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Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878. Letter : New York, to Samuel Swartwout, 1831 Oct. 6.

Title: Letter : New York, to Samuel Swartwout, 1831 Oct. 6.

ALS.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28328164 View

Doughty, Edwd. (Edward), surveyor. Map showing the property affected by opening Fourth Avenue from Broadway to Twenty-eighth St. / Edwd. Doughty.

Title: Map showing the property affected by opening Fourth Avenue from Broadway to Twenty-eighth St. / Edwd. Doughty. 1829 Aug. 25.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 58 x 277 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80663028 View

Hamilton, Alexander, 1816-1889. Letter, 1833 May 23, West Point [to] James Hamilton.

Title: Letter, 1833 May 23, West Point [to] James Hamilton.

Letter to his father, James Hamilton telling of the upcoming Board of Visitors examination, his classes and his discussion with George Bunner regarding attendance at the Military Academy.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7407941 View

Stevens, John Austin, 1795-1874. Papers, 1811-1885.

Title: Papers, 1811-1885.

Correspondence and papers, 1811-1885, related to the various interests and occupations of John Austin Stevens, Sr., businessman, president of the Bank of Commerce, the Merchants' Exchange Company, etc., and of his son, John Austin Stevens, Jr., financier, author, and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, the National War Committee, the 1862 Treasury Note Committee, the Republican Committee, etc. There are groups of letters dealing with the constuction of Clinton Hall in 1829, construction of the Merchants' Exchange in 1837-1838, the 1837 economic depression and efforts to relieve it, banking legislation, and the financial affairs of Baring Brothers & Co., London, England, in late 1837 and early 1838, when Stevens went to New Orleans and Mobile to attend to their cotton and tobacco business there. This latter group includes an extensive correspondence with Thomas W. Ward of Boston, agent for Baring Brothers & Co., and with several other merchants, including Edward Austin and John E. Lodge, New Orleans; A. Battré, Mobile; Prime, Ward & King, New York; Ebenezer Stevens Sons, New York; Shaw, Dorman, & Horn, Mobile; and others. A volume of letters to Samuel B. Ruggles covers the dates 1834-1851. There are also letters, accounts, lists, etc., pertaining to a testimonial dinner in honor of William L. Marcy in 1857. Other important subjects in the correspondence include: the Buffalo, New York and Erie Rail Road Co. , throughout 1853-1863; a monument to James Fenimore Cooper, in 1859; and the New York City Republican Party campaigns of 1860 and 1864. There are many letters about state and national politics throughout the Civil War. George Gibbs, in Washington, writes frequently about the conduct of the war, the defense of Washington, the army and many other matters before and after the war. In 1861 the correspondence of the younger John Austin Stevens becomes more prominent, with many letters written by him to his father discussing politics in Washington, particularly the friction between Salmon Portland Chase and William Henry Seward over appointments. There are many letters to him from William Alexander, who writes on military and political events in Texas, Mexico, and New Orleans in 1863-1864. Other important subjects in his correspondence include the Treasury Note Committee; support of the Union; General Boulanger; patriotic organizations, such as the Loyal National League; historical organizations, such as the Loyal Publication Society, and patriotic celebrations, such as the centennial of Evacuation Day. There are also several volumes of correspondence related to the Magazine of American History, which he edited. A number of notebooks relate to his researches on New York City taverns, coffee-houses, horse racing, etc. There are also manuscripts of the following addresses read by Stevens before the New-York Historical Society: The Physical development of New York in the 19th century; The Merchants of New York in 1789; The Physical development of New York on the plan of the Commisioners, a centennial contrast, 1807-1907; The Merchants of New York, 1765-1775; George Gibbs; The Progress of New York in a century, 1776-1876; and The New York delegation to the Continental Congress, 1774-1776. Other people whose letters appear frequently include: Benjamin Vaughan, Samuel Ward of Newport (R.I.), J.B. Plumb of Albany, S.A. Mercer of Philadelphia, William Appleton, John V.N.L. Pruyn, Charles A. Heckscher, James A. Hamilton, Salmon Portland Chase, Pelatiah Perit, Robert Bowne Minturn, Hiram Barney, Henry F. Vail, H.R. Low, George Opdyke, Francis Lieber, Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Thomas B. Carroll, Charles W. Le Gendre, Captain Emeric Szabad, George Stoneman, E.L. Plumb, Roscoe Conkling, Gilbert R. Lindsay, Jr., Charles Sumner, Edgar Conkling, Henry Winter Davis, Whitelaw Reid, Sydney Howard Gay, A.A. Low, Benjamin D. Silliman, John Jay (1817-1894), John W. Forney, and Victor Faides.

ArchivalResource: 21.5 linear feet.

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Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866

Title: Charles G. Loring papers, 1768-1866

Papers of Boston lawyer and state senator Charles Greely Loring primarily relating to the American Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01452/catalog View

Receipt and letter, 1813 March 18.

Title: Receipt and letter, 1813 March 18.

Receipt and letter to Stephen Van Rensselaer concerning the debts incurred by the firm of Taylor and Hamilton. The letter is a request for advice on clearing up the large sum of money owed to Wolcott by Taylor and Hamilton. Written at New York, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 2 pages.

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Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878. Autograph letters (3) signed : New York, to Hon. Virgil Maxey, Treas. Dept. Washington, 1830 June 9-1834 Apr. 7.

Title: Autograph letters (3) signed : New York, to Hon. Virgil Maxey, Treas. Dept. Washington, 1830 June 9-1834 Apr. 7.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270506549 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog 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

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

Hamilton-Schuyler family papers 1820-1924 1820-1877 Hamilton-Schuyler family papers

Title: Hamilton-Schuyler family papers 1820-1924 1820-1877 Hamilton-Schuyler family papers

The Hamilton-Schuyler family papers contain correspondence, a diary, and documents related to the family of James Alexander Hamilton, including his daughter, Eliza Hamilton Schuyler; son-in-law, George Lee Schuyler; and granddaughter, Louisa Lee Schuyler. The material pertains to upper-class life in New York during much of the 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2081ham?rgn=main;view=text View

Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878. James A. Hamilton suggestions, 1862.

Title: James A. Hamilton suggestions, 1862.

Manuscript rough draft headed "Suggestions," outlining a plan to pay down the federal debt by making use of an act of Congress passed on February 26, 1862, which called for the creation of a sinking fund.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (5 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774136017 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

King, John Alsop, 1788-1867. John Alsop King papers, 1834-1866.

Title: John Alsop King papers, 1834-1866.

Correspondence, mostly letters received, with some drafts of letters sent, and a few papers, 1834-1866, of Queens County congressman and New York governor John Alsop King.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (ca. 775 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58782975 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

Lee, Charles Carter, 1798-1871. Papers of Charles Carter Lee and the Lee family [manuscript], 1768-1931 (bulk 1780-1871).

Title: Papers of Charles Carter Lee and the Lee family [manuscript], 1768-1931 (bulk 1780-1871).

Papers collected by Charles Carter Lee include papers of General Light-Horse-Harry Lee, Major Henry Lee, Charles Carter Lee, and John Penn Lee. Light-Horse-Harry Lee's papers consist mainly of correspondence pertinent to his "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States." Other topics include anti-Federalism, travel to the West Indies and advice to a son. Light-Horse-Harry Lee's correspondents include William Goddard, Christopher R. Greene, Nathanael Greene (copies), Andrew Jackson (copy), Lafayette (copy), Ann Hill Carter Lee, James Madison (copies), Nathaniel Pendleton, and George Washington (copy). Major Henry Lee's papers consist primarily of correspondence written during his residence in Europe in the 1830s. Topics of interest include James Wilkinson's defeat before Montreal, Jacksonian era politics, David Porter in the Mediterranean, Lee's biography of Napoleon and proposed biography of Andrew Jackson, Lee's financial and legal troubles, Lee's literary efforts. Prominent people discussed include James Buchanan, Henry Clay, John H. Eaton, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Gales and Seaton, Henry St. George Tucker, and Daniel Webster. There is fairly extensive correspondence with Charles Carter Lee, Major William B. Lewis and Duff Green. Other correspondents include John Armstrong, James Biddle, Charles L. Bonaparate, Daniel Brent, John Carroll Brent, James L. Cathcart, Edward Vernon Childe, John Browne Cutting, Andrew Jackson Donelson, George William Featherstonhaugh, and Robert Selden Garnett. Also Francis Walker Gilmer, James A. Hamilton, William B. Hodgson, Sam Houston, Rachel Jackson, Peter Augustus Jay, Anne R. Lee, Charles Carter Lee, Hugh S. Legaré, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, John McLean, James Madison, John Marshall, John Moore of Paris, Nathaniel Niles, Barry O'Meara, Thomas Ritchie, Meritt M. Robinson, Gilbert C. Russell, Andrew Stevenson, John Taliaferro, Martin Van Buren, William Conway Whittle, and James Wilkinson. The papers of Charles Carter Lee constitute the bulk of the collection and contain manuscripts of his literary works and speeches, correspondence, and legal and financial papers. Topics include his student days at Harvard; a reply to George Henry Moore's "Mr. Lee's plan--March 29, 1777. The treason of Charles Lee"; scattered political commentary including remarks on William Cabell Rives; and a description of the capture of General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, 1863. Correspondents include William S. Archer, Henry Carey Baird, Nathaniel Burwell, George H. Calvert, David Campbell, Bernard M. Carter, J. H. Chamberlayne, Jr., Robert Young Conrad, E. S. Davis, Frederic De Peyster, Lyman C. Draper, Benjamin Rush Floyd, Letitia Floyd, David Graham, Robert Greenhow, William Wirt Henry, Francis Kinloch, and Benjamin H. Latrobe. Also George Washington Custis Lee, Richard Henry Lee, James Lyons, A. W. McDonald, Louis McLane, James Madison (copy), Hugh Nelson, Beverley Randolph, Charles H. Randolph, Robert E. Scott, Andrew Stevenson, Norborne M. Taliaferro, Martin Van Buren, Peter Van Winkle, Daniel Webster (copy), John Wickham, and William F. Wickham. John Penn Lee papers, consist of miscellaneous printed matter, routinme legall papers and business papers of the law firm of Dillard and Lee, Rocky Mount, Va.

ArchivalResource: 1917 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647915474 View

Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869. Papers of Robert J. Walker, 1815-1936.

Title: Papers of Robert J. Walker, 1815-1936.

Correspondence, printed matter, and clippings. Correspondents include Thomas Fletcher, James Lynch, H. St. G. Tucker, Henry Horn, Frederic B. Grant, George A. Sanders, Hen. Muhlenberg, A. R. Johnson, A. Hamilton (son of Alexander Hamilton), H. A. Ramsay, S. B. Wylie, G. L. Dakat, Wm. G. Boggs, Silas R. Gridley, Wm. S. Harney, J. H. Prichett, Howell Cobb, W. F. M. Arny, and Horatio King.

ArchivalResource: 3000 items.7 containers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80759075 View

Hamilton Collection, 1786-1843, focus 1843

Title: Hamilton Collection, 1786-1843, focus 1843

Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889) was the son of James A. Hamilton (1788-1879) and Mary Morris; grandson of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804, Secretary of Treasury) and Elizabeth Schuyler (1757-1854, second daughter of Catherine and General John Philip Schuyler). Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889) served as Secretary of the United States Mission at Madrid at the same time that Washington Irving was the United States Minister to Spain. This collection consists of correspondence from Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889) to the members of his immediate family as well as two legal documents when he served as an attorney.

ArchivalResource: 88 items

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Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878. Papers, ca. 1740-1870

Title: James A. Hamilton papers ca. 1740-1870

James Alexander Hamilton (1788-1878), the son of Alexander Hamilton, was an American lawyer and politician. He served as United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Collection consists of Hamilton's correspondence, ca. 1820-1867, with John Quincy Adams, Horace Binney, Lewis Cass, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, Washington Hunt, Andrew Jackson, W.C. Rivers, Martin Van Buren, and others. Also, deeds and other legal documents, ca. 1740-1870, relating to land in Manhattan and New York State, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere (some material relates to land owned by Trinity Church, N.Y.); legal documents and correspondence, ca. 1829-1832, relating to the court case of Constant Polani v. District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of N.Y.; a manuscript of Hamilton's reminiscences of his father; and miscellaneous documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1299 View

George Washington papers, 1694-1932

Title: George Washington papers 1694-1932

George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the U.S. Collection contains general correspondence, official and personal papers, family papers, volumes, and miscellaneous papers concerning Washington. Collection covers the significant years of his life and includes original manuscripts, facsimiles and photostatic copies of originals not belonging to the New York Public Library. Correspondence, 1754-1799, consists of letters to, from and about Washington and relate to military and political matters as well as to the upkeep of Mount Vernon. His official and personal papers, 1750-1803, contain land surveys, receipts and estate papers. Family papers, 1694-1894, pertain to various members of the families of both Washington and his wife. Volumes include Washington's 1757 notebook (which contains his recipe for beer); orderly book for 1778; letterbooks, 1768-1799; surveys; typewritten unpublished manuscript entitled "Washington's Secret of 1782"; Washington's war map of New York and New Jersey, 1777; and 1750-1774 ledger. Miscellany series consists largely of papers pertaining to his Farewell Address as President to the citizens of the United States, including the original manuscript of the address, 1796. Some other items are photocopies of papers about Washington belonging to private individuals and institutions.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet (5 boxes, 20 v.); 6 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3231 View

James A. Hamilton papers, ca. 1740-1870.

Title: James A. Hamilton papers, ca. 1740-1870.

Collection consists of Hamilton's correspondence, ca. 1820-1867, with John Quincy Adams, Horace Binney, Lewis Cass, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, Washington Hunt, Andrew Jackson, W.C. Rivers, Martin Van Buren, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485364 View

Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by 13th and 17th Streets, 3rd Avenue and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)].

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 13th and 17th Streets, 3rd Avenue and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. 1839 Apr. 19.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 54 x 74 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81127763 View

Hamilton, James A. (James Alexander), 1788-1878. Letters of James A. Hamilton, 1817-1829.

Title: Letters of James A. Hamilton, 1817-1829.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79450738 View

Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-1957,. [Map of the area later bounded by 24th and 28th Streets, Lexington and 6th Avenues, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)].

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 24th and 28th Streets, Lexington and 6th Avenues, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. [between 1833 and 1835]

ArchivalResource: 1 map on 3 assembled sheets : ms., col. ; 70 x 153 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78484426 View