decimalized .01-.05]
GLC00196
14 October 1936
Address of the President at Chicago, Illinois
Speech to businessmen signed at the end. Reports on the recovery the nation is experiencing since the Depression in many areas of business; banks, industry, railroads, farming, investments, etc. Criticizes the previous administration's focus on...
GLC00196.03
02 October 1936
[Address at the dedication of the Jersey City Medical Center, New Jersey]
Signed at the end. Marked hold for release by M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Mentions the funds of the Public Works Administration that went to American hospitals. Thanks those in the medical and nursing professions....
GLC00196.05
22 June 1949
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
to Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
Written in reply to Pennsylvania Congressman McConnell's request that he give his views on education legislation (the federal "grants-in aid") before the Committee on Education and Labor. Former President Hoover asserts his strong personal interest...
GLC00200
15 February 1777
to Nicholas Cooke
Voices concern about the financing of the national debt and the issuance of paper money. Has found in Congress some interest in naval defense. The American army is at Morristown and the British army is at Brunswick. There have been skirmishes. In...
GLC00202
20 February 1782
United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles
Resolutions settling states' Revolutionary War debt
Broadside signed by Thomson
GLC00222
28 July 1932
to Frederick S. Greene
Advises that there is $6,059,000 available for emergency relief to be used for highway projects in New York State. Informs that the money must be spent by 1 July 1933. Decides that some of the money should be used on the Northern, Grand Central...
GLC00224
14 August 1830
Burritt, Ann W. (fl. 1830)
Mrs. Burritt's defence of her husband; first published in the Southern recorder, Milledgeville, Geo. August 14, 1830.
Elijah Burritt's former partner, John G. Polhill, had charged that Burritt had distributed incendiary pamphlets written by African-American abolitionist David Walker. In this open letter to the editors, his wife states that her husband only sold the...
GLC00246.03
2 November 1864
Wood, Jabez (fl. 1864)
Notice to delinquent tax-payers in the town of Acushnet.
Announces that thirty days from this date, the collector of taxes, Jabez Wood, will collect any unpaid taxes for 1864 and previous years for offenders in the Town of Acushnet.
GLC00246.05
18 July 1798 ca.
Unknown
Broadsides and pamphlets including appointment as commander [Decimalized .01-.04]
[decimalized 00265.01-00265.04]
GLC00265
18 April 1794
U.S. Congress
Resolution: "That the present Embargo be continued"
Signed by Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State. Concerning the Quasi-War with France. States that the present Enbargo be continued until "the twenty fifth day of May next."
GLC00265.01
1834
Grosvenor, Cyrus Pitt (1792-1879)
Address before the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and the vicinity in the south meeting-house, in Salem, February 24, 1834.
Highlights criticism of enslavers and their source of labor. "We at the North work for our own support, with no dishonor and with essential benefit to ourselves...; and the gentlemen of the South need not think it too much to go and do likewise. If...
GLC00267.011
August 1857
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
Compensated emancipation
[Title continued] a speech by Gerrit Smith, in the National Compensation Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 26 and 27, 1857. First edition. Smith, a former United States Representative from New York, writes: "The sin of extending the...
GLC00267.012
1902
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
The anti-slavery papers of James Russell Lowell.
First edition. No. 141 of a Limited edition of 525 copies. Uncut and unopened. Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company.
GLC00267.013
1863
Cairnes, John Elliott (1823-1875)
The Slave-power: Its character, career and probable designs: Being an attempt to explain the real issues involved in the America contest.
Second edition. Published by Macmillan and Company. Contains pencil notes on title page. Includes dedication to John Stuart Mill: "...the opportunity of connecting my name in public with that of one from whose works I have profited more largely...
GLC00267.014
14 January 1829
Georgia. General Assembly
Report adopted by the Legislature of Georgia on the resolutions of South Carolina and Ohio ...
Title continues, " ... in relation to the powers of the general government and state rights, and to the subject of slavery." 20th Congress, 2nd session. Report concludes that the writers of the Constitution did not intend all power to be...
GLC00267.016
26 November 1833
Hayne, Robert Young (1791-1839)
State of South Carolina. Governor's Hayne's message.
A message from the Governor congratulating his state of South Carolina for firmly opposing the original tariff and the Force Act passed by the federal government. Hayne insists that nullification is an "unquestionable right of Sovereignty, under a...
GLC00267.019
1791
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791...
(title continues)... on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Pamphlet bound as a book. With a note "Printed at the expense of the society in Newcastle for promoting the abolition of the slave-trade. Includes one...
GLC00267.028
1816
Urquhart, Thomas (fl. 1816)
A letter to Wm Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of Impressment; calling on him and the philanthropists of this country ...
Title continues "... to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on negro slavery, by acting with the same ardor and zeal in the cause of British seamen." First edition. Published for the benefit of the Maritime...
GLC00267.029
19 February 1847
New Hampshire. Senate.
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to slavery and the domestic slave trade.
29th Congress, 2d session, document no. 155. Opposes slavery in the territories, favors abolition in the District of Columbia and abolition of the domestic slave trade. Signed in print by John P. Hale as Speaker of the House, James U. Parker as...
GLC00267.037
1837
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Fifth annual report of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, with some account of the annual meeting, January 25, 1837.
First edition. Printed by Isaac Knapp. List of lifetime members of the Society on the back cover. Contains a report and proceedings of the annual meeting, which began on 25 January. One section of the report states: "Abolitionists may not...
GLC00267.051
1839
Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842)
Remarks on the slavery question, in a letter to Jonathan Phillips Esq.
Attacks colonizationists like Senator Henry Clay, "who dream of removing slavery by the process of draining it off to another country; a process about as reasonable as that of draining the Atlantic." He also argues that colonization confirms racial...
GLC00267.052
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