Series II: John P. Van Ness
Scope and Contents note
Series II is dedicated to General John Peter Van Ness, David Burne's son-in-law. Series includes correspondence and papers, ca. 1788-1845 concerning subjects such as politics, business, banking, the War of 1812, election of 1828, the Van Ness mansion and mausoleum, land dealings, and Washington social life.
Misc. letters (John P. Van Ness, Mrs. Van Ness), music, undated, 1802-1851
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence Re: portraits of John P. and Mrs. John P., undated, 1805-1833
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence with B. H. Latrobe, architect for building Van Ness mansion, 1811-1815
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence with B. H. Latrobe, architect for building Van Ness mansion, 1816-1820
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. correspondence, 1802-1830
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. correspondence, 1831-1848
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence re: politics & law, 1803-1827
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence re: politics & law, 1829-1841
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Re: Militia (NY & Washington?) as Major, Colonel, Brig-Gen., General, 1802-1811
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Speeches, petition for impeachment of A. Burr, undated, 1804
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The case of Samuel Hawkins, 1818-1825
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters, misc., 1802-1845
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Controversy around John P. Van Ness' "official" greeting & President James Monroe, 1817
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Papers re: sale of property bet. John P. Van Ness & John Quincy Adams, 1815-1821
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters: Van Buren, Monroe, 1802-1844
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bond, letters John Jacob Astor, 1809
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Letters: Daniel Webster, speech, 1836-1851
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Sale of Van Alen farm in Kinderhook, 1809
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Papers re: guardianship of the children of James Burns, 1805-1810
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Correspondence re: Isaac Clason Estate, undated, 1813-1819
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Re: Laight Case, undated, 1805-1816
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Re: attack on Washington D.C. by British, 1814
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Woodward Affair, undated, 1804-1809
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Memorandum re: intrigue among Clay, Adams, Webster re: Election 1828 & Jackson, undated
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Commissions (legal, military), 1788-1813
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Misc. letters, receipts, undated, 1793-1845
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Settlement of estate #1, 1846
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Settlement of estate #2, 1847
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Settlement of estate #3, 1848-1852
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Business correspondence - bills and receipts, undated, 1804-1810
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Business correspondence - bills and receipts, 1810-1842
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Business correspondence - land acquisition and rental agreements, 1810-1832
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Re: William Duncanson, undated, 1802-1805
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Business correspondence, undated, 1804-1845
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Re: account with D. Clagett, Clagett & Washington, 1819-1831
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Bills, receipts, legal matters with John Weightman, John Knapp, David Brent, etc., 1804-1812
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Business with Stoughton Gannt, Charles Varden, others, 1802-1841
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Re: sloop "industry", 1803-1814
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Misc. business, undated, 1800-1815
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Misc. business, 1817-1845
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Washington, D.C. business correspondence, 1795-1827
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Washington, D.C. business correspondence, 1828-1845
Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence from Richmond, VA, 1823-1843
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Re: silk manufacture, 1844-1845
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Business correspondence, undated, 1812-1846
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Business correspondence with [W. E.] Boyd, 1813-1819
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Business correspondence with J. H. Barney, 1803-1810
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Re: Elizabeth Bacon, undated, 1839-1845
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Re: D. G. Orme, 1837-1842
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Re: Richard Cutts, 1807-1818
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Misc. business papers, undated, 1800-1847
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Promissory notes and receipts, 1806-1814
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Notes, checks, etc., 1803-1814
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Business letters, undated, 1802-1842
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Misc. business correspondence, 1808-1844
Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Loose account books, circa 1700-1900
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John P. Van Ness vs Brohawn & Byus, 1803-1837
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The Washington Theatre - building & maintenance, 1803-1840
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Washington, D.C: incorporation/autonomy question, undated, 1803-[1805]
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Washington Dancing Assembly, 1805
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Bank of U.S. (#1), undated, 1806-1809
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Re: Bank of U.S. (#2), undated, 1810-1838
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Van Ness Mauseleum, Washington, D.C., undated, 1814-1842
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kennedy claims re: C & O Canal, 1823-1837
Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Re: Chesapeake & Canal, newspaper clippings, 1833-1834, 1984-1986
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Bank of Metropolis - accounts and memos, letters (M. L. Davis), undated, 1814-1841
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Central Cholera Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1832
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Western Cholera Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1832
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Eastern Cholera Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1832
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Receipts and bills of Washington tradesmen (#1), undated, 1803-1819
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Receipts and bills of Washington tradesmen (#2), 1820-1829
Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts and bills of Washington tradesmen (#3), 1830s-1844
Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Domestic receipts (1), undated, 1803-1819
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Domestic receipts (2), 1820-1829
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Domestic receipts (3), 1830-1839
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Domestic receipts (4), 1840-1842
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Re: Peres Packard, 1819-1829
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Receipts and bills (1), undated, 1800's-1819
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Receipts and bills (2), 1820-1829
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Receipts and bills (3), 1830's-1847
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Misc. business, notes (#1), letters, deeds, undated, [1800-1819]
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Misc. business, notes (#2), letters, deeds, [1820-1830]
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Misc. business, notes (#3), letters, deeds, [1830-1850]
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Misc. receipts and notes, 1803-1845
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Receipts and notes (E1), 1815-1840
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Receipts and bills (F1), 1800-1845
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Receipts and bills (F2), 1800-1844
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Receipts and bills (F3), 1800-1844
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Receipts and bills (F4), 1800-1844
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Receipts and bills (G1), undated
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Receipts and bills (G2), undated
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Receipts and bills (H1), 1800-1845
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Receipts and bills (H2), 1800-1845
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Receipts and bills (H3), undated
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Receipts and bills (I1), 1790-undated
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Receipts and bills (I2), 1790-1830
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Receipts and bills (I3), 1790-1830
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Receipts and bills (J1), undated
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Receipts and bills (J2), undated
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Receipts and bills (J3), undated
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Receipts and bills (K1), undated
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Receipts and bills (K2), undated
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Receipts and bills (K3), undated
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Receipts and bills (L1), undated
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Receipts and bills (L2), undated
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Receipts and bills (L3), undated
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Receipts and bills (M1), undated
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Receipts and bills (M2), undated
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Receipts and bills (N1), undated
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Receipts and bills (N2), undated
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Receipts and bills, 1800-1840
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Receipts and bills, household business, money transactions, 1802-1845
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Bills received, 1802-1818
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Receipts, business correspondence, 1793-1844
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Receipts, business correspondence, 1800-1844
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Household businees, personal business, misc. (1), undated
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Household businees, personal business, misc. (2), undated
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Farm land, management, sale correspondences, notes, accounts, land in Westmoreland county, 1788-1824
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Legal financial papers, circa 1790-1816
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Land claims, 1791-1830
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Papers re: Glebe property #1, circa 1700-1800
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Re: Glebe property (#2), circa 1790-1835
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John P. Van Ness vs Rientzel (Daniel), 1803-1808
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John P. Van Ness and William Brent, U.K., legal fees, 1816-1832
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Misc. D.C. property, undated
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Business: leases, deeds, correspondence, 1816-1834
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Walter Jones case with the Bank of Metropolis, 1817-1826
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Widow Conner suit, circa 1847
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Leases and deeds, 1810-1843
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Leases, deeds, agreements, 1805-1845
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Leases and accounts of extended family, undated
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Deeds, leases, notes, accounts, business letters (1), 1803-1844
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Deeds, leases, notes, accounts, business letters (2), 1803-1844
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Cases, leases, accounts, 1819-1830
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Leases, deeds, agreements, D.C. property and taxes, accounts of extended family (1), 1800-1848
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Leases, deeds, agreements, D.C. property and taxes, accounts of extended family (2), 1800-1848
Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Leases, deeds, agreements, D.C. property and taxes, accounts of extended family (3), undated
Box: 12, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bank of Metropolis - John P. Van Ness assigned mortgage, land and property assignment, circa 1840-1850
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Judgements, etc., 1828-1841
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Deeds, memos, lease, 1800-1845
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Leases, deeds, agreements, 1800-1845
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Leases, deeds, agreements, etc., 1800-1845
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Leases, deeds, agreements, etc., 1800-1845
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Leases, deeds, agreements, etc., 1800-1845
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Leases, deeds, agreements, etc., 1800-1845
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Original plats and maps of Washington, D.C., circa 1796
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Original plats and maps of Washington, D.C., circa 1975
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Deeds, memorandums, 1804-1845
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Deeds, leases, agreements, 1818-1845
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Leases, deeds, agreements, undated, 1822-1845
Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Indentures, 1816-1844
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Indentures, 1815-1844
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Indentures, deeds, 1804-1846
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Dinner, 1812
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