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Johnson, William Samuel, 1795-1883. William Samuel Johnson papers, 1834-1868.

Title: William Samuel Johnson papers, 1834-1868.

Papers dealing with Johnson's public life in New York City and in the New York State Senate. While Assistant Alderman, Johnson received numerous letters of application from citizens seeking patronage for a variety of municipal offices, ranging from requests to be a night watchman to a position as a municipal court justice. Also, letters, reports, and other documents relating to various municipal services such as health, welfare, fire fighting, street maintenance, water, sewers, railroads, ferries, and stage coaches. Some letters and documents concern Whig Party politics in the 3rd Ward. Johnson's correspondence as a New York Society Library Trustee refers to the proposed merger with the New York Athenaeum. Also, twelve items relating to his term in the State Senate, covering taxation and control of foreign laborers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506123980 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

Peale's Museum (New York, N.Y.). Visitors' book, 1825.

Title: Visitors' book, 1825.

Visitors' book, 1825, of the Peale's Museum in New York City, containing the signatures of museum patrons, including many prominent New Yorkers of the day, such as De Witt Clinton, David Hosack, Philip Hone, Gulian C. Verplanck, Mordecai M. Noah, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58773265 View

Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870. Autograph letter signed : to T.N. Livinston, Oct. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to T.N. Livinston, Oct. 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270584752 View

Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871. Envelope : to Gulian C. Verplanck, [between 1858 and 1863].

Title: Envelope : to Gulian C. Verplanck, [between 1858 and 1863].

Addressed and franked in Vallandigham's hand, no postmark.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 10 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617084 View

Gulian C. Verplanck Letters, 1826-1838

Title: Gulian C. Verplanck Letters 1826-1838

Papers of the American legislator, author. Outgoing letters concerning: recommendations for appointments (Samuel Southard, Enos Throop); a response to a speaking invitation (George Van Ness Lothrop); and a pamphlet sent to James Madison about the language of the Constitution.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (SC).

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/v/verplanck_gc.htm View

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.

Title: Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.

"That the Revenue laws so far as they relate to the manufacture and importation of books, may be so revised and modified that American publications may be relieved from the heavy burdens now resting upon them and from the disadvantages under which they suffer in competition with imported books". Includes the signatures of Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta, Asa Gray, James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bayard Taylor, William Cullen Bryant, Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Ticknor, et al.

ArchivalResource: [6] p.

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Hackett, James Henry, 1800-1871,. Autograph letters signed from James Henry Hackett to various recipients [manuscript], 1827-1869.

Title: Autograph letters signed from James Henry Hackett to various recipients [manuscript], 1827-1869.

Recipients: John Quincy Adams, T. Allston Brown, Warren Bryant, William E. Burton, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Gabriel Harrison, [Joseph Stevens] Jones, Noah Ludlow, C. Manly, [Edwin Dennison Morgan], John R[enshaw] Thomson, Gulian C. Verplanck, Wallack's Theatre Corps Dramatique, Francis C. Wemyss and John B. Wright. Not all letters are autograph signed. (12) is a brief character reference of Andrew Johnson in the form of a letter written after the 1865 inauguration when was sworn in as Vice President. He was said to be intoxicated during the ceremony. (17) contain a reply from Mr. Wemyss. Also, 2 J. H. Hackett autographs and 1 signed bank check of money received from [Benedict] De Bar. Some items undated.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/439023059 View

Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862. Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876.

Title: Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876.

The core of the collection consists of incoming correspondence of Pierpont and Ogden Edwards, with some individuals letters retained, evidently, for their autograph value. Many letters contain annotations identifying famous authors or addressees. The annotations are penned in the same hand as a list of famous historical personages, which appears to be a catalog and/or list of collector's desiderata; the names represented in the Edwards collection are ticked off. include his incoming correspondence and miscellaneous documents documenting Edwards's political and legal career. The correspondents include James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860), William Irving (1766-1821), Eliphalet Nott (1773-1866), Gideon Lee (1778-1841), Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834), Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844), Stephen Allen, Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) (1782-1850), William Bristol, Henry Waggaman Edwards (1779 -- 1847), William Alexander Duer (1780-1858), Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1786-1870), Francis Granger (1792-1868), Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842), and William Kent (1802-1861). Some letters discuss the 1824 Presidential elections and the New York politics. Also included are individual documents pertaining to military careers of Ogden Edwards's sons George Pierpont Edwards and Alfred Edwards. include letters from David Dagget (1764-1815), Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Aaron Ogden, Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Alexander Hamilton, Roger Minot Sherman (1773-1844), Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 and Aaron Burr. The letters discuss local politics, Edwards's legal practice, and his social life. Also included a receipt for 250 pounds for purchasing & fitting out a privateer (October 1776). The rest of the collection are letters retained for their autograph value. This portion consists individual letters by Thomas Gage, Samuel Huntington, Stephen Girard (1750-1831), William Gaston (1778-1844), Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833), William North (1755-1836), and Marie Joseph Lafayette, and and indemnification bond to the Overseers of the Poor of Dover Hundred (Delaware, 1761).

ArchivalResource: 45 pieces, also ephemera.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79070570 View

Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870. Letters of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck [manuscript], 1825-1831.

Title: Letters of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck [manuscript], 1825-1831.

Collection includes letter of introduction for Mr. Dunlap, who is en route to Washington where his paintings are being exhibited, dated January 16, 1825; letter to Silas Wright, dated November 26, 1831, which accompanied a tax payment for lands owned by D.C. Verplanck, heir of Samuel Verplanck; and an undated letter requesting the correspondent to meet an unidentified individual.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647880211 View

Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin, 1786-1870. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Henry Wheaton, 1820 Feb. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to Henry Wheaton, 1820 Feb. 10.

Concerning Rodman's wish to be American Consul in London; New York state politics.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270883457 View

Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. ALS : to Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, 1823 Apr. 21.

Title: ALS : to Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, 1823 Apr. 21.

Letter to Verplanck thanking him for a communication.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541844 View

Sérurier, Louis Barbe Charles, comte de, 1775-1860. Letter (third person) : Washington, D.C., to Gulian C. Verplanck, Washington, D.C., [1833] Jan. 23.

Title: Letter (third person) : Washington, D.C., to Gulian C. Verplanck, Washington, D.C., [1833] Jan. 23.

An invitation to dinner.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122442775 View

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Letter : Boston, to Gulian C. Verplanck, Fishkill, N.Y., 1818 Dec. 3.

Title: Letter : Boston, to Gulian C. Verplanck, Fishkill, N.Y., 1818 Dec. 3.

Prescott thanks Verplanck for sending him apples, mentions that he will not go West since he has just returned from Europe, refers to painter Washington Allston's financial reversals, and says that the North American review is to be published quarterly.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40469241 View

James K. Paulding Correspondence, 1827-1843

Title: James K. Paulding Correspondence 1827-1843

Approximately 45 letters to and from the American author and Secretary of the Navy.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (SC)

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/p/paulding_jk.htm View

Gilmor, Robert, 1774-1848. ALsS : to Gulian C. Verplanck, 1826.

Title: ALsS : to Gulian C. Verplanck, 1826.

Letters of 2 November and 9 December, in which Gilmor describes his collection and his plans to complete a set of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and asks for Verplanck's assistance in procuring material.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 p.) ; 26 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316906 View

Fenno-Hoffman family papers 1780-1883 1789-1845 Fenno-Hoffman

Title: Fenno-Hoffman family papers 1780-1883 1789-1845 Fenno-Hoffman

The Fenno-Hoffman papers contain the personal correspondence of three generations of the Fenno and Hoffman families of New York City. Correspondence from, to, and between the family members of Maria Fenno Hoffman, daughter of John and Mary (Curtis) Fenno of Boston and Philadelphia, and wife of Josiah Ogden Hoffman of New York.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2048fen?rgn=main;view=text View

Verplanck, Judith Crommelin, d. 1803. Receipt book, 1801-1856.

Title: Receipt book, 1801-1856.

Receipt book, 1801-1856, kept by Judith Verplanck and other members of the Verplanck family. Records kept in Judith Verplanck's lifetime are dated New York, and include a receipt for state and corporation tax on the family's house at 15 Wall Street, and a tipped-in receipt from James Tillary for medical services to Judith Verplanck. Later receipts are dated Fishkill and Fishkill Landing; they are signed by Judith's son, Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, his second wife, Anne Walton Verplanck, his son, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, and his daughter, Mary Anna Verplanck. Many of the later receipts are for servants' wages.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 154 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58772125 View

Samuel B. Ruggles papers, 1801-1881.

Title: Samuel B. Ruggles papers, 1801-1881.

The Samuel B. Ruggles Papers document the business and civic activities of the New York lawyer, developer and public servant.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122532360 View

United States. Legation (France). Passport, 1816 Oct. 11, Paris.

Title: Passport, 1816 Oct. 11, Paris.

Printed form filled in and signed by Albert Gallatin, minister plenipotentiary, for Gulian C. Verplanck and his wife (Mary Elizabeth Fenno Verplanck, unnamed in document). Includes a physical description and signature of Verplanck and a visa for Italy (manuscript, with stamped seal) on verso.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 41 cm. folded to 21 x 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86138907 View

Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878. ALS, 1828 Jan. 1, to Gulian C. Verplanck.

Title: ALS, 1828 Jan. 1, to Gulian C. Verplanck.

In this letter, written en route to New Orleans, Hamilton describes Jackson's home life, character, and political views.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (8 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122625956 View

Frazee, John, 1790-1852. Letters received, 1834-1838.

Title: Letters received, 1834-1838.

From prominent Bostonians, regarding busts of themselves and others; they write to arrange for sittings, and to compliment Frazee on finished work. Some of the pieces are in the Boston Athenaeum collection. Includes extracts from Frazee's autobiography on the busts of John Marshall and Daniel Webster. The existence of the originals of these letters cannot be verified.

ArchivalResource: 21 items, in box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14549526 View