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Hunter, William M., d. 1849. Receipt book kept on board of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1814, May 21 -- Oct. 18.

Title: Receipt book kept on board of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1814, May 21 -- Oct. 18.

A ledger, kept by Lieutenant Willim H. Hunter, recording advances on bounty received by seamen recruited in in Boston in 1814. All records are signed by the recruits. The first series (ff. 1-18) covers the month from May 21 to June 22 and ends with a tally of "checks drawn." The second portion (ff. 19-34) reflects payments made from Aug. 25 to October 18.

ArchivalResource: 34 leaves, 18 cm., stitched notebook; contemporary covers of marbled paper.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244444934 View

James Fowler Simmons Papers, 1771-1939, (bulk 1840-1860)

Title: James Fowler Simmons Papers 1771-1939 (bulk 1840-1860)

Manufacturer, political leader, and United States senator from Rhode Island. Correspondence, family letters, memoranda, legal documents, account books, photographs, and printed matter relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises and to public matters, including the tariff, Thomas Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, the nomination and election of Abraham Lincoln as president, and social, economic, and political conditions in Rhode Island.

ArchivalResource: 21,000 items; 58 containers; 19 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010252 View

Hunter, William, 1774-1849. Letter of William Hunter, 1829.

Title: Letter of William Hunter, 1829.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79451095 View

Corlis-Respess family papers, 1754-1934.

Title: Corlis - Respess Family Papers 1754-1934.

Papers and correspondence of the Corlis and Respess families while living in Rhode Island and Kentucky. The business papers are mostly from John Corlis and deal with the shipping interest, distillery and land owned by Corlis. He had two ships seized by the Spanish government in South America and spent years trying to get compensation. Other papers deal with his shipments of tobacco to New Orleans from Kentucky. The correspondence is both personal and business related. John Corlis and his children write many letters as they traveled between Kentucky and Rhode Island. There are many letters from later generations of family members as they moved around the country.

ArchivalResource: 2.66 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55132210 View

Albert C. Greene Papers, 1804-1863

Title: Albert C. Greene Papers Albert C. Greene Papers 1804-1863

Albert C. Greene (1791-1863) was born in Coventry, Rhode Island to Perry (b.1749) and Elizabeth (Belcher) Greene (b. 1758). He had one sibling, a brother, William P. Greene (1784-1855). He was educated at the East Greenwich Academy until he was placed as an apprentice, at the age of 13, to George Brinkerhoff, an attorney in New York City. He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and continued his studies at the law school of Judges Reeves & Gould in Litchfield, Connecticut. He returned to Rhode Island in 1813 and set up practice in East Greenwich.

ArchivalResource: 16 linear feet

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RHi-mss452&view=title View

Edward Lee Plumb Papers, 1825-1903, (bulk 1857-1875)

Title: Edward Lee Plumb Papers 1825-1903 (bulk 1857-1875)

Diplomat and secretary of the United States legation in Mexico. Correspondence, journals, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Plumb’s negotiations relating to the Mexican railway system.

ArchivalResource: 3,600 items; 20 containers; 5.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012063 View

Goldsborough, Charles W. (Charles Washington), 1779-1843. Letter : Georgetown, to W. Hunter, Newport, R.I., 1814 April 23.

Title: Letter : Georgetown, to W. Hunter, Newport, R.I., 1814 April 23.

Holograph signed. Makes application for the post of Secretary of the Senate of the U.S. to Hunter, Senator from Rhode Island.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22458303 View

Hunter, William, 1774-1849. Autograph letters signed (3) : Washington, to Henry Wheaton, 1812 Feb. 18-1816 Dec. 25.

Title: Autograph letters signed (3) : Washington, to Henry Wheaton, 1812 Feb. 18-1816 Dec. 25.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (5 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270883090 View

Wheaton, Henry, 1785-1848. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Senator William Hunter, 1819 Dec. 9.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to Senator William Hunter, 1819 Dec. 9.

On financial matters and urging him to take up the Reporters' Salary Bill without delay.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588044 View

Jesse Bledsoe letters, 1813-1815

Title: Jesse Bledsoe letters 1813-1815

Lawyer and United States Senator from Kentucky.Letter to Governor Isaac Shelby regarding Webster Resolutions and Albert Gallatin's nomination for envoys to Russia (1813), and a letter to Rhode Island Senator William Hunter concerning his enemies in Congress.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7434 View

Temple, Nelson, Lloyd, Vassall, and Borland family papers, 1611-1862 (bulk 1700-1831)

Title: Temple, Nelson, Lloyd, Vassall, and Borland family papers, 1611-1862 (inclusive), 1700-1831 (bulk)

Papers of U.S. senator James Lloyd and others related to the Temple, Nelson, Lloyd, Vassall, and Borland families.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (12 boxes and 1 folder)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01316/catalog View