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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Letters : to William North, 1786-1790.

Title: Letters : to William North, 1786-1790.

AL, "Au Louvre," 1786 Sep 13; AL, New York, [1788] Aug 20, with signature cut away; two ALS, New York, 1790 Feb 17, and Oct 23, no year; and one ALS, undated. Letters describe his financial affairs, debts, and American lands; his attempts to gain a grant from Congress for his services; and acquaintances and current events. Accompanied by a legal document relating to Steuben's estate, autograph manuscript written in an unidentified hand, signed by Benjamin Walker, 1795 Apr 10.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702148318 View

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. Letter, 1791, October 19, London, to Col. Benjamin Walker, New York.

Title: Letter, 1791, October 19, London, to Col. Benjamin Walker, New York.

Bitter complaint about treatment at the hands of his former employer, William Duer, chief perpetrator of the Scioto land scandal.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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ALS : New York, N.Y., to William North, Duanesburg, N.Y., 1788 Sept. 22

Title: ALS : New York, N.Y., to William North, Duanesburg, N.Y., 1788 Sept. 22

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794; ALS : New York, N.Y., to William North, Duanesburg, N.Y., 1788 Sept. 22 Concerns Steuben's business interests and the management of Steuben's and Walker's farms; mentions Steuben's visits with North's family and Benjamin Walker. Address and docket note on integral leaf.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 24 cm..

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Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818. Benjamin Walker correspondence, 1785-1792.

Title: Benjamin Walker correspondence, 1785-1792.

ALS (1785 January 26) written by Walker to Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben regarding financial matters and ALS (1792 September 25) from Walker to Andrew Craigie concerning land transactions in New York and the influx of German and Irish immigrants there.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981289 View

Washington, George, 1732-1799. LS : Saratoga, N.Y., to Timothy Pickering, Newburgh, N.Y., 1783 July 26.

Title: LS : Saratoga, N.Y., to Timothy Pickering, Newburgh, N.Y., 1783 July 26.

Orders a number of batteaux to be put in repair for transporting supplies to the garrisons on the western waters. The body of the letter is in the hand of Benjamin Walker, with a postscript in the hand of David Humphreys.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122610771 View

Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820. Letter, 1792.

Title: Letter, 1792.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213468425 View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume VIII, miscellany, 1776-1816

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume VIII, miscellany, 1776-1816

Portraits, prints, letters, maps, and documents tipped into Volume 8 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72 ++ 1898). Portraits: Washington Irving, (Richard) Burgoyne, Harriet Ackland (Christian Henrietta Caroline Acland) (2), Baroness De Riedesel, Richard Varick, Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Henry Clinton, Francis Rawdon Hastings (Earl of Moira) (2), Enoch Parr, Simon Frazer, Henry Dearborn, Horatio Gates, Richard Howe, Charles Gravier Vergennes, John Hazelwood, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Smith, George Clinton, Lafayette (3), Jedediah Huntington, Benjamin Franklin (2), Henry Laurens, William Alexander (Lord Stirling), James Rivington, Baron Steuben (2), Caron de Beaumarchais, Jean Ternant, Nathaniel Greene, Louis XVI, George III, John Andre. Prints: Battle of Saratoga, September 19, 1777; Battle of Saratoga, September 19, 1777; View of the West Bank of the Hudson River,...20th of Sept 1777; Lady Ackland's Visit to the Camp of Genl. Gates; Surrender of Burgoyne's Army at Saratoga; The Surrender of Burgoyne's Army at Saratoga, Octr. 17, 1777; Saratoga; Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain; The Political Raree-Show: or a Picture of Parties and Politics, during and at the close of the Last Session of Parliament, June 1779 (caricature); The Battle Ground at Germantown; The Battle of Germantown; Crays Ferry; The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania; Schuylkill; Washington's Head Quarters at Valley Forge; Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; [Washington at Valley Forge]; Washington at Valley Forge; Winter Camp at Valley Forge; View from the Hill in Bordentown. Letters: ALS, Tadeusz Kosciuszko to A. Brockhaus, March [?], 1816; ALS, Francis Rawdon Hastings (Earl of Moira) to Mr. Deare, June 8, 1791; ALS, John Burgoyne to Fanny [?], July 22, 1783; A[aman.]LS, Benjamin Chew to Richard Stockton, December 29, 1803; ALS, Anthony Wayne to John Martin, July 7, 1782; ALS[init.], James Lovell to [?], September 10, 1780; ALS, Elias Boudinot to James Cuthbert, May 4, 1776; ALS, James W. Fairlie to Peter T. Curtenius, May 3, 1785; ALS, William North to Benjamin Walker, December 11, 1801; ALS, Jean Ternant to Richard Howley, Gov. of Georgia, January 28, 1780. Documents: ADS, [Receipt for Samuel Tracy, signed by Jedediah Huntington], May 21, 1777. Maps: Plan of the Attack on Forts Clinton & Montgomery by the British forces under SIR HENRY CLINTON. - Octr 1777 (?); Plan of the Position Taken by Genl. Burgoyne on the 10th of Octr. 1777 in which The British Army was invested (?) by the Americans Under the command of Genl. Gates and surrendered to him on the 16th of October the same year.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (70 items).

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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Letters : to William North, 1786-1790.

Title: Letters : to William North, 1786-1790.

AL, "Au Louvre," 1786 Sep 13; AL, New York, [1788] Aug 20, with signature cut away; two ALS, New York, 1790 Feb 17, and Oct 23, no year; and one ALS, undated. Letters describe his financial affairs, debts, and American lands; his attempts to gain a grant from Congress for his services; and acquaintances and current events. Accompanied by a legal document relating to Steuben's estate, autograph manuscript written in an unidentified hand, signed by Benjamin Walker, 1795 Apr 10.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79602419 View

Ledyard family. Ledyard family collection, 1754-1808.

Title: Ledyard family collection, 1754-1808.

Personal letters, business accounts, and legal documents pertaining to several members of the Ledyard family of New York and Connecticut, 1754-1808, particularly John, Ebenezer, and Isaac Ledyard. Included are a 1799 letter from Aaron Burr, and an undated autograph of Benjamin Walker.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (41 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713560770 View

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Jackson, 1792 Aug. 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Jackson, 1792 Aug. 25.

Concerning accounts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270586289 View

Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

Title: Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1471fis?rgn=main;view=text View

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. [Letter, 1788] juin 8, Schenectady, [N.Y., to] Walker / Steuben.

Title: [Letter, 1788] juin 8, Schenectady, [N.Y., to] Walker / Steuben.

Steuben writes to Benjamin Walker, his former aide-de-camp, complaining of his dismay at his debts.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437427453 View

Troup, Robert, 1757-1832. Robert Troup correspondence, 1780-1820.

Title: Robert Troup correspondence, 1780-1820.

Five letters written by Troup to Aaron Burr (1780 January 16-October 23), two (1807 May 4 and 1809 August 23) to Benjamin Walker, and one each to Simeon De Witt (1812 January 31), John V. Henry (1818 December 26), and Morris S. Miller (1820 April 29) relating to New York state and national politics.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981043 View

Troup, Robert, 1757-1832. Letter, 1809 May 9.

Title: Letter, 1809 May 9.

Letter to Colonel B. Walker thanking him for the return of Senatorial votes for his district, and discussing campaign matters. Written at Albany, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 2 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122519688 View

William L. Clements Library. Nicholas Fish papers, 1775-1844.

Title: Nicholas Fish papers, 1775-1844.

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450037 View

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. ALS, [n.d.] : [s.l.], to Benjamin Walker.

Title: ALS, [n.d.] : [s.l.], to Benjamin Walker.

In this letter Steuben refers to his treatment by Congress. He forwards some letter (not present) to Walker, asking for a reply. He refers to his "miserable situation" and hopes with all his heart his present letter will be the last one he has to write on the particular subject. "It is contrary to my nature to flatter those people who have treated me with injustice."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15581486 View

Worth, W. S. Autograph collection [manuscript] / originally compiled by W.S. Worth. 1803-1865.

Title: Autograph collection [manuscript] / originally compiled by W.S. Worth. 1803-1865.

Correspondents include George Bancroft, Theodoric Romeyn Beck, John Cabell Breckinridge, Benjamin Franklin Butler, David Daggett, Samuel Whittelsey Dana, William Alexander Duer, Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Samuel Jones, John Laurence, William North, Benjamin Silliman, John Canfield Spencer, Joel Barlow Sutherland, William Peter Van Ness, Abraham Van Vechten, Benjamin Walker, William Wirt. Among the recipients are Henry Clay, Samuel Cooper, Isaac Hull, William Learned Marcy, Morris Smith Miller, Eliakim Parker Scammon, Stephen Van Rensselaer and Benjamin Walker. Topics include Confederate Civil War orders, exchange of Civil War prisoners in Florida in 1865; deWitt Clinton, Rufus King, the Federalist Party and the New York Senatorial elections of 1819; and student defiance at Yale in 1825.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647967702 View

Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820. Letter, 1794, Dec. 15, London, to Benjamin Walker, New York.

Title: Letter, 1794, Dec. 15, London, to Benjamin Walker, New York.

Acknowledges Walker's statement that he has forwarded papers relating to lands in America for which he is acting as agent.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. on folded leaf ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9498988 View

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Order to pay a sum of money to Christopher Colles, 1784 August 1, New York, addressed to Benjamin Walker.

Title: Order to pay a sum of money to Christopher Colles, 1784 August 1, New York, addressed to Benjamin Walker.

Endorsement, signed by Walker, on recto; receipt, signed by Colles, on verso.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9120239 View

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Correspondence and papers, 1778-1794 (bulk 1779-1781).

Title: Correspondence and papers, 1778-1794 (bulk 1779-1781).

Correspondence and papers, 1778-1794. Most of the items are dated during 1779-1781, when Steuben was involved in efforts to reorganize the Continental Army and commanded the forces in Virginia, attempting to make that state a base of supply for General Nathanael Greene's army. They relate to such matters s the preparation and distribution of his "Regulations," reactions and questions about this work, appointments of inspectors, supply needs and problems, organization and administration of army and militia units, enemy movements and strength, condition of state militia and other army units, British invasion of Virginia, problems with the Virginia militia, his lands in Virginia, founding of the Society of the Cincinnati, etc. Some of his more frequent correspondents were: Col. Jean Baptiste Ternant, Col. William Davies, the Board of War, M. de Franey, Chevalier de la Luzerne, Gen. Nathanael Greene, Gov. Thomas Jefferson, Col. Edward Carrington, Col. George Gibson, Gen. Thomas Nelson, Gen. George Weedon, Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, Louis de Pontiere, Gen. Robert Lawson, Gen. Isaac Gregory, Col. J. Junis, Gen. Mordecai Gist, Maj. Buller Claiborne, Capt. John Pryor, Capt. William North, Col. Benjamin Walker, and Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. The collection also contains lists of engineers and tradesmen, returns of various regiments, returns of supplies, reports of Congress, and other miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: 5.6 linear feet (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58779156 View

Morgan, John Jordon. Papers, 1762-1873.

Title: Papers, 1762-1873.

A collection of land records consisting of deeds, leases, correspondence regarding land, surveys, maps and account books recording rent payments. The papers include land grants to Morgan for land in Herkimer county; deeds involving Morgan, Benjamin Walker, Marinus Willett, Melancton Smith, John DeLancey, Philip Schuyler, Walter Livingston and Robert C. Livingston. Also included is an 1809 certificate of naturalization to Eliza Morgan; land surveys by William Cockburn; and Morgan's license to practice law in the New York State Supreme Court. Of particular interest is a ledger book of rents collected by Morgan. This volume records the location of land, the name of the owner and the terms of the lease. Below this information rental payments are recorded in chronological order. The volume is substantial, containing information on over 100 lease contracts.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, (1 cu.ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487980 View

Livingston, Henry Brockholst, 1757-1823. Autograph letters signed (2) : New York, Benjamin Walker in Utica, 1803 Jan. 3-June 7.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) : New York, Benjamin Walker in Utica, 1803 Jan. 3-June 7.

On legal matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270591722 View

North, William, 1755-1836. Letter, 1786, Feb. 5, to Benjamin Walker, Hackensack, N.J.

Title: Letter, 1786, Feb. 5, to Benjamin Walker, Hackensack, N.J.

Financial matters discussed; states that he is going to Carolina.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9182238 View

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. ALS, 1780 February 14 : Philadelphia, to Major [Benjamin] Walker.

Title: ALS, 1780 February 14 : Philadelphia, to Major [Benjamin] Walker.

Steuben writes: "I am very surprised that the General-in-Chief [Washington] trusts the arrogant arrangements of Col. Williams ..." He continues: "But I am afraid my friend that my reign is not anymore of this world. My letter of resignation to the Congress is in front of me on the table. I wanted to present it today but I promised a friend that I will send it in two days."

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 30 x 19.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17170035 View

Duer, William, 1747-1799. ALS : New York, to Benjamin Walker, Paris, 1790 Nov. 30.

Title: ALS : New York, to Benjamin Walker, Paris, 1790 Nov. 30.

Concerns the financial difficulties of the Scioto Land Company, in which Duer was deeply involved. Duer has gone deeply into debt because of confidence placed in Joel Barlow, and he asks Walker to help him recover money from Barlow and raise more from other sources.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.); 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122525023 View

Letter, 1783 Oct. 12, Garrison on the Schuylkill, to Benjamin Walker.

Title: Letter, 1783 Oct. 12, Garrison on the Schuylkill, to Benjamin Walker.

Military and personal matters discussed; mention made of Martha Washington.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. on folded leaf ; 22 cm.

https://search.library.dartmouth.edu/permalink/01DCL_INST/b81o46/alma991019282839705706 View

Bradstreet, Samuel. Cosby's Manor collection, 1792-1820 (bulk 1804-1814).

Title: Cosby's Manor collection, 1792-1820 (bulk 1804-1814).

Two letters dated 1792 and 1794, signed, relating to holdings in Cosby's Manor in western New York; and 77 leases, receipts, accounts and a survey map for parcels in Cosby's Manor from the estate of Frances Bainbridge, in located in Frankfort, Herkimer County, also in Cosby's Manor. The first letter-- dated Herkimer, April 2, 1792 and addressed to Philip Schuyler, John Lansing, and the other proprietors of Cosby's Manor-- is a petition from a committee of inhabitants describing the difficulties arising from a lack of information on the correct boundaries of their lots, and requesting that a survey be made. Leases for the Frances Bainbridge parcels date from 1804 to 1820. Survey map is titled "A survey of the possessions on the southerly part of Lot no. 47 in Cosby's Manor for Col. Benjamin Walker, by C.C. Brodhead."

ArchivalResource: 6 folders (89 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/709965938 View

Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921. The German allied troops in the North American war of independence, and related materials, ca. 1767-1893.

Title: The German allied troops in the North American war of independence, and related materials, ca. 1767-1893.

Extra-illustrated edition of J. G. Rosengarten's The German allied troops in the North American war of independence, 1776-1783 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1893), a translation and abridgement of Max von Eelking's 2-volume work: Die deutschen Hülfstruppen im nordamerikanischen Befreiungskriege, 1776 bis 1783 (Hannover: Helwing, 1863); Rosengarten's work is based on both volumes of the original, but the title page erroneously states: Vol. I. The volume contains a total of 18 original documents dated 1767 to 1893; 74 portraits of 57 different subjects, including one of Rosengarten; 7 maps; and 25 other illustrations, including 2 in color (leaves following p. 162, 254). The original documents include: 15 letters or memoranda; a marriage certificate for John Michael (?) and Elisabeth Grauel on 2 April 1767, signed by Michael Schlatter and with a red wax seal showing his coat of arms (leaf following p. 240); a ledger sheet for Pulaski's Legion in Charleston, dated 8 August 1779, signed by Charles-Frédéric Bedaulx (leaf following p. 176); and a customs form signed by Peter Muhlenberg on 11 September 1804 (leaf following p. 222). The letter by Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, is incomplete (last leaf only). The volume has indices of names (p. 353-356) and places (p. 357-360). The upper cover and front free endpaper are detached.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607091216 View

Papers of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, 1778-1851 (bulk 1779-1781)

Title: Papers of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 1778-1851 (bulk 1779-1781)

The collection includes correspondence, orders, memoranda, petitions, indentures, and writings on military topics by Baron von Steuben during his tenure as an officer of the American army, as well as material relating to his estate and memorials.

ArchivalResource: 7.0 Linear feet; (15 boxes [1 oversize], 6 volumes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/steuben/steuben.html View

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to [Captain Fairlie], 1781 Dec. 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to [Captain Fairlie], 1781 Dec. 20.

Reporting on the health of "the Baron" and explaining why he cannot get his correspondent a month's pay.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270867554 View

Washington, George, 1732-1799. Letter [in the autograph of Benjamin Walker?] signed : Head Quarters [Newburgh], to Marinus Willett, 1783 Mar. 5.

Title: Letter [in the autograph of Benjamin Walker?] signed : Head Quarters [Newburgh], to Marinus Willett, 1783 Mar. 5.

Concerning the failure of the Oswego expedition, and thanking the officers and men.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270660051 View

Elliott, A. Lovell. A. Lovell Elliott autograph collection, 1780-1853.

Title: A. Lovell Elliott autograph collection, 1780-1853.

Documents bearing the signatures of Fitz-Green Halleck, Edmund Stedman, John Trumbull (1756-1843), Benjamin Walker, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott, Sr. and Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 17 items; 27 x 44 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62875781 View

Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820. Letters, 1793-1800.

Title: Letters, 1793-1800.

This correspondence from Colquhoun to Walker from 1793 to 1800 concerns Walker's role as land broker for Colquhoun and a Gov. Hornby. All letters were sent from London and refer to land investments in western New York. Colquhoun gave him the power of attorney in his business transactions with a "Col. Smith" (whose lack of integrity is mentioned in many letters), Robert Morris (1734-1806), and others. He also mentions many current events and how they might have affected relations between the United States and Great Britain: e.g., Indian uprisings and repeal of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France. Later letters mention the publication of Colquhoun's pamphlets. These letters, many of which are marked "duplicate" or "copy" are in chronological order.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (69 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259253 View

Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848. Letter, 1794 Oct. 23, Boston, to Benjamin Walker, N.Y.

Title: Letter, 1794 Oct. 23, Boston, to Benjamin Walker, N.Y.

Concerning a real estate transaction.

ArchivalResource: 1 item, tipped-in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14948543 View