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Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1821-1838.

Congressman, N.Y.. 1838 draft of law for increase in the size of the army and letters concerning this bill; correspondence with constituants concerning admission to the U.S. Military Academy; correspondence regarding pensions; correspondence with army officers and others discussing appointments to the U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, increases in army pay scale and faculty appointments; letter to J.W. Bailey discussing chair as professor of chemistry; letter to R.L. Baker regarding increased ordnance pay; letter to J.L. Cadwalader discussing proposed survey of Isthmus of Panama for canal; letter from Samuel Kemble discussing chaplaincy at West Point; letter, 28 May 1821, to William Kemble regarding the possibility of gas light and steam heat for the U.S. Military Academy which he had discussed with Sylvanus Thayer; letter from Miner Knowlton discussing pay as professor of ethics and instructor of artillery; letters concerning West Point Foundry; correspondence with C.F. Smith on 1838 reorganization of the army; letter from Robert W. Weir discussing professorial chairs in the departments of French and drawing; partial journal entries.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 12 cm.

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Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. Matthew Calbraith Perry papers, 1839-1931.

Title: Matthew Calbraith Perry papers, 1839-1931.

Official correspondence; order book (1847-1848) kept on board the USS Cumberland (Frigate) at Veracruz Llave, Mexico; and printed matter from the America-Japan Society (Nichi-Bei Kyōkai, Tokyo, Japan). Correspondents include Perry Belmont, Gouverneur Kemble, Eugene A. Vail, and Kenkichi Yoshizawa.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.1 container.0.2 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82780382 View

Read family. Papers, 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906).

Title: Papers, 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906).

Correspondence, deeds and indentures, genealogical records, commissions, printed material, and other papers. Papers of George Read relate chiefly to his activities during the American Revolution and his law practice in New Castle, Del. Includes a journal containing memoranda (1782-1784) kept by James Read as secretary of the Continental Congress Marine Committee and a record of his personal accounts (1794-1812). Papers of John Read include a notebook (1809-1818) of correspondence and memoranda which he kept as secretary of the Asylum Company, a land company of Philadelphia, Pa. Those of John Meredith Read pertain primarily to his involvement in Pennsylvania state politics, and papers of John Meredith Read, Jr., include correspondence and genealogical material pertaining to his book about Henry Hudson, correspondence regarding the sale of Read's collection of Robert Morris papers, and English legal documents (1568-1696, n.d.) from his ms. collection. Correspondents include John Bubenheim Bayard, James Buchanan, Thomas Cadwalader, Simon Cameron, George Clymer, John Dickinson, Philemon Dickinson, Joseph Galloway, Ulysses S. Grant, Gouverneur Kemble, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Samuel Meredith, John G. Nicolay, Caesar Rodney, Tench Tilghman, Samuel Wharton, and James Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 2.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34149622 View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Autograph letter signed : New York, to F. R. Hassler, 1826 Nov. 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to F. R. Hassler, 1826 Nov. 25.

Concerning an agreement with Col. Thayer.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270489051 View

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851. Papers, 1785-1851.

Title: Papers, 1785-1851.

The papers of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American agent to Latin America and Secretary of War in the Van Buren administration. The papers of Poinsett's education period, 1797-1809 include: data on his studies; journals of travel in American and Europe; letters of introduction to important persons, by J. Allen Smith, 1806; letters describing Poinsett's sojourn in Russia, friendship with Czar Alexander I, tour through the Caucasus, Caspian Sea region, Baku, and Persia; comments on European political affairs, and impending war between Russia and Sweden. Material on Poinsett's term as United States agent and consul general in Buenos Aires and other South American capitals, 1810-1815; data on the revolutionary movements against Spain and Portugal; letters from R. Smith, James Monroe, and James Madison, from José M. De Carrera, I.X. Elio, and other South American political and military leaders; also Spanish and Portuguese pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, general orders, etc. Papers relating chiefly to political and economic conditions in South Carolina, 1815-1825: on factional party strife, public questions, tariff, transportation, territorial expansion, the Greek issue before Congress; letters of John C. Calhoun, Edward Everett, William Johnson, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Commodore David Porter, Richard Rush, Robert Walsh, etc. Letters and documents of the period during which Poinsett was minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Mexico; on Mexican politics and economic conditions, revolutionary movements, civil wars, the influence of free-masonry on national affairs, United States commercial and political interests in Mexico, and Poinsett's treaty negotiations; letters of John Forsyth, Rufus King, Commodore David Porter, Samuel L. Southard, General Guerrero, Antonio Lopez Santa Anna, and Juan de Canedo, and general orders, proclamations, pamphlets, etc.; also a memorandum by Joel R. Poinsett to John Quincy Adams, 1827. Letters reflecting American politics, the rise of the secession movement in South Carolina, and the organization of the Union Party, 1830-1836; letters of Andrew Jackson, 1830-1833, relate to his toast to the Union, opposition to nullification, and his plans for supressing that movement by armed force; papers on tariff, economic issues, Cherokees in Georgia; letters of Dr. Joseph Johnson, James Brown, A. Butler, William Drayton, Lewis Cass, Henry Rutledge, Louis McLane, and others; also memorials and pamphlets. Papers of Poinsett's war department administration, 1837-1841: include material on plans for the reorganization of the army, fortifications, introduction of new ordnance, and administration of West Point; letters of General Winfield Scott relate to the defense of the Northwestern boundary and the Canadian controversy; Nicholas Biddle papers on United States Bank affairs; Cherokee, Creek, Winnebago Indians; letters from Andrew Jackson on the Seminole War in Florida; miscellaneous letters on Texas boundary, state banks, claims against Mexico, requests for military and government positions, etc.; letters of Martin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun, Gouverneur Kemble, James Buchanan, Levi Woodbury, Dennis H. Mahan, Richard Rush, James Gadsden, Alfred Huger, James K. Polk, John C. Frémont, Stephen W. Kearny, Felix Huston, J.K. Paulding, William J. Worth, Silas Wright, Millard Fillmore, Amos Kendall, Edward Everett, George Bancroft, Francis Markoe, and others; also papers relating to the promotion of science, the National Institution, exploring expeditions, horticulture, and historical research. Letters and documents, mainly personal, 1841-1851: include comments on the Mexican War, secession movement, Union Party, agriculture, European political conditions, and other topics; Poinsett essays, drafts of speeches and letters, autobiographical notes; sketch of Poinsett's life by Dr. Joseph Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Papers of and regarding Washington Irving [manuscript], 1813-1919.

Title: Papers of and regarding Washington Irving [manuscript], 1813-1919.

The collection contains manuscripts including Washington Irving's account book ca. 1840-1845, signature of Washington Irving 1836-1837, "Anecdote of the Young Physician" n.d., "Literary Life" n.d., notes re: "Prester John" n.d., notes re: Spanish politics [not in W. I.'s hand; possibly a trans. of some of his notes] 1842 November 5, unidentified leaves (including second copy of notes re: "Adam and the Fall" n.d., and a poem included in a letter from Washington Irving to Mrs. John Foster 1826 May 7 entitled "To Miss Emily Foster on Her Birthday." The collection also contains letters from correspondents and recipients including Sir Walter Scott, Henry Brevoort, Thomas Campbell to Peter Irving, Jane Frothingham, John Frothingham, Lady Spencer, Thomas Moore, S. M. Lane, I. W. Newton, William S. Libbey, Richard Winfield, James Edward Alexander, Ebenezer Irving, Aaron Vail, Mary, E. C. Cleaveland, E. R. Tucker, E. L. C., Gouverneur Kemble, D. Appleton and Company, S. W. Halsted, M. Guilliam, James Beekman, Irving Paris, John Boyd, S. K. Burkholder, S. F. R. Abbey, Perrin, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Emily Foster Fuller, Joseph Robertson, Pierre Irving, Irving Van Wart, Samuel Austin Allibone, William Lambert, William Alving, B. Douglass and Co., Julia, Helen, S. A. Frothingham, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Catherine Paris, James Lenox, Kate, Abram, Eurowsky, E. Hunn, Jr., J. D. Fish, J. Forster, Henry Alexander, Sarah, Eliza, Marshall Field, W. W. Sherman, John Stewart, M. R. Pryor, John J. McCook, Frederick Libby, George Irving, Henry Bellows, Oscar Irving, Melville deLancey Landon ("Eli Perkins"), T. Eames, Mrs. Irving, Maggie, Kitty, and Thomas Longman. Collection also includes photographs and prints. Etching, signed 1851 December 15 of Washington Irving's head and shoulders. 17 postcards and printed photos n.d. showing New York City, ca. 1739-1800. Miscellaneous items in this collection include a Canadian penny token 1843; a United States ten-cent bill 1849; a state of Virginia 5 Dollar bill 1858; a Confederate States of America 100 dollar bond 1863; a Conferderate States of America 20 dollar bill.

ArchivalResource: ca.115 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647978292 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

West Point Foundry Association. West Point Foundry Association collection, 1817-1878.

Title: West Point Foundry Association collection, 1817-1878.

Employee time books, wage records, diary, shipping manifests, bills, stock certificates, pattern books, pamphlets, and a few items of correspondence, 1817-1878, from or pertaining to the West Point Foundry Association and the operation of the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (7 v., 30 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58780294 View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Autograph letter signed : West Point Foundry [Cold Spring, N.Y.], to F. R. Hassler, 1828 Jan. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed : West Point Foundry [Cold Spring, N.Y.], to F. R. Hassler, 1828 Jan. 23.

Concerning payment of a sum of money and mentioning people for him to see in Washington.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270491567 View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Gouverneur Kemble letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1844 Mar 6

Title: Gouverneur Kemble letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1844 Mar 6

Kemble tells his correspondent that he had "purposed as soon as the river was open to proceed to Buffalo," and that he plans to still do so unless he learns that the boat will not be there. On verso another hands notes that Kemble wished to make a trial of the "Alert."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174963422 View

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Washington Irving papers, 1759-1898, bulk (1805-1866).

Title: Washington Irving papers, 1759-1898, bulk (1805-1866).

Collection contains correspondence, writings by Irving, family papers, pictorial materials, and published works about Irving.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 15 linear feet (25 boxes, 10 v.).Copies: 7 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364013 View

Washington Irving papers, 1759-1898, 1805-1866

Title: Washington Irving papers 1759-1898 1805-1866

Washington Irving (1783-1859), the American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returning to New York in 1832. In 1842 he was sent back to Madrid as U.S. minister. After traveling extensively in the U.S. and Europe, he established himself at his estate "Sunnyside" near Tarrytown, N.Y. where he continued to write historical and biographical works. He also served as the first president of the Astor Library in New York City from 1849 until his death in 1859. Collection contains correspondence, writings by Irving, family papers, pictorial materials, and published works about Irving. Correspondence, 1805-1863, consists of Irving's letters to and from family, friends and colleagues as well as correspondence and other documents signed in his capacity as charge d'affaires of the American legation in London and as president of the Astor Library. Literary manuscripts include holograph drafts, manuscripts, revisions, and notes for many of Irving's literary and historical works. Journals consist of his diaries kept between 1804 and 1842; notebooks contain personal and literary notes made between 1807 and 1844; family papers include letters and documents written or received by members of the Irving family (except Washington Irving); related letters and documents are items that were not generated or received by Irving or his family but which relate to Irving or his associates; and pictorial materials contain original drawings, oil portrait of Irving, etchings, lithographs, photographs, and many engravings. Also, rare editions of Irving's writings and translations and works about him (many are extra-illustrated).

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (25 boxes, 10 v.); 7 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1524 View

Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, 1820s-1850s

Title: Joseph G. Swift correspondence 1809-1862 1820s-1850s

Joseph Gardner Swift (1783-1865) was a civil engineer and officer in the U.S. Army. He was one of two students of the first graduating class in 1802 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. By the age of twenty-eight he was a colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army. His projects included the completion of Fort Clinton (New York City) and during the War of 1812 the fortifications of western Long Island harbors and New York City. He resigned his commission in 1818 and served as Surveyor of the Port of New York until 1826, then as chief engineer for several railroads, and in 1829 he directed harbor improvements on the Great Lakes. Swift also was involved in a variety of business activities and was a friend and mentor to younger engineers including George Washington Whistler and William Gibbs McNeill (both of them were his brothers-in-law). Collection consists entirely of correspondence of Swift and members of his family. Most of the letters, 1825-1857, were written to Swift from his brother, William Henry Swift, and from his brother-in-law, George Washington Whistler. Whistler's letters include several written from Russia while he was working on construction of the Moscow/St. Petersburg railroad. Also, correspondence of Swift and Whistler, 1809-1862, with various correspondents, and letters exchanged among members of the Swift, Whistler and McNeill families.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box); 1 microfilm reel

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2935 View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875,. Autograph letter signed from Gouverneur Kemble, Cold Spring, New York, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], 1873 November 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Gouverneur Kemble, Cold Spring, New York, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], 1873 November 18.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233983609 View

Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

Title: Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

The Lewis Cass papers contain the political and governmental letters and writings of Lewis Cass, American army officer in the War of 1812, governor and senator from Michigan, American diplomat to France, secretary of war in the Andrew Jackson administration, secretary of state under James Buchanan, and Democratic candidate for President. These papers span Cass' entire career and include letters, speeches, financial documents, memoranda, literary manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a travel diary. In addition to documenting his political and governmental career, the collection contains material concerning relations between the United States and Native Americans, and Cass' role in presidential politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-372cas?rgn=main;view=text View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Gouverneur Kemble letter to Dear sir, 1809 Feb. 8.

Title: Gouverneur Kemble letter to Dear sir, 1809 Feb. 8.

Kemble writes to Dear sir [John Gibson], 8 Feb. 1809, with some personal news, chiefly discussing starting a subscription for a bust of General Hamilton. Includes integral envelope.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64582043 View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Autograph letter signed : Cold Spring, to J. Carson Brevoort, 1858 Dec. 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Cold Spring, to J. Carson Brevoort, 1858 Dec. 29.

Concerning a Washington manuscript and plans to publish his "remaining notes".

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270487020 View

Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

Title: Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

The Lewis Cass papers contain the political and governmental letters and writings of Lewis Cass, American army officer in the War of 1812, governor and senator from Michigan, American diplomat to France, secretary of war in the Andrew Jackson administration, secretary of state under James Buchanan, and Democratic candidate for President. These papers span Cass' entire career and include letters, speeches, financial documents, memoranda, literary manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a travel diary. In addition to documenting his political and governmental career, the collection contains material concerning relations between the United States and Native Americans, and Cass' role in presidential politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-372cas?rgn=main;view=text View

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954,. The Longwood Manuscripts, 1438-1954.

Title: The Longwood Manuscripts, 1438-1954.

The Longwood Manuscripts comprise the manuscript collections of P.S. du Pont. They formed the core collection of the Longwood Library, established as an independent research library in the year of his death. In 1961 the Longwood Library merged with the Hagley Musuem, and the collection became known as The Longwood Manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1,065 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164037874 View

Read Family Papers, 1568-1906, (bulk 1775-1906)

Title: Read Family Papers 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906)

Read (Reed) family of New Castle, Delaware, later of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, deeds and indentures, genealogical records, commissions, printed matter, and other material. Papers of George Read relate chiefly to his activities during the American Revolution and his law practice in New Castle. Papers of John Read include a notebook of correspondence and memoranda which he kept as secretary of the Asylum Company, a land company of Philadelphia. Those of John Meredith Read pertain primarily to his involvement in Pennsylvania state politics, and papers of John Meredith Read, Jr., include correspondence and genealogical material pertaining to his book about Henry Hudson, correspondence regarding the sale of Read’s collection of Robert Morris papers, and English legal documents.

ArchivalResource: 35 items; 8 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240 View

Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875. Letter of Gouverneur Kemble, 1853.

Title: Letter of Gouverneur Kemble, 1853.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79423774 View

Letter collection, 1800-1936.

Title: Letter collection, 1800-1936.

Two letters by Jno. Chadwick concerning a bison hunt in Dakota Territory, 1859, and a trip across the Panama isthmus, 1861; letters to Gouverneur Kemble from David Crommelin in Amsterdam concerning business with an account in Spanish, 1800, from William Kemble concerning foundry business, 1817, and others concerning a road between Peekskill and Fishkill, 1824-1834; miscellaneous McCabe family letters, 1913-1914; Benjamin B. Odell to Henry Lawson concerning street lighting on Broadway, 1891-1892; Fish family letters, 1866-1882, largely to Sarah from her father Hamilton Fish, her mother, and her sister Julia, concerning social affairs among Washington politicians, matters of health, travelling experiences, with some political comments; pamphlet edition of letters by N.P. Willis written from the Hudson Highlands, 1849; and other miscellaneous letters.

ArchivalResource: .3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155526381 View

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862. Martin Van Buren papers, 1806-1882.

Title: Martin Van Buren papers, 1806-1882.

A small collection of mostly political papers of Martin Van Buren spanning his tenure as a lawyer; member of the New York state senate; U.S. Secretary of State, advisor, and vice-president (1829-37) under Andrew Jackson; and president (1837-41). The bulk of the correspondence is incoming, although there are some drafts of Van Buren's outgoing letters. The letters cover a variety of topics, although the bulk concern New York state politics, the Democratic Party, and national politics, in particular Jackson's and Van Buren's administrations. The collection also includes some personal letters written to Van Buren in his later years. Frequent correspondents include Aaron Burr, Benjamin F. Butler (1795-1858), Andrew Jackson, and Gouverneur Kemble.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31728948 View

Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864. Letters.

Title: Letters. 1839-1840.

General, U.S. Army, Chief of Army Corps of Engineers. Letters to Poinsett and Kemble expressing Totten's view that instructors of military arts and sciences at the Military Academy be accorded the same privileges and compensation as academic faculty and staff.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8605530 View

Records, 1795-1988, 1795-1920 (bulk)

Title: Records, 1795-1988, 1795-1920 (bulk)

Records of the West Point Foundry and papers of Gouverneur Kemble and the Kemble family, including correspondence, accounts, drawings, deeds, promissory notes, agreements, estate papers, and other miscellaneous items. Business correspondence concerns jobs, products, iron supply, orders, patents, ordnance matters, and use of Irish workers; other correspondence concerns estate matters, politics, and family affairs and includes a series of letters to Gouverneur Kemble from Phillip Arthur Reilly, 1835-1840, relating to Whigs, abolition, his position as Navy Chaplain, and Irish Catholics. Other items include letters, statements, and accounts of Robert B. Parrott concerning ordnance and the production of his Parrott guns during the Civil War, 1860s; a three-volume historic landscape report on the West Point Foundry site by Ralph Brill Associates, 1979, which includes photographs, maps, drawings, and prints; and miscellaneous research correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to the history of the Foundry.

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155526496 View

Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, bulk (1820s-1850s).

Title: Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, bulk (1820s-1850s).

Collection consists entirely of correspondence of Swift and members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Originals: .3 linear foot (1 box).Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517757 View

Martin Van Buren letters and documents, 1814-1858

Title: Martin Van Buren letters and documents 1814-1858

Collection of letters and documents belonging to Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States. Includes 19 letters (1815-1858) from Martin Van Buren to various friends, political associates, and colleagues, including Benjamin Franklin Butler, William C. Hoopham, Thomas J. Leslie, and Gouverneur Kemble; an 1816 letter to Van Buren from Micah Sterling; an 1827 letter to Van Buren from Samuel Southard; a draft (1840) of a letter or speech wherein Van Buren gives his opinion on the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, the creation of protective tariffs, the organization of militia, the appropriations by congress for "internal improvements," and other matters of state; 10 signed documents, including the 1840 pardon granted to Joseph Allen and certificates of register of the United States Land Office for purchase of public lands; and miscellaneous notes, autographs, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear feet; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/17908 View