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1777 wartime letter re: troop levies

ND note, from former President John Adams, at Quincy, to "Sir," re: excusing "J. and C. Adams" from school on account of the weather; 1815 letter, from former President John Adams, at Quincy, MA, to Rev. Dr. Morse, re: Unitarianism, [copy?], with photocopy.

1754 letter from Hannah Arnold, at Norwich, to her son Benedict, at Canterbury, with parental advice; 1775 letter from Adj. General Horatio Gates to Colonel Benedict Arnold, at Watertown, re: Arnold's departure from Cambridge and his 'plan', mentions General Schuyler and General George Washington; 1780 letter from Benedict Arnold, at "Head Quarters Robinsons House," addressed to "Madam", re: food stores and the need for a house maid, mentions Mrs. Arnold.

1856 letter, from Robert Balmanno, at New York, to Gabriel Harrison, daguerreotypist [of Brooklyn], re: portrait of Shakespeare for Mary Cowden Clarke, with extracts from an 1856 letter by Clarke.

1842 letter, from George Bancroft, at Boston, to John L. O'Sullivan, at New York, re: O'Sullivan's proposed biography of Andrew Jackson, Bancroft's proposed history of the American Revolution, and the matter of establishing international copyright, mentions Amos Kendall, and Charles Dickens [See also: letters of George Bancroft in "Henry Onderdonk Jr. (1804-1886) Correspondence, 1835-18—", Box A0028, folder "Bancroft, George"]

1851 Concert ticket, signed by P. T. Barnum, "M'lle Jenny Lind's First Grand Concert, Wednesday, May 7th [1851]", issued to J. Madison Huntting

1827 letter, from Seth P. Beers, at Litchfield, to Victory Birdseye, re: funds, mentions Amos Lyman

1848 letter, from David Alexander Bokee, at Albany, to Alden J. Spooner, Joshua M. Van Cott, and W. Wallace, as committee members of the Hamilton Literary Association, Brooklyn, re: the committee's invitation

1803 letter from Captain Joseph Brant, at Niagara, addressed "Dear Sir", re: consoling the addressee upon his recent removal from government office concerning "Indian Nations", mentions "Oghgwage Joseph" as bearer of the letter

1846 letter, from John Romeyn Brodhead, at New York, to Alden J. Spooner, re: Brooklyn City Library honorary membership

1859 letter, from John Brown, in prison at Charlestown, VA, to Rev. Luther Humphrey, re: farewell.

1722 military commission, appointing Francis Titus as Captain of Militia for Bushwick in Col. Van Brunt's Kings County Militia, signed by Governor William Burnet at Fort George, in New York

1790 letter from Aaron Burr, to Joseph Burroughs, at New Town, re: discharge of a debt owed to Mr. Mitchell, the late sheriff of Queens County; 1798 letter, from Aaron Burr, at Albany, to General Lamb, at New York, re: Albany news, mentions Edward Livingston, Ten Broeck, Denning, L'Hommedieu, White, Vail, and General Schuyler; 1823 letter, from Aaron Burr, at Albany, to John Greenwood, at New York, re: governmental appointments; 1831 cover note, signed by Aaron Burr, re: "opinion enclosed," with postscript, which mentions Mr. Jay and Mr. Burns; 1833 letter, from Aaron Burr, to B. F. Thompson, at New York, re: aid needed in removing a tenant from the Morrell house, mentions Judge Strong

1824 letter, from B. F. Butler (1795-1858), at Albany, to Messrs. Wells and Van Wagener, attorneys, at New York, re: papers in the care of Banker & Mabbutt; 1833 letter, from B. F .Butler, at Albany, to Victory Birdseye, at Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY, re: court cases

1818 military pension claim, signed by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, on behalf of Simeon Griswold of New York, for Revolutionary War service; 1848 note, from John C. Calhoun, enclosing payment for William Frederick Van Amringe's "An Investigation of the Theories of the Natural History of Man"

1847 letter, From George Catlin, in France, to John Howard Payne, [at Paris?], re: requesting an interpreter, mentions a "M. de Cailleux" who is to inspect some of Catlin's designs intended for King Louis Philippe

1812 letter, from Epaphroditus Champion, at Washington, DC, to Timothy Green, at East Haddam, CT, re: a trade bill before the US House of Representatives authorizing the circumstances of importation of goods and merchandise from Great Britain

1833 letter, from William Ellery Channing, at Boston, to John Howard Payne, at New York, re: Channing's good wishes, but regret at his inability to further support Payne's work

1841 letter, from Rufus Choate, at Boston, to Richard Salter Storrs Jr., at Andover, MA, re: suggested courses of study for Storrs's education; 1844 letter, from Rufus Choate, at Boston, to Richard Salter Storrs Jr., William T. Eustis, et al., as committee for a Society, at Boston, re: declining invitation to lecture before the Society; 1849 note, signed by Rufus Choate

1837 letter, from Henry Clay, at Washington, DC, to John Howard Payne, at New York, re: prospects for enacting copyright legislation

1819 letter, from Governor DeWitt Clinton, at Albany, to Alden Spooner, re: judicial appointments, mentions Mr. Schenk, William Furman, Mr. Lefferts, Mr. Garrison

1777 letter from Cornwallis to General George Washington, re: money and stores sent by General de H[eisler] for the Hessians taken prisoner at Trenton, and also requesting that a flag of truce be respected, thus allowing a surgeon, medicines, etc. to be delivered for the relief of wounded officers and men left at Princeton

1874 letter from George William Curtis, at Staten Island, to Dr. Richard Salter Storrs, re: declining invitations; 1880 letter, from Curtis, in Massachusetts, to Dr. Sanger, re: reform movement, mentions Dr. Henry Whitney Bellows, Charles Collins

1841 letter, from George Mifflin Dallas, at Philadelphia, to John L. O'Sullivan, at New York, re: suggesting that O'Sullivan "polish" Dallas's name

1784 letter, from Thomas Day, to Henry Laurens, at Charles Town, re: good wishes, and Laurens's family

ND letter, from Charles Loring Elliott, at New York, to Gabriel Harrison, daguerreotypist [of Brooklyn], re: praising Harrison's work

ND letter, from B. Emmet, to Alderman [John Yates] Cebra, at "Ferry Committee, Old Alms House" [NY], re: meeting, mentions "Mr. Whiting's resolution about the Leases of the Catharine and Fulton ferries"

1781 letter from General Roger Enos, at "Castelton," to Col. Ebenezer Walbridge, re: rendering approval of the Colonel's orders in a recent military action

1843 letter, from Alexander Hill Everett, at Boston, to John L. O'Sullivan, at New York, re: engraving of Everett, and Everett's straitened financial circumstances

1852 letter, from John Evers, at New York, to Gabriel Harrison, daguerreotypist [of Fulton Street, Brooklyn], re: praising Harrison's work

1888 letter, from John Charles Frémont, at Los Angeles, to Col. Charles Cyril Martin, Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, re: projects at Redondo Beach and Inglewood, California

1809 letter, from Robert Fulton, at Albany, to "Mr. Charles Brownne (sic), Ship Builder," at New York, re: work, exhorting Brownne to "use every exertion," and including an "order for $1,000

1803 letter, from United States Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, to Senator Christopher Ellery, re: Gallatin's intentions, viz. withdrawal of public monies from a certain bank, mentions "Mr. Foster;" 1813 letter from Gallatin to William Few, U. S. Commissioner of Loans, at New York, re: a transfer certificate of stock

1844 letter, from Hugh A. Garland, at Petersburg, VA, to Henry G. Langley, book seller at Astor House, New York, re: introducing "Mr. H. B. Gaines" as a customer

1780 letter from General Glover, at West Point, to "Mr. Fisher, A. [J.] Master, Fish Kill Landing," re: directing Fisher to supply the bearer, Major Leonard, with a horse

1779 letter from General Nathaniel Greene to "Mr. Ming", re: instructions, ordering Ming to proceed to Fishkill, Danbury, and Reading, and to examine the camp equipage of regiments under the commands of General McDougal and General Putnam and then make a report

1776 letter from John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, to the Committee at Trenton, 22 January 1776, re: notice that a previous letter from the committee had been put before the Congress for consideration, and also requesting that the committee send a Brigadier General Prescott and a Captain Chace "who lately commanded the Gaspy arm'd vessel in Canada" to Philadelphia, the two being among a number of officers held prisoner at Trenton, lately escorted there by Colonel Wyncoop

ND [c. 1776?] lengthy letter from Francis Hare, with seal, at "Herstmonceux" [Sussex], to John Laurens, at London, re: "the present crisis," discussing the situation of America, mentions "taxation" and "representation"

1812 letter, signed by Josiah Ogden Hoffman, T. L. Ogden, Samuel Boyd, and David Ogden, at New York City, to John Boyd, at Madrid, New York, as agent, re: a proposed turnpike to be built through lands owned by the signatories in St. Lawrence County, New York, a tax to be levied for the turnpike, proposed settlements in the county attendant on the turnpike's construction, and John Boyd's fitness as agent for the signatories

1843 letter, from New York Bishop John Joseph Hughes to Charles J. Harrison, at New York, re: decoration of churches, mentions St. Peter's Church, Jersey City

1843 letter, from Charles Jared Ingersoll, at Philadelphia, to the "Messrs. Langley," editors of the Democratic Review, at New York, re: two numbers of the Review not received

ND letter, from the Irish portrait painter Charles C. Ingham (1796-1863), to the Brooklyn daguerreotypist Gabriel Harrison, re: Ingham's complimentary appraisal of Harrison's work

1841 letter, from Washington Irving, at Sunnyside, Tarrytown, to Messrs. Langley, Booksellers, at Chatham, re: volumes of interest for research "about the present work"; 1857 letter from Irving, at Sunnyside, Tarrytown, to Alfred Jones Esq., re: Irving's thanks for receiving a copy of Jones's work, praising Jones, and warmly remembering Jones's father; ND letter, from Irving, at New York, to J. H. Payne Esq., at New York, re: a Mr. M'Lane, and a letter of introduction to "the American Minister at Mexico" [See also: letters of Washington Irving in "Henry Onderdonk Jr. (1804-1886) Correspondence, 1835-18—", Box A0028, folder "Irving, Washington"]

3 letters, from Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort Jr.: Undated letter, re: a future meeting at West Point; 1830 letter, from Irving in London to Brevoort at Paris, expressing fatigue with London, wistfully recalling the "clear skies of Spain and the delicious climate of Andalusia," expressing fondness and intent to visit Paris and mentioning Iriving's brother, Peter Irving, and "that worthy Tar Jack Nicholson"; 1830 letter, also from Irving in London to Brevoort at Paris, re: a Mrs. Carson and her brother (at Cheltenham), and mentions travel of Irving's brother to Paris

1807 receipt for tax, signed by Jeremiah Johnson, "Collector of the Eighth Collection District," re: monies paid by Leffert Lefferts "for the heirs of Jacobus L. Lefferts"

1834 letter from Richard Mentor Johnson, at Washington, D.C., to Charles P. Harrison, Esq., re: "Miniatures of the Illustrious Washington" and "suggestions upon a circulating medium"; 1842 letter, from Johnson to the Editors of the Democratic Review, re: subscription

1770 order, from Sir William Johnson, addressed to Mayor Fonda, re: provisioning "this Cherokee Indian" with clothing and other items (with photocopy); (also, an 1865 letter from Lewis P. Clover, at Lanesborough, MA, to Alden J. Spooner, of the "Brooklyn Historical Society," presenting the Johnson letter to the Society)

1843 letter, from Amos Kendall, at Washington, D.C., to Messrs. J. and Henry G. Langley, publishers of The United States Magazine & Democratic Review, at New York, re: arrangements for publication of Kendall's "Life of Jackson", mentions Mr. O'Sullivan

[1859] signature of Thomas Starr King (fragment), attached to note: "Pinned to letter of Nathaniel B. Borden to Rev. Caleb D. Bradlee, Dec. 6, 1859"

1780 wartime letter, from Revolutionary War General Henry Knox, at Camp Precaness (Preakness), New Jersey, to Colonel Joseph Ward, at Boston, re: Knox's indignation at the poor state of the army, extensively expressed, and concern for the intention of the British to attack the French troops at Rhode Island

1782 wartime letter, from Ezra L'Hommedieu, at Middletown, to Nathaniel Shaw Esq., re: a proposal for a prisoner exchange, requesting the release of a Captain Seth Overton, seized at Sag Harbor and held at New York, to be exchanged for "Brooks," taken at Fishers Island and held at New London; (1878 Long Island Historical Society order slip, printed matter, signed on reverse by James H. L'Hommedieu of Brooklyn

1857 letter, from Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar [M. B. Lamar], to Mr. Savage [at New York], re: editing of Lamar's work, mentions sailing from New York [for Central America] and the Saint Nicholas Hotel

1780 letter from General Charles Lee, at Baltimore, addressed "My Dear Sir—," re: advance of funds, drawn upon the addressee, made by Lee on behalf of William Goddard and Eleazer Oswald, mentions Sir Charles Davis and Sir Charles Banbury

2 receipts, 1841 and 1842, printed matter, and an 1841accounting of expenses, signed by Captain Robert E. Lee, of the Corps of Engineers, for Fort Hamilton, NY

3 letters, in German, dated 1881, from the Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius, at Berlin (one with "Königliche Bibliothek" letterhead), to an unidentified gentleman [poss. in New York], re: subscription to "Aegyptischen Denkmälerwerks", with catalog of antiquarian and anthropological materials

1832 letter, from Zechariah Lewis, at Brooklyn, to Col. Alden Spooner, re: wine cultivation and the "Isabella Grape", includes an 1832 circular, printed matter, authored by Spooner (attached)

Commission from War Department

Memorandum

1779 letter from General Benjamin Lincoln, at "Head Quarters near Stone Ferry," to Colonel Henry B. Livingston, at Rhinebeck, NY, re: commending Livingston's past conduct and wishing him safe return from imminent travel abroad

[1730?] official document, signed by Louis XV, King of France, re: land in the town of Blois, also signed by Phelypeaux; 1755 official document, signed by Louis XV, re: land, mentions the church at Blois, also signed by Bouillé

1860 letter, from Manton Marble, at "World Office," to S. Hastings Grant Esq., Librarian of the Mercantile Library Association, re: collection of "those papers" from Grant, and delivery of "the daily" to Grant

1833 letter from New York Governor William Learned Marcy, at Albany, to John Howard Payne, at New York, re: authorising Payne to include Marcy's name in Payne's "proposed work"

1713 land deed, from John Marston [*alternatively spelled John Marstin, and John Martins], to Nicholas Haight, both of Flushing, Queens, LI, for land at Flushing

[Indian interest] 1846 letter, from Thomas Loraine McKenney, at Lyceum House, Brooklyn, to Rev. Mr. Harley, re: McKenney's book, and appealing to Rev. Harley to help promote "the preservation, & future well-being of the remnants of the Aboriginal race"

1811 letter, from Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell, at New York, to Dr. Benjamin Franklin Thompson, at Setauket, LI, re: thanking Thompson for his oration to "the Columbian Order," and mentioning Mitchell's own talk "on the life, exploits, and precepts of Tammany," the letter composed on a circular of the "University of the State of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons" (printed matter)

1846 letter, from Joseph White Moulton, at New York City, to Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, re: reply to O'Callaghan's queries, researching the history of Novum Belgium, mentions indian treaties, land patents, Col. Brant, Spofford, De Vries, the West India Company

1858 letter, from Sir Charles Napier, of Her Britannic Majesty's Legation at Washington, DC, to Captain Sands of the U.S.S. Susquehanna, re: the British government's appreciation of Sands's role in the first attempts to lay the Transatlantic cable

1870 letter, from Francis William Newman, at Keswick, to "My Dear Nicholson," re: discussing the Franco-Prussian War

ND [1839?] letter, from Secretary of the Navy James Kirke Paulding, at Washington, DC, to James Herring of the Apollo Gallery, New York City, re: invitation extended to Paulding, mentions Mr. Clark; 1839 informal letter, from Secretary Paulding, at Washington, DC, to John Howard Payne, at New York City, re: Payne's "business"

1835 circular, printed at New York City, advertising "Peale's Graphics, A Manual of Drawing and Writing, for the use of Schools and Families," with ND note, from Rembrandt Peale, at New York City, to Professor Griscom, re: soliciting Griscom's opinion of the manual; 1859 letter, from Rembrandt Peale, at Philadelphia, to James Carson Brevoort, at Brooklyn, re: Brevoort's "valuable painting," mentions photograph and engraving used for comparison, "Putnam" as subject, Hall the engraver, Pine and Wright, painters, and the Francis Hopkinson family

1843 letter, from South Carolina Congressman Francis Wilkinson Pickens, to John L. O'Sullivan of the Democratic Review, at New York City, re: subscription, and interest in the "late number containing the likeness of Mr. Calhoun"

1844 letter, from John Pierpont, at Boston, to Messrs. Geo. F. Cooledge Bros. [the address missing, but the identification made in the LIHS card catalog record], at New York, re: pre-press corrections

1843, letter from Tennessee Governor and future President of the United States, James K. Polk, at Columbia, Tennessee, to Messrs. J. and Henry G. Langley, publishers of The United States Magazine & Democratic Review, at New York, re: subscription

1882 letter, from Henry Codman Potter, at Grace Church Rectory, New York, to an unknown addressee, re: forwarding substance of Potter's remarks at an anniversary

1852 letter, from John Francis Eugene Prud'Homme, to the Brooklyn daguerreotypist Gabriel Harrison, re: praising Harrison's work

1782 letter, from Joseph Pynchon, at New York, to Jared Landon, at Southold, LI, re: requesting Landon's help in hosting Pynchon's daughter Sally, prior to her trip to Guilford in the care of Landon's brother, David, for the purpose of attending to her share of the estate of "the late Mr. Ruggles," mentions the family of Mr. Brown at Guilford and of the late William Hubbard at Southold

ND note, from Henry Jarvis Raymond to Alden J. Spooner, re: reference to a transcript of Raymond's earlier remarks

1841 letter, from Robert Barnwell Rhett, at Georgetown, the the Editors of the Democratic Review, re: subscription

1838 letter, from Rosewell Saltonstall, at New York City, to John Smalley, [Brooklyn], re: requesting publication of an enclosed note, refuting claims for a new system of navigation made before the Navy Board by John Hale Sheerwood, the not being dedicated to Commodore Ridgeway

1720 unsigned and unsealed articles of agreement, an apparent draft copy of a contract to be made between Peter Schuyler, of Albany, and Ebenezer Willson and Peter Fauconnier, of New York City, re: the disposition of "a Tract of Land in Albany and Dutchess County, called Westenhook," refers to an Act of Assembly of the Province of New York "for the easier partition of Lands in Joint tenancy" and mentions that the covenanters have laid out nine lots "for the nine Patentees therein concerned," the lots having been surveyed and mapped by Philip Verplank

6 letters, all in Dutch, from Philip Schuyler, at New York, to Rutgert Bleeker, at Albany: 1714/1715 letter, re: provisions, mentions "de Twee Scheepers die van de Winter hier uyt Liverpool ingekoomen zyn"; 1714[/1715] letter, mentions Coenraad Ten Eyck, Gerrardus Beekman, Jacobus Van Dyck; 1715 letter, mentions ships and Mr. Delancy and Mr. Van Dam; 1715 letter, mentions Jan Van Nes, Jacob Visher, Capt. Mathys De Hart, Mr. Rackett (the latter, re: London); 1715 letter, mentions Frans Winne, Capt. Bassett [sic]; 1716 letter, mentions Cornelis Swits, Jan Van Nes and his brother Symon Van Nes

1840 letter, from New York Governor William H. Seward, at Albany, to J. Griscom, LL.D., at West Haverford, Delaware Co., PA, re: receipt of "the proceedings of the National Convention for the promotion of popular education"; 1847 letter, from Seward, at Auburn, to Jno Griscom, M.D., re: etiquette for previous incumbents, with regard to new administrations, mentions "His Excellency the Governor" [A third Seward letter, dated 1868, to George Hannah of the Long Island Historical Society, has been removed, and placed with the Records of the Society, in folder #70 of that collection.] [See also: letters of William H. Seward in "Henry Onderdonk Jr. (1804-1886) Correspondence, 1835-18—", Box A0028-A, folder "S"]

ND note, from William Gilmore Simms to Henry G. Langley Esq., re: Simms's biography, "The Life of Francis Marion" [Langley published the 5th ed., 1845]

1803 letter, from U.S. Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith to Rhode Island Senator Christopher Ellery, re: the promotion to Lieutenant of "Mr. Smith[,] Midshipman" from Rhode Island (no relation to the author)

1847 letter, from Seba Smith, at New York, to "Messrs. Gales & Seaton" (Robert Gales Jr. and Wiliam Winston Seaton), editors of the National Intelligencer, at Washington, DC, re: Smith proposes to write a column for Gales & Seaton's journal, offering a perspective on national affairs as seen from New York ("This great, bustling, noisy, restless city is a never failing fountain of material…"), includes a brief, informal resumé; 1855 letter, from Seba Smith, at New York, to Professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, at Cambridge, re: Smith's essay on Agassiz in the United States Magazine

1831 letter, from Jared Sparks to Professor John Griscom, re: enclosed autograph of George Washington [note: this letter may indicate the provenance of a George Washington autograph in the collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society, but the autograph has been separated and any such connection has not been determined at this time]; 1844 letter, from Jared Sparks, at Cambridge, to James Brown Esq., re: biographies, mentions Roger Williams, "President Dwight", "Pike", and Sparks's own "Life of Count Pulaski"; 1851 letter, from Jared Sparks, at Cambridge, to Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), re: Adams's historical writings, extensively responding to Adams's citing of Sparks with regard to the legation of William Carmichael and William Short in Spain during the post-Revolutionary War period, quoting from Sparks' interviews with Short (with mention of Carmichael's "irregular" habits), and, separately, discussing "Conway's Cabal" (General Horatio Gates's effort to supersede George Washington) at length, referring to Sparks's visit with the Marquis de Lafayette at LaGrange in 1829 and elaborating on Sparks's opinion of the disposition of the French towards General Washington, mentioning Count Vergennes and Marshall de Maillebois; 1864 letter, from Jared Sparks, at Cambridge, to S. B. Noyes, Esq., re: the reception of Benjamin Franklin at the court of France, viz. a commemoration of the event by "the ladies of Brooklyn" [See also: letters of Jared Sparks in "Henry Onderdonk Jr. (1804-1886) Correspondence, 1835-18—", Box A0028-A, folder "Sparks, Jared"]

1781 wartime letter from General John Stark, at Saratoga, to Colonel Wallbridge, at Skeensborough, re: request for assistance in aiding Captain Hickok with transport of the General's flag to Canada, mentions the prior day's capture by local militia of five Tories from Canada who held orders "of a similar nature to those taken at Bennington"

1782 letter, from Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, at Bedford, to the Honorable William Smith, Esq., at Goshen, re: the reinstatement of "Mr. Booth," and the role of commanding officers in granting "certificates" to troops for services rendered "in similar situations," mentions the "Commander in Chief" [George Washington]

1843 letter, from Maryland Governor Francis Thomas, at Annapolis, the the Editors of the Democratic Review, at Washington, re: cancellation of subscription

5 jovial letters from Benjamin F. Thompson, at Hempstead, LI, to his cousin Anna Matilda Woodhull, mostly at Freehold, NJ, re: Thompson's writing of the Woodhull genealogy, etc., with typescript copies of same [unchecked for accuracy, JM 4.14.2005] made at time of accession to the Long Island Historical Society: 1848 letter, re: Woodhull's recent visit with Thompson, inferences to her social life, and appreciation for her help with his researches, mentions the Woodman family, a Mr. Mills of Morristown, Dr. Silas L. Condict, Rev. Zachariah Greene of Brookhaven, LI; 1848 letter, mentions Dr. Lewis Condict of Morristown and son Nathan Woodhull Condict, Gov. Dickerson, Messrs. Hicks & Willis (teachers), Edward and Jacob Vanderhoof; 1848 letter, mentions Rev. Mr. Condict of Newark, Dr. Lewis Condict, James Woodhull, William Woodhull, John & Frances (Satterly) Woodhull, Selah S. Woodhull, Elizabeth Woodhull Griswold, and Thompson's trip through western New York State to Niagara; 1849 letter, mentions Henry Woodhull,General Woodhull, a Broadway production of C. Edwards Lester to be called "Kate Woodhull", Rev. Richard Woodhull of Thomaston, ME, Samuel Woodhull of Utica, NY, Mary Woodhull Lacy of Lockport, Woodhulls of Oneida Co., NY, Stephen Woodhull of Setauket, LI, Abraham Cooper Woodhull, and a Mrs. Ellet; 1849 letter, mentions many of the above figures, California Gold Rush, Albert Woodhull of Woodhull & Minturn, Thomas Cooper, John Cooper

1836 letter, from Jabrey H. Tomlinson, at Stratford, to Hon. Victory Birdseye, at Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY, re: "papers" sent to Birdseye

1809 letter, from New York Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, at Albany, to Major Jno. Vernon, re: request, viz. the artillery company, at Albany, mentions Captain John Mills

1792 letter, from Captain Thomas Truxtun, at London, to Messrs. John Warder & Co., re: order for the ship Delaware, concluded by Truxtun and Mr. Constable, referring to East India Investment, mentions specie and merchandise, Truxtun's travel to Madras and Bengal, desire to examine a muster of iron prior to purchase "for the people of India make a great difference in this article"

ND note, in the third-person, from Martin Van Buren to John Wells Esq., re: dinner invitation (with photocopy)

1819 letter, from William Peter Van Ness, at Kinderhook, to John Wells Esq., at Albany, re: adjournment of the District Court

1842 letter, from Robert John Walker, at Washington, DC, to Messrs. J. & Henry G. Langley, at New York, re: remittance

1780 wartime letter from General George Washington, at Morristown, NJ, to Major General Greene, re: securing the means of conveying intelligence between Washington's Headquarters at Morristown and Rhode Island where the French fleet and army are expected to arrive, and also mentions need for the requisition of horses for the army at Morristown

ND note, from John Greenleaf Whittier to an unknown addressee ["Dear fd," i.e., a fellow Quaker], re: a book, mentions Labadist preachers

1796 letter, from Oliver Wolcott, at the Treasury Department, to Matthew Clarkson Esq., Commisioner of Loans, at New York, re: a remittance from the United States Treasurer for $90,000

1843 letter, from former New Hampshire Governor and former Secretary of the Navy and the Treasury, Levi Woodbury, at Washington, DC, to John O'Sullivan, at New York City, re: Woodbury's engraved portrait; 1843 letter, from Levi Woodbury, at Portsmouth, NH, to Messrs. J. & Henry G. Langley, at New York City, re: offering to submit material for the Democratic Review

1776 wartime letter from Colonel William Woodford, at Kemp's Landing, to Captain Jonathan Clark, at Ferry Point, re: transport of prisoners (where is Ferry Point? May be in scope)

1775 Commission of Joseph Harris, as Ensign in the 2nd Company of Foot in the Militia in Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess County, NY, signed by General Nathaniel Woodhull, printed matter [the signature and seal of Woodhull are missing from the document ]

1832 letter, from New York State Comptroller Silas Wright Jr., at Albany, to the Treasurer of the Pompey Academy of Onondaga county, NY, re: State funds due the Academy; 1841 letter from U. S. Senator Silas Wright Jr., at Washington, DC, to Hon. John O'Sullivan, at New York City, re: subscriptions to the Democratic Review for Wright and for John Leslie Russell of Canton, St. Lawrence county, NY; 1843 note, from Silas Wright Jr. to the Publishers of the Democratic Review, re: forwarding a submission from an unnamed poet to the Review

2 17th Century legal documents, probably copies, in antique script, with 1889 note of provenance, signed by John M. Burt, an insurer, of New York City, addressed "To the Librarian": 1627 petition, from [Lionel Cranfield] the Earl of Middlesex, to King Charles I, re: a dispute between the Earl of Middlesex and the Earl of Desmond, mentions Virginia; [1677] petition, by unknown person or persons, to King Charles II, re: a loan [? Appears to be an early copy.]