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Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843. Deed / James Greenleaf and wife to Thomas Lane for 65 lots of grounds in the City of Washington, containing 484,994 square feet.

Title: Deed / James Greenleaf and wife to Thomas Lane for 65 lots of grounds in the City of Washington, containing 484,994 square feet. 1807 May 27.

ArchivalResource: l sheet : parchment ; 41 x 53 cm. ([2] p. folded to 21 x 10 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42345302 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View

Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Papers of the Palfrey family of New England. The material of this collection encompasses over 150 years of American history and many items of interest besides those documenting the life and works of John Gorham Palfrey, who is its central figure. A few of these may be briefly mentioned here. The papers of William Palfrey include letters between John Wilkes and the Sons of Liberty and William Palfrey's personal correspondence with Wilkes at the time of the latter's imprisonment in 1769-1770, including Palfrey's description of the Boston Massacre. William Palfrey's business account and financial papers are extensive and range in subject from accounts of trade with Virginia in 1763 to the disposition of funds of the Continental Army during the time Palfrey was Pay Master General. His close association and correspondence with John Hancock should be noted. Several interesting items pertain to the dispute between Hancock and the Boston printer, John Mein, which resulted in Thomas Longman's suit against Mein and the latter's imprisonment. The papers of John Palfrey deal mainly with his business affairs and the management of his plantation at Attakapas. However, several letters by his sons, Edward, William Taylor, and Henry William give first-hand accounts of battles in the war of 1812. Letters to John Gorham Palfrey from over 1000 corespondents form the largest single section in the collection. Of special importance are 377 letters from Jared Sparks and 148 letters from Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet (130 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00387/catalog View

Greenleaf family. Greenleaf family papers, 1712-1820 (bulk 1786-1820).

Title: Greenleaf family papers, 1712-1820 (bulk 1786-1820).

Chiefly correspondence and legal and financial papers of Dr. Daniel Greenleaf (1762-1853), physician and druggist of Quincy and Boston, Mass., relating to his management of the legal and financial accounts of his brother, James Greenleaf (1765-1843), controversial land speculator and financier who served as government agent for the sale of public lots in Washington, D.C. Correspondents include their brothers-in-law, Noah Webster and William Cranch.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954370 View

William Cranch papers, 1794-1842

Title: William Cranch papers 1794-1842

The papers consist of correspondence and legal papers belonging to American lawyer and jurist William Cranch. Correspondence dates from 1794 to 1831, with much of it relating to his real estate and land speculation activities and resultant financial troubles. Correspondents include Tench Ringgold, James Greenleaf, and Daniel Carroll of Duddington. Legal papers mainly document Cranch's work on behalf of Robert Morris (1796-1797) and James Greenleaf (1796-1842), also relating to issues of real property

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4262 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805, 1795-1805

Title: North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805 1795-1805

The North Amercian Land Company ledger contains accounts with prominent men of the time; in additon to the ledger are numerous deeds and other documents involving Robert Morris.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.973.N75-ead.xml View

Sergeant, John, 1779-1852. Papers, 1783-1897.

Title: Papers, 1783-1897.

These papers relate to activities of the United States Bank, ca. 1806-1831; the national banking situation; currency and tariff issues; the building of canals and communications facilities, 1821-1828; Indian appropriations, Cherokee memorials to Congress, etc., 1821-1835; important legal cases; applications for governmental positions; personal and domestic affairs. Included are: "A Slight Geographical and Political Sketch of Peru," 1823; "An Essay on the Necessity of a General Federation among the Spanish American States and a Plan for its Organization," by Colonel D. Bernardo Monteagudo, Lima, Peru, 1825; will of Samuel Rowland Fisher, 1783; agreements and correspondence relating to land transactions in Washington, including material on Robert Morris, John Nicholson, James Greenleaf, and General Walter Stewart; letters of William Wirt, Nicholas Biddle, Daniel Webster, James Buchanan, Sam Bayard, Horace Binney, and numerous others.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465191 View

Lehigh Coal Mine Company. Records, 1792-1829.

Title: Records, 1792-1829.

The records consist of miscellaneous papers that became separated from the main body of records which passed to the LC&N. They include a copy of the articles of association with the names of the original subscribers, the 1818 lease to White, Hazard and Hauto and papers relating to the lease. Also included are a deed of William Henry and Jacob Weiss to Charles Cist for lots in Lehighton, Pennsylvania (1795), an agreement between James Greenleaf and the North American Land Company (1806) and a letter of Francis Weiss to Josiah White (1826) describing some of John Nicholson's land dealings with his father, Jacob Weiss.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122392621 View

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800. Papers, 1772-1819 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1772-1819 [microform].

The records consist of John Nicholson's private papers which were seized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania around 1800 in order to prosecute its claims against his estate and unravel the many difficult title conflicts involving his vast land holdings.

ArchivalResource: 27 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123628 View

James Greenleaf papers, 1788-1841

Title: James Greenleaf papers 1788-1841

Correspondence and land papers of American land speculator James Greenleaf. Correspondence dates from 1788 to 1834, with no letters present for the period of 1800 to 1804. Letters are incoming, and almost exclusively concern Greenleaf's real property ventures, including his investments in Washington, D. C., with partners Robert Morris and John Nicholson, and his subsequent financial troubles. Predominant correspondents are Daniel Carroll of Duddington; Thomas Law; William Cranch; and Thomas Munroe. Land papers include legal material relating to District of Columbia lands (1794-1841), deeds to Robert Morris (1796-1797), and assignments to William Cranch (1797 and 1803)

ArchivalResource: .2 linear foot (2 folders)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4425 View

North American Land Company. Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805.

Title: Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805.

The papers consist of business correspondence and documents of Sylvanus Bourne, consul general of the United States in Holland and an agent for Dutch investors in the company. The letters chiefly concern property in Washington City conveyed to Daniel Crommelin and Sons, Amsterdam, by Greenleaf, and efforts by the firm to secure the property after the company's bankruptcy. Of interest are letters of Morris re: the company's books and judgments against him. The British blockade of Dutch ports in 1799, slow tobacco sales in Holland, and honors paid by the Dutch to the memory of George Washington are also mentioned. Correspondents include Edward Tilghman, Tobias Lear, Thomas Browne, and the banking firm of Rocquette, Elzevier, and Beeldemaker, Rotterdam.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647813190 View

North American Land Company. Papers of the North American Land Company, 1685-1854.

Title: Papers of the North American Land Company, 1685-1854.

The papers contain correspondence, articles of agreement, deeds and indentures, surveyor's reports and plats, land grants, transcribed legal documents, and financial accounts pertaining to holdings in Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington City, Virginia, and Georgia. Company organizers James Greenleaf, John Nicholson and Robert Morris are the principal correspondents. Many of the letters were written by Greenleaf in his efforts to straighten out affairs of the company when it was put in receivership. The collection includes several manuscript maps of tracts of land including one for a complete block in Washington, and 19 deeds for land in South Carolina to Christopher Lewis and James White, 1791-1794, each with a map and seal attached and signed by Governor Moultrie. Collection also contains stock sale ledgers (9 v.), 1795 March to September; legal documents (2v.), 1793-1844; and a blank stock book with preprinted forms, n.d. Correspondents, including suceeding trustees in receivership, include John Ashley, John Breckinridge, George French, Robert James, John Nixon, Robert Orr, Henry Pratt, and Benjamin Tilman.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70180289 View

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. Aaron Burr papers, 1777-1836.

Title: Aaron Burr papers, 1777-1836.

Correspondence, 1777-1836, and a few dockets, writs, leases, and miscellaneous papers of Aaron Burr.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (ca. 2,000 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476110864 View

Barnes, George, butcher. George and Mary Barnes papers, 1841-1843 and [undated].

Title: George and Mary Barnes papers, 1841-1843 and [undated].

Account (1841-1843) of meat purchased from George Barnes by James Greeleaf and power of attorney (undated) from Mary Barnes to her son-in-law, William H. Hamilton, for the settlement of her debts.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70959020 View

Chain of deeds for lot 43, square 503 in Washington, D.C., ca. 1937.

Title: Chain of deeds for lot 43, square 503 in Washington, D.C., ca. 1937.

Typescript copy of a chain of title for the lot originally owned by Notley Young, from its first transfer to the United States through 1937. Owners of the property included James Greenleaf.

ArchivalResource: 8 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70957851 View

North American Land Company. Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1707-1843, n.d.

Title: Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1707-1843, n.d.

The papers contain correspondence, articles of agreement, deeds and indentures, surveyor's reports and plats, land grants, transcribed legal documents, and financial accounts pertaining to holdings in Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington City, Virginia, and Georgia. Company organizers James Greenleaf, John Nicholson and Robert Morris are the principal correspondents. Many of the letters were written by Greenleaf in his efforts to straighten out affairs of the company when it was put in receivership. The collection includes several manuscript maps of tracts of land including one for a complete block in Washington. Correspondents, including suceeding trustees in receivership, include John Ashley, John Breckinridge, George French, Robert James, John Nixon, Robert Orr, Henry Pratt, and Benjamin Tilman.

ArchivalResource: 1 1/2 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647979012 View

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800. John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar.

Title: John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar.

Letter from Nicholson and agreement between Nicholson, Robert Morris, and James Greenleaf to buy unspecified land in Washington and Prince George's County, Md., from William Duncanson.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70953089 View

Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843. Papers, 1794-1801.

Title: Papers, 1794-1801.

This collection of papers concerns lots of land in Washington, D.C., used by Greenleaf as security in securing a large loan from investors in Holland. Greenleaf apparently attempted to use more land as security than the Washington Board of Commissioners had given him certificates of title for, and a complicated controversy resulted. All items in this collection are copies of documents and correspondence concerning this controversy, including indentures, lists of lots, loan contracts, accounts of principle and interest, and detailed correspondence from the following: Sylvanus Bourne, Vice Consul at Amsterdam, Robert Morris, John Nicholson, William Cranch (1769-1855), Greenleaf's lawyer, and the Boston firm, James and Thomas H. Perkins, acting as lawyers for the Dutch investors.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (44 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259394 View

William A. Bradley letters to James Greenleaf, 1833-1835

Title: William A. Bradley letters to James Greenleaf 1833-1835

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7673 View

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

North American Land Company. Ledger, 1795-1805.

Title: Ledger, 1795-1805.

This ledger shows accounts with prominent men of the time. In addition to the ledger are many deeds and other documents to which Robert Morris was a party.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (80 p.) ; 56 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488723 View

Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819. Letter, 1793 Sept. 25.

Title: Letter, 1793 Sept. 25.

Letter to Mr. Greenleaf regarding the shipping potential of the proposed canal from Cumberland to Great Falls.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70942009 View

Papers, 1748-1852.

Title: Papers, 1748-1852.

Papers principally of John Greenleaf (1717-1778), a pharmacist, his son, Thomas Greenleaf (1767-1854), lawyer, and of his cousin, James Greenleaf (1765-1843), founder of the North American Land Company. This is not a complete family archive, though it does show the shifting fortunes of a New England family over the course of a century.

ArchivalResource: 12

http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=39185 View

Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843. Deed, 1835 Sept. 2.

Title: Deed, 1835 Sept. 2.

Deed from Greenleaf and William Cranch to Christian and Matthew Hines for property in Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70953066 View

Daniel Carroll Papers, 1662-1920, (bulk 1791-1868)

Title: Daniel Carroll Papers 1662-1920 (bulk 1791-1868)

Landowner and businessman. Correspondence, financial and legal records, plat surveys, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Carroll's business interests and real estate holdings in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md.

ArchivalResource: 3,100 items; 10 containers plus 1 oversize; 4.4 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008075 View

Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817. Amsterdam citizens' deeds, 1793-1795.

Title: Amsterdam citizens' deeds, 1793-1795.

Deeds conveying property in Washington, D.C., to citizens of Amsterdam. Persons represented include Sylvanus Bourne, James Greenleaf, George Walker, Jan Willink, and Wilhelm Willink.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954339 View

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. ALS : to James Greenleaf, 1797 Feb. 1.

Title: ALS : to James Greenleaf, 1797 Feb. 1.

Cover letter accompanying a bill (not present) which Mr. Greenleaf had agreed to take up.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466291 View

Eliot, Samuel. Letter, 1820 Dec. 22.

Title: Letter, 1820 Dec. 22.

Letter to Samuel H. Smith, president of the Bank of Washington, agreeing to hand over of the papers of Mr. Greenleaf [James Greenleaf?] the sum of $15,000 on the condition that the bank grant Eliot five years to repay a note.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70959871 View

Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843. Letter : City of Washington, to Robert Watkins, Georgia, 1805 Jan. 2.

Title: Letter : City of Washington, to Robert Watkins, Georgia, 1805 Jan. 2.

Holograph signed. Concerns a Georgia estate, the ownership of which is in doubt. Requests Watkins, a lawyer, to perform some legal work.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22478528 View

United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District). Equity dockets and case files, 1790-1847 [microform].

Title: Equity dockets and case files, 1790-1847 [microform].

The records consist of dockets and case files for equity cases heard by the Circuit Court at its sittings in Philadelphia between 1790 and 1847. A typical case file may contain some or all of the following documents: bills of complaint, answers, depositions, transcripts of testimony, exhibits, orders and reports of masters. The exhibits may include copies of original letters, minutes, contracts and accounts. Cases deal with patent infringement, libel, fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracies in restraint of trade, violations of contracts and bankruptcy.

ArchivalResource: 23 reels of positive microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503488 View