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Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847. Letter, 1815 March 29, Washington, to George Ticknor, Boston.

Title: Letter, 1815 March 29, Washington, to George Ticknor, Boston.

Discusses plans for going to Europe. Praises Mr. Vaughan, Walsh spoke highly of the President. Mentions current politics.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 fold. leaf 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3253062 View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Letter, 1824 August 19, Philadelphia, to Daniel Webster, Boston.

Title: Letter, 1824 August 19, Philadelphia, to Daniel Webster, Boston.

Comments on a proposed Biographical Dictionary about which he is ambivalent.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3949714 View

Wirt, William, 1772-1834. William Wirt papers, 1786-1850 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: William Wirt papers, 1786-1850 (inclusive), [microform].

The papers consist of personal correspondence and miscellany of William Wirt, lawyer, Attorney General of the United States (1817-1829), author, and 1832 presidential candidate. Most of the letters are either to and from Wirt's second wife, Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt, their children, or Wirt's personal friends. The correspondence reflects the intellectual, legal, political and social life in Richmond, Washington, and Baltimore, and relates to the people and legal cases with whom Wirt was associated.

ArchivalResource: 24 reels.

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Meredith family. Meredith family papers, 1756-1964, bulk 1772-1873.

Title: Meredith family papers, 1756-1964, bulk 1772-1873.

Materials in this collection highlight the various business ventures of the Meredith family, documenting Jonathan Meredith's tannery (1772-1811), the overseas mercantile efforts of David Meredith who shipped goods between France and Philadelphia (1794-1797), and also the legal practices and political affiliations of both William (1772-1844) and William Morris Meredith (1799-1873). William's presidency of the Schuylkill Bank and William Morris's several political appointments, including his service as a Pennsylvania state representative (1824-1828), as the secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), and as the Pennsylvania attorney general (1861-1867) are also highlighted. There are a number of Meredith women also represented in this collection, the most notable of whom is Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden Meredith, whose correspondence underscores her literary talents. A number of individuals related to the Merediths and some of their close friends are also represented including the merchant Thomas Hawthorn (Jonathan Meredith's son-in-law), Union General Sullivan Amory Meredith (son of William Meredith), and Port Folio editor Joseph Dennie.

ArchivalResource: 106 boxes, 148 v. (61 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365029 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

Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868. Letters to Robert Walsh, Socrates Maupin, and John J. Crittenden, 1831-1847.

Title: Letters to Robert Walsh, Socrates Maupin, and John J. Crittenden, 1831-1847.

In a letter, 1831 March 28, Paris, to Robert Walsh, Rives commends Messrs Beaumont and Rocqueville to Walsh who are travelling through the states observing penitentaries and penal legislation, especially in Pennsylvania. In a letter, 1845 November 26th, Castle Hill, to Socrates Maupin, Rives reqests additional copies of his own book beyond the number allotted to him by the trustees of Hampden-Sydney. In a son, 1847 January 20, Castle Hill, to John J. Crittenden, Rives requests that his son be allowed to make Crittenden's acquaintance and adds "Hoping that you may be as happy in finding a solution of the Mexican problem, as you were in disentangling the puzzle which Mr. Polk made of the Oregon question."

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Walsh, Robert M. Letter, 1837 January 12, Philadelphia, to Daniel Webster, Washington.

Title: Letter, 1837 January 12, Philadelphia, to Daniel Webster, Washington.

Inquires whether Mr. Van Buren might grant his father the position of Charge d'Affaires of Naples.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3269609 View

Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876, Circa 1809-1876

Title: Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876 Circa 1809-1876

This collection of Robert Patterson family papers is composed primarily of the letters of Robert Maskell Patterson, but includes some of the business and personal papers of his father, Robert, and a series of letters written from Europe in 1855 by Helen Patterson.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 600 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P274.2-ead.xml View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Autograph letters signed (2) : Baltimore and Philadelphia, to Henry Wheaton, 1817 May 10-1826 Nov. 11.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) : Baltimore and Philadelphia, to Henry Wheaton, 1817 May 10-1826 Nov. 11.

Asking for an article on legal literature.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270883462 View

Hopkinson family. Papers, 1735-1941 (bulk 1800-1841)

Title: Hopkinson family papers 1735-1941

The Hopkinson family was a prominent political family of Philadelphia and Bordentown, New Jersey. Thomas Hopkinson (1709-1751) was a merchant, a lawyer, and a diplomat. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), Thomas’s son, was a jurist, author, musician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), Francis’s son, was a Pennsylvania congressman from 1815 to 1819, a federal judge from 1828 to 1842, and author of the anthem Hail, Columbia. Joseph’s son, Oliver Hopkinson (1812-1905), served during the Civil War with the 1st Regiment, Delaware Volunteers and with the 51st Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania Militia. Covering four generations, the Hopkinson family papers consist principally of incoming correspondence; but there are also outgoing letters, documents, manuscript notes, and printed material. All papers have been bound in volumes, and photostatic copies of most volumes are available to researchers.

ArchivalResource: 19 v.

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. ALS, 1832 May 28 : Washington, to Robert Walsh.

Title: ALS, 1832 May 28 : Washington, to Robert Walsh.

Writing the editor of the American Review of History, Adams mentions political points of differences he has with his successor, Andrew Jackson, and their concurrence on extinction of the public debt, noting "much as he has wronged me he shall receive from me no wrong." Pays "a tribute of justice to Alexander Hamilton."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 26 x 21 cm.

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Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900, 1662-1900

Title: Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900 1662-1900

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.H.S.Film.1-ead.xml View

Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Correspondence, 1823-1849.

Title: Correspondence, 1823-1849.

Collection consists of mostly single letters from approximately 40 individuals addressed to Henry Charles Carey, Isaac Lea, or William A. Blanchard. Senders with more than one letter have the number of letters in parentheses following their names. The majority of the letters are from authors, including George Bancroft, Robert Montgomery Bird, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Cullen Bryant, Fleetwood Churchill, Willis Gaylord Clark (2), James Fenimore Cooper, George William Featherstonhaugh, Henry D. Gilpin, John D. Godman, Mary Griffith, John Griscom, Washington Irving (2), John Kennedy Pendleton (4), James Kent, William Francis Lynch (3), Grenville Mellen, Eliza Robbins, L.H. Sigourney, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and William B. Wood.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122381810 View

Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Letter, 1848 November 21, Hartford, Conn., to Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Title: Letter, 1848 November 21, Hartford, Conn., to Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Requests that her volume, "Illustrated Poems," be sent to bookdealers in the Southern and Western United States, to Europe as a fine specimen of American workmanship, and to specified reviewers and friends including Robert Walsh of Paris.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 21 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22978285 View

Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990

Title: Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts 1666-1990

This collection contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, and other documents by famous authors. The material dates from 1666 to 1990. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by the authors to various friends with some letters to editors or critics. There is an even mix of American and European authors present.

ArchivalResource: 23 Linear feet

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/FLP_FLPRBDLITERARY View

Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Papers, 1772-1827

Title: José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827

Transcripts and photocopies of Correia de Serra correspondence, made by Richard B. Davis for "The Abbé Correa in America," APS 45, 2 (1955). Seven mss. letters are also included. The collection consists primarily of letters and essays on matters related to botany as well as Correia's role as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. They were written between 1772 and 1827. Also included are several letters and notes by Richard Beale and other persons about Davis's research on Correia, dated 1949 to 1957.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, 200 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.C81.1-ead.xml View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Letters to Isaac Wayne, 1830-1833.

Title: Letters to Isaac Wayne, 1830-1833.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79478761 View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Letter: Philadelphia to John Pendleton Kennedy, Baltimore, 1832 Jan. 30.

Title: Letter: Philadelphia to John Pendleton Kennedy, Baltimore, 1832 Jan. 30.

This letter from Walsh notes the debates on slavery in the Virginia legislature and indicates it would be an appropriate time for an article on the subject of Negro slavery. He asks if Kennedy would undertake this for the American Quarterly Review, basing the article on the Virginia debates, and also suggests that Kennedy "could render essential service to the State of Maryland by a suitable dissertation and a plan of gradual emancipation."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122653867 View

Barnard, Daniel D. (Daniel Dewey), 1797-1861. Letter, 1850 December 23, Berlin, to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1850 December 23, Berlin, to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

Mr. Walsh's successor to the Paris consulship should be appointed with care. Is some problem in Antwerp. Mr. Fay requests to be sent to Rome as Chargé.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3150923 View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Papers, 1806-1904 (inclusive), 1806, 1830-1845, 1904 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1806-1904 (inclusive), 1806, 1830-1845, 1904 (bulk).

This very miscellaneous collection contains: personal letters, 1819-1845, to Robert Walsh, Philadelphia journalist and litterateur who settled in Paris, from Chateaubriand, Baron Dupin, Alexander von Humboldt, Sir Robert Peel, Sismondi, and others, primarily concerning Walsh's writings; other autograph letters and documents of noted Americans; Walsh family genealogical material; "The Fire Fly," 1842, a juvenile manuscript newspaper issued in Nantucket, [MA] by [Samuel H. Jenks, Jr.]; and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 35 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380293 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

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Robert Walsh correspondence, 1818 February 9.

Title: Robert Walsh correspondence, 1818 February 9.

ALS from Walsh to John B. Davidge concerning the offer of a professorship at the University of Maryland.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981303 View

Tudor, William, 1779-1830. Papers, 1786-1826.

Title: Papers, 1786-1826.

Collection consists principally of letters, draft letters and letters received, chronologically arranged. The letters illustrate William Tudor's activities as a merchant in Boston and the development of the ice business with his brother, Frederic, his travels in Europe, the rise of the North American Review and Tudor's literary endeavors, and finally, his difficult role as U.S. Consul in Peru during the war of liberation from Spain. Papers include Tudor's account of a trip through Middlesex Co. into N.H., ca. 1794, an extensive letters to his father, 1797, reporting on affairs in Boston; letters, 1798-1801, mostly from a trip to France ; letters, draft letters, 1811-1812, to Stephen Higginson, James Monroe, Josiah Quincy, Frederic Tudor and others; material relating to the North American Review; letters received, 1815-1823 from Timothy Pickering, John Pickering, John Vaughan, John Davis, William Lee, Robert Hallowell Gardiner, William Roscoe, Samuel Gilman, Robert Walsh and others; and letters received as consul, 1823-1826, from family members and Boston merchants mostly seeking Tudor's assistance as U.S. Consul recovering confiscated cargo, ships and imprisioned crew.

ArchivalResource: 125 items, in box ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7897126 View

Renwick, James, 1790?-1863. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1828.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1828.

Three letters: one to Robert Walsh dated 7 August 1828, and two to Nicholas Biddle dated 20 August and 11 September 1828. Renwick had been offerred a professorship of Natural Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania that had previously been held by a Dr. Paterson, and he needed time to consider. In the third letter he communicates his decision to decline the offer.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155886572 View

Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826. Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Title: Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others, largely concerning the establishment of the University of Virginia, and particularly Gilmer's efforts in England to select a teaching staff for the new institution. Includes family letters.

ArchivalResource: 283 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647894979 View

Greenleaf family. Papers, ca. 1685-1883, bulk: 1777-1883.

Title: Papers, ca. 1685-1883, bulk: 1777-1883.

Miscellaneous papers of the Greenleaf, Dawes, Price, Woodward, and Wroe families. Collection contains: two letters to Ezekiel Price reporting on England's relations with France, the marriage of George III, and William Pitt's return to England; a letter in which Thomas Hutchinson described his plans following his return to England in 1776; two letters from Timothy Pickering to Thomas Dawes concerning his probe of John Quincy Adams's political conduct, and Robert Walsh's support of Adams; and two letters from Noah Webster to Daniel Greenleaf. Greenleaf family correspondents include Elizabeth Greenleaf Appleton and her husband William G. Appleton, John Greenleaf, Mary Price Greenleaf and her husband Thomas Greenleaf, and Ebenezer Woodward. Also some newspaper clippings and early genealogy of the Greenleaf family.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18208642 View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. ALS : Baltimore, to George Ticknor, 1815 May 25.

Title: ALS : Baltimore, to George Ticknor, 1815 May 25.

A lengthy letter from Walsh to his friend in Europe. Walsh discusses numerous topics, including an article which portrayed him in an unfavorable light, some impressions of London, the lectures by Mr. Correa on the subject of botany, his dismay at the return of Napoleon, and books on political economy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122591736 View

Royal Society (Great Britain). Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

Title: Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154582461 View

Griffin family and Lydia Sigourney papers 1807-1885 Griffin family and Sigourney papers

Title: Griffin family and Lydia Sigourney papers 1807-1885 Griffin family and Sigourney papers

The collection consists of correspondence related to the Griffin family of New York City and includes 58 letters that George Griffin and his family exchanged between 1833 and 1854 with author Lydia H. Sigourney of Hartford, Connecticut. Additional material includes correspondence among members of the Griffin family that provides commentary on family life, two extended trips to Europe, Protestant theology, and higher education. The final series in the collection is a 3-page manuscript copy of Sigourney's poem on the death of American poet John Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1887gri?rgn=main;view=text 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

Brent, John Carroll. Letter book and photographs, 1848-1850.

Title: Letter book and photographs, 1848-1850.

Letter book with entries dating from 13 May 1848 to 22 April 1850, including letters to Robert Walsh (U.S. Consul, Paris), John Jay, Commodore W.C. Bolton, Daniel J. Carroll, General Jackson Morton, William Carroll, and James Richard; and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1/2 linear inch.1 linear inch of photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23854558 View

Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847. Letters to George Ticknor. 1815-1828.

Title: Letters to George Ticknor. 1815-1828.

Comments on American politics and foreign relations and on travels in Spain. References to Washington Irving, George Bancroft, to his brother Edward Everett, et. al.; comments on the supposed literary exchange between Lord and Lady Byron, following their separation; discusses Robert Walsh and the founding of the American quarterly review. General comments on literary and family matters.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6830822 View

Jouy, Étienne de, 1764-1846. Letter, [1837 September?] 26, Paris, to R. Walsh, Paris.

Title: Letter, [1837 September?] 26, Paris, to R. Walsh, Paris.

Apologizes for his delay in returning a book; comments on Walsh's article on Franklin.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3544931 View

Brent, Daniel, 1774-1841. Letter book, 1833-1836.

Title: Letter book, 1833-1836.

Letter book with entries dating from 10 August 1833 to 1 April 1836, including letters to John Quincy Adams, President Andrew Jackson, Secretary of State Louis McLane, Secretary of State John Forsyth, Edward Stubbs of the State Dapartment, William Brent, Robert Walsh, Philip Kearny, Senator Peleg Sprague, George Law, William B. Taylor, Felix Cicognani (U.S. Consul at Rome), and John W. Parker (U.S. Consul at Amsterdam).

ArchivalResource: 1 linear inch.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23332027 View

Patterson family. Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876.

Title: Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876.

This collection of Robert Patterson family papers is composed primarily of the letters of Robert Maskell Patterson, but includes some of the business and personal papers of his father, Robert, and a series of letters written from Europe in 1855 by Helen Patterson.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523551 View

Renwick family. Renwick Family papers, 1794-1916.

Title: Renwick Family papers, 1794-1916.

This collection is primarily concerned with Prof. James Renwick and his professional correspondence and papers, both as Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Columbia College and as a leading engineer. Many certificates of membership in honorary societies are included. There are letters from Washington Irving (1783-1859) to Prof. Renwick and to his mother, pertaining to contemporary events and Irving's own activities. The letters to Mrs. Renwick are about the travels and experiences of Irving and Renwick abroad. The collection also covers the affairs of the Prof. Renwick's grandfather, including documents concerning his land grants in New York State, and those of James Armstrong Renwick, including his valedictory address at Columbia College in 1876 and his class reunion in 1916. There are many legal documents, letters, and manuscripts of various members of the Renwick and Brevoort families; among these are Prof. Renwick's notes on his family genealogy and a memoir of Jane Jeffrey Renwick. Correspondents include Clement Clarke Moore, John A. Dix, Martin Van Buren, Secretary of State John Forsyth, and Secretary of the Navy James K. Paulding. There is one letter from Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), President of the Royal Society, giving his views on the American Civil War. Also there is one volume of 70 watercolor sketches by Prof. Renwick and two by Washington Irving; one bundle of oversized documents including deeds, mortgage, and a military appointment; and a case containing Prof. Renwick's lecture notes. 1994 Addition: Correspondence of James Renwick (1818-1895), the celebrated architect. There are 68 letters to his brother, Edward Sabine Renwick (1823-1912), inventor and patent expert, concerning his collecting, investments, and health. There are 19 letters to his nephew, Edward Brevoort Renwick (b.1863), concerning the construction of his yacht, "Jean", with replies and related correspondence. There are also 2 letters to Edward S. Renwick from his sister, Laura K. R. Monroe.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (310 items in 3 boxes & 1 portfolio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433985726 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Correspondence with Joseph C. Cabell [manuscript], 1782-1826.

Title: Correspondence with Joseph C. Cabell [manuscript], 1782-1826.

The collection contains 76 autograph letters to Cabell and 1 from Dabney Minor to Cabell, 1807-1826), concerning the University of Virginia and Virginia politics. Six autograph letters from Jefferson to Thomas Pinckney, Robert Walsh, 1784-1859, William A.G. Dade, Henry Dearborn 1751-1829 and others. The collection also contains a few ephemeral items pertinent to the Cabell Jefferson correspondence including a facsimile of a letter from Jefferson to Cabell 1816 February 2 produced by the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government.

ArchivalResource: 83 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647968434 View

Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Letters of Robert Walsh [manuscript], 1831-1844.

Title: Letters of Robert Walsh [manuscript], 1831-1844.

In a letter, 1831 May 23, Walsh expresses pleasure in corresponding with E. Hoffman, friend and hostess of his daughter, Isabella; describes a steamboat trip with six of his children to visit Joseph Bonaparte and tour his house and grounds; and shares news of Philadelphia social life. In another letter, 1844 Apr. 26, he outlines an idea for a semi-annual register, historical, political, social, literary, and scientific of Europe and America; asks John Wakefield Francis to consult publishers regarding it; and discusses income.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647813285 View

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844. Letter, 1836 May 23, Philadelphia, to R. Walsh [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1836 May 23, Philadelphia, to R. Walsh [n.p.].

The work on the biography will stop when Walsh goes to Europe. He is interested in the old times and the old names.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3252858 View

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Letter, 1827 September 19, Boston, to Robert Walsh, Philadelphia.

Title: Letter, 1827 September 19, Boston, to Robert Walsh, Philadelphia.

Thanks him for his encouragement over the colonial intercourse article. Hopes to write more.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3236546 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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Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847. Letter, 1816 April 12, Hague, to George Ticknor, Gottingen.

Title: Letter, 1816 April 12, Hague, to George Ticknor, Gottingen.

Sends news of Mr. Walsh and Mr. Cogswell. Speaks of politics. Enclosure: Dobson, T. Proposal to publish by subscription an American register.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 fold. leaf 24 cm.

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