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 On Thursday, May 6th, 1915 
 
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 AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH 
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ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION 
 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 
 ENTRANCE AT 6 EAST 23rd STREET 
 
 BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY 1st, 1915 
 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE DATE OF SALE 
 
 AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS 
 OF PERSONS FAMOUS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 John Heise, Esq., of Syracuse, New York 
 
 TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 
 BY ORDER OF THE OWNER 
 
 ON THURSDAY, MAY 6th, 1915 
 
 AT THE HOURS OF 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND 8:15 IN THE EVENING 
 
 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
 THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY 
 MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANTS, OF 
 
 THE i^MERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS 
 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF 
 
 AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS OF 
 PERSONS FAMOUS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 
 
 COMPRISING THE EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION 
 FORMED BY AND THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 John Heise, Esq., of Syracuse, New York 
 
 - TO BE SOLD ON THE DATES HEREIN STATED 
 
 AT THE 
 
 AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
 AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY 
 
 MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANTS, OF 
 
 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION^ MANAGERS 
 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 1915 
 
THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 
 
 DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS 
 
 ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION 
 
 TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY 
 
Conditions of Sale 
 
 1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by 
 the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale in- 
 juriously. 
 
 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between 
 two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for 
 re-sale the lot so in dispute. 
 
 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the purchase money as 
 may be required, and the names and addresses of the purchasers shall be given 
 immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased 
 shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale, 
 shall be made within ten days thereafter, in default of which the undersigned may 
 either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action 
 as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private 
 sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such pur- 
 chaser, and the deficiency, (if any) arising from such re-sale, shall be a charge 
 against such purchaser. 
 
 4. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon payment of the total 
 amount due for all purchases at the sale. 
 
 Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., 
 and on other days — except holidays — between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. 
 
 Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or 
 other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. 
 
 Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase 
 during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 
 
 5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the 
 Association is in no vpise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association 
 for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility 
 for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers ; doing so, how- 
 ever, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges 
 of the parties engaged for such service. 
 
 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title 
 passes upon the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, and thereafter, while the Asso- 
 ciation will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it 
 will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or 
 destroyed. 
 
 Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days 
 from the date of the sale thereof. 
 
 7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Association of the cor- 
 rectness of the description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot, and no sale vsdll 
 be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imper- 
 fection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its 
 sale, after which it is sold "as is" and without recourse. 
 
 The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will 
 give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the efCect that any 
 lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, 'in its judgment, may either sell the 
 lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby 
 would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion with- 
 out proper foundation. SPECIAL NOTICE 
 
 Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders trans- 
 mitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone, will be faithfully attended to without 
 charge or commission. Any purchase so made will be subject to the above Condi- 
 tions of Sale, which cannot in any manner be modified. The Association, however, 
 in the event of making a purchase of a lot consisting of one or more books for a 
 purchaser who has not, through himself or his agent, been present at the exhibition 
 or sale, will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale, 
 and the purchase money will be returned, if the lot in any material manner differs 
 from its catalogue description. 
 
 Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with 
 such plainness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot 
 number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much 
 /or the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects 
 of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting 
 the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit should be sent or reference 
 submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. 
 
 Priced copies of the catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be 
 furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. 
 
 AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 
 
 American Art Galleries, 
 Madison Square South, 
 
 New York City. 
 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 Immediately preceding the sale of the Heise Autographs 
 will be sold the remaining lots of the General S. Wylie 
 Crawford Collection of Civil War Memorabilia, the sale 
 of which should be finished by 4 o'clock, at, or near, 
 which hour the sale of the Heise Collection of Auto- 
 graphs will be commented. 
 
 The American Art Association. 
 
At The American Art Galleries 
 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 
 
 UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF JOHN HEISE, Esq., 
 
 SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
 
 First Session, Numbers 1 to 221, inclusive 
 
 THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 6th, AT 4:00 O'CLOCK 
 
 1. Adams (Abigail — Wife of John Adams, the Second President of the 
 
 United States). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with the addressed portion, 
 Quincy, August 30, 1815. To Hon. Eichard Eush, Attorney- 
 General of the United States, Washington. Pranked by John 
 Adams, whose autograph signature is on leaf of address. 
 
 "I transmit to you two letters lately received. They may communi- 
 cate to you some facts which perhaps you might not receive from any 
 other source. I do it in confidence, as some of the sentiments are not 
 calculated for the meridian where the writer now is. In a subsequent 
 letter of July 17th he writes that 'One cannot indulge even a senti- 
 ment of compassion for the condition of France, where the armies of 
 all Europe are ravaging and [consuming] the country of which they 
 proclaim Louis the Legitimate Sovereign.' " 
 
 2. Adams (John Quincy — Sixth President of the United States). D. S., 
 
 Ip. folio, parchment, (folded). [Washington], May 26, 1837. 
 Countersigned by H[enry] Clay as Secretary of State. With 2 en- 
 graved plates. Portion of document cut away at top. With seal. 
 Interesting "Ship's Paper" of the time when the United States pos- 
 sessed a navy of its own. "Sutter the ship 'Ceres' of New York . . . 
 mounted with (blank) guns, navigated with fourteen men, to pass, &c., 
 said ship appearing to belong to one or more citizens of the United 
 States." 
 
 3. Adams (John Quincy). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Washington, April 35, 1829. 
 
 To Eeverend W. B. Sprague, West Springfield, Mass., a well- 
 known Clergyman of his day, and the possessor of a noted col- 
 lection of autograph letters, &c. 
 
 The writer thanks Mr. Sprague for the Narrative of his tour in 
 Europe sent him, stating that he was greatly interested in his descrip- 
 tions of the countries passed through, and personalities met with, par- 
 ticularly of his interviews with Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Irving, Mr. Rowland 
 Hill, and others, ending: "I expect to leave this place in about a 
 month to resume after a long interval my residence at Quincy. There 
 I hope to be in possession of my father's papers, and will not forget 
 to furnish you with a sample of his autography." 
 
4. Adams (John Quincx). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Quincy, October 4, 1836. 
 
 To William Bates, Wareham. 
 
 "The papers relating to the case of Tillson Burrows were left by 
 me at Washington ... I think the application was referred to the 
 Committee of Invalid Pensions, who reported unfavourably from an 
 opinion that there was a deficiency of evidence," etc. 
 
 5. Adams (Samuel — Member of the Continental Congress, .Signer of the 
 
 Declaration of Independence, &c.). D. S., (Eeceipt) on slip of 
 paper. Boston, October 28, 1794. Signed while Governor of Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 6. Adams (Samuel). D. S., while Governor of Massachusetts, Ip. folio,. 
 
 February 13, 1797. Appointment of a Justice of the Peace. 
 (Folded.) With wax seal and engraved portrait. Together, 3' 
 pieces. 
 
 7. Adams (John — Major in the American Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 
 4to, including addressed portion, Philadelphia, June 17, 1799. To 
 Col. Aaron Ogden [who succeeded Joseph Bloomfleld as Governor 
 of New Jersey]. 
 
 "I arrived at this place yesterday from the back country ... I 
 could wish to have liberty to spend about three weeks on my farm, If 
 compatible with my duty, for I have a very large harvest to cut and 
 would wish to see it fairly begun." 
 
 8. AiNSLiB (Hew — Scottish poet, lived most of his life in America, author 
 
 of the "Ingle Side" and other poems in the manner of Robert 
 Burns). Autograph poem of 5 verses, 4 lines each, entitled "New- 
 Leaves, New Lives," Ip. 12mo. ; also, portion of an A. L., 3pp. 
 oblong, 34mo, Louisville [Ky.], June 30th, 1868. Both pieces in- 
 laid in wrapper. "With a newspaper biographical sketch. To- 
 gether, 3 pieces. 
 
 9. Aldeich (Thomas Bailey — American poet and author). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 13mo, The Players, Gramercy Park, Neiw York, January 5, 1894. 
 To C. E. Deaem, regretting that his engagements will not permit 
 him to accept the courtesies of The Clover Club for January 
 eighteenth. 
 
 10. Allston (Washington — Eminent American artist, painted "Belshaz- 
 zar's Feast," "The Dead Man Revived," &c.). A. L. S., 8pp. 4to, 
 including addressed portion, London, June 13, 1816. To James- 
 McMurtrie, Philadelphia, small portions of one or two leaves dam- 
 aged. 
 
 A lengthy letter, most interestingly written. Writer warmly thanks 
 Mr. McMurtrie for the generous price he was able to secure from the 
 Pennsylvania Academy for one of hi« pictures, — regrets that he cannot 
 seem to improve in one or two necessary particulars his sketch of "Christ 
 Healing," &c., though he is well-pleased with the general arrangernent 
 of it,— praises his friend, Charles Robert Leslie, for his canvas, "The 
 Murder of Rutland by Clifeord," as "doing bun great honour," &c. — 
 and commends Benjamin West, whose portrait he painted, for Jiis great 
 sketch of "Death on the Pale Horse," the painting of which he was 
 about to commence. Allston has been called the "American Titian" 
 because of his wonderful mastery of color combinations. 
 
11. Alsop (John — Member of Continental Congress). D. S. (twice), 2pp.. 
 folio, March 30, 1790. Also, oh reverse, certificate in the auto- 
 graph of Eichard Morris, with signature. Contains signature of 
 Gerard Bancker, treasurer of the State of New York. Inlaid. 
 
 13. American Authoes, &o. McMastbe (J. A.). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, New 
 York, March 3, 1853; Tkain (Geoege Peancis). Verse of 4 lines 
 (altered from Bayard Taylor) with signature and date in Twain's- 
 autograph, Ip. 8vo, March 16, 1865; MoTybieb (Holland N.). 
 A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, Nashville, October 36, 1870 ; Owens (John 
 E.). A. L. S., Ip. 13mo, August 31, 1881; Ellet (Elizabeth 
 Peies). a. L. S., 4pp. 13mo, with portrait. New York, November 
 15, no year. Together, 6 pieces. 
 
 13. American Authors &c. Jewett (Sarah Oene). A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo,, 
 
 South Berwich, February 5. 1877; Leland (Charles G. — "Hans- 
 Breitman"). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Philadelphia, May 6, 1867; 
 O'Eeillt (John Boyle). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Boston, November 18, 
 no year; Converse (Charles C). A. L. S., 3pp. Svo, Erie, Janu- 
 ary, 1876. Together, 4 pieces. 
 
 14. American Authors, &c. "Williams (William). A. L. S., 3pp. small 
 
 4to, Weston, November 14, 1751; Eoszel (Stephen G.). Signa- 
 ture, name, and date. Philadelphia, 1813; Watson (John P.). 
 A. L. S., Ip. folio, Germantown, July 14, 1834; Gould (Hannah 
 P.). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Newburyport, January 18, 1834; Bryant 
 (John Howard.). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Princeton, April 4, 1835. To- 
 gether, 5 pieces. 
 
 15. Ameeican Statesmen, &c. PRELiiirGHUYSEN (Theodore). A. L. S., Ip.. 
 
 smair4to, Newark, June 31, 1836; Taney (Eoger B.). A. L. S.,. 
 Ip. small 4to, Washington, October 39, 1833; Fish (Hamilton). 
 L. S., Ip. 4to, [Albany], March 33, 1853; Jones (John W.). A. 
 L. S., 3pp. l6mo, March 3, 1860; Matthews (Stanley). A. L. S., 
 Ip. Svo, Cincinnati, April 9, 1877. Together, 5 pieces. 
 
 16. American Statesmen, &c. Eivington (James). D. S., twice, and 4 
 
 lines in his autograph, Ip. small 4to, New York, March 9, 1779; 
 Granger (Gideon). A. L. S., Ip. folio, Suffield, October 8, 1798; 
 TiLGHMAN (William). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Philadelphia, March 13, 
 1831; Mason (Hugh). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, n. p. n. d. To- 
 gether, 4 pieces. 
 
 17. Ames (Fisher — American Statesman, member of First Federal Con- 
 
 gress, as an author wrote considerable under the pseudonyms 
 "Brutus" and."Camillus"). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion, Dedham,' April 36, 1803. To Joshua Bates, for some years 
 President of Middlebury College, Vermont. Inlaid. 
 
 "I am directed by the Committee of the First Parish in Dedham 
 for supplying the pulpit to express their regret that 'existing circum- 
 stances' will not permit you to begin preaching as soon as we re- 
 quested," and then continues along similar lines in an endeavor to 
 make other arrangements with him. 
 
18. Aemsthong (John — Member of the Continental Congress, general in 
 
 the American Eevolution, at Brandywine, Germantown, &e.). A. 
 L. S., 2pp. folio, including addressed portion, Carlisle [Pa.], April 
 28, 1777. To Thomas Wharton, President of the State of Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 General Armstrong had left the army about three weeks when this 
 letter was written, the cause of his leaving said to have been dissatis- 
 faction on account of rank. He speaks of finding much opposition 
 to the present government right in the state of Pennsylvania Itself, and 
 makes note of the Militia Law then about operative as being, — "so 
 obviously necessary at this juncture, ^c, what effect this sudden call 
 may have on the farther progress of the Law is yet uncertain as I 
 presume the present quota must go out as volunteers." 
 
 19. Aemsteong (John, Je. — Son of the preceding, general in the American 
 
 Eevolution, served as aide to General Gates in the Burgoyne Cam- 
 paign). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo, [Eed Hook], July 13, 1821. To 
 Dr. Mancius, requesting him to ship a case of Congress Water to 
 Upper Eed Hook. 
 
 The writer was the author of the famous "Newburg Letters" which 
 were issued anonymously and set forth the services and destitution 
 of the soldiers, being intended to arouse Congress to an appreciation of 
 the fact that they required instant relief. The letters created no end 
 of excitement in Army circles, and it needed all the dispassionate argu- 
 ments of Washington to quell it. Armstrong later was Secretary of 
 War under President Madison. 
 
 30. Aenold (Sir Edwin — English poet, author of "Light of Asia," &c.). 
 A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, [London], July 25, 1895. To Mr. Eideing, 
 with thanks for his letter, and requesting him to state "when 
 you expect 'Animal Morality' will appear, and what sort of a paper 
 you wish me to meditate in the style of 'Astronomy as Eeligion.' " 
 
 21. Atkinson (Theodoee — Member of the Albany Congress, 1754). A. 
 
 L. S., Ip. 4to, Portsmouth, August 29, 1768. Inlaid. 
 
 "/ duly received your Favr. of the 15th inclosing Copy of a Bond 
 eaiecuted 6j/ Capt. Wentworth ^ myself a'bout 37 years since, hy which 
 it plainly appears I was not concerned in the original Deht nor had 
 in any way reaped any advantage thereby," &c. 
 
 22. Atjgeeeau (Pieeee P. C, Duo De Castiglione — Marshal of Prance, 
 
 distinguished in the Napoleonic campaign of 1796, at Areola, &c.). 
 L. S., Ip. folio, Paris, January 28, 1812. With fine wax-seal. In 
 Prench. 
 
 Orders the supervision of the Hunting grounds at Maulny to be placed 
 
 in charge of the Due of Otranto, otherwise Joseph FoucW, the famous 
 
 Chief of Police of Paris. 
 
 23. Banistee (John — Son of the Virginia naturalist of same name, mem- 
 
 ber of the Continental Congress). A. L. S., "Banister," 4pp. square 
 8vo, with addressed portion. April 17, 1783. To the Governor [of 
 Virginia-] . Inlaid. 
 
 "... The late Laws of this State, it is needless to observe, are not 
 
 duly promulgated ^ therefore the omissions of duties they enjoin is 
 
 not to be wondered at," &e. 
 
34. Banks (Nathaniel Pkentiss — Union General, GoTernor of Massa- 
 
 chusetts). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, Headquarters Army of Virginia, 
 July 17, 1862. To Governor Morgan, New York, recommending 
 William Simpson for a commission in a New York regiment. 
 
 35. Bannister (John — English comedian, 1760-1836, said by Leigh Hunt 
 
 to be "the first low comedian on the stage"). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, 
 Gower Street, February 18, 1818. To Eichard Wilson. 
 
 "/ understand there is some probability of Mr. Russel 'being reengaged 
 
 at Drury Lane Theatre, I beg leave to recommend him in the strongest 
 
 manner to your consideration." 
 
 36. Baetlbtt (Josiah — First Governor of New Hampshire, the second party 
 
 to sign the Declaration of Independence). Signature to an order 
 for the delivery of beef, Ip. oblong 24mo, Exeter [N. H.], August 
 9, 1783. 
 
 37. Baetlett (Josiah). D. S., Ip. small 4to, Kingston; June 34, 1790. 
 
 With signatures, also, of Joseph Pearson and Ebenezer Smith. 
 
 28. Barton (Bernard — Celebrated Quaker poet, friend of Charles Lamb). 
 A. L. S., "B. Barton," 2pp. 12mo, Woodbridge, February 18, 1847. 
 To Messrs. Gurney and Co., relative to the over-payment upon a 
 draft, slightly repaired. 
 
 The writer signs letter for "Alexanders and Co.," [bankers], where he 
 was employed for forty years. It was the head of the house of Gurney 
 and Co. who was instrumental in raising a fund of £1200.0.0. for Bar- 
 ton's benefit in 1824. 
 
 39. Bates (Edward — Attorney-General under President Lincoln). A. L. 
 S., Ip. 13mo, February 22, 1862. To Henry [Baldwin]. 
 
 "7 take shame to myself that I could not (when you asked me) find 
 the letters of Mr. Meigs to Gov. Johnson. They had been put away, it 
 seems, but too carefully," ^c. 
 
 30. Bates (Edward). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Washington, October 20, 1864. 
 
 To Dr. Julian Bates, St. Louis. 
 
 "I send enclosed Qenl. Pry's letter to me of yesterday, in answer to 
 the Memorial of the S. B. Pilots,^ Engineers. . . . We are well." 
 
 31. Bayard (William — Merchant of old New York, member of the Sons 
 
 of Liberty Association, original owner of all the land on which 
 the city of Hoboken is built). A. L. S., 2pp. foho, with addressed 
 portion. New York, December 15, 1763. To Col. John Brad- 
 street, Albany. Business letter ending up vsdth — "present my com- 
 pliments to Com'dr. Phill Schuyler and family." 
 
 33. Bedford (Gunning — Member of the Continental Congress, Governor of 
 Delaware). A. N. S., mounted, Ip. small 4to, January 39, 1780. 
 To the Librarian of the Philadelphia Library, requesting the de- 
 livery of books to his son. 
 
33. Belcher (Jonathan — Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire 
 
 from which he was removed in 1741, later made Governor of New 
 Jersey). L. S., Ip. 8vo, Boston, November 19, 1731. To the 
 Clerk of the Peace for the County of Barnstable, appointing John 
 Doan a member of some Quorum. 
 
 34. Belcher (Jonathan). D. S., 2pp. large folio, Boston, December 15, 
 
 1732. With seal. Commission of Henry Wheeler. Signed, also, 
 by William Pepperell, then Chief Justice of the Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas, later the Conqueror of Louisburg. 
 
 35. Belcher (Jonathan). Long L. S., 4pp. 4to, Burlington, N. J., Novem- 
 
 ber 28, 1749. To Mr. Waldron [probably the Eichard Waldron 
 who was Secretary of the Province of New Hampshire]. A fine, 
 friendly letter, signed "J. Belcher" and "J. B.," and with a number 
 of corrections in the body of letter in Belcher's autograph. 
 
 36. Benton (Thomas H. — American statesman, author of "Thirty Years' 
 
 View")-. A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Girard House, Sunday, no place, no 
 date. To Mr. Leighton Coleman, with regrets that his public 
 duties will prevent his lecturing before his society, &c. 
 
 37. Bernard (Sir Francis — Governor of Massachusetts Bay, recalled by the 
 
 King of England in response to the demand of the colonists). D. 
 S., Ip. 8vo, Boston, June 15, 1763. Warrant of Payment. Signed, 
 also, by John Cotton, D. Secretary. 
 
 ■38. Bernard (Sir Francis). D. S., Ip. 8vo, Boston, December 28, 1763. 
 Warrant of payment. Signed, also, by John Cotton, D. Secretary. 
 
 39. Berry (Nathaniel Springer — War-Governor of New Hampshire). A. 
 
 L. S., 2pp. 4to, Concord, May 14, 1862. To Gideon Welles, Secre- 
 tary of the Navy, Washington, requesting the appointment of Henry 
 Wilkins, &c. With 8 other signatures of the State's Executive 
 Council. 
 
 40. BiDDLE (Edward — Member of Continental Congress). Legal Document 
 
 written partly in his autograph, with about 15 lines of endorsement 
 on back. Two pp. folio. No place, March 5, 1763. Inlaid. 
 
 41. Blackmore (E. D.— English novelist, author of "Lome Doone"). A. L. 
 
 S., 3pp. 16mo [Teddington], June 30, 1877. To Mrs. Kroecker. 
 Written with blue ink. 
 
 "By this time I hope you have quite recovered. . . . What do 
 you think of the 'Modern Minister'? But perhaps you have not had 
 ti/me to read it. I think it loill be valued in Oermaiiy." 
 
 42. Blackmoee (E. D.). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, Teddington, November 10, 
 
 1875. To Mrs. Kroecker. Written with black ink on mourning 
 paper. 
 
 "I do not know whether 8. Low ^ Co. have sent you any proofs of 
 my pending work ["Oripps, the Carrier"?] . . . I scarcely know 
 what to think as to the saying that 'coming events cast their shadows 
 ■before.' Unless they come in natural sequence upon our own acta, I 
 jcan scarcely believe in their premature ownership of shadow." 
 
43. Blackmoke (R. D.). A. L. in the third person, Ip. ISmo, Teddington, 
 
 May 22, [1875]. To Mrs. Kroecker, enclosing letter from the 
 Messrs. Low, relative to Tauehnitz editions. On mourning paper. 
 
 44. Blackmoee (E. D.). A. L. S., 2pp. 16mo [Teddington], January 1, 
 
 1880. To Mrs . Kroecker . In blue ink on plain paper . 
 
 "Right it is, and pleasant, too, that I should, first write the figures 
 above to you, and hope that they may 6e to you a multiple multiplied 
 of happiness. Your pretty hook came nicely this morning, and we are 
 m,uch pleased with it." 
 
 45. Blackmoee (E. D.). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, Teddington, January 3, 
 
 1889. To Mrs. Kroecker, concerning translations which "generally 
 give no idea of the spirit and smack of the original, and all I have 
 ever seen of Heine's have been sadly flat and lifeless, especially 
 in the rhyme." On mourning paper. 
 
 46. Blaie (John — Son of the first President of Williams and Mary Col- 
 
 lege, acting Governor of Virginia, 1757-8 and 1768). D. S., as a 
 witness, Ip. small 4to, no place, October 37, 1769. Eeceipt for 
 money paid to ISTathan Davis. 
 
 47. Blaie (John — Son of the preceding, delegate to the Federal Conven- 
 
 tion, Chief -Justice, &c.). Currency Note of £2, issued by the 
 State of Virginia, Ip. small 4to, [March 4, 1773]. Inlaid. 
 
 Document signed, also, by the famous Peyton Randolph, one of the 
 few close friends of Washington, President of the First Virginia Con- 
 vention, 1774, and the First President of Congress, same year. 
 
 48. Bland (Thbodoeic — Colonel in the American Eevolution, distinguished 
 
 himself at Brandywine and Saratoga, member of the Continental 
 Congress from Virginia). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, with addressed 
 portion. No place, February 14, 1789. To S. Myers, ordering the 
 delivery of a case of wine. With lithograph portrait. Together, 
 2 pieces. 
 
 49. Blennbehassett (Haeman — Scholar, friend of Aaron Burr, aided him 
 
 in some of his treasonable schemes). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with ad- 
 dressed portion. Montreal, May 10, 1822. To the Hon. [D. S.] 
 Dickinson, Troy, New York, requesting his influence towards secur- 
 ing for his son an appointment to "West Point. (Eepaired.) 
 
 "... Having been taught, sir, by my wife to regard you as a 
 character that appreciates rather the substance than the form of things, 
 without extending this exordium I proceed, at her instance, to solicit 
 your Interest and Patronage for our son who will hand you this let- 
 ter, provided I may do so without trespassing upon your convenience." 
 
 . 50. Bloompibld (Joseph — Officer in Eevolutionary War and War of 1812, 
 Governor of New Jersey, 1801-1812). Signature to a Lieutenant's 
 commission, with State seal, Ip. 4to, Trenton, March 21, 1808. 
 
51. Booth (Junius Brutus — Actor, father of Edwin Booth). A. L. S., 
 
 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Philadelphia, n. d. To D. P. 
 
 Brown. Inlaid. 
 
 "/ hope you'll excuse the delirious letter I sent you from Baltimore. 
 Thank Heaven, my fever has left me and my health is restored. Will 
 you oblige me by inclosing .$50.00 in a note per Bearer and believe me, 
 io." 
 
 52. Booth (Edwin — American tragedian). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Baltimore, 
 
 July 39, [1858]. To [William] Winter, the New York dramatic 
 critic and writer. With 4 portraits and the same number of play- 
 bills, 1876-1888. Together, 9 pieces. 
 
 Lettbk is signed in fttll in lakge letters in imitation of printing, 
 and is exceptional in such form. 
 
 " . . . / hare made the first offer — think it reasonable — hope he'll 
 take it. As I must stop at the first hotels his board would be too heavy 
 to have him with me. Cant you give us some items about the 'Roy alt' " 
 
 53. Booth (Edwin). A. L. S., Ip. 13mo, Newport, October 9, 1883. Name 
 
 of recipient has been cut out and space filled in with transparent 
 paper. 
 
 "Dear Madam ; — I must beg you to excuse me from complying with 
 your wishes .regarding my opinion of the condition of the Drama. I 
 have nothing to add to what has already appeared in print and my na- 
 ture shrinks from that sort of publicity. I trust you will not think me 
 uncivil in declining the compliment you oflEer." 
 
 54. Booth (Edwin). A. L. S., "Edwin," 2pp. 12mo, Monday, no place, 
 
 no date. To Edmund C. Stedman, the poet, enclosing seats for a 
 theatrical performance. Inlaid. 
 
 " ... If you prefer another night give these to some friends and 
 send word to me lohich 'tother night you prefer. Kind regards to wife 
 yoith sincere wishes for her health." 
 
 55. Booth (Edwin). A. L. S., "Ned." 2pp. 12mo, Albemarle Hotel, No- 
 
 vember 30, no year. To "Dear Ad." Personal letter, stating that 
 he has lost his friend's address — that he has been detained by busi- 
 ness relating to his mother's estate, and — that he had to give up 
 dinner on account of being "bunged up with a heavy cold." 
 
 56. BouDiNOT (Elias — American philanthropist, President of Continental 
 
 Congress). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Burlington [N. J.], June 6, 1821. 
 Mentions that he encloses several drafts on various banks, end- 
 ing with, — "I must apologize for this letter, having written it in 
 Bed, and scarcely able to hold up my Head." 
 
 57. BouDiNOT (Elias). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Bur- 
 
 lington, N. J., September 26, 1819. To Elihu Chauncey, Cashier 
 of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 
 
 "Enclosed you have two Notes to meet my two Notes in your Bank 
 when they may become due. ... My reason for taking this step is 
 that I intend to leave this for New Ark [Newark] on Monday, and 
 
 ... I may not return in time to send them ; and as I have grown 
 forgetful, I may omit sending them on the proper day, it being no un- 
 usual thing for a Man to forget his debts." 
 
58. BowDOiN (Jambs — Member of the Continental Congress, Governor of 
 
 Massachusetts, 1785, Bowdoin College named in his honor). A. 
 L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Boston, August 6, 1785. 
 To Hon'ble Israel Williams. 
 
 Written while Governor. "... I sincerely join with you in your 
 vrtshes, that the late great events of Providence may subserve and pro- 
 mote the kingdom of the Redeemer ; and the real happiness and prosper- 
 ity of tliis new Empire : the welfare of which will depend on its adopt- 
 ing, and adhering to, the principles of that righteousness, which is an 
 essential characteristic of that kingdom." 
 
 59. Bowman (Nathaniel — Colonist, Proprietor at Watertown, 1636). A 
 
 D. S., Ip. small 4to. N. p. n. d., but probably Watertown and 
 very early. 
 
 A singular document written in all probability by Bowman who signs 
 it. Note the curious variations in spelling, &c. It is not addressed. 
 
 "The humble acknoledgment of Nathaniell Boman humbly confesseth 
 in answere to what is charged against him by this Honnored Court that 
 he desireth hartyly to be sorrow full that he was soe far over taken 
 in being in both such company & where soe much dishonor came to 
 God ; and soe much case of offence to his people and treble to this 
 Honnered Court: with thankfuU ness to the Honored Deputy for his 
 good advice which through the grace of God I hope will make a better 
 change in my hart. Soe craving humble pardon from the Honored 
 Court for the ofCenses done: Nathanhiell Bowman." 
 
 60. BoYEE (Jean Pieeee — President of the Eepublic of Hayti). D. S., Ip. 
 
 4to, Port au Prince, February 29, 1829. With Official stamps. 
 
 Boyer was a mulatto and presided over the destinies of the Black 
 Republic for twenty-four years, succeeding Petlon in 1818. He fought 
 with General Victor Leclerc for the restoration of the colony to France. 
 
 61. Beadbuey (Thomas — Proprietor of Salisbury in 1639, judge, &c., wife 
 
 tried and sentenced for witchcraft in 1692). D. S., and 4 lines 
 in his autograph, Ip. small 4to, Salisbury, February 2, 1668, attest- 
 ing to the truth of the details specified. 
 
 62. Beadeoed (William — Member of Continental Congress from Ehode 
 
 Island). Signature on back of an order on the General Treasury 
 of the Colony of Ehode Island to pay him a sum of money. Oblong 
 24mo. !N"o place [October, 1775]. Also, Signature of Henry Ward, 
 Secretary of Ehode Island, 1760-1797, as witness to the document. 
 
 63. Beadsteeet (John — British General, was with Pepperill at Louisburg, 
 
 Amherst at Ticonderoga, and a distinguished officer in the French 
 and Indian War). D. S., Ip. oblong 24mo, Fort WiUiams, June 
 21, 1756. Certification of amount due Melgert van Deusen, or, as 
 on document "Mallicot Van Doosa." 
 
 It was this Bradstreet who, eight years after above date, negotiated 
 the treaty of peace with the Indians at Detroit. 
 
64. Brown (John — Officer in the French and Indian War, British colonel 
 
 in the Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, Quebec, September 30, 
 1764. 
 
 "The Oivilitys you was pleased to Shew me makes me Embrace the 
 opportunity of Mr. Murray to assure you that I shall retain a Strong 
 sense of the Same. I have been here ever since the Conquest of the 
 place. . . . From being Tjieut. of the Grenadiers, I am now Captain 
 of them. ... P. S. All the Gentlemen of the Batln. that were at 
 Annappolis now remaining in it, viz : Archbold Poison & Grant beg 
 their respects to you." 
 
 65. Browning (Elizabeth Baerett — English poetess). A. L. S., Ip. 16mo, 
 
 (with addressed envelope) Sunday, no place, no year. To Miss 
 Shepard. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 Letter refers to the illness of Una Hawthorne, one of the Hawthorne 
 children, and is to a Miss Shepard, their governess. Though letter is 
 undated, &c. it was probably written in the famous Casa Guidi, Flor- 
 ence, sometime during the spring of 1859, in the late May of which 
 year Hawthorne returned to London by the way of Marseilles, &c. In 
 Florence the Brownings were neighbors of the Hawthornes, the former 
 being domiciled in the Casa Guidi noted, the latter in Casa Bella nearby. 
 
 "Thank you, my dear Miss Shepard, thank you. I send the ieef- 
 tea, — and will you let me know to morrow when more shall be wanted* 
 or whether the gelatina made of chicken would Be a desirable change* 
 Use me, I beg of you. I do congratulate you all, out of a full heart. Af- 
 fectionately Yours, 
 
 Elizabeth B. Browning. 
 
 One word of verbal message to say how she is to day." 
 
 66. Browning (Egbert — English poet). A. L. S., Ip. ISmo (with ad- 
 
 dressed envelope) [London], May 34, 1878. To Colonel Higgin- 
 son, Charing Cross Hotel. Together, 3 pieces. 
 "My dear Colonel Higgvnson, 
 
 I shall be delighted to see you at the "Athenaeum" to-morrow at, 
 or after, three o'clock. Pray forgive a little delay in saying this — c« used 
 as it has been by circumstances over which I had no control. 
 
 Very Sincerely Yours, 
 
 Robert Browning." 
 
 67. Bryant (William Cullen — American poet). A. L. S., Ip. 13mo, no 
 
 place, March 13, 1853. To F. Sanders, his publisher. 
 
 "Eave you any more proofs of my discourse. . . . Tomorrow after- 
 noon I am going into the country," ^c. 
 
 68. Bryant (William Cullen). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, including addressed 
 
 portion [New York] . March 8, no year. To W. E. Eobinson, Yale 
 Law School, New Haven, in answer, probably, to a demand for an 
 address of some kind. 
 
 "I am sorry that it is not in my power to comply with your request. 
 I am much occupied it is true, but on this occasion I would not allow 
 that to be an obstacle. I find it so difficult to produce any thing for 
 these occasional celebrations, that I have made it a rule to decline writ- 
 ing for them." 
 
 69. Burgess (George — First Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Maine). A. L. 
 
 S., Ip. 4to, Gardiner, March 14 ,1853. To Mrs. J. A. McAllister, 
 relative to the various sources of certain metrical versions of the 
 Psalms. 
 
70. BuEE (Aaeon — ^Vice-President of the United States). A. D. S., Ip. 
 
 4to, with full signature in body of document and surname written 
 twice thereon [New York, April 4, 1787]. 
 
 "And the said Thomas [Ivors] by Aaron Burr his Attorney comes and 
 defends the form and Injury, when^" &c. 
 
 71. Buee (Aaeon). A. L. S., Ip. foUo, July 2, 1786. Legal Document. 
 
 Joseph Cutter and John Puller against Archibald Herley. Inlaid. 
 "Please to take notice that the above named Defendants intend to 
 give in evidence and insist upon at the tryal of this Cause that the 
 above named Plaintiff at the time of the exhibiting of his biU against 
 them in this Cause was and still is indebted to them in two hundred 
 pounds of lawful money of the State of New York," &c. 
 
 72. BuKE (Aaeon). A. L. S., 2pp. small 4to, including addressed portion. 
 
 New York, January 2, 1822. To I. D. Smith, State Street, 
 
 Albany. 
 
 "/ expect to 6e with you on Saturday Evening — Please to reserve 
 a Room for me — My stay in Albany is uncertain — it may Be during the 
 sitting of Supreme Court only, or it may 6e the whole Winter." 
 
 73. BuEK (Aaron). L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, New 
 
 York, July 29, 1834. To Mrs. J. V. N. Yates, Albany, New York, 
 stating that the longer absence of her husband "will not only expose 
 me to great inconvenience, but to a ruinous loss," &c. 
 
 74. BuEK (Aaeon). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, including addressed portion. 
 
 No place, no date. To Col. John Nicholson, slightly repaired. 
 
 "You must pardon me for troubling you so often. I wait in town only 
 for the settlement of the business with Mr. Rawle. Can you call on 
 ■ me this morning, and at what hour?" 
 
 75. Caldwell (James H. — Actor, manager in New Orleans). A. L. S., 
 
 4pp. 4to, with addressed portion. New Orleans, March 19, 1823. 
 To T. Philips, Natchez, small repair made, part of word missing. 
 It was under Caldwell's auspices that the debut of Charlotte Cush- 
 man was made. He suggests to Philips that he postpone his appearance 
 in New Orleans until April 13th, prox., for at that time, — "7 could bring 
 you out to every advantage — a fine orchestra, an excellent operatic com- 
 pany, and "Barber of Seville," "John of Paris," "Lionel and Clarissa," 
 ^c, all perfect." 
 
 76. Calhoun (John C. — American Statesman, Secretary of War under 
 
 President Monroe). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, 
 Port Hill, May 27, 1839. To Ashbury Dickens, Washington. 
 
 "I have received of Ashbury Dickens, Secretary of the Senate of the 
 United States, two volumes containing "The Collection of Acts of Con- 
 gress and Official Instructions and Opiriions respecting the Publick 
 Lands" transmitted through the mail." 
 
 77. Cambeon (Simon — Secretary of War under President Lincoln). A 
 
 L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion. Harrisburg, January 8, 
 1827. To John Snyder, Seton's Grove, Penna., relative to certain 
 paper to be supplied him for one of the newspapers he was 
 then editing. (Slightly repaired.) 
 
78. Campbell (John — Indian trader, one of the original settlers of Louis- 
 
 ville, Kentucky). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Pittsburgh [Pa.], January 
 t, 1773. Concerns a list of ''ballances" which he was unable to 
 get ready, &c. 
 
 Campbell, as early as 1764, laid off a town on the site of the present 
 
 city of Pittsburgh, Pa., and was the original owner of a large portion 
 
 of the land on which Louisville, Ky., now stands. 
 
 79. Canbt (Edwaed E. S. — In Mexican and Civil Wars, general in the 
 
 latter, commanded the troops in New York city and harbor during 
 the Draft riots of 1863). A. L. S., Ip. 4to. No place, no date. 
 To the Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Mentions the abduc- 
 tion of three colored children to the Island of Cuba as slaves, which 
 was "in violation of the laws of Spain." Inlaid. 
 
 80. Caeet (Phoebe — American poetess). Autograph poem, signed (under 
 
 caption), 12 verses, 4 lines each, entitled "Conflicts," 2pp. folio, 
 undated. 
 
 "Faded the sunken sun's last fires 
 
 From the low valley lands' and rills, 
 And one by one his funeral pyres 
 
 Burned down to ashes on the hills. 
 And now the evening, noiselessly. 
 
 And by this faint light half revealed. 
 From out her lap full of red stars 
 
 Sows the blue pavement like a field." 
 
 81. Caeleton (Sie Guy, Lord Dorchester — British commander-in-chief in 
 
 1781 succeeding Sir Henry CKnton) . A. L. S., as Lord Dorchester, 
 Ip. 4to, Quebec, January 25, 1791. To Alexander Adair, London, 
 drawing upon him for £500.0.0. 
 
 82. Caemichael (William — Member of Continental Congress, &c., asso- 
 
 ciated witii Silas Deane in Paris, 1777). A. L. S., 3pp. .4to, includ- 
 ing addressed portion, Paris, February 8, 1777. To Arthur Lee, 
 Nantes, [associated with Dr. Franklin and Silas Deane in efforts 
 to secure a treaty with France, 1776, member of the Continental 
 Congress, and in 1777 appointed Special Commissioner to Spain]. 
 Letter reedged with linen. With engraved plate. Together, 2 pieces. 
 "... I have been of opinion that Congress had shown too much 
 neglect to that Court [Spain] and that it has been the Interest of the 
 French ministry to persuade us that Spain would take from, and not 
 give the lead to, France. How nigh the King of Spain was from acting 
 diametrically opposite to this, is wellknown to you, and indeed every 
 part of his conduct has uniformly shown a disposition for war. . . . 
 I refer for news. If any, to Mr. Deane." 
 
 83. Caeeoll (Charles, of Carrollton — Signer of the Declaration of In- 
 
 dependence). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, with portion of envelope ad- 
 dressed in his autograph. No place, November 3, 1829. To Mrs. 
 Emily Mac Tavish. Mounted on brown paper. 
 
 This letter, said to have been the last penned by Carroll, was written 
 to his granddaughter three years before his death. 
 
 "I forgot to hring with me the phial containing the liqmd with which 
 I wash my teeth. . . . Affectionate remembrance to Mr. Mac Tav- 
 ish. I wish he was here ... as 7 weed his assistance in doing my 
 business. I can see only with one eye, and that dimly." 
 
84. Caeeoll (Lewis — Eev. C. L. Dodgson) ; English author,; wrote "Alice 
 in Wonderland," &c.). A. L. S., Ip. 16mo, Oxford, February 22, 
 1887. To Alfred Dymes, small repair. 
 
 "/ thought the test help I could render, . . . would Be to send 
 yr letter to the inventor, who is a friend of mine . . . I find work- 
 ing, a heavy joh on rough roads; on a smooth dry road I think you'll 
 find it goes well." 
 
 S5. Casswell (E. a. — Confederate Brigadier-General). A. L. S., (in 
 pencil), 4pp. 4to, Head Quarters, Eoanoke Island, November 9th, 
 1861. To "Dear Judge." 
 
 Long, thoughtful letter written during the early period of the Civil 
 War, by one who earnestly desires light on certain questions which he 
 believes his judicial friend in Georgia can furnish, — as to the character 
 of the legislators, "will they legislate like statesmen, or as self-seekers?" 
 as to government, "can we govern ourselves and he contented or must 
 the Catalines have a Supreme Master to hold them down iy the iron 
 heel of despotism," &c. 
 
 86. Caswell (Eict ta ep — Member of the Continental Congress, first TJ. S. 
 Governor of North Carolina, commanded the State troops at the 
 Battle of Camden). A. L. S., 2pp. folio [Kinston], February 27, 
 1787. 
 
 Letter is addressed to John Sevier, the celebrated Huguenot Indian 
 fighter, &c. and Governor of Franklin, what is now Tennessee, but was 
 ' then a state within a state, being really a portion of North Carolina. 
 Governor Caswell, the writer of this letter, had, two years previous to 
 the date of it, dissolved the government of Franklin declaring it to be 
 a revolt, &c., Sevier was captured and imprisoned but later released 
 and took the oath of allegiance to the United States. An interesting 
 communication, mentioning treaties with Indians, the cutting through 
 of the Cumberland Road, &c. 
 
 ^7. Catheeine De Medicis — (Wife of Henry II. of France, instigator of the 
 massacre of St. Bartholomew). D. S., on vellum, Ip. oblong folio, 
 Paris, July 26, 1578, granting the sum of 1200 livres to Marguerite 
 Guyot, vndow of Pierre de Piegnat, General Treasurer of Finances. 
 
 :88. Chaeles I., King oe England. D. S., vellum, Ip. oblong 4to, White- 
 haU, October 27, 1639. 
 
 Fine specimen of a Proclamation allowing Bobert Lee to hunt pheas- 
 ants and partridges upon his own lands in Berks. Addressed to the, — 
 "Master of our Hawks, aU our Justices of the Peace, BalUffs, Game 
 Keepers, or any other whom it may concern." 
 
 ^9. Chase (Philandee — Protestant Episcopal bishop of Ohio and Illinois, 
 foxmder of Kenyon and Gambler seminaries in Ohio, and Jubilee 
 College in Illinois). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, 
 Gilead, M. T., April 25, 1835. To Bishop WiUiam Ingraham Kip, 
 mentions concerning his missionary labors and states that "all in 
 Gilead are in good health." Inlaid. 
 
 :90. Chase (Salmon P. — Secretary of Treasury under President Lincoln). 
 A. L. S., Ip. 12mo [Washington], August 8, 1862. To "Dear Char- 
 lotte," regretting that he cannot do anything for a mutual friend. 
 
91. Chase (Samuel — American jurist, signer of the Declaration of Inde- 
 
 pendence, member of the Continental Congress from Maryland). 
 A. D. S., Ip. oblong 24mo, Baltimore, January 1, 1807. Draft on 
 the Bank of the United States for $875.00 in favor of David 
 Harris. 
 
 92. Chase (Samuel). Document, Ip. folio, Baltimore, January 23, 1793, 
 
 endorsed on back with signature of Samuel Chase, and others. 
 Document is written entirely in the handwriting of Charles Cole, 
 who, as a liquor dealer, petitions the Governor and Council of 
 Maryland, for a remission of a fine imposed. Inlaid. 
 ; 'Cole, a Colonel in the American Revolution, was fined six hundred 
 pounds of tobacco for selling liquors without a license. As, however, 
 Cole showed that he operated under the license of his father, then de- 
 ceased, his fine was remitted. 
 
 93. CiBBEE (Collet — English actor and dramatist). D. S., Ip. oblong 24mo, 
 
 January [1696]. "Ye hire for Mrs, Porter in ye Victoria," &c. 
 Contains signature of Cibber, with, also, signatures of Bob. Wilks 
 and B. Booth, who were associated with Cibber in the management 
 of the Drury Lane Theatre about the date noted. 
 
 94. Civil War &c. Cameeok (Simok). L. S., and three lines, Ip. 4to, 
 
 Washington, November 1, 1861; Peaece (Johk H.). A. L. S., Ip. 
 4to, Burton's Farm, March, 1863, vsdth endorsement of Colonel 
 P. E. Page; Military Telegram to B. I. Strong, Ip. 8vo, War- 
 rentown, September 2, 1863; D. S., Special Oedbes from Maj.- 
 (jeneral D. H. Maury, Ip. 4to, Mobile, December 19, 1864; Coch- 
 EANE (GrENEEAL John). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, ISTew York, October 29, 
 1879; Viele (General Egbeet L.). Biographical Data in his 
 autograph with signature in the body thereof, 2pp. 4to,.!N"ew York, 
 n. d. Together, 6 pieces. 
 
 95. Clay (Hestey — American Statesman). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Boston, No- 
 
 vember 3, 1833. To H. Shaw. 
 
 "/ have delayed an answer to your oMiging letter until I could have 
 a distinct view of the route and time of my return. I now think that 
 I shall favor Worcester, where I hope to arrive on tomorrow, proceed 
 to Hartford on Wednesday," &c. 
 
 96. Clay (Heney). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Ashland, May 24, 1849. To H. 
 
 E. M. Bancroft. 
 
 "/ Tyeg leave to introduce to your acquaintance Messrs. M. Ward of 
 Louisville and R. W. Adams of N. Orleans. They are young gentlemen 
 of high respectability, ^c" 
 
 97. Clemens (Samuel L. — "Mark Twain"). Endorsement (3 lines includ- 
 
 ing signature) on a dividend cheque; also, A. L. S., 3pp. 16mo, 
 from his wife, Olivia L. Clemens. No place, October 31, 1900. 
 Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 98. Cleveland (Geover— Twenty-second President of the United States). 
 
 Signature on a card mounted on sheet of paper containing in one 
 corner a pencil drawing of a bust of Cleveland in caricature. In 
 another hand is written, — "Albany, December 17, 1884." 
 
99. Cleveland (Gkovee). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo (with addressed envelope), 
 Princeton, November 23, 1904. To Hon. Bayard Stockton, Prince- 
 ton, N". J. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "You may be sure that I would be dellgMed to avail myself of your 
 escort to Trenton on Wednesday if I could prudently go — which I can- 
 not do. I am only just home from a gunning trip and arrived in an 
 ailing condition, which exacts, that having "danced," I must busy my- 
 self in a way to "pay the fiddler." 
 
 100. Clinton (Geokqe — ^Vice-President United States, first 'Governor 'New 
 
 York, &e.). D. S., Ip. small 4to [Albany], February 8, 1794. A 
 resolution of the Council of Eevision concerning the regulation 
 of Pilots and Pilotage for the Port of New York, &c. 
 
 101. Clinton (Geoege). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo [Albany], November 30, 
 
 1784. To Gerard Bancker, Treasurer of the State of New York. 
 On reverse is a receipt made out in the handwriting of Bancker 
 and signed by Matthew Visscher. Inlaid. 
 
 "Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature, passed the Present Session, 
 for the Payment of certain Contingent Expenses, &c., Pay to the Com- 
 missioners for Indian AfCairs, Forty Pounds, and for so doing this 
 shall be your warrant." 
 
 102. Clinton (Geoege). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Washington, January 25, 1810. 
 
 To I. W. Tiffany 
 
 "... I certainly could have no right, to consider it an unfriendly 
 admission to apprize me of any demands you may have against me, 
 if from the manner of doing it an inference might not be drawn that 
 your account had been long before rendered, and that I had neglected 
 to compensate you for your services. ... I do not recollect a sin- 
 gle instance when a compromise was made by me," &c. 
 
 103. Clinton (James — General in the American Eevolution, officer in the 
 
 Prench and Indian War, distinguished himself under Bradstreet at 
 Port Frontenac). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo, Albany, March 30, 
 1781. [To the Albany Legislature.] 
 
 "... respecting the Requisition of Solomon Pendleton and Ebe- 
 nezer Mott, captured at Fort Montgomery, to be readmitted Into the 
 Line of the Army. ... At present there are no Vacancies in either 
 of the State Eegts. in which the Gentlemen can be provided for," &c. 
 
 104. Cltmee (Geoege — Signer of the Declaration of Independence). D. S., 
 
 Ip. small 4to, July 1 [6], 1776. To John Nixon, the first man to 
 read to the public the Declaration of Independence. An order for 
 payment for work done at Fort Island. Signed also, by Owen 
 Biddle and James Biddle. 
 
 105. Clymee (Geoege). D. S., Ip. small 4to, partly printed, Philadelphia, 
 
 no date, but circa 1791. Signature appended as Supervisor of the 
 Eevenue for District of Philadelphia. 
 
 106. CocHEAN (John — General in the Civil War, Attorney-General of the 
 
 State of New York, 1863-1865). A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo, Head Quar- 
 
[No. 106 — Continued] 
 
 ters, Palace Gardens, August 21, 1861. To E. D. Morgan, Governor 
 of Few York State. 
 
 "I mustered in my eightJi company yesterday. Five companies being 
 in camp at Willetts Point, I this morning sent the three companies 
 here to Willetts Point. . . . The Quarter Master will be Ool. D. D. 
 Tompkins." 
 
 107. Colonial, &c. Etceman (Tobtas). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Albany, April 
 
 15, 1'732; DuLANT (Daniel, Se.). L. S., 3pp. 4to, Annapolis, 
 November 6, 1733; Pen-nee (Akthue). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, 
 [Providence, November 4, 1772]; Botspoed (Amos). A. L. S., 
 Ip. folio, New Haven, May 32, 1776. Together, 4 pieces. 
 
 108. Colonial, Eevolutionaey, &c. Willis (Captain Samuel). A. L. S., 
 
 3pp. square 8vo, Middletown, July 31, 1758. Signed twice; Bae- 
 eack Eetuens of Bedding, Furniture, &c., at Oswegatchie and Port 
 William Augustus, Ip. folio. May 1, 1773. Signed by Edw. Pitz- 
 gerald; Loudoun (John C). L. S., "Loudoun," Ip. 4to, Privy 
 Garden, February 3, 1776; Hamilton (Genbeal Sohuylbe). A. 
 L. S., Ip, 13mo, Washington, August 7, 1851; Hamilton (Gen- 
 EEAL Chaeles S.). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, West Point, March 30, 
 1843. Together, 6 pieces. 
 
 109. CoNTEE (Benjamin — Clergyman, officer in the American Eevolution, 
 
 member of the Continental Congress, 1787-8). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, 
 including addressed portion, Baltimore, September 11, 1787. To 
 Thomas Pitzsimmons, Philadelphia, expressing his disappointment 
 at the non-arrival of certain sums of money, the prospect of negotiat- 
 ing other sums, a portion of which will be needed for the dispatch- 
 ing of a ship to sail early in July from London, &c. Inlaid. 
 
 110. Continental Congeess. Yates (Abeaham). D. S., Ip. small 4to, 
 
 April 3, 1783. Signed, on reverse by Pierre Van Cortland; Spar- 
 hawk (John). D. S., Ip. small 4to, Portsmouth, May 30, 1785. 
 Signed, also, by William Gardner and Peter Coues (Inlaid) ; PoL- 
 soM (Nathaniel). D. S., Ip. small 4to, Portland, February, 
 1786. Signed, also, by Peter Coues and John Noble; Dayton 
 (Jonathan). D. S., Ip. small 4to, New York, July 17, 1791; 
 Otis (Samuel). L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion [Albany], 
 June 1, 1794. Together, 5 pieces. 
 
 111. Continental Congeess. Dybe (Eliphalet). D. S., Ip. small 4to, 
 
 New Haven, November 3, 1763; Dayton (Jonathan). D. S., Ip. 
 folio, Essex County, September 8, 1764. Signed, also, by Jacob 
 De Hart and Matthias Williamson; Bayaed (John). D. S., Ip. 
 small 4to, Philadelphia, March 31, 1777; Poebbs (Jambs). D. S., 
 receipt slip, June 6, 1778. (Inlaid.) Together, 4 pieces. 
 
 113. CooPEE (John — Member of the Continental Congress). D. S., Ip. folio, 
 December 13, 1783. Signed, also, by William Harrison. Con- 
 concerns two vritnesses for the latter who are sitting then in the 
 General Assembly of New Jersey. Inlaid. 
 
113. CooPEE (John). Signature to the affirmation of Benjamin Gilbert, 
 
 a Quaker, in an action against Timothy Shaler in the Gloucester 
 Superior Court of Common Pleas, June 18, 1783, Ip. 8vo. Also 
 signed by Benjamin Gilbert. 
 
 114. Cooper (J. Fbnimoee — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Coopers- 
 
 town, July 6, 1845. To E. Wither. 
 
 "I enclose a draft for $450.00 which I wish to pay on my note due IQth 
 or 19tft. — I have forgotten the precise ialance, tut suppose it to 6e under 
 .$820.00. ... J have about $20.00 in your hands now . . . 
 
 N.B. We shall have a rumpus with Mexico, but it mil not come 
 to much." 
 
 115. CooPEK (Thomas — Scientist, President of the University of South 
 
 CaroUna, Columbia, 1830-1834). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, ■with addressed 
 portion. No place, December 31, 1837. To Hon. WiUiam C. 
 Preston, Washington, somewhat repaired, on the subject of seces- 
 sion. 
 
 "... We are willing to go all lengths and cut the knot if need- 
 ful. We think we can depend on being followed ty Georgia, Alabama, 
 Mississippi, and Louisiana. . . . Gov. Butler has written you re- 
 cently and to day writes to Calhoun. . . . I fear the doctrines of 
 neutrality and international law will prevent our annexing Texas, unless 
 we are forced into secession." 
 
 116. CoEELii (Maeib — English authoress). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Stratford-on- 
 
 Avon, February 14, 1903. To Mr. Hutchinson. 
 
 "Some one in your office has blundered. Please to receive the en- 
 closed cheque back — as you have already paid me for the article in 
 the 'Lady's Kealm.' I hear that the proofs are again somewhat al- 
 tered, and it will save time, trouble and 'ructions' generally, if you 
 will send me them all again from the beginning to glance through." 
 
 117. CoENELL (EzEKiEL — Self-cducated mechanic, member of the Continental 
 
 Congress, General in the American Eevolution). A. D. S., Ip. 
 large folio (folded). Head Quarters, December 39, 1776. To the 
 Council of Safety at Philadelphia. 
 
 "Return of Prisoners this Day sent to the Council of Safety, Philadel- 
 phia: 69 Sergts., 19 Drums & Fifes, 719 Privates. N. B. There are 
 many stragUng about town which will be sent forward as soon as they 
 can be collected." 
 
 118. Ceaig (Sie Jambs Henet — British general in the American Eevolu- 
 
 tion, served at Lexington and Bunker HiU). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, 
 Colchester [England], September 14, [1803]. To Major-General 
 Browning, relative to correspondence with Sir Henry Mildmay, 
 concerning lands, military affairs, &c. 
 
 119. Ceittendbn (JoHiT JoEDAN — Attorney- General under Presidents Har- 
 
 rison and Fillmore, Governor of Kentucky, six times elected to the 
 Senate). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, Washington, March 37, 1844. To 
 C. Coleman. 
 
 "... The spirit and confidence of Clay's friends here, are high 
 and strong, and his election is considered certain. The Oregon and Texas 
 questions seem to be subsiding. There has never been any great ex- 
 
[No. 119 — Continued'] 
 
 citement about them here, tho' some noise has been made. ... It 
 is not improbable that Oapt. Tyler may present us with a treaty for 
 the annexation of Texas. Such a measure would produce a great sen- 
 sation here. ... it seems to me there would not be the least prob- 
 ability of the ratification of such a Treaty." 
 
 Ceoghan (Geoege — See under Geoghan, ISTo. 301). 
 
 120. CuETis (Benjamin Eobbins — American jurist, one of the council for 
 President Johnson at his impeachment trial). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, 
 Boston, April 13, 1869. To L. J. Cist, telling him where he 
 will be able to obtain certain information. Inlaid. 
 
 131. Gushing (Caleb and Thomas), Wintheop (John), Powell (Jeee- 
 miah), and Othees. — Members of the Continental Congress). 
 Signatures on an Account of the travel and attendance of the mem- 
 bers of the Honorable Council during the recess of the Grand 
 and General Court from July 33, to August 27, 1776, 2pp. folio. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 Contains also the signatures of, — Walter Spooner, Benjamin Chad- 
 burne, John Whetcomb, Samuel Holten, Jabez Fisher, Moses Gill, John 
 Taylor, Benjamin White, William Phillips, Ebenezer Thayer, David 
 Sewall, Daniel Hopkins, Francis Dana, and John Avery. 
 
 122. CusHiNG (William — American jurist, attorney-general of Massachusetts, 
 
 appointed by Washington Chief Justice, but did not accept) . A. L. 
 S., Ip. 4to, Eichmond, November 19, 1798. To George Simpson, 
 Cashier. 
 
 "I arrived here yesterday and this evening received yours of the 12th 
 containing four hundred dollars in postnotes and thank you for so 
 great punctuality." 
 
 123. CusHMAN (Chaelottb — American actress). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Tremont 
 
 House, Chicago, February 13, 1875. To P. M. Johnson, Gales- 
 burg, Ills., declining to give a reading on account of other en- 
 gagements. Mounted. With engraved portrait; and playbill of the 
 Theatre Eoyal, Hull, announcing her appearance in "The Honey- 
 Moon" and "Guy Mannering" (1845). Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 134. Dale (Eichaud — American naval officer, served under John Paul Jones). 
 
 D. S., Ip. folio. Canton, December 1, 1799, being an account of cer- 
 tain factory expenses, including rent, provisions. Coolie labor, 
 liquors, &c. Signed, also, by E. Willing. 
 
 135. Dana (Feancis — Member of the Continental Congress, Secretary of the 
 
 John Adams embassy to Great Britain to negotiate treaties of 
 peace with that country). A. D. S., 2pp. small 4to, circa, 1774. 
 A legal opinion as to the Estate of Mr. Winthrop. 
 
 136. Dane (Nathan — Member of the Continental Congress, celebrated New 
 
 England jurist). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, New York, August 17, 1782. 
 To Hon'ble. S. Holten. Inlaid. 
 
 "... Nothing of importance has occurred since you left this 
 place. There has been no Congress, though we expect N. Carolina here 
 every day when Congress will proceed to business," &c. 
 
127. Davies (Hbney E. — General in the Civil War, public administrator of 
 
 New York City, 1866-1869). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Head Quarters, 1st 
 Brigade, 2d Cavalry Div., Army of the Potomac, January 16, 1865. 
 To E. E. Fenton, Governor of New York State, recommending Lt. 
 W. W. Glazier for a commission. 
 
 128. Davis (Jbfpeeson — President of the Confederacy). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, 
 
 Beauvoir, Miss., January 9, 1887. Also, fragment of A. N. S., 
 December 31, 1880. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 The letter, which is to George W. Mapamort, relates to a medal 
 struck in Paris in Davis' honor :• — 
 
 "I can give you but little information In regard to it, but recognize 
 your claim as a Confederate soldier who has never abandoned our 
 cause, to whatever I have. The medal was struck in Paris and I have 
 heard of one stolen, or, if you please, captured and sold in New York. 
 I do not know the name of the engraver, or if the die was ever brought 
 to this country, neither how many of the medals were made. One in 
 gold is in the possession of my family." 
 
 129. Decatue (Stepheit — Eminent American Naval officer). A. L. S., 2pp. 
 
 4to, with addressed portion, Washington, September 16, 1817. 
 To General Eobert G. Harper, Baltimore, officer in the American 
 Revolution and War of 1812, married the daughter of Charles 
 Carroll, of CarroUton, whose answer is on the reverse. 
 
 Decatur writes concerning a French gardener who will work for 
 $12.00 per month, with board and lodging. General Harper replies to 
 send him at once to his place in Baltimore, explaining what is expected 
 of the gardener, &c. 
 
 130. De Haa-S (John Phillip — Officer in French and Indian War, general in 
 
 the American Revolution, with Bouquet in 1763, at Ticonderoga, 
 &c.). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, September 29, 1773. Brief legal 
 document, two small holes filled in. Inlaid. 
 
 131. De HAet (John — Member of the Continental Congress from New 
 
 Jersey, often mistaken for John Hart, Signer, who was substituted 
 for De Hart) . A. L. S., 2pp. folio, Elizbth. Town, November 13, 
 1775. To the General Assembly of the Colony of New Jersey. 
 
 De Hart resigned absolutely from Congress in 1776 as he was un- 
 willing to assume the responsibility Imposed by Lee's resolution of In- 
 dependence. This letter makes request that another be appointed in 
 his place, which eventually resulted in the selection of John Hart from 
 the same town. 
 
 After drawing attention to the unfortunate condition of affairs in 
 the Colonies, he concludes, — "The peculiar circumstances of my family 
 hath prevented me from attending the Congress for Sometime past and 
 the same still continuing renders it uncertain when I shall Tie aile to at- 
 tend. ... [J] request that the EonouraMe House mil now he 
 pleased to appoint another to attend the Congress in my Stead." 
 
 132. De Haut (John). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, with addressed portion. No 
 
 place. May 6, 1771. To John Smyth, Perth Amboy. Inlaid. 
 
 "Enclosed you have copies of a Bill and Notes of Hand from Thomas 
 Fitzrandolph with their Indorsements from which I desire you will 
 issue a Summons in Debt and a Summons in Case returnable to you 
 next term," &c. 
 
133. De Qtjikcey (Thomas — English author, wrote "Confessions of an Opium 
 
 Eater"). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, no place, 
 no date, but probably London, circa 1821-1824. To T. A. Hessey, 
 Fleet Street. 
 
 Hessey was one of the proprietors of the London Magazine In which 
 De Quincey's "Confessions," &c. made its initial appearance in 1821, 
 and it was during that year that he was introduced to Hessey by 
 Charles Lamb, and became one of the magazine's regular contributors, 
 along with Hood, Talfourd, Hazlitt, and others. De Quincey's connection 
 with that periodical ceased sometime In 1824. 
 "My dear JS'riend : 
 
 I have a good deal to sap; hut must delay it until tomorrow; my pres- 
 ent case heing urgent. I here send you 30pp. of mine; i. e. 15pp. of 
 the Mag. (estimated l)y the general proportion mine 'bear to the Mag.: 
 8 sheets such as this are usually [equal to] 1 Mag. sheet) . . . Now 
 will you allow me the money, Be what it may, for this to-day f I am 
 satisfied you will like the article to some extent : if not, I will send 
 another. Could you let me have an answer, if not by the bearer, mth- 
 in half an hour or so according to your leisure?" 
 
 134. Dickinson (John — The well-known publicist, member of Pennsylvania 
 
 Assembly, 1764, and of Continental Congress, opposed the adoption 
 of the Declaration of Independence). A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo, with ad- 
 dressed portion. Wilmington, September 5, 1803. To John Caton, 
 concerning a survey of about 400 acres of land on Jones Creek, 
 &c. Inlaid. 
 
 135. Dickinson (John). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, no 
 
 place, no date. To J[oseph] Galloway, member of the Continental 
 Congress, and intimate friend of Benjamin Franklin. Galloway, 
 on bottom of sheet, has written two lines and redirected it to 
 Edward Shippen. Inlaid. 
 
 In spite of the absence of place and date on letter, it was written, 
 probably, in Philadelphia, some time during 1774-1775, in which city and 
 at which period Dickinson, Galloway, and Shippen were all practicing 
 law. 
 
 136. Dickinson (Philemon — Member of Continental Congress, General in 
 
 the American Eevolution, leading New Jersey troops at the Battle 
 of Monmouth). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion. The 
 Hermitage (Trenton), February 2, 1798. To W. H. Wells, telling 
 him that he is bound in honor to a compliance with his last propo- 
 sition, &c. Inlaid. 
 
 137. Document on Vellum. Contract apportioning lands in the neighbor- 
 
 hood of Bologna. 5pp. 4to, in Latin, with notarial certificati6n. 
 
 Bologna, 1584 
 
 138. Document on Vellum. Authorization of the appointment of a guardian 
 
 for an eighteen-year-old girl, 6pp. 8vo, in Latin, with notarial cer- 
 tification. Bologna, 1592 
 
 139. Document on Vellum. Contract of sale of tract of land in Gargugnano, 
 
 Province of Bologna. 3pp. 4to, in Latin with notarial certification. 
 
 Bologna, 1690 
 
140. Document on Vellum. Contract of sale of land in the Province of 
 
 Bologna. 4pp. 4to, in Latin, with notarial certification, a corner 
 supplied. Bologna, 1594 
 
 141. DuANE (James — American jurist, member of Continental Congress). 
 
 Eeceipt of 6 lines, with signature, in the autograph of Duane, on 
 back of a document, showing the indebtedness of the State of 
 New York to him for his expenses as a delegate to Congress, &c., 
 2pp. folio [Wall Kill, N. Y.], June 23, 1783. Inlaid, smaU por- 
 tions of text on margins cut into. With signature, also, of Peter 
 S. Curtenius, State Auditor. 
 
 142. DucHE (Eeteeend Jacob — Made the opening prayer in the First Con- 
 
 tinental Congress, declared a traitor in 1777 because of his "change 
 of heart," &c.). D. S., Ip. folio, Philadelphia, August 11, 1794. 
 His power of attorney to John Kean. Signed, also, by John Hallo- 
 well, Notary Public. With seal. Together, several pieces. 
 
 Accompanying the above are, — an A. Ii. S. with initials, 2pp. 8vo, from 
 John Boyd Thacher on Duch6; a printed copy (royal 8vo, wrappers) 
 of Duchy's letter to General Washington which declared his "change of 
 heart" and which led to his exile from America for a period ; small en- 
 graved portrait; newspaper clippings; views, &c., of and relating to 
 Dr. Duch6. As one lot. 
 
 143. DwiGHT (Timothy — American author and educator. President of Yale 
 
 College, 1795-1817). A. L. S., 4pp, folio, with addressed portion, 
 New Haven, March 17, 1809. To Eev. Doctor Morse, Charlestown, 
 Mass. 
 
 Relates to ecclesiastical affairs of several newly-established churches, 
 college matters, &c. States that, — "There is no great degree of ill 
 health in our College. Several members of the Senior Class have in- 
 deed been sick with a fever. They are nearly well. The students are 
 usually so healthy, that this has made some noise among them. Tour 
 sons are, and have been, well." 
 
 144. Eddy (Maey Bakee — Pounder of Christian Science). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 12mo, Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., April 13, no year. To an 
 unknown party. 
 
 "My precious little artist : 
 
 I have not had time till note to thank you for this accommodation 
 which I do most heartily. Your tree was a great improvement in the 
 pamtinff. I will have the $30 frame. In haste. 
 
 With love, mother, 
 
 M. B. Eddy. 
 Although no year is given, this letter was written probably sometime 
 between 1895 and 1903, as it was during that period that the term 
 "Mother" was bestowed on the writer by her votaries. After 1903, the 
 designation "Leader" was substituted. 
 
 145. Eddy (Mary Bakee). A. L. S., "M. B. G. Eddy" Ip. 8vo, Massa- 
 
 chusetts Metaphysical College, Boston, April 17, 1888. To "My 
 dear Student" [probably one of the Editors of the Christian Science 
 Journal] . 
 
 "The article that Mrs. Woodbury sent relative to her Denver work 
 should have gone into the March No. of Jour. Please see that the arti- 
 cles she sends in future, that are all right, go into the Journal with 
 her name to them. Tours Tr^ly, M. B. G. Eddy." 
 
146. Eliot (George— English author). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo [London], 
 
 March 11, 1861. To Mrs. Simon. Signed M. E. Lewes. 
 
 Letter is dated the day after finishing "Silas Marner" which had 
 been begun sometime in November, 1860. 
 
 "Nothing but constant occupation has prevented me from sooner thank- 
 ing you for your kind note, & assuring you that there are no friends of 
 Mr. Lewes's from whose acquaintance I expect more pleasure than from 
 that of yourself & Mr. Simons. I hope the present sad hindrance to my 
 seeing you may soon have ceased." 
 
 147. Bllicott (Andrew — American civil engineer, author of "EUicotf s Jour- 
 
 nal"). Autograph authorization, signed, on David Eittenhouse 
 director of the mint at Philadelphia, to pay Levi Hollingsworth, 
 inventor of the "Hippopotamus," or Mud Scow, a sum of money, 
 With endorsement of Hollingsworth, Ip. small 4to, Philadelphia, 
 November 10, 1786. 
 
 148. Ellsworth (Olitek — Member of the Continental Congress, Chief Jus- 
 
 tice, &c., said by John Adams to be "the finest pillar of Wash- 
 ington's whole administration"). D. S., Ip. small 4to, March 5, 
 1776. Signed, also, by Wm. Pitkin and T. Seymour. To John 
 Lawrence, Treasurer. 
 
 "Pay Titus Hosmer, Sixty Eight Pounds, Five Shillings to improve 
 as one of the Committee for procuring arms for the Colony & charge the 
 Colony." On the reverse is a receipt for the money signed by Hosmer. 
 
 149. Elmer (Jonathan — American jurist, member of the Continental Con- 
 
 gress). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, Philadelphia, July 33, 1778. To his 
 brother. Dr. Ebenezer Elmer [Bridgeton, N-. J.]. 
 
 "... when you reflect upon the rapid progress of our political 
 afCairs. ... I am convinced you will readily perceive that Con- 
 gress is often unjustly complained of. The depreciation of our paper 
 Currency is irremediable at present, as it arises in great measure from 
 the superabundancy of it in circulation. But as our affairs now begin 
 to wear a smiling aspect . . . the value of our money will indubit- 
 ably soon begin to appreciate." 
 
 150. Elmer (Jonathan). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, Bridgeton, November 24, 
 
 1812. To Governor Aaron Ogden, Trenton, New Jersey. 
 
 "... Since writing that letter [an application for oflace] I have 
 concluded to relinquish my application in favour of Dr. Samuel Moore 
 Shute, who in many respects is more entitled to your notice and pa- 
 tronage than any other man in this county. . . . His modesty has 
 occasioned his being entirely overlooked and neglected by his country. 
 
 . . . Tour conferring the office on him I shall consider the same 
 as if restored to me. As a brother soldier it must gratify your own 
 feelings, and as a reward for Revolutionary services long neglected it 
 will meet the approbation of all good men." 
 
 151. Emerson (Ealph Waldo — American author). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, 
 
 Concord, Mass., October 10, 1866. To Rev. Mr. Levy. 
 
 "It is not quite possiUe yet for me to fix a date with certainty for 
 my visit to Newark, as I have offered certain times to correspondents 
 who have not yet made their decision. But I mil endeavor at an early 
 dan to offer you a precise date." 
 
 152. English Axtthoes, &c. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 12mo, Upper Norwood, April 13, 1881, with signature of his grand- 
 father [?], and copy of a printed sermon; Benedict (Jules). 
 
[No. 153 — Continued] 
 
 A. L. S., 2pp. 16mo, April 15, 1865; Bright (John). A. N. S., 
 Ip. ISmo, April 10, 1883, with signature of Jacob Bright; Ban- 
 CEOFT (Squire B. and Marie). A. L. S., of each, 4pp. and 3pp. 
 ISmo, October 28, 1889 and March 16, no year; Bbattib (Wil- 
 liam). A. L. S., 6pp. 12nio, London, June 28, no year; Parsons 
 (T. W.). A. L. S., 3pp. 12mo, November 18, no year. Together, 
 8 pieces. 
 
 153. English Authors, &c. Eoscoe (Thomas). A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo, Kent- 
 
 ish Town, April 16, 1837; Norton (Caroline). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 12nio, no place, November 30, 1842; Howitt (William and 
 Mart). A. L. S., of each, 5pp. and Ip. 12mo. Clapton, September 
 9, 1848; Wood (J. G.). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, December 6, 1858; 
 Layard (Austen H.). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Piccadilly, July 12, 
 1860; Eawlinson (Henry C). A. L. S., 2pp. 16mo, Berkeley 
 Square, June 2, 1862. Together, 7 pieces. 
 
 154. English Authors, &c. Burdee (George). A. L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, 
 
 Coventry, February 4, 1795; Astle (Thomas). A. L. S., Ip. 
 small 4to, no place, May 29, 1800; Mant (Eichard). A. L. S., 
 2pp. small 4to, Bishopsgate, April 6. 1820; Boweing (John). 
 A. L. S., (in French) . Ip. folio, London, April 2, 1823 ; Bowles 
 (William Lisle). A. L. S., Ip. small 4to, no place, August 28, 
 1830; More (Hannah). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, N. p. n. d., with por- 
 trait. Together, 7 pieces. 
 
 155. Brskine (Judge .Thomas — Lord Chancellor of England). Autograph 
 
 letter, in third person, unsigned. 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion. 
 Upper Berkely Street, March 8, 1817. To Mr. Dyer, regretting that 
 "having no funds for a library, [he] has long left ofE subscribing 
 to books, but as there is no rule without exceptions he will make one 
 in the present instance." 
 
 156. Fairfax (Sie William — Cousin of Thomas Fairfax, lieutenant of the 
 
 county of Fairfax, Virginia, and president of the Council of that 
 State). D. S., and partly filled in, Ip. folio, December 6, 1752. 
 Appointment of John Maury to survey land in Prince William 
 County, Virginia. 
 
 157. Febigee (Christian — Danish soldier, was a General in the American 
 
 Eevolution, known as "Old Denmark"). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, with 
 addressed portion. No place, August 27, 1791. To John Nichol- 
 son, Comptroller General, concerning the securing of a receipt. 
 
 158. Ferry (Orris Sanford — American senator, general in the Civil War). 
 
 A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Norwalk, Conn., August 29, 1865. To H[ubert] 
 P. Main, the New York music publisher, thanking him for a copy of 
 'TIallowed Songs." 
 
159. PisHEE (Claka— English actress). A. L. S., "G. F. Maeder" Ip. 12ino, 
 
 [New York] July 28 [1886]. With 3 ■portraits, one showing her 
 as "Eichard III.", and 2 playbills of the New Theatre Eoyal, 
 Drury Lane, 1833-1835. Together, 6 pieces. 
 
 "/ send the picture. . . . I ewpect to be with Arthur Rehan's Com- 
 pany, my fourth season with him." This actress first appeared on the 
 stage at Drury Lane Theatre in 1S18, when she was but six years of 
 age. Came to New York in 1828 and became responsible for the "Clara 
 Fisher craze" of two years later. Married J. C. Maeder, a musician, 
 in 1834. 
 
 160. PiSKE (John — American historian). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Canabridge, 
 
 December 30, 1891. To "My dear Richmond." 
 
 "All right. Shall I then 'book myself for Wednesday, Thursday, 
 Friday and Saturday evenings, February 17, 18, 19, 20? / understand 
 that we have agreed upon those four evenings." 
 
 161. FisKE (John). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Cambridge, January 4, 1896. To 
 
 Mr. Eichmond. 
 
 "Be sure that the title of the lecture gets announced exactly, viz.; 
 "The Bacon-Shalcespeare Folly." Don't let the word 'controversy' get 
 into it, for a controversy has two sides, and I do not concede a side 
 to the Bacon men; they are simply lunatics," ^c. 
 
 162. FiSKB (John). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Cambridge, March 8, 1899. To 
 
 "Dear Bichmond." 
 
 "I lecture in Cleveland and neighbouring towns May 4-7, perhaps 8 
 and 9, and am going no further. Do you think Buffalo would like a 
 lecture," &c. 
 
 163. FiTZSiMONS (Thomas — Statesman, Member of the Pennsylvania As- 
 
 sembly and Continental Congress, President of the Philadelphia 
 Chamber of Commerce). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion. Philadelphia, June 19, l'i'88. To Messrs. Le Eoy and Bay- 
 ard, New York, relative to shipment of bricks, &c. 
 
 164. Plotow (Fkiedrich Von — German composer, wrote the opera of "Mar- 
 
 tha," &c.). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, no place. May 22, 1858. To M. 
 Schimon, on musical and theatrical matters. With portrait. To- 
 gether, 2 pieces. 
 
 165. Plynn (Thomas— English actor). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, with addressed 
 
 portion. Bowery Theatre [New York], February 13th, 1836. To 
 P. C. Wemyss, Philadelphia, requesting a copy of the "Jewess," 
 either printed or written. With playbill of Flynn's benefit at the 
 Theatre Eoyal, Brighton, February 9, 1825. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 166. FoRMAN (David — General in the American Eevolution, commanded the 
 
 New Jersey forces at Germantown). D. S., Ip. small 4to, made 
 out originally in 1782, made payable by Forman, March 25, 1784. 
 With several other signatures. 
 
 Forman was known by the sobriquet of "Black David" among the 
 loyalists of New Jersey because of his cruelty to all those who did not 
 favor the cause of the Revolutionists. He was one of the original mem- 
 bers of the Order of the Cincinnati. 
 
167. FoEEEST (Edwin — American tragedian). L. S., 3pp. 4to, with ad- 
 
 • dressed portion. [Cincinnati], June 8, 1839. To P. C. Wemyss, 
 Pittsburgh, Penna., in which he states that "being sorely pressed for 
 time I fear I can give you but two or three nights. . . . I be- 
 gin my winter campaign in New York" &c. 
 
 168. FoESTEK (John — Biographer of Charles Dickens). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, 
 
 Montague Square, June 10, 1863. To Edwin Roffe, thanking him 
 for a book forwarded, and remarking that "such gifts, however 
 slight in themselves, possess always for me a rare and unusual in- 
 terest," &c. 
 
 169. PoETiETH CoNGEESS. Autograph signatures of Officers and Attendants 
 
 of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fortieth Con- 
 gress of the United States, 1868, with seals of both houses. In- 
 cludes signatures of Chief Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Secretary, and 
 others. 3 pieces. 8vo. 
 
 170. Foss (Cteus David — Methodist bishop. President Wesleyan Univer- 
 
 sity). Autograph manuscript, signed, 8pp. 8vo, entitled "A 
 Grlanee at the Bright Side of Philadelphia Methodism." Philadel- 
 phia, January 10, 1889; also, A. IST. S., at bottom of another's 
 letter, August 31, 1894. Ip. 8vo. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 "... In this city, as in other cities, Methodism ... is ham- 
 pered by about the usual proportion of unconverted church members ; 
 and its spirituality is to some extent diluted by that tendency to worldly 
 conformity which is the standing menace of vital goodness everywhere 
 in our times." 
 
 171. FosTEE (Ebveeend Abiel — Member of the Continental Congress, fre- 
 
 quently in the 'New Hampshire legislature). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, 
 Princeton, October 15, 1783. To Hon. Mesheck Weare, Chief Jus- 
 tice, member of the Continental Congress, &c. 
 
 Interesting letter dealing with the redemption of loan certificates, 
 peace with the Indians, site for a National Capital, &c., ending with 
 the following plea, — "/ must desire the State to make me soon some 
 further advance in Money or Bills, it heing proiaMe I shall le desti- 
 tute of Cash iy the time it can be forwarded to me." 
 
 173. Feancis (Philip — Political writer, reputed author of the "Letters of 
 Junius"). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, War Office, October 4, 1768. To George 
 Eussell at Chelsea Hospital. 
 
 "I am directed by the Secretary at War, to send you the inclosed Re- 
 turn of Invalids of the 15th Regiment of Foot who remain in America, 
 for the Information of the Chelsea Board." This "Return" was for- 
 warded, probably, by General Gage. 
 
 173. Feanklin (Benjamin). D. S., Ip. small 4to, Philadelphia, December 
 6, 1785. Warrant on David Eittenhouse, Treasurer, to pay Dan- 
 iel Mclntire, or his order, the sum of, &c. Document mostly printed. 
 Signed by Franklin as President of the Council. 
 
174. Pkelinghuysen (Frederick — Member off the Continental Congress 
 
 from New Jersey, distinguished officer in the American EevDlution) . 
 A. L. S., 2pp. large folio, (folded), no place, [Newark, N. J.J 
 June 13, 1796. To Andrew Kirkpatriek, New Brunswick. 
 
 Fine personal and business letter. 
 
 "From the weighty affairs of State, I have returned to the Trifles 
 of Law — Prom the Pride of a Statesman to the Humility of an Attor- 
 ney. . . . I set twelve hours per day in my office, one half of which 
 I employ in reading ^ writing, S[ the other half in tvishing that you 
 would he so good, so Icind ^ so clever as to call S[ see me. Will you come 
 and take a glass of Nectar, and stroll for an hour, with your Friend, 
 in the garden ^ in the howers of Eden?" 
 
 The paper on which this letter is written is of unusual dimensions 
 measuring 18x12 inches. 
 
 (See Reproduction) 
 
 175. Fkanz (Egbert — German composer, celebrated for his lieder which 
 
 many class with those of Schubert and Schumann). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 8vo, with addressed envelope, [Halle] May 5, 1855. To Madame 
 Eijntgen, pianist. Together, 2 pieces. In German. 
 
 Asks her, in the name of the Board of Music, to play at a certain 
 concert, which, he understands, she is willing to do, — advises her to 
 play for her main piece the Beethoven Concerto in C minor, for piano 
 and orchestra, and to bring over the instrumental parts, — invites her- 
 sef and husband to be the guests of the Board at a supper after the con- 
 cert. 
 
 176. Fremont (John Chaeles — General in the United States Army, noted 
 
 explorer, nicknamed "The Pathfinder"). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with 
 addressed portion. Paris, August 1, 1852. To Hon. E. I. Walker, 
 London; Also, A. L. S., 4pp. Svo, from his wife, Jennie Benton 
 Fremont, New Brighton, S. I. August 19, no year. To Mrs. Pratt 
 concerning literary work, &c. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 General Fremont writes :: — "I have today learned that there is great 
 
 probability of your shortly returning to the United States. . . . 
 
 Upon this supposition ... I make you the following proposition. 
 . . . I have upon the Treasury of the United States drafts to the 
 
 amount of about $400,000.00 for [cattle] delivered, and in process of 
 
 delivery," &c. 
 
 177. French and Indian Wae. A. L. S., 2pp. square Svo, signed twice, by 
 
 "John Worthington, petitioning the Governor and His Majesty's 
 Council that reimbursements may be made for firearms for the 
 use of soldiers named [at perhaps Fort Duquesne]. Endorsed on 
 back by J. Wendell. [1758] 
 
 178. Gadsden .(Christopher — Member Colonial and Continental Congresses, 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, signed the capitulation of 
 Charleston when captured by Sir Henry Clinton, 1780). A. L. S., 
 "Christ. Gadsden & Co." 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 Charleston, August 26, 1801. To Messrs. LeEoy Bayard & Mclver, 
 New York. With engraved portrait on India paper. Together, 2 
 pieces. 
 
 "Our relation, Mr. Christopher Gadsden, Jun'r., who is a Midship- 
 man on board the Boston Frigate bound to France, sent his baggage 
 from the City of Washington for your Port which he had not received 
 when he left New York for Boston," &c. 
 
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 (See No. 174). 
 
179. Gallatin (Albebt — Statesman, Secretary of the Treasury under 
 
 Thomas JefEerson). A. L. S., 10pp. folio, Treasury Department, 
 March 38, 1811. To David Shriver, Jr. 
 
 Lengthy letter lull of details concerning the building of the United 
 States Western Road, as mapped out by the National Road and Coast 
 Survey, in which Mr. Gallatin was deeply interested: 
 
 "You mil herewith receive a copy of the Commissioners' field notes 
 and survey of the first twenty-one miles of the United States Western 
 Road leading from Oumherland to Brownsville, and also of the Act of 
 the State of Maryland authorizing the United States to lay out arid 
 open the said road." 
 
 Then Mr. Gallatin goes on to explain the act mentioned, how the 
 contracts are to be considered, the work of the contractors, payments, 
 &c. This was another projected highway from Cumberland, an addi- 
 tion, evidently, to the "original" Cumberland Road, "The Great Na- 
 tional Pike," which was commenced about five years previous. 
 
 180. Gallatin (Albert) . A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion. New 
 
 York, August 17, 1804. To George Simpson, Cashier of the Bank 
 
 of the. United States, Philadelphia. 
 
 Financial letter, containing the following postscript; — "It will not 
 have been forgotten that a demand of the 2d installment of 888,000 
 dollars, due to Great Britain ever since the 15th ulto. may be ex- 
 pected daily, and will most probably, like that of last year, be required 
 in specie." 
 
 181. Galloway (Joseph — Member of the Continental Congress, opposed the 
 
 Declaration of Independence, attainted of high treason by the 
 Pennsylvania Assembly). A. L. S., 2pp. small folio, with ad- 
 dressed portion, [Philadelphia] April 38, 1773. To Edward Ship- 
 pen. Writ of Entry. 
 
 "Be pleased to enter the ahove Recovery in your Docket of this Term. 
 
 . . . I will file the necessary proceedings on my Return from ye 
 County," &c. 
 
 183. Geokge III., Kjng of England. D. S., 3pp. folio, St. James, March 
 19, 1789. Grant of £50. to Mary Lyon, widow of one of his soldiers. 
 
 183. GeoHgb III., King of England. D. S., 3pp. folio, March 20, 1793. 
 
 Warrant for the payment of £13,413.18.0. to Sir Henry Clinton for 
 salaries of the members of the Seventh Eeg't. Light Dragoons. 
 Countersigned by Mornington, Bayham, and others. 
 
 184. Geoege (Henry — Political economist). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, New York, 
 
 October 16, 1888. As editor of "The Standard" he states to "Ed- 
 itors, &c." that he is happy to give them the permission asked 
 for." 
 
 185. Germon (Effib — Actress). A. L. S., Ip. 13mo, [Philadelphia], No- 
 
 vember 8, 1866. With portion of playbill of the Winter Garden, 
 New York, January 35, 1866, advertising Miss Germon as Ophelia 
 to the Hamlet of Edwin Booth; also, 3 portraits. Together, 5 
 pieces. 
 
186. Geevais (John Lewis — Member of the Continental Congress from 
 
 South Carolina). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Charleston, November 24, 
 1794. Business letter. Inlaid. 
 
 187. GiLMAN (John Taylor — Member of the Continental Congress, Gov- 
 
 ernor of New Hampshire). A. D. S., small 4to, Portsmouth, Jan- 
 uary 5, 1787. Eeceipt as State Treasurer for taxes from the 
 "Select Men of Charlestown due 1782." 
 
 188. GiRAED (Stephen — Philadelphia philanthropist). Signature on three 
 
 different documents: (1) To a receipt. September 12, 1796; (2) 
 To a Declaration. July 26, 1806; (3) To an Entry of Merchandise. 
 Ip. folio, June 22, 1807. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 189. Gladstone (William Ewaet — British statesman). A. L. iS., 4pp. j.«iuo, 
 
 October 14, 1844. To G. E. Porter. Mentions Lord Dalhousie. 
 
 "... The principle of communicating such facts in relation to 
 the course of Trade as the Customs returns may make known to us is 
 I think a very good one. There is a difficulty attaching to Its operation 
 through the methods of private communication to individuals, which 
 may require some consideration," &c. 
 
 190. GoGGiN (James M. — Confederate General, at Cedar Creek, &c.). A. 
 
 L. S., 4pp. 4to, Memphis, April 29, 1861. 
 
 Written 16 days after the evacuation of Fort Sumter. States that 
 he is growing impatient, &c. 
 
 "I must fight now. Cant you get me the appointment of Major, or 
 Lieut.-Col. of Volunteers. . . . Office is not what I want, and if 
 nothing else will do I will go to Virginia alone, fall into the ranks of 
 one of the companies from Bedford, and do my devoir like a true man," 
 &c. 
 
 191. Goldsbokough (RoBEKT^Member of Continental Congress, Attorney- 
 
 General of Maryland in 1768). A. D. S., (twice, and several times 
 in body of document) 2pp. folio, [Dorchester County, Maryland] 
 February 16, 1774. Inlaid. 
 
 Signed, also, by William Ennalls and John Dickinson, as witnesses. 
 Deed of land by Robert Goldsborough to John Hill, — "land lying and 
 being upon Fishing Creek in Dorchester County, the one [tract] called 
 John's Delight, the other," &c. 
 
 192. Gordon (John Brown — Confederate officer, Governor of Georgia). A 
 
 L. S., Ip. 8vo, Kirkwood, Ga., August 28, 1886. To Hon. C. C. 
 Jones, the southern historian, Augusta, Georgia, stating that he 
 had left for New York on important business, &c. 
 
 193. GoRHAM (Nathaniel — Member of the Provincial and Continental Con- 
 
 gresses, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas). A. D. S., Ip. folio, 
 Westfield, April 25, 1795. Inlaid. Purchase of land by Oliver 
 Phelps. 
 
 In connection with the Oliver Phelps named in the above docu- 
 ment, Gorham purchased from the State of Massachusetts, a large 
 tract of land on the Genesee River in New York, had it surveyed into 
 tracts which were sold to speculators, &c. This transaction concern- 
 ing which so much has been written and printed is known historically 
 as "The Phelps and Gorham Purchase." 
 
194. GoEHAM (Nathaniel — Son of the Gorham of the "Phelps and Gorham 
 
 Purchase," a pioneer settler around Canandaigua) . A. D. S., Ip. 
 small 4to, Canandaigua, February 19, 1808. To Thaddeus Chapin, 
 ordering him to pay Abner Barton, "ten dollars for the support of 
 preaching in this town." , 
 
 195. Gounod (Chaeles — French composer, wrote the opera "Faust," &c. 
 
 besides much church music). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, with addressed 
 portion, Paris, January 13, 1859. To M. Lefebre of the Paris 
 Opera House, requesting the reservation of a box for Friday after- 
 noon. 
 
 196. Geeeley (Hoeace — American journalist). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, ISTew 
 
 York, December 14, 1859. To J. McMaster, Milwaukee. 
 
 "7 cannot now arrange my Western Lectures, hut I will endeavor in. 
 due season to do it in accordance with your wishes and to give you due 
 notice of the evening set for Milwaukee." 
 
 197. Greene (Geoege Seaes — Union general in Civil War, Croton Aqueduct 
 
 commissioner, designed and built the reservoir in Cehtral Park, 
 New York). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, Headquarters 3d Brigade, &c.. 
 Harpers Ferry, November 2, 1862. To E. D. Morgan, Governor 
 of New York. 
 
 "The death of Col. Goodrich by the hands of the insurgents, while 
 leading my Brigade into action at the Battle of Antietam, and the ill- 
 health of Ool. Brundage . . . leaves the regiment with but one field 
 officer," &c. 
 
 198. Geeene (Nathaniel — General in the American Eevolution). A. L. 
 
 S., 2pp. foKo, dated Mr. Eichardson's Plantation, November 5, 1781. 
 To General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," who was associated 
 with Generals Greene, Sumter, Pickens, Kosciusko, and others in 
 this Southern Campaign. Inlaid. 
 
 Richardson's Plantation was among the high hills of the Santee, to 
 which place Greene with many of his sick men had retreated for rest 
 and recuperation after the Battle of Eutaw Springs, one of the most 
 severely contested battles of the Revolution, in which Greene's superb 
 generalship was recognized by Congress who voted a medal to be 
 struck in commemoration thereof. Generals Marion and Lee chased 
 the enemy about thirty miles after this Battle and captured many pris- 
 oners. 
 
 "Dear Sir: — Your favor of the 2d I have received. Officers of Mili- 
 tia not in arms are upon the same footing as privates. Those you sent 
 up are put upon parole until the enemy gives an answer upon the sub- 
 ject. General Sumter has orders to take post at Orangeburgh [one of a 
 chain of posts established by the British after the fall of Charleston in 
 May, 1780] to prevent the Tories in that quarter from conveying sup- 
 plies to town and his advance parties will penetrate as low as Dor- 
 chester [a British post in the neighborhood of Charleston] ; therefore 
 you may act in conjunction with him or employ your troops on the 
 enemy's left as you may find from information they can best be em- 
 ployed. Please to give me your opinion on which side you think they 
 can be most useful," &c. 
 
199. Geiswold (Koger — Member of the Continental Congress (five terms), 
 
 Governor of Connecticut, declined appointment of Secretary of 
 War under President Adams). A. L. S., 4pp. folio, including 
 addressed portion, Philadelphia, December 10, 1795. To Major 
 Zachariah Huntington, Norwich. With Caricature of the fight be- 
 tween Griswold and Matthew Lyon, founder of Pairhaven, Vermont, 
 on the floor of the house in 1798. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 Contains news relative to the Continental Congress then in session 
 in Philadelphia, and mentions the names of Mr. Dayton, Mr. Madison, 
 and others. 
 
 "Before this reaches you, you will be informed from the papers that a 
 Quorum of the two Houses of Congress were collected on the first 
 day of the Session ... an attempt was made to continue the old 
 speaker in the chair, but it failed, forty members voting In favor of 
 Mr. [Jonathan] Dayton." 
 
 \ 
 
 200. Griswold (Eogbr). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo, New London, April 26, 
 
 1801. To Joseph Howland. 
 
 "I will thanjc you to pay to the Executors of Thomas Brattle, four 
 hundred dollars. . . . I leave the money in your hands for the pur- 
 pose." 
 
 201. Ghoghakt (George — Nftted Indian trader and agent, a deputy of Sir 
 
 William Johnson, in Braddoek's Expedition, 1755). A. L. S., 2pp. 
 
 folio, no place, February 15, 1773. 
 
 "Your feaver from Bloody Run I Received for wh. am oblidgd. to 
 you & glad to find you Gott So Well on yr. Journey & you will liscape 
 the Black Host wh. I hear has taken posesion of [Dedllng] Hill. Mr. 
 Robert Mahon has Nott Come Near me, Butt David Tate who is here has 
 promised to carry Down what Skins I have for you he will Sett of in 
 about Bight Days." Writer's true name is Cboghan. 
 
 202. Grouchy (Emmanuel^ Marquis de — Marshal of France, whom Nar 
 
 poleon blamed for his defeat at Waterloo). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, 
 including addressed portion, Philadelphia, October 29, 1819. To 
 William Bayard, Washington Street, New York. In French. 
 
 The writer was exiled in 1815, and came to America. He requests Mr. 
 Bayard to forward a letter to Madame Grouchy, preferably in one of his 
 own letters, sends him copies of newspaper accounts of the campaign of 
 1815, &c. 
 
 203. GuiTEAU (Charles— Assassin of President Garfield). Autograph sig- 
 
 nature and date. Ip. small 4to, U. S. Jail, Washington, D. C, 
 March 3, 1882. 
 
 204. GuxN (James — Member of the Continental Congress, cavalry officer 
 
 under General Wayne in the American Eevolution, challenged Gen- 
 eral Greene to fight a duel). D. S., Ip. folio. Savannah, August 
 13, 1784. Document is in the autograph of M. Eudolph, and is 
 an agreement to purchase land and a horse, small damage to part 
 of margin. 
 
 About twelve years after the date of the above, Gunn was a member 
 of the United States Senate where he became involved in the Yazoo specu- 
 lations which not only clouded considerably his own reputation but that 
 of the State of Georgia as well. 
 
205. Habersham (Joseph — Colonel in the American Eevolution, Postmas- 
 
 ter-General of the United States, 1795-1801). A. L. S., Ip. folio. 
 General Post Office, Philadelphia, August 7, 1798. To Judge [J. 
 P.] Grimk6, Chief Justice, 1799, stating that "if any accident should 
 prevent Mr. Macot receiving letter sent by Capt. Carman, I will 
 thank you ... to deliver the [enclosed papers], &c." 
 
 206. Hamblin (Thomas Sowekbt — English tragedian, managed the Bow- 
 
 ery Theatre at three different periods, known as "Handsome Tom 
 Hamblin"). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, no place, no date, no address. .In- 
 laid; Playbills of (1) Theatre Eoyal, Drury Lane, June 4, 1819, 
 advertising Mr. Hamblin and Mr. Kean (2) American Theatre 
 (Bowery), March 17, 1834, with HambHn as "Eichard III"; D. S. 
 by Mrs. Hamblin (Miss B. W. Blanchard) Ip. folio, release of Mr. 
 Hamblin from the payment of alimony. August 2, 1834; Port- 
 rait of Miss Blanchard. Together, 5 pieces. 
 
 207. Hamilton (Alexander — American statesman, Secretary of the Treas- 
 
 ury of the United States, killed in duel by Aaron Burr). L. S., — 
 "Alexander Hamilton, Secy, of the Treasy. 2pp. 4to, Treasury De- 
 partment, November 20, 1792. To the President and Directors of 
 the Bank of the United States, concerning the establishment of a 
 fund in Europe (Amsterdam) of the equivalent of half a million 
 dollars. 
 
 Fine ruix signature and line of handweiting. 
 
 208. Hamilton (Elizabeth — Daughter of General Philip Schuyler, wife 
 
 of Alexander Hamilton). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion, New York, March 25, 1805. To her brother, Philip J. Schuy- 
 ler, Ehinebeck. With portions of wax seal. 
 
 Relates to property left her by her father. Written about eight months 
 after her husband's death at the hands of Aaron Burr. 
 
 "... From ivhat you inform me as to the rents from the Saratoga 
 estate, its present situation afforAs me so small an income, that it makes 
 it necessary for me to urge a settlement of my mother's, that I may 
 judge which will 6e 6e«t for me to dispose of." 
 
 209. Hamilton (James — -Officer in the American Eevolution, a favorite aide 
 
 of "Washington, father of the statesman of the same name). A. L. 
 S., Ip. 4to, New York,. October 5, 1785. To General Greene. In- 
 laid. 
 
 "On my arrival here I had the pleasure of receiving your letter re- 
 specting Cumberland, and am sorry I cannot answer it agreeable to 
 your wishes not having any further conversation about it with the par- 
 ties concerned." 
 
 210. Hamilton (John — Colonel in the American Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 
 4to, including addressed portion, Norfolk, Virginia, September 2, 
 
 1794. To Col. Jacob Eead. 
 
 "By the arrival of Mr. Morgan I am furnished with the Decree given 
 against me in the Court of Chancery which is in my opinion the most un- 
 just and inequitable I ever heard of . ... I am far from demand- 
 ing any thing unjust from Mr. Huger or wish to distress him but I de- 
 sire my right which must be obvious to every one acquainted with the 
 value of such an estate as Richmond." 
 
211. Hand (Edwaed — General in the American Revolution, member of the 
 Continental Congress). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion. Inspector's Office, 3d Survey, Pennsylvania. January 4, 
 1800. To Henry Miller, enclosing draft on the Treasurer of the 
 United States for $1000.00, &c. 
 
 312. Hanson" (John — Member of the Continental Congress, 1781-1783, 
 President of the same for one year and as such gave Washington 
 the thanks of Congress for the victory at Yorktown). A. L. S., 
 Ip. small 4to, Philadelphia, August 6, 1782. To Col. Henry Hol- 
 lingsworth. With engraved portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "I am favoured with yours of the 3cl, Inclosing an order on your 
 Brother for which I am obliged to you. Previous to the receiving your 
 other letter desiring me to apply the order to Mr. Carroll to my own 
 use, I had wrote to that Gentleman acquainting him that I had such 
 an amended order in my hands," &c. 
 
 213. Harrison (Benjamin — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 
 Governor of Virginia). L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, December 4, 1783, 
 from William Eose relative to the disposition of four pardoned pris- 
 oners. Letter is written to Harrison as Governor. At bottom 
 thereof the. latter has autographed, — "Apply to the Assembly. Benj. 
 Harrison." 
 
 314. Hakeison (George P., Jr. — Confederate General). L. S., Ip. 4to, Head 
 Quarters 1st Brigade, Camp Jasper, January 15, 1862. To Col. 
 Wayne, appointing William P. White as Asst. Adj. -General, &c. 
 
 215. HAEa?E (Beet — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, New York, March 
 
 8, 1877. To Mrs. Alicia A. [Leith], Hyde Park, London. 
 
 "My dear Madam: It gives me great pleasure to accord you full per- 
 mission to quote from any of my poems in your forthcoming work. 
 With great respect," &c. 
 
 216. Hawthorne (Julian — American author, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne). 
 
 L. S., Ip. folio, New York, December 39, 1908. To Dr. T. F. Wolfe, 
 Succasunna, New York. 
 
 One of the circular letters concerning the "Temagami Mine" which 
 
 formed part of the evidence leading to the writer's incarceration in the 
 
 Federal Prison at Atlanta, Georgia. 
 
 317. Hates (Eutheeford B. — Nineteenth President of the United States). 
 L. S., 2pp. 8vo, Washington, August 29, 1874. To Hon. T. W. 
 Scott, J. V. L. Pruyn, and others, Albany, New York, declining in- 
 vitation to visit the capital of the Empire State. 
 
 218. Hazard (Eben — American historian, Postmaster General of the United 
 States, 1782-1789, removed to Philadelphia, 1791). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 folio, including addressed portion. New York, May 23, 1790. To 
 Jedidiah Morse, [the famous New England preacher] Charlestown, 
 near Boston. 
 
 "... I have no Prospect of Business yet :— when this Session of 
 Congress is ended, if there is no opening for my admission into office 
 in the meantime, I shall give up all Expectation of Continental Em- 
 
[No. 218 — Continued'] 
 
 ploy, and try to get into some private way of Business : it is extremely 
 irksome to be idle, & living on the Spend so long ; in constant Suspence 
 about what I am to do, I feel indisposed to do any thing," &c. Hazard 
 became one of the founders of the famous North American Insurance 
 Company, Philadelphia, soon after his removal to that city. 
 
 219. Hebee (Keginald — English bishop and hymn-writer). A. L. S., 2pp. 
 
 square 8vo, with addressed portion. Hodret, March 21, 1818. To 
 Atkinson and Hopkins, London, about the payment of his account. 
 
 220. Hemans (Felicia — English poetess). Autograph poem, signed with ini- 
 
 tials, 8 verses, 8 lines each, entitled "Greek Funeral Chaunt." 
 
 4pp. 4to. 
 
 These verses are preceded by eighteen lines, in French, by another 
 
 author, but in the autograph of Mrs. Hemans, explaining the source of 
 
 the poem, a portion of which follows : 
 
 "A wail was heard around the bed, the death-bed of the young, 
 Amidst her tears the Funeral Chaunt a mournful Mother sung, 
 'lanthis, dost thou sleep? — thou sleep'st, — but this is not the rest. 
 The breathing and the rosy calm, I have pillow'd on my breast.' " 
 
 221. Hemans (Felicia). A. L. S., 4pp. 12mo, including addressed portion, 
 
 [Warrenton] no date. To Miss Roscoe. 
 
 "/ write to say that if I should not hear from you to tell me it will 6e 
 inconvenient, T intend giving myself the pleasure of waiting upon Mrs. 
 Roscoe on Friday m,orning next, soon after one o'clock." 
 
At The American Art Galleries 
 
 madison square south, new york 
 
 UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF JOHN HEISE, Esq., 
 
 SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
 
 Second Session, Numbers 222 to 570, inclusive 
 
 WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 6th, AT 8:15 O'CLOCK 
 
 222. Henet (Jambs — Member of the Continental Congress. from Virginia). 
 
 D. S., Ip. oblong 24mo, no place, August 27, 1789. Eeceipt of 
 £25.0.0. on account as Judge of the District Courts. Inlaid. 
 
 223. Henry (Patrick — Member of the First Continental Congress, first Gov- 
 
 ernor of Virginia, noted orator). A. L. S., Ip. small 4to, February 1,. 
 
 1796. To Colonel Thomas Eeade [Bead] the EcTolutionary patriot 
 
 and supporter of Henry in 1776. With certification of the delivery 
 
 of the notice on the reverse. 
 
 "Please to take notice that I Intend to take the Deposition of Andrew 
 Rogers on the last Saturday of this month at the Court House of Law- 
 rence County in the State of South Carolina between the hours of Ten 
 in the morning and six in the evening of that day, which Deposition I 
 intend to use as Evidence In my suit agst. you and others in Charlotte 
 County Court." 
 
 224. Henry III., King of France — Often called "Henri de Valois," assassi- 
 
 nated in 1589. D. S., Ip. folio, [St. Germain], November 17, 1586. 
 Countersigned by the Secretary of State. 
 
 225. Heyward (Thomas, Jr. — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 
 
 taken prisoner by Sir Henry Clinton at the surrender of Charles- 
 ton). D. S., partly printed, Ip. oblong 4to, Charleston, Nov'br. 16, 
 1784. Body attachment of Thomas Miller in an action for debt. 
 
 Signature appended sometime after his resumption of duties as Judge 
 of the Criminal and Circuit courts of South Carolina. During Hey- 
 ward's incarceration In a Florida prison, after Charleston's surren- 
 der, he wrote many republican words to such loyal tunes as "God Save 
 the King," &c., which he and his fellow prisoners frequently sang, and 
 thus found a vent for much of their bottled-up patriotism. 
 
 226. Heyward (Thomas, Jr.). Seven lines and signature on document. 
 
 2pp. small 4to, no place, November 20, 1784. 
 
 "On motion- of Mr. Moultrie, att'y. for the plnt'f. with consent of Mr. 
 C[harles] C[otesworth] Plnckney for the deft, ordered that he have 
 leave to amend the Declaration filed by inserting the name of Thomas 
 Sumpter," [probably the famous officer who harassed the British in the 
 Carolinas], &c. 
 
237. Hetw.ved (Thomas, Jk.). D. S., partly printed, Ip. oblong -Ito, Charles- 
 ton, July 1, 1788. Body attachment of William Thomson in an ac- 
 tion for debt. Inlaid. 
 
 Signed, also, by Waties, plaintiff's attorney and Sam Dwight, sheriff. 
 
 228. HiLLHOUSE (James — Member of the Continental Congress, officer in the 
 
 American Eevolution'). A. L. S.. 2pp. ito, with addressed portion. 
 ISTew Haven, January 7, 1816. To his brother, Thomas Hillhouse, 
 Albany, New York. 
 
 "A Messenger has just arrived from Montvill [Montville, Conn.] in- 
 forming that Father [William Hillhouse, member of the Continental Con- 
 gress, 1783-1786] has had a severe shock and the apprehension is that 
 he cannot continue many days, &c. 
 
 229. HoLLEN'BACK (Matthias — Eevolutionarv patriot, early settler of the 
 
 Wyoming Valley, and one of the few who escaped being massacred 
 by the Indians under Butler). A. L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, Newtown 
 Pointj October 8, 1800. To Jasper Parrish [Indian Agent] at 
 Canandaigua. 
 
 "I have not had the pleasure of seeing or hearing from you this some 
 time — to know any thing about the notes you held of mine to collect at 
 Niagara," &c. 
 
 230. Holmes (Oliver Wendell — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Bos- 
 
 ton, January 31, 1850. To Dr. Jonathan Dearborn, Seabrook, N. H. 
 With addressed envelope. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "The Faculty have decided that it will be necessary for you to pass 
 the usual examination in order to obtain the degree of M. D. . . . 
 [and] would be disposed to grant every reasonable indulgence in favor- 
 ing your design of enrolling yourself with the graduates," &c. Signed 
 by Dr. Holmes as "Dean Med. Fac. Harvard University." 
 
 231. Holmes (Oliver Wendell). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Boston, June 7, 1877. 
 
 To Alexander Denham. 
 
 "If you have No. 17. Pancirollus (June Catalogue) please send it to 
 me. I would like to look at No. 19 and would gladly pay expenses both 
 ways . . . if I did not keep it, hut 1 do not know that you ever 
 send books for inspection." 
 
 232. Hooper (Kobeet Lettice — Deputy Quartermaster General in the Amer- 
 
 ican Eevolution). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Easton, March 10, 1779. To 
 
 General Hand, commanding at Minnisink. 
 
 "My worthy friend Major Hoops is now with me & is apprehensive that 
 the guard at his house will soon be withdrawn. At his house there is 
 a great qty. of Beef and Stores — he lives in a Tory neighbourhood," &c. 
 
 333. Hopkins (Stephen — Governor of the Colony of Ehode Island, signer 
 of the Declaration of Independence). Order, signed, on Joseph 
 Clarke, General Treasurer, to pay an account for postage. Ip. oblong 
 34mo, September, 1763. Inlaid. 
 
 The signature herewith differs from the one appended to the Dec- 
 laration, which was written while Mr. Hopkins was suffering from a 
 paralytic affection, and is the signature best known. At the time of the 
 present signature, he was somewhat celebrated for his excellent pen- 
 manship. 
 
234. Hopkins (Stephen). Order, signed, on Joseph Clarke, General Treas- 
 
 urer, to pay an account for postage. Ip. oblong 34ino, November, 
 1763. Inlaid. 
 
 235. HoPKiNSON (Francis — Member of Continental Congress, Signer of tbe 
 
 Declaration of Independence). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion. Xo place, no date [circa 1784]. To Edward Burd. 
 
 "/ shall myself attend the opening of the Courts you mention. 
 
 . . . The business in which I wish your assistance will not take 
 
 more than half an hour," S^c. 
 
 236. HoPKiNSON (Joseph — Son of Francis Hopkinson, friend of Joseph 
 
 Bonaparte, author of "Hail, Columbia."). L. S., with two lines in 
 his autograph and address, 4pp. 4to, Philadelphia, January 16, 1808. 
 To Jasper Yeates, Lancaster, Penna. With lithograph fascimile of 
 the song. 4pp. 4to. Together, 2 pieces. Letter is entirely on legal 
 matters. 
 
 237. Houston (Samuel — President of the Eepublic of Texas, statesman, 
 
 soldier, &e.). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, Washington, January 18, 1859. 
 To Mrs. W. M. Fulton, Lakeland, New York, portion of margin 
 mended. 
 
 "It is my haiit as far as I can to reply to Ladies. In March next my 
 term will J>e out and I will not return. Gov. Floyd would Be a proper 
 person to interest in your matter . . . for this reason, I recom- 
 mended him." 
 
 238. HousTOUN (William — Member of the Continental Congress, also of the 
 
 Convention that framed the Constitution). A. D. S., Ip. folio, 
 Georgia, no place, no date. Signed, also, by Justice Joseph Clay. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 "The defendant, Peter Farling, Is hereby required personally or by 
 his attorney, to be and appear before the Justices of the Superior Court," 
 &c. 
 
 239. HousTOUN (William). A. D. S. "Houstoun, Plaintiff's Atty." Ip. 
 
 small 4to. No place [September 26, 1775]. 
 
 "And the John Samuel Hunt and William say that they by any thing 
 before alleged ought not to be precluded from having their said action 
 against the said William," &c. 
 
 240. Howe (Eobeet — General in the American Eevolution, commanded the 
 
 North Carolina troops in the defence of Ctarleston, made his dis- 
 astrous expedition against Florida ia the spring of 1778). A. L. S., 
 4pp. 4to, Charleston, September 5, 1778, eaten away by the ink in 
 a few places. 
 
 Important historical letter to Henry Laurens, the President of the 
 Continental Congress at the time, and whose opinion of Major Grlmk6, 
 the South Carolina jurist and soldier appointed by Howe to be his new 
 aide, was decidedly unfavorable. Howe's conduct of the expedition noted 
 was publicly criticised and by none more vehemently than General Chris- 
 topher Gadsden, whom Howe immediately challenged. The duel took 
 place a little over two weeks previous to date of this letter, but neither 
 antagonist was damaged. 
 
 ". . .1 did not intend to trouble you with a private letter on this 
 subject [The Grimk6 appointment] but I was induced to do it by some 
 
T^No. 240 — Continued] 
 
 persons having since his appointnlent informed me, that there had been 
 a difference between you and the major' and that y»u might construe my 
 having appointed htm as not consistent with that respect they had so 
 frequently heard me express for you, and that perhaps you woul4 prob- 
 ably oppose his confirmation," &c. 
 
 ^41. HowLEY (EiCHAED — Member of Continental Congress, Eevolutionary 
 Governor of Georgia). A. L. S., — "Richd. Howly," 2 pp. small 4to, 
 with addressed portion, Ebenezer, July 9, 1783. To Doctor Monroe, 
 Mulberry Grove. Personal letter concerning the loss of a purse. 
 
 It is said that during Governor Howley's brief term of oflBce the value 
 of paper money became so depreciated that upon several occasions he 
 dealt it out by the quire for a night's lodging, — two quires of it, if the 
 fare was unusually good. 
 
 ■342. HuGEE (Isaac — General in the American Eevolution, participated in 
 every battle of consequence fought by the Southern army, vice-presi- 
 dent of the Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina). A. L. S,, 
 Ip. square 8vo, no place, January 29, 1789. 
 
 Letter is signed, — "I am with respect and Esteem, your Excellency's 
 most obedient," &c., and was probably written to General Washington 
 as it is about the writer's brother who was a representative in the First 
 Congress from 1789 to 1793. 
 
 "As my brother Daniel is absent from the Town I take the Liberty to 
 acquaint your Excellency in his behalf that it is his intention to accept 
 of the Honorable and important office of a Delegate to Congress by 
 qualifying as a Member of the House of Representatives," &c. 
 
 243. Hughes (John — Archbishop of Kew York). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, New 
 
 York, December 29, 1851. To E. A. Doolittle, New York, men- 
 tioning a pretended marriage tried in the Albany courts, and re- 
 ferring one of the parties thereto to a certain Mr. Glover who may 
 be known to the recipient. With portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 244. Hugo (Victoe — French author). A. L. S., 2pp. 16mo, with addressed 
 
 portion. [Paris, November 22, 1865]. To M. Jules Godde, Paris, 
 asking for the address of a Mr. Morgan. With colored lithographed 
 portrait. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 -245. Hugo (Victoe). 'A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo, including addressed portion, [Paris, 
 December 14, 1880]. To Antoine Soly, in reference to the request 
 of M. Con6 whose A. L. S. is on back of sheet. With portrait. To- 
 gether, 2 pieces. 
 
 States that he is sending ticket through M. Soly. 
 
 ■246. Hull (Isaac — American Commodore, commanded the "Constitution," — 
 "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, including 
 addressed portion. Frigate "United States," April 14, 1824. To 
 Lieut.-Commd. Connor, U. S. Navy. 
 
 "You have 'been named hy Commodore Stewart as a mernber of a 
 Court Martial to be assembled on board the Frigate "United States" to- 
 morrow morning. You will therefore be pleased to attend." 
 
247. HuNTiNGTOK (BENJAMIN — Member of the Continental Congress, Judge 
 
 of the Superior Court). A. D. S., 2pp. small folio, Lebanon, April 
 10, 1776. Draft on the Colony Treasury for £350 in favor of Capt. 
 Edward Mott and the men of his company. Inlaid. 
 
 On the reverse of above are the signatures of Capt. Mott and Wm. 
 Ledyard to the acknowledgment of the order. The last-named was 
 the heroic officer who, with about 150 poorly armed militia, resisted 
 for over an hour the attack of a British force of 800 men, eventually 
 surrendering and being killed by his own sword in the hands of the 
 officer who captured him. 
 
 248. Huntington (Bbbnezee — General in the American Eevolution) . A. L. 
 
 S., Ip. folio, Norwich [Conn.] January 31, 1810. To Governor 
 Treadwell, concerning details of a Court-Martial, &c. 
 
 249. Huntington ( Jbdbdiah — General in the American Eevolution, member 
 
 of Court-Martial that tried General Charles Lee and of the court 
 that examined Major Andre, for 36 years collector of customs for 
 New London). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, New 
 London, March 3, 1815. To Dudley Woodbridge, Marietta, Ohio, 
 stating that he had received the sum of $400.00 for the draft on 
 Mr. Backus, &c. 
 
 250. Huntington (Samuel — Signer of Declaration of Independence, Presi- 
 
 dent of the Continental Congress, 1779-1781). L. S., Ip. 4to, Phila- 
 delphia, April 18, 1781.' To Governor [Thomas] Jefferson. Inlaid. 
 "Your Excellency will be informed by the Act of Congress enclosed 
 that it is incompatible with the Rules established by the United States 
 for Colonel Davies to exercise a civil Appointment while he retains his 
 Rank in the Army." 
 
 251. Huntington (Samuel). Document made out entirely in the autograph 
 
 of Huntington, his signature occurring seven times therein. 3pp. 
 folio, [New London], March 13, 1793. Also contains several other 
 signatures. 
 
 252. Indian Deed. Certified Copy of an Original Deed of Land for six 
 
 miles on the Eiver, "for mcmy kindnesses" &c., given by Tahantoe, 
 Indian Sagamore of Pinoeoke [Pennacook, N. H.] to William HU- 
 ton in 1660. Signed by John Valentiue, Notary Public, with seal. 
 2pp. folio, Boston, February 37, 1716. 
 
 253. Indians (Mohawk).. Address in English in unknown hand to the 
 
 "Friends and Brethren of the Mohawk Nation of the Lower Castle, 
 or Village," 2pp. folio (mended at fold), with date, "circa 1772" at 
 top of first page, marked in pencil by John Boyd Thacher of Albany, 
 who formerly possessed the document. 
 
 This address, which is apparently unfinished, embodies the protest 
 made by the citizens of Albany, New York, against the violation by the 
 Mohawks of the Letters Patfent respecting the lands of Tionnondoroge 
 (Tieonderoga) granted by Governor Dungan. Mentions the names of 
 John De Puyster, Dirck Ten Broeck, Roger Genitse, Jacob Lansing, Cor- 
 nelius Cuyler, and John Visscher to whom the original deed of those 
 lands was given by the Indians. 
 
254. Indians. Parrish (Jasper — Indian agent of the Six Nations). D. S., 
 
 Ip. small 4to, Canandaigua, February 11, 1822. Keceipt for bal- 
 ance due on his Annuity Account for the year 1821. 
 
 255. Indians. Two D. S., each Ip. small 4to, and each being a receipt for 
 
 $100.00 annuity, through Jasper Parrish, '^by an agreement made 
 with Eobert Morris at Big Tree," &c. With marks of Young King 
 and Little Billy,, together with full signatures of witnesses. Buffalo, 
 June 7, 1820, and June 14, 1825. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 256. Indians. McKenney (Thomas L. — Author of "History of Indian 
 
 Tribes," &e., in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1824, &c.). 
 L. S., Ip. 4to, Department of War, January 11, 1828. To Jasper 
 Parrish, agent of the Six ISTations. 
 
 "I am directed by the Secretary of War to call your attention, &c. 
 Say to Mr. Jones, the Department expects him to do justice to the 
 Indians. If he will not comply with what is reasonable and just, sue 
 him." 
 
 257. Ingeesoll (Eobeet G. — American lawyer, author and orator). A. L. S., 
 
 Ip. 12mo, No. 220, Madison Avenue [New York], December 7, 
 1896. To Mr. Dent. 
 
 "We will wait while an attorney general is appointed, then, if I can 
 help you, I will with greatest pleasure." 
 
 258. Irvine (William — General in the American Rew)lution, Member of 
 
 Continental Congress). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion. 
 
 Philadelphia, October 10, 1803. To General Henry Dearborn, 
 
 Washington. 
 
 "Notioithstanding your friendship in adding to my fixed salary as 
 superintendent [of naval stores at Philadelphia] I find it too small for 
 the support of my family. . . . Mr. Gallatin mentioned last year that 
 he had in contemplation a plan of Mending the Superintendent of the 
 Naval Stores with the Military," ^c. 
 
 259. Ieving (Sik Heney — English actor and stage director). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 8vo, Brevoort House, New York, March 22, 1885. To the printers 
 enclosing a revise and requesting another proof. 
 
 260. Irving (Washington — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 16mo, March 
 
 26, no year. To an unknown party. 
 
 "Will you do me the favor to take a sociaMe dinner with me on Mon- 
 day next at 6 o'clock?" 
 
 261. Izard (Ealph — Member of the Continental Congress, joined with Arthur 
 
 Lee in opposition to Silas Deane, Franklin, and others in Prance, 
 instrumental in having General Greene made commander of the 
 Southern Army). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 Hartford, October 24, 1793. To John Vaughan, Chester, Pa. 
 
 "It has given me much pleasure to learn that the disorder in Phila- 
 delphia [yellow fever visited that city during year noted] is abated, & I 
 most sincerely hope that health will soon be restored to that unfor- 
 tunate City. The Newspapers gave a serious alarm to your friends, 
 but we soon had the pleasure to hear of your being in a place of safety." 
 
262. Jackson (Andrew— Seventh President of the United States). Bank 
 
 Cheque, filled in and signed. Washington, March 12, 1833. 
 
 "Office of Bank U. States. Pay A. J. Donelson, or bearer, One thou- 
 sand dollars." Andrew Jackson Donelson, was the President's nephew 
 and private secretary for two administrations, also Charg^ d'AfiFaires to 
 the Eepublic of Texas, Minister to Prussia, on the ticket with Fillmore 
 as Vice President in 1856, &c. 
 
 263. Jackson (Andeew). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Hermitage (near Nashville, 
 
 Tenn.). March 30, 1838. To Mr. Lewis J. Cist, widely known 
 as the possessor of one of the most famous autograph collections in 
 this country, sold in 1886-1887. Inlaid. 
 
 "Your letter of the 24:th, instant is just received requesting my auto- 
 graph. Altho my health is improving, I am as yet, scarcely ahle to 
 wield a pen to comply with your request, iut as you have expressed 
 a great desire to have it, feeMe as I am,.! make the attempt to gratify 
 you. Please to present my kind salutations to Qenl. Robert T. Lytte, his 
 family, 4r connections, and ielieve me very respectfully yours, Andrew 
 Jackson." 
 
 When this letter was written, Jackson had retired from the Presi- 
 dency to his home near Nashville, where, after being a paranjount figure 
 in one of the most remarkable periods in history, he died in 1845, the 
 year of the annexation of Texas. 
 
 264. Jackson (Andeew). L. S., 2pp. 4to, "Washington, June 22, 1831. To 
 
 Mrs. Caton relative to a position for a Mr. Harper, and stating 
 that he (Jackson) is about to leave for Eip Raps where he has 
 already experienced the benefits of its sea bathing, &c. With 9 
 portraits (4to, and smaller), engraved by Chappel, Phillibrown, 
 and others depicting Jackson as President, general on horseback, &c., 
 one or two plates spotted. Together, 10 pieces. 
 
 265. Jackson (David — Apothecary, Member of the Continental Congress). 
 
 A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Philadelphia, January 
 25, 1797. To James Kennedy. Inlaid. 
 
 Acknowledges the receipt of a draft to cover account, and states, — "Al- 
 most every person here of any consequence in the Drug line have their 
 Bark powdered in their own Elaboratories," &c. 
 
 266. Jackson (Helex Hunt — American poetess). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, 
 
 Colorado Springs, August 6, 1884. To Mrs. Pratt, enclosing MS. 
 of a poem. Signed "Helen Jackson." 
 
 "... Xou will be sorry to hear that I have been [five weeks] 
 in bed with a broken leg which wiU keep me helpless and crippled for 
 months yet. . . . One of my great consolations has been watching 
 a pair of robins in a nest close to the house — and that is the founda- 
 tion of this poem — though for esthetic purposes, I made them linnets." 
 
 267. Jackson (James — Member of the Continental Congress, general in the 
 
 American Eevolution (Southern Army), Governor of Georgia, 1798- 
 1801). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, including addressed portion, Savaimah, 
 October 15, 1794. To Governor George Matthews, Gov. & Comdr. 
 in Chief, State of Georgia. 
 
 After presenting details concerning the appointment of an officer of 
 the militia, the writer continues, — ^"There is now in this port, a valu- 
 able French prize, with Sixty tons of Gunpowder. If your Excel- 
 lency's powers would admit of it, I should suppose it policy, to pur- 
 chase a proportion for the State. There is no doubt but it may be ob- 
 tained at half price." 
 
368. Jackson (William Lowthee — Confederate general, cousin of "Stone- 
 wall" Jackson). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Headquarters Va. forces, Hut- 
 tonsville, June 6, 1861. To Governor Letcher, requesting that Mr. 
 Stephen A. Morgan be appointed a Second Lieutenant. 
 
 269. James (Henry — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 8yo, New York, 
 
 December 26, 1904. To Dr. Eice. 
 
 "I came to New Yor/i tut a few days ago and my time is intensely taken 
 up. I am. glad, however, to send you these few lines and appreciate what 
 you say of my work. I am not one of 'The Bostonians' but was horn 
 in this city, April 15, 1843." 
 
 270. Janes (Edmund S. — Bishop of the Methodist Church; And Others). 
 
 L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion. New York, January 23, 1840. 
 To President Martin Van Buren, Washington, recommending that 
 the Eev. J. I. Matthias be appointed a Chaplain in the United 
 States Navy. Signed, also, by Bishop Goodsell, Bishop Ferguson, 
 Nathan Bangs, Marvin Richardson, and other prominent Methodist 
 divines of the period in New York and Brooklyn. 
 
 > 
 
 271. Jay (Joi-in — Member of the Continental Congress, Governor of New 
 
 York, 1795-1801, Chief-Justice of that State, &c.). D. S., Ip. 
 oblong small 4to, New York, February 16, 1796 appointing Ben- 
 jamin Townsend, coroner of Rensselaer County. With large wax 
 seal of New York State,- partially preserved. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 272. Jay (John). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Bedford, West 
 
 Chester County, March 13, 1807. To Messrs. George and John 
 Rozell, Trenton, respecting the "coachee" they were to make for 
 him, leaves of letter separate. 
 
 "I wish that the Box may in no Respect be larger than conveniently 
 to hold four Persons and the Driver — that the wheels may be rather 
 low than high — &c. . . . Be so good as to write me on the subject, 
 as the carriage will be delivered at New York ; you will name some 
 person there to whom I may pay the price ; and in this there shall be 
 no delay." 
 
 273. Jeffbeson (Joseph — Father of the Joseph Jefferson of "Rip Van 
 
 Winkle" fame). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Wash- 
 ington, May 7, 1838. To James Brice, Annapolis, asking if he 
 can have the theatre about the first of June, and what the cost of 
 it would be. Inlaid. 
 
 274. Jeffeeson (Joseph — American actor, famous in the roles of "Rip Van 
 
 Winkle," "Bob Acres," &c.). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, no place, November 
 30 [1868]. To A. F. Goodman, telling him that he will feel much 
 gratified at receiving information concerning his honored grand- 
 father. 
 
 275. Jefferson (Thomas— Third President of the United States) . A. L. S., 
 
 Ip. small 4to, Washington, January 10, 1804. To John Barnes 
 ordering him to pay Pontius D. Still6 the sum of $15.00. With 
 endorsement by Stille, and signature of James Wharton, somewhat 
 spotted and repaired. 
 
276. Jefferson (Thomas). A. L., in the third person, 2pp. 8vo, with ad- 
 
 dressed portion, August 27, 1802. To Craven Peyton. 
 
 "Th. Jefferson asks the favor of Mr. Peyton to return Mm the plat of 
 the part of Shadwell which he leased, If he has it ; as a new tenant ap- 
 plies & Th. J. -has no copy of the plat to furnish him." 
 
 277. Johnson (Andrew— Seventeenth President of the United States). D. S., 
 
 2pp. government folio, Washington, August 1, 1865. Signed, also, 
 by William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Pardon for James 
 Walker, a rebel, provided he take the oath of allegiance. With wax 
 seal. Folded. 
 
 278. Johnson (Andrew). L. S., Ip. 4to, Executive Department, State of 
 
 Tennessee, Nashville, December 28, 1863. To Henry M. Benedict, 
 Albany, advising him of the receipt of his circular, complying with 
 his request thereon, and trusting that "your patriotic charily may 
 meet with satisfactory success." 
 
 279. Johnson (William— Chief Justice of the United States, ardently sup- 
 
 ported the principles advocated by Thomas Jefferson). A. L. S., 
 3pp. 4to, ineludiug addressed portion, no place, April 26, 1826. 
 To Eev. W. Gilman. 
 
 "As it always affords me Pleasure to spend an Hour at your House, I 
 obeyed the impulse of the Moment in sending you a verbal answer that I 
 would call this evening. . . . Since that I have reflected on the sub- 
 ject and find that I am still too sore under the Injury that Mr. Sparks 
 has inflicted on me, to behave to him with cordiality and without Hyp- 
 ocrisy," &c. Jared Sparks [the Sparks probably here referred to] had 
 criticised Johnson severely in the North American Review, of which he 
 was editor from 1824 to 1831, relative to his attitude in the matters of 
 "Admiralty extension" and the "Nullification agitation." 
 
 280. Johnston (Joseph B. — Officer in the Black Hawk Expedition, in the 
 
 Seminole and Mexican Wars, Confederate general, seriously wounded 
 ten times). A. L. S., 3pp. 12mo, Warm Springs, Virginia, July 
 29, 1872. To General H. W. Slocum relating to the candidacy of 
 Horace Greeley for the Presidency. 
 
 In this year Greeley ran against Grant, who had been nominated 
 for his second term, and took the stump in person. He lost out. What 
 ynth the fatigue of his canvas and the watching at his wife's bedside 
 for weeks, Greeley became fatally ill and died exactly four months to 
 the day from the date of Johnston's letter. 
 
 "... I have no doubt that those who were officers of the late 
 Confederate army will promptly join the proposed organization, if it 
 is shown to them that by so doing they will increase the probability 
 o( Greeley's election. . . . Let me suggest the preparation of a cir- 
 cular . . . [which] I will circulate industriously, for Greeley is not 
 more anxious for electon than I for the overthrow of our present rulers." 
 
 281. Jones (Allen — General in the American Eevolution, Member of Con- 
 
 tiuental Congress). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, with addressed portion. 
 Mount Gallant, January 5, 1795. To Le Eoy and Bayard, Mer- 
 chants in New York, stating that he had placed an execution against 
 an estate for them, encloses two bills amounting to $770.00, wishes 
 them the season's greetings, &c. 
 
282. Jones (Walter — Member of the Annapolis Convention, from Virginia). 
 
 A. L. S., 2pp. square 8vo, March 29th, 1790, with addressed por- 
 tion. To Eobert Carter, requesting information as to the security 
 of a debt, &c. Inlaid. 
 
 283. Josephine, Empress Op France. L. S., Ip. small 4to, Malmaison, 
 
 April 13, 1812, recommending the Sr. G-authierto M. La Vallette, 
 and assuring him that she will appreciate his kindness. 
 
 284. JosiAH (James — Captain in the Continental Navy in the American 
 
 Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, London, December 22, 1792. To 
 Mess. Jesse & Robt. "Wain, Philadelphia, on the matter of sending 
 over vessels with full cargoes. 
 
 "If the House determines on sailing ty the above time, our rivals 
 will of course follow . . . if so none of us will ie full ships, the 
 Pigou wUl then most likely he a full ship," ^c. 
 
 285. JouRDAN (Jean Baptiste — Marshal of France, served under Lafayette 
 
 in the American Revolution). A. L. S., in French, Ip. 4to, Sep- 
 tember 7th, 1829. To Colonel Maingarnaud, referring to Ms 
 [Jourdan's] "Memoires Militaires Manuscrit sur la Guerre d'Es- 
 pagne," offering him the use of it for his own articles upon the 
 subject, but stipulatiug that the name of the author is not to be 
 mentioned. With portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 286. Kean (Edmund — Noted English actor). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, no place, 
 
 no date. Signed in full. Inlaid. To "Dear Spring." 
 
 "I am anxious to make up my accounts. . . . Will thank you to 
 give Mr. Hughes your portion of them." 
 
 287. Kean (Charles — English actor, son of Edmund Kean). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 12mo, Great Western Hotel, Paddington, April 2, 1860. To "My 
 dear Jepson" inviting him to join himself and several others at 
 dinner. 
 
 288. Kean (John — Member of the Continental Congress, Cashier of United 
 
 States Bank, Philadelphia). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed 
 portion, [Philadelphia], November 5, 1794. To Le Roy and Bayard, 
 New York. 
 
 "Inclosed you will receive ... 22 notes amounting to $44,800.00, 
 which amount was received for your account from Kobert Morris, Esq. ; 
 the other $11,200.00 I shall pay on your order to Eufus King, Esq. 
 
 289. Keblb (John — Englisla divine and poet, author of "The Christian 
 
 Year"). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Hursley, 
 November 14, 1862. To Rev. W. Vaux. 
 
 "I send you over a copy of a paper which has been widely distrib- 
 uted, and if you will take it under your charge and have a petition 
 drawn up to the desired efEect, I should think it would obtain abun- 
 dance of signatures." 
 
290. Kent (James — American jurist, author of "Kent's Commentaries."). 
 
 A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with, addressed portion, Albany, July 8, 1806; 
 also an A. L., in third person, unsigned, relative to subscription 
 books. Ip. small 4to, St. Marks Place, no date. With portrait. 
 Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 A. L. S. is to Samuel M. Hopkins, New York and states that, — "I re- 
 turned last evening only from the Northern Circuit . . . There are 
 some reasons why Mrs. K. and myself would wish to dispense with the 
 Niagara tour this season. Her father has been at the point of death 
 for these six weeks, and it is not probable he will survive till Fall," &c. 
 
 291. Key (Feancis Scott — Author of the American National Anthem, "The 
 
 Star Spangled Banner."). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion, part missing. George Town, February 3, 1815. To Phillip 
 E. Griffith, Philadelphia; also, A. L. S., of Philip Key, relative of 
 P. S. Key. Ip. 4to, March 1, 1809. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 Francis Scott Key writes, — "/ presume that you have seen that I 
 am appointed one of the Yazoo Commissioners. It will therefore 6e 
 necessary your papers OMd olaAms should be attended to iy some other 
 person. . . . If you are unacquainted wtih our Bar and think an 
 attorney should ie engaged, I would recommend Mr. Wiley . . . 
 who was lately my partner." 
 
 293. Key (Feancis Scott). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, De- 
 cember 14, 1811. To John McDowell. Inlaid. 
 
 "... 7ou hold a bond of my uncle, which money he borrowed of 
 you ... to lend to me. What I wished was to have my uncle re- 
 leased from this engagement ^ myself taken as your Debtor in his place. 
 I have written to him on the Subject," &c. 
 
 293. KiiTG (BuEUS — American journalist, Brig.-General in Civil War, at 
 
 Manassas, Fredericksburg, &c., left the army in 1863 to become Min- 
 ister to Rome) . A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Division Head Quarters, Centre- 
 ville, September, 1863. To Governor Seymour recommending that 
 Lt. Col. Hugh C. Flood succeed Col. McBvily, who has resigned, 
 as the latter is "a most faithful, efficient and loyal officer," &c. 
 
 294. KiKTG (William E. — Minister to Prance, Vice-President of the United 
 
 States for about one month in 1853). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, Wash- 
 ington City, December 18, 1841. To Oscar T. Keeler. 
 
 "I have never been a correspondent of either of the gentlemen named 
 by you with the exception of John P. King of Georgia, and I am 
 not able at this time to lay my hand upon any of his letters." 
 
 295. Keuegee (S. J. P. — "Oom Paul" — President South African Eepublic). 
 
 Signature to a Printed Document, — "Door Zijn Hoog-Bdele," &c. 
 Ip. folio, Pretoria, February, 1893. 
 
 396. Laeayette (Maequis De). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo, LaGrange, June 
 15, 1811. To "Mon cher ancien ColUgue" recommending his 
 friend, M. Gros, for a position in the Ciistoms. 
 
297. Lafayette (Maequis De). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Paris, July 19, 1828. 
 
 To an unknown party, confirming the delivery of seTeral letters to 
 certain persons. 
 
 298. Langdon (John — Member of the Continental Congress, officer in the 
 
 American Kevolution, Governor of New Hampshire). A. L. S., 2pp. 
 4to, with addressed portion, Washington, January 17, 1807. To 
 Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under President Jeffer- 
 son, portion of inner margin torn. 
 
 "Having relinquished my right to the half section of land sold by you 
 to Col. Worthington under authority from Col. John Allan so far as 
 will meet the demands against said Allan . . . should there he any 
 surplus remaining you will pay it to Col. Worthington." 
 
 Langdon gave all his ready cash together with the proceeds from 
 the sale of household goods and of many hundreds of pounds of to- 
 bacco in order to equip the force which, at the Battle of Bennington, 
 tinder General Stark, defeated the Hessians. 
 
 299. Langwokthy (Edwabd — Member of the Continental Congress from 
 
 Georgia). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, with addressed portion. Savannah, 
 March 5, 1784. To Dr. Noble. Wimberly Jones, Charleston, South 
 Carolina. Personal letter. 
 
 Nothing seems to be known of the place and date of Langworthy's 
 birth, nor of his family. He was, in addition to his Congressional posi- 
 tion noted, secretary to the Council of Safety in 1775-1776, and wrote 
 a history of Georgia for publication in book form, but which was not 
 printed because of the mysterious disappearance of the manuscript. 
 
 300. Laenbd (Sylvester — American clergyman and orator, graduate of Mid- 
 
 dlebury College, lost his life ministering to the yellow-fever sufferers, 
 New Orleans, 1820). Autograph poem, signed, 160 lines in two 
 columns, entitled "The Execution." Ip. tall folio, mended at folds, 
 a portion rebacked. 
 
 Reverend Mr. Lamed was an impassioned preacher and orator, 
 founder of the First Presbyterian church of New Orleans. This poem 
 was written at Middlebury the year before his graduation. He signs it, — 
 "Middlehury College. Sylvester Larned's Composition, November 4, 1812." 
 
 301. Laueance (John — Aide to General Washington). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, 
 
 New York, July 16, 1805. To John Ferris, relative to the returns 
 on some of his property. 
 
 302. Laueens (Heney — American statesman. President of the Continental 
 
 Congress, 1777-1778, imprisoned for a year in the Tower of Lon- 
 don). A. L. S., 3 pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Charlestown, So. 
 Carolina, June 7, 1768. To William Fisher, Philadelphia. 
 
 "The wind has detained me here ever since I wrote to you on the 28th 
 of May per Capt. Mason, but it now looks as if we were going to be 
 favoured and I shall probably embark in two hours from this. . . . 
 This will be delivered to you by Mr. Charles Mill ... a young gen- 
 tleman of good sense and good manners who is going to the Northern 
 Colonies, partly to shun the violence of the ensuing summer & In hopes 
 at the same time to establish a correspondence that mav be bene- 
 ficial," &c. 
 
303. Laueens (Hbney). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, including addressed portion, 
 
 York Town, April 28, 1778. To His Excellency Thomas Wharton, 
 President of Pennsylvania at Lancaster to which town he had re- 
 moved together with the executive council because of the occupation 
 of Philadelphia by the British. Laurens subscribes himself, — 
 "President of Congress." 
 
 "The 24th Inst. I had the honour of conveying a packet to Tour Ex- 
 cellency containing two Acts of Congress ... to which I beg leave 
 to refer. Within the present cover I transmit an Act of the . 23d for 
 granting Pardons & Recommending to the several States to enact Laws 
 or Issue Proclamations adapted to the good purposes which Congress 
 have .in view." 
 
 304. Lee (Aethue — Member of the Continental Congress, secret agent of the 
 
 American Eevolution in England, Secretary of Treasury, 1784). 
 L. S., Ip. 4to, Board of Treasury, August 16, 1786, relating to the 
 transfer of Books of Indents of Interest. Signed, also, by Samuel 
 Osgood, and Walter Livingston, members of the Continental Con- 
 gress, the first of these two being also the first Postmaster-General 
 of the United States. 
 
 305. Lee (Aethue). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion (which 
 
 is inlaid). New York, March 20, 1788. To John Hopkins, Law 
 Ofiicer, Eichmond, Virginia. 
 
 "The post having desisted from "bringing Newspapers, as formerly, I 
 must request of you to send me one from time to time in a letter sealed, 
 containing the elections of Members to the Convention. Dr. Skinner, I 
 suppose, has not received my letter as I have not heard of any bill 
 drawn on me by him." 
 
 Lee, at date of letter, was a member of the "Board of Treasury," 
 member of the Continental Congress, and Indian commissioner, trav- 
 elling, in the latter capacity, the States of New York and Pennsylvania. 
 
 306. Lee (Eichaed Hexey — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 
 
 niember Continental Congress, life-long friend of Samuel Adams). 
 A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, including addressed portions, New York, October 
 22, 1785. To "Mrs. Anne Livingstone, at Doctor Shippens in Sec- 
 ond Street, Philadelphia," slight repairs. 
 
 A letter of unusual charm, and showing that the thoughts of the 
 writer were not always focussed along the austere lines of Congres- 
 sional activity. 
 
 "My dear Cousin: I am partly resolved to purchase for my daughters 
 a Muslin Gown apiece, and the more especially as Capt. Bell's ship will 
 probably have supplied the Shops with choice of pretty muslins and upon 
 reasonable terms. This last part of the business with me is a very 
 important part. . . . Mnd out where the prettiest, fittest, and best 
 bargain is to be met with in Muslin for a Gown apiece for Molly, Han- 
 nah, and Nancy & an Apron for each. Also an Apron for Mrs. Lee. In 
 doing this' will you pardon me for saying that some femality is to be laid 
 aside — Such as preferring one shop to another for slight reasons, or 
 any indeed but for better and cheaper goods — Not joining economy to 
 fancy — And too hastily supposing prettiness, cheapness, & a Good bar- 
 gain, without proper attention & pausing a little until different Shops 
 are examined and fair comparisons made. ... I shall be very 
 much obliged to you for informing me what quantity of Muslin will be 
 necessary for the above purposes, and what the price, and whether it 
 is very pretty indeed — Also the quantity & kind of trimming proper and 
 
[No. 306— Continued] 
 
 its cost, to the end that I may have an exact knowledge of the whole 
 expence — ^And if it comes cleverly within the Compass of my finances, 
 I wUl then write to you to secure the bargain for me." 
 
 307. Lee (Eichaed Henet). A. D. S., Ip. small ito, no place, no date, re- 
 
 paired at fold. 
 
 Thos. B. Mershon vs. Hiland Crow — Debt $29.81 due by note under 
 seal — Bail reguired." 
 
 308. Lee (Eobeet E.^Commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces). Auto- 
 
 graph endorsement of 10 lines, with signature, on back of A. L. S., 
 2pp. 4to, from Colonel C. Q. Tompkins, Headquarters Virginia 
 "Volunteers, Charleston, June 30, 1861. Endorsement, also, of 
 General Henry A. Wise, Governor of Virginia in 1855. 
 
 General Lee has endorsed, — "/ mfer from the recommend'tn of Col. 
 TompJcins and Qenl. Wise that a Major is wanted for the 3rd Begt. or- 
 ganized in Kenawha Valley, and would recommend the appt. of a citi- 
 zen of that region. I have no knowledge of the qualifications of Mr. 
 Bunn but would give weight to the recomm,end'tn of Col. T. and &enl. 
 W." 
 
 309. Lee (Eobeet B.). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Lexington, Va., October 31, 1867. 
 
 To Fred "W. Ginistre. With portrcdt. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "In answer to your note of the 13th inst. I have to state that it would 
 not 6e in my power to deliver a lecture before your Society." 
 
 310. Leidy (Joseph — Distinguished American Naturalist and author of im- 
 
 portant Scientific Works) . A. L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, Philadelphia, 
 April 37, 1855. 
 
 Interesting certification as to the genuineness of Dr. Koch's Skeleton 
 of the Basilosaurus or Zeuglodon [a gigantic lizard] then on exhibi- 
 tion in Dr. McDowell's Museum. 
 
 "It is an absurdity to pronounce a skeleton a "humbug" which has 
 its constituent bones held together with plaster, metal or other means. 
 
 . . . Even should a skeleton be made up or restored from the bones 
 of a dozen individuals of the same species, it cannot be considered a 
 deception as it gives a correct knowledge of the skeleton." 
 
 311. Le Kain (Henei Louis — Famous French actor, called by Voltaire "the 
 
 only truly tragic actor," the "French Garrick"). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 square 8vo, including addressed portion, Paris, February 7, 1750. 
 To M. Darnaud reqquesting him to engage [Mme. Siguire], and to 
 make appointment with her for rehearsal. 
 
 313. Leveebtt (John — Colonial Governor of Massachusetts during King 
 Philip's War). A. L. S., Ip. oblong 34mo, Boston, December 30, 
 1640. With portrait. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 313. Lincoln (Abeaham). Autograph Praecipe issued by Stuart and Lin- 
 coln, in the latter's hand, in case of John and Augustus Kerr vs. 
 David Prickett. Trespass on the case upon promises. Damage, 
 $3000.00. The Clerk of the Sangamon circuit court will issue 
 process in the above case. Ip. 4to. [May 16, 1839]. 
 
 Lincoln was admitted to the bar sometime in 1836, and later formed 
 a partnership with John T. Stuart, — whose acquaintnace he had made 
 during the Black Hawk War, — locating in Springfield. This item and 
 the two following are in the autograph of Lincoln. 
 
314. Lincoln (Abraham). Autograph Praecipe issued by Stuart and Lin- 
 
 coln, in the latter's hand in case of William Goodacre vs. Abner 
 Smith. Trespass vi et amis. Damage, $500.00. The Clerk of 
 the Sangamon Circuit Court will issue process in the above case 
 returnable to the next term of said court. Ip. small 4to. [August 
 . 16, 1839]. 
 
 315. Lincoln (Abeaham). Autograph Praecipe issued by Stuart and Lin- 
 
 coln, in the latter's hand, in case of A. A. Dunham vs. Thomas Lap- 
 well. Trespass on the case upon promises. Damage, $200.00. The 
 clerk of the Sangamon circuit court will issue process in the above 
 case. Ip. small 4to. [June 12, 1840]. 
 
 316. Lincoln (Abraham). Endorsement of 5 lines and signature in Lin- 
 
 coln's hand on back of a L. S. from Edward C. Carrington, 3pp. 
 4to, Washington, August 17, 1861, recommending his friend Cap- 
 tain S. E. Arnold for a commission in the United States Marine 
 Corps. 
 
 Lincoln has autographed, — "Respectfully submitted to the Navy De- 
 partment, with request for a respectful consideration. A. Lincoln. Aug. 
 19, 1861." 
 
 Owing to the dissatisfaction of the partisans of the Confederacy at 
 the election of Lincoln to the Presidency, it was thought by many that 
 he would surely be assassinated during his inauguration on Novem- 
 ber 6, 1861, if not before. As the militia of Washington was scanty 
 and only partially organized, General Carrington proposed to form a 
 temporary military organization of volunteers as a special protective 
 force. However, as General Scott had meanwhile made excellent pro- 
 visions for the preservation of life and property in Washington on the 
 occasion, the service of the special guard was not required. 
 
 317. Lincoln (Abraham). Endorsement of two lines and signature on 
 
 portion of letter in another hand. Washington, March 14, [1864]. 
 Contains, also, 13 lines, with signature, in the autograph of John 
 A. Bingham, Judge-advocate of the army under President Lincoln. 
 Lincoln's endorsement is, — "Resp'y. submitted to Mr. Bingham. A. Lin- 
 coln. March 14." 
 
 318. [Lincoln (Abraham)]. Owen (Eobert Dale). Original autograph 
 
 eulogy entitled, — "Abraham Lincoln," signed in full, Ip. 4to, New 
 York, September 16, 1867. Also, a lithograph facsimile of the item, 
 Ip, 12mo. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "Some men stand still, amazed when the tempest darkens around 
 them ; others grow & rise to the height of the occasion ; but few have 
 ever grown & risen as did this man ; his mind maturing & his views ex- 
 panding under the stirring influences of the times. It was an old famil- 
 iar name for which the majority voted as President in 1864; yet it 
 was scarcely a re-election. It was not the same man whom the people 
 had elected President four years before." 
 
 319. Lincoln (Mary Todd — Wife of President Abraham Lincoln). A. L. S. 
 
 3pp. 8vo, Erankfurt-a-Main, March 31, [1870]. On mourning 
 paper. To "My very dear Friend, — " the "Wandering Jewess" men- 
 tioned in letter. 
 
 "It is so kind and good in you — ^to feel anxious about me, during 
 my late very severe illness. I am sitting up in bed whilst I am writ- 
 
[No. 319 — Continued] 
 
 ing this. The banker has just sent me your letter to Tad — also a tele- 
 gram which was returned to you, in reply to the one, you so kindly 
 sent to-day, the one that appears to have been sent you, copy of it — 
 The English is very striking — If I could smile again it would amuse 
 me. I am, enjoined by my physician who has just left to write a very 
 few lines — My hands tremble so much — I cannot write. To return again 
 to my troubled life — is so hard. 1 have been so near my husband — 
 there are days of delirium — when I can quite recall that my dearly loved 
 ones — ever hanging over me — would that I could have joined them. 
 I am sorry indeed to hear that dear Susie is not well. I shall never 
 forget your very great kindness to me — always — in the days of my 
 overwhelming sorrow and desolation — how unspeakably precious. 
 Please write me always where to address you — as you are such a Wan- 
 dering Jewess. Burn this shocking letter — for I am so very weak and 
 nervous." 
 
 320. Lincoln (Maey Todd). A. L. S., 4pp. 8vo, Frankfurt-a-Main, May 
 
 16, 1870. On mourning paper. To Honorable James H. Orne. 
 
 "I hasten to return my most grateful acknowledgements for the great 
 interest you have manifested in my behalf. It is the first time I have 
 heard from you, the letter you mention having written in Feb. has never 
 reached me. It may have been lost on the ocean. Words . . . are 
 powerless to express my deep sense of gratitude for the cheque which 
 your letter contained. My continued illness of the last few months has 
 naturally very greatly increased expenses — yet at the same time this 
 valuable memento of our noble hearted Americans, shall remain un- 
 touched until the final decision of the Senate is made known. On the 
 ' 3rd. of May I received a telegram from Wash. . . . stating that the 
 
 resolution had passed the House to give me a pension of $3,000 per year. 
 All this unmerited kindness has greatly affected me — to each of these 
 gentlemen I have written an expression of thanks. No language can 
 express my feelings on the subject. I am anxiously awaiting the de- 
 cision of the Senate. My physician frequently urges an immediate de- 
 parture for some medical baths in Bohemia which he thinks will bene- 
 fit my health. Of course I shall have to await the decision of the Senate 
 and we can only hope it will be: favorable. The unparalleled kindness 
 of yourself ... as well as other influential persons . . . have 
 very greatly advanced my interests. Under all circumstances my grati- 
 tude to you and all my friends will be deeply fixed in my heart — and 
 will continue there while life lasts." 
 
 321. Lincoln (Benjamin — General in the American Kevolution, with Wash- 
 
 ington at Morristown, Gates at Stillwater, &c.). Two D. S., Ip. 
 folio, and Ip. small 4to, Boston and Marblehead, February 21, 1803, 
 and June 25, 1804. Signed as Collector [of the port of Boston]. 
 Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 322. LiVBRMOEE (Samuel — Statesman, Member of the Continental Congress, 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court). A. N. S., Ip. small 4to, no place. 
 [August 4, 1773]. Inlaid. 
 
 "Please to send me a warrant agt. John McCurdy. . . . The old 
 warrant not being returned is no reason for not giving out another." 
 
 323. Livingston (Peter E. — One of the celebrated Livingston family, Eegis- 
 
 trar of New York). A. L. S., Ip. folio, no place, March 24, 1790. 
 To N. Lawrence, on financial matters. 
 
324. Livingston (William — Member of the Continental Congress, first 
 
 Governor of New Jersey, one of the first in America to recommend 
 the abolition of slavery.) A. L. S., Ip. folid, Princeton, June 1, 
 1781. 
 
 "Gentlemen: I herewith lay 'before the honourable House a Resolu- 
 tion of Congress of the 26th instant for "transmitting to the Executives of 
 the States from New Hampshire to New Jersey, both inclusive, Copies 
 of Major General Greene's Letter of the 22d of April last; "together 
 with a Copy of the said Letter." 
 
 325. Livingston (William). A. D. S., Ip. 4to, Trenton, March 15, 1783. 
 
 Inlaid. 
 
 Certifies that his son, Harry Brockholst Livingston, had studied law 
 with him for one year and seven months previous to his entering the 
 American Army in 1776. Brockholst Livingston, — as he preferred to 
 be known, — saw considerable army service during the Revolution, act- 
 ing as aide to General Schuyler, to General Arthur St. Clair, &c. He 
 was a notable scholar and advocate, a brother-in-law of the celebrated 
 John Jay, and one of the incorporators of the Public School System of 
 New York City. 
 
 326. Logan (James — Quaker statesman and author, Mayor of Philadelphia, 
 
 1723, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1736-1738, Logan the Indian 
 chieftain named after him). A. L. S., [first draft, probably]. Ip. 
 4to, with a number of elisions and substitutions, Philadelphia, De- 
 cember 17, 1724. To H. Gouldney. 
 
 "My time being quite exhausted S/; my Spirits in some measure, I find 
 I have too long delay'd my lettr. to thyself wh. I intended the last in 
 the Inclosure. . . . I am buying wheat for Portugal or Spain where 
 I hear there is at present something of a Market, but I have not yet 
 positively agreed for the freight for wh.," ^c. 
 
 Logan came originally to this country from Scotland in 1699 in com- 
 pany with William Penn as his private secretary, and resided with the 
 latter in the "slate-roof house on Second street," Philadelphia. He cor- 
 responded with many scientists throughout the world, especially with 
 Linnaeus who gave the name of "Logan" to a class of plants in his 
 honor, was one of the founders of the University of Pennsylvania, &c. 
 
 337. Longfellow (Henkt W. — American poet). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, Cam- 
 bridge, June 29, 1849. To unknown party. 
 
 "Many thanks for your charming little sketches of the Rhine, which I 
 value very highly. They are already placed in the Portfolio, which I 
 hope in time to have filled with such [specimens] of Art and Nature. 
 The summer comes sweeping down with all its heart. Will it not some 
 afternoon drive you out of the city in our direction?" 
 
 328. Longfellow (Heney W.) A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, Astor House, [New 
 
 York], May 30, no year, drca 1849. To unknown party. 
 
 "I am very sorry I cannot accept either of your friendly invitations. 
 But today I dine with Mr. Kent, and on Monday I shall be in Philadel- 
 phia. I shall make another attempt to see you Tuesday," ^c' 
 
 329. Louis XIV., King Of Peance. D. S., Ip. folio, 1665, containing certain 
 
 orders to an officer of his army. 
 
330. Louis XV., King Of Feance. D. S., on vellum. Ip. oblong 4to, Tour- 
 
 nay, June 1, 1745. Appointment of a Cornet in a troop of cavalry. 
 With English translation and biography of the King neatly written 
 on 2pp. folio. With portrait. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 331. Louis XV., King Of Feance. D. S. (parchment), Ip. oblong foHo, 
 
 Versailles, March 31, 1767. Countersigned by Phelyppeaur, Sec- 
 retary of State, &c. In French. With 2 portraits. Together, 3 
 pieces. ' 
 
 Grants permission to Sr. Franfois Henry d'Anthea de Longepierre to 
 sit in the Parliament of Dijon. 
 
 332. Mazaein (Jules — Cardinal, and Prime Minister of France, succeeded 
 
 Richelieu). L. S., with two short lines in his auto^aph with his 
 signature "Le Card. Mazarini." 2pp. folio, including addressed 
 portion, with small wax-seals and portions of silk-cords. Paris, 
 October 27, 1643. To M. de la Poterie, Colonial representative of 
 the King, &c., encouraging him to maintain the King's authority in 
 his province, and promising him that he shall be well rewarded. 
 
 333. McClosket (John — Cardinal Archbishop of New York). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 8vo, New York, April 32, 1879. To Dr. Purcell, Archbishop of 
 Cincinnati, regretting that he will be unable to attend the dedica- 
 tion [St. Patrick's Cathedral, on May 25, 1879], and stating that 
 the writer is in the midst of moving, which is "no easy task, after 
 a fifteen years' residence in the one house." 
 
 334. McDouGALL (Albxandee — Member of the Continental Congress, gen- 
 
 eral in the American Revolution, first president of the Sociely of 
 the Cincinnati of New York State). A. L. S., 2pp. square Svo, 
 [New York] December 2, 1783. To Nicholas Jones, Bloomingdale. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 "I shall instantly hand your letter and account to Mr. Laurence [his 
 son-in-law, and judge-advocate at trial of Major Andr6] whom I pledge 
 myself will leave no stone unturned to obtain ample Justice for you. 
 I shall remain at the Tavern late Hull's till Friday moming when I 
 shall go to Mr. Laurences. When your servant comes again to town, I 
 shall be prepared with a fuller answer to your favor. I am vsrith great 
 truth your affectionate servant, Alex. McDougaU." 
 
 335. McKean (Thomas — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, the 
 
 only member of the Continental Congress who served consecutively 
 from its opening to the Peace). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, including ad- 
 dressed portion, Philadelphia, July 16, 1811. To "John Way, 
 Esquire, in the township of Ohio, and county of Allegheny, near 
 Pittsburgh." 
 
 Relates chiefly to the condition of certain lands of his, their taxes 
 and how paid, the chances of disposing of them, &e., concluding, — "Many 
 applications have been made to me by Individuals of all parties in the 
 State to agree to be a candidate for Governor at the next Election, but 
 as I enjoy such comfort, since I have been exempted from all profes- 
 sional and oflicial duties as I never experienced during a long, pro- 
 tracted life, I cannot relinquish it, without it was the desire of a ma- 
 jority of my fellow citizens ; and I have heard nothing from the West- 
 ern counties." 
 
336. Mackintosh (John— Officer in the American Eevolution, General in 
 
 the War of 1812). A. L. S., 2pp. square 8vo, Hermitage, January- 
 IB, 1784. To John Mackintosh, Jr., New York. 
 
 " ... if you purchase negroes from any house in town, I am 
 ready and willing to join you in bond to the amount of five hundred 
 pounds, providing they give you two years credit, which I am informed is 
 now generally given." 
 
 337. Manning (James — Member of the Continental Congress, established 
 
 the first non-sectarian College in Ehode Island which later was incor- 
 porated as Brown University). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, including ad- 
 dressed portion. Providence, September 10, 1788. To Honorable 
 Eobert Carter, Westmoreland County, Virginia. 
 
 States that he is, — "Amidst the Hurry & concommitants of com- 
 mencement," but "snatches a moment" to inform his friend regarding 
 his sons, and other matters, including the drowning of a student to which 
 he thus refers : — "One youth of the Junior Class, last July, was drowned 
 by going In to swim. His Class elected one of his Class to colnpose 
 and deliver a funeral Oration, soon after on the Occasion in the Col- 
 lege Hall . . . and the great efEect It produced on the minds of the 
 hearers prompted them and others to solicit the printing it. . . . 
 The author is a pious, indigent young Presbyterian, who will, I ex- 
 pect one day make a figure in the pulpit. Thinking this hasty, though 
 serious publication might be of use to the College, & the young man, I 
 had one hundred of them struck off, for wh. I paid the money." It has 
 been stated that the "sermon" mentioned was the "Oration on the 
 Death of Nathan Merrick" by Thomas Parke. 
 
 338. Marigny (Abel F. P., Marquis De — Noted French architect, brother 
 
 of Madame de Pompadour). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Versailles, March 1, 
 1758. In French. Letter of thanks to a friend for his kindness 
 in attending to a matter of certain mines, &c. 
 
 339. Marion (Francis — Celebrated general in the American Eevolution, 
 
 called by the British commander Tarleton, the "Swamp Fox," whom 
 the "devil himself could not catch."). A. D. S., on small portion 
 of letter, July 10, 1781. Eeceipt for beef. 
 
 "Rec'd, 10th July, 1781 of Thomas Blackmond, fourteen hundred wt. 
 Beef for the use of the troops under my Gommand." 
 
 Marion was at this period associated with General Greene, and others, 
 in the Southern Army around Eutaw Springs, &c. This receipt was 
 made out and signed by Marion a few days before the sharp skirmish at 
 Quimby Bridge, in which he and General Sumter, the "game-cock," were 
 attacked unsuccessfully at Orangeburg. 
 
 340. Marlboeough (Sarah, Duchess of — Wife of John Churchill, first 
 
 Duke of Marlborough). L. S., 3pp. 4to, London, November 7, 1731. 
 To Mr. Townsend or Mr. Prisley at Oxford. 
 
 "It will he great satisfaction to me, to hear from you, that I might 
 know how far you are gone in your work at the Bridge. . . . Mr. 
 Burst tells me that the Plastering work can't go on in the Gallery for 
 want of takeing measures," ^c. 
 
 There are several biographical accounts of the famous wife of the 
 "Fighting Duke," perhaps the least unpleasant is that from the pen of 
 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. 
 
341. Maetindale (John Heney— General in the Civil War, attorney-general 
 
 of Kew York State, 1866-1868). A. L. S., Spp. 4:to, Head Quar- 
 ters First Brigade, Hall's Hill, Virginia, January 19, 1863. To 
 Colonel Pickell, Commanding N. Y. S. V., requesting the presence 
 of Capt. S. Brown and Ensign J. K. Burlingame for examination 
 before a Military Board, "notwithstanding the arrest of Capt. 
 Brown and the pendency of charges against him." 
 
 342. Mathews (Chaeles — English comedian). Manuscript biography of 
 
 John Mills, actor, 19 lines, signed, on oblong 4to, Ip., within a 
 ruled border. 
 
 343. Maunsell (John — ^British General, as an officer of a lower rank served 
 
 under General Wolfe at Louisburg and Quebec). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, 
 no place, February 8, 1785. To Aaron Burr, New York. 
 
 "I am well informed that many writts are now on foot against Jack 
 W. and that he must be very soon deprived of his liberty when I undei-- 
 stand that he will be disqualified from Law business," &c. 
 
 344. Mauet (Dabnet Heendon — Confederate General, at Mobile, Vicksburg, 
 
 &c., also, officer in the Mexican War). Autograph telegram signed 
 on blank of South Western Telegraph Co., Ip. 8vo. 
 
 "Citronelle, December 11, 1864, By Telegraph from Mobile, Decem- 
 ber 11, 1864. To Brig.-Oenl. Thomas: Bring your command to Mobile 
 at once, enemy advancing on road to the City. D. H. Maury, Maj.-G-enl." 
 
 On this date Sherman was marching upon Atlanta ; Mobile was de- 
 fended by General Maury; Hood was defeated at Nashville five days 
 afterward. 
 
 345. Meade (Geoege Goedon — General in the Civil War, commanded the 
 
 Union forces at Gettysburg). A..L. S., Ip. 8vo, Detroit, November 
 37, 1860. To Charles Whittlesey, Cleveland, Ohio. With portrait. 
 Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "/ regret it is not in my power to furnish the information desired in 
 your letter. . . . Our St. Mary's guage zero is 1.45 feet below the 
 surface of the west pier at the head of the canal. I have written to our 
 Observer to send me the depth of the canal . . . which when re- 
 ceived I will send to you." 
 
 346. Mbndelssohn-Baetholdy (Felix — German composer, 1809-1847). 
 
 A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Leipzig, January 11, 1840. Expresses regret at 
 his inability to hear Mr. Ernst [H. W. Ernst, German violinist?] 
 because of a previous engagement, but suggests that two of his 
 friends would be glad to use the tickets. In German. 
 
 347. Meecee (John Feancis — Officer in the/ American Eevolution, member 
 
 of the Continental Congress, Governor of Maryland). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 4to, Marlboro, October 39, 1793. To Andrew S. Ennals, Baltimore. 
 . "My skipper Mortimer carried some freight up to Piscataway, & in- 
 stead of returning thence took another freight for Alexandria, whence he 
 only returned two days ago," &c. 
 
 348. Meteebeee (Giacomo — German composer, wrote "Les Huguenots," 
 
 "Le Prophete," &c.). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, no place, no date, apologiz- 
 ing for his inability to attend rehearsal On that day, but promising 
 attendance the following Monday. In French. 
 
349. Meyerbeer (Giacomo). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, no place, no date. With 
 
 photograph. Together, 3 pieces. In German. 
 
 States that he Is sorry he will be unable to meet a certain party because 
 of the funeral of Minister von Billow, which takes place a day earlier 
 than he expected, and suggests that the party noted call the next day. 
 
 350. MiFELiN (Thomas — First aide-de-camp to Washington with rank of 
 
 Colonel, later made General, member of the Continental Congress, 
 first Governor of Pennsylvania). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Philadelphia, 
 June 6, 1791. To John ISTicholson, Compt. Genl. of Pennsylvania. 
 "For your information, I inclose copies of a letter from the Register 
 General of this State, and from the Secretary of the Treasury for the 
 United States, respecting a proposition to expedite the business, and to 
 secure a check, in subscribing to the loan proposed by the United 
 States." 
 
 351. Mitchell (Nathaniel — Member of the Continental Congress, officer 
 
 in the American Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed 
 portion. Eichmond, July 30, 1781. To Governor Wilson, slight 
 repairs. Inlaid. 
 
 "The low state of my flnanoes urges me to make known to you at 
 this time my misfortunes. When I was captured at Peters'burgh I lost 
 two good, horses tridles and saddles which I am not able ot replace. 
 
 . . . I am on foot and three hundred and fifty miles from home." 
 
 353. Mitchell (Samuel Latham — Physician and statesman, member of the 
 Legislature, the "Nestor of American Science"). A. L. S., 4pp. 
 4to, Washington, January 30, 1806. To E. E. Livingston, giving 
 a number of interesting details relative to the business outlook, &c. 
 Somewhat blurred. 
 
 "... In respect to affairs with G. Britain, the complicated tis- 
 sue of them is under the unravelling labour of a Committee of Sena- 
 tors. . . . Yesterday a motion was made for suspending Importa- 
 tions from G. B. and her Colonies, until satisfactory arrangements shall 
 be made on the points in dispute. . . . The Spanish Minister is act- 
 ing a curious part at this plaCe ... he has published ... a 
 letter containing strictures on Mr JefEerson's Message to Congress con- 
 veying the idea that the President has offered errors and falsehoods to 
 the Bepresentatives of the Nation. ... An atrocious intermeddling 
 of a foreign Minister, and a libellous invective, not equalled by any 
 done by Genet." 
 
 353. Monroe (James — Fifth President of the United States). Autograph 
 memoranda, while Secretary of State under President Madison, with 
 his signature, on separate slip attached. 3pp. 8vo, no place, no 
 date, slightly repaired. 
 
 Although no date is recorded on these memoranda, it may be placed 
 as probably about 1819, the period of the signing of the Treaty of Flor- 
 ida. Among the notes are the following: 
 
 "The moment the [hour] arrives we shall move to [PN]; and having 
 taken possession shall organise and exercise the govt, of the country, 
 as a thing which we have a perfect right to do at any time. The evac- 
 uation of the fortifications hy the Sph. [Spanish] officers and troops 
 and the transporting them to Cuba, is another thing to accomplish wn. 
 [within] six months, if necessary." 
 
354. MoNEOE (James). L. S., 3pp. 4to, New York, April 2, 1785. Besides 
 
 Monroe, the letter is signed by Richard Henry Lee, signer of the 
 Declaration of Independence, and Samuel Hardy and William Gray- 
 son, both Members of the Continental Congress. Inlaid. 
 
 Monroe was at the above date a member of Congress, and with the 
 other signers of this letter, had already given much consideration to 
 the memorable plan presented by Thomas Jefferson for the temporary 
 government of all the western possessions of the United States. 
 
 "... Agreeably to a condition of the Act of cession of the terri- 
 tory westward of the Ohio we lately mov'd that a commissionr. be 
 appointed to liquidate the claims of the State arising under it, in the 
 manner stipulated, and that the advances of the State for the purpose 
 therein specified, be deducted out of the requisition for the present 
 year." 
 
 355. MooEB (Thomas — English poet). A. L. S., 3pp. ISmo, with addressed 
 
 portion and wax seal. No place, no date. To Messrs Longman 
 
 and Co., Paternoster Eow, [London] . 
 
 "I send some Copy as early as I could, ^ will bring more with me 
 to dinner. Tell me Mr. Orme's place of residence and his hour of din- 
 ner." 
 
 356. MooKE (Thomas). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 
 [London], August 2, 1831. To Mr. Power, at 24 Strand, with 
 small hole in margin. 
 
 "... Mrs. Moore wants you to see Tom, §• ascertain the state 
 of the tooth which he has coming in the roof of his mouth and whether 
 it 6e grown enough to admit of teing drawn. This she thinks you can 
 judge for yourself, and we shall then decide whether it is to he taken 
 out in town or hy the dentist at Bath." 
 
 357. MoEGAN (Edwin Dennison — Governor of New York State, 1858-1862). 
 
 L. S., "Very truly yours, E. D. Morgan." Ip. Svo, Albany, March 
 11, 1861. To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, intro- 
 ducing Mr. D. Thomas Vail. 
 
 At foot of letter, Mr. Welles has written five lines in pencil, signed 
 "G. W." referring to a Mr. Durkee mentioned therein. 
 
 358. MoEGAN (John — Physician-in-chief of the American Army in the Eevo- 
 
 lution, the first to make a distinction between the physician and 
 the pharmacist). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Phila- 
 delphia, September 16, 1783. To Edward Burd, "to be forwarded 
 him at Chester Court." 
 
 "From your reply, I am apprehensive lest what I wrote to you on the 
 subject of 'his [Col. Burd] being Treasurer in behalf of the Officers 
 who applied for lands to the State of Pennsylvania was understood by 
 you in a sense that I had not even the most distant Intention to con- 
 vey." Mentions the names of General Ewing, Colonel Miles, Colonel 
 Shippen, Colonel Mercer, &c. 
 
 359. MoEEis (GouvBRNEUE — Member of Continental Congress, Minister to 
 
 France, 1792). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 Morrisania, July 19, 1807. To Ebenezer Bowman, Wilkes Barre, 
 Pensilvania. 
 
 "Your Bill for $1737.61 appvd. and was paid Yesterday. You will I 
 expect have soon the pleasure to see our Friend Monsr. Leroy de 
 Chavmiont." 
 

 liOBERT MORRIS 
 
 Autograph Invoice 
 
 (See No. 362). 
 
360. MoERis (Lewis— Acting Governor of X€w York, 1731, Governor of 
 
 New Jersey, 1738-1746). D. S., 2pp. folio, February 8, 1739. 
 Inlaid. Chancery petition. 
 
 "Lett the Defendants ... or their Councill be served with a 
 
 copy of the petition, and show (if they can) why the prayer of the 
 
 Same should not be granted," &c. 
 
 361. MoERis (EoBEKT — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, financier 
 
 of the American Eevolution) . D. S., Ip. 4to, Philadelphia, August 
 13, 1794. Signed, also, by Clement Biddle, of Philadelphia, the 
 "Quaker soldier." A power of attorney to Thomas McEwen. 
 
 363. Morris (Egbert). Autograph Invoice, signed, Ip. small 4to, Philadel- 
 phia, October 25, 1751. 
 
 An early autograph of the great financier when he was about seven- 
 teen years of age and employed by Charles Willing, the Philadelphia 
 merchant, in whose office Morris became a clerk soon after his arrival 
 from Liverpool in 1748, and in which firm he eventually became a full 
 partner. Such an early autograph of Morris is exceedingly uncom- 
 mon. 
 
 "Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 1571. 
 Mr. Thomas Fairweather 
 
 Bought of Chas. Willing & Son. 
 
 3 yards Superfine Blue Cloth at 35/ £5.5.0 
 
 Oct. 28, 1751. 
 
 Received the Above Contents 
 
 for my Master Chas. Willing 
 
 p. Robt. Morris." 
 [See Reproduction! 
 
 363. Morris (Eobert). A. L. S., twice, — once in full, and once with initials, 
 
 — Ip. 4to, [Philadelphia], July 16, 1799. To John Nicholson, 
 slightly stained and strengthened. 
 
 "/ have received your No. 2 of the 15th. . . . At present I do 
 not mean to answer those letters for my whole time has heen occupied 
 hy Jno. M. Taylor who was prought in here and is but just now got out. 
 
 . . . I wish I could do likewise, but this as well as other things 
 [the fates withhold] from Your unfortunate, Robert Morris." In a 
 postscript he mentions one, Ely, and that he has heard nothing of the 
 [Yellow] fever spreading. 
 
 Letter is written from the debtor's jail, Philadelphia, then famil- 
 iarly known as the "Prison in Prune Street," where Morris was incar- 
 cerated from about February 15, 1798, until his release on August 2G, 
 1801, for non-payment of the enormous claims which had accumulated 
 against him. The Ely mentioned was about the most vindictive of 
 Morris' horde of creditors, and it was his influence, chiefly, which placed 
 Morris in prison. Nicholson remained a true friend of the latter, al- 
 though he was a large creditor, also. 
 
 Morris' arrest seems to have been anticipated by him as early as Feb- 
 ruary 10, 1798, as under that date he wrote in his diary, — "My money is 
 gone; my furniture is to be sold; I am to go to prison and my familif 
 to starve. Good night." 
 
 364. Morris (Eobert). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Philadelphia, June 1, 1804. To 
 
 Thomas M. Willing, with whom he was at one time associated in 
 business, stating that he encloses certain papers which refer to busi- 
 ness deals between them, and mentions the names of, — Willing 
 and Morris, Francis Tench, Scott and Pringle, &c. 
 
365. MoETON' (John — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Member of 
 
 the Continental Congress, &c.). D. S., Ip. royal 4to (folded), 
 Chester, [Penna.J, July 13, 1768. Inquisition, or seizure of land, 
 signed by Morton, as Sheriff, and 13 other signatures. With 13 
 small wax-seals remarkably well-preserved. 
 
 Morton was the first of the Signers to die ; his signature is uncommon. 
 
 366. Morton (John). D. S., Ip. royal 4to, (folded), Chester, [Penna.], 
 
 September 9, 1768. Inquisition, on the order of the preceding, 
 signed by Morton, as Sheriff, and 12 other signatures. With 13 
 small wax-seals. Portion of one fold torn, somewhat stained. 
 
 367. MouLTEiE (Alexandee — Kevolutionary patriot. Attorney-General of 
 
 South Carolina). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion. 
 [Charleston], August 5, 1801. To Charles Young, Philadelphia. 
 
 "/ have often enquired after you from Mr. Haslett, having never 
 heard from you since you left this place. . . . Should you oitain but 
 one third of your lands here, the value of that must be very great. 
 
 . . . If I can serve you in any respect, free of all rewards, or pe- 
 cuniary motives, command me," ^c. 
 
 368. MouLTEiE (William — ilember of the Continental Congress, General in 
 
 the American Eevolution, Governor of South Carolina). A. L. S., 
 Ip. 4to, Charleston, January 15, 1787. To the Commissioners of 
 the Treasury to pay John Loveday, Messenger to the Senate, £30. 
 for supplies for the use of the Senate. Loveday's receipt is on the 
 same sheet. 
 
 Moultrie is best known, perhaps, for his defense of the palmetto fort 
 on Sullivan's Island, Charleston Harbor, which the British ships failed 
 to reduce, and which was afterwards renamed Fort Moultrie in honor 
 of its brave defender. 
 
 .369. Muhlenberg (John Petee Gabeiel — The "Fighting Parson," General 
 in the American Eevolution). L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion which has been altered in his autograph. Philadelphia, No- 
 vember 6, 1803. To the Governor of North Carolina, informing 
 him that he has forwarded "two boxes containing the Laws of the 
 United States." Inlaid. 
 
 Soon after receiving appointment from Washington as Colonel, the 
 writer, an Episcopal minister laboring in Virginia at the time, preached 
 his final sermon in full military uniform, covered, however, by his gown 
 which he threw aside upon the completion of the benediction and or- 
 dered the drums without the church to beat for recruits. 
 
 370. MuEEAY (John — English clergyman, founder of Universalism in the 
 United States). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, with addressed portion. No 
 place, June 31, 1788. To Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald. 
 
 Interesting personal letter written soon after his last trip to England. 
 "The 20th of April 1 left the Isle of Wight opposite Portsmouth on my 
 way to this country. I left London a considerable time before and 
 was made use of Imparting the Gospel of our Saviour in sundry places, 
 and I humbly trust my poor labours were not wholly in vain." 
 
3/1. Aeilsox (John— Member of the Continental Congress from Kew Jersey, 
 general in the American Revolution) . A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with ad- 
 dressed portion, Xew Brunswick, Xew Jersey, April 6, 1805. To. 
 Messrs. Le Roy and Bayard, Xew York. 
 
 "My son Informs me that he had some conversation on the 
 subject of white corn. ... I can supply you with three thousand 
 bushels, good, fresh corn at .V6 Cash or 110 cents payable 25 June. Favor 
 me with reply by early date, & if accepted when the corn will be 
 wanted allowing me two trips of the Sloop to deliver it." 
 
 372. Keilsox (Lilian Adelaide — English actress). A. L. S., 4pp. 12mo, 
 
 Douglas, Isle of Man, August 12, no year. To Mr. Martin. 
 
 "... Wc expect to leave this beautiful Isle next Friday for Hurst 
 House, Lancashire, where we intend to stay for a few days and then 
 refmti to London, where I am hoping to begin wwk again with the 
 strength of a Hercules," 4|-c. 
 
 Letter is signed Lilian Adelaide Neilson (Lee), the final name being 
 that of Mr. P. H. Lee to whom she was married in 1865 but from 
 whom she separated about. ten years subsequently. She was an ex- 
 ceptionally gifted actress, beautiful of face and form, and possessed 
 one of the most caressingly musical voices ever heard on the stage. 
 She visited New York City in the seventies appearing at Booth's Thea- 
 tre, 23d Street and Sixth avenue, and won instant and enthusiastic rec- 
 ognition. Her Juliet, Viola, Rosalind, and Amy Robsart have never 
 been surpassed. 
 
 373. Fewmax (John Henet, Caedinal). A. L. S., 3pp. 12mo, Maryvale, 
 
 Birmingham, April 28, 1846. To party unknown. 
 
 This letter was written a few months after Newman had been re- 
 ceived into the Roman Catholic faith. He was at work upon his famous 
 "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine" at the time. 
 
 "Tour letter, just received, interested me deeply, as you may suppose. 
 I am. truly rejoiced at your good news about Mr. Jones, and sympathize 
 very warmly with Mrs. Jones on account of it." 
 
 374. New Yoek City. Bataed (William — merchant.) D. S., Ip. folio, 
 
 New York, May 1, 1771. Signed, also, by Judge Robert Bayard, 
 John Lanan, Yohannes Sharfen, &c.; Dodge (Samuel — philan- 
 thropist). A. L. S., Ip. folio, with addressed portion, Poughkeep- 
 sie, December 4, 1782; Bache (Theophylact — merchant). D. S., 
 (petition) 2pp. folio, New York, March 1, 1790. Signed, also, by 
 John Murray, Andrew Van Tuyl, John Miller, &e. With portrait 
 of Bache; BYvanck (Eveet — alderman). A. L. S., 2pp. small 
 4to, with addressed portion. N. p. n. d. Together, 5 pieces, 
 
 375. Ney (Michel, Dug D'Elchixgex — Marshal of France, called by Na- 
 
 poleon, "the bravest of the brave," shot for treason, December 7, 
 1815). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, partly printed, Kireheim-Bolanden [Ba- 
 varia], January 18, 1800. In French. With portrait. Together, 
 2 pieces. 
 
 To the Inspector of Food Supply and Forage, recommending Citizen 
 Stackl for a position in his department. 
 
376. Nicola (Lewis — General in the American Eevolution, founder of the 
 
 "American Magazine" in Philadelphia, 1769). A. L. S., Ip. folio, 
 no place, no date, but probably Philadelphia sometime in 1776. To 
 the Council of Safety for the State of Pennsylvania, relative to the 
 bad condition of the barrack-yard gutters which failed to carry off 
 the waste water for which purpose they were designed. 
 
 Writer was made Barracks-Master-General of Philadelphia early in 
 1776, holding that office for about a year, or until he was advanced to 
 the command of the city guard. He was an intense admirer of Wash- 
 ington, and in one of his frequent letters to him made the suggestion 
 that a mixed government should be established for the United States 
 with Washington assuming the title of King ! 
 
 377. NiSBET (Charles — Scotch clergyman, sympathizer with the American 
 
 colonies in their struggle with Great Britain, first president of Dick- 
 inson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania). A. L. S., 4pp. square 8vo, 
 with addressed portion, Carlisle, March 10, 1801. To Dr. Samuel 
 Miller, his biographer. 
 
 Letter is largely devoted to a picturesque forecast (from the opposi- 
 tional viewpoint) of the administration of Thomas Jefferson who had 
 been inaugurated President of the United States a few days previous to 
 date of letter. 
 
 "... We shall now embark on the Stormy Sea of Liberty, with 
 Mr. Jefferson for our Pilot, and the example of the French for our Com- 
 pass, & may expect Peace with France, War with Great Britain, Jacobin 
 Clubs, Revolutionary Tribunals . . . and all the other Parapher- 
 nalia of Liberty & Equality. Our little Army will be given .... 
 as a present to Buonaparte," &e. 
 
 378. NoAiLLEs (Louis Joseph Alexis, Due De — Grandson of the Marshal 
 
 de Mouchy, delegate to the Congress of Vienna). A. L. S., 4pp. 
 Svo, Maintenon, June 14, 1830. In French. With portrait. To- 
 gether, 2 pieces. 
 
 States that the settlement of the Boucher case now in the hands of 
 the Prosecutor of Chartres is still undetermined, and that it is made 
 more complicated by the discovery of two contradictory letters of Bouch- 
 er, &c. 
 
 379. Noailles (Louis Marie, Comte de — French Statesman). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 8vo, no place, no date. Thanks a certain Count for supplying him 
 with copies of a work and wishes to know the cost of the paper in 
 same. 
 
 380. North (William — General in the American Eevolution, with Benedict 
 
 Arnold in Canada, aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben). A. L. S., 4pp. 
 folio, with addressed portion, Duanesburgh, May 9, 1790. To Colonel 
 [Benjamin] Walker, aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben and General 
 Washington, naval officer of New York during the latter's admin- 
 istration. 
 
 It was this William North who was .of so much assistance to Baron 
 Steuben during the period of disciplining the Continental army, and 
 to whom Steuben bequeathed his property which was afterwards di- 
 vided among his military associates. 
 
 Letter is a long, friendly one, and mentions the price at which salt is 
 then selling in Albany ; that Steuben was on his way to Duanesburgh ; 
 that he [North] had sprained his ankle during a terrible storm which 
 had blown down houses and trees, "killed tioo men on the Albany 
 
[No. 380~-Continued] 
 
 road," &c. Steuben is mentioned in connection with men by the names 
 of Burk and Page as follows: "Burk, one of Ms Uood-suckers is here 
 waiting for Mm, he came last evening dressed like a gentleman with a 
 pair of the Baron's hoots on," and "What a fine fellow to tickle a trout 
 old Page is? If the Baron had worked half so hard for six years 
 and suffered half as much for the kingdom of heaven as he has for this 
 [180] pounds, what a saint he would have teen." 
 
 381. KowELL (Incijease — Colonist and settler, in 1630 came to America in 
 
 the ship with John Winthrop, Secretary of Massachusetts Colony) . 
 A. D. S., Ip. 4to, May 7, 1649. Agreement for the disposition of 
 personal property between two parties of Sudberry [Sudbury] Mass. 
 Articles involved are, — "silver spoones, tabell, holland pillow-spread 
 (?),&c." i^ > > V F 
 
 382. Ogle (Bej^-ja mix— Governor of Maryland, 1798-1801, personal friend 
 ' of Washington) . L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, An- 
 napolis, November 2, 1799. To General George Washington, Mount 
 Vernon, Virginia. 
 
 "We have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 2Sth ultimo, 
 requesting the use of the Barracks at Frederick Town, for the troops 
 of the United States, and have concluded that they may &e used for that 
 purpose." 
 
 383. OsBOEX ( Adlai — Member of the Continental Congress) . A. L. S., 3pp. 
 
 small 4to, with addressed portion, Belmont, January 10, 1791. To 
 George Graham, Sheriff of Mecldenberg, slightly repaired. Inlaid. 
 "Please to apply for the following writs. ... I will be surety to 
 prosecute. I hope the writs will be executed in due time returnable to 
 next court." 
 
 384. Otis (Haeeison" Geay — Statesman, second Mayor of Boston) . A. L. S., 
 
 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Boston, May 26, 1817. To Eob- 
 ert G. Harper, Baltimore. 
 
 "I send you by this day's mail the half of a postnote for $3000.00, 
 and I also send to General Winder, the halves of three postnotes, each 
 $500.00," &c. 
 
 385. Otis (Haerison Geay). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, 
 
 Washington, April 24, 1820. To Captain Finch of the Columbus. 
 "Between the avocations of the Senate and the anxieties of absence, 
 I forgot my engagement to send you a letter to Mr. Diston. Thank 
 fortune a Senator can forget his duty with impunity though a Captain 
 cannot, and it is easier to repair the fault of omitting to send a letter 
 than that of firing a broadside." 
 
 3^6. Paiste (Robert Teeat — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 
 member of the Continental Congress, &c.). A. D. S., (fragment), 
 Ip. small 4to, Bristol, May 26, 1766. Inlaid. 
 
 "Then Job Eddy personally appeared & being one of the people called 
 Quakers, took the atBrmation required by Law previous to the issuing 
 executions, before R. T. Paine, Jus. o' Peace." 
 
 387. Paine (Robeet Teeat). A. D. S., 4pp. 4to, [Bristol] August, 1768. 
 Contains Paine's signature 10 times. Inlaid. 
 
 Paine versus Benjamin Whitmarsh, Daniel Leonard, Joseph Mathews, 
 and others, with their signatures and marks. 
 
388. Paekmax (Francis — American historian). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Boston, 
 
 September 28, 1874. 
 
 "7 enclose suhscription for Vols. III. and IV., with postage for 12 
 months. I think you are quite right in your remarks on the plight into 
 which our precious system has fallen." 
 
 389. Paekman (Feancis). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, no place, no date. To F. H. 
 
 Underwood. 
 
 "The death of my child, a'bout ten days ago, will prevent my join- 
 ing you at Parkers. I shall he happy at a future time again to make 
 one of your party." 
 
 390. Paesons (Samuel HoLDEisr — General in the American Eevolution, in 
 
 charge of the fortiiications at West Point, 1778-1779). A. D. S., 
 Ip. 8vo, no place, no date. [Circa 1780]. Memorandum of ne- 
 cessities to be procured for him by Col. Wadsworth and forwarded 
 to camp. 
 
 391. PjiETEiDGE (Olivee — Member of Colonial Congress, Judge of Common 
 
 Pleas for Hampshire County, 1769-1774; and Others). Auto- 
 graph signatures of 16 Justices of the Court of General Sessions, 
 Springfield, Hampshire, May 3, 1771, attesting the time each served, 
 amount due, &c. 3pp. small 4to. 
 
 Besides Partridge, signatures include, — Joseph Hawley, chairman 
 Massachusetts committee Provincial Congress, October 1774, Jonathan 
 Bliss, member general court of Massachusetts, 1768 and one of the seven- 
 teen rescinders, and others. 
 
 392. Paeteidge (Oliver). A. L. S., Ip. small 4to, October 23, 1762. 
 
 "I have reed, an Execution from Mrs. Spooner of Boston vs. Eleez. 
 Burt. I have been told you are his atto. Spooner insists I should se- 
 cure his money. I know no other way but to Levy it on ye Land at- 
 ' tached, but he has sent me no order neither is there any atto. to take 
 possession." 
 
 393. Patbrson (William — American jurist, attorney-general of 'Sew Jersey, 
 
 Member of the Continental Congress). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, includ- 
 ing addressed portion, New Brunswick, DecemlDer 9, 1789. To 
 Kobert Morris, Counsellor at Law, New York . 
 
 "Yesterday I reed, a lettei' from Mrs. De Visme requesting me to send 
 under Cover to Mr. Burr the Papers relative to her Lands at Paramus, 
 which, she says, were left In my hands by you. ... I do not re- 
 member of having reed, any Papers, or even a State of the Case on the 
 Subject." 
 
 394. Payne (John Howaep — American actor and dramatist, author of 
 
 "Home, Sweet Home."). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Paris, October 19, 
 1822. To Sir Henry E. Bishop, the English composer, who wrote 
 the music of the opera, — "Clari, or the Maid of Milan" in which 
 Payne's famous song appeared. 
 
 "I have found it impossible to get the Music away so soon as I ex- 
 pected. . . . You will perceive that only five of the parts have the 
 translated cues written in, but a copyist can easily take the first violin 
 for a guide, and write in the cues in a couple of hours. ... If Fanny 
 Kelly [the celebrated singer and actress who made her debut at seven 
 years of age under John Kemble's management at Drury Lane Theatre] 
 
[ATo. 394r— Continued] 
 
 is really to be at Covent Garden, the heroine of my drama is, of all 
 others, the part for her, as the hero is for Charles Kemble. ... If 
 the Two Galley Slaves is not done, deliver the music with the Manu- 
 script to my order, and consider me Debtor to the Theatre in the sum of 
 ten pounds," &c. 
 
 395. Payxe (Johx Ho^saed). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Xew York, January 31, 
 
 1843. To J. E. Lambdin, the well-known artist of Philadelphia. 
 
 "I owe you many apologies for having so long omitted to acknowledge 
 the receipt of your kind letter and most valuable present. My excuse 
 is that I have been detained here in consequence of some litigation, which 
 it cost me vast trouble to discover, about the vessel in which I had en- 
 gaged my passage, and which has just ended in her abandonment and 
 the cargo taken out." 
 
 396. Peabody (Geoege — American philanthropist). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with 
 
 addressed portion, London, November 18, 1841. To Peabody, Eiggs 
 & Co., 'New York and Baltimore. 
 
 "Business letter in which the writer takes exception to the firm's pur- 
 chase of certain Bank TJ. S. Shares, — and stating that, — "the latter will 
 pay but little profit. . . . You have ieen regularly done and it does 
 not give me a very exalted opinion of your bargain making qualifica- 
 tions. . . . Every kind of trade in this country is in a had state and 
 no prospect of an early improvement. Money very scarce and high. 
 American stocks entirely unsaleable." 
 
 397. Peabody (Nathaniel — General in the American Eevolution, Member 
 
 of the Continental Congress, for eight years member of the Legis- 
 lature, died in a debtor's Jail). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed 
 portion, Exeter, March si, 1810. To George C. Copp. 
 
 "... I feel for your embarrassments as for my own. You ask 
 advice. I will give it in short, — to make no preparation for removing 
 from where you now live till you see me. . . Bring the plan of 
 Paulsbourgh. ... I would say dont sleep till you see me ... or it 
 may be too late for present advantages." 
 
 398. Pegeam (Johx — Confederate General, killed at Hatcher's Eun). A. 
 
 L. S., Ip. 4to, West Point, New York, January 31, 1853. 
 
 Letter written the year before his graduation from the Military Acad- 
 emy, to a friend in Baltimore, who, evidently, desires reinstatement in 
 the above. The Colonel Lee mentioned was probably George Wash- 
 ington Custis Lee, eldest son of General Robert E. Lee, who graduated 
 at head of his class in 1854. 
 
 " . . . / went to see Vol. Lee yesterday and from what he said, I 
 have no doubt of your getting here again without any trouble. He said 
 he would write you in a few days," ^c. 
 
 399. Pendleton (Edmund — Member of the Continental Congress, 1774, 
 
 with Washington; President of the Virginia Convention). A. L. S., 
 in a species of script to represent small printed characters. 2pp. 
 4to, with addressed portion. Virginia, March 5, 1794. To the 
 President of the United States [Washington], asking that his 
 nephew, Nathaniel Pendleton, "the present Federal District Judge 
 of Georgia," and Hamilton's second in his duel with Aaron Burr, 
 be appointed to the vacancy in the Supreme Court. 
 
 On the reverse, Washington has autographed, — "From the Honble. 
 Edmd. Pendleton, 5th March, 1794." 
 
400. Pendleton (Edmund) . A. L. S., Ip. small 4to, Edmundsburg, March 
 
 8, 1800. With etched portrait on India paper. Together, 2 pieces. 
 "... On mature reflection I judged it right to decline delivering 
 you my sentiments on the Occasion, which I doubt not you will excuse, 
 and duly appreciate my motives. At the same time, be assured, Sir, that 
 I do not mean the most distant hint of censure on the Application, your 
 motives appear to be pure and patriotic, and it rested with me to judge 
 of the propriety of complying with the request, of which your letter 
 hints a doubt." 
 
 401. Pendleton (N^athaxibl — American Jurist, ofScer in the American 
 
 Eevolution, Hamilton's second in his duel with Aaron Burr; and 
 Others). D. S., 3pp. folio, Savannah, August 31, 1792. Opinion 
 of the Commissioners concerning the amount due for rent of the 
 "Ferry at Great Ogeehee." Signed, also, by William Maxwell, who 
 has written the entire document, Tho. Young, and John Day. 
 
 403. Penn (John — Signer of the Declaration of Independence). A. L. S. 
 3pp. 4to, including addressed portion, Hillsborough, September 20, 
 1780. To the Honble. Major General Gates. 
 
 "/ have appointed Mr. John Taylor, Commissary of hides for this 
 District as he is very active and may &e depended on, I recommend him 
 to you as a very proper person to take care of the hides belonging to 
 the [Continent] here, the whole will not Imploy much of his time. I 
 have the honor to Tie, 
 
 Your obt. servt. 
 
 John Penn." 
 
 At this period, Penn was in charge of the public affairs of North 
 Carolina with almost dictatorial powers ; Lord Cornwallis had succeeded 
 Clinton in the command of the British forces in the South; Gates had 
 been defeated a month previously at Camden, South Carolina, and had 
 practically finished his military career. 
 [See Reproduction] 
 
 403. Penn (John — Grandson of William Penn, Colonial Governor of Penn- 
 
 sylvania, Member of the Albany Convention of 1754). A. L. S., 
 3pp. 16mo, no place, January 8, 1788. To Dr. Parke, stating that, — 
 "We shall have a concert on Friday evening when I shall be happy 
 to see you if you are not engaged." 
 
 404. Peters (Richaed — Member of the Continental Congress, intimate 
 
 friend of Washington). A. L. S., 3pp. small 4to, [Lancaster], 
 April 24, 1817. To Elihu Chauncey. 
 
 "In the Penna. Bank Branch at Lancaster . . . there is a little 
 Ballance of 30 or 40 dollars ... I am advised to draw a Blank 
 Check in your favour ... so that you may place it to my account 
 in Bank Pennsylvania." 
 
 405. Pbttit (Charles — Member of the Continental Congress, Secretary to 
 
 Governor Franklin, 1773-1774). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to. including ad- 
 dressed portion, New York, July 2. 1786. To the Honble. James 
 Wilson, Philadelphia. 
 
 "... Since the ordering of two Companies to the Rapids of 
 the Ohio.^the Report on Governor Henry's Letter [Patrick Henry, Gov- 
 ernor of Virginia] has been the principal business of Congress for three 
 
JOHN PENN 
 
 A. L. S.,< 2pp. 4to. 
 
 (See No. 402). 
 
[No. 4:05— Continued] 
 
 or four days. After various Manoeuvres the Report was negatived as 
 being more hostile than we conceived existing Circumstances would war- 
 rant. A soothing answer however is ordered to be given to the Gov. of 
 Virginia," &c. 
 
 406. Pickens (Andrew — General in the American Eevolution, commanded 
 the militia at Cowpens, with General Greene at Eutaw Springs, 
 &c.). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Head Quarters 
 Columbia, June 9, 1812. To Major William Strother, authorizing 
 the expenditure of funds for recruiting purposes. 
 
 "... The business of procuring 'recruits should be pursued with 
 ^ the greatest zeal. For all disbursements for or on account of the United 
 
 c States, you will be particular to take duplicate receipts." 
 
 i 407. Pickering (Timothy — Colonel in the American Eevolution, one of the 
 
 founders of the West Point Military School, Secretary of State 
 under President John Adams). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, with addressed 
 portion, War Office, October 31, 1795. To Colonel Jeremiah Wads- 
 worth, Hartford, Connecticut. 
 
 "The Quarter-Master General has resigned. Col. Meigs [Return Jona- 
 than Meigs, with Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, &c.] is in service with 
 the army. First Mr. Wolcott & I agreed to give him charge of all 
 the goods . . . destined for the Indian Treaty. Since then we have 
 ordered the cloathing of the army into his hands. His pay only 40 dol- 
 lars a month & 2 rations. ... If Col. Meigs should not be thought 
 eligible by you for this service, can you recommend any other man 
 likely to accept the office?" Col. Meigs was appointed Indian agent of 
 the Cherokees in 1801, and lived among them until his death. 
 
 408. Pickering (Timothy). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, 
 
 Department of State, July 38, 1798. To Egbert Benson, New York, 
 member of the Continental Congress, first attorney-general of New 
 York State. 
 
 "A few days ago Judge Lawrence informed me that a further pay- 
 ment on account of your compensation as a Commissioner on the St. 
 Croix business, would be agreeable ; and I promised to make you a 
 remittance. . . . You will be pleased to consider this letter as an 
 authority to draw on me for five hundred dollars, payable at sight." 
 
 409. Pickering (Timothy). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, City 
 
 of Washington, December 30, 1804. To Kobert Goodloe Harper, 
 Baltimore, United States Senator, served with General Greene in 
 the American Eevolution, married the daughter of Charles Carroll, 
 of CarroUton. 
 
 "Not expecting to visit Baltimore at this time, I have desired General 
 Smith to take charge of iiie packet containing the papers concerning 
 the insurance by the Boston Marine Insurance Co. on the ship Northern 
 Liberties." 
 
 410. Pickering (Timothy). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, 
 
 • City of Washington, January 5, 1805. To Eobert Goodloe Harper, 
 Baltimore, concerning the non-delivery of letter preceding. 
 
 "I am provoked that the delivery of the packet by Genl. Smith, and 
 my letter concerning it, should have been so long delayed, as your let- 
 ter of the 3d, just received, informs me. Genl. Smith promised that he 
 would deliver you the packet the evening he should reach Baltimore," 
 &c. 
 
411. Pierce (Feanklix — Fourteenth President of the United States). 
 
 A. L'. S., Ip. 4to, Washington, December 12, 1838. 
 
 "I inclose the pension certificates of Mrs. liobblns, &c. In Mrs. Bob- 
 bins case you will recollect that I sent to Mass. for certificate of mar- 
 riage. . . . Mrs. Robbin's $360.00 in March next will be a very com- 
 fortable thing in her declining years." 
 
 Pierce was a member of the United States Senate when the above was 
 written. 
 
 412. PiEECE (William — Member of the Continental Congress, aide-de-camp 
 
 to General Greene). A. L. S., 4pp. folio, with addressed portion, 
 Savannah, August 1, 1789. To William H. Gibbes, Master in 
 Chancery, Charleston. 
 
 An indignant letter concerning the non-payment of a draft of his 
 wife's, probably connected with his own business affairs which had 
 become so involved that he was practically forced into bankruptcy in 
 1788. 
 
 "... Mrs. Pierce's claim is a peculiar one, and involves in it her 
 honor, and her happiness. Neither the one or the other I flatter myself 
 you would wish to see sacrificed. It rests with you to prevent it. The 
 kind regard which you have alicays expressed for Mrs. Pierce, and the 
 professions of esteem which you have regularly poured out in your let- 
 ters to me, induced me to hope that I had in you a Friend," ^c. 
 
 413. Pike (Zbbulox M. — American soldier and explorer, discovered "Pike's 
 
 Peak"). A. L. S., 2pp. folio. Camp on Saranac, December 8, 1812. 
 To Morgan Lewis, Quartermaster General. 
 
 "I have looked over Genl. Woolsey's estimate of Expenses for the 1st 
 Brigade of the Northern Army for 5 months as it relates to the maga- 
 zines for forage having a view to Spring's operations that must entirely 
 depend on his orders. . . . But the general has entirely forgot to 
 include in his estimate the 600 militia strung along on the lines for a 
 distance of seventy-five miles from Champlain to French Mills." 
 
 414. Pillow (Gideon J. — Officer in Mexican War, Confederate General, 
 
 second in command at Fort Donelson). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, [May 
 28, 1861]. Sheets detached. 
 
 Pillow at this period was somewheres in Missouri endeavoring to se- 
 cure the possession of Cairo. Mayor Sharp, of Columbus, Kentucky, 
 seems to have aided him in his designs for invading the neutrality of 
 that State which Pillow was inclined to violate "upon the ground of its 
 necessity to protect Tennessee." He writes to General [J. L. T.] Sneed 
 underneath an extract [in an unknown hand] from a letter to himself 
 from Mayor Sharp, dated May 27, 1861, in which he states that the 
 United States forces at Cairo were soon to embark on seventeen steam- 
 boats for Memphis. Pillow writes General Sneed, — "/ receive informa- 
 tion similar to the above from, so many sources, that I am well satis- 
 fied that many days will not pass hefore the enemy makes an attempt to 
 came down upon us. . . . You cannot he too vigilant. Keep up the Picket 
 guard duty — Have your artillery in position — Save everything in order 
 for momentary attack. You must stop the fire of the evening Ouns — 
 We cannot spare the powder — We have only about 15,000 pounds left. 
 The firing I order stopped." 
 
 415. PixcKNEY (Chaeles — Member of the Continental Congress, Governor 
 
 of South Carolina, four terms). A. L. S., 2pp. folio, December 6, 
 1791. Eeport of the "Speaker & Gentlemen of the House of Repre- 
 
[Xo. 415 — Continued~\ 
 
 sentatives." Inlaid. With portrait etched hy Max Rosenthal. To- 
 gether, 2 pieces. 
 
 "In pursuance of the Request of the Treasurers for Charleston and 
 Columhia, I have the honour to submit to you a Report of their transac- 
 tions In that Department, also an account of the sums drawn by me out 
 of the contingent funds," &c. 
 
 416. PixcKNEY (Charles). A. L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, with addressed portion, 
 
 [Philadelphia], no date. To John Grippe, Broad Street. With 
 portrait etched by Max Rosenthal. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "I will be obliged to you to mention to Mr. Dart when he draws the 
 powers of attorney from Mr. Laurens to Mr. Smith to have the transfer 
 of the Bank Jihares made, to particularly mention in the power that Mr. 
 Laurens appoints Mr. Smith," &c. 
 
 417. PiTKix (William — ilember of the Albany Convention, 1754, Governor 
 
 of Connecticut, 1766-1789). D. S., Ip. small 4to, Say Brook, March 
 9, 1756, with two lines in his autograph, testifying to the value of 
 a saddle and bridle used in an expedition to Lake George, &c. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 418. Pius IX. L. S., 3pp. folio, including addressed portion. Eome, May 
 
 16, 1877. To the Bishop of San Giovanni di Moriana (Savoy), 
 thanking him for his expressions of fealty to the Holy See. 
 
 419. Pleasaxtox (Alfred — General in Civil War, also fought in the War 
 
 with Mexico). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Headquarters Army of Potomac, 
 February 14, 1863. To Governor Seymour of New York, recom- 
 mending Col. T. C. Devin for the commission of Brigadier-General. 
 
 420. Pope (Johx — Union general, in Civil War, also officer in the Mexican 
 
 War). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Springfield, Ills., June 13, 1861. To 
 Captain C. P. Kingsbury, Ordnance Department. 
 
 "I enclose you a letter from J. C. Lamb and Co. of this place. They 
 are the proprietors of a large iron foundry in this city and have been 
 making solid shot, grape and canister for the use of the troops mustered 
 into service in this State. I do not know what are the arrangements of 
 the Ordnance Department in relation to the supply of these articles," &c. 
 
 421. Porter (David — Famous American Xaval officer, commanded the 
 
 "Essex," "Essex, Jr," and others, confined in the "Jersey" prison 
 ship). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, Washington, March 13, 1827, with 
 marks of cancellation punch. 
 
 "Sixty days after date I promise to pay to Jno. [Thadgers] or order, for 
 value received, at the office of Dirlount & Deparit, Washington, Two hun- 
 dred and Twenty-five Dollars." 
 
 422. Phaed (Winthrop Mackworth — English poet). A. L. S., 2pp. 12mo, 
 
 Grosvenor House. Southampton, December 27, 1837. To [the 
 Editor of the "London Magazine."] 
 
 "/ received to-day your circular, writing me to hecome a regular Sub- 
 scriber to your Magazine ... 7 was about to write you, proffering 
 cooperation in another way. You applied to me personally some few 
 years ago, to Icnow if I would be willing to supply the Magazine occa- 
 sionally with political jeux d'esprit," &c. 
 
433. Peaed (Witsttheop Mackworth). Autograph poem, 4 verses, 8 lines 
 
 each, entitled "Song." Ip. 4to. 
 
 "The Baron de Vaux hath a valiant crest, 
 
 My Lady is fair and free ; 
 The Baron is full of mirth and jest, 
 
 My Lady is full of glee : 
 But their path we know is a path of woe, 
 
 And many the reason guess ; 
 The Baron will ever mutter 'no,' 
 
 Where my Lady whispers 'yes.' " 
 
 434. Pbescott (William H. — American historian). A. L. S., Ip. 16mo, 
 
 Boston, January 30, 1851. To one requesting his autograph. 
 
 435. PusEY (Edwahd Bouveeie — Eegius professor of Hebrew at Oxford and 
 
 canon of Christ Church, founder of "Puseyism"). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 16mo, no place, no date. Advice to a student relative to reading 
 Hebrew. 
 
 436. 'Eachel (Elizabeth Felix — Celebrated French tragic actress). A. K. 
 
 S., ip. 13mo, [Paris], December 33, 1843, requesting that two 
 tickets be forwarded to M. Brindeau. In French. 
 
 437. Eead (Geoege — Signer of the Declaration of Independence). A. D. S., 
 
 Ip. folio. New Castle County (Delaware), [May 10, 1759]. Inlaid. 
 "John Hackett, late of New Castle County, was attached to answer 
 Daniel Weldon of a Plea of Trespass," &c. Read was the only Southern 
 statesman who signed the three great State papers, viz., the original 
 petition of the First Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence, and the Constitution of the United States. 
 
 438. Eeed (Joseph — Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, 1810-1811, son of 
 
 the famous member of the Continental Congress of same name). 
 A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, September 5, 1810, relative to the examination 
 and acceptance of an account. 
 
 439. Eeed (Joseph). A. L. S., 3pp. small 4to, including addressed portion, 
 
 December 4, 1833. To Elihii Chauncey, stating that as he has 
 occasion to anticipate his salary, he offers an enclosure for dis- 
 count, &e. 
 
 430. Eeeve (Tapping — Noted Colonial jurist, established the first law school 
 in this country at Litchfield, Connecticut) . A. L. S., 2pp. small 4to, 
 Litchfield, May 14, 1793. To [Samuel Huntington, Governor of 
 Connecticut.] 
 
 Judge Reeve was the first lawyer of prominence in this country who 
 labored to effect a change in the laws relating to the property of mar- 
 ried women. 
 
 Declines an appointment as assistant to the Governor, concluding as 
 follows : 
 
 "An acceptance of the appointment will I apprehend in a great measure 
 defeat my present pursuits: that any advantage will 6e derived to my 
 Fellow Citimens from those pursuits may he very problematical, hut not 
 more so than any that can he expected from my acceptance of the 
 present appointment," &c. 
 
431. Eehan (Ada — Leading actress ofAugustin Daly's Theatre, New York, 
 
 for many years). A. L. S., 4pp. 13mo, with addressed envelope con- 
 taining pencilled calculations on back, New York, May 38, 1908. 
 To Miss A. L. Livingston. 
 
 "/ fear this must he Good Bye. I tried to call for the last three 
 
 days, 'but the heat has teen so trying that 1 gave up each attempt. 
 
 ... J wish you and your sisters a delightful summer," &c. 
 
 432. Ehinblander (Jacob — One of the founders of the famous New York 
 
 family of that name). Mortgage cancellation signed by the above 
 and Thomas McCready and John Eay. Ip. folio. New York, 
 August 8, 1793, mended slightly at portions of folds. 
 
 433. EiCHELiEU (Armand, Cardinal de — -The Famous French statesman), 
 ' D. S., 3pp. folio, Paris, March 1, 1638, approving, as General 
 
 Abbot and Administrator of the Cistercian Abbey of St. Legier, 
 the transfer of certain revenues of said Abbey to another of the 
 same order. 
 
 434. Einggold (Samuei. — Officer in the Mexican War, introduced flying 
 
 artillery into the United States). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Carlisle, No- 
 vember 18, 1838. To General C. Irvine, Philadelphia, Penna., 
 slightly repaired. 
 
 The writer was the inventor of a saddle known as the McClelland 
 
 saddle. This letter concerns the improvement of an article of this 
 
 sort which he had observed in Canada. 
 
 435. EiPLEY (Eleazar Whbelock — General in the War of 1812, received a 
 
 gold medal from Congress for his gallantry at Niagara, Chippewa, 
 and Erie). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Allegany 
 Mountains, October 20, 1816. To Col. Joseph D. Learned, Princess 
 Anne, Maryland. 
 
 "You may take my library at yr. own appraisal to satisfy yr. demand 
 Against me §• apprise me of the result in case you will drop yr. action. 
 I have no time to attend to the business." 
 
 436. EiPLET (E. S. — General in the Confederate army). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, 
 
 Head Quarters Port Sumter, June 7, 1861. To Colonel Mani- 
 gault. 
 
 Written about five weeks after the evacuation of Fort Sumter by- 
 Major Anderson: "Lieut. Blake proceeds to the city this morning, and 
 is directed to ask of you such information as you can furnish him con- 
 cerning the ammunition boxes ordered for this fort," &c. 
 
 437. EiPLEY (E. S.). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Head Quarters Charleston Harbor, 
 
 Fort Sumter, July 10, 1861. To Colonel Edw. Manigault, Ord- 
 nance, Charleston. 
 
 "/ will certify Lopes a/c [for carriages for Fort Sumter] as well as 
 for the boxes. Be pleased to direct the mnuafacturer [Russell] of the 
 latter to have them sent to this fort, by the Plantee from South At- 
 lantic wharf as soon as may be." 
 
 General Bipley was in command of the Department of South Caro- 
 lina and its coast defences on this date. 
 
438. EoDGEES (John — Chaplain of the Kew York Provincial Congress and 
 
 the First Legislature, with General Heath in the American Eevolu- 
 tion, Moderator of the First General Assembly). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 8vo, with addressed portion, New York, March 9, 1799. To His 
 Excellency Governor [John] Jay, Albany, relative to an appoint- 
 ment of some kind for one of his friends. 
 
 Of this clergyman and ardent patriot a contemporary says, — "Dr. 
 Rodgers is certainly the most accomplished gentleman for a clergj'- 
 man, that I have ever been acquainted with. He lives in elegant style, 
 and entertains company as genteelly as any gentleman in the city." 
 
 439. Rodney (Caesar — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, General 
 
 in the American Revolution). A. D. S., Ip. oblong small 4to, 
 Dover, February 29, 1776. Inlaid. 
 
 "I have Reed, of George Hargreaves the sum of fifteen pounds princi- 
 pal, and the sum of one pound, eleven shillings and four pence . . . 
 in full discharge of the within Mortgage." 
 
 440. Ross (George — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of 
 
 the Penns}'lvania Assembly, &c.). A. D. S., 2pp. folio, [Lancaster], 
 October 1, 1756. Declaration of judgment, &c. Inlaid. 
 
 Ross was among the leaders of the Provincial Congress who urged 
 prompt and vigorous measures for defence against British, aggression, 
 particularly as regards the city of Philadelphia. 
 
 441. Ross (Geoege). A. D. S., Ip. folio, Lancaster County, February, 1757, 
 
 Suit for damages, — Moses Mendenhall and Benjamin Miller versus 
 Isaac Richardson. Signature appears twice, — once in body of docu- 
 ment in full, and at end with initial of Christian name. 
 
 442. Rossini (Gioacchimo — Celebrated Italian composer). A. L. S., 2pp. 
 
 4to, with addressed portion. Florence, September 4, 1853. To the 
 Director of the Italian Theatre. Friendly personal letter. ^Yith 
 portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 443. Rush (Benjamin — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, friend 
 
 of Ben Franklin, "the first to proclaim that yellow fever is not 
 contagious"). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, April 6, 1799. 
 
 "Please to let the bearer have forty pounds of lath nails. To the 
 Accomptant of the Jail." 
 
 444. Rush (Benjamin). A. L., in third person, unsigned, 2pp. small 4to. 
 
 including addressed portion, [Philadelphia], August 17, 1794. To 
 John Nicholson, desiring "to know whether the conveyance of the 
 tract of land on the Susquehannah should be made to Mr. Nichol- 
 son only, or to Messrs. Morris & Nicholson," somewhat damaged 
 on lower margins. 
 
 445. Rush (Benjamin). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 
 Philadelphia, May 24, 1810. To Dr. Josephus B. Stuart, Physician, 
 Albany, State of New York. Inlaid. 
 
 A valuable dissertation in brief on Cancer, in the course of which Dr. 
 Rush says, — "/ have observed that most of the Cancer doctors preteivd 
 to have obtained their remedies from the Indians of our Country, and 
 that they consist wholly of vegetables. The improbability of this being 
 
[No. U5~ConUnued] 
 
 the case appears from Cancer being unlcnoton among the Indians," &c. 
 Dr. Rush was called by the medical fraternity of his day the "Syden- 
 ham of America." He taught to distinguish diseases and their efCects, 
 and contributed largely to make Philadelphia at one period the Mecca of 
 medical science in the United States. 
 
 446. EuTLBDGE ( Ed WAED— Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mem- 
 
 ber of the Continental Congress, Governor of South Carolina, 
 1798). A. D. S., signature in two places, partly printed Ip. oblong 
 4to, Charleston, March 16. 1784. Attachment issued on goods and 
 chattels of William Van Assendelft, weak at several folds. 
 
 On the reverse is an endorsement by the sheriff that he has seized, — 
 "One negro man named Isaac, one negro woman named Kate, one negro 
 girl named Hannah, and one negro boy-child named Major," &c. 
 
 447. EuTLEDGE (Edward). A. D. S., Ip. royal 4to, folded, South Carolina, 
 
 Ninety Six District, [September 10, 1773], folded and rebacked 
 on paper. Sarah Keely versus Thomas Eyall for loss and damage 
 to him through the unlawful disposition of a horse. 
 
 Contains the full signature of Rutledge twice and once with the 
 
 initial of his Christian name. Also, with signature of "John Colcbck, 
 
 Deft. Atty." 
 
 448. St. Claie (Akthue — General in the American Eevolution, on Andre's 
 
 court-martial, Governor of the Northwest territory, 1789-1802). 
 A. L. S., 4pp. folio, Chillicothe [Ohio], December' 21, 1801. To 
 Dudley Woodbridge at Marietta. 
 
 "I have this day signed an Act declaring the aspect of the territory 
 to an alteration of. the ordinance for the Government thereof. The object 
 of this Act is to obtain from Congress a change in the Boundaries, ap- 
 pointed in that instrument, of the States hereafter to be erected in the 
 territory . . . The Advantage that would flow froin this Measure 
 to your County in general and particularly to the town of Marietta, &c." 
 
 449. St. Leger (Barry — Officer in French and Indian War, with Wolfe at 
 
 Quebec, commanded the Eoyal forces in Canada, 1784). A. L. S., 
 2pp. 4to, September 22 [1782]. To General Eiedesel, husband of 
 the famous Madame Eiedesel. With portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 "Major Jessup having this day shewn me your order to send to 
 their proper quarters all the men of his corps he could find at St. 
 Johns ... I shall be much obliged to you if you will honour me 
 with your intentions as to these people. The order is clear and decisive, 
 and were it not that I am afraid the weakening the hands of the Wood- 
 cutters would greatly disappoint the Garrison of its winter supply of 
 Fuel I should not have thought it necessary to have troubled you." 
 
 450. ScHLOSSER (JoHX— Captain of British forces in the French and Indian 
 
 War). A. D. S., 2pp. folio, Fort Stanwix, November, 1765, certi- 
 fying that Nicholas Hunoecker was employed as a waggoner, &c. 
 Schlosser commanded the garrison of Fort Joseph on Lake Michigan 
 which was attacked by the Indians in 1763, and nearly all massacred. 
 Schlosser was one of the survivors exchanged by his captors at Detroit. 
 
451. ScHUEz (Gael — General in the Civil War, editor of the "New York 
 
 Evening Post," &e.). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, New York, May 25, 
 1889. To Hon. H. A. Richmond. , 
 
 "The arrival of our steamship 'Augusta Victoria' of the Hamburg- 
 American Line, of which Schurz was a director], which created quite 
 a sensation prevented me, &c. . . . The Civil Service Commission is 
 excellent, and, on the whole, I think the conduct of the Administration, 
 its sins as well as its good deeds, will not fail to further the cause 
 of reform." 
 
 452. ScHUEZ (Gael). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, Xew York, January 2, 1891. To 
 
 Hon. H. A. Richmond. 
 
 ". . .It was resolved to appoint a committee consisting of Curtis, 
 Rogers and myself to draft a thoroughly respectful letter to the Presi- 
 dent [Benjamin Harrison] for the purpose rather of encouraging him 
 to do something more, than of upbraiding him for not having done what 
 he had promised to do," &c. 
 
 453. ScHUTLEK (Philip — -General in the American Revolution, commanded 
 
 on the Northern frontier of New York State). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 square 8vo, New York, September 30, 1786. To Stephen Van 
 Rennselaer, [Albany, New York]. 
 
 "Yesterday the Council proceeded [with] the Civil appointments, a 
 list was made of the Candidates for the Sheriff's office, — Mr. John Ten 
 Broeck was appointed . . . The Governor nominated Mr. Lansingh; I 
 proposed Mr. Leonard Qansevoort . . . Mr. Hoppins §■ Mr. Swartwout 
 recorded for Mr. Lansingh, Mr. Bemis and myself opposed . . . I have 
 sent a harrel of oisters by Jacol) Pruyn." 
 
 454. Scott (Thomas — English clergyman and hymn-writer). A. L. S., (with 
 
 initials), 3pp. folio, Norwich, May 5, 1736. To Mrs. Eliz. Scott, 
 London. Personal letter. 
 
 455. SoEBVEN (JoHsr H. — Confederate officer. Captain of the "Beaufort Dis- 
 
 trict Guerillas"). A. L. S., 4pp. 12mo, Grahamville, July 15, 
 1861. To Colonel Edward Manigault. 
 
 Written three months after the evacuation of Fort Sumter. "I am 
 instructed by his Excellency Govr. Pickens to apply to the Ordnance 
 Bureau through you for thirty-five rifles," &c. 
 
 456. Seney (Joshua — Member of the Continental Congress) . A. L. S., 3pp. 
 
 8vo, including addressed portion, Baltimore, May 19, 1795. To 
 William Tilghman, the wellknown jurist, Philadelphia. Hinged 
 on thick paper, ink somewhat faded. States that it is in the re- 
 cipient's power to obtain for a client of his a copy of a Judg- 
 ment, &c. 
 
 457. Seegeant (John — Missionary to the Stockbridge Indians in 1775, &c.). 
 
 A. L. S., 3pp. small 4to, N[ew]S[tockbridge], New York, May 17, 
 1804. To Jasper Parrish, Indian Agent, Ganandaigua, requesting 
 money for his work. 
 
 ". . .The Indians are about building school-houses and will be in 
 great want of the money ... I am still at their earnest request about 
 20 dollars in advance," &c. 
 
458. Sergeant (Jonathan Dickinson — Member of the Continental Con- 
 
 gress, Attorney- General of Pennsylvania). A. L. S., Spp. 4to, with 
 addressed portion. Philadelphia, August 9, 1780. To His Ex- 
 cellency Joseph Keed, [general in the American Eevolution, Presi- 
 dent of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania]. With 
 portrait. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 "The Marshall applies to me in Consequence of a Letter from You & 
 some Conversation since, respecting the sale of the Salt on board of 
 the Aliion. The Law is clear in its Direction; and I have advised 
 him to represent to the Judge the indispensible necessity of having 
 it returned upon oath that the cargo is really perishable," &c. 
 
 459. Sheridan (Eichard Brinsley — English Statesman and Dramatist). 
 
 A. L. S., Ip. 4to, May 13, 1806. 
 
 "I solemnly engage that I will in the course of tomorrow secure 
 to Mr. Glossip the sum of four hundred and twenty pounds to his 
 satisfaction upon my salary as Treasurer of the Navy if he will do 
 me the extraordinary favour of taking up a bond in Col. Crawfurd's 
 hands which bond Mr. Glossip will also hold as his security." Sheridan 
 held the office mentioned under William Pitt. 
 
 460. Sherman (Roger — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Ameri- 
 
 can jurist, whom Thomas Jefferson called "a man who never said 
 a foolish thing"). A. L. S., Ip. small 4to, New Haven, April 28, 
 1786. To John Lawrence, JTreksurer.. 
 
 "Please to pay to Mr. Elias Shipman, Ten pounds lawful money, 
 on account of what is due to me on the Debenture of the Supm. Court 
 for the last circuit." 
 
 461. Sherman (Eoger). A. L. S., Ip. small 4to, [September, 1783]. To 
 
 John Lawrence, Treasurer. Written, probably, when Sherman was 
 Mayor of New Haven, 1784. 
 
 "Please to credit Mr. Samuel Humaston, Collector of the State Taxes 
 in New Haven, Twenty-two pounds on the August two-peny tax of 
 1783 and charge it to me," &c. 
 
 463. SiGOURNET (Ltdia H. — ^American poetess). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, Hart- 
 ford, January 21, 1825. To Mr. and Mrs. Cowles, sympathizing with 
 them in the death of their daughter. Contains an original poem 
 of 43 lines upon the same subject. 
 
 "Bright severed tress, thou hast a thrilling voice 
 Of dirge-like sadness to the pensive mind ; 
 A voice that pierces through the parent's soul 
 What time in mournful solitude they sit 
 Beside their evening lamp, and think of her 
 Who in her loveliness of soul, was all 
 Their hearts could wish." 
 
 463. Skinner (Cortlandt — Loyalist General in the American Eevolution, 
 
 attorney-general of New Jersey in 1775). D. S., 2pp. small 4to, 
 December 14, 1776. Certificate that Edman Palmer took the oath 
 of fidelity to the King; also, on reverse, Lord Cornwallis' orders 
 respecting the above, signed by I. Tinker, his aide-de-camp. 
 
 464. Slavery. D. S., by J. C. Deigs, overseer, announcing the escape of a 
 
 slave. Ip. 4to, no place. May 23, 1775, with fold marks. 
 
 "Bun away a Convict Sarvant man named Patrick Briant from a 
 number of subscribers who had jpurchased him for a Schoolmaster," &c. 
 
465. Slavery. Record in Spanish, June 6, 1805, from the Court House at 
 
 Baton Eouge, Louisiana, concerning the freeing of a Slave. With 
 English translation. 3pp. 8vo. 
 
 "... petition by the free negress Tuana to free from slavery her 
 daughter Maria commonly called Polly, to be disposed of by Xour Honor. 
 God protect Your Honor." 
 
 466. Slavery. Transcriptions from the [Records of 1760 of Loudoun 
 
 County, Virginia] concerning the Trials of Negroes, Masters and 
 Servants, &c. 5 pp. ISmo, in several handwritings. The Royal 
 watermark of the paper suggests pre-Eevolutionary manufacture, 
 and, also, that these transcriptions may have been made at some 
 such period. 
 
 "Billy a Slave . . . pleaded Not Guilty [but] it being the Court's 
 opinion that he IS Guilty, he is to receive 39 lashes on his Bare back 
 at the Public Whipping Post:" "Joe, a slave, was led to the Bar 
 and the atty. for the King exhibited information against him for 
 Felony upon which he was Arraigned and Pleaded Guilty and Judgment 
 that he be hanged by the Neck till he be dead ; the Court valued him 
 at £40." 
 
 467. Smallwood (William — Member of Continental Congress, General in 
 
 the American Revolution) . A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed por- 
 tion. Mattawoman, January 33, 1789. To William Carr, 
 Dumfries. 
 
 "Mr. Franklin informed me you were so obliging as to settle my 
 last taxes in Culpepper which he paid you tobbacco for," &c. 
 
 468. Smith (Melancton" — Member of the Continental Congress, Provincial 
 
 Congress, &e.). A. L. S., 3pp. square Svo, with addressed portion. 
 Tappahanock, February 6, 1783. To Benjamin Harrison, [signer 
 of the Declaration of Independence] Richmond. Inlaid. 
 
 "Mr. Musooe Livingston, a native of this State . . . is desirous of 
 obtaining a Flag to go to Jamaica for his wife and family . . . he 
 possesses the rights of a Citizen of this State, and on an application 
 to Congress in 1781, had a Resolve in his favour upon this subject." 
 
 469. Smith (Meriwether) — American Statesman, Member of the Con- 
 
 tinental Congress, said, by some, to have been the real author of 
 the "Virginia Bill of Rights"). A. L. S., 4pp. 4to, including ad- 
 dressed portion, Philadelphia, February 31, 1779. To the Honble. 
 John Page, Williamsburg, Virginia. 
 
 Fine letter relating to the "wretched condition of our country," the 
 scarcity of provisions therein, the "amazing depreciation of the money 
 which renders that scarcity more severely felt," the generous assistance 
 during the Revolution accorded us by France, and begging the people 
 of Virginia ''not to think that the disputes of Messrs. Lee and Deane 
 can be attended with any serious consequences to these United States." 
 Concerning France the writer says : 
 
 "/* is impossible for a nation to act with more disinterestedness, 
 and every day affords us fresh proof of her friendship. Whilst I know 
 this, I cannot but feel an indignation against the conduct of those little 
 politicians who are so much under the influence of folly and prejudice 
 that, when harmony with the nation is essentially necessary to our 
 safety, they are daily sowing the seeds of universal disgust." 
 
470. SouTHEY (EoBEET— English Poet-Laureate). A. L. S., Ip. 12ino, Kes- 
 
 wick, February 24, 1830. To a lady stating that he has begun the 
 verses and in a fortnight, or less, will send them to her. 
 
 471. SouTHEY (Eobeet). a. L. S., 3pp. 12mo, Keswick, March 6, 1830. 
 
 To [Thomas Keightley] . Also, a page of Quotation in Southey's 
 autograph from a work of the Portuguese historian, Fernando 
 Lopez. Engraved portrait of the poet by E. Finden after T. 
 Phillips. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 Thomas Keightley, author of the "Fairy Mythology" which was 
 issued anonymously in 1828, was, at date of this letter, looking 
 for a publisher for his work on the "Mythology of Ancient Greece and 
 Italy," and it is to him, in all probability, that Southey has written. 
 Mention is made in the letter of Crofton Croker, who often befriended 
 Keightley. 
 
 472. Spanish Land Contract wherein it is shown that Juan, son of Fran- 
 
 cisco has sold to Donna Catalina, abbess of the Monastery of St. 
 Clare of Alareon (Spain) a parcel of land. Ip. small 4to, on 
 vellum. November 24, 1391. 
 
 473. Stanley (Henky M.— African Explorer). A. L. S., Ip. 12mo, Port- 
 
 land Place, August 18, 1872. To Mr. Burrows. 
 
 "I have forgotten to take Sir Henry Rawlinson's hat. Send it by 
 first train, otherwise Sir Henry may think I sold it & bought cigars 
 with it. Allow me again to apologize for leaving you so hurriedly." 
 
 474. Steele (John — Eevolutionary officer, secretary of Mississippi territory, 
 
 1798-1801). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion. King- 
 ston, June 24, 1782. To Commissioner of Supplies, Pitt County. 
 "You'll move all the cattle ordered ... to this place time enough 
 to move on to the So. Army by the 5th of July . . . Cattle must be 
 delivered by the appointed time, and no excuse will be taken, if they 
 are not I shall report you to the Governor." 
 
 475. Stennett (Samuel — Grandson of the famous Joseph Stennett, Bap- 
 
 tist clergyman and hymn-writer). A. L. S., 2pp. square 8vo, Lon- 
 don, July 19, 1748; also, Eeceipt signed by Stennett and several 
 other witnesses. Ip. oblong 16mo. January 19, 1769. ^Yith por- 
 trait. Together, 3 pieces. 
 
 476. Stephens (Alexander H. — ^Vice-President of the Confederacy, Gov- 
 
 ernor of Georgia). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 Elberton, Georgia, September 27, 1858. To Hon. James Thomas, 
 Washington, Georgia. 
 
 "Linton got along after you left yesterday and last night tolerably 
 well, though he says not as well as he did Saturday night," &c. 
 
 477. Steuben (Frederick W. A. H. P. von, — Baron; German soldier, 
 
 general in the American Eevolution). Promissory Xote for $444.00 
 in favor of Eobert Troup, signed "Steuben." Ip. small 4toJ ISTew 
 York, July 30, 1792. With engraved portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 Both mounted. 
 
478. Steuben (Feedeeick W. A. H. F. von, — Baeon). A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, 
 
 with addressed portion, New York, October 23, 1790. To John 
 Tailor, at Albanie. Slight repairs. Inlaid. 
 
 "I take the liberty to request you to forward at the first opportunity 
 to Col. Will Colbrath at Fort Stanwix, the Hand Mill which Capt. 
 Marshall will deliver to you. As the new settlers at Steuben are at 
 present very much in want of this machine, I shall be under great 
 obligations to you to send this Mill as speedily as possible," &c. - 
 
 479. Stevens (John — Member of the Continental Congress, father of the 
 
 John Stevens, founder of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey) . 
 A. L. S., 2pp. small 4to, with addressed portion. New York, 
 February 15, 1762. To John Smythe, Amboy, requesting him to 
 issue supreme writs for all the trespassers on the Proprietors timber 
 mentioned. Inlaid. 
 
 480. Stevens (Thaddbus — American Statesman, proposed the impeachment 
 
 of President Johnson). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed 
 portion, Lancaster [Pa.] May 25, 1846. To Noble, Winebrew & 
 • Co., Philadelphia. 
 
 "Please send me a light summer coat — black — ^well made and genteel." 
 
 481. Stevenson (Jambs — Captain in the French and Indian "War, English 
 
 Commander at Detroit). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, Albany, May 23, 
 1762. To Colonel John Bradstreet, [probably at] Detroit. 
 
 "I have been looking over several letters and papers relating to the 
 affairs I transacted in 1755-1756 ... In the beginning of the war 
 there was no such thing as Houses to be hired for stores for the Army, 
 and when any thing was wanted I was obliged to be surety for the 
 Payment of it . . . When Lord Loudoun superceded General Shirley 
 he was pleased to give me a warrant," &c. 
 
 482. Stewaet (Chaeles — Member of the Continental Congress, Commissary- 
 
 General of Issues in the American Eevolution under Washington). 
 A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, Morris Town, April 
 20, 1780. To General Hand [at his Quarters]. Portrait etched 
 by Max Rosenthal. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "The hearer, Mr. Norcross, has heen warmly recommended to me . . . 
 and I have appointed him Assistant Commissary of Issues to your 
 brigade ,. . . I expect you loill he pleased with him and am convinced 
 that if he acts impartially and does his duty, he will he sure of your 
 countenance and support." 
 
 483. Stockton (Peank E. — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Madison, 
 
 N. J. October 14, 1888. To the editors of the "Library of Ameri- 
 can Literature" stating that he will be glad to have them use ex- 
 tracts from his writings in their work. 
 
 484. Stoky (Joseph — Chief -Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
 
 States). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, no place [probably Cambridge], Mon- 
 day morning, no date, circa 1840. To President Quincy [of Har- 
 vard College, 1839-1845], informing him as regards Lord Morpeth 
 and stating the hours of his law-lectures. 
 
485. Stoet (Joseph). A. L. S., 2pp. 8vo, with addressed portion. Cam- 
 
 bridge, August 10, 1844. To George Ticknor. 
 
 "Mr. Macready [the English actor ( ?) ] is to drive with me on Tuesday 
 next. If you wUl do me the favour to join us," &c. 
 
 486. SucKLET (George— Brigade Surgeon U. S. A.). A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo, 
 
 Cumberland, Md., March 11, 1862. To Dr. C. H. Hood, Surgeon 
 6 2d Ohio Volunteers, stating that certain supplies are exhausted, &c. 
 
 487. SuLLivAK (James— Member of the Continental Congress, Attorney- 
 
 General and Governor of Massachusetts). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with 
 addressed portion. Boston, September 6, 1797. To Jacob Ogden, 
 Hartford. Inlaid. 
 
 "I have your favor of the third instant . . . It is necessary perhaps 
 you have the evidence regularly taken; but it ought to be attended 
 to in such a manner as to prevent a continuance of the cause." 
 
 488. SuLLiVAX (James). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo, Boston, February 2, 1797. 
 
 To his son, William Sullivan, small hole repaired. 
 
 "We are all well. Will you call on Mr. [Latrobe] and ask him 
 if he has Lescarbot's or Champlain's Histories of New France," &c. 
 
 489. Sully (Maximilien de Bethune, Due de — Marshal of France, and a 
 
 Statesman of much ability). L. S., Ip. 4to, July, 1600. With por- 
 trait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 490. SuMNEE (Increase — Member of the Continental Congress, Governor of 
 
 Massachusetts for three terms). L. S., 2pp. 4to, Boston, July 12, 
 1798. To the Governor of 'Rew Jersey. 
 
 Letter is written in an unusually legible hand and refers, very likely, 
 to the proposed laws relating to aliens and sedition, known best as the 
 "Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions." 
 
 491. SuMTEE (Thomas — General in the American Eevolution, with Greene 
 
 in the Southern Campaign, dubbed by Tarleton the "game-cock"). 
 D. S., Ip. folio, February 27, 1787. Signed, also, by John Kut- 
 ledge, S. Waring, William Hill, and others. Inlaid. 
 
 A Petition to the "Honble. John Lloyd, President, and the Rest of 
 the Members of the Honble. Senate," for opening "a navigation in 
 the Catawba and Wateree Rivers from the North Carolina Line to Cam- 
 den Ferry by means of Canals, Dams, & Locks." 
 
 492. SwAYNE (Wagee — Major-General U. S. A.). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Head- 
 
 quarters 43d Inf'try. Ohio Volunteers, near Corinth, Miss. August 
 11, 1862. To David Tod, Governor of Ohio, recommending a 
 Mr. Montgomery Close, for promotion. 
 
 493. Tallmadge (BEN"jAMi]sr^Colonel in the American Eevolution, cus- 
 
 todian of Major Andre until his execution). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to^ 
 with addressed portion, Litchfield, May 8, 1815. To Hermanns 
 Bleecker, Albany, New York. With portrait. Together, 2 pieces. 
 ". . .1 shall endeavor, to attend to your instructions [in his Chan- 
 cery suit] and wiU annex the names of several gentlemen who would 
 be proper and unexceptionable characters, as Commissioners to take 
 my answer, — James Gould, Uriel Holmes, Julius Deming, James MorriS, 
 all of Litchfield," &c. 
 
494. Tallmadge (Bekjamin). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Litchfield, Conn., Sep- 
 
 tember 23, 1818. To Lynde Catlin. With portrait. Together, Z 
 pieces. 
 
 "I enclose B. Hodges Dft. on E. Balderston of Baltimore for Four 
 hundred Dollars, which please forward for collection," &c. 
 
 495. Talleyrand-Peeigoed (Charles M., Dug de — French diplomatist and 
 
 wit.). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, including addressed portion, [Philadel- 
 phia], January 24, 1795. To Le Eoy & Bayard, New York. In 
 French. 
 
 Refers to a matter in New York which the writer, after his inter- 
 view with a M. Casenove, leaves entirely to the judgment of the firm 
 addressed. 
 
 496. Taylor (Bayard — American poet and author) . A. L. S., Ip. Svo, New 
 
 York, August 7, 1876. To "Dear Dave." 
 
 "I know no more of Siam than is found in hooks — and very little 
 of that. I have never been there, never saw a Siamese (except the 
 twins) . . . There is an English work on the country by Sir John 
 Bowring, another by Mrs. Leonowens, another by an American Mission- 
 ary . . . and some work by Frank Vincent published by Harper's. Get 
 these and read 'em and you'll know more than I do," etc. 
 
 497. Taylor (Zachary— Twelfth President of the United States). D. S., 
 
 Ip. 16mo, January 16, 1835. 
 
 "Return for extra whiskey for Men on extra duty at Fort Crawford, 
 January 16, 3835 . . . The Asst. Comr. of Sub, will issue on the above 
 return." Signed by "Z. Taylor, Col." Taylor was in command of the 
 garrison at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, during the second Black 
 Hawk campaign, and it was to him the great Indian chief of that name 
 surrendered. 
 
 498. Taylor (Zachary). Printed Order of Services held in Dr. Putnam's 
 
 church on the Occasion of Paying Funeral Honors to Zachary 
 Taylor, by the City of Eoxbury, July 31, 1850. Ip. folio, folded : 
 also, Silk Badge with Crepe Eosette worn at funeral. Together, 2 
 items. 
 
 499. Ten Broeck (Abraham — General in the American Revolution at Bemis 
 
 Heights, Stillwater, &c.. Mayor of Albany, 1779-1783, married a 
 daughter of Stephen Van Eennselaer). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, in- 
 cluding addressed portion, Eocky Hill, October 20, 1788. To 
 "Nathaniel Lawrence, Attorney at Law near the Fly Market, Queen 
 Street, New York." On personal matters. 
 
 "When a Person is eminently qualified to fill with Usefulness & Dignity 
 every public & private Station and to afford Ease, Instruction & Happi- 
 ness to all around him, it is to be Presumed no small portion of these 
 may be enjoyed by a literary Correspondence with such a Character," &c. 
 
 500. Ten Broeck (Abraham). A. L. S., Ip. square 8vo, Thursday morning, 
 
 no place, probably Albany, June 8, no year, but circa 1778. To 
 Stephen Van Eennselaer, his father-in-law. 
 
 "Mr. Lansing having made a list of the most Important Books & 
 Papers I would Propose to come out to you this afternoon at 4 o'clock 
 & deliver them to you ... I wish you to send your Waggon at the 
 above hour for the Trunk Containing the Papers." 
 
501. Tennyson (Alfred, Lobd— English Poet Laureate). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 ]2mo, Sunday evening, March 2, no year. 
 
 "Will you have the kindness to let me know by a line directed to me 
 within the next three days . . . whether you have received the half 
 sovereigns I sent you a P. 0. for. I would not trouble you except that 
 the Maidstone Post office is notoriously careless." 
 
 502. Teenant (Chevalier Jean Baptists de — Officer in the American 
 
 Revolution, served under General Steuben, &c.). A. L. S., 3pp. 
 
 square 8vo, Paris, February 7, 1810. To [General Simpson], 
 
 Philadelphia, on financial matters. 
 
 Writer states that his friend will receive his letter by ''Mr. Peale of 
 Philadelphia who returns to America with O-cneral Armstrong, Minister 
 Plen'ty of the U. S. at this court," &c. This is probably Rembrandt 
 Peale, the artist, who had been to Paris and was then returning to 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 503. Tekky (Ellen— English actress). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Earls Court, S. W., 
 
 September 11, 1891. 
 
 "Dear Harriet: "I shd. have much pleasure in seeing you only un- 
 fortunateli/ have no opportunitii ju-tt now as, in the midst of all this 
 heat, I_am working hard all day and at night." 
 
 504. Thachek (James — Xoted physician with the Continental Army). 
 
 A. L. S., in full and with initials. Ip. 8vo. Plymouth, July 18, 
 1839. To Hon. John Trumbull, [the American painter]. 
 
 "It has long been a desirable object to have the walls of our Pilgrim 
 Hall adorned with the portraits of our Pilgrim ancestors . . . The 
 name of Wlnthrop is peculiarly interesting to us . . .1 indulge the 
 hope of seeing your portrait on our walls," &e. 
 
 505. Thomas (Isaiah — American printer, published the "Massachusetts 
 
 Sj^y'" and connected with it until 1801, his press was a power for 
 good to the patriots in the Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, in- 
 cluding addressed portion, AVorcester, August 28, 1800. To Thomas 
 and Thomas, Booksellers, Walpole [New Hampshire]. 
 
 Thomas commenced to set type at the age of six years ; he brought 
 the first font of music type to this country in 1786. 
 
 "We must not make the works too common — you are in too inuch 
 haste to get rid of books you are concerned in publishing — they all get 
 to the market at once and the public blow upon them." 
 
 506. Thompson (John E. — American author-poet, editor for 12 years of the 
 
 "Southern Literary Messenger"). Autograph poem, signed, 10 
 stanzas, 4 lines each, on 3pp. 12mo, entitled, — "Crawford's Eques- 
 trian Statue of Washington." 
 
 "O, 'tis a noble sight — 
 The fiery steed, just checked, that paws the ground, 
 As if impatient for the clarion's sound 
 That calls to deadly fight." 
 
 507 Thoeeau (Heney David — American author). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Con- 
 cord, September 17, 1860. To the "Publisher of 'The World.'" 
 ■ Inlaid. 
 
 "I should like to have my name included in your list," &c. 
 
508. Thoenton (Matthew- — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 
 
 Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire). A. D. S., on 
 reverse of a Quit Claim. 2pp. small 4to, Merrymack, March 11, 
 1754. Signed as Justice of the Peace. With three other signatures. 
 
 509. Toombs (Eobeet — Member of the Confederate Congress, expelled from 
 
 the United States Senate, &c.). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Washington, 
 D. C, March 15, 1871. 
 
 "/ have been iusy looking into all of our papers in search of our 
 lost lands . . . Mr. Nohle says he has no money of Mr. Anderson's but 
 will have perhaps in 12 months," &c. 
 
 510. Tower (Zealous B. — Served in the Mexican War, General in the Civil 
 
 War). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Warrenton, Va., July 19, 1862. To 
 Governor B. D. Morgan, of New York recommending Captain 
 George Arrowsmith for the colonelcy of a regiment. 
 
 511. Teumbull (Jonathan, Je. — Member of the Continental Congress,' 
 
 Aide-de-Camp to Washington). A. L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, with 
 addressed portion. Lebanon, November 5, 1807. To Major-Gen- 
 eral Ebenezer Huntington, Norwich, Conn. Inlaid. 
 
 "I have sundry militia applications in the decision of which I shall 
 want your agency. Will you be pleased to see me at Lebanon tomor- 
 row," &c. 
 
 513. Teumbull (Joseph— Son of Jonathan Trumbull, member of the Con- 
 tinental Congress, commissary-general of the Revolutionary army 
 until August 3, 1777). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Hartford, September 16, 
 1777. To Elbridge Gerry. 
 
 The writer protests the removal of the Commissioners of Accounts 
 without appointing their successors ; — "I am quite willing to have other 
 gentlemen, I care not who, but to remove and attend at Philadelphia will 
 create trouble and expense to me . . . Why should we go into the Jaws 
 of the Enemy to settle accounts, — mine are of as much importance as 
 any in the army," &c. 
 
 Congress highly eulogized the services of Trumbull, and in 1779, 
 voted a commission upon the sums he disbursed, to his heirs. 
 
 513. Teumbull (Joseph). A. L. S., 2^^. 4to, including addressed portion, 
 
 Cambridge, July 13, 1775. To Ebr. Huntington, Eoxbury. Inlaid. 
 "... Onions you must deal at 6d. Bunch, compared with Peas and 
 Beans at 5/2 Bushell — or with Fish, as the OfBcers may direct or advise. 
 As to the Dispute between Capt. Pettibone & you, I shall be at Roxbury 
 in a day or two, & will settle that matter myself." 
 
 514. Teuxton (Thomas — Distinguished American Commodore, commanded 
 
 the "Independence," "Constellation," and other vessels during the 
 Eevolution). A. L. S., 3pp. 8vo, Philadelphia, January 4, 1816. 
 To Commodore Dale, with Paul Jones, &e., strengthened at folds 
 with transparent paper. 
 
 Contains interesting matter relating to lands he had bestowed on the 
 wives of Messrs. Talbot and Hammond. 
 
 "I do not like Talbot's connduct in this business . . . Some say he 
 desired to get the whole in his hands, but of this I know n'othing, but 
 do know that he is fond of power and I am afraid that like Jefferson 
 
[No. 514^-ConUnued'] 
 
 and his Co-Patriots, lie may too easily forget right. Bob Smith, you 
 know, said I was suspicious. Yes, when flagrant acts make me so, 
 I am more than suspicious ... I know many false things have been 
 afloat here, but I have as a man determined to be just, before I was 
 Generous. I have been fond of the world and of my pleasures ; I have 
 many foibles still, like all the rest of mankind," &c. 
 
 515. Tylee (JoHN—Tenth President of the United States). A. L. S., Ip. 
 
 small 4to, no place, no date. 
 
 "If chance should bring you towards Hilburns' on your way to Hamp- 
 ton, you will find me opposite Mr. Thomson's to which any one will di- 
 rect you. I hope your dear, good better-half is well, and all the 
 children." 
 
 516. Van Bueen (Maetin— Eighth President of the United States). 
 
 A. L., in third person, unsigned, the name "Van Buren" appearing 
 twice in body of letter, 2pp. 4to, September 2, 1828. To a journal 
 named, — "The Daily Advertiser." Correcting some misstatements 
 made relative to state electors, &c. 
 
 Van Buren was made Governor of New York State in 1828 and was 
 a zealous supporter of Andrew Jackson for the Presidency in same year, 
 being later made Secretary of State under him. 
 
 "... That Mr. Van Buren has frequently in answer to enquiries from 
 his friends in Kentucky and elsewhere, expressed a confident opinion 
 that 2s]ew York will give at least three fourths of her electoral voles 
 to Andrew Jackson, is true; hut that he ever intended to intimate that 
 the existing law would he repealed or modified . . . is wholly untrue." 
 
 517. Vane (Sie Henet — Governor of Massachusetts, 1636-163'i'). Signa- 
 
 ture, with several others, to portion of document. Ip. 4to, top mar- 
 gin extended. Westminster, January 18, 1652. With signatures 
 of John Trenchard, Thomas Grey, [Baron Grey of Groby, the 
 regicide?], and others. 
 
 518. Van Ebnnselaee (Eobeet — General in the American Eevolution, 
 
 commanded the militia which defeated Sir John Johnson on his 
 Mohawk Valley raid in 1780). A. L. S., 2pp. square 8vo, including 
 addressed portion, Claverack, February 21, 1789. To "His Ex- 
 cellency Gov. George Clinton & the other Honble. Members of the 
 Council of Appointment." 
 
 "Inclosed I send yon a recommendation of Characters to fill up the 
 vacancies in Col. Scott's Regiment, in my Brigade, and if agreeable 
 to the Council, I shall be happy if they will please to appoint them 
 to the ofiices aflEixed to their names." 
 
 519. Vaeick (Eichaed — Officer in the American Eevolution, aide to Gen- 
 
 erals Philip and Benedict Arnold. Mayor of New York, 1791-1801). 
 A. L. S., 3pp. square 8vo, including addressed portion. New York, 
 June 16, 1773. To Eobert Yates, Albany, a trifle damaged. 
 
 "The Peremptory Rule to answer . . . will expire tomorrow, and 
 then your Clients will be exposed to an Attachment of Contempt. As 
 Mi". Scott is up at Dutchess County I cannot obtain longer time until 
 he returns," &c. 
 
520. Vaenum (James Mitchell — Member of the Continental Congress, 
 
 General in the American Eevolution). A. L. S., Ip. folio, Provi- 
 dence, June 17, 1773. 
 
 ". . .If you should have any difficulty with Mr. Oomstock — Look 
 into Holts Reports under Title 'Authority' you'll there find that an 
 Attornies Appearance is sulliclent without showing a Power," &c. 
 
 521. ViCTOKiA, Queen of England. D. S., Ip. oblong 4to. Court of 
 
 Saint James, June 14, 1849. A lieutenant's commission. Counter- 
 signed by the Secretary of AVar, and another. With seals. 
 
 522. ViNiNG (John — Member of the Continental Congress). A. D. S., 
 
 2pp. folio. Kent County, Delaware, circa 178T. Signed, also, by 
 Richard Bassett, Governor of Delaware and member of the Con- 
 tinental Congress. 
 
 ,523. Wagner (Eichaed — One of the most distinguished composers of all 
 time). A. L. S., Ip. 8vo, Bayreuth, May 2, 1872. To the Presi- 
 dent of the Eoyal Chamber. 
 
 Letter is dated a short time after Wagner had left Triebschen and 
 settled in Bayreuth. Herein he thanks the President for granting his 
 request, though what it was he does not state. Possibly, it was the 
 grant of a «um of money towards defraying the expenses incident to 
 the celebration of the foundation of his Bayreuth theatre which took 
 place about two weeks after date of letter, when the composer was sixty 
 years of age. 
 
 524. Wallack (Lestee — American actor). A. C. S., 16mo, [New York], 
 
 n. d. 
 
 "Dear Mr. Davies : I enclose a simple hut, I hope. sufficientJii expres- 
 sive inscription . . . I hai^e left a space for his middle name {which I 
 never kncrr), also for date of liis death." 
 
 525. Walton (Geoege — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mem- 
 
 ber of Continental Congress, Governor of Georgia). Signature as 
 witness to document. Ip. oblong 4to, Savaimah, March 3, 1784. 
 
 526. Walton (Geoege). D. S., twice, 2iop. folio. County of Eichmond, 
 
 March 4, no year, but circa 1783. Signed, also, by Jackson (Gen- 
 eral James Jackson, Governor of Georgia, 1798-1801). Legal docu- 
 ment, partly printed, action brought l)y Simon Gentry against 
 Henry Candler for assault. 
 
 527. Waed (Aetemus — ^lember of the Continental Congress, General in 
 
 the American Eevolution, commanded at the Battle of Bunker Hill). 
 A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Shrewslrary, January 
 15, 1796. To Dwight Foster, Philadelphia. 
 
 "I have not heard any thing of my son in Orangeburgh, South Caro- 
 lina, since .June last, which makes me fear he is not living ... If 
 any letter from my son comes into your hands, I shall be much obliged 
 to you to forward the same to me." 
 
528. Waed (Samuel — Member of the Continental Congress, Colonial Gov- 
 
 ernor of Rhode Island). A. L. S., Ip. oblong Simo, Westerly, 
 January 27, 1758. To Thomas Eichardson, General Treasurer. 
 
 "Pay unto John Gorton, fifteen pounds old Tenor for the Use of 
 his Horse in the late Expedition. By Order of Assembly." 
 
 529. Waed (Samuel). A. L. 8., Ip. small 4to, Westerly, December 30, 
 
 1757. To Thomas Richardson, General Treasurer. Inlaid. 
 
 "Pay unto Mr. James Babcock, Junr. Forty Seven Pounds, fifteen 
 shillings, old tenor, for his service," &c. 
 
 530. Waeeex (James — Revolutionary leader. President of the Provincial 
 
 Congress of Massachusetts, Member of the Continental Congress). 
 A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Boston, September 2-5, 
 1780. To William Bingham, Philadelphia, member of the Con- 
 tinental Congress. 
 
 "Since my last of Aug. 24th. I have with some difficulty and great 
 expence, got the remainder of the powder from Bedford to this town 
 . . . When I receive the money, I shall remit it to you ... I wish 
 to hear that John Adams has received and paid you," &c. 
 
 531. Washixgtox (Geoege). L. S., 2pp. folio, United States, October 8, 
 
 1789. To His Excellency George Walton [signer of the Declara- 
 tion of Independence, Governor of Georgia], worn at folds, 1 side 
 backed with linen. 
 
 "/ have the honor to enclose to your Excellency duplicates of the 
 following Acts; — An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United 
 States; An Act to regulate the process in the Courts of the United 
 States; An Act to alloic the Baron de Glaubeck the pay of Captain in 
 the Army of the United States," &c. 
 
 633. WatsojST (Riciiaed — The celebrated Bishop of LlandafE, inventor of 
 the black-bulb thermometer, author of "Apology for the Bible"). 
 A. L. S., as "Landaif." Ip. 4to, Cambridge, August 14, 1783 ; also, 
 portrait to which are attached several lines in his autograph. Let- 
 ter is evidently written to an old pupil, American, as it ends, — "/ 
 congratulate you on the establishment of the Independence of your 
 country and hope that you will preserve authority amongst your- 
 selves." Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 533. Watxe (Anthony — General in the American Revolution, captured 
 
 "Stom'- Point," &c.). A. X., in the third person, unsigned. Ip.. 
 oblong 24mo, Chester, November 29, 1775. 
 
 "Mr. Wayne's compliments waits on Mr. Allen, — wou'd fie glad to 
 know whether Tho. Row was guilty of felony in the year 1770 or 1775." 
 
 534. Wayne (Anthony). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, Head Quarters, Detroit, Sep- 
 
 tember 30, 1796. To General John Wilkins, Quarter Master Gen- 
 eral. 
 
 "The Clothier General Col. Meigs will call upon you or your Deputies, 
 at Fort Washington, or Greenemlle, for the proper ^ necessary means 
 of transport of the Clothing for the respective Garrisons, from Fort 
 Washington to this place ^ Fort Michelemackinac inclusive . . . The 
 Clothing for Forts Steuben, Knox §■ Massac may be sent in the boat 
 or boats with the Contractors Stores for those posts," &c. 
 
535. Weaee (Mesheck — Commissioner to Colonial Congress, Albany, 1754, 
 
 Chief- Justice). Two signatures to drafts on .the State Treasury 
 of New Hampshire in favor of the Board of War and Samuel 
 Gilman. Signed as President of the State of Xew Hampshire. 
 April 12, 1777 and February 6, 1778. Small 4to, large file holes 
 through both slips. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 536. Webb (Alexander Stbwaet — General in the Civil AA'ar, President of 
 
 the College of the City of New York). A. L. S., Ip. 4to. Head 
 Quarters 5th Army Corps, October 6, 1862. To William Sprague, 
 Governor of Rhode Island, resigning his commission of Major in 
 the 1st R. I. Lt. Arty, as he has been appointed by the President 
 Asst. Inspet. Genl. of Vols'. 
 
 537. Wentwoetii (John — Appointed by Queen Anne councillor for New 
 
 Hampshire, 1711, Lieutenant-Governor of that province, 1717). 
 D. S., Ip. folio, January 12, 1725. Inlaid. With wax seal. Ap- 
 pointment of two Justices for the Superior Court. 
 
 538. Wentwobth (Sie John — Colonial Governor of New Hampshire, gave 
 
 Dartmouth College its charter). D. S., Ip. large 4to, (folded), 
 Portsmouth, February 22, 1771. With seal. Appointment of two 
 Justices to the Superior Court. With signatures, also, of Theodore 
 Atkinson, Jonathan Warner, and John Sherburne. Inlaid. 
 
 539. Wesley (John — Founder of Methodism). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Worces- 
 
 ter, March 21, 1784. Mounted, worn at folds and several words 
 illegible. With portrait. Together, 2 pieces. To "Dear Joseph," 
 the writer's brother. 
 
 "All the difficulty Is now what to do with bro. Miller, who has had 
 so long a journey for nothing? ... I will leave a letter for him. If 
 he comes a day or two sooner, it will be all one. He may bring this 
 letter with him." 
 
 540. Whaetox (Samuel — Member of the Continental Congress, of the Ohio 
 
 Company, &c.). A. D. S., signature in 2 places, 2pp. folio, Phila- 
 delphia, November 25, 1784. With 2 other signatures. Power of 
 attorney. 
 
 54:1. Wheatox (Feakk — Indian fighter. General in the Civil War, served 
 in the principal engagements of the Army of the Potomac). A. L. 
 S., 4pp. 8vo, Hd. Qrs., Camp near Yorktown, Porters Old Camp, 
 August 22, 1862. To Governor William Sprague of Ehode Island. 
 "Dear Guvnor: Here we are. when or where we are to go, you know 
 much better than we. Not a sound of an enemy's shot in our rear as 
 we skeedaddled . . . We understand that Sumner goes with his Corps 
 to Washington ; Heintzleman with his to join Burnside ; where anybody 
 else goes or whether McClellan is to have any command, we only can 
 speculate ... Do write me and give an idea of the probable destiny 
 of the grand invincible Army of the Potomac, the terror of the South 
 
[Xo. o4:l~Contmued] 
 
 (once), the pride of the Nation (once) . . . The best army the world 
 ever saw, an army that has never been beaten, has for some reason 
 or other dorie nothing, helped no one else do anything, and has crawled 
 away from its menacing position, and the country, alas, seems glad 
 to know that it is safe." Balance of letter concerns various appoint- 
 ments. 
 
 542. Wheelock (John — Colonel in the American Eevolution, second Presi- 
 
 dent of Dartmouth College) . A. L. S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed 
 portion, Dartmouth College, August 34, 1810. To Eev. Edward 
 D. GrifBn, D.D., Andover, Mass., relative to the conferring of a 
 degree upon a Mr. Welch. 
 
 ". . . It is an invariable rule of the Board, that any character pro- 
 posed to them, as worthy of receiving a Doctor's degi'ee, should rest 
 in nomination one year. Mr. Welch, accordingly, now stands so nomi- 
 nated in our records for that honour." 
 
 543. White (Alexandek — Member of the Continental Congress from Vir- 
 
 ginia). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, Washington, November 7, 1797. To the 
 Cashier of the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, asking him 
 to remit the amount of his credit there in two Post Notes if con- 
 sistent with the rules of the bank, &c. 
 
 544. White (William — First Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, 
 
 brother of the wife of Eobert Morris, received the first honorary 
 degree bestowed by the University of Pennsylvania). A. L. S., 2pp. 
 4to, including addressed portion, Philadelphia, February 22, 1823. 
 To Eev. John P. Bausonan, Baltimore, slightly repaired. 
 
 " . . .1 shall, of course, consider you as a Presbyter of Pennsylvania ; 
 & shall always be ready to give you advice, agreeably to your Request, 
 whenever occasion may require. In the Vicinity in which you are to 
 reside, there is open a Large Field for exertion in the Gospel Ministry ; 
 & [do not doubt] that your best Services will be bestowed on It." 
 
 545. Whitman (Walt — American poet). A. L. S. on postal-card, Camden, 
 
 November 6, 1886. To Thomas Donaldson, Philadelphia. 
 
 "I think of driving over, with Billy, tomorrow, Sunday, to be with 
 you from 1 to 4, if the weather is favorable." 
 
 546. Whitman (Walt). Signature, in pencil. — "Walt Whitman," on a 
 
 phototype portrait, 4to. 
 
 547. WiLLAUD (Simon — Colonist, one of the founders of Concord, oflBcer in 
 
 the Indian Wars). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, Boston, April 4, 1654. 
 Fine early specimen referring to an action of Willard's against a 
 party in Taunton. 
 
 548. Williams (John — First Minister of Deerfield, Mass., captured by the 
 
 Indians in 1704 and retained prisoner for two years, narrates his 
 experiences in "The Eedeemed Captive returning to Zion.") . A. L. 
 S., 2pp. square 8vo, including addressed portion, Deerfield, October 
 28, 1728. To his son Stephen, at Springfield, small portion of ad- 
 dressed leaf missing. 
 
 Stephen Williams shared in his father's captivity. His mother fell 
 exhausted on the long march to Canada and was quickly despatched 
 with a tomahawk. After suffering many cruelties at the hands of his 
 
[Ao. 548 — Continued] 
 
 savage captors, John Williams was finally redeemed by Governor Phil- 
 ippe de Eigaud Vaudreiul and returned to Boston in 1706. 
 
 "Dear Children: I hoped to have begun a 'journey to you this day 
 but providence has laid a bar in the way. Your mother [step-mother?] 
 and sister Sarah intended to have followed me here on Fryday your 
 mother complained of pain and concluded I should bring Sarah down 
 as far as your house ^ hoped she should be able in the middle of the 
 week to take a journey but on Saturday morning she complained of 
 a great pain in her head," and more in the same strain regarding his 
 wife, who, as per the postscript of the day following, appears to have 
 somewhat improved. 
 
 549. Williams (Jonathan — General in the American Kevolution, built 
 
 most of the forts in New York harbor, called the "father of the 
 corps of engineers."). A. L. S., 2pp. 4to, with addressed portion, 
 Dublin (Ireland), June 10, 1785. To John Williams, Jr., Boston. 
 With portrait. Somewhat repaired. Together, 2 pieces. 
 
 "... Tell my friend Tudor to keep my suit with the Cabots pending 
 till I can come over, it caiinot be long," &c. 
 
 550. Williams (William — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, town 
 
 clerk of Lebanon for 45 3'ears). A. L. S., 2pp. small 4to, Lebanon, 
 January 3, 1776. To the Committee of the Pay Table, ordering 
 draft on the Treasury in favor of Captain Jon. Lester, "being the 
 amount of several bills for building gvn carriages at Norwich by 
 the order of the Governor and Council of Safety." On the reverse 
 is Captain Lester's receipt for order. Inlaid. 
 
 551. Williams (William). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, Hartford, June 19, 
 
 1776. To the Comtee. of Pay Table. Inlaid. 
 
 "Please to draw on the Treasr. for the sum of four hundred pounds, 
 in favor of Capt. Uriah Haydon ... on his bill for building the Colony 
 Ship at Saybrook." 
 
 552. Williams (William). A. D. S., Ip. 8vo, [Lebanon], August 17, 
 
 1780 ; Beneath this is an autograph receipt of order Ijy Roger 
 Huntington "for and in behalf of Joshua Elderkin.'" 
 
 553. Williams (William). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, Lebanon, April 4, 
 
 1783. 
 
 "At a Meeting of the Governor and Council, Resolved that Capt. Jabez 
 Perkins deliver . . . one barrel of porke & one barrel of beef belonging 
 to the State, at the market price on account ... of his expenses 
 in keeping prisoners at Norwich." 
 
 554. Williamson (Hugh — Physician, Member of the Continental Congress 
 
 for three years). A. L., with signature on addressed portion, 2pp. 
 4to, Philadelphia, February 26, 1791. To Mr. James McEvcrs, 
 ISTew York. 
 
 "The Excise Bill was not in danger of being lost. The only serious 
 dispute was about the mode of appointing and paying the officers . . . 
 If you have any certificates issued by Montford, McCuUock, &c. . . . 
 be pleased to send me a list," &c. 
 
555. Wilson- (James — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Associate 
 
 Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed by Wash- 
 ington). D. S., 3pp. tall, folio, June 4, 1795. Signed, also, by 
 James Wardrop and Charles E. Arthur. 
 
 A partnership agreement in "a scheme comprehending the purchase 
 and improvement of certain lands laying on Falling Creek and render- 
 ing said Creek Navigable as high as the Coal Mines," &c. 
 
 556. WiNGATE (Paine — Member of the Continental Congress, the last sur- 
 
 vivor of the original members of the United States Senate) . A. L. 
 S., 3pp. 4to, with addressed portion, Stratham, May 10, 1793. To 
 Colonel Joseph Whipple, in behalf of Major McFarland, whose 
 pension he considers inadequate, &e. 
 
 "Major McFarland has frequently expressed a wish to me that he 
 might have an appointment under the Government of the United States, 
 which would afford him the means of being useful and at the .same 
 time of providing a comfortable subsistence for himself ... I have 
 no other motive than a desire to serve a man whom I think worthy, 
 and in whose success upon such an application I should take particular 
 pleasure." 
 
 557. WiNSHiPP (Bdwaed — Colonist, proprietor of Cambridge, Mass., in 
 
 1635). D. S., Ip. small 4to. October 2, 1666. A report on high- 
 ways, signed, also, by Samuel Thatcher and Solomon Phipps. 
 
 558. WisNEE (Heney — Member of the Continental Congress, 1774, mounted 
 
 cannon at his own expense on the shores of the Highlands of the 
 Hudson Kiver during the Eevolution). L. S., Ip. 4to. Goshen, 
 ]Sr. Y., April 10, 1779. To Gerard Bancker, Treasurer of the State 
 of New York, asking an allowance for two Commissioners of 
 Sequestration. Contains signatures, also, of Gilbert Cooper, and 
 Thomas Moffat, the latter being the writer of the letter. Inlaid. 
 
 559. WoLCOTT (Oliver — Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Gov- 
 
 ernor of Connecticut). A. D. S., 2pp. folio, September 7, 1783. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 "The Estate of Eli Loomis, late of Torrington, deceased, to Dorothy 
 Loomis ... is approved, &c." 
 
 560. WoLCOTT (Oliver). A. L. S., 2pp. small 4to, Litchfield, January 29, 
 
 1770. To John Lawrence, Treasurer, &c. Inlaid. 
 
 "Please to pay Isaac Baldwin the amount of the school money due 
 and payable to the First Society in Litchfield on the List D1769, 
 according as the said List is Certified by the Clerk of Said Society, 
 which money we have become Intltled to, as we have conformed to 
 the Law by keeping a Schooll in said Society the year past, as it 
 directs." Signed, also, by Edward Phelps, and endorsed by Joseph Vaiil. 
 
 561. WoLCOTT (Olivee). Full signature in the body of a Document in his 
 
 hand Ip. 4to, Goshen, March 9, 1770. 
 
 "Received of Oliver Wolcott, SherifE of Litchfield County, a brown 
 mare about five years old of the price of £9.0.0., also a watch of the 
 value of £3.0.0., and two yoke of Oxen . . . which estate I hereby 
 promise to keep till the 29th of March intact," &c. 
 
563. WoLCOTT (Olivee). a. D. S., Ip. small 4to, November 11, 1777. 
 "Estate of David Hall to Mehetable Hall, Administratrix; To 
 
 Court Fees, Time and Troubie, &e £3.18.0. Also allowed to 
 
 the widow, £12." Inlaid. 
 
 563. WoLCOTT (Oliver). A. D. S., Ip. 4to, November 36, 1777. Inlaid. 
 
 An account of debts due from the Estate of Jekiel Parmily, late 
 of Litchfield, &c. 
 
 564. "WoLCOTT (Olivee). A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, November 11, 1794. 
 
 "Estate of Moses Towner of Goshen, To Avis Towner, Adminis- 
 tratrix. Attending Court, Probate Fees, &c., £1.7.0." Inlaid. 
 
 665. JV^OLCOTT (Roger, Jr.— Eldest son of Eoger Wolcott, Judge of the 
 Superior Court, one of the revisers of the laws of the Colony). 
 A. D. S., Ip. small 4to, partly printed, Windsor, January 17, 1756. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 "To the Sheriff of the County of Hartford, or either of the Con- 
 stables of the town of East Haddam ; You are hereby commanded to 
 summon Samuel Spencer of East Haddam aforesaid to appear before 
 the adjourned County Court to be holden at Norwich," &c. The writer 
 was the eldest of fifteen children, and had he lived would have been 
 Governor of Massachusetts, as was his father. 
 
 566. WoosTEE (David — OfBcer in French and Indian War, one of the 
 
 originators of the expedition that captured Fort Ticonderoga in 
 1775, after the death of Montgomery, placed temporarih- in com- 
 mand). D. S., Ip. folio. May 16, 1775, bonding David Wooster 
 and Nathaniel Niles (whose signature is, also, appended), "in the 
 sum of Three Thousand Pounds, lawful money, to be paid to the 
 Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in 
 New England," for the reimbursement of troops to be raised. 
 Inlaid. 
 
 567. Worth (William Jenkiists — General in the Mexican War, monument 
 
 to his memory in Madison Square, New York). A. L. S., Ip. 4to, 
 backing a L. S. from Major G. Bender, offering to exchange com- 
 missions. July 5, 1833. 
 
 "I have had the honor to receive your favor of the 19th ult. proposing 
 to exchange commissions. I thank you for the offer but such a measure 
 never entered my contemplation." 
 
 568. Wright (Turbitt — Member of the Continental Congress from Mary- 
 
 land). A. L. S., 3pp. folio, including addressed portion, January 
 13, 1790. To William Tilghman, Chester Town. 
 
 "Should you and I agree in sentiment on this subject I presume the 
 Difference will be at an end betwixt the Parties, and in that Case 
 the Deed which is now in your hands for the Ground sold by Thomas 
 Gilpin," &c. 
 
569. Yell (Archibald — Governor of Arkansas, Colonel in the Mexican 
 
 War) . A. L. S., Ip. 4to, May 31, 1846. With notes on back con- 
 cerning Governor Yell by one signing himself "Drew." Interesting 
 communication penned two or three days before he left for the 
 front. 
 
 570. ZiNZENDORF (NICHOLAS Lewis, Count — Moravian bishop, was in 
 
 America in 1741-1743). A. L. S., (Latin), 4pp. small folio, 
 "Wittenberg, April 3, 1718. 
 
 Fine, early specimen, written to a friend upon religions matters when 
 the writer was but eighteen years of age and while he was a student 
 at the famous university at Wittenberg. Zinzendorf preached much 
 among the Delaware and Mohigan Indians during his visit to this 
 country. 
 
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