Papers, 1612-1977, relating to U.S.
history at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Amanda
Harlan.
U.S. History mss.,1612-1977
This collection is open for research.
The U.S. History mss. collection is a miscellaneous collection of manuscripts in
American history, which do not fall into any of the library’s more specialized
manuscript collections. Some of the manuscripts in this collection are in an
oversize case.
Note on Indexing Term - "International relations": Of particular interest is: a
May 13, 1797 letter from Thomas Jefferson which discusses foreign relations and American isolation. A
May 2, 1819 letter from John Quincy Adams to Richard Rush in London. In this letter Adams discusses
diplomats and treaties.
A 1828-1830 journal written by Edward Thornton Tayloe while secretary to the U.S. Legation in
Colombia under William Henry Harrison.
From U.S. president John Tyler dated June 7, 1843, a commission of George Proffit as envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U.S.A. to the Emperor of Brazil.
A May 19, 1852 letter from J. Heard of Canton, China to George Heard of Massachusetts in which the
U.S. preparations to visit Japan are discussed and that Commodore Perry will relieve Commodore Aulick.
Apr. 4, 1884-Apr. 27, 1992. Copies of letters and documents written by Woodrow Wilson including a draft
of the 14 Points address before a joint session of Congress dated Jan. 8, 1918; an early draft of the
Covenant of League of Nations dated August 1918.
Oct. 20, 1919 letter from U.S. senator James Eli Watson opposing signing the League of Nations treaty.
Written by statesman John Jay, an undated document consisting of 29 numbered questions concerning the
subject of neutrality with specific reference to the US and France.
Note on Indexing Term - "Labor unions and socialism": Of interest is a 1933 copy of a document from the National Executive
Committee of the U.S. Socialist
Party announcing that the disruptionist tactics of the Communist Party has forced it to withdraw from
participation in the U.S. congress against war.
Note on Indexing Term - "Law": Of interest are - 1742-May 15, 1786: Legal documents pertaining to Pennsylvania. 1791, Feb.
23: Alexander Hamilton. On
the Constitutionality of the bill for establishing a National Bank.
1805, Jan. 5: Case of Samuel Young vs. John Shlife. 1829, Oct. 13: Declaration in St. Lawrence County,
New York, Court of Common Pleas in support of a claim to a pension for Revolutionary war service.
1865, Feb. 1 Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Charles Sumner-James Wormley copy
signed by Hannibal Hamlin, Schuyler Colfax, John W. Forney, Edward McPherson, 33 Senators, and 114
Representatives.
1892, May 2: The criminal code of the Northwest Territory written by David Demaree Banta.
n.d. The Earl of Bellomont's case. Consists of a defense and a complete summary of the case against
Bellomont, the precedents of the supremacy of the Port of New York, Basse's opposition thereto and the
vindication of the former's conduct...
n.d. From Hughes, Denver & Peck, lawyers to A.W. Rixon regarding the Quin case.
n.d. From Chief Justice Frederic Moore Vinson to Duncan Lawrence Groner, refers to the Glass-Ickes
case.
Note on Indexing Term - "Medicine": Of interest are:
1790, July 4. Letter from Samuel Adams to Dr. James Paine in which he mentions outbreaks of
influenza and measles.
1846, Aug. 14. Letter from Thomas Wait to Martha Jane Weed in which he discusses the recent
smallpox outbreak. 1866, Apr. 18. Letter from Matthew Vassar to William Hague in which he
expresses the opinion that dancing is necessary for moral and physical health.
1952, Aug. 19. Letter from Upton Sinclair to Bruce Baton, refers to fasting.
Note on Indexing Term - "Religion": Some of the collections which relate to religion are described as follows:
1858-1892. Memorandum books of a Baptist minister in Wisconsin: sermon, doctrinal and church
notes, remedies and recipes, agricultural hints, personal and church accounts, general information.
1862, Oct. 24-1863, Sept. 9. Diary of Israel Cogshall, Chaplain, 19th Michigan Infantry.
1865, Jan. 1-July 4. Diary of J.F. Lovering, Chaplain, 17th regiment Maine Infantry.
1886, Nov. 25. Henry Ward Beecher. Thanksgiving sermon notes, Plymouth Church.
n.d. Paper relating to Mormonism at Nauvoo, Illinois...
Note on Indexing Term - "Travel": Of interest: a 1788-1807 memorandum book written by Evan Roberts, farmer and town official.
Includes a listing of expenses for coming to America in 1794 from Wales, history of journey to
America in 1794 on the "Astria" with Captain Alexander Askin, and other journeys and places lived
until 1797 (in Welsh), list of boat names and names of travelers and settlers from Wales to the U.S.
A 1830-1831 journal of a cruise on board the "U.S.S. Guerriere" written by Commander Charles
C.B. Thompson about a voyage from Valparaiso, Chile to Callao, Peru.
Dated 1841-1845, remarks on board the ship "Addison" of New Bedford, Mass. on a whaling
voyage.
A 1843 diary of a journey from Boston to St. Louis and return, entitled "I started for the West."
A 1844-1846 log of the whaling barque "Sarah."
A 1848-1852 journal of a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean in the ship "Archer."
Copies of 1850 letters from clerk of the courts Samuel Millikan to his wife, Rhoda Houghton
Millikan, en route to California.
A 1851-1852 journal of a business trip through numerous states of the U.S. written by liquor dealer
Charles B. Cotten. Includes description of the country, the cities, the people and customs.
Note on Indexing Term - "West (U.S.)" and "Americana": Of particular interest:
1837-1844. Journal of a trip to Ohio, and journal of a trip to Saratoga Springs, New York, written by
Israel Wilson.
1843, May 6-June 28. "I started for the West" --diary of journey from Boston to St. Louis and return.
1850, Apr. 3-Sept. 24. Copy of letters from Samuel Millikan to his wife en route to California.
1886, Aug. 10-1894, Dec. 22. Correspondence relating to Dakota lands written by Arthur Calvin
Mellette, governor of South Dakota.
1886, Aug. 25-1895, Jan. 8. "A Hoosier in Kansas: the Diary of Hiram H. Young."
1889, Apr. 22-June 16. Photographs of the Oklahoma and Indian territories. Most images are of
Guthrie, Oklahoma days after being opened for white settlement.
1892, May 2. "The Criminal Code of the Northwest Territory," written by David Demaree Banta.
1944. "Western North America with special consideration of the German immigrants in their
relation to agriculture, trade, and commerce conditions" written by Nicholas Hesse. Translated from
the 1838 German edition.
n.d. "Echoes of the Past: Some Biographical Notes on James Steel, farmer, carpenter and preacher
of Perry Township, Ohio."
n.d. Historical notes on the Northwest Territory.
n.d. "History of the Old Northwest" written by Logan Esarey.
n.d. Letter from William How of Independence, Missouri to A. Birham How in which he writes
about his family, weather conditions, the interest in the California gold mines with "about 500
coming up the river in every boat, and 2,000 planning to depart on the first of May."
Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1914-1918": Of pertinent interest is The Official History of the Fifth Division ...1917-
1919, compiled and written by 2nd Lt. Kenyon Stevenson.
Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1939-1945": Of interest:
1940, Nov. 1. Radio speech by Wendell Willkie which discusses planes for Britain.
1941, Dec. 8-1942, Feb. 28. Report on the U.S.S. Houston from Dec. 8, 1941, until she was reported
missing Feb. 28, 1942.
1945, Mar. 3. Letter from Mark Wayne Clark, General of the 15th Army Group to Herman B Wells
of Indiana University, contains one paragraph on the Italian campaign.
1945, Apr. 2. Letter from George C. Marshall to Herman B Wells pertaining to R.O.T.C.
Arranged chronologically. Undated items are arranged alphabetically at the end of the
series.
U.S. History 1612-1977
Arranged chronologically at the item level, undated items are further
arranged alphabetically.
1612, Mar. 17 -
Gorges, [Sir] Ferdinando, 1566?-1647, Colonizer.
Plymouth, [Massachusetts]. To ? Sends evidence against two
persons.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 30 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1644, Dec. 31 -
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649, governor of Massachusetts Bay
Colony. Acknowledgement of John Synderland deed for sale
of land to John Parker.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 27 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1650, Dec. 30 -
Webber, Thomas, -1687, ship’s captain. [Bill of
lading for the ship Mayflower of Boston assigning “ninety bushels of dry
and merchantable pease” from William Davis of Boston to Elisabeth Poole,
widow].
Autograph Document Signed 1 leaf. 16.5 cm.
- Partly printed in a civilité based type very similar or
identical to English Engrossing Secretary (H7), cf. Carter and
Vervlíet,
Civilité types, p. 83
(Lilly Z250.5.S4 C2)
- Imprint: Sold by Nicholas Bourne, at the South Entrance of the
Royall Exchange.
- Dated in Boston.
- Probably not the Mayflower that transported the
Pilgrims.
Purchased. 1985
1663, June 4 -
Prence, Thomas, 1600-1673, British governor of Plymouth
colony,
Massachusetts. Deed from William Hailstone to James Leonard
for bog ore land acknowledged before Thomas Prence.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1677, [Nov.] 17 -
Penn, William, 1644-1718, colonizer.
London, [England]. To [Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl
of]. Religious nonconformity.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 29 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1677, Dec. 8-
Dudley, Joseph, 1642-1720, colonial governor of Massachusetts.
Heirs of William Fletcher acknowledge satisfaction in the
agreement for the division of the estate.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 31 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1680, Dec. 24 -
Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730, jurist.
Boston in N.E. To Stephen Sewall. At Bishopstoke, Hampshire.
Personal letter.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 31 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1684, Apr. 12 -
Penn, William, 1644-1718, colonizer. Land grant to
John Foile.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p.
25 x 30 cm.
folio.
- On vellum.
- Adorned with a red wax peppercorn seal.
- Memorandum of land sold by John Foile, July 13, 1686, and the date
recorded in official records.
- Document was in an envelope from Paris dated Feb. 15, 1956.
Source of purchase unknown. 1956
1685, July 2 -
[Clarke, William], fl. 1685. Deed of land conveyed
to John Thomas and signed by John Alden with 12 words in his holograph.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 39 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1692, Jan. 30 or 1693, Jan. 30 -
Bradford, William, 1624-1704, son of Governor Bradford.
Attestation to the legality of the deed by Ephraim Morton to
his son, Eleazar Morton.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p.
31 x 39 cm.
folio.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1697, June 17 -
Fletcher, Benjamin, -1703, colonial governor of New York.
License issued by the governor in council to William Nicolls
to purchase from the Indians a certain tract of land in Suffolk County,
New York.
Copy of Document 1 p. 32 cm.
- Countersigned by David Jamison, [deputy secretary and clerk of
the council].
- Certified copy May 12, 1830, from book of Indian deeds, No. 1,
page 73, in the Secretary’s office of the State of New
York.
Gift. 1947
1706, Sept. 14 -
Penn, William, 1644-1718, colonizer. To Thomas
Curtis, Reading, [Pennsylvania]. “I wish myself with thee though ‘twere
but one night, and if thou wilt meet me at Reading and set the time we
will meet.”
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
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Removed from
A Collection of the Works of William
Penn
, 2 vols. London, J. Sowle, 1726. (Lilly PS821.A1 1726 V.1). 1972
1715, June
1-1721, May 16 -
Ward, Nahum, sailor. His Book [log of the ship
Elizabeth and account record].
Autograph Document Signed [52] pp.
31 x 20.5 cm.
- In marbleized paper covers.
- Log, 1715, Oct. 21-1716,
July 1, of the ship Elizabeth bound from Boston to
“Seranam” [Surinam] and Barbados with a cargo of horses and
sheep and return via the “Ueriemia” [Virginia] coast with salt;
earlier trip to Boston, 1715, June 1-July 10.
- Accounts, 1716, May
3-1721, May 16, of memoranda of payment from crew
members for rum and sugar; of wages to Ward from “Capt
Pattredg”; of charges for boards and nails and daily labor of
Thomas Greene and “Gerthum” [Jonathan?] Ward: “Ballonced all
accompts from the beginning of the world to this very
day”.
- Inscribed inside front cover, also: Elisha Ward his Book March
the 18/1764.
Purchased. 1981
1742, May 15,
1786 - [Legal documents pertaining
to Pennsylvania].
Documents Signed, 4 items, 32-33.5 cm.
- 1) 1742, May 15.Mortgage
indenture to the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania, signed by
George Weirick, yeoman of Lancaster Co., and to John Kinsey,
atty of the Court of Common Pleas; red seal. (2 pp. 32
cm.)
- 2) 1751, Apr. 26.Bond to John
Wallace, merchant of Philadelphia, signed by Isaac Greenleaf and
Mordecai Yarnall, merchants; receipted on verso by John Wallace,
Nov. 12, 1751; (paper seals. 1 leaf. 32 cm.)
- 3) 1763, Dec. 22.Bond to John
Montgomery of Shippenburgh, Cumberland Co., signed by John
Armstrong (his mark) or York Co., and to Robert Megan, atty of
the Court of Common Pleas; (red seal. 2 pp. 32 cm.)
- 4) 1786 (pr. date).Writ issued to
Joseph M. Clellan, high sheriff of Chester Co. to take hold of
the goods, etc. of Thomas Wiley, collector of the rates and
assessments laid on the inhabitants of Kennett township;
incomplete, not signed. 1 p. with blank contiguous leaf. 33.5
cm. Accompanied by blank copy of the same legal form.
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Gift. 1983
1750, Apr. 11 -
Washington, [George], 1732-1799, pres. U.S. Survey
notes. Survey of a tract of land in Frederick County,
Virginia for Richard Arnold.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 18 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1752, Mar.
20-Oct. 23 - [Surveys for tracts of land in
Frederick County, Virginia].
Autograph Documents Signed 11 leaves. 18.5-32.5 cm.
bound.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Bound in brown morocco with title in gold: George Washington
Surveys 1752.
- Contents (11 surveys):
-
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- 1. 1752, Mar. 20, for
Henry Ouldakers, 260 acres, no plat (Colonial Series
I:33, no. 9);
- 2. 1752, Mar. 27, for Henry Enoch, 270
acres, with plat (Colonial Series I:31, No. 6);
- 3. 1752, Mar. 28, for
James Baker, 220 acres, with plat (Colonial Series I:31,
No. 1);
- 4. 1752, Mar. 30, for
Daniel Osborne, 270 acres, with plat (Colonial Series
I:33, no. 10);
- 5. 1752, Mar. 30, for George Washington,
240 acres, with plat, not signed by Washington, not
cited in Colonial Series;
- 6. 1752, Mar. 30, for Daniel Osborne,
220 acres, with plat, not cited in Colonial
Series;
- 7. 1752, Mar. 30, for William Williams,
121 acres, with plat (Colonial Series I:33, no.
13);
- 8. 1752, Apr. 2, for David Edwards, 200
acres, with plat (Colonial Series I:31, no. 5);
- 9. 1752, Apr. 8,for John Parke the
Younger, 135 acres, with plat (Colonial Series I:33, no.
11);
- 10. 1752, May 8, for Major Marquis
Calmes, 1110 acres, with plat, not cited in Colonial
Series;
- 11. 1752, Oct. 23, for Christopher
Beiler, 67 acres, with plat (Colonial Series I:31, no.
2).
- Land surveyed lies today largely in Morgan County, West
Virginia.
- Reference:
The Papers of George
Washington Colonial Series
I, 1748-Aug. 1755.University Press
of Virginia, Charlottesville. (Main E312.72 1983 Vol. 1).
- University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville. (Main E312.72
1983 Vol. 1).
- Undated Surveys Cited in Northern Neck Grants, with assigned
numbers, pages 31-33.
- Land surveyed for Washington was mentioned in his Will.
- See
The Estate of George Washington,
Deceased
, by Eugene Ernst Prussing, Boston, Little,
Brown, and Company, 1927, pages 71, 76, 295 (Main
E312.5.P9)
Gift. 1984
1764, Dec. 7 -
Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787, general.
New
York. To John Penn. Congratulates Penn on the success of
Bouquet’s expedition against the Indians.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana, who
had obtained it from the Gribbel collection. 1956
1765, June 18 -
Bouquet, Henry, 1719-1765, general.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To George Croghan.
Refers to a treaty with the Indianas.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 22 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1765, June 28 -
Spry, William, -1772, jurist.
Halifax. To [George] Grenville, etc. News that
Stamp act had been passed; Admiralty courts in America.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 23 cm.
- Enclosure in Spry’s hand: A proposal for the further
establishment of regular courts of Vice Admiralty in America,
June 27, 1765. (A.D. 6 p. 23 cm.)
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Purchased. 1965
1765, July-1798,
Nov. 19 -
Ellis, Mordecai, 1723-ca. 1785, shoemaker, farmer.
His book of Accounts made in the second month of the year 1766.
Autograph Document Signed 62 pp. In box.
39 x 16.5 cm.
- In ink.
- Stiffened linen covers.
- Some pages oil-soaked and fragile.
- Daybook of accounts for farming, shoemaking, and other
financial transactions.
- Includes:
- note about Mother who would “give me one year’s salary
toward the expense of my building”, ca. 1767
- the Estate of his brother Rowland Ellis who died in
1771
- varieties of apple trees planted
- the English guinea exchanged for 1/15/0
- Mordecai Ellis, born in Pennsylvania, moved to Frederick Co.,
Va. (now Berkeley Co., W. Va.) between 1769-1773, where he
died.
- Names of his son Nehemiah Ellis, 1752-1822, who moved to
Tennessee and then Clinton Co., Ohio, and his grandson, Jehu
Ellis, 1775-1865, who moved to Tippecanoe Co. and Montgomery
Co., Indiana, appear in the daybook.
- In pencil: Milton Ellis, July 23, 1855.
Gift. 1981
1768, Mar. 12 -
[Downshire, Wills Hill, 1st marquis of], 1718-1793.
Whitehall. To Sir William Johnson. Outlines of
points to be achieved in great Indian conference at Ft. Stanwix. Also
deals with Rogers’ plotting with French while in command of fort at
Michilimackinac.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 30 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1771, Aug. 27 -
Moss, Barnabas, fl. 1771. Deed for the transfer of
real estate to Ira Allen, signed by Ethan Allen and Limry Allen as
witnesses.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1772, Jan. 9 -
Buck, William, fl. 1772. Deed for the transfer of
real estate to Limry Allen, signed by Phineas Adams and Heber Allen as
witnesses.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1772, Mar. 25 -
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778, signer of the Declaration of
Independence.
Autograph.
Document Signed 1 p. 4 cm.
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Gift. 1961
1773, Oct. 17 -
Washington George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S. Note on
the sale of Ohio lands.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 19 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Attached to a Broadside advertising sale of Ohio lands, July
15, 1773.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1773, Oct. -
Allen, Heman, fl. 1773, brother of Ethan Allen.
Deed for the transfer of real estate to Limry Allen signed by Ira Allen
and Levi Allen as witnesses.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1774, Mar. -
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814, statesman. Deed for the
transfer of real estate to Limry Allen, signed by Abigail Allen and Lucy
Allen as witnesses.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1775, Mar.
28-1777, Aug. 23 -
Parry, Edward, agent for procuring masts. Journal
… for procuring masts and c. for His Majesty’s Navy from North America …
Contains an account of the transactions and the treatment he experienced
from his confinement among the rebels, the seizure and confiscation of
his possessions. A detailed and interesting narrative. He is frequently
pressed to take the oath of allegiance but refuses. Eventually he gets
permission from the Committee of Safety to depart and sails for Halifax,
Nova Scotia, embarking from there in a naval frigate, Niger, reaching
his home at Carshlton.
Autograph Document Signed 243 p. 19 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Marbled boards, half calf back.
- The Journal was edited by James Henry Maguire, 1944-, for his
Ph.D. dissertation at Indiana University, September, 1970
(PN7000.M213).
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1775, Sept. 12 -
Otis, James, et. Al., 1725-1783, revolutionary statesman.
Appointment of Jonas Mason as justice of the peace.
Document Signed 1 p. 40 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1776, Feb. 5 -
Amherst, Jeffrey Amherst, 1st baron, 1717-1797, army officer.
Whitehall [England]. To [Wiliam Wildman
Barrington, 2nd] viscount Barrington. Concerns officers for the 60th
regiment.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 23 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1776, May 6 -
Virginia. Constitution. The constitution of
Virginia, 1776.
Autograph Document 11 p. 36 cm.
folio. photostat.
- Photostat from the original in the Virginia State Library,
Richmond, Virginia.
Gift. 1951
1776, July 4 -
Facsimiles of the Signatures to the Declaration of
Independence, July 4, 1776.
1 p. 27 cm. facsimile.
- Signatures grouped on one page with a note reading “Department
of State 19th April 1819. I certify that this is a Correct Copy
of the original Declaration of Independence deposited at this
Department and that I have compared all the signatures with
those of the original and have found them Exact Imitations.
(signed) John Quincy Adams.” This statement probably in
reference to the Benjamin Owen Tyler facsimile.
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Source and date unknown.
1776, July 4 -
In Congress July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the
thirteen United States of America. Engraved by William I. Stone for the
Department of State by order of John Quincy Adams, Secty of State, July
4, 1823.
D.S.
62 x 74.5 cm.
Facsimile on parchment. folio.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Measurements are the contact size of the engraving with the
edge of the parchment extending with the edge of the parchment
extending from 3.5 to 4 cm. beyond.
- The plate was made by imposing a wet paper on the original
which removed a great deal of the text and some of the
signatures, irreparably defacing the original.
- Adams notified the Senate on 2 January 1824 that 200 copies
had been made on paper.
- See the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for June
30, 1949 (Washington, 1950), pages 36, 41, and 52.
- Census Report by W. R. Coleman in August 1984 lists 26 copies
on parchment.
Purchased. 1974
1776, July 4 -
In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the
thirteen United States of America.
D.S. 40 cm.
Facsimile on paper. folio.
- Facsimile varies from the original in that the word only is
omitted from the line: Our repeated Petitions have been answered
[only] by repeated injury.
- Presented by John Hancock Life Insurance Company.
Source and Date unknown.
1776, July 6 -
Hancock, John, 1737-1793, signer of the Declaration of
Independence.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To [Nicholas] Cooke.
Concerns Declaration of Independence.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1776, July 22 -
Hancock, John, 1737-1793, signer of the Declaration of
Independence.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To Colonel Samuel
Griffin, Deputy Adjutant General to the Flying Camp. Refers to his
commission with the rank of colonel.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1776, Aug. 11 -
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, statesman.
Commission of Thomas Wallace as first lieutenant of a company of foot
(raised in the city of Philadelphia).
Document Signed 1 p. 20 cm. folio.
- Printed form filled out by hand.
- Framed with reproduction of a painting of Benjamin
Franklin.
Gift. 1965
1776, Aug. 27 -
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806, financier.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To John Bradford,
Continental agent, Boston, [Massachusetts]. Refers to commercial
shipping transaction.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1776, Sept. 28 -
Pennsylvania. Bill of rights and constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed in convention, September 28,
176.
Autograph Document Signed 17 p. 36-44 cm.
folio. photostat.
- Photostat from the original in the Pennsylvania State Archives
Division.
Gift. 1951
1776, Dec. 18 -
North Carolina. Constitution. The constitution of
North Carolina, 1776.
Autograph Document Signed 11 p. 38 cm.
folio. photostat.
- Photostat of the original in the State Department of Archives
and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Gift. 1951
1776 -
Virginia. Declaration of rights. Facsimile of copy
of first draft of the Declaration of rights made by the good people of
Virginia.
Document [4] p. 24 cm.
- At head of p. [1]: “Copy of the first draught by G W
C.”
Source unknown. 1959
1777, July 12 -
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792, naval officer.
Portsmouth, [New Hampshire]. To John Rooch [i.e.,
Roche]. Announces that he is to take command of the “Ranger.”
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 21 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1777, Sept. 27 -
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790, general.
Peekskill, [New York]. To George Clinton.
Kingston, [New York]. “The Militia … appears to be very backward in
coming.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 31 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1778, Mar. 19 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Head Quarters Valley Forge. To [Israel Shreve]. “I
desire that you will march immediately with all the Men of your Regiment
that are in Camp and fit for duty to the State of New Jersey and there
take such a position” as to impede the progress of the enemy down the
Delaware River.
Letter Signed 2 leaves.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Letter written in an unidentified hand.
- Addressed to “Sir” who is identified as Israel Shreve from a
letter of the same date to William Livingston.
- Varies slightly from the Library of Congress copy in the hand
of Tench Tilghman as published in Fitzpatrick,
Writings of Washington, Vo. 11
(E312.7.A2 1931) pages 109-110; letter to Livingston follows on
pages 110-111.
- Version of leaf 2 bears the note: Examined 7th June
1784.
- Bottom half of leaf 2 has been replaced and missing edges of
both have been filled in.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1778, Apr. 22 -
Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832, poet, editor, mariner.
Reads: “Philip M. Freneau, A.D. 1778 --- Bermuda --- St.
George’s --- April 22, 1778. Once more on these sweet isles to meet your
Love ---“
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
- Removed from Freneau’s
Poems Relating
to the American Revolution
(1865) purchased from
Dauber and Pine, January 20, 1928 (E295.F8). The autograph has
been mounted on a blank page of the volume, which carries the
manuscript note: “Margaret L. Freneau, with the complements of
the Publisher New York. June 8, 1866.”
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Source and Date unknown.
1778, May 26 -
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814, vice pres. U.S.
Yorktown, [Virginia]. To [James Warren]. In reply
to Warren’s letter of the 7th, Gerry comments favorably on financial
conditions related to the Congress and the Army. Offers congratulations
on the “late Events in Europe.”
Autograph Letter Signed 4 pp. 33 cm.
- Watermark: P F.
- Published in A Study in Dissent, The Warren-Gerry
Correspondence, edited by C. Harvey Gardiner. Carbondale and
Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press, 1968 (Main
E203.W26) in which Warren’s letter of the 7th is also
published.
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1778, Sept. 6 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S. To
Jedediah Huntington. “It is probable the Fleet you mentioned is part of
the one which passed thro the Sound some time ago, for the relief of
Rhode Island.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 31 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Not published in the collected sets of Washington’s writings
edited by Sparks (1834-1837), Ford (1889-1893) or Fitzpatrick
(1931-1944).
- Accompanied by a picture of Washington.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1779, June 19 -
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818, Soldier.
Fort Clark in the Illinois. To Treasurer of
Virginia. Draft to pay for cattle for his troops.
1 p.
16 x 28 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1780, Apr. 7 -
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820, pioneer. Deed of land
sold to John and Robert Campbell.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 27 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- On page 2 are later transactions by Robert Campbell.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1780, Aug. 23 -
Kentucky.
Citizens. To the honorable Continental congress.
the petition of a number of the true and loyal subjects of the United
States of America … residing in a … part of the continent … called by
general name of Kentucky.
Autograph Document Signed 3 p. 46 cm.
folio. photostat.
Gift. 1951
1782, Dec. 3 -
Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791, governor of Virginia. Council
Chamber. To “Gentlemen.” Deals with an enormous debt on
the state and how it is to be paid.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 31 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
[1782] - “du
Commerce Entre La France et Les Etats Unis.”
Document [286] pp. 31.5 cm.
slipcase.
-
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- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Title derived from Chapter I as given in the Table [of
Contents].
- Pages 1-22 missing.
- Compilation of notes on commerce of the 13 states from
contributors stated as:
-
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- Connecticut by [Jonathan] Trumbull and [Samuel]
Huntington;
- Delaware by [Samuel] Wharton;
- Georgia by [George] Walton and [Richard]
Howley;
- Maryland by [Daniel of St. Thomas] Jenifer;
- Massachusetts by “Les Delegués de cet Etat”;
- New Hampshire by [John] Sullivan;
- New Jersey by [William] Livingston and [John]
Witherspoon;
- New York by [Robert R.] Livingston;
- North Carolina by [Benjamin] Hawkins;
- Pennsylvania by [Thomas] Fitzsimmons and other
persons;
- Rhode Island by [C?] Johnson;
- South Carolina by [Thomas] Bee;
- Virginia by [Thomas] Jefferson.
- Contribution by Jefferson on pages 211-217 compares favorably
with references to rivers in his
Notes on
the State of Virginia
on pages 4-13 (1782 [i.e.
1785] edition, Lilly F230.J37)
- References to Quakers: 112, 144, 160.
- Most recent internal date: 10 Feb 1782 on page 175.
- Work concludes: Fin du Premier Chapitre.
- Inferentially compiled by François Barbé de Marbois, while
serving as chargé d’affaires in Philadelphia, for Charles Eugène
Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de Castries, French minister of the
marine: See
The Papers of Thomas
Jefferson
, Julian P. Boyd, editor, Princeton
University Press, 1951, Vol. 4, page 167 (Main E302.J4 A23);
Le commerce Colonial de la France à
las Fin de l’Ancien Régime
by Jean Tarrade, Presses
Universitaires de France, Paris, 1972, Vol. 2, pages 527 and 793
(Main HF3556.T192); E.W. Lyon,
The Man
Who Sold Louisiana
, University of Oklahoma Press,
Norman, 1942, pages 27, 203, 204 (Main DC146.B16 L9).
- Bears oval stamp on page 308: Archives du Mall De
Castries.
- In red slipcase with “De Castries Manuscript” on spine.
Purchased. 1984
1783, July 1 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Discharge of John McNulty from the first regiment of Connecticut,
Captain Willis company.
Document Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
vault.
- Printed form filled in by hand.
- Accompanied by an engraving of George Washington.
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Gift. 1965
1783, Aug. 15 -
Jay, John, 1745-1829, statesman. To Egbert Benson.
Deals with a business transaction involving Benson and a Mr. Potts.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 21 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1784, Jan. 21 -
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801, congressman,
pres. Pennsylvania Council of Censors. Chamber of the Council of
Censors [Philadelphia]. To John Nicholson, comptroller
general. Forty-six pounds, seven shillings and six pence, wages as a
member of the Council of Censors, due to Anthony Wayne.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
- “Read in Council 22nd January 1784, approved and order drawn.”
Signed: James Trimble for John Armstrong, Jr., sec.
- Notice of settlement of account, January 22, 1784. Signed:
John Nicholson, Comtroller general’s office.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1784, Feb. 4 -
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, U.S. secretary of treasury.
New York. Memorial and petition. “To the Honorable
The Representatives of the State of New York in Senate and Assembly.”
Refers to a balance due him of $2,820.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1784, Feb. 28 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Mount Vernon, [Virginia]. To Charles Washington.
Family affairs.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Not published in the collected sets of Washington’s writings
edited by Sparks (1834-1837), Ford (1889-1893) or Fitzpatrick
(1931-1944).
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1784, Apr. 10 -
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829, soldier politician.
New York. To George Denniston. West Point. Refers
to supplies.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
[1784], June 25 -
Bradford, William, 1755-1795, jurist. To
[Franćois, marquis de Barbé-Marbois. No. 92. “I have taken the
deposition of Mr. Josephson, and learn several particulars from other
quarters which I flatter myself will render your testimony unnecessary
in the prosecution of the Offender.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 pp. 23 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. Josiah Kirby Lilly, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1785, Jan. 19 -
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799, governor of Virginia.
Richmond, [Virginia]. To Thomas Madison,
Botecourt, Virginia. “Seldom hear from you and sister.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1785, May 23 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Paris, [France]. To [Giovanni Valentino Matteo
Fabroni]. Has replaced Franklin at French court; presenting him with
copy of his [Notes on the State of Virginia].
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
- Referred to as “Not found” in
The
Papers of Thomas Jefferson
, volume 8 … Julian P.
Boyd, editor … Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University
Press, 1953, p. 161.
- The copy of
Notes on the State of
Virginia
… Paris, 1782, presented by Jefferson to
Fabroni is in the Lilly Library, Indiana University.
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Purchased. 1961
1785, Sept. 19 -
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, Revolutionary statesman.
Boston. To [Elbridge] Gerry. Refers to his last
letter of the 15th. Asserts that a “general revision of the
Confederation appears … to be a dangerous measure to be adopted at this
time …” Comments on the condition of the refugees in
Halifax.
Letter Signed 2 pp. 23.6 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Bears note: and 30th Sep 1785.
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Purchased. 1983
1785, Oct. 29 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Mount Vernon, [Virginia]. To Patrick Henry, Esq.,
Governor. Washington declines to accept “certain shares in the Companies
for opening the navigation of James and Potomac Rivers” as a pecuniary
reward for services to his country.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 pp. 31 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- In red half-morocco slip case.
- Published in John Clement Fitzpatrick, ed.,
Writings of George Washington
…
- Bicentennial Commission, 1931-1941, 39 vols. (E312.7.A2 vol.
28, page 303 1931).
Thomas F. Madigan, New York City dealer; David Gage Joyce, Chicago,
collector; Abel S. Berland of 69 West Washington St., Chicago, purchased
the letter via John Fleming as agent at the Joyce sale at the Hanzel
Galleries, Chicago, on September 23, 1973; purchased by Lilly Library
out of the Ball Brothers Foundation Bicentennial Fund from Abel S.
Berland in 1976.
1785, Dec. 2 -
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799, governor of Virginia.
Land grant to Andrew Hynes of 200 acres in Jefferson County on Buffalo
Creek in Severns Valley, a branch of Green River.
Document Signed 1 leaf.
44.5 x 34 cm.
folio.
- Printed document filled in.
- Watermark: T CHADRY and CO under ornate shield.
- Endorsed by John Hawrie.
- Wax seal largely eroded.
Gift. 1980
1786, May 24 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Paris, [France]. To [Giovanni Valentino Matteo]
Fabroni. Asking for coat-of-arms of the Taliaferro family.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
- Published in
The Papers of Thomas
Jefferson
, volume 9 … Julian P. Boyd, editor …
Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1954, p.
571-572. From press copy in the Massachusetts Historical Society
Library.
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1786, July 4 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Mount Vernon, Virginia. Membership certificate,
Society of Cincinnati, of Timothy Hosmer, late surgeon in the 5th
Connecticut regiment.
Document Signed
37 x 53 cm.
folio.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1787, Feb. 21 -
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806, secretary of war.
New York. To Henry Jackson. “I cannot write any
thing consolatory concerning the contracts.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 31 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1787, Feb. 21 -
United States in Congress Assembled … Resolved that on the
second Monday in May next a Convention of Delegates … be held at
Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles
of Confederation …
Autograph Document Signed 2 pp. 32 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Signed by Charles Thomson, 1729-1824, secretary of the
Continental Congress.
- Varies slightly in punctuation and capitalization from the
Resolution as published in the
Journal of
the United States in Congress Assembled
… Vol. 12,
page 17, Philadelphia, printed by r. Aitken, 1787 (Lilly
J10.A1)
- Paper bears the watermark of J Buttanshaw, papermaker of West
Peckham, Kent, Mill no. 36, who was active between 1775-1804
(See
Monumenta Chartae
Papyraceae
, Vol. VI, Lilly TS1080.P183)
- Attached to the first sheet is a second page bearing the
watermark of Brittania whose papermaker is unidentified.
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Purchased. 1979
[1787], Aug. 29 -
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814, vice-pres. U.S. To
[Ann (Thompson)] Gerry. Concerned about the state of her health. At the
convention he has “been a spectator for some time; for I am very
different in political principles from my colleagues.” Distressed at the
thought that some of his mail may have been intercepted and opened.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 pp. 23 cm.
- Letter cited in G. A. Billias,
Elbridge
Gerry
… McGraw Hill, N.Y., 1976 (Main E302.6.G37
B54) on pages 193 and 388.
- Formerly in the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Collection.
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1787, Nov. 14 -
Randolph, Edmund Jennings, 1753-1813, U.S. Secretary of State.
Richmond [Virginia]. To Sir. Encloses “the
resolutions of our legislature concerning the federal constitution.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 22 cm.
- The resolutions, not here present, may be those passed by the
House of Delegates, Oct. 25, and approved by the Senate on Oct.
30. See Evans, American Bibliography, No. 20839 (Lilly
Z1215.A3); and H. B. Grigsby,
The History
of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788
(Virginia
Historical Collections IX), Vol. 1, pages 56-57 (Lilly
JK3925.G85 1788) which give the gist of the resolutions
concerning delegates to the June, 1788, convention for ratifying
the federal constitution.
- For another copy of this cover letter, see Nov. 14, 1787, in
Lafayette mss.
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1787, Dec. 18 -
U.S. Constitution. New Jersey’s official copy of the United
States constitution, ratified by the state convention at Trenton,
19[i.e. 18] December 1787 …
Copy of Autograph Document Signed 4 p. 43 cm.
folio.
- Reproduced in collotype from original presented to the Rutgers
University Library by Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Sang.
Gift. 1960
1788, Jan. 2 -
Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814, statesman.
New York. To The Honorable Elbridge Gerry, Esq.,
Cambridge. Otis professes respect for Gerry despite their political
differences. Outlines the progress of the ratification of the
Constitution, expressing hope that the Eastern states, “especially
Massachusetts”, will decide the question by debate and abide by the
majority’s decision. Only five states are represented in the Continental
Congress at this time.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 pp. 31.7 cm.
- Note on integral address leaf indicates the letter was
answered Jan. 27.
- Accompanied by transcription.
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1788, Mar. 24 -
[Jay, John], 1745-1829, statesman.
New York. To [William] Bingham. Enclosing the one
volume of The Federalist as he had promised. The coming election of
persons to the “ensuing convention” [for ratifying the constitution]
probably will be “the most contested of any … since the Revolution.”
Autograph Letter 1 p. 22.3 cm.
- Apparently personal draft.
- Endorsed on verso: To Mr. Bingham.
- Enclosure not present.
- Published in
The Correspondence and
Public Papers of John Jay
. Edited by Henry P.
Johnston. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1891 (Main Library
E302.J38 A2) Vol. III, page 325.
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1788, May 30 -
Thacher, Peter, 1752-1802, Congregational clergyman.
Boston, [Massachusetts]. To Cotton Tufts.
Notifying him of his election as a member of the Society for Propagating
the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
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Source unknown. 1946-1947
1788, June 12 -
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835, lawyer, Continental congressman.
New York. To Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Esq. States he
has received a letter from Col. [William] Grayson and quotes contents
relating to the Virginia federal Constitution ratification convention.
Notes the division in the New York convention. Comments on the action of
the Continental Congress to “bring public defaulters to account”.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 pp. 25.3 cm.
- Accompanied by transcription.
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[1788], June 25 -
Madison, James, 1751-1836, pres., U.S.
Richmond, [Virginia]. To [George Washington].
Reports on the voting for the ratification of the constitution.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Endorsed on verso in George Washington’s hand: From the
Honorable James Madison Jr, 25th June 1788.
- Published in
Letters and Other Writings
of James Madison
, R. Worthington, New York, 1884
(E302.M2 A3) Vol. 1, page 400; in
The
Papers of James Madison
, (University Press of
Virginia, Charlottesville, 1977 (E302.Ma19) Vol. 11, page 178,
noted as owned by Philip D. and Elsie O. Sang, River Forest,
Ill., in 1962.
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1788, Oct. 15 -
[Jay, John], 1745-1829, statesman.
New York. To Edward Rutledge. Violent opposition
to the Constitution has become more moderate. A convention to consider
proposed amendments will “terminate all questions on the subject … if
convened three years hence …” Suggests that Edward’s son Henry should
come with him to New York, “… we have now good schools.”
Autograph Letter 1 p. 22.3 cm.
- Apparently personal draft.
- Endorsed on verso: in ans to 20 June last.
- Published, except for the remainder of the first paragraph
following “… friendly letter …,” in
The
Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay
. Edited
by Henry P. Johnston. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1891 (Main
Library E302.J38 A2) Vol. III, page 362.
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[1788] -
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, U.S. secretary of treasury.
To [Elizabeth (Schuyler) Hamilton]. Is sorry she could not
meet him. “We have just received an account of the adoption by Virginia
by a majority of ten … Heaven bless my Betsey and restore us speedily to
each other.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 19.7 cm.
- Addressee excised from address leaf.
- Letter undated; Virginia adopted the constitution June 25,
1788.
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Gift. 1994
1788-1807 -
Roberts, Evan, farmer, town official. Memorandum
book.
Autograph Document Signed [120] pp. 16.5 cm.
- In Welsh and English.
- Two or more memoranda books hand sewn together, one with
marbleized paper cover. Contents (partial listing):
-
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14-22, Expenses for coming to America in
1794 from the region of Bala, Wales;
-
23-29, Catalog of books and prices, 1797;
-
32, Places of lodging in Wales and England,
1788-1789;
-
36, American wages;
-
37-43, Letters received, written and
desired from Wales, including the name of John Evans of
Bala, 1723-1817, preacher;
-
45-60, History of journey to America in
1794 on the Astria with Captain Alexander Askin, and
other journeys and places lived until 1997 (in Welsh);
-
64, Work ledger, 1797-1798;
-
67-68, Letters received from Wales,
includes J. Evans of Bala who wrote Feb. 1 and received
May 20, 1796;
-
70, Memo of expenses coming to the
Allegheny mountains;
-
72-73, Birthdates of the Robert’s children
and astrological signs, 1802-1807;
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77-79, Weddings at Cambria and New York,
1795-1800; List of those who came from Wales and boat
names, 1795-1796;
-
84-86, Names of settlers of Cambria, Sept.
30, 1798;
-
87-96, Goods sold upon leaving Cambria,
1801;
-
97-100, Valuation of his things in 1800;
-
102-104, Expenses in transporting goods
from Cambria to New York, April, 1801;
-
104-105, Prices for things bought in New
York, May, 1801;
-
107, Evan Roberts his Book of Memorandum;
-
109-111, Land taxes in Cambria, 1799;
-
113, Elections in Cambria, 1799;
-
116-118, Amount of the sale of his
brother’s things, 1799.
Provenance: The Memorandum book was found in a house at 395 Bellaire
Street, Denver, Colorado, previously owned by a Bishop family, and which
had been built by a Mr. Neustetter, department store owner, in the
1930’s.
Gift. 1980
1789, Jan. 12 -
[Gerry, Elbridge], 1744-1814, vice-pres. U.S.
Cambridge, [Mass.] To Dear Sir. Was absent when
his letter of the 8th was left at Gerry’s house. States that he is
“bound by the voice of a majority whether in favour of the Constitution
as it now stands or of amendments …”
Letter (Contemporary copy). 1 p. 30.5 cm.
- Verso bears crossed-out beginning of message “To the Electors
of Middlesex” in Gerry’s hand.
- Substantial quote from letter appears on page 211 of
A Study in Dissent, The Warren-Gerry
Correspondence
…, edited by C. Harvey Gardiner,
Carbondale … Southern Illinois University Press, 1968 (Main
E203.W26).
- Formerly in the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Collection.
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1789, Jan. 19 -
Smith, William, 1727-1803, educator, clergyman.
Chester, Kent County, Maryland. To James Wilson,
Esquire, at his House, Market Street, Philadelphia. Smith proposes a
plan to ensure the election of George Washington as president over John
Adams, and so avoid a difficult situation which “appears to arise from
the Constitution itself.”
Autograph Letter Signed 3 pp. 32 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- With integral address leaf and red wax seal.
- Published in
Pennsylvania Magazine of
History and Biography
, Vol. XVII (1893), pages
204-207, as contributed by Israel W. Morris (Main
F146.P43).
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1789, Apr. 14 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Mount Vernon, [Virginia]. To John Langdon. “Having
concluded to obey the important and flattering call of my Country, … I
propose to commence my journey on Thursday morning …”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 22 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Printed in John C. Fitzpatrick, editor,
The Writings of George Washington from the original
manuscript sources
, 1745-1799. Washington,
Government Printing Office, [1939], XXX, p. 284-285.
Purchased. 1970
1789, Apr. 20 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To John Langdon. “I
received your communication of the 17th with the resolutions of the two
Houses which accompanied it and in answer thereto beg leave to inform
you that knowing how anxious both houses must be to proceed to business
I shall continue my journey with as much dispatch as possible …”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Printed in John C. Fitzpatrick, editor,
The Writings of George Washington from the original
manuscript sources
, 1745-1799. Washington,
Government Printing Office, [1939], XXX, p. 289.
Purchased. 1970
1789, Aug. 11 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S.
New York [New York]. To Randolph, Beverley.
Transmitting several Acts of Congress.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 31 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Not published in the collected sets of Washington’s writings
edited by Sparks (1834-1837), Ford (1889-1893) or Fitzpatrick
(1931-1944).
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1789 - U.S.
Constitution. Original manuscript copy of the Bill of Rights, presented
to the Library of Congress by Barney Balaban: [first twelve amendments
to the United States constitution].
Document Signed 1 p.
69 x 81 cm.
facsimile; elephant folio.
Gift. 1949
1790, July 4 -
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, Revolutionary statesman.
Ipswich, [Massachusetts]. To Dr. James Paine. Glad
to hear from “a friend and the song of a friend” whose letters of Feb. 4
and Apr. 21 both arrived in May. Suggests that as a physician Paine in
order to please the world should first please himself. Outbreaks of
influenza and measles have visited young and old. Offers congratulations
“on the completion of the Federal Dome by Rhode Island’s adopting the
constitution.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 pp. 30.5 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Addressee derived from information on verso.
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1790, Sept. 11 -
Pennsylvania. Constitution. The constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Photostat of Autograph Document Signed 4 p. 33-45 cm.
folio.
- Photostat from the original in the Pennsylvania State Archives
Division.
- Two copies.
Gift. 1951
1790 - Plat and
memorandum of Cooms adventure.
Autograph Document 2 p. 41 cm.
folio.
Gift. 1947
1791, Feb. 23 -
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, U.S. secretary of the
treasury. On the constitutionality of the Bill for
establishing a National Bank.
Autograph Document 41 p.
21 x 33 cm.
Provenance: It is not certain whether the present manuscript was the
property of Henry Kuhl, Hamilton’s amanuensis and later Comptroller of
the Treasury, or Michael Hillegas, who had been Treasurer of the United
States but who at the time this document was written had retired. Henry
Kuhl, acting as Hamilton’s secretary wrote out the present document from
Hamilton’s notes, and the manuscript may have been given to him after
President Washington had read it through and had approved the Bill which
it defended. Washington, however, may have asked for the opinion of
Michael Hillegas whose experience as Treasurer would have been useful to
the President in determining the value of Hamilton’s arguments, in which
case Washington may have given the document to Hillegas.
Deborah Hillegas, daughter of the former Treasurer, married Henry Kuhl
and inherited the document either from her father or husband. At her
death the manuscript passed into the hands of her daughter, Matilda
(Kuhl) Dillard, the wife of Thomas Dillard, a U.S. Navy Surgeon, and
then to Matilda, their daughter. Matilda Dillard did not marry and the
document was inherited by her nephew, Henry Kuhl Dillard, the father of
John R. Dillard of Philadelphia.
Purchased. April 25, 1972
1791, May 2 -
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820, secretary of Northwest
Territory. Commission of Dudley Woodbridge of Marietta,
[Ohio] as register of Washington County, [Ohio].
Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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Purchased. 1939
1791, May 13 -
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, U.S. secretary of treasury.
Treasury Department, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].
To Jedediah Huntington, New London, [Connecticut]. Instructions on
methods of determining duties on ship cargoes.
Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1791, Oct. 15 -
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797, governor of Connecticut.
Treasury Department, Comptroller’s Office. To
Nathaniel Appleton. Commissioner of loans, Boston, Massachusetts. Deals
with instructions for the payment of interest.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
[1791?] -
[Huntington, Samuel], 1731-1796, governor of
Connecticut, signer of Declaration of Independence. “An
Act granting lands de Vincennes, and Illinois Countries” [docket].
Autograph Document 1 p. 37.5 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- On integral blank leaf of United States.
An act for granting lands to the inhabitants
and settlers at Vicennes and the Illinois country
…
[Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791]
(Lilly KF5675.A32).
Source unknown. 1985
1793, Apr. 1 -
Peters, Richard, 1744-1828, jurist. To John
Nicholson. Refers to the Pension of Henderson Wright.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- On lower half of letter from Randolph to Peters, April 1,
1793.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1793, Apr. 1 -
Randolph, Edmund Jennings, 1753-1813, U.S. secretary of state.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To Richard Peters.
Refers to the pension of Henderson Wright.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- On lower half of letter is a communication from Richard Peters
to John Nicholson, Apr. 1, 1793.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1793, Oct. 9 -
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, Revolutionary statesman.
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To His
Excellency Josiah Bartlett. Circular letter forwarding copies of a
speech by the late Governor [John Hancock] and other legislative
proceedings to enlist support to protest attempts by the U.S. Supreme
Court to serve a “Mandatory precept” on the Massachusetts government.
Letter Signed 2 pp. 32.5 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Speech copies not present.
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Purchased. 1983
1793, Oct. -
Thompson, Jason. Bill to the United States for
ferrying Capt. Thomas Johnson and 26 men and their horses over the
Cumberland River at the place called Fort Blount.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 14 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1793, Dec. 18 -
M’Dowell, James, guide.
Knoxville, Tennessee. To the United States: bill
for services in attending Brigadier General [John] Sevier on his
expedition into the Cherokee nation, Oct. 3-26, [1793].
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 17 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1794, Feb.
1-18 - Orders to the contractor for a quart of whiskey
for the best shot of the day. Greenville, [Ohio Territory].
6 Documents Signed 6 p. 6-13 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1794?, Feb. 10 -
Dorchester, [Guy Carleton], 1st lord, 1724-1808, governor of
Quebec.
Quebec, [Canada]. Reply of His Excellency Lord
Dorchester to the Indians of the seven villages of Lower Canada as
deputies from all the nations who were at the General Council held at
the Miamis in the year 1793 except the Charvanos, Miamis, and Loups.
Autograph Document Signed 4 p. 31 cm.
- Lower corners of 2nd leaf torn off and missing.
Purchased. 1958
1794, Mar. 26 -
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, U.S. secretary of the
treasury.
Treasury Department, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].
To “Sir”. Refers to “an embargo on all vessels in the ports of the
United States bound to any foreign port or place, for the term of thirty
days.
Letter Signed 1 p. 22 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1794, Aug. 14 -
Clarkson, Matthew, 1753-1800, mayor of Philadelphia.
Certifies that David Meredith, merchant, was born in
Philadelphia.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 18 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1794, Aug. 15 -
Randolph, Edmund Jennings, 1753-1813, U.S. secretary of
state. Passport for David Meredith.
Document Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1794, Sept. 12 -
Eustace, John Skey, 1760-1805, soldier.
Basil [sic], in Switzerland … Second Year of the French
Republic. To [Fulwar Skipwith]. Comments unfavorably
about the U.S. Minister in France, Gouverneur Morris, and his supposed
indiscretion in public sentiment with regard to the French Directory and
the impressments of American seamen. Applauds the appointment of Monroe
to replace Morris. Offers lengthy account of his departure from France
with only a “common’ passport.
Autograph Letter Signed 8 pp. 23 cm.
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Gift. 1983
1794, Nov. 12 -
Eustace, John Skey, 1760-1805, soldier.
Amsterdam. To Fulwar Skipwith, Secretaire de la
Legation de Etats Unis de L’Amerique aupris de la Republique française,
à Paris. Extends thanks for Skipwith’s “favor’ of the 21st. Notes that
his letter to [Anna Letitia?] Barbauld has been forwarded, and inquires
concerning a letter from [Sylvanus] Bourne. Concludes: “I am strangely
defective in our native language – as mistresses detach one from a wife,
so had my courtship to foreign language rendered my own less kind …”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 pp. 23 cm.
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Gift. 1983
1795, July 21 -
De Butts, Mr.
Greenville, Ohio Territory. Order to the
commissary to issue 150 pounds of beef and flour to the Delawares.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 5 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1795, Aug. 4 -
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829, soldier, politician. War
Office. To Stephen Moylan. Refers to a list of invalid
pensioners for Pennsylvania.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1795, Sept. 7 -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, pres., U.S. Aid de camp.
Head Quarters, Greenville. The Commissary will
issue for the Shawanois twelve pound of flour.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p.
6.5 x 19 cm.
framed.
- Size given as shown within the cut-out of the mat.
- Framed (34 x 31 cm.) with a portrait of Harrison.
Gift. 1981
1796, Jan. 28 -
Peirce, John, capt.
Fort Washington. To Bartholomew Shaumburgh,
aide-de-camp to General [James] Wilkinson, Head quarters, Greenville,
[Ohio Territory]. Covering letter for report of clothing issued to men
of garrison.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1796, Feb. 6 -
Tennessee. Constitution. Constitution of Tennessee, 1796.
Photostat of Autograph Document Signed 41 p. 38 cm.
folio.
- Accompanied by typewritten transcript.
Gift. 1951
1796, Aug. 3 -
Logan, John, 1744?-1807, state treasurer,
Kentucky. Inventory and appraisement of slaves and
livestock of the estate of William Logan, deceased.
Autograph Document Signed 3 p. 34 cm.
- Signed: John Logan, John Wilkason, John Bird. Recorded in
Lincoln Co., [Kentucky] Aug. 16, 1796. Signed: Willis Green,
clerk.
View item(s)
Transferred from Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1796, Sept. 27 -
Lee, Charles, 1758-1815, U.S. attorney general.
Alexandria, Virginia. To William Augustine
Washington. Refers to a debt of $260 due the estate of Arthur Lee.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 26 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1797, Jan. 6 -
McHenry, James, 1753-1816, U.S. secretary of war.
War Office, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. To John
Pitchlynn. “You have been continued a resident Interpreter in the
Choctaw Nation.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1797, Apr. 21 -
Scott, Lewis A., New York secretary of state.
Commission to Peter Van Der Bergh as adjutant of the Columbia County,
New York, regiment of militia countersigned by John Jay.
Document Signed
23 x 39 cm.
folio.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1797, May 13 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To Elbridge Gerry.
Election to vice-presidency, relations with Adams, foreign relations,
policy of the Federalists, American isolation.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Published in Paul Leicester Ford, ed.,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, New York, G. P.
Putnam’s Sons, 1896, vol. 7, p. 119-124.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1797, July 15 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres., U.S.
Mount Vernon. To William Strickland Esqr.
Discusses their common interests in agricultural matters, especially in
the matter of seeds: oats, vetch, peas, wheat, barley, clover, and says
he has been “closely employed in repairing the ravages of an eight years
absence.”
Autograph Letter Signed 13 p. 22.5 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Letter press copy.
- Bound in red morocco with an engraving of Washington by H. B.
Hall from a miniature painted from life by Sharpless in
1796.
- Many lines often illegible from the faded ink and holes in
paper.
- Published in
The Writings of George
Washington
, edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, U.S.
G.P.O., Washington, 1940, Vol. 35, pages 499-505 (Main E312.7.A2
1931) which cites the letter as through the kindness of George
A. Ball, Muncie, Indiana.
Gift. 1984
1797, Aug. 28 -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, pres. U.S.
Fort Washington. Requisition of clothing for four
recruits.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 27 cm.
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Source and date unknown.
1797, Dec. 25 -
Washington, George, 1732-1799, pres. U.S. To
[Thomas Law]. Christmas greeting.
Facsimile of Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 16 cm.
Gift. 1947
1798, May 11 -
Silk, Thomas. Invoice and receipt to Isaac Craig,
deputy quartermaster at Pittsburg, for goods to be carried to Henry
Simmons and Co., agents of the Quaker society of Philadelphia and its
vicinity at Corn planters town on the Allegheny River.
Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
- Endorsed: “Invoice and Receipt Indian goods carried to Corn
planter’s town by Tho Silks May 1798.”
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Gift. 1947
1798, Oct. 6 -
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820, secretary Northwest territory.
To “Dear Sir”. Requests a statement of “my affairs” and
places an order for provisions.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1799, Sept. 4 -
Young, William, 1755-1829, bookseller.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To Samuel Hodgdon.
Sending a copy of his edition of [Thomas] Rutherford’s
Institutes of natural law; alcoholic
beverages as a cause of disease.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1799, Oct. 1 -
MacGregor,
Lexingotn, Kentucky. Promissory note to Samuel
Muker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for $230.67.
Document Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
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Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1799, Nov. 12 -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, pres. U.S.
Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]. Account of the United
States with seven men for their services in navigating a large keel
boat, the property of the United States, from Fort Washington to
Pittsburgh under the direction of Captain William Henry Harrison
agreeable to contract with the quartermaster at Fort Washington the 18th
October 1799.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 33 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1800, May 24 -
North, William, 1755-1836, Revolutionary soldier.
Order to Captain McClalan to embark with his own and Captain Ingersel’s
company for Scotch Plains.
Document Signed 2 p. 19cm.
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Gift. 1947
1800, June 6 -
Lee, Thomas lieutenant.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Receipt to Lieutenant
Jacob Wilson for $500 “to be applied to the Recruiting Service.”
Document Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1800, June 24 -
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820, secretary Northwest territory.
Mississippi Territory. To [Timothy] Pickering.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. Hopes the rumor is untrue that the
“Secretary of State is out of office.”
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 24 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1800, Aug. 7 -
Cass, Jonathan, major.
Winchester, Virginia. To Lieutenant Jacob Wilson,
paymaster to a recruiting party. Order to pay Lieutenant Thomas Lee $150
for the purpose of recruiting.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 30 cm.
- Appended are duplicate receipts to Lieutenant Jacob Wilson for
$150 signed by Thomas Lee, Winchester, Va., Aug. 7, 1800.
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Gift. 1947
1800, Sept. 26 -
Cass, Jonathan, major.
Winchester, Virginia. Certifying that Lieutenant
John Williams has been employed in the recruiting service from June 15
“last to the present time.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 19 cm.
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Gift. 1947
[1800?] - Diary of
a journey up the Scioto river from Chillicothe, Ohio, and westward to
the Mad river.
Autograph Document 18 p. 16 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1801, Jan. 16 -
Preble, Edward, 1761-1807, naval officer.
New York. To Lieutenant Phipps. U.S. Frigate
Essex. Correspondent will be absent from the Essex for a few weeks and
requests Lieutenant Phipps to take over as commanding officer.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 22 cm.
- Accompanied by an autographed engraving of Edward
Preble.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1801, Mar. 22 -
Winchester, James, 1752-1826, general.
Cragfont [Sumner County, Tennessee]. To David
Henley, Knoxville, [Tennessee]. Refers to funds due to him.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 31 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1802, Jan. 17 -
Bayard, James Asheton, 1767-1815, U.S. senator.
Washington. To Ebenezer Stevens, merchant, New
York. Bayard assures Stevens that he will do all that he can to achieve
justice in the case which he plans to bring before Congress.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Address leaf bears receipt date.
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Purchased. 1981
1802, Apr. 2 -
Madison, James, 1751-1836, pres. U.S. Department of State.
To Ebenezer Stevens Esq. or his Agent at New York. Stevens
is authorized to pay Stephen Kingston “for the remainder of the freight
on the Peace and Plenty which may be still due to him …”.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Address leaf indicates received and answered dates.
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Purchased. 1981
1802, Apr. 17 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Commission to Thomas Humphrey Cushing as lieutenant colonel.
Document Signed
43 x 52 cm.
folio.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1802, Apr. 19 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Washington. Order to John Barnes to pay Mr.
Lemaire $113.70.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 11.5 cm.
- Receipted with “his mark”, 22nd April.
- In another hand on verso: “Mr. LeMaire 22nd April 1802
$113.70”.
- Accompanied by etching of Thomas Jefferson engraved by H. B.
Hall’s Sons, New York, 30.3 x 24 cm.
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Gift. 1988
1802, May 26 -
Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829, secretary of war. War Department.
To Ebenezer Stevens, New York. Notes that Stevens has been
discontinued as an agent to the War Department but he is authorized to
pursue the “negociations with Mr. Bowen relative to the cannon and shot
…”.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Address leaf bears receipt and answered dates and remains of
wax seal.
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Purchased. 1981
1802, Nov. 19 -
Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815, U.S. postmaster general.
Savannah, [Georgia]. To Seaborn Jones. Deals with
a tract of land in Columbia County, Georgia, purchase by
Habersham.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1803, Mar. 2 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Washington. To [Robert] Patterson. Plans to send
Lewis “to get the Missouri explored , and whatever river heading with
that, leads into the Western ocean; asks Patterson to advise and
instruct Lewis.
Facsimile of Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- 300 copies printed at the Carl Purington Rollins printing
office of the Yale University Press for Frederick w. Beinecke,
Christmas, 1961.
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Source and Date unknown.
1803, Nov. 21 -
Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829, general, secretary of war,
congressman. War Department. To John Milledge. Road from
Tennessee to Georgia.
Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1803-1864 -
[Documents related to the history of Kentucky and surrounding areas of
Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri].
Autograph Documents Signed [38] pp. 7.5-31.5 cm.
- Partial contents:
- 1803, Sept. 7 – account of Frances Decore (or Deccore) to
David Vance for “making 140 nails …” etc. and “going to
Vincennes, Indiana Territory, 22 days”;
- 1819, Oct. 8 – letter of Jacob Middelcuff of Charlestown,
Kanawha Co., Virginia, to John Sprinkle of Boonville, Warrick
Co., Indiana, concerning sale of salt;
- 1821, Dec. 16 – letter of Jacob Middelcuff of Pt. Pleasant,
Mason Co., Virginia, to David Leeman, Yallow Banks [Owensboro],
Ky., regarding John Sprinkle and the sale of salt;
- 1826, Dec. 1-1830, Dec. 8 – deed of Illinois military lands by
John L. Dexter of Hamilton Co., Ohio, to David G. Wilson of Ky.,
etc;
- 1832, Mar. 11 – answer of David G. Wilson of Ky. to charges by
James Leman in Spencer Co., Indiana, court regarding the
Illinois military lands;
- n.d. – Sprinkle vs. Middelcuff deposition regarding the price
for the sale of salt.
- There is an inventory in the Vertical file.
- Formerly in the library of King V. Hostick of Springfield,
Illinois.
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Purchased. 1985
1804, Apr. 12 -
Hanes, John, lieutenant.
Fort Wilkinson. To William Simmons, accountant,
War Department. Covering letter for abstracts of due bills and due bills
due under the contracts of Thomas Mounger.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 30 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1804, Aug. 23 -
Sailing paper or wage agreement between the Master,
Cornelius B. Church, and seaman of the schooner Salley bound from Boston
to Surinan and return, Apr. 27-Aug. 22. Printed form filled in.
1 leaf.
39 x 50 cm.
- Printed on the verso is an Act of Congress for the Government
and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants’ Service, Jan. 4,
1790.
Purchased. 1974
1804, Nov. 5 -
Rodgers, John, 1773-1838, naval officer.
U.S. Frigate Congress, Syracuse. To Henry Denison.
Mount Sion near H’D’ Grace, Maryland. “I shall change my pendant into
the Constitution tomorrow.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1804, Nov. 15 -
Harrison, W. H., 1773-1841.
Facsimile of Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 24 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1805, Jan. 5 -
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, chief justice.
Case of Samuel Young vs. John Shlife. Concerns a debt of fifty-six
pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
1805, June 13 -
Simmons, John, and others.
Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Friends marriage certificate of Stephen Ogden and Hannah Bartram.
Document Signed 1 p.
33 x 61 cm.
folio.
- Signed by Stephen Ogden, Hannah Ogden, and 54 members of the
congregation.
Gift. 1949
1806, Aug. 25 -
Davidson, James, banker. Discount note to John
Rodgers for $1,000.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1807, Mar. 27 -
Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823, clergyman, congressman.
Hamilton, [Massachusetts]. To Benjamin Bourne.
“The unfortunate circumstance of Col. Olney’s Deed for his shares in ye.
Ohio Company, being delivered to him, before he had satisfied Genl.
Barton for his Army Warrant, has subjected Genl. Putnam and myself to
much trouble, and will, eventually, oblidge us to suffer a very
considerable loss.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 33 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Appended in Cutler’s hand is an “extract from our Bond,
containing ye. Conditions.”
- Integral address leaf bears name of recipient and remains of
red wax seal.
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Purchased. 1985
1807, Oct. 13 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S. Grant of
land to Stephen Ogden of Colubiana County, Ohio.
Document Signed 1 p. 22 cm.
folio.
- Countersigned by James Madison, secretary of state.
Source and date unknown.
1809, Sept. 1 -
Chandler, Joseph, capt.
Fort Preble. To Robert Brent. Covering letter for
muster and payroll of his company for July and August 1809.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1810, Sept.
1-Dec. 31 -
Russell, William, 1758-1825, soldier. Subsistence
account of … 7th Regiment United States Infantry.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1810, Oct. 4 -
Little Turtle, 1752-1812, Miami chief.
Fort Wayne, [Indiana]. Receipt for annuities due
to the Miami tribe of Indians for 1810.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 41 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- The document was also signed by The Owl (John), The Loon, The
Chapine (Chapein, Shapein, Shapine, Shawpine), Silver Heels, and
Smoke.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1811, July 18 -
Russell, Jonathan, 1771-1832, diplomat. Passport
issued by the American legation in Paris to Aaron Burr and countersigned
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Le Duc de Bassano. Printed document
filled in by hand.
2 pp. 32 cm.
- Burr’s signature appears beneath his list of physical
characteristics.
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Purchased. 1974
1811, Sept. 13 -
Backus, Thomas, lawyer.
Franklinton, Ohio. To James Backus, Norwich
Connecticut. Death of writer’s father; family news.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1811, Dec. 17 -
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, pres. U.S.
Natchez, [Mississippi]. To Mrs. Rachel Jackson,
Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee. Expects to be detained “preparing
the negroes for the wilderness.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 22 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1812, Jan. 10 -
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813, physician. Autograph.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 4 cm.
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Gift. 1961
1812, Jan. 27 -
Adams, John, 1735-1826, pres. U.S.
Quincy, [Massachusetts]. To Benjamin Rush,
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. Agrees with Rush that the ocean ought to
be and must be the theater of the war.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1812, May 17 -
Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812, poet, statesman. To
[Jonathan] Russell, London. Barlow encloses a letter for Captain Firmin
and asks Russell “… to permit him [Firmin] to send his letters to your
care, and then enclose them to me.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25.5 cm.
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Gift. 1983
1812, Aug. 22 -
Eustis, William, 1753-1825, secretary of war. War
Department. To Thomas Buford, Dep. Commissary, Lancaster,
Kentucky. Informs his correspondent that William Henry Harrison has been
appointed a brigadier general.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1814, Sept. 2 -
Smith, Lieutenant General Sir Henry George Wakelyn "Harry," 1787-1860, notable English soldier and military commander.
Receipt marked "Original" for £36.15.0 Sterling in Spanish Dollars, at 4 shillings each, as compensation for the loss of his
horse which had been shot after contracting glanders, an infectious disease.
Manuscript Receipt 1 p. 8vo, 6" x 7.5".
- Companion piece to 14 June 1814 letter signed by Robert Ross regarding illness and death of Smith's charger in War of 1812
mss.
Purchase date unknown.
1814, Sept.
5-1818, Mar. 11 -
Murdoch, Alexander, prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas,
Washington County, Pennsylvania. Marriage bonds;
marriage licenses.
Autograph Document Signed 14 p. 26-34 cm.
folio.
- Marriage licenses countersigned by N. B. Bioleau, secretary of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Source and date unknown.
1815, Jan. 6 -
Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820, naval officer.
New York. To Littleton Waller Tazewell, Norfolk,
Virginia. Plans to sail in a few days with the Peacock and Hornet.
Refers to a law suit with the government.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1815, July -
Rodgers, John, 1773-1838, naval officer.
Dimensions of the masts yards and spars, of a 74 gun ship of the United
States, as established by the Board of naval commissioners.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1815, Aug. 3 -
Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843, naval officer. Navy Yard.
To John Stuart Skinner. “As a proof that the Constitution is safe I send
you a part of that favorite ship.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 21 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1815-1848 -
[Collection of signatures of the heroes of the War of 1812 and of the
Mexican War]. (Lilly E353.P41)
Autographs [53] pieces ca. 2 cm.
- Contents:
-
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- John Armstron, 1758-1843, secretary of war, “War
Dept”, Part I, 107;
- Jacob Jennings Brown, 1775-1828, general, “Yours
ever”, I, between 140/141;
- William Orlando Butler, 1791-1880, army officer, “Maj.
Genl”, II, 168/169;
- George Cadwallader, 1804-1879, general, II,
268/269;
- John Coffee, 1772-1833, army officer, “Col Cavalry”,
I, 200;
- George Crogham, 1791-1841, army officer, “Lt commandr
8th Art”., I, 111;
- Henry Dearborn, 1791-1829, secretary of war, I,
93;
- Alexander William Doniphan, 1808-1887, army officer,
II, 203;
- James Duncan, 1814-1849, army officer, “Your obdt
servant [illegible] 2d arty. comdy Field Arty 1st
Brigade”, II, 248/249;
- John Charles Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 1777-1849,
general “1815 Major General”, II, 176/177;
- Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 1777-1749, general, “Major
Genl by B”, II, 177;
- William Shelby Harney, 1800-1889, general, “Brigadier
General”, II, 274/275;
- William Shelby Harney, 1800-1889, general, “Bvt Brig
Genl U S Army”, II, 275;
- William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841, pres. U.S., I,
119;
- William Hull, 1753-1825, army officer, I, 9;
- Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845, pres. U.S., I,
196/197;
- Thomas Sidney Jesup, 1788-1860, army officer, “Major
1st Infty and Colonel by brevet cond”, I, 175;
- Richard Mentor Johnson, 1780-1850, vice pres. U.S., I,
133;
- Roger Jones, 1789-1852, soldier, II, 281;
- Stephen Watts Kearny, 1794-1848, army officer, “yr
obedt servt”, II, 195;
- Joseph Lane, 1801-1881, territorial governor of
Oregon, “Genl 1848”, II, 262/263;
- Alexander Macomb, 1782-1841, general “Yr obt servant”,
I, 184/185;
- Alexander Macomb, 1782-1841, general, “Inf”, I,
185;
- Charles Augustus May, 1817?-1864, army officer,
“[illegible]”, II, 165;
- James Miller, 1776-1851, governor of Arkansas
territory, “U S Army”, I, 167;
- Robert Patterson, 1792-1881, army officer, “Yr ob
svt”, II, 239;
- Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869, pres. U.S., “Dec 7 1846
Sworn and Subscribed Before Me … Jus Peace”, II,
278/279;
- Clara H. [(Brown)] Pike, 1783?-1847, I, 92;
- Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1779-1813, general, “with
high consideration your ob svt … 15th”, I, 87;
- Gideon Johnson Pillow, 1806-1878, general, “Brig Genl,
U.S.A.”, II, 267;
- Peter Buell Porter, 1773-1844, congressman, secretary
of war, “Yours etc”, I, 183;
- John Anthony Quitman, 1798-1858, general, “your fellow
citizen”, II, 256/257;
- Bennet Riley, 1878-1853, army officer, “Col”, II,
253;
- Samuel Ringgold, 1800-1846, army officer, “very respy
yrs … Maj G1”, II, 161;
- Eleazar Whellock Ripley, 1782-1839, general, “I have
the honor to be yrs truly”, I, 159;
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, 1795-1876, president of
Mexico, “Brigada del Sr. Coronel Obando. Dios y
Liberatad Cuartel gral en el Encero Abril 10 de 1847”,
12.5cm, II, 153;
- Winfield Scott, 1786-1866, general, I, 210/211;
- Issac Shelley, 1750-1826, soldier, governor of
Kentucky, “your most ob sevt”, I, 139;
- James Shields, 1806-1879, general, U.S. senator, II,
244/245;
- Persifor Frazer Smith, 1798-1858, army officer, “Your
sincere friend and Sevt”, II, 241;
- Samuel Smith, 1752-1839, U.S. senator, “Your obed
Svt”, I, 191;
- Zachary Taylor, 1784-1850, pres. U.S., II,
136/137;
- Joseph Gilbert Totten, 1788-1864, general, “Eng
Department … Chief”, II, 237;
- Nathan Towson, 1784-1854, soldier, “M G”, I,
171;
- David Emanuel Twiggs, 1790-1862, army officer, II,
231;
- Samuel Hamilton Walker, 1815-1847, army officer, II,
208-209;
- James Wilkinson, 1757-1825, general, “Yours”, I,
97;
- James Winchester, 1752-1826, general, “Dear Colonel
Yours etc”, I, 81;
- John Ellis Wool, 1784-1869, army officer, “Brig.
Genl”, II, 188/189;
- John Ellis Wool, 1784-1869, army officer, “Brig.
Genl”, II, 189;
- William Jenkins Worth, 1794-1849, army officer, “Yours
truly”, II, 176/177.
- All mounted, often on a portrait, and largely undated, as
extra-illustration in Charles Jacobs Peterson,
The Military Heroes of the War of
1812
… n.p., 18_, and the biographical section of
Peterson,
The Military Heroes of the War
with Mexico
… (Lilly E353.P41).
1981
1816, Feb. 14 -
Kentland, E., prothonotary,
Pennsylvania. Marriage licenses of James McKown and
Sally Simms.
Document Signed 1 p. 34 cm.
- Countersigned by N.B. Boileau, secretary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Source and date unknown.
1817, Jan.
13-1821, Dec. 19 -
Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825, Illinois pioneer,
publicist. Account book.
Autograph Document Signed 104 p. 19 cm.
- Bound in the account book are the lectures on rhetoric and
moral philosophy delivered by Andrew Wylie to the junior class
at Indiana University in 1848-1849, of which Morris Birkbeck,
grandson of Morris Birkbeck, 1764-1825, was a member and as
recorded by the grandson. (Autograph Document Signed 254 p. 19
cm)
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Purchased. 1944-1945
1817, June 7 -
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, pres. U.S.
Monticello, [Virginia]. To [Elisha Ticknor].
Refers to Ticknor’s son, George, who is traveling in Europe.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Accompanied by an engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1817, July 14 -
Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824, publisher.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To David Hosack.
Portraits of medical professors for his
Repository.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
- Removed from Delaplaine’s
Repository of
the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American
Characters
. Philadelphia, 1815 (Lilly
E206.D3).
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1817, Aug. 13 -
Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824, publisher.
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To John Wakefield
Francis, New York. Regarding a letter from Dr. David Hosack on the
illness of Robert Fulton Proposed for publication in the
Repository.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
- Removed from Delaplaine’s
Repository of
the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American
Characters
. Philadelphia, 1815 (Lilly
E206.D3).
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1817, Oct. 16 -
Philips, Joseph, secretary of Illinois Territory.
Certifies that John McFerson was a judge of Randolph County
Court.
Document Signed 1 p. 15 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1818, Mar. 2 -
Vandeventer, C.
War department, Washington, D.C. To [Robert]
Brent. Requestion an estimate for the pay and subsistence of 1500
mounted gunmen.
Autograph Note Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1818, Mar. 25 -
Monroe, James, 1758-1831, pres. U.S.
Washington, [D.C.]. Grant of land in the lands
directed to be sold at Zanesville, [Ohio] to Michael Smith of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Document Signed 1 p.
15 x 23 cm.
photostat.
- Countersigned by Josiah Miegs, commissioner, General land
office.
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Gift. 1933
1818, Apr. 22 -
Rodgers, John, 1773-1838, naval officer.
Navy Commissioners Office, [Washington, D.C.]. To
Messrs Charles and Peter Wirgman. Baltimore, [Maryland]. “Send the
Exporter to the navy yard at this place.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1818, May 11 -
Brockman, John. Receipt to the United States for
payment of bill for powders, gun flints, lead, and iron purchased for
the Indians and delivered to them at Fort Gaines.
Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
Gift. 1947
1818, Aug. 26 -
Illinois. Constitution. Constitution of the State of
Illinois.
Photostat of Autograph Document Signed 25 p. 45 cm.
folio.
Gift. 1951
1819, May 2 -
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, pres., U.S.
Washington. To Richard Rush, London. Reviews the
diplomatic services of [Sir Charles] Bagot, [Baron Jean Guillaume] Hyde
de Neuville, and Don Luis de Onís, all of whom are leaving on furlough.
The [Adams-Onís] Treaty of 22 February awaits ratification in Spain.
Relates further details concerning the Arbuthnot-Armbrister Case.
Requests more paper for the table copying press recently received, “a
very good one” and a “damping box.” [William Richard] Hamilton,
Under-Secretary of State, has sent to him Antar, an Eastern Romance.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 25.5 cm.
- Watermark: J Whatman 1815.
- Published in
The Writings of John
Quincy Adams
, edited by Worthington C. Ford, New
York, The Macmillan Co., 1916, Vol. VI, pages 545-550 (Main
E337.8.A21).
Gift. 1984
1819, Nov. 11 -
Dearborn, G., lieutenant. To Towson P. Math.
Acknowledging the receipt of pay.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1821, Feb. 7 -
Duane, William John, 1780-1865, secretary of treasury.
To Samuel Breck. “D. J. Desmond … goes to Harrisburgh to
endeavour to get a private act passed.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
1821, Mar. 8 -
Higgins, Abisha. Deed to Jesse Stannard for
property in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 33 cm.
- Accompanied by another deed for February 13, 1821 and a
fragment of one for May 24, 1815. (Autograph Document Signed 2
p. 17-33 cm)
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Source of purchase unknown. 1917
1821, Aug. 30 -
Botkin, Jeremiah,
of Clark County, Ohio. Power of attorney to Thomas
Chenoweth “to Sign and file with the Register of the land office at
Cincinnati a Declaration” for land purchased by him.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 33 cm.
- Witnessed by John Heaton and Nathaniel Spencer. Notarized by
John Heaton, justice of the peace, Clark County, Ohio.
- Identification of John Heaton, signed by Saul Henkle, clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas, Clark County, Ohio.
- Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Clark County, Ohio,
attached.
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Source unknown. 1946-1947
1822, July 8 -
Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836, pioneer; et al.
Xenia, [Ohio]. Extradition document. On the return
of a fugitive slave to Kentucky.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
- Also signed by Joseph White and John Trumbo, agent of governor
of Kentucky.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1823, Aug.
23-Oct. 7 -
Smith, Benjamin R., 1794-. Memorandum of a journey
from Providence, Rhode Island, to Cincinnati by the way of N. York,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. By boat and stage from Providence to
Philadelphia to Pittsburg and by keelboat from Pittsburg to
Cincinnati.
Autograph Document Signed 114 p. 15 cm.
- Memorandum of journey. (73 p.)
- pp.84-108, Smith family genealogical data.
Purchased. 1951
1823, Oct. 27 -
Chapin, Calvin, 1763-1851, clergyman, et al.
Certificate approving the appointment of Ebenezer Goodale as a teacher
in the Stepney school.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
- Removed from Chapin’s
A Sermon
Delivered, 14 January 1817, at the Funeral of the Rev.
Timothy Dwight
… New Haven, Maltby, Goldsmith &
Co., 1817 (Lilly AC2.C465 S4).
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1962
1825, Mar. 6 -
Rodgers, John, 1773-1838, naval officer.
U.S. Ship North Carolina, Hampton Roads. To
[William] Bainbridge. Correspondent states he will be happy to receive
Joel Poinsett on board his ship.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1825, Mar. 25 -
Burr Aaron, 1756-1836, vice pres., U.S.
New York. “Abraham Dyckman and John Odell served
under me as guides and Videttes in the campaign of 1778-79 when I
commaned on the lines in West Chester County …”
Document Signed 1 p. 16 .2 cm.
- Body of document in an unidentified hand.
- Oval portrait of Burr showing head and shoulders pasted in
lower left hand corner.
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Gift. 1984
1825, Mar. 30 -
Hamilton, James, 1786-1857, governor of South Carolina.
Charleston, [South Carolina]. To Joel Roberts
Poinsett. Refers to Poinsett’s appointment as minister to
Mexico.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
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Source of purchase unknown. 1968
1825, June 10 -
Kelsey, Patience and Buel, Oliver. Deed to Jesse
Stannard for property in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 33 cm.
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Source of purchase unknown. 1968
1825, Sept. 7 -
Smith, William Steuben, 1787-1850, grandson of John Adams and son of former aide-de-camp to George Washington Col. William
Stephens Smith.
Concerns a visit with Marquis de Lafayette at the conclusion of his second grand tour of the US asking him to authenticate
a manuscript copy of his 1784 address to Congress.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p.
Purchase date unknown.
1827, Apr. 12 -
Baker, Romelius L., 1793-1868, member of Harmony Society.
Economy, Pennsylvania. To Frederick Rapp, care of
messrs G & W Stewart, Merchant, Louisville, Kentucky. Concerns 106
bales of cotton.
Photostat of Autograph Letter Signed
2 leaves.
13 x 15 cm.
- In German.
- Accompanied by address leaf.
- Original in the possession of Paul C. Rohloff, Chicago,
Illinois.
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Gift. 1974
1827, Sept. 2 -
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, pres. U.S.
Hermitage, [Nashville, Tennessee]. To Major
Auguste Genevieve Valentin D’Avezac. New Orleans, [Louisiana]. “Every
weapon the administration can wield has and will be used to put me
down.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1965
1828, Mar. 29 -
Logan, William C.,
Lincoln County, Kentucky. Mortage deed of a slave
to Joseph Wallace for $300. Recorded and signed on verso by Thomas Helm,
clerk, Lincoln County Court.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 30 cm.
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Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1934-1936
1828, Nov.
12-1830 Jan. 23 -
[Tayloe, Edward Thornton], 1803-1876, secretary.
Journal kept while secretary to the United States Legation in Columbia
under William Henry Harrison.
Autograph Document 117 p. 25 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- First 21 p. contain an index; maps facing pp. 2, 12, 67,
68.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1828, Oct. 15 -
Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871, lawyer, soldier, diplomat.
Stockdale. To Leslie Combs, Lexington, Kentucky.
Relating to a debt of his father’s estate.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
Purchased. 1939
1828, Dec. 31 -
B., N.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To Winfield Scott,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seeking the position of collector of the
port of Philadelphia for General Cadwalader.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1829, Aug. 25 -
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, pres. U.S. To [John]
Branch. Asking that something be done for the grandson of a signer of
the Declaration of Independence.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1961
1829, Oct. 13 -
Packard, Abisha, 1760?-, farmer. Declaration in
St. Lawrence County, New York, Court of Common Pleas in support of a
claim to a pension for Revolutionary war service under Act of Congress,
March 18, 1818.
Autograph Document Signed 5 p. 32 cm.
- Accompanied by Edwards, James L., War Department, Pension
office, August 7, 1829. To Abisha Packard, Madrid, St. Lawrence
County, New York. Re Packard’s Revolutionary war pension claim.
(L.S. 1 p. 25 cm)
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Purchased. 1953
1829 Oct. 29-1831
June -
Bluejacket, George, 1802-. A story of the
Shawanoes: an Indian’s own story. Transcribed and edited by John Allen
Rayner, in March 1886.
Document 6 p. 33 cm.
- Typewritten copy of manuscript left by George C. Johnston, who
conducted a licensed trading post at “Wapaughkonnetta,” and
later at St. Mary’s [Ohio]. Pencilled note on first page:
“Original destroyed by fire, probably the only copy.”
- Cover title: Diary of George Bluejacket.
Purchased. 1939
1830, May
4-1831, Jan. 12 -
Thompson, Charles C. B., fl. 1831, commander.
Journal of a cruise on board the U.S.S. Guerriere. Voyage from
Valparaiso, Chile to Callao, Peru.
Autograph Document [172] p. 33cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1830, Nov. 17 -
Jones, John,
County, Kentucky. Legal document, signed by John
Jones and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Lucas) Jones, releasing William
Lucas, father of Mrs. Jones, from any further claim upon his estate in
consideration of four slaves and $50. Recorded and signed, May 10, 1833,
by Thomas Helm, clerk, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Court.
Document Signed 1 p. 31 cm.
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Transferred from Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1831, Jan. 6 -
Crockett, David, 1786-1836, frontiersman.
Washington City. To Daniel W. Pounds, Pages Mill,
Gibson City, Tennessee. Refers to the Cherokee Indians in Georgia.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, Jan. 5 -
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852, statesman. Senate
Chamber. To R. Smith. Cashier Bank of U.S. Requests
payment of draft on Stephens Duncan, late president of the bank of
Mississippi.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, Jan. 25 -
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851, U.S. secretary of treasury. Navy
Department. To George Washington Rodgers. U.S. squadron
on the coast of Brazil. Instructions for the commander of the “Peacock”
and “Boxer.”
Copy of Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, Jan. 26 -
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851, U.S. secretary of treasury. Navy
Department. To George Washington Rodgers. U.S. squadron,
coast of Brazil. Instructions for the commander of the
“Peacock.”
Copy of Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, Feb. 11 -
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851, U.S. secretary of treasury. Navy
Department. To George Washington Rodgers. Gives a
description of a “suspicious looking vessel … strongly suspected to be a
Pirate.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, Mar. 13 -
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, pres. U.S.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 42 cm.
folio.
- Partly printed.
- Patent granted for an improvement “In the Machine for
Manufacturing Ship biscuit pilot bread Crackers and c.”
- Also signed by Secretary of State Edward Livingston and the
Attorney General R. B. Taney.
Transfer. Book Department, Lilly Library. Bloomington, Indiana. 1987
1832, Apr. 5 -
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851, U.S. secretary of treasury. Navy
Department. To George Washington Rodgers. Authorizes
Rodgers to enter into a contract with a resident of Rio Janeiro to
protect government property.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, May 14 -
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851, U.S. secretary of treasury. Navy
Department. To George Washington Rodgers. Commanding
U.S. Naval Forces, Coast of Brazil. Refers to a vessel on her way to
Falkland Islands which may be hostile to American commerce.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, May 30 -
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851, U.S. secretary of treasury. Navy
Department. To George Washington Rodgers. Commanding
U.S. Naval Forces, Coast of Brazil … Rio Janeiro. Relates to a
regulation about the freight specie and valuables in public
vessels.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1832, Sept. 20 -
Madison, James, 1751-1836, pres. U.S.
Montpellier. To “Dear Sir.” Deals with an
undisclosed matter of a committee.
Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
- Letter written in another hand but signed by Madison.
- Draft of letter in Madison papers, Library of Congress,
indicates recipient is Thomas Harding Ellis.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1833, Jan. 7 -
Rodgers, John, 1773-1838, naval officer. To Henry
Alexander Scammell Dearborn. Refers to a bill by the naval committee of
the senate to increase the pay of captains.
Document 3 p. 31 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1833, Jan. 14 -
Goatly, John. Affidavit . . .
Document 3 p. 30.5 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1833, Jan. 26 -
American Seamen’s Friend Society,
New York. Life membership certificate of
Lieutenant John Collins Long, U.S. Navy.
Document Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Signed: A.V. Linderen, president; Charles P. McIlvaine,
corresponding secretary.
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Source and date unknown.
1833, Sept. 29 -
Butler, Mann, 1784-1852, teacher, author.
Louisville, [Kentucky]. To [Charles Wilkins]
Short, Lexington, Kentucky. Re materials for his history of Kentucky.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1952
1833, Dec. 9 -
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852, statesman.
Washington. To Mr. Frothingham. Concerns financial
matters: “I do not know how many notes you may have disposed of, and
therefore cannot say how my acct. may stand.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20.4cm.
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Gift. 1988
1834, Jan. 23 -
McPherson, James, 1760-, soldier, Indian trader.
Petition for pension, giving an account of his military service in the
Revolution and of his relations with the Indians in Ohio, 1782-1832.
Autograph Document Signed 3 p. 40 cm.
Purchased. 1963
1834, May 27 -
Crockett, David, 1786-1836, frontiersman.
Washington City. To T. J. Dobings, Brownsville,
Tennessee. Refers to the Bank of the United States and bitterly
denounces Andrew Jackson.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 33 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1835, Jan.
1-1863, May 17 -
Gordon, Jonathon Wesley, 1820-1887, lawyer, major, 11th U.S.
infantry. Letter copybook while serving in the U.S.
army, June 3, 1852-May 17, 1863; miscellaneous papers, Jan. 1, 1835-Nov.
24, 1861.
Autograph Document Signed 286 p. 26 cm.
- p. 134-135. To Abraham Lincoln. Presenting Gordon’s claims for
an appointment.
- p. 204-206. Indianapolis, Jan. 3, 1861. To Abraham Lincoln.
Recommending Caleb B. Smith for a place in the Cabinet.
Source and date unknown.
1835, Jan. 15 -
Tyler, John, 1790-1862, pres. U.S.
Washington, [D.C.] To [Mahlon] Dickerson.
Enclosing letter of recommendation.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
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Gift. 1961
1835, Sept. 23 -
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, pres. U.S. Grant of
land in the military district subject to sale at Zanesville, Ohio, to
Absalom Ports of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
Document 1 p.
15 x 24 cm.
photostat.
- Signature reads: “Andrew Jackson Donelson Secy.”
- Countersigned by Athan Allen Brown, commissioner, General land
office.
Purchased. 1933
1835, Nov. 9 -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, pres. U.S. To
William Ayres and J. K. Strong, Esqs., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Incomplete message enclosing copies of letters of Thaddeus Stevens to
Harrison, Oct. 22, 1835, and Harrison to Stevens, Nov. 4, 1835.
Autograph Letter Signed 6 p. 32 cm.
- Accompanied by:
- 1) William Henry Harrison to William Ayres,
Harrisburg, Penna, Nov. 28, 1835, mailed from Cincinnati
referring to the “property of publishing the letter to
Mr. Stevens” and another letter to Messrs. Shock and
Harris. (Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm)
- 2) [William Henry Harrison] to William Ayres, Esq. of
the House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
mailed from Cincinnati, Apr. 31, [1836?], containing the
postscript of a message relating to Harrison’s
presidential prospects. (A.L. 2 p. 32 cm)
View item(s)
Purchased. 1947
1835, Dec. 28 -
Talleyrand[-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent],
1754-1838, statesman. 2, rue St. Florentin. To [Roger]
Jones. Extends an invitation for “mercredi, prochain, 30”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1981
1836, Jan. 20 -
Talleyrand[-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent],
1754-1838, statesman. 2, rue St. Florentin. To “Monsieur
le general [Roger] Jones”, hotel Castiglione, rue Castiglione, No. 10.
Extends an invitation for “mardi, prochain, 26.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1981
1836, Feb.
22-25 -
Mellon, E. A., soldier. Sugar House [Gen’l C. P. E. F.?].
To Mrs. E. A. Mellon, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Has just
returned from Fort King after a march of 50 miles in two days; relates
the troop movements under Generals Winfield Scott, Edmund Gaines, and
Duncan Clinch against the Seminole Indians in Florida; expects to be
home by May 31.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 pp. 31.5 cm.
- Accompanied by:
- 1) photographs of Charles W. Mellon and his wife,
Ellen (Mack) Mellon, 1833-1907;
- 2) copies of the marriage certificate of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Mellon, and of the account of Mrs. Mellon’s death
from the newspaper.
View item(s)
Gift. 1981
1836, Mar. 1 -
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, chief justice. To
Jonathan Meredith. “I am going to Annapolis tomorrow to make a speech
and doubt whether I should be able to make a speech without the
occasional refreshment of a pinch of snuff.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1836, Apr. 26 -
Perry Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858, naval officer.
U.S. Navy Yard, New York. To Albert Griffith. U.S.
Navy. Order to report for duty on coast survey –U.S. Schooner Jersey.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 26 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1836, July 10 -
Northampton County, Virginia.
Citizens. To Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Edgefield,
South Carolina. Invitation to a dinner in honor of Henry Alexander Wise.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1836, Oct. 11 -
Dickens, Asbury, 1780-1861, acting secretary of
treasury. To Nathaniel Greene, Boston. “It is not
probable the Department will have occasion for Mr. Thacher’s services
…
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 26 cm
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1836, Nov. 24 -
Burnet, Jacob, 1770-1853, judge.
Cincinnati, [Ohio]. To Nath. Wright.
- Statement of Burnet’s knowledge of facts relating to disputed
ownership of two sections of land in Colerain Township,
[Hamilton County, Ohio], claimed by William Henry Harrison and
heirs of James Findlay and William McMillan. (Autograph Letter
Signed 2 p. 25 cm)
View item(s)
Removed from Samuel Ware Fisher’s
History, the
Unfolding of Gods Providence
… Cincinnati, 1853. 1921
1837, Apr. 3 -
Logan, Robert,
Lincoln County, Kentucky. Deed of emancipation of
four of his slaves.
Document Signed 3 p. 30 cm.
- Witnessed by James Wallace.
View item(s)
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1837-1844 -
Wilson, Israel,
Coventry, Rhode Island. Journal of a trip to Ohio,
November 12, 1837-October 31, 1838; journal of a trip to Saratoga
Springs, [New York], July 17-October 5, 1844.
Autograph Document 37 p. 14 cm.
bound.
Gift. 1956
1837, Apr. 10 -
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, pres. U.S.
Washington [D.C.]. Grant of land in the military
district subject to sale at Zanesville, Ohio, to Samuel Stokely, of
Steubenville, Ohio.
Document 1 p.
14 x 23 cm.
- Signature reads: “Martin Van Buren By Abraham Van Buren
Secy.”
- Countersigned by Samuel D. King, acting recorder, General land
office.
Gift. 1933
1837, Dec. 18 -
Pierpont, John, 1785-1866, Unitarian clergyman.
Boston, Massachusetts. To Lewis Jacob Cist,
Cincinnati, Ohio. In response to his request sends him three verses
“from a canticle composed in aid of the temperance cause.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from John Pierpont,
The Portrait.
Boston, 1812 (Lilly War of 1812 E312.65.P6). 1951
1838, Mar. 10 -
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, pres. U.S.
Washington, [D.C.] To Mahlon Dickerson. Enclosing
letter.
Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1961
1839, Feb. 20 -
Adams, John Quincy, 1769-1848, pres. U.S.
Washington, [D.C.] “Procrastination is The Thief
of Time …”. Quotation from Edward Young’s Night Thoughts inscribed in
Adam’s hand to Augustus Davison.
Autograph Note Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
- Mounted on lined paper with the annotation.
- “Presented to Jos. S. Cauls by Charles Francis Adams”, n.d. 25
cm.
View item(s)
Transferred from Lilly Library Administrative Office. 1975
1839, May 27 -
Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852, physician.
Cincinnati, Ohio. To General Combs. Introducing
A.S. Barnes, bookseller of Hartford, Connecticut.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1959
1838, June 8 -
Taylor, Janette, niece of John Paul Jones,
New York, [New York]. To Churchill Caldom
Cambreleng. Letters of Administration on the estate of John Paul Jones
granted to John Henry Sherburne.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
- Accompanied by: Taylor, Janette. Statement regarding the
obtaining of letters of administration on the estate of John
Paul Jones by John Henry Sherburne, June 8, 1839. (Autograph
Document Signed 4 p. 31 cm)
View item(s)
Removed from John Paul Jones,
The Life and
Correspondence of John Paul Jones
… New York, 1830 (Lilly
E207.J7 J65). 1940
1839, July 20 -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, pres. U.S.
North Bend [Ohio]. To [James Brooks]. In answer to
Brooks’ letter saying that he wishes to become Harrison’s biographer.
Sends him biographical data covering 1773-1841.
Typed copy. 11 p. 28 cm.
- Copied by James Albert Green from original in New York
Historical Society.
- Introduction, dated July 12, 1926, and appended note by James
Albert Green.
Purchased. 1940
1840, Nov. 7 -
Henry, Gustavus Adolphus, 1804-1880, lawyer, orator.
Clarksville, [Tennessee]. To John Flournoy Henry,
Bloomington, Illinois. William Henry Harrison’s majority in Tennessee;
Gustavus Adolphus Henry’s part in the campaign; suggest that John
Flournoy Henry apply to Harrison for appointment to some office in
Illinois.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1952
1840, Nov.
16-Dec. 16 - Travelling expenses from New Providence,
Indiana, to Norwich, Connecticut.
Autograph Document 1 p. 30 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1840-1929 -
Stock certificates and bonds of companies in the United
States.
Printed Documents Signed 51 leaves. 17.5-25.5 cm.
- Printed certificates, some filled in, signed and dated;
others, blank.
- Partial contents:
- * Earliest – Five Per Cent Loan, Philadelphia,
1840;
- * Latest – Adelphia Bank and Trust Co., Philadelphia,
1929;
- * Indiana related – Michigan Southern and Indiana
Northern Railway Company, New York, 185 …, Vernon,
Greensburg and Rushville Railroad Company, Greensburg,
Indiana, 188 …, White Water Railroad Company, State of
Indiana, 1878.
- Accompanied by inventory of the certificates arranged
alphabetically by company name.
View item(s)
Gift. 1981
1841, Jan. 2 -
Henry, Gustavus Adolphus, 1804-1880, lawyer, orator.
Clarksville, [Tennessee]. To John Flournoy Henry,
Bloomington, Illinois. Urging him to seek a political appointment from
President Harrison; Gustavus Adolphus Henry not interested in seeking
Governorship of Tennessee or seat in Congress at this time.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1952
1841, Mar. 24 -
Abert, John James, 1788-1863, engineer. To William
George Williams. Refers to annexed circular from John Bell regarding the
president’s views on the spoils system.
Printed Letter Signed 4 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1841, May 3 -
Bell, [John], 1797-1869, secretary of war. War
Department. To William Frazer. Appointment of assistant
commissary of subsistence.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1965
1841, May 31 -
Badger, George Edmond, 1795-1866, secretary of navy.
Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.] To Mrs.
Catharine Kain, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. Declines to discharge her
husband, Dennis Kain, from the navy.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1841, June
4-1845, Aug. 30 - “Remarks on board ship Addison of New
Bedford, [Massachusetts] on a whaling voyage.”
Autograph Document 262 p. 33 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1841, June 18 -
(Persecution of Mormons in Missouri) Legal petition in the
case State of Missouri vs. defendants incl. Hiram Park, Brigadier
General, 2nd bridge, 3rd division; William S. Miller; McKinney. Signed
by Parks and Miller.
Manuscript DS, 1 p. folio. 32 cm.
Purchased 1999.
1841, June 23 -
Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871, lawyer, soldier, diplomat.
Washington, [D.C.] To Lewis Jacob Cist,
Cincinnati, Ohio. In reply to his application for the position of
private secretary of such legation as Todd may be appointed to in
Europe.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
Purchased. 1939
1841, Sept. 5 -
Thomas, Hiram S.,
Cincinnati, [Ohio]. To his uncle, Jonas D. Thomas,
Springboro, Warren Co., Ohio. Race riots in Cincinnati.
Autograph Letter Signed 6 p. 6-26 cm.
View item(s)
Source unknown. 1946-1947
[1841] -
Tyler, John, 1790-1862, pre. U.S. To [Daniel]
Webster. Instructs commission be issued to Judge Doty as governor of the
Territory of Wisconsin.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1842, Jan.
13-25 -
Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871, lawyer, soldier, diplomat.
St. Petersburg, [Russia]. To “Dear Sir.” Sending “a
Communication from Admiral Wrangell in relation to your Memoir;”
instructions as to Todd’s mail.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 17 cm.
Purchased. 1939
1842, June 7 -
Forward, Walter, 1786-1852, sec’y of treasury. To
John B. Cunningham. Relates to the appointment of Cunningham as a clerk
in the office of the secretary of the treasury.
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Purchased. 1971
1842, June 23 -
Cunningham, I. Certifying that the annexed
advertisement of a commissioner’s sale of farm and household property
and one slave in Fayette County, [Kentucky] was published in the
Kentucky Gazette from May 7, to June 11,
1842.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 11 cm.
- Newspaper advertisement attached.
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Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1843, May
6-June 28 - I started for the West [Diary of journey
from Boston to St. Louis and return.]
Autograph Document Signed 55 p.
17.4 x 8.5 cm.
- In ink on paper embossed: D & J Ames, Springfield.
- Leather covers.
- Illegible traces of writer’s name inside front cover: … [Dana
?], Dover, New Hamshire.
- Route via railroad cars, stage coach, steamboat, and walking
from Boston, Natick, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Burlington, Galena, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Sheboygan, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Natick,
Boston, and Dover [New Hamshire].
- Boat names; Belleair (May 27), Potosi (May 31), Brazill [sic]
(June 3), Great Western (June 10), Indiana (June 22); See “The
Lytle List” (Main VM7.S7 No.6).
- Notes daily expenses and mileage, the “beautiful prairie,”
temperance houses, river conditions, the weather, and activities
such as seeing a museum, a circus, a glass factory at the
several towns.
- Concludes: “… it had cost me … one hundred dollars and have
traveled fore thousand and five hundred miles. And am well
satisfied with my tramp.”
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Gift. 1984
1843, May 19
How, Samuel S.
Lonejack, Jackson County, Missouri. To Elisabeth
Simpson, Donerail, Fayette County, Kentucky. Relates family news,
economic conditions in Missouri, and about robbers on the Santa Fé
Trail.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1972
1843, June 7 -
Tyler, John, 1790-1862, pres. U.S. Commission of
George H. Proffit as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the U.S.A. to the Emperor of Brazil.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p.
36 x 43 cm.
folio.
- Countersigned by Hugh Swinton Legaré, secretary of
state.
- Accompanied by passport of George H. Proffit, dated July 19,
1843, and signed by Abel Parker Upshur, secretary of
state.
Gift. 1919
1843, Aug. 19 -
Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863, U.S. senator.
Frankfort, [Kentucky]. To Joseph H. Hedges.
Confident William J. Graves can be entrusted with professional business.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1844, Jan. 18 -
Milligan, Samuel, -1874, judge.
Nashville, Tennessee. To William M. Lowery,
Greeneville, Tennessee. Passage of tax bill by Tennessee legislature.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1844 Apr.
10-1846 Jan. 29 -
Mayhew, Barlett, fl. 1846, master. Log of the
whaling barque Sarah.
Autograph Document [94] p. 33 cm.
- In ink.
- Illustrations which include a water color drawing of the
vessel.
- Bound with log of brig Vesta, 1847, Apr. 13-1848, Sept.
19.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1844, Sept. 13 -
Thomas, Hiram S.,
Vermont, Illinois. To Hannah Thomas, Springboro,
Ohio. Family news; temperance lectures; meetings of Whigs and Democrats.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 32 cm.
- Accompanied by:
- [1] Thomas, Hiram S., Vermont, Illinois. To “Dear
Aunt,” Dec. 16, 1849. Family news. (Autograph Letter
Signed 2 p. 32 cm)
- [2] Thomas, Hiram S., Vermont, Illinois. To “Dear
Aunt.” Family news; farming in Illinois. (Autograph
Letter Signed 4 p. 25 cm)
View item(s)
Gift. 1947
1845, Jan. 9 -
Griffith, Joseph, Warrington. To “my Children,
Grand Children and All Inquiring Friends in Ohio, Indiana …,” William
Cox [Richmond, Indiana], Levi Griffith. Religion; health; politics.
T.D. 7 p. 28 cm.
- Transcript from original furnished by Capt. A. J.
Perry.
View item(s)
Gift. 1952
1846, Aug. 14
Wait, Thomas.
East Rodman, [New York]. To Martha Jane Weed.
Laporte, Indiana.
- Regrets he cannot travel west. Discusses recent smallpox
outbreak. (Autograph Letter Signed [4] p. 25.5 cm)
View item(s)
Purchased. 1990
1846, Aug. 18 -
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857, sec’6 of treasury.
London. To James McHenry Boyd. “I am directed … to
instruct you to do no important act without a previous reference to your
government.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
[1846], Oct. 20 -
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852, statesman.
Boston, [Massachusetts]. To Messrs C & R.
Refers to correction of amount for which check has been drawn.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 12 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1847, Jan. 4 -
Stanton, Henry, 1796-1856, soldier.
Washington, [D.C.] To J. C. Goolrick, Forage and
wagon master, Richmond, Virginia. Acknowledging receipt of letter
enclosing one from Haskins and Libby, offering to charter vessels to
transport Virginia volunteers to Mexico.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1947
1847, Apr.
13-1848, Sept. 19 -
Mayhew, Edward, fl. 1848, master. Log of the brig
Vesta.
A.D. [39] p. 33 cm.
- In ink.
- Illustrations.
- Bound with log of the whaling barque Sarah, 1844, Apr.
10-1846, Jan. 29.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1847, May 20 -
Russell, John Rhodes.
New Orleans, [Louisiana]. To Thomas Trevitt, 66
Upper Pitt, Street, Liverpool, England. Gives a description of a trip
from New York to New Orleans; mentions ships loaded with immigrants, the
purchase of a Negro girl, and that “this place is a complete rendezvous
for soldiers since the Mexican War has commenced.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
- Accompanied by a copy of sale of a Negro slave named Rosetta
by George W. Apperson to John Rhodes Russell. (A.D. 2 p. 35
cm)
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Purchased. 1969
1848, Jan. 8 -
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, U.S. secretary of state.
Baltimore. To Mary Ann Feast. Baltimore. Thanks
for her bouquet of flowers and kind wishes.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
- Accompanied by cover.
- Also present is an engraving of Henry Clay, “painted by Alonzo
Chappel from a daguerreotype by Root,” 28.4 x 21.2 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1988
1848, Feb. 29 -
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858, naval officer.
U.S. Frigate Cumberland, Vera Cruz. To David
Emanuel Twiggs. Colors of the vessels of the squadron will be half
masted.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1848,
May17-1852, Apr. 29 - “Journal of a whaling voyage to
the Pacific Ocean in Ship Archer.”
A.D. 215 p. 35 cm.
- Bound volume.
- In ink with illustrations.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1848, June 20 -
Fisher, David, 1794-1886, congressman.
Washington, [D.C.]. To “My dear sir.” Asking how
the nomination has been received.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1956
1849, Dec. 10 -
Redd, Thomas S. Notice of slaves for hire pending
a suit in chancery at Athens, Fayette County, [Kentucky], wherein James
Vallandingham is complainant, and his heirs are defendents.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
View item(s)
Transferred from Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1850, Apr.
3-Sept. 24 -
Millikan, Samuel, 1811-1850, clerk of the courts.
Letters to his wife, [Mrs. Rhoda (Houghton) Millikan], en route to
California in the year 1850.
Copy of T.D. 21 p. 28 cm.
Gift. 1967
1850, Nov. 22 -
Paine, W. H. Receipt for payment of portions of two
notes held by Thomas S. Redd for two negro boys.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p.
9 x 20 cm.
- Signed: W. H. Paine, C. A. Paine
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Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1850, Dec. 28 -
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, general.
Washington. To Godlove Stein Orth. Has shown
Orth’s letter to “our friend Cooper” and notes that in reference to his
request for a “concert of action” he “touches as little as possible on
politics.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 17 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Edward Deering Mansfield,
The Life of
General Winfield Scott
. New York, A. S. Barnes and Co., 1846
(Lilly E403.1.S4 M2). 1981
1850, Dec. 31 -
Brown, John, 1800-1859, known for raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Albany, N.Y. To his wife [Mrs. Mary Ann (Day)
Brown]. North Elba, Essex County, N.Y. Inform Mr. Thompson that the two
lots sold for taxes have been redeemed. Owen can sell the young bull.
Will the boys see that the shed is not broke down by snow.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1943
1851, Jan. 1 -
Wright, Joseph Albert, 1810-1867, governor of Indiana.
Indianapolis, Indiana. To Lewis Sanders. Grass
Hills, Kentucky. Agrees with proposed ticket and believes Lewis Cass
should be nominated. Mentions upcoming Indiana and Kentucky state
conventions.
Autograph Letter Signed [2] p. 25.5 cm.
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Purchased. 1990
1851, Feb.-May -
Henson, Emsly and Sarah.
2 letters. 2 p. 26 cm. 3 p. 24 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1851, Mar.
12-1852, Apr. 1 -
Cotton, Charles B., liquor dealer. Journal of a
business trip through Southwestern New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana (including Indianapolis and the Southern part of the
state), Kentucky, Tennessee, Northwestern Alabama and Northern
Mississippi, visiting principally the county seats and describing the
country, the cities and towns, the natural resources, industries,
agricultural products, the people, manners and customs, etc.
Autograph Document Signed 311 p. 29 cm.
- Dedication to his daughter, Francis Mabie Cotton, signed by
Charles B. Cotton, dated Brooklyn, N.Y., January 1, 1855.
Purchased. 1945-1946
1851, Mar. 13 -
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857, sec’y of treasury.
Annapolis. To Richard Milford Blatchford. “I would
be glad if you could furnish me with some information of the extent of
you public works, and of the character of the public management to which
they are liable.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
1851, [Mar.] 14 -
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852, statesman.
Washington, [D.C.] To William Cabell Rives.
E.E.M.P., Paris, [France]. Letter of introduction for Josiah P. Cooke.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 17 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1851, Mar. 25 -
Knoop, J.D.
Lemgo, Germany. To “His Song [Christian Knoop] in
America.” Writes about family matters and the activities of his friends
in Germany.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 29 cm.
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Gift. 1952
1851, Mar. 28 -
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852, statesman.
Department of state, Washington, [D.C.]. To W. C.
Miller, Cabell Court House, Virginia. Sending address of the U.S. Consul
at Bordeaux.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Gift. 1949
1851, June 20 -
Simpson, Mary. To Simpson, Gilbert and Elisabeth,
Lexington, Kentucky. States that brother Samuel started for California
on April 1st, gives other family news, and asks for a hundred dollars to
enter land.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 26 cm.
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Purchased. 1972
1851, Oct.
30-1865, Feb. 4 -
Cook, Charles N., 1830-1920, farmer, civil war
soldier. Civil War letters of Charles N. Cook, Co. K,
99th Ind. Infantry Regiment, to his parents, Noah & Lydia B.
(Bardwell) Cook, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and to Margaret Ball,
Logansport, Indiana, who later became his wife, with an introduction by
H. A. Smith.
Typed copy of Autograph Letter Signed 104 p. 20-28 cm.
- Includes also: Allison H. Cook, Logansport, Indiana, to his
mother, Mrs. Lydia B. (Bardwell) Cook, Oct. 30, 1851; Charles N.
Cook, Nicholus, [California], to his parents, Noah & Lydia
B. (Bardwell) Cook, Oct. 28, 1853; Edward Cook, Williamstown,
Massachusetts, to Charles N. Cook, July 15, 1863.
- Typescript from the originals in the possession of Mrs. John
Hodge of Oxford, Ohio, daughter of Charles N. and Margaret
(Ball) Cook.
Gift. 1952
1852, Apr. 13 -
Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865, governor of Ohio. To
Carter & Co., New York. Concerns the assessment of duties on the
importation of silk and cotton laces on the steamship “Asia” in April
1851.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
1852, May 19 -
Heard, J. Canton,
China. To George W. Heard, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
U.S. preparations for visit to Japan; Commodore [Matthew Calbraith]
Perry to relieve Commodore [John H.] Aulick.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
- Accompanied by typescript.
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Gift. 1945-1946
1852, Sept.
29-1863, Nov. 21 - [Bills of exchange and receipts
issued by Adams & Co., (bears gold mining view), Donohoe, Ralston
& Co., and Wells, Fargo & Co., all of San Francisco, and freeman
& Co’s Express, San Jose].
Documents Signed 8 pieces.
ca. 11.5 x 23 cm.
- Filled in and signed.
- Contents:
- 1852, Sept. 29, Adams & Co., Bill of exchange to
Samuel Sherman;
- 1858, Feb. 3, Receipt for exchange to J. H. Smart at
San Jose;
- 1858, Feb. 4, Wells, Fargo & Co., Bill of exchange
to Daniel A. Smart;
- 1859, Mar. 30, Wells, Fargo & Co., Bill of
exchange to Daniel Smart;
- 1859, Apr. 15, Freeman & Co’s Express, Receipt to
John T. Sherman;
- 1860, Apr. 4, Wells, Fargo & Co., Bill of exchange
to Daniel A. Smart;
- 1862, Jan. 3, Wells, Fargo & Co., Bill of exchange
to Daniel A. Smart;
- 1863, Nov. 21, Donohoe, Ralston & Co., Bill of
exchange to John T. Sherman.
View item(s)
Gift. 1983
1853, Jan. 24 -
Eureka Quartz Mining Company,
Eldorado County, California. Certificate no. 100
of five shares of stock.
Document Signed 1 p.
15 x 28 cm.
- Filled in and signed by Jas. A. Shorb, pres., and E. N.
Cornwall, secy.
- Name of owner not filled in.
View item(s)
Gift. 1983
1854, July
31-1860, Apr. 27 -
Sanders, George Nicholas, 1812-1873, revolutionist.
To [James] Buchanan. Included are also letters from Sanders to Ward
Benjamin Burnett, June 15, 1849; to Stephen Arnold Douglas, July 17,
1858; to John I. McCahen, Mar. 10, 1847; to Francis Wilkinson Pickens,
June 12, 1859; John Randolph Tucker, feb. 15, 1856; and Reid Sanders to
George Nicholas Sanders, Jan. 21, 1858. They deal primarily with
politics and the elections of 1856 and 1860.
30 items
- Negative microfilm made from the originals in the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. 19107.
- 1 reel. microfilm.
Gift. 1970
1855, Apr. 22 -
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874, philanthropist and reformer.
Paterson, [New Jersey]. To Rev. Cornelius Van
Santvoord. In relation to his quota of 500 males and 500 females to
receive aid.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1943
1855, May 1 -
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869, pres., U.S. Land grant
issued in favor of Obadiah Waller Captain First Regiment Tennessee
Militia, War of 1812, has been assigned to Horace W. Pitkin, located in
the District of Lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa, containing 80
acres.
Document Signed 1 p.
25 x 39.5 cm.
folio.
- Filled in and signed.
- Presidential signature by H. E. Baldwin, asst. sec. Signed
also by M. Granger, recorder of the General Land Office.
- Penciled note on verso indicates Pitkin was from
Delaware.
View item(s)
Gift. 1983
1855, Aug. 6 -
Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864, abolitionist, congressman.
Princeton, Bureau County [Illinois]. To Archibald
Williams. State anti-slavery platform; proposes state convention be held
in fall of 1855 “to consult together with a view of carrying the State
for Freedom in 1856 … I am very anxious that the State should throw off
the Douglass rule;” suggests a Northwest convention to indicate
preference for President.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 20 cm.
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Source and date unknown.
1856, Feb. 19 -
Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865, governor of Ohio.
Washington City. To Phillip Greeley, Boston, Mass.
Concerns a man in Greeley’s office whose services may not be needed any
longer.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 16 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1856, Apr. 20 -
Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865, sec’y of treasury. To
Edward Wade, Washington City. Relates to a bill for aid in the
construction of a canal around the Ohio Falls on the Indiana
side.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1856, July 9 -
Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871, secretary of treasury.
Lancaster, [Ohio]. To Thomas Ewing. Refers to a
financial statement.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1856, Sept. -
Huffman, J. E. Report of J. E. Huffman to the
Lincoln [County, Kentucky] Circuit Court, in his capacity as
commissioner, appointed March 1836, to sell five slaves belonging to the
heirs of John Gates.
Autograph Document Signed 3 p. 32 cm.
- p. [3] contains copy of promissory note, date May 5, 1856, and
signed by Leo Haydon and Joseph Wallace.
View item(s)
Transferred from Main Library, Indiana University. 1937
1857, Feb.
7-1863, Nov. 8 -
Maier, Conrad, 1835-. Papers.
Document & Autograph Letter Signed 5 p. 26-34 cm.
- Contents:
- [1] Copy of his baptismal record, February 7, 1857, 1
p.;
- [2] Permit to emigrate to America from Altengronau,
Hesse, Germany, February 9, 1857;
- [3] Maier, Konrad, Altengronau, Germany. To his sons
in America, November 8, 1863, 3 p.
Gift. 1952
1857, Feb. 12 -
Russell, Mrs. Suzannah (Trevitt).
[New Orleans, Louisiana]. Certificate granting the
slave named Ellen her freedom.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 36 cm.
- Accompanied by a mortgage in the name of Octave Anfoux and
recorded against the slave Ellen, cancelled Jan. 31, 1857.
Document Signed 1 p. 17 cm. Partly printed.
- Also a copy of the sale of the slave Ellen by Octave Anfoux to
Mrs. Suzannah (Trevitt) Russell, Feb. 3, 1857. Document Signed 2
p. 33 cm. Partly printed.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1969
1857, Aug. 26 -
Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1857, editor author.
Boston, [Massachusetts]. To Mayer, Brantz. “Several
years ago I sold to the Boston Athenaeum a copy of every book and print
I could find about Washington.” He is concerned about the authenticity
of Fox,
A Portrait of George Washington, from an
original drawing
… Boston, 1851.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 pp. 20 cm.
- “Answered 30th August 1857 Sunday Brantz Mayer”.
View item(s)
Removed from Charles Fox.
A Portrait of George
Washington from an Original Drawing
… Boston: published by
Crocker & Brewster, 1851 (Lilly E312.43.F7). 1969
1858, July 8 -
Ericsson, John, 1803-1889, engineer and inventor.
To [no name given]. Concerns mechanical difficulties with caloric
yacht.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 24 cm.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1858, Sept.
28-1865, [June 14] -
Upson, Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1845-1919. [Civil
War journal]. Rewritten by Upson from diaries, journals, and letters
written by him before, during and shortly after the war.
Autograph Document 225 p. 31 cm.
- Published under title: With Sherman to the Sea … ed. … by
Oscar Osburn Winther … Baton Rouge, La., 1943.
Presented to the Library. 1942-1943
1858, Oct. 20 -
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, pres. U.S.
Rushville, [Illinois]. To Judd, Norman Buel.
Voting irregularities.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 19 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Published in Roy P. Basler, ed.
The
Collection Works of Abraham Lincoln
. New Brunswick,
New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 1953. vol. 3, p.
329-3330.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1858-1892 -
Memorandum books of a Baptist minister in Wisconsin: sermon, doctrinal
and church notes, remedies and recipes, agricultural hints, personal and
church accounts, general information.
Autograph Document 3 vol. 20-25 cm.
- Contents:
- V.[1] 1858-April 21, 1879;
- V.[2] April 27, 1879-Nov. 8, 1892;
- V.[3] Sermon notes only, entered in
Advanced Quarterly,
published by American Baptist Publication Society, IV:
no. 4, October-December 1882.
- Partly in Welsh; partly in English.
- Scattered mentions of Oshkosh and other Wisconsin towns and
cities.
View item(s)
Gift. 1949
1859, Nov. 11 -
Anselm, Carl, contractor for transportation of emigrants to
America.
Stuttgart, [Württemberg]. Schiffsvertrag für
auswanderer … von Kehl nach New York via Havre.
Document Signed 4 p. 44 cm.
- Lower 15 cm. of pages 3-4 lacking.
Purchased. 1952
1859, Nov. 22 -
Morrill, Lot Myrick, 1813-1883, sec’y of treasury.
Augusta, [Maine]. To William Pitt Fesenden,
Portland, [Main]. “That movement for Bates will never do … We must have
a thoroughly representative man – nothing short of that will satisfy the
West.”
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 18 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1859-1869 -
Grinnell, Helen (Lansing). Diary written about Grinnell's daughter, Helen Jesup Grinnell.
Bound item
Purchased. 2004
1861, Mar. 26 -
Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864, congressman, abolitionist.
Jefferson, Ohio. To William Pitt Fessenden,
Portland, [Maine]. After he reaches Montreal and learns his new duties,
will give consideration to Fessenden’s letter of the 22nd.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 21 cm.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1861, Apr. 10 -
Brady, James Topham, 1815-1869, lawyer.
No. 240, Broadway, Room 16, [New York, New York].
To Dear Sir. “Your letter of January 9th 1861 requesting my autograph
was mislaid and only turned up today.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 leaf. 20 cm.
- Letter backed by a newspaper of the period.
- Small clipping appended to the front of the letter mentioning
Mr. Brady’s name.
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Purchased. 1975
1861, Apr. 15 -
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879, pacifist,
New Britain, Connecticut. To A. Walker.
Anniversary meeting will be in peculiar circumstances if Civil war then
in progress. Subject of his speech on that occasion not yet decided buy
may be on the powers and policy of the peace principle in regard to
oppressed nationalities.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
- Appended note: Walker, A. To Beckwith. [April] 20,
1861.
View item(s)
Gift. 1943
1861, Aug. 15-1865, Apr. 28 -
Boehm, Christopher; Boehm, Heinrich; and Boehm, Philip, brothers and Union soldiers, Indianapolis, Indiana.Collection of letters from the Boehm brothers to their sister, as well as two letters from sister-in-law Margareth Locken
and from family friend Henry Winter.
34 autograph letters signed
- In German with English transcriptions
- Further biographical information available in vertical file
Purchase. Date unknown
1861, Aug. 17 -
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, pres. U.S. Commission
of Charles J. Dickey as first lieutenant in the thirteenth regiment of
infantry.
Document 1 p. 50 cm.
copy, folio.
- Signature not in Lincoln’s hand.
- To replace original which was burned.
- See not on verso.
Gift. 1956
1862, Mar.
8-Nov. 22 -
U.S. Army. 4th division. Orderly book of the 2nd
brigade, 4th division, Army of Tennessee River, James Clifford Veatch
commanding.
Autograph Document [24], 336, [22] p. 40 cm.
Deposit. 1954
1862, Oct.
1-1865, Nov. 12 -
Brother, Charles, 1844-, U.S. navy. U.S. sloop Hartford,
Western Gulf blockading squadron, Admiral Farragut’s
flagship. Pocket Diary.
Typed Document 300,47 p. 28 cm.
copy.
- 2 drafts for March 14-August 5, 1864.
Gift. 1951
1862, Oct. 8 -
Warner, Jackson, quartermaster, Confederate States of America.
Richmond, Virginia. Invoice to John P. Pearson “To
hire of Boy Joe from Aug 6th to Oct 6 1862.”
Document Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
- Printed form, filled in.
- $30 … received at Richmond by John P. Pearson.
View item(s)
Gift. 1986
1862, Oct.
24-1863, Sept. 9 -
Cogshall, Israel. Chaplain, 19th Michigan Infantry.
[Diary] October 24, 1862-September 9, 1863; Mess account, November 1,
1862-September 8, 1863.
Autograph Document Signed 2 vol. 18-15 cm.
- Edited by Cecil K. Byrd and published in
Indiana Magazine of History, XLII,
p. 69-87, March 1946.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1862, Nov.
2-1863, Jan. 3 -
Cogshall, Israel. Chaplain, 19th Michigan Infantry.
[Eight receipts for supplies], November 2, 1862-January 3, 1863; orders
upon release as a Confederate prisoner, April 7, 1863.
Autograph Document Signed 9 p.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1863, Feb. 17 -
Baker, N, collector, Confederate States of America.
Apalachicola, Florida. License issued to the
steamer Swan to be employed in the coasting trade for one
year.
Document Signed 1 p.
41 x 26 cm.
folio.
- Printed form, filled in.
- John T. Wother, master.
Gift. 1986
1863, Mar. 17 -
Fitzpatrick, J. J., provost marshal, Confederate States of
America. Pass to Mrs. William M. Patton and child to
visit Charleston, South Carolina.
Document Signed 1 p. 7 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1950
1863, Apr. 10 -
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863, general.
Head Quarters, 2nd Corps, A.H., Va. To Brigadier
general Robert H. Chilton, A.A. & I. General Head Quarters
Department N. Va. Report of the battle of Winchester.
Photostat of Autograph Letter Signed [2], 21 p. 28-32
cm.
- Negative Photostat of original in the possession of Ezra Cole,
Nyack, New York.
1957
1863, May
15-June 25 - Rebel diary captured at Resaca Georgia, May
15, 1864: a diary of events and rumors heard by the besieged Confederate
soldiers during the siege of Vicksburg, May 15-June 25,
1863.
Autograph Document 16 p. 14 cm.
- Contents: P.[1], title-page; pp.[2-8], diary; pp.[9-14],
blank; p.[15], Bill of fare during siege; p.[16], blank.
Purchased. 1956
1863, June 25 -
Cowen, N.
Headquarters, 13th army corps, near Vicksburg,
Mississippi. To D. Murphy. Deals with the Siege of
Vicksburg.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 32 cm.
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Gift. 1951
1863, July 1 -
Horton, Andrew Marcus, soldier.
Gettysburg. To George [D.] Horton and family,
Chaumont, Jefferson County, New York. Battle of Gettysburg.
Typescript of Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 28 cm.
- Typescript from original in possession of Homer F. Horton, son
of Andrew Marcus Horton.
1951
1863, Aug. 22 -
Rosecrans, William Starke, 1819-1898, general.
Head-Quarters Department of the Cumberland, Stevenson,
[Tennessee]. To [Henry Wager Halleck]. Expresses
dissatisfaction with the War Department in response to Rosecrans’
request for more cavalry. Explains why the army has not been able to
advance more quickly across Tennessee.
Autograph Document Signed 3 p. 25.4 cm.
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Purchased. 1989
1863, Oct. 1 -
Pardee, Benjamin S., et. al. Certificate of
non-liability issued to Wolcott Stannard that he is not properly subject
to do military duty, Oct. 1, 1863.
View item(s)
Source of purchase unknown. 1968
1863, Dec. 30 -
Riley, John F, captain, Confederate States of America.
Invoice for four bags of flour from William Merrett for $44.
View item(s)
Gift. 1986
1864, Mar. 25 -
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, pres. U.S.
Buffalo, [New York]. To Miss North.
Autograph.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1961
1864, July 1 -
Clifton, C.W. to Sunderlin, Julia.
Letter Signed. 4 p. 20.5 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1864, Aug. 8 -
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883, assistant secretary of navy.
Washington. To Mrs. [Virginia (Loyall)] Farragut.
Hastings on the Hudson, N.Y. Forwarding to her a telegram showing the
success of her husband at Mobile Bay.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
Gift. 1943
1864, Oct. 17 -
Akehurst, William H., of Troy, New York, member of 12th
battery of Light Artillery, New York State Volunteers.
Absentee voter’s power of attorney, empowering John Dunlavey of Troy,
New York, to vote for him in the general election of November 8,
1864.
Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
- William P. Slocum, witness.
- Affidavit, signed b George K. Dauchy, 1st Lt. commanding 12
battery, Light Artillery. New York State Volunteers,
appended.
- Cover, on which affidavit of William H. Akeburst affirming
right to vote appears, included. (Document Signed 1 p. 10
cm.)
Source and date unknown.
1865, Jan.
1-July 4 -
Lovering, J. F., chaplain, 17th regiment Maine Infantry.
Diary.
Autograph Document 199 p. 12 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1865, Jan. 25 -
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872, editor.
New York. To [Orson Squire] Fowler and [Samuel
Roberts] Wells. Objecting to use of word “phrenological”.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1865, Feb. 1 -
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, pres. U.S. Thirteenth
Amendment.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 51 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- Signed by Lincoln, Vice-president Hannibal Hamlin, Speaker of
the House Schuyler Colfax, Secretary of the Senate John W.
Forney, Clerk of the House Edward McPherson, 33 senators and 114
Representatives.
- The Abraham Lincoln signature was not signed by Lincoln's hand but by someone else on his behalf.
- The Charles Sumner-James Wormly copy.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1865, Mar. 7 -
Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889, U.S. secretary of interior.
Letters of patent issued to Benjamin F. Bates and Charles R.
Macy for the invention of a new and useful improvement in ordnance and
projectiles.
Document Signed 4 p.
38 x 51 cm.
folio.
- Accompanied by a drawing 40 x 53 cm.
Source of purchase unknown. 1968
1865, Apr. 10 -
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870, army officer, Head Quarters,
Army of Northern Va [Virginia]. To Joshua Thomas. General
Order Number Nine. Confederate surrender and farewell to the Army of
Northern Virginia.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 26 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1865, Apr. 10 -
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870, soldier. Headquarters, Army of
Northern Virginia. To Brigadier general Walter Husted
Stevens, chief engineer, Army Northern Virginia. General order no. 9.
Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia.
Facsimile of Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 32 cm.
folio.
- On verso: Facsimile. The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelly &
Sons Company, [Chicago, Illinois].
- From the original in the possession of Forest H. Sweet, Battle
Creek, Michigan. In folder with printed [preface] 5 p.
- Label on front cover varies: copy 1, Reproduced by Donnelly
deeptone offset; copy 2, Presented as a keepsake to the members
of the Caxton Club; copy 3, Presented as a keepsake to the
members of the Manuscript Society.
1955
1865, Apr. 10 -
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, pres. U.S. To [?].
“Let this Prisoner be discharged on taking the oath of Dec. 8, 1863.”
Autograph Note Signed 1 p.
6 x 9 cm.
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Purchased. 1972
1865, Apr. 12 -
Horton, Andrew [Marcus], soldier.
Camp 6th New York Cavalry, near Burkesville Junction,
Virginia. To George D. Horton and family. Appomattox
campaign.
Typescript of Autograph Letter Signed 5 p. 28 cm.
- Typescript from original in possession of Homer F. Horton, son
of Andrew Marcus Horton.
1958
1865, May 11 -
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901, pres. U.S.
Head Quarters 1 B. 3 D. 20 A.C., Near Manchester, Virginia.
To Samuel Fletcher Chalfin, Assistant Adjutant General.
Acknowledges the receipt of his commission as Brigadier-General by
Brevet in the Volunteer forces of the United States.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1969
1865, July 18 -
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875, pres. U.S. Commission
of Dwight B. Barnard as deputy postmaster of Calais, Maine.
Document Signed 1 p.
25 x 34 cm.
- Countersigned: W. Hunter, acting secretary of state.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1865, Dec. 27 -
Pittsfield & Broken Straw Oil Company,
Warren County, Pennsylvania. Certificate No. 203
for 3225 shares of stock, issued to Henry Stump & John
Stephen.
Document Signed 2 pp.
18.2 x 27.5 cm.
- Filled in and signed by E. Penn Smith, pres., and M. T.
Seibert, treasurer; countersigned: John H. Oberly.
View item(s)
Gift. 1983
1866, Mar. 23 -
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883, vice-president of
Confederacy.
Crawfordville, Georgia. To James D. Waddle,
Cedartown, Georgia. Refers to a shipment of Hamilton’s
works.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 20 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1866, Apr. 11 -
Dalton, Thomas W., 82nd regt., New York Volunteers.
Washington, D.C. To Collector of Customs, New York
Harbor. Applying for a position.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Three appended notes recommending Dalton for a position,
signed by Ira Harris, Edwin Denison Morgan, Henry Van Aernam,
William Augustus Darling, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Samuel Breck,
and Edward Davis Townsend.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1866, Apr. 18 -
Vassar, Matthew, 1792-1868, merchant.
Poughkeepsie, [New York]. To William Hague. He
expresses the opinion that our country needs dancing, institutions of
learning need it, our standard of Christian morality needs it, and last
but not least our sanitary law of health needs it.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 21 cm.
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Source of purchase unknown. 1968
1867, Apr. 11 -
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875, pres. U.S. Commission
of Charles J. Dickey as captain in the 31st regiment of
infantry.
Document Signed 1 p. 48 cm.
folio.
- Countersigned by Edwin McMasters Stanton, secretary of
war.
Gift. 1956
1867, Nov. 19 -
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872, editor.
New York. To O. V. Cose[?]. Hartford, Connecticut.
Relates to a translation which Everett[?] has almost ready for
publication.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 22 cm.
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Source and date unknown.
1868, Apr. 2 -
Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900, lawyer, Ohio politician.
Impeachment “If it were done when ‘tis done it were well
twere done quickly.”
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 10 cm.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1868, July 13 -
Law, John, 1796-1873, congressman.
Evansville, [Indiana]. To John Van Schaick Lansing
Pruyn. Expresses regret that George Hunt Pendleton was not nominated for
president, but fully supports Horatio Seymour as the Democratic
candidate.
Autograph Letter Signed [2] p. 20.5 cm.
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Purchase. 1990
1869, July 15 -
Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900, general, governor of Ohio,
secretary of interior. Appointing John Brown Dillon as
superintendent of public documents.
Document Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from John Brown Dillon’s
History of
Indiana
, 1859. 1931
1870, July 22 -
Hawley, John Baldwin, 1831-1895, congressman.
Rock Island, [Illinois]. Go G.[?] Grigg[?].
Requestion his opinion of the feeling of Republicans of Hamilton
[Illinois] regarding Hawley’s renomination.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
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Source and date unknown.
1870, Sept. 14 -
Hawley, John Baldwin, 1831-1859, congressman.
Rock Island, [Illinois]. To G.[?] C. Sharp.
Political matters here look well. Only fear is in getting out the vote
in the corner counties. Gen. Logan has promised to speak in every county
of the district.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 20 cm.
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Source and date unknown.
1870, Dec. 15 -
Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, pres. U.S.
Fragment of a commission.
Document Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
- Countersigned by Hamilton Fish, secretary of state.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1870, Dec. 15 -
Ludwig, Gustavus M., fl. 1870, surveyor. Map of
railroad grounds in Illinois.
Autograph Document
61 x 102 cm.
Gift. 1968
1872, June 24 -
Scott, Thomas Alexander, 1823-1881, assistant secretary of
war.
New London. To H. A. Scott.
Autograph Telegram. Signed 18 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Smith's
Caleb West … Boston
and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1898. (Lilly PS2864.C3 1898).
1966
1873, Mar. 17 -
Salisbury, Stephen, 1835-1905, bank president.
Worcester, Mass. To James Hammond Trumbull. His
essay on the “Star spangled banner.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Salisbury’s
An Essay on the Star
Spangled Banner and National Songs
… Worcester, Mass.,
Charles Hamilton, 1873. (Lilly ML3561.S7 S19). 1961
1873, July 13 -
Rhoades, J. P.,
Flag Springs, Texas. To [Mrs. A. J. Moore, Prairie
Edge, Indiana]. Raising cattle for Kansas market.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 20 cm.
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Gift. 1951
1874, Sept. 14 -
Morrill, Lot Myrick, 1813-1883, sec’y of treasury.
Augusta, [Maine]. To William Worth Belknap. “It
will be … most agreeable to consult your wishes in regard to the Bill
relating to your department.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 18 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
1875, Mar. 22 -
Nicolay, John George, 1832-1901, author.
Supreme court of the United States, Washington [D.C.].
To Charles Lauman, Georgetown, D.C. Sends information
concerning the circuit court.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1875, Oct. 24 -
Hay, John [Milton], 1838-1905, diplomat.
Windsor Hotel. To [William Leete] Stone. Refers to
literary work in Stone’s possession.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 21 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1876-1889 -
Aiken, William J. Steamboat engineer licenses.
3 documents. 25 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1876, Feb.
21-Oct. 16 - [Envelopes with the square cancellation
stamp of Rosita, Colorado: from R. N. Clark and the Virginia Mining Co.
to Mayland Cuthbert at Colorado Springs and at Beverly, New Jersey].
Documents, 3 items, 8.5 cm.
- Contents: 1876, Feb. 16; Sept. 21; Oct. 16.
- All bear the embossed three cents U.S. postage stamp.
- Rosita, founded about 1873, and nearly destroyed by fire in
1881, was a ghost town by 1885: see Perry Eberhart,
Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining
Camps
, Alan Swallow, Denver, 1959. (Lilly
F776.E2)
View item(s)
Gift. 1983
1877, Oct. 12 -
Hamilton, Schuyler, 1822-1903, soldier.
New York, [New York]. To John [i.e. James] Hammond
Trumbull, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut.
American flag.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Hamilton’s
Our National Flag
n.p., 1877 (Lilly CR113.H2). 1961
1878, Apr. 3 -
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, reformer.
Boston. Poem:
God Speed the
Year of Jubilee
.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1943
1879, July 17 -
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891, general.
Washington. Autograph.
Autograph Document Signed 2 p. 7 cm.
- Beginning and end of a letter cut off and pasted together.
Part of the letter in Sherman’s handwriting remains on
back.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1881, Aug. 11 -
Garfield James Abram, 1831-1881, pres. U.S.
Washington, D.C. To Mrs. Eliza [Ballou] Garfield,
Hiram, Ohio. Still weak but improving following attempt on his life on
July 2.
Facsimile of Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
View item(s)
Date and source of acquisition unknown.
1882, Feb. 10 -
Folger, Charles James, 1818-1884, sec’y of treasury.
Washington. To Joseph Bradford Carr. Refers to a
letter signed by James C. Brown and hopes “he may have a chance to be
heard by the auditing Board.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1884, April
4-1922, April 27 -
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, pres. U.S. Letters and
documents.
10 Documents 35 cm.
photostats.
- Numbered 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19.
- Contents:
- (1) [Wilson, Woodrow]. To Houghton, Mifflin, &
Co., April 4, 1884. Autograph Letter p.1 and 2
only;
- (2) [Wilson, Woodrow]. The college man and society,
[notes for an address before the] 19th century club, New
York, Nov. 15, 1899. Autograph Document 1 p.;
- (4) Wilson, Woodrow. Inaugural address, Trenton,
January 17, 1911. Typed Document with holograph
revisions. p. 1 only;
- (6) [Wilson, Woodrow]. Inaugural, [March 4, 1913].
Typed Document with holograph revisions. 2 p.;
- (7) [Wilson, Woodrow]. Introduction to message to
Congress, April 8, 1913. Typed Document with holograph
revisions. 2 p. Accompanied by first page of printed
text;
- (12) [Wilson, Woodrow. Draft of so-called Fourteen
points address before a joint session of Congress,
January 8, 1918]. Typed Document with holography
revisions. p. 10 only;
- (13) [Wilson, Woodrow Early draft of Covenant of
League of nations], August 1918. Typed Document with
holograph & typed revisions. 3 p.;
- (15) [Wilson, Woodrow. Notes for address on the]
League of nations, January 25, 1919. Typed Document p. 1
only;
- (17) [Wilson, Woodrow]. Address [to the Senate] July
10, 1919. Typed Document with holograph revisions. 2 p.
Accompanied by p. 1 of printed text;
- (19) Wilson, Woodrow. To Raymond B. Fosdick. April 27,
1922.
Purchased. 1956
[1884], Nov. 27 -
Hay, John [Milton], 1838-1905, diplomat.
800 Sixteenth Street, Lafayette Square, [Washington, D.C.]
To “Dear Mr. Harper.” Refers to
The
Bread-Winners
.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 17 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1885, Jan. 16 -
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, secretary of war and pres. of the
Confederate States of America.
War Department, Washington. To [Henry Mower Rice].
Transmittal letter in response to Rice’s letter of the 10th, sending a
report estimating the cost of surveying the Mississippi River “from Fort
Snelling to the Falls of St. Anthony … to Sauk Rapids – and also of the
rock bar at Little Falls in the Minnesota river.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 15 cm.
- Report not present with the letter.
- Recipient identified from press and letterbook copies in the
National Archives.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1885, Dec. 24 -
Ericsson, John, 1803-1889, engineer and inventor.
New York. To Ben. W. Austin, Sioux City, Iowa.
Accepting honor conferred upon him by Northwestern Literary and
Historical Society.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Source and date unknown.
1886, July -
Browne, Francis Fisher, 1843-1913, editor. [The]
Life of [Abraham] Lincoln. Incomplete Draft.
Autograph Document Signed [125] leaves. 12-24 cm.
- Bound into the printed work of Browne,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, New York and St.
Louis, N. D. Thompson Publishing Co.,1886.
- Portions of text in blue ink and corrections throughout in
blue ink in the hand of Francis Fisher Browne.
- Contents:
- Portrait signed, “Faithfully yours, Francis Fisher
Browne,” leaf [1];
- Preface to Life of Lincoln by Francis Fisher Browne,
July 17, 1886, leaves [2-8], 15 cm., pages vii-viii in
printed work;
- The Father of Abraham Lincoln by George Belle Balch,
1828-1886, rural poet of Lerna, Coles Co., Illinois,
leaves [9-22], 20 cm., pages 82-87 in printed work;
- Contribution to Life of Lincoln by [Paul Selby],
1825-1913, author, leaves [23-31], 12 cm., pages 251-253
in printed work;
- Contribution by [William Bross], 1813-1890,
journalist, Illinois lt. governor, in pencil, leaves
[32-38], 15 cm., page 264 in printed work;
- Contribution by [George Clement Noyes], 1833-1889,
clergyman, leaves [39-44], 23 cm., pages 289-292 in
printed work;
- Contribution by [Andrew Shuman], 1830-1890,
journalist, Illinois lt. governor, leaves [45-65], 11-23
cm., pages 293-298 in printed work;
- Contribution by [William Henry Smith], 1833-1896,
journalist, Ohio secretary of state, leaves [66-76],
[107-110], 14-23 cm., partially on the letterhead of The
Western Associated Press, New York, 188-, pages 382-386
and 673-674 in the printed work;
- Contribution by [Albert Gallatin Riddle], 1816-1902,
congressman, in pencil, leaves [77-89], 13 cm., pages
386-388 in printed work;
- Original ms. by Francis Fisher Browne, Life of
Lincoln, July 13, 1886, leaves [90-105], [111-125], 16
cm., pages 511-513, 596-597, 531, 674-674, 701, 715-717
in printed work, with portrait pasted in of George
Brinton McClellan, 1826-1885, general, leaf [96], and
proof of portrait of George Gordon Meade, 1815-1872,
general, leaf [102], both with facsimile signatures,
pages 512 and 597 of printed work.
Purchased. 1973
1886, Aug.
10-1894, Dec. 22 -
Mellette, Arthur Calvin, 1842-1896, governor of South Dakota.
Correspondence relating to Dakota lands.
1 Letter Signed, 2 Autograph Letter Signed and fragment of a
third one. 4 p. 26-28 cm.
- Contents:
- Simmons, Charles E., land commissioner, Chicago &
North-Western Railway Co., Chicago, Ill. To Arthur
Calvin Mellette, Watertown, D.T., Aug. 10, 1886;
- Mellette, Arthur Calvin, Watertown, Dak. To his
father, Sept. 27, 1886, Prescott & Bidwell,
abstractors and examiners of titles, Mitchell, S. D.
Dec. 22, 1894;
- Last page of a letter written by Arthur Calvin
Mellette. Undated.
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Gift. 1951
1886, Aug.
25-1895, Jan. 8 -
Young, Hiram H., 1842-1919, judge, farmer.
A Hoosier in Kansas: the Diary of Hiram H.
Young
, edited by Powell [Aurelius] Moore.
Typed Document 120 p. 28 cm. copy.
Gift. 1951
1886, Sept. 28 -
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893, historian.
Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. To “My dear Madam.”
Enclosing two photographs.
Autograph Note Signed 1 p. 17 cm.
View item(s)
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1941
1886, [Nov. 25] -
[Beecher, Henry Ward], 1813-1887, clergyman.
Thanksgiving sermon notes, Plymouth Church.
Autograph Document Signed 7 p. 21 cm.
- Notes presented by Beecher from the pulpit to J. B.
Pond.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1887 - Photograph
of Texas Rangers and broadside.
1 photograph. 20 cm. x 13 cm. 1 broadside. 55 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1887, Aug. 18 -
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893, soldier, congressman.
Boston, Mass. To O. D. Barrett, Kansas City, Mo.
Enclosing “letter from Darling covering a copy of a letter from Smoot to
him.”
Letter Signed 1 p. 26 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1954
1887, Oct. 4 -
Fiske, John, 1842-1901, historian.
Cambridge, [Massachusetts]. To Mrs. E. S.
Dickinson. Sends her a motto for her autograph book and tells her where
best photograph of him may be obtained.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 18 cm.
View item(s)
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1941
1888, Jan. 23 -
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, pres. U.S.
Commission of Charles J. Dickey as major of the eighth regiment of
infantry.
Document Signed 1 p.
48 x 39 cm.
folio.
- Countersigned by William Crowninshield Endicott, secretary of
war.
Gift. 1956
1888, Mar. 23 -
[Preston, Mrs.] Frances (Folsom), Cleveland.
Executive Mansion, Washington [D.C.] To Mrs.
Snead. “I cannot refrain from telling you how saddened we are by the
news of your great loss. I know how much you and your daughter were to
each other.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 16 cm.
View item(s)
Source of purchase unknown. 1968
1888, May 1 -
Cameron, John, assistant adjutant general, Department of the
Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic.
1412 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
To “Sir and comrade.” Is writing on behalf of Charles P. Lincoln,
commander of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Reublic
who wishes to meet with the postmaster general [Don McDonald Dickinson]
to discuss the reappointment of Mrs., F. C. Maxwell as postmistress.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Signed: “Yours in Friendship, Charity, & Loyalty.”
View item(s)
Gift. 1986
1889, Feb. 3 -
Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910, Canadian author.
Toronto. To Henry Chandler Bowen. Relating to
political union of Canada and the United States.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Source and date unknown.
1889, [Apr.
22]-June 16 - [Photographs of the Oklahoma and Indian
territories.]
21.7 x 13.5 cm. – 16.5 x 10.5 cm.
- 44 mounted albumen photographs.
- At least 3, and possibly all, photographs taken by George
Stephan of Denver, Colorado.
- Photographs annotated by Joseph William Piercy and E. H.
Davis, correspondent of the
Kansas City
Times
.
- Contents from penciled annotations on versos:
-
View All (44)
- 1) The First Day – “Squatting on town lots or squatter
sovereignty, [Apr. 22];
- 2) Gen. Weaver addressing the crowd at Guthrie on the
first day, [Apr. 22];
- 3) First building erected in Guthrie, [ca. Apr. 25];
- 4) Getting settled – first week at Guthrie – no
streets, [ca. Apr. 27];
- 5) Street scene the first week, [ca. Apr. 27];
- 6) A new arrival hunting for a lot, [Apr.?];
- 7) General view of Guthrie town site, [Apr.?];
- 8) Guthrie on the South, [Apr.?];
- 9) Land Attorney’s outfit, [Apr.?];
- 10) 1889. In Guthrie. J. W. Piercy, fourth from left –
facing Davis correspondent from
Kansas City Times, [Apr.?];
- 11) A Boomer’s Camp, [Apr.?];
- 12) First Blacksmith Shop in Guthrie, [Apr.?]
- 13) First Theatre in Guthrie, [Apr.?];
- 14) Electing a Mayor, [Apr.?];
- 15) [Electing a Mayor?], [Apr.?];
- 16) Removing a claimant from a lot, May 1;
- 17) May 8 at Tahlequah 1889;
- 18) Indian Mission, Tahlequah, I.T., May 10;
- 19) Cherokee Church. Near Tahlequah, I.T., May
15;
- 20) Capitol Building. Tahlequah, I.T., May 15;
- 21) Crossing the Arkansas about May 17;
- 22) Guthrie one month old, [May 22];
- 23) Some “Business Blocks,” [May?];
- 24) Riot over a town lot, [May?];
- 25) Guthrie mob liberating a prisoner from the jail,
[May?];
- 26) Post-office, Guthrie, [May?];
- 27) Guthrie looking East, [May?];
- 28) Guthrie on the North, [May?];
- 29) Morning of June 4 at daylight;
- 30) Kingfisher, June 10;
- 31) Picture of a Cheyenne tepee near Kingfisher. Chief
Black Bear and family, June 10;
- 32) Darlington Agency – near Ft. Reno – Furnishing
cows to the Indians …, June 12;
- 33) Picture of Indian tepees … Near Darlington –
Cheyenne Camp, June 12;
- 34) Some Indians that tried to tomahawk us with an ax
at Darlington agency near Ft. Reno, June 12;
- 35) Guthrie in the distance from the hills in the
west, June 16;
- 36) An Oklahoma hotel, n.d.;
- 37) “Some Faces,” n.d.;
- 38) View near Arkansas City, n.d.;
- 39) A Plantation. Choctaw Res., n.d.;
- 40) Two Otoes and one Cherokee – Shelton Ed. of
Tahlequah Telephone, n.d.;
- 41) Cherokee Indians, n.d.
- 42) Chief of the Ottoes, n.d.;
- 43) An Indian camp, n.d.;
- 44) Purcell, I.T. View from the top of the mission
school, n.d.
Transfer. Book Department, Lilly Library. 1986
[1890] - Civil War
reminiscences of a soldier in Company C, 64th regiment, New York
Volunteers, October 14, 1861-October 18, 1864.
Autograph Document 94 p. 32 cm.
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Purchased. 1959
1891, Apr. 5 -
Rogers, Nancy F. To Rogers, George L.
Letter Signed. 2 p. 25 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1891, May 1 -
Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895, U.S. secretary of state.
Chicago. To Isaac N. Roland. “What is said was
this; Those who spend money in corrupting voters and bribing officers
are more dangerous enemies of the Republic than were the men who engaged
in unsuccessful rebellion against it.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
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Purchased. 1990
1891, Sept. 17 -
Howard, Hamilton Gay, 1845-1926, lawyer.
Detroit, Michigan. To Benjamin Harrison,
Washington, D.C. “I take the liberty of sending you by this mail a
compilation of Harrison pamphlets …”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from William Ogden Niles, The Tippecanoe Textbook. Baltimore,
Duff Green; Philadelphia, Hogan & Thompson and T. K. & P. G.
Collins, 1840 (Lilly E392.N696). 1973
1892, May 2 -
[Bante, David Demaree], 1833-1896, judge, pres. Board of
Trustees of Indiana University, dean of Indiana University Law
School. The criminal code of the Northwest Territory.
Autograph Document 47 p. 22 cm.
- Read to the Fortnightly Club, [Bloomington, Indiana], May 2,
1892. Published in the
Indiana Magazine
of History
, IX: 234-246, December 1913.
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1942
ca. 1894 -
Schurz, Carl. Manuscript of Charles Sumner; an
essay.
68 p. 22.5 cm.
Gift. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hogue. 1985.
1895, Dec. 1 -
Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910, historian. To “Cher
ami”. Because of the technical nature of the material on pages 313-316,
he requests that Major Rogers check it carefully and put his answer in
writing.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 9 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Henry Harrisse,
John Cabot, the
discoverer of North America
… London, B. F. Stevens, 1896.
(Lilly E129.C1 H3 Mendel). 1970
1898, May 25 -
Bartholdt, Richard, 1855-1952, congressman.
Washington, D.C. To [Chauncey Ives] Filley.
National and Missouri politics.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 28 cm.
copy.
- Singed with initials.
- Verifax copy.
Gift. 1956
1900 -
Sweeny, William Montgomery, 1871-1945, author. A
biographical sketch of Thomas William Sweeny, brigadier-general United
States army.
Typed Document 39 [i.e. 58] p. 33 cm.
- Carries holograph revisions and corrections.
Purchased. 1963
1903, Sept. 4 -
Hay, John [Milton], 1838-1905, diplomat.
Department of State, Washington, [D.C.] To John
Lane, 67 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York]. “I thank you for … the copy
of Mr. Ridgely Torrance’s play, El Dorado … I agree with you in thinking
that it is very strong, both in poetic and dramatic qualities.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
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Purchased. 1969
1903, Dec. 22 -
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916, soldier, lawyer.
Montgomery, Ala. To [Binger] Hermann. Wants to be
recommended to the President for transfer to the Department of Justice
for work on land fraud investigations.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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Purchased. 1994
1904, July 1 -
Hay, John [Milton], 1838-1905, diplomat.
Department of State, Washington, [D.C.] To Henry
Beebee Carrington, Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Sends thanks for the book
Crisis Thoughts.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1904, Sept. 2 -
Hay, John [Milton], 1838-1905, diplomat.
Newbury, New Hampshire. To “Dear Friends.” Refers
to a letter for Dr. Charles Waldstein at The Century Club.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 13 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1905, May 19 -
Shaw, Leslie Mortier, 1848-1932, U.S. secretary of treasury.
Treasury Department, Washington. To Cory Montague
Stadden, 3002 Thirteenth Street. “Please dine informally with me … This
is a tardy fulfillment of promise made to a few of ‘the boys’ two years
ago.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 19 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
1905, Nov. 13 -
Woodburn, James Albert, 1856-1943, historian.
History and Political Science, Indiana University,
Bloomington, [Indiana.] To [George Haven] Putnam.
Discusses in detail the number of words taken from the Lalor
Cyclopedia for the Johnston-Woodburn
Political History.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1905, Dec. 26 -
Woodburn, James Albert, 1856-1943, historian.
History and Political Science, Indiana University,
Bloomington, [Indiana.] To Messrs. G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
New York, New York. Detailed account of words taken from Lalor’s
Cyclopedia for American Political
History
.
Typed Letter Signed 3 p. 25 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1906, Aug. 28 -
Flower, Frank Abial, 1854-1911, author. To Charles
Scribner’s Sons. Seeking publication of his ms. “General Posey, Son of
General Washington.”
Typed Letter 2 p. 28 cm.
- Accompanied by carbon copy of reply, September 20, 1906,
signed “F.E.S.” and rejecting ms. without reading.
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Gift. 1955
1909, Feb. 10 -
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918, historian.
1603 H Street, [Washington, D.C.] To Barrett
Wendell. Adams writes of his literary work and announces forwarding to
Wendell his two volumes.
Autograph Letter Signed 8 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
[1909], June 28 -
Sinclair, Upton Beall, 1878-1968, novelist.
Cutchogue, Long Island. To Mr. and Mrs. [Henry]
Gaylord Wilshire. Suggests that the Wilshires underwrite him
financially; biographical data; his needs.
Letter Signed 9 p. 32 cm.
photostat.
- Negative Photostat from original in possession of Howard H.
Quint, University of South Carolina.
- Printed in Howard H. Quint’s “Upton Sinclair’s quest for
artistic independence – 1909.”
American
Literature
, XXIX: 194-202, May 1957.
1909, Oct. 9 -
Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920, arctic explorer.
Eagle Island, South Harpswell, [Maine]. To Stanley
D. Gray, Haverhill, Massachusetts. “I regret to say that I am making no
engagements in regard to lectures at present.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
- Signed R. E. Peary, U.S.N.
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Purchased. 1973
ca. 1909 -
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt with four local assistants or guides,
climbing the pyramids.
Document
21.3 x 16.4 cm.
- On verso, in pencil: 481 ft. high; covers 13 acres.
- Date from envelope in which photo transferred to Lilly
Library.
View item(s)
Gift. (Probably in the 1960s) Transferred. Main Library. 1991
1911, Feb. 23 -
U.S. General Land Office. Patent of grant of land in
Washington (state) to Louis H. Brownlee.
Document 1 p. 35 cm.
- Signed: William Howard Taft By M. P. LeRoy, Secretary.
View item(s)
Gift. 1933
[1912], Dec. 31 -
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, political leader.
Miami, Florida. To [Woodrow Wilson]. Discusses
possible conflicts of interest when Bryan is appointed Secretary of
State. Suggests nominees for several cabinet posts.
Autograph Letter Signed [4] p. 28.3 cm.
View item(s)
Ex libris. Clifford Odets. 1992
1913, Aug. 23 -
McMath, Robert Emmett, 1833-1918, engineer.
Autobiography.
Typed Document 42 p. 28 cm.
copy.
View item(s)
Typescript made from a copy in the possession of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
(Goodwin) True, Bloomington, Indiana. 1956
1914, Apr. 10 -
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935, settlement worker.
Hull-House, 800 South Halsted Street, Chicago, [Illinois].
To Waldo Ralph Browne. Has just been involved in Frank case
in Atlanta and cannot go into another similar situation.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1915, Mar. 26 -
Walsh, Townsend, -1941, author.
South Bend, Indiana. To Herbert Stanley Renton.
Acknowledging a Belasco bill; has been correcting proofs of his book.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 24 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Townsend Walsh’s
The Career of Dion
Boucicault
. New York, 1915 (Lilly PN2598.B74 W3). 1947
1915, Apr. 19 -
Tumulty, Joseph Patrick, 1879-1954, secretary to Woodrow
Wilson. The White House, Washington. To Job H.
Lippincott, Jersey City, N.J. wants letters endorsing Lippincott “to use
in the Department where I am trying to help you.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 23.5 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1989
1916, May 29 -
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, pres. U.S.
Metropolitan, 432 Fourth Avenue, New York. To
Alphonso Trumphour Clearwater. 316 Albany Avenue, Kingston, New York.
Receives between 1500 and 2000 letters a week.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
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From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1917-1919 -
Society of the Fifth division, United States army, veterans of
the world war. The Official History of the Fifth
Division … 1917-1919, compiled and written by 2nd Lt. Kenyon Stevenson,
21st field artillery.
Typwritten. 338 p. 33cm.
Maps.
- Printed with some revision and rearrangement under title:
The Official History of the Fifth
Division, U.S.A.
… 1917-1919. Washington, D.C.
1919.
Source and date unknown.
1918, Mar. 14 -
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945, pres. U.S.
Navy Department, Assistant Secretary’s Office, Washington,
[D.C.] To Dr. & Mrs. W. Tyler, 275 Broadway,
Norwich, Connecticut. A letter of thanks for sending spy glasses to use
in the prosecution of naval operations. “You have supplied ‘Eyes for the
NAVY’ during a very trying time.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1967
1919, Oct. 20 -
Watson, James Eli, 1863-1948, U.S. senator.
United States Senate, Committee on Interstate Commerce.
To Harry L. Kitselman. Muncie, Indiana. Is opposed to
signing the League of Nations Treaty and disagrees that “90 [percent] of
the Republicans are for this League …”
Typed Letter Signed 2 p. 26.5 cm.
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Purchased. 1990
1920, Feb. 3 -
Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940, sec’y of treasury.
Washington. To Edward Albert Filene, Boston,
Massachusetts. “I fully recognize the difficulty of the times and the
financial problems presented to the nation and to the world.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 21 cm.
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Purchased. 1971
[1922], July 8 -
Lewis], Mrs. Abigail Victoria (Harding), (Mrs. Ralph T.
Lewis), sister of Warren Gamaliel Harding.
Marion, Ohio. To Mrs. [Martha J.] Stubbs,
Indianapolis, Indiana. Thanking her for luncheon given by Women’s state
republican club in Indianapolis.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 17 cm.
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Gift. 1962
1924, Feb.
1-June 16 - Harding in Canada. Compilation of letters
from prominent journalists and political figures sent to R. J. Cromie,
publisher, Vancouver
Sun on the occasion
of the presentation by the Vancouver
Sun
to the National Press Gallery at Washington of a painting of President
Harding in Stanley Park, Vancouver, July 26, 1923, on the first visit of
a United States president to Canadian soil.
Typed Letter Signed 187 p. 35 cm.
Gift. 1971
1924, Feb.-1936,
Sept. 3 -
Palmer, William Kimberley, 1856-, poet. Scrapbook
of holograph and printed poems of William Kimberley Palmer; letters and
postcards to Mr. Palmer from libraries acknowledging copies of his
poems; newspapers clippings.
86 p. 26 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1936
1925, Jan. 18 -
Reagan, Albert B. The Isleta Indians.
Typed Document 5 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1952
1925, Feb. 26 -
Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940, sec’y of treasury.
195 Broadway, New York. To Reverend Paul Robinson
Hickok, 1917 Fifth Avenue, Troy, New York. Refers to a final analysis of
Woodrow Wilson.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1927, May 4 -
Morrison, Noah Farnham. To Fink, E. J. W.
22 cm.
Source and date unknown.
[1928?] -
[Roosevelt, Franklin Delano], 1882-1945, pres. U.S.
National political digest. Compiled from letters received in
response to the letters he sent after he was elected governor of New
York.
Typed Document [187] p. 31 cm.
- Accompanied by a copy of the letter sent to the state
chairman, county chairman, delegates-at-large and alternates,
district and alternate delegates, successful congressmen, and
defeated congressmen. facsimile of Typed Letter 6 p. 27
cm.
- From the library of Edward Mandell House.
Purchased. 1967
1930, Oct. 1 -
Morley, Christopher [Darlington], 1890-1957, author.
Roslyn Heights, New York. To [Robert William
Masters]. Dramatization of his
Haunted
Bookshop
.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1936
[1930?] -
Ferguson, William Jason, 1844-1930, actor. To
Herbert Stanley Renton. “As a token of respect and regard …”
Autograph Document Signed 1 p.
Inscribed in Ferguson,
I saw Booth shoot
Lincoln
, Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, 1930. (Lilly
E457.5.F353) 1987
1931, Jan. 13 -
Hathaway, Horatio, 1870-, merchant.
Greystone, Dedham, Massachusetts. To George [Hope
Mairs]. Deals with his book
A new Bedford
merchant
.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 17 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from Hathaway’s
A new Bedford
merchant
. [Boston], Privately printed, [D. B. Updike, The
Merrymount Press, c. 1930]. (Lilly VK140.H3 h3). 1972
1931, Jan. 19 -
Fellows, Dorkas, 1873-1938, editor. Dewey Decimal
Classification.
D.C. Editor’s Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To Nellie Mae Coats. State Library, Indianapolis, Ind.
Replies to her inquiry of Jan. 16: “We have no expectation of expanding
929 in our next edition …” Goes on to explain that “our printed tables
wer [sic] found adequate” for use with the New York State Library’s
genealogy collection.
Typed Letter Signed [2] p. 27.3 cm.
- Carries some holograph corrections.
- Written in Dewey’s “simpler spelling” style.
View item(s)
Transferred. Book Dept. Lilly Library. Indiana University. (found
originally in a Ball collection transfer). 1994
1931, June 27 -
Elmore, James Buchanan, 1857-1942. Our Life Goes
out as a Shadow Withdrawn.
Autograph Document Signed. 2 p. 26 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1931, Oct. 30 -
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960, naval officer.
Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department,
Washington, D.C. To Carroll Atwood Wilson, 120 Broadway,
New York City, New York. Refers to Harrison Robertson’s cruise on the
frigate “United States” and “Cyane”, from Calloo, Peru to Boston.
- Removed from Herman Melville’s
White-Jacket … New York, Harper, 1850. (Lilly
PS2384.W48 1850a vault 1)
- There are marginal notes on p. [iii], 29, 31, 41, 44, 240,
384, 402, 440, 456, presumably by Robertson.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1931 - (PN6367.A78
1811) Brown, William P., 1837-1934, Mrs. Lincoln’s coachman.
Ravenna, Michigan. Signature to notarized
statement that the booklet from the Abraham Lincoln collection was given
to him by Mrs. Lincoln in 1866.
Document Signed 1 p. 12.8 cm.
- Inscribed in
The Art of Making
Money
by Dr. Franklin, N.Y., S. Wood [1811?].
- Booklet bears on the cover the undated signature of Abraham
Lincoln, forged by Eugene Field II, 1879?-1947, or by Harry
Dayton Sickles.
- See discussion of Field/Sickles forgeries in Charles Hamilton,
Great Forgeries and Famous
Fakes
, N.Y., Crown Publishers, 1980, pages 13-20.
(Lilly Z41.H217 G78)
- Accompanied by two holograph notes:
- 1) In pencil – Bought from Eugene Field’s Collection.
A. Lincoln signature?
- 2) In ink – Father says Lincoln signature may be,
& probably is a forgery.
Gift. 1984
1931 -
Green, James Albert, 1862-1955, civic leader. The
Berkeley manor house, residence of Benjamin Harrison, the signer, and
birthplace of William Henry Harrison, his son. Edition limited to one
copy. Pictures and text by James A. Green. Typed by Elizabeth Cole.
Cincinnati, 1931.
Typed Document Signed [3], 12 p. 23 cm.
- Photographs of house.
- Autographed: To my Friend A. G. Mitten with the warm Regards
of James A. Green.
- Cincinnati, Dec. 25-1931.
Purchased. 1939
1932, May 17 -
Thomas, Norman [Mattoon], 1884-1968, socialist leader.
112 East 19th Street, New York City. To Kate
Kelsey. 8765 Stenton Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “…grateful …for
your prompt response to the appeal we have issued … for the campaign
this year … enclosing a receipt which Comrade [Marx] Lewis … has made
out.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
- Enclosure: Receipt No. 85, 7 cm., for two dollars, signed by
Marx Lewis for the Socialist Opportunity Drive, Washington,
D.C., n.d.
- Accompanied by another receipt, No. 105, 9 cm., dated July 17,
1932, for the Thomas President Committee, New York City.
View item(s)
Removed from Norman Thomas,
America’s Way
Out
. New York, Macmillan Company, 1931 (Lilly 4-4592) in
which appears the name of Kate Kelsey, May, 1931. 1977
1933, July 26 -
Burnet, Mrs. Mary Katherine (Quick), (Mrs. Harry Bently
Burnet), 1863-1938, author. To Mrs. [Avis (Tarrant)]
Burke, [Bloomington, Indiana]. Indiana day at the Century of progress
exposition in Chicago.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1954
1933, Sept. 15 -
Shulman, Lillian.
Washington, D.C. To Donald [James] Henderson. New
York, New York. Asking him to answer an article from the
New Leader; protest against naming “a
certain Admiral” as Washington D.C., city manager; agitation on the
Cuban situation.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
- Accompanied by:
- [1] D., I. To Lillian Shulman, Washington, D.C. Will
try to send her a copy of an answer to the
New Leader article by a
group of Socialist party members of the Arrangements
Committee of the United States Congress Against War,
September 18, 1933 (copy) 1 p. 28 cm.;
- [2] Levinson, Edward. “Who are the betrayers of unity?
Startling revelations of duplicity.” Newspaper
clipping.
View item(s)
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1954
[1933] - Socialist
Party (U.S.) – National executive committee. The National executive
committee of the Socialist Party announces that the disruptionist
tactics of the Communist Party has forced it to withdraw from
participation in the U.S. congress against war.
Document 3 p. 27 cm.
copy.
- Carbon copy of typed copy.
- Typed signatures of Morris Hillquit and others, National
executive committee, Socialist Party.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1939
1937, Sept.
18-Nov. 4 - Correspondence about the original printing
of the constitution of the Confederate States of America.
Typed Letter Signed 5 p. 28 cm.
- Accompanied by five telegrams and newspaper clippings.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1938, Sept. 2 -
Williams, J. Harvey, chairman, Republican committee for John
J. O’Connor.
New York, New York. Circular letter supporting
O’Connor for Congress.
Document 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1960
1938, Oct. 15 -
Reed, Stanley [Forman], 1884-, U.S. Supreme court justice.
Washington, D.C. To Harold Joseph Laski, New York.
Thanking him for note of encouragement.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 17 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1950
1938, Nov. 23 -
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946, chief justice, U.S. Supreme
court.
Washington, D.C. To Harold Joseph Laski, New York.
Regrets he cannot attend dinner.
Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1950
1939, Feb. 7 -
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971, U.S. senator, U.S. Supreme
court justice.
Washington, D.C. To Harold [Joseph] Laski,
Seattle, Washington. Acknowledging note.
Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1950
1939, July 8 -
Beard Charles [Austin], 1874-1948, historian.
New Milford, [Connecticut]. To the Hoosier
Bookshop. 2135 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Indiana. Sends thanks for
medical catalog.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
[1940, Nov. 1] -
[Wilkie, Wendell Lewis], 1892-1944, lawyer. Radio
speech aboard the Wilkie Special Train, Harrison, New Jersey … “When the
third term candidate talks about twenty-six thousand planes for Britain,
let’s not fool ourselves about that.”
Typed Document 28 leaves. 28 cm.
- In large type with holograph underlinings and corrections in
pencil.
- Varies little from text as published in
The New York Times, Nov. 2, 1940, page 10.
- Changes made in consultation with Russell Davenport and Pierce
Butler and delivered from train parked at a Pennsylvania
Railroad track according to a letter of Clark Denney to Elfrieda
Lang, July 19, 1970.
View item(s)
Gift. 1970
1941, Dec.
8-1942, Feb. 28 - A report on the U.S.S. Houston from
December 8, 1941 until she was reported missing February 28, 1942.
Typed Document 11 p. 28 cm.
typescript.
View item(s)
Gift. 1969
1941, Dec. 11 -
Home recording of "message to Congress asking for declaration of war on Germany and Italy," Dec. 11, 1941.
Vinyl record, 78rpm
Gift. Date unknown
1941, Dec. 19 -
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955, U.S. secretary of state.
Department of State, Washington, [D.C.] To Louis
Ludlow. Concerns possibility of Mr. Eckerson returning to the United
States from Shanghai.
Typed Letter Signed 2 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
[1941, Dec.] -
[Adams, Frederick Baldwin], 1910-, library director.
To [David Anton Randall]. President too occupied with
Japanese envoys, cabinet members, and senators to inscribe books.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
- Signed Freddy.
- Removed from Lilly copy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Looking forward … New York, The John
Day Co., [c. 1933].
View item(s)
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
1941, Dec. – n.d.
Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles,
39 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1, England.
The War of American Independence … As reflected in a Collection of some
Seven Hundred Contemporary Pamphlets & Books ….
Typed Document [154 leaves.] 33 cm.
bound.
- Collection originated by Henry Stevens of Vermont, augmented
by his son, Henry Newton Stevens, completed by his grandson,
Henry Stevens, with annotations & bibliographical notes by
Robert E. Stiles, and offered for sale by Henry Stevens, Son
& Stiles of London.
- Introduction by Henry Stevens, London, December, 1941.
- Lists 695 items.
- Bound with this: The War of American Independence … Five
Hundred and Fifty Pamphlets & Books … (T.D. [137 leaves] 33
cm.)
- Gathered, arranged and described by Henry Stevens, and offered
for sale by Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles of London.
- Foreword by Henry Stevens, n.d., which states: This collection
is primarily intended as a Supplement to the Collection of Works
on the War of American Independence which was purchased from us
by the Indiana University Library late in 1944.
- Lists 549 items.
- Both parts bear notes in pencil indicating cataloged status,
accession numbers, revised main entries and other notes in
ink.
View item(s)
Transferred from Lilly Library Book Department. 1985
1942-1943 -
War Ration Books.
9 documents, each 4 p. 14.5 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1943, Mar. 3 -
Wilkie, Wendell Lewis, 1892-1944, lawyer.
New York. To albert Henry Griffith, Oshkosh,
Wixconsin [sic]. Enclosing a copy of Wilkie’s Lincoln day talk in
Indianapolis.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
- Enclosure is mimeographed press release of Wendell L. Wilkie.
Talk delivered at the annual Lincoln’s day banquet of the
Women’s Republican Club of Indianapolis on Thursday evening,
February 11, 1943, at the Columbia Club, Indianapolis, Indiana.
It has been placed in the Oakleaf-Lincoln book
collection.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1950
1944, Apr. 20 -
Wilkie, Wendell [Lewis], 1892-1944, lawyer.
15 Broad Street, New York. To Private Carlos
Oakley Miller. 12th Hq. and Air Base Sq., Randolph Field, Texas. Thanks
him for his letter and his interest in the address Wilkie made in Ripon
[Wisconsisn [sic]].
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift.
1944 -
Hesse, Nicholas. Western North America, with
special consideration of the German Immigrants in their relation to
agriculture, trade, and commerce conditions … Together with a map.
Translated by William Godfrey Bek, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Typed copy. [4], 6, 155 p. 28 cm.
- Translated from Nicholas Hesse’s
Das
Westliche Nord Amerika in Besonderer Beziehung auf die
Deutschen Einwanderer
… Paderborn, Joseph Wesener,
1838.
- Map lacking.
- 2nd copy carries note on title page: Translated by Joseph
Maidt and William G. Bek, Grand Forks, N. Dak., 1944.
- 2nd copy: [4], 6, 155 [i.e. 153] p.
View item(s)
Gift. 1952
1945, Mar. 3 -
Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984, general. Headquarters, 15th Army
group. To Herman B Wells, Bloomington, Indiana. Concerns
his daughter’s enrollment in Indiana University. One paragraph on the
Italian campaign.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 26 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1945
1945, Apr. 2 -
Marshal, George Catlett, 1880-1959, general.
War dept., Washington. To Herman B Wells,
Bloomington, Indiana. With regards to the R.O.T.C.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 23 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1945
1946, June 27 -
Vinson, Frederic Moore, 1890-1953, chief justice.
To Duncan Lawrence Groner, Washington, D.C. Refers to the annual
conference of Senior Circuit Judges.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
Purchased. 1971
1950, Apr. 24 -
Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969, soldier, president.
Columbia University. New York, New York. To Emily
E. Brenton, Bloomington, Indiana. Thanks for booklets.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 20 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1950
1950, June 14 -
Gordon, Charles Ulysses, postmaster,
Chicago, Illinois.
The American Flag: a poem.
Document Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
- Mimeographed.
- Signed by author.
View item(s)
Gift. 1951
[1951, Apr. 1] -
Robinson, Lulu J., 1866-1959, teacher. Love
Conquereth Hatred.
Autograph Document 4 p. 25 cm.
- Accompanied by typescript.
View item(s)
Gift. 1951
1951, June 22 -
Jenner, William Ezra, 1908-1985, U.S. senator. To
Geneva [Hitchcock] Warner, Bloomington, Indiana. Deals with the defense
production act.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 26 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1951
1952, Feb. 27 -
Decker, Peter, 1893-1988, book dealer.
Rare Americana, 51 East 42nd Street, New York City.
To Kathryn [Marie] Troxel, Ass’t Curator of Special
Collections, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, Indiana. Replies
to Troxel’s letter requesting further information about the
Littell-Ellison copy of the Beschke Captivity [by George Adam] and
explains why it is considered a first edition.
Typed Letter Signed 2 pp. 27.5 cm.
View item(s)
Removed from George Adam,
The Dreadful Sufferings
and Thrilling Adventures
… St. Louis, Mo., Barclay &
Co., 1850 (Lilly F593.1.A24). 1983
1952, Aug. 19 -
Sinclair, Upton Beall, 1878-1968, novelist.
Corona, California. To Bruce Barton, New York, New
York. Refers to fasting.
Typescript of Letter 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1957
1952, Sept. 16 -
Sinclair, Upton Beall, 1878-1968, novelist.
Corona, California. To Bruce Barton, New York, New
York. Copy of
A Personal Jesus to be sent
to him; will be interested in Barton’s opinion of
Fasting Cure.
Typescript of Letter 1 p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1957
1957 -
Allmond, Allen E.,
Louisville, Kentucky. To Librarian, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana. Enclosing material on his father,
Marcus Blakey Allmond.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. and 10 p. enclosure. 27
cm.
- Contents of enclosure:
- pp. 1-4, Obituary of Marcus Blakey Allmond, copied
from Louisville
Times,
Sept. 2, 1909;
- pp. 5-8, Poem by Allmond read at his funeral, copied
from Louisville
Courier
Journal
, Sept. 5, 1909;
- pp. 9-10, biographical and bibliographical notes on
Marcus Blakey Allmond, by Allen E. Allmond. Accompanied
by map of Louisville, Kentucky, on which places
associated with Marcus Blakey Allmond have been marked
by Allen E. Allmond.
View item(s)
1957
1957, June 19 -
Roosevelt, Mrs. [Anna] Eleanor [(Roosevelt)], 1881-1962.
Hyde Park, New York. To David Anton Randall,
[Bloomington, Indiana]. Upton Sinclair letters to Franklin Delano
Roosevelt would be in library at Hyde Park.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 18 cm.
- Accompanied by franked cover.
View item(s)
Gift. 1957
1957, June 29
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, pres. U.S.
Independence, Missouri. To David Anton Randall,
Bloomington, Indiana. Has had correspondence with Upton Sinclair; his
papers to be placed in new library in Independence, Missouri.
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1957
1958, Jan. 7 -
[Capehart], Homer [Earl], 1897-1979, manufacturer, U.S.
senator,
Washington, D.C. To Geneva [Hitchcock] Warner,
Bloomington, Indiana. In answer to her postcard asking his views on
$390,808,000 worth of private property “vested” by the office of Alien
property during and after World War II.
View item(s)
Gift. 1958
1959, Oct. 22 -
Goldwater, Barry Morris, 1909-, U.S. senator.
Washington, D.C. To [Robert Alexander Miller],
Bloomington, Indiana. “If by chance you have any letters from Mr.
Charles D. Poston of Arizona to President Lincoln, particularly one
pertaining to a gift to the President by Poston of a silver inkstand, I
would appreciate receiving a photostatic copy of it.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 27 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1964
1965, Jan. 4 -
Pantzer, Eric, Indiana University student. Proper
discharge of the responsibility of the Rules committee to issue or to
withhold a “Special order” or rule viewing the present in the light of
the past: a vignette of Chairman John O’Connor of the Committee on rules
as of 1937-1938. Report for History A314.
Typed Document [3], V, [1] p. 28 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1965
[1965], Apr. 19 -
[Dillon, Clarence] Douglas, 1909-, U.S. secretary of treasury.
La Lanterne, Hobe Sound, Florida. To Joseph Walker
Barr. “Now that it is all official, I can tell you how delighted I am
that you are returning to Treasury as Under-secretary.”
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 22 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1971
1966, June -
Albrecht, Alfred James, 1924-, professor. Epic:
Upton Sinclair’s campaign for governor of California.
Typed Document iv + 227 leaves. 28 cm.
- Carbon of typescript.
- Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of
Philosophy in the Department of Speech and Theatre, Indiana
University, 1966, June.
- Bibliography cites the Sinclair Papers in Lilly
Library.
View item(s)
Gift. 1971
1973, Aug. 28 -
Chiang, Mme Mei-ling (Sung), (Mme Chiang Kai-shek), 1892-,
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. To Harry
Barnard, 801 Lavergne Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091, U.S.A. “I did
not know Mr. Wilkie well … but recall him as a man of great sincerity.
He had a worldwide vision that was ahead of his time.”
Typed Letter Signed 2 p. 28 cm.
photocopy.
View item(s)
Gift. 1974
[1976, Mar.] -
[Strouse, Norman Hulbert], 1906-, advertising executive, collector.
[Reminiscences of Wilkie 1940 presidential campaign in California.]
ilus. Typed Document 18 leaves. [i.e., 152 leaves.] 28
cm.
- Laid in for illustration are publicity releases, newspaper
clippings, letters, speeches, dating from November, 1939, to
July, 1940.
View item(s)
Gift. 1976, 1977
1976, Aug. 2 -
Chavez, Angelico. To Stabler, M.
Autograph Letter Signed. 1 p. 22 cm.
Source and date unknown.
1977, Dec. 23 -
Arader, Walter, Graham, bookdealer.
1000 Boxwood Court, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
To [Evelyn (Barnett)] Buley. 4125 West State Road 46, Bloomington,
Indiana. “Enclosed please find the list of books that you sent me
recently.”
Typed Letter Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
- Addressed to “Mrs. R. Carlisle [sic] Buley”.
- Enclosed is 67 p. (plus duplicates of p. 64-67) photocopy of
listing of Roscoe Carlyle Buley’s personal library titled “Buley
Bibliography”.
- Accompanied by 1 p. Typed Document Signed by David Russell
Warrington, Dec. 19, 1985, concerning the provenance of item and
disposition of Buley’s library.
View item(s)
Gift. 1985
20th cent. -
Strader, Orville D., 1898-, teacher. Saved by One
Vote.
Typed Document Signed [362] leaves.
28 x 22 cm.
- Concerns the trial and impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
- An enlargement of the author’s M.A. thesis at the University
of Chicago.
Gift. 1974
n.d. -
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, Revolutionary statesman.
Autograph.
Document Signed 1 p. 3 cm.
Gift. 1961
n.d. -
Autographed photograph of U.S. Supreme Court.
29 x 31 cm.
folio.
- Signatures of Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds,
Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland,
and Willis Van Devanter.
Gift. 1969
n.d. -
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937, U.S. secretary of war.
Autograph.
Signature 1 p. 8 cm.
Gift. 1953
n.d. -
Biddle, Alexander?, 1819-1899,
Dark Harbour, Maine. To Worthington Chauncey Ford.
Sending him a copy of
Old Family Letters, Copied
from the Originals for Alexander Biddle
and a life of
Benjamin Rush.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 18 cm.
Mounted on front flyleaf of
Old Family Letters:
Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle
…
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1892 (Lilly E302.1.R95 v.1). 1961
n.d. -
[Biographical sketch of James Sidney Rollins, 1812-1888, lawyer,
congressman from Missouri, graduate of Indiana University].
Typed Document 10 p. 23 cm.
Gift. 1951
n.d. -
Biographical sketch of John Armstrong, written by a great-grandchild of
his.
Autograph Document 7 p. 26 cm.
Gift. 1951
n.d. -
Brown, Mrs. Addison, 1806?-. Reminiscences of Rev.
Noah Miles of Temple, [New Hampshire].
Autograph Document 3 p. 23 cm.
- Accompanied by “A copy of recollections of her parents [Noah
and Jane (Pearson) Miles] and grandparents [Solomon and
Elizabeth (Searle) Pearson] by Mrs. Huldah Miles Clapp.”
(Document 3 p. 23 cm.)
Purchased. 1950
n.d. -
Butler family. Genealogical notes on the Butler
family of New Hampshire.
Autograph Document 27 p. 33 cm.
Purchased. 1950
n.d. - Cora
(steamer). Discharging book, trip no. 6, Alabama River [from Montgomery
to Mobile].
Autograph Document 38 p. 33 cm.
View item(s)
Gift. 1961
n.d. -
The Earl of Bellomont’s case. The manuscript
consists of a defense and a complete summary of the case against
Bellomont, the precedents of the supremacy of the Port of New York,
Basse’s opposition thereto and the vindication of the former’s conduct,
with account of his “zeal and diligence” in seizing several pirates
–Kidd, Bradish, and Gillam.
Autograph Document 4 p. 30 cm.
- Removed from [John Mitchell],
A full
account of the actions of the late famous pyrate, Capt.
Kidd
… Dublin, Reprinted for Matthew Gunn,
1701.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
n.d. - Echoes
of the past: [some biographical notes on James Steel, fl. 1819-1844,
farmer, carpenter, and preacher of Perry Township, Richland County,
Ohio].
Typed Document 4 p. 28 cm.
Gift. 1952
n.d. -
[Esarey, Logan], 1873-1942, historian. [History of
the Old Northwest].
Typed Document [513] pp. 28 cm.
folio.
- Missing pages 16-20.
- Extra pages 201a, 282a, 298a.
- See reference to the manuscript in R. Carlyle Buley, “Logan
Esarey, Hoosier,”
Indiana Magazine of
History
, 38: 356-357, Dec., 1942 (Lilly F521.I395);
and in
Genealogical materials related to
the Esarey & Ewing Families
by Myra Esarey Evans
& John Logan Van Kesteren, Esarey Publishing Co.,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1974 (Main CS71.E74) Vol. 2B, page
293.
- Accompanied by:
- 1) 40 pages of notes and
- 2) transmittal note from Carmony.
Gift. 1984
n.d. -
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865, U.S. secretary of state.
[Signature]
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 6.2 cm.
- In brown ink.
- Accompanied by a profile lithograph of Everett by J. H.
Bufford, Boston, Mass.
- Both attached to manila sheet, 32.4 cm. x 21.6 cm.
Transferred. Book Department Print File, Lilly Library, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana. 1989
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[Frankfurter], Felix, 1882-1965, U.S. Supreme court justice.
Washington, D.C. To Harold Joseph Laski.
Autograph Note 2 p. 8 cm.
Gift. 1950
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, statesman. To
“Sir.” Memorial drafted by Alexander Hamilton on behalf of Baron von
Steuben requesting grant of money from Congress.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 33 cm.
Gift. 1961
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Hancock, John, 1737-1793, signer of the Declaration of
Independence. Autograph.
Document Signed 1 p. 4 cm.
Gift. 1961
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[Hanson, Moses Parker], 1812-1893, physician.
Milwaukee. [Statement concerning his political and
abolitionist activities from the time of hearing William Lloyd Garrison
lecture in Bangor, Maine, in 1833 to events in Boston and the eventual
downfall of slavery in the War of the Rebellion, at which he] “rejoiced
… more than any other event in Modern history.”
Document 1 p. 81 cm.
folio.
- Begins: Dr. M. P. Hanson now of Milwaukee … In the hand of his
daughter Charlotte.
- Consists of several pages taped together.
- Two lines are quoted on pages 16 and 18 of
The Story of Malcolm Hanson by Lida
Siboni Hanson, Privately printed, 1946 (Lilly 6-3926).
Gift. 1980
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Hay, Mrs. [Clara Louise (Stone), (Mrs. John Milton Hay],
1849-1914. A card with a black border bearing the words,
“With [Mrs. Hay’s, printed] compliments”, addressed to Sir Hugh Gilzean
Reid, enclosed in a black bordered envelope.
Autograph card 6 cm.
Removed from John Hay,
Letters of John Hay and
Extracts from Diary
. Washington, 1908. Vol. 1 (Lilly
PS1903.A9 1908). 1967
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Hay, John [Milton], 1838-1905, diplomat.
800 Sixteenth Street, Lafayette Square, [Washington, D.C.].
To [Adam] Badeau. Agrees to see Badeau this evening or
tomorrow, but says “upon my word I don’t remember a thing worth
mentioning.”
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 17.5 cm.
Gift. 1984
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Higgins, Frances,
Woodlawn, Cincinnati, Ohio. With Morgan’s Men at
Wood Hall Farm.
Typed Document 13 p. 28 cm.
Gift. 1952
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Historical notes [on the Northwest Territory].
Typed Document 2 p. 33 cm.
- From the collection of Robert G. Miller, lawyer, of
Bloomington, Indiana.
Gift. 1954
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How, William.
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. To A.
Birham How, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Writes about his
family, weather conditions, the interest in the California gold mines
with about 500 coming up the river in every boat, and 2,000 planning to
depart on the first of May.
Autograph Letter Signed 3 p. 32 cm.
Purchased. 1972
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Howe, Daniel Wait, 1839-1921, soldier, lawyer,
judge. A critical period for the Union cause.
Typed Document Signed 41 p.
Source and date unknown.
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Hughes, Denver & Peck, lawyers. To A. W. Rixon.
Quin case.
Autograph Letter Signed (copy) 2 p. 28 cm.
Removed from George C. Barns’
Denver, the
Man
… Wilmington, Ohio, 1949 (Lilly-Ellison F684.D3 B2).
1958
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Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796, governor of Connecticut.
Autograph.
Document Signed 1 p. 3 cm.
Gift. 1961
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[Jay, John], 1745-1829, statesman. Do the Treaties
between the U.S. & France give to France & her citizens a Right
… [first line].
Autograph Document 4 pp. 22.5 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- In ink.
- Consists of 29 numbered questions concerning the subject of
neutrality with specific reference to the United States and
France and the practice of privateering.
- Lacks question numbered 14.
- Prepared following Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation on
April 22, 1793, and preceding the case of Glass v. Sloop Betsy,
12-18 February 1974.
- Watermark: J Larking. John Larking was a papermaker at East
Malling, Kent, between 1791 and 1816.
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Purchased. 1980
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Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, U.S. Senator.
Autograph.
Autograph Document Signed 1 p. 6 cm.
Source and date unknown.
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McLane, Louis, 1786-1857, sec’y of treasury. To
Robert Gilmore. Regrets that he cannot accept Gilmore’s invitation
because of a previous engagement.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 20 cm.
Purchased. 1971
n.d. - A map
of Madison County, Kentucky.
Autograph Document 1 p. 39 cm.
folio.
Gift. 1955
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Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877, historian.
57 Conduit Street. To George Mifflin Dallas.
Concerns transmission of papers.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 18 cm.
From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1956
n.d. - Paper
relating to Mormonism at Nauvoo, Illinois, quoting from newspapers,
September 2, 1842-November, 1846.
Typed Document 6 p. 28 cm.
- At head of p. 1: “From C. E. McCormick, Princeton,
Indiana.
Gift. 1952
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[Photograph of John Milton Hay,] 1838-1905, diplomat.
Document
14 x 10 cm.
- Mounted to 18 x 10.5 cm.
- Signed on lower edge of mount: John [Milton] Hay.
Transferred from Book Department, Lilly Library, Indiana University.
1980
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Proposition of Col. Hamilton of New York in the Convention for
establishing a Constitution of Government for the United States.
Document [3] leaves. 24.7 cm.
- Shelved in Vault 2.
- In ink.
- Contemporary copy of the eleven points of Alexander Hamilton’s
plan delivered June 18, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention
at Philadelphia.
- Varies from the draft published in
The
Papers of Alexander Hamilton
, edited by Harold C.
Syrett, Columbia University Press, 1962 (Lilly E302.H2 S98),
Vol. 4, pp. 207-211 (compares the Hamilton, James Madison,
Robert Yates, and John Lansing versions).
- For other known published drafts see the list in the
Manuscripts Department.
- Note on verso of page 3 reads: Given me July 1815 by Smith
Esq. of Philada.
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Purchased. 1980
n.d. - Rayner,
John Allen, Dorothy Scudder: a Girl of the Wilderness.
Typed Document 23 p. 31 cm.
- Reproduction of typewritten copy.
Purchased. 1942
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Steuben, [Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, baron
von], 1730-1794, general.
Steuben, [New York]. To [William North]. Thanking
him for gifts. “… Books I bring back when I come to see you …”.
Autograph Letter Signed 1 p. 25 cm.
Gift. 1961
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Steuben, [Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, baron
von], 1730-1794, general.
New York. To [William] North. Farming; news of
friends.
Autograph Letter Signed 4 p. 23 cm.
- In English and French.
- Dated November 24.
Gift. 1961
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Thompson. Alfred Wordsworth, 1840-1896, artist.
View of the Shenandoah Valley above Strasburg, [Virginia], Confederate
troops marching from Woodstock, [Virginia] to Front Royal, [Virginia].
Water color Signed 1 p.
16 x 24 cm.
Gift. 1943
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Tuley, William Floyd, -1914, river pilot, journalist.
From Cairo to New Orleans: a pilot’s experience on the
gunboat fleet [April 1862-July 4, 1863].
Typed Document 11 p. 18-28 cm.
- Transcript made by Roscoe Carlyle Buley, professor of history,
Indiana University, from copy in the possession of Lawrence K.
Tuley, New Albany, Indiana.
Gift. 1952
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Vahlsing, Charles, Cincinnati distiller. Recipes
for liquors; tests for essences and essential oils.
Autograph Document 2 v. 19-22 cm.
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Gift. 1947
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Vinson, Frederic Moore, 1890-1953, chief justice.
Washington, D.C. To [Duncan Lawrence Groner].
Refers to the Glass-Ickes case.
Autograph Letter Signed 2 p. 23 cm.
Purchased. 1971
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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918, pres. Cornell University.
Speech at the memorial meeting for Carl Schurz at the German
house.
Typed Document 5 p. 28 cm. copy.
Transferred from the Main Library, Indiana University. 1942
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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, poet. Sheet
signed “John G. Whittier’ for “The autographic Illinois state
testimonial to Mrs. President Hays.”
Document Signed 1 p. 28 cm.
- Contains also in another hand verse: “Her presence lends its
warmth and health to all who come before it: If woman lost us
Eden, such as she alone restore it.”
- Accompanied by:
- (1) Photostat of title page of six volumes of
autographs presented to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes in 1881
as a tribute to her for prohibiting the serving of
alcoholic beverages at the White House during her
husband’s term as President;
- (2) Scott, Georg Tressler, “Illinois’ testimonial to
Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes.” Reprinted with appendix added
from
Journal of the Illinois
State Historical Society
, Spring 1953, pp.
3-21.
Gift. 1953
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Withington, Nathan N., clergyman. Nathaniel Niles.
Typed Document 12 p. 28 cm.
Gift. 1952