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Papers, 1775-1935.

Title: Papers, 1775-1935.

Correspondence, diaries, and literary manuscripts of American poet and statesman Joel Barlow.

ArchivalResource: 7 v. and 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

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Meigs, Henry, 1782-1861. Correspondence, 1816-1822.

Title: Correspondence, 1816-1822.

Correspondence and journal, 1816-1822, of New York congressman Henry Meigs, chiefly consisting of letters written by him to his father, Josiah Meigs, President of the Columbia Institute in Washington D.C.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (ca. 135 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58671358 View

William L. Clements Library. Oliver Hazard Perry papers, 1796-1969.

Title: Oliver Hazard Perry papers, 1796-1969.

The Oliver Hazard Perry papers contain Perry's naval and personal letters, as well as material related to members of the Perry family. The collection documents Perry's activities during the War of 1812, including his victory at Lake Erie and the ensuing controversy surrounding the conflict; his service in the Mediterranean; his final mission to Venezuela; and the reaction to his death. Also documented are Perry's father, Captain Christopher Raymond Perry (1761-1818); his brother, Commander Mathew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858); his wife, Elizabeth C. Mason Perry (1791-1858); and various other relatives.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768166718 View

William L. Clements Library. American Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1897.

Title: American Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1897.

The American Science and Medicine collection consists of miscellaneous items that document various aspects of science and medicine in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 152 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740676968 View

American Philosophical Society Archives, 1743-1984

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives 1743-1984

Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society was the first learned society in the United States. For over 250 years, the Society has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Society fulfilled the role of a national academy of science, national library and museum, and even patent office. Early members of the Society included Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Stephen Peter Du Ponceau, George Washington, and many other figures prominent in American history. The Archives of the American Philosophical Society consists of 192.25 linear feet of material, organized into thirteen record groups dating back to 1743. The Society's archives extensively documents not only the organization's historical development but also its role in American history and the history of science and technology.

ArchivalResource: 192.25 Linear feet

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Freeman, Thomas. Freeman, Thomas, papers, 1821.

Title: Freeman, Thomas, papers, 1821.

Letters from Josiah Meigs to Thomas Freeman, a United States surveyor general based in Washington, Mississippi, concern land titles and expenses.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71794876 View

Bishop, Abraham, 1763-1844. Letter to Josiah Meigs, [ca. 1818].

Title: Letter to Josiah Meigs, [ca. 1818].

The collection consists of a letter from Abraham Bishop to Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States from ca. 1818. The letter or short pamphlet expresses his view on the variety of American titles of honor. The letter is a good example of Bishop's satirical wit.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38475748 View

Yale Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection, 1701-2007, 1701-1987

Title: Yale Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection 1701-2007 1701-1987

An artificial collection of correspondence, writings, diaries, and memorabilia relating to Yale University, its officials and employees, faculty, students, and related topics.

ArchivalResource: 32.5 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1258 View

United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe). James Monroe, President of the United States of America : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant, 1822 Mar. 6.

Title: James Monroe, President of the United States of America : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant, 1822 Mar. 6.

Land grant dated March 6, 1822 to private Daniel Hornberrier.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) : vellum ; 25 x 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35738352 View

Daggett, David, 1764-1851. David Daggett papers, 1781-1851 (inclusive).

Title: David Daggett papers, 1781-1851 (inclusive).

Correspondnece (primarily letters received) and other papers of David Daggett, Connecticut lawyer, jurist, politician, teacher, and author. The papers relate primarily to Daggett's legal and political activities and to Federalist Party politics. Important correspondents include Simeon Baldwin, Abraham Bishop, Isaac Bronson, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Charles Denison, Elizur Goodrich, Gideon Granger, Roger Griswold, Rufus King, William Leffingwell, Josiah Meigs, Timothy Pickering, Benjamin Rush, John Cotton Smith, Daniel Webster, William Wirt, and Oliver Wolcott.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168609 View

Forsyth, John, 1780-1841. Papers of John Forsyth [manuscript] 1813-60.

Title: Papers of John Forsyth [manuscript] 1813-60.

Includes letters to his wife, Clara Meigs Forsyth; and an ALS, 1822 August 10, from his father-in-law, Josiah Meigs.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647937824 View

Dunlap legal papers 1797-1820 Dunlap legal papers

Title: Dunlap legal papers 1797-1820 Dunlap legal papers

The Dunlap legal papers are comprised of 12 original and copied documents related to a lawsuit that John Dunlap of Ross County, Ohio, brought against Alexander Dunlap and James Dunlap regarding land along the Scioto River, which was once owned by John Fowler. The documents include receipts, legal depositions, and surveys.

ArchivalResource: 12 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4011dun?rgn=main;view=text View

Land Grant to Samuel Steel, 1819 January 4

Title: Land Grant to Samuel Steel 1819 January 4

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00462.xml View

Chauncey family. Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

Title: Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel Chauncey (1824-1826) and Durham, Connecticut town records relating to Worthington Gallup Chauncey's municipal duties are also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153373 View

Blodget, William, 1754-1809. Letter, 1789 January 26, New Haven, Conn., to Jeremiah Wadsworth.

Title: Letter, 1789 January 26, New Haven, Conn., to Jeremiah Wadsworth.

Sends questionnaire and requests a draft of Hartford with its parishional divisions to assist him in preparing a map of Connecticut; information is to be sent to Josiah Meigs of New Haven, Conn.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42979646 View

Young, William, 1755-1829. Young and Woodward Business Papers, 1789-1826 (inclusive).

Title: Young and Woodward Business Papers, 1789-1826 (inclusive).

The Young and Woodward Business Papers contain letters and documents relating to the printing, publishing, and bookselling efforts of both William Young, and William W. Woodward, to whom Young sold his business in 1802. Included are letters from authors, publishers, and other booksellers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box .21 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/172833932 View

American Science and Medicine collection 1702-1897 American Science and Medicine collection

Title: American Science and Medicine collection 1702-1897 American Science and Medicine collection

The American Science and Medicine collection consists of miscellaneous items that document various aspects of science and medicine in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 152 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1898ame?rgn=main;view=text View

Descendants of Vincent Meigs, 19--?

Title: Descendants of Vincent Meigs, 19--?

The collection consists of one mimeographed volume containing the genealogy of the Meigs family, beginning with Vincent Meigs, and including Josiah Meigs.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/464271885 View

United States. General Land Office. Land grant to Jonah Bartoe for 160 acres of land in Illinois : Washington, 1817 Oct 6.

Title: Land grant to Jonah Bartoe for 160 acres of land in Illinois : Washington, 1817 Oct 6.

Document, signed by James Monroe, President, and Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the Land Office, with seal affixed. On the verso is written in the autograph of Eliphalet St. John, Justice of the Peace, the Conveyance of the land mentioned in the document above to Jared Ayres, signed and sealed by Jonah Bartoe, with two statements concerning Jonah Bartoe signed by Eliphalet St. John, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., March 3, 1818.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702148085 View

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. James Monroe collection: manuscript, 1776-1833 (bulk: 1821-1822)

Title: James Monroe collection : manuscript, 1776-1833.

Letters of transmittal with accompanying documents from President James Monroe to the House of Representatives during the first session of the Seventeenth Congress, most items dated 1821-1822. These documents were sent to the printer Gales and Seaton and were published.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (187 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543810 View

David Daggett papers, 1781-1851

Title: David Daggett papers 1781-1851

Correspondence (primarily letters received) and other papers of David Daggett, Connecticut lawyer, jurist, politician, teacher, and author. The papers relate primarily to Daggett's legal and political activities and to Federalist Party politics. Important correspondents include Simeon Baldwin, Abraham Bishop, Isaac Bronson, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Charles Denison, Elizur Goodrich, Gideon Granger, Roger Griswold, Rufus King, William Leffingwell, Josiah Meigs, Timothy Pickering, Benjamin Rush, John Cotton Smith, Daniel Webster, William Wirt, and Oliver Wolcott.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear feet (14 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0162 View

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Signed land grant dated 6 Oct. 1817.

Title: Signed land grant dated 6 Oct. 1817. 1812.

Grant to Fred K. Jenkins, a quarter section "in the tract appropariated ... for military bounties in the territory of Illinois."

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 25 x 34 cm. in legal size folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52343152 View

Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822. Land records, 1821-1910.

Title: Land records, 1821-1910.

Deeds, mortgages, abstracts of title and other land records.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421126991 View

Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1816 MAR 19.

Letter from Meigs, General Land Office, to Wyllys Silliman, Registrar of the land office at Zanesville, re. enclosing certificate for correction as the description disagrees with the books in Washington.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11099365 View

United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe). James Monroe, President of the United States of America : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant, 1821 Apr. 23.

Title: James Monroe, President of the United States of America : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant, 1821 Apr. 23.

Land grant dated April 23, 1821 to private Micajah Wallace.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) : vellum ; 25 x 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35738239 View

Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822. Letter to Roberts Vaux, 1819.

Title: Letter to Roberts Vaux, 1819.

In reference to the invention of a clover seed gatherer, Miegs claims that the machine was invented by Rev. William Robinson of Connecticut.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903785 View

United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison). Peter Saltsgiver deed, 1817.

Title: Peter Saltsgiver deed, 1817.

The collection consists of a deed signed by President James Madison and Josiah Meigs for land in Guernsey County, Ohio. The deed is dated 1 February, 1817.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318911955 View

Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. Papers, 1779-1827, 1888, 1964.

Title: Papers, 1779-1827, 1888, 1964.

State legislator, Governor of Ohio, and U.S. Senator. Correspondence, speeches, proclamations, appointments, resignations, and petitions for patronage, chiefly from Tiffin's governorship, 1803-07, together with assorted personal, political, and business correspondence. Includes material on roadbuilding and the Burr-Blennerhassett conspiracy.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13163339 View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume VI, miscellany, 1774-1807

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume VI, miscellany, 1774-1807

Portraits, prints, letters, maps, and documents tipped into Volume VI 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 of: Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin (2), Israel Putnam, Robert Rogers (2), Benjamin Lincoln, Govenor Morris, John Glover, Thomas Paine, Hugh Percy (Duke of Northumberland), William Alexander (Lord Sterling), Henry Lee (2), Lord Howe, Hugh Mercer, [Thomas Paine], Lambert Cadwalader, King George III, Marquis Cornwallis, Edmund Burke, Tench Tilghman, Henry Knox, Philemon Dickinson, Lord George Germaine, Robert Morris, Anthony Wayne, John Hancock, Horatio Gates, Tadeusz Ko sciuszko, Josiah Meigs. Prints of: East View of Hell Gate, in the Province of New York; Der Einzug der Königlichen Völker in Neu Yorck/L'Entré triumphale de Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck (colored); The Bevrley [sic] Robinson House Garrisons, Hudson River; Incendie de New-York; View from Fort Putnam; Lake George; [Capture of Gen. Lee]; The American General Lee taken Prisoner by Lieutenant Colonel Harcourt of the English Army, in Morris Country, New Jersey, 1776; The Battle Ground at Trenton; Washington Crossing the Delaware; Battle of Assunpink; [Battle of Trenton]; Surrender of Col. Rall [sic] at the Battle of Trenton; [five engravings depicting various scenes from the struggle for independence, with captions in German]; Battle of Princeton--Death of Mercer; A View of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall; View of the Old City Hall, Wall St. in the year 1789; The Jersey Prison Shop; Characteristic Scenery of the Hudson River. Letters of: ALS, Benjamin Lincoln to Gen. Thomas, June 16, 1775; ALS, Nathaniel Greene to William Gibbons, [n.d.]; A[aman.]LS, Col. William Grayson to [?], December 16, 1782; ALS, Joseph Reed to Ralph Izard, December 3, 1782; ALS, Gen. William Heath to Maj. Gen. Phillips, April 16, 1778; Joseph Reed to Gen. Ward, August 24, 1775; Joseph Reed to Council Chambers, September 7, 1781; ALS, Williams Heath to Maj. Gen. Phillips, April 21, 1778; AL, [James Monroe] to [?], [n.d.]; ALS, George Weedon to Maj. Gen. Baron von Steuben, March 4, 1787; ALS, Joseph Reed to Archibald McClean, April 8, 1781; ALS, Robert Morris to Robert Gilmor & Co., December 10, 1789; ALS, John Fitzgerald to [?], October 10, 1781; John Armstrong to [Col. Richard Butter], November 1, 1782; ALS, Benjamin Rush to Orchard Cook, November 11, 1807; ALS, Benjamin Rush to Dr. Peabody, [n.d.]; AL[frag. return address only], Gen. William Heath to [?], February 17, 1781; ALS, Tench Tilghman to [?], December 10, 1781; ALS, Robert Morris to John Nicholson, June 13, 1798; A[aman.]LS John Hancock to Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, June 14, 1791 (also signed by Samuel Phillips and David Cobb). Documents: ADS, [Receipt for sum of six pounds received by Roger Morris from Jacob Knofper], December 8, 1774; ADS, [Petition on behalf of James Reed--John Sprague, agent], [n.d.]; ADS,, [Statements (3) concerning payment of monies due, signed by Benjamin Lincoln], June 16, 1775 and March 25, 1779;D[form]S, [Blank license for a public house, Supreme Executive Council, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, signed by Thomas Mifflin and Charles Biddle], [n.d.]; ADS, [Receipt for payment received by James Chalmers from Charles Cone, signed by James Chanlmer, John Cadwalader, and William Caxton], [n.d.]; A[aman.]DS, [Appointment by King George II of Richard Waldron to office in New Hampshire, signed by William Burnet], May 14, [1728]; AD, [Accounts rendered], Feb. 23, 1777. Map of: Part of New Jersey &c.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (77 items).

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2100933 View

Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822. Plat of the town of Perrysburg.

Title: Plat of the town of Perrysburg. [ca. 1817]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : col. ; 54.7 x 43.4 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166640473 View

Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1830 FEB 17.

Letter from Meigs, General Land Office, to Ethan A. Brown, Governor of Ohio, re. sending patent in favor of Joseph Armstrong for land at the Scioto Salt Springs. Land sold by state pursuant to Act of April 16, 1816.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11226648 View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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United States. General Land Office. Land grant to Jonah Bartoe for 160 acres of land in Illinois : Washington, 1817 Oct 6.

Title: Land grant to Jonah Bartoe for 160 acres of land in Illinois : Washington, 1817 Oct 6.

Document, signed by James Monroe, President, and Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the Land Office, with seal affixed. On the verso is written in the autograph of Eliphalet St. John, Justice of the Peace, the Conveyance of the land mentioned in the document above to Jared Ayres, signed and sealed by Jonah Bartoe, with two statements concerning Jonah Bartoe signed by Eliphalet St. John, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., March 3, 1818.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82841637 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIb-ead.xml View

Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822. Letter, dated 24 February 1820, to Thos. Freeman and John Coffee.

Title: Letter, dated 24 February 1820, to Thos. Freeman and John Coffee.

Orders Freeman and Coffee to survey the border between Mississippi and Alabama.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 24.5 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54993383 View

Hayes, Christian. Christian Hayes bounty grant, 1820 November 27.

Title: Christian Hayes bounty grant, 1820 November 27.

Military bounty grant for 160 acres in Territory of Arkansas; signed by James Monroe and Josiah Meigs.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/406353449 View

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Land grant : to Samuel Steel, 1819 January 4.

Title: Land grant : to Samuel Steel, 1819 January 4.

Land grant to Samuel Steele for one thousand acres in Missouri. Grant given under law granting land to former members of the Army of the United States. Steele served in O'Fallon's Company of Riflemen. Signed by President James Monroe and Commissioner of the General Land Office, Josiah Meigs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25617164 View

United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe). James Monroe, President of the United States of America : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant form, 1817 November 29.

Title: James Monroe, President of the United States of America : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant form, 1817 November 29.

Land grant dated November 29, 1817 to James C. Smith: "... a Warrant in his favour, numbered 5233 there is granted unto the said James C. Smith late a private in Harris's company of Light Dragoons a certain tract of land, containing one hundred and sixty acres being in the southeast quarter of section thirtysix of township seven north in range four west in the tract appropriated ... in the territory of Illinois."

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf : ill. ; 23 x 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741311333 View

Ewing, Nathaniel, 1772-1846. Nathaniel Ewing deed, 1821 Mar. 30.

Title: Nathaniel Ewing deed, 1821 Mar. 30.

Deed to Ewing from the General Land Office for land in Vincennes, Ind. "in the territory north west of the Ohio [River], above the mouth of Kentucky River."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/624343647 View

Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. Papers, 1785-1853.

Title: Papers, 1785-1853.

Correspondence, commercial and legal documents, sermons, maps, surveys, and booklets of financial and medical prescription data.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17725189 View

Oliver Hazard Perry papers 1796-1969 1812-1819

Title: Oliver Hazard Perry papers 1796-1969 1812-1819

The Oliver Hazard Perry papers contain Perry's naval and personal letters, as well as material related to members of the Perry family. The collection documents Perry's activities during the War of 1812, including his victory at Lake Erie and the ensuing controversy surrounding the conflict; his service in the Mediterranean; his final mission to Venezuela; and the reaction to his death. Also documented are Perry's father, Captain Christopher Raymond Perry (1761-1818); his brother, Commander Mathew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858); his wife Elizabeth C. Mason Perry (1791-1858); and various other relatives, as well as genealogical records.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1391per?rgn=main;view=text View

Sloane, John, 1799-1856. Papers 1809-1877.

Title: Papers 1809-1877.

Correspondence, receipts, and speeches pertaining to the politics of Ohio and the United States. Topics include banking, elections, Panama, transportation, slavery, Texas, education; with correspondence from Thomas Corwin, Joseph Larwill and Edward Tiffin. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6110101 View