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1757/09/30
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Mary Ball Washington re: his brother's marriage, ordering clothing for slaves
With provenance note stating property of David A. Hayes, and a clipped signature of John Hancock, President.
GLC07858.01
circa 1673-1689
Items related to Samuel Pepys [Decimalized .01 and .02]
GLC00496.258
7 January 1673
Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703)
to unknown
Replies to a letter from an unknown Lord and other gentlemen. States "I will by the first opportunity informe his Majty of what you write concerning the Soldiers, both in the Downs and at Harwick, and shall speedily send you his Resolution thereupon...
GLC00496.258.01
no date
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir (1646-1723)
[Engraving of Samuel Pepys]
Engraving that appears to be based on the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, created in 1689.
GLC00496.258.02
1752
Carroll, Charles (1737-1832)
Caroli Carroll, Liber Anno 1752
Title is printed by hand on mauve colored wrapper, "Caroli Carroll, Liber Anno 1752." Latin school exercise book. Contains rhetoric and poetry exercises in Latin. Signed "Charles Carroll" twice on the last page.
GLC00600
10 March 1762
Hardy, Josiah (1822-1900)
An act to Compleat the New Jersey Regiment to Six Hundred and Sixty Six effective volunteers, Officers included.
Document aims to raise additional men for the French & Indian War, with inducements including pardons. Details provisions for recruiting minors, slaves, and Indians. Additionally, allows Quakers to affirm, rather than swear, an oath. Signed by Hardy...
GLC00903
1751-1865
Christian discipline, and anti-slavery broadsides. [Decimalized .01-.07]
GLC00246
1675
Penn, William
England's present interest discovered, with honour to the prince, and safety to the people.
Advocates religious freedom in England. With heraldic bookplate of Robert Cony. Published seven years before Penn's founding of Pennsylvania.
GLC01672
1682
William Penn's last farewell to England.
Title continues: "being an epistle containing a salutation to all faithful friends, a reproof to the unfaithful, and a visitation to the enquiring, in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my nativity." Printed for Thomas Cook.
GLC01673
1721
Care, Henry (fl. 1721)
English liberties, or the free-born subject's inheritance [1st American edition]
12mo. Fifth edition, first American edition. First printing of the Magna Carta in America. Printed by N. Buttolph, B. Eliot and D. Henchman. Rebound.
GLC01710
29 November 1760
Livingston, Philip (1716-1778)
[Bill of sale for two slaves sold to Rieneer Van Giesen]
Bill of sale for two slaves of Philip Livingston, the well known merchant, Continental Congressman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Cosigned by his son Philip Philip Livingston and by Richard Jeffery Jr. as witnesses. Livingston sold...
GLC01775
15 January 1762
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: legal opinion on Madison family wills and estate
Mentions passing down slaves.
GLC00099.017
1751
Oliver, Daniel
Poem, "To a young Friend"
GLC01450.313
1759? ca.
Poem, "Come Soldiers All" re: battle on Plains of Abraham
GLC01450.314
3 July 1751
Bertram, Charles (1723-1765)
[to an unknown recipient regarding the forgery "Richard"]
Bertram, later discovered to be a literary imposter, writes to an unknown recipient (possibly to William Stukeley). Reports that when he receives the recipient's reply, he will deliver "Richard," a historical manuscript which he claimed to have...
GLC01450.449
1758-1793
Collection of items pertaining to Doctor John Lorimer [Decimalized .01-.07]
Contains appointments related to Lorimer's service as a surgeon, letters written to and from Lorimer, certificates regarding Lorimer's participation in the Icelandic Literary Society and the Aberdonian Medical Society, documents related to the...
GLC01450.807
circa 1750-1820
Unknown
[Memorandum]
List of books, which includes bibles, histories, hymnals, poetry and Paradise Lost.
GLC02437.08264
5 February 1762
[Legal document transferring a slave woman's ownership]
Legal document from Nausau Island, New York, conveying a "Negro woman called…Candes thirty odd years of age" to Joseph Coles for 65 pounds, from Thomas Smith and John Butler, executors of the estate of Richard Butler.
GLC09345.01
1730
Seutter, Matthew
Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii [New Netherland - New York]
Matthew Seutter, following Jansson and Nicholas Visscher. Engraved map, handcolored. The map shows the back-and-forth tussle between the Dutch and English over New York and New Jersey, and uses both sets of place names. Cartouche shows New York...
GLC03583
16 July 1761 - 21 July 1775
Thomas, Joshua (fl. 1775-1776)
[Massachusetts regimental orderly book]
Massachusetts regimental book regarding recruiting, movements, provisions, court martials, etc. The first 23.5 pages cover entries and accounts made by an unnamed leader of a regiment from Middleborough, Massachusetts, stationed mostly at Crown...
GLC02663
1756/05/25
Livingston, John (1714-1786)
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: destruction caused by a fire
John explains how one of his enslaved people accidently set a closet on fire with a candle. A table, linens, and napkins were destroyed, but it was put out before more any more serious damage occurred.
GLC03107.02969
1744
Horsmanden, Daniel (1694-1778)
A Journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy [New York slaves]
Full title: "A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy formed by some White People in conjunction with Negro and other Slaves, for burning the City of New-York in America, and murdering the Inhabitants." Published in New York...
GLC04205.01
1742
Watts, Isaac
[Philosophical essays on various subjects; viz., space, substance, body, spirit. Inscribed by William Ellery].
Also signed by William Ellery and George Wanton Ellery. Title continues: "the operations of the soul in union with the body; the production and operations of plants and animals; with some remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the human understanding. To...
GLC04230
4 May 1757
[Witnessing 200 pound bond for manumission of slave]
Legal document for the posting of a bond for the manumission of the slave Ann. Signed as witnesses by the Aldermen and Justices of the Peace for the City and County of New York: John Cruger, Simon Johnson, Francis Gilpin, Philip Livingston (the...
GLC03943
1641-1862
Collection of important printed treaties [decimalized]
GLC03985
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