| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Adventure (Schooner)
Contents Note: Account of wine brought on board the Adventure to the port of Newport.
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1802 Nov 8-13 |
| Box 2, Folder 83 |
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Allen, Ethan (1738-1789)
Contents Note: Letter to Herman and Levi Allen written in regards to a financial transaction.
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1772 Mar 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Arbuthnot, Marriot (1711-1794)
Contents Note: Letter to John Hancock regarding repatriating troops and war prisoners back to Europe.
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1781 Jan 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bancroft, George (1800-1891)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Reed.
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1860 Jul 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Contents Note: Letter to [Washington Irving.]
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1855 Jan 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 78 |
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Baylis, John
Contents Note: Land survey previously attributed to George Washington (Christopher Coover of Christie's said it is not in Washington's hand, 2001 Mar 8.); typed transcript of document; clip indicating that the land survey was written by Washington, yet signed by Baylis; letter to Donald Jackson regarding the validity of this document.
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1749 Dec 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Benjamin, Walter Romeyn (1854-1943)
Contents Note: "The Drums," poem.
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1912 Jan 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Berkeley, George (1685-1853)
Contents Note: Letter to Rev. Dean Gervais. Includes typed copy.
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1752 Apr 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954
Contents Note: Letter to Mrs. Roderick Terry.
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1915 Feb 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Bounty certificate and proof of payment
Contents Note: Certificate of payment for eight wolves killed in Northfield. Signed by Samuel Mattoon, James Lyman, and Aaron Whitney.
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1793 Feb 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
Contents Note: Letter to John Durand.
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1871 Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Burr, Aaron (1756-1836)
Contents Note: Letter to James Greenleaf.
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1795 Dec 9 |
| Box 2, Folder 84 |
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Champlin, George C. (1738-1809)
Contents Note: Letter to B. Bourn Esq. written in regards to congressional representatives and a presidential election.
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1792 Jul 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Clap, Nathaniel (1669-1745)
Contents Note: Letter to Rev. John Calendar.
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1744 May 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Clay, Henry (1777-1852)
Contents Note: Letter to Horace Greeley, written in Newport on Bellevue House stationary. This letter is regarding the U.S. purchase of land near Texas and New Mexico as well as concerns of whether or not new land will become Slave Territory.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Cooke, Rose Terry (1827-1892)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Butterworth.
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1887 Sep 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Contents Note: Letter to Professor Stillman with two of her poems attached.
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1847 Aug 27 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron (1724-1808)
Contents Note: Letter to the Respective Offices of His Majesty's Ordinance Stores at Quebec regarding order for troops. An image of Gen. Carleton is included in the folder.
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1769 Jul 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Edwards, Jonathan (1745-1801)
Contents Note: Letter signed to unknown.
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1791 Jan 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Edwards, Timothy (1738-1813)
Contents Note: Letter signed to Mr. Aaron [Burne?].
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1776 Jan 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
Contents Note: Receipt signed to Ticknor and Fields.
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1868 Oct 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Contents Note: Letter to Miss Terry, his cousin, Allyn House, regarding a visit. A typed transcription is also included.
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[18--] |
| Box 1, Folder 20 |
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Contents Note: Letter to D. W. Gooch. Emerson received a letter for Gooch by mistake and sent it to him.
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1864 Mar 31 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 |
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Everett, Edward
Contents Note: Letter to Rev. Dr. Sprague in regards to an autograph.
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1940 May 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 |
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Everett, Edward B. (1858-1937)
Contents Note: Letter to George D. Canale.
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1911 Dec 29, 1912 Jan 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 |
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Galignani, Giovanni Antonio (1757-1821)
Contents Note: Letter to Messrs. Manners and Miller, Paris.
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1803 Feb 27 |
| Box 1, Folder 24 |
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Gates, Horatio (1728-1806)
Contents Note: Letter fragment.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 25 |
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Godfrey, Caleb
Contents Note: Letter to Isaac Winslow, Newport.
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1749 Feb 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 26 |
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Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Contents Note: Promissory note.
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1814 Jan 31 |
| Box 2, Folder 85 |
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Greene, William (1696-1758)
Contents Note: Letter to Major General Nathanael Greene about the British withdrawal of troops from Rhode Island, fleeing Loyalists, and the subsequent seizure of Loyalist property in Rhode Island.
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1779 Nov 14 |
| Box 2, Folder 86 |
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Contents Note: Letter from Warwick to Newport to Major General Nathanael Greene.
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1785 Oct 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 |
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Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867)
Contents Note: Letter to Thomas Kings.
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1851 Dec 31 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 |
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Contents Note: Letter to G. D. Canch Esq.
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1860 Mar 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 29 |
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Contents Note: Letter to G. D. Canch Esq.
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1860 Mar 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 30 |
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Hancock, John (1737-1793)
Contents Note: Letter to John Avery Collins of Newport, in regards to coffee shipments and other business in Newport. Also includes an undated engraving of Hancock.
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1799 Dec 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 31 |
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Hartford, John and Thomas Powell
Contents Note: Certificate signed by John Hartford and Thomas Powell in London granting Power of Attorney to Henry Marchant; witnessed by Abraham Ogier, Moses Pitt, and William Cornafleau. Also includes an Act of Substitution, signed by Henry Marchant of Newport and witnessed by Henry Ward, Joseph Borden, and Edward Wanton.
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1770 May 31, 1771 Jun 27 |
| Box 1, Folder 32 |
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Hawthorne, Julian (1846-1934)
Contents Note: Letter to E. P. Roe.
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1887 Nov 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 33 |
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Contents Note: Letter fragment.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 34 |
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Hazard, Roland (1801-1888)
Contents Note: Letter sent to Newport for William R. Prince.
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1821 Jul 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 35 |
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
Contents Note: Letter to Madam.
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1892 Mar 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 36 |
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Contents Note: Poem.
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1888 Dec 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 37 |
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Hopkins, Esek (1718-1802)
Contents Note: Deed to John Andres. Also included is an undated engraving of Hopkins.
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1754 |
| Box 1, Folder 38 |
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Howell, David (1747-1824)
Contents Note: Letter to James Sullivan.
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1797 Jul 31 |
| Box 1, Folder 39 |
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Howells, William Dean (1837-1920)
Contents Note: "Midway," poem.
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1895 |
| Box 1, Folder 40 |
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Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)
Contents Note: Manuscript draft of "Un Mot sure John Brown," with a presentation inscription to M. Marquand by Hugo. This document is in French.
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1859 Dec 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 41 |
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Huskinson[?]
Contents Note: Note sent to Downing St. stating that Mr. Huskinson would not be able to wait upon the Lord Mayor at dinner that day.
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1807 Nov 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 42 |
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Johnson, Edward (1599?-1672)
Contents Note: Letter to Bartholomew Poirsou.
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1672 Apr 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 43 |
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Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of (1705-1782)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter from Albany, NY, signed to Stephen Hopkins asking for troops to assist him against the French. This contemporary copy was delivered to Abraham Redwood.
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1756 Aug 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 44 |
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Lowell, Amy (1874-1925)
Contents Note: Typed letter to Roderick Terry, Sr. in regards to their Keats manuscript collections.
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1923 Jul 18 |
| Box 1, Folder 45 |
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Lowell, Abbott Lawrence (1856-1943)
Contents Note: Letter to Roderick Terry, Sr. in regards to the Keats manuscripts and his sister, Amy Lowell's, death.
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1925 May 30 |
| Box 1, Folder 46 |
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Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
Contents Note: Letter to L. Clark David Esq.
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1891 Apr 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 47 |
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Malbone, Edward Greene (1777-1807)
Contents Note: Letter to John Derby sending payment for the payment of two miniatures. Print of Malbone's portrait. Typed letter from William Arthur Dupee to Richard Champlin of the Redwood Library in regards to the "Derby Miniatures."
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1805 Aug 12, 1975 Nov 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 48 |
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Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior (1711-1787)
Contents Note: Letter to Reverend.
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1755 Aug 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 49 |
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Contents Note: Letter.
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1759 Jun 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 50 |
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North, Frederick, Lord (1732-1792)
Contents Note: Letter from Bushy Park, England, to Lieut. Gov. Clarke (Jamaica).
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1764 Nov 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 51 |
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Paulding, James Kirke (1778-1860)
Contents Note: Letter.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 52 |
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Peck, Samuel Minturn (1854-1860)
Contents Note: "A Knot of Blue," poem.
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1898 Dec 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 53 |
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Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859)
Contents Note: Letter to Mrs. Willard.
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[1818] Dec 17 |
| Box 1, Folder 54 |
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Contents Note: Letter to Lizzie [Elizabeth Wormeley?].
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 55 |
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Contents Note: Letter Henry W. Longfellow.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 56 |
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Pym, Charles
Contents Note: Letter to John Elliot and includes a reply from Thomas Staples.
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1718 Aug 8 |
| Box 1, Folder 57 |
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Randolph, Edmund (1751-1813)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter from George Washington to General Lee, Headquarters Cambridge. (Copied by Edmund Randolph, his aide de camp.)
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1776 Mar 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 58 |
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Randolph, Edmund (1751-1813)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter from George Washington to Lord Alexander Stirling, commander of forces at New York, Headquarters Cambridge. (Copied by Edmund Randolph, his aide de camp.)
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1776 Mar 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 59 |
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Rhode Island Census
Contents Note: Account of the People in the Colony of Rhode Island - Whites and Blacks, together with the Quantity of Arms and Ammunitions In the Hands of Private Persons.
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1755 Dec 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 60 |
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Rhode Island Commission to Set Boundaries
Contents Note: Commission for settling the eastern boundaries of the colony of Rhode Island towards the province of the Massachusetts Bay.
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1740 Sep 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 61 |
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Rives, W. L.
Contents Note: Letter to F. Corbin.
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1851 Dec 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 62 |
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Rodman, Joseph
Contents Note: Bond monies signed by John Rogers and David Sweet.
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1774 Jul 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 63 |
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Rome, Richard
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Seton.
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1774 Dec 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 64 |
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)
Contents Note: Letter to John Palmer regarding his work at Palmer's theatre, hoping to receive an advance on his salary.
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1791 Oct 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 65 |
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Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard) (1791-1865)
Contents Note: Note signed on the anniversary of the Battle of Burgoyne in 1777.
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1861 Oct 17 |
| Box 1, Folder 66 |
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Smith, Francis Hopkinson (1838-1915)
Contents Note: Letter to William Travers Jerome.
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1886 Apr 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 67 |
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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von (1730-1794)
Contents Note: Letter also signed by John Hinton, addressed to Sir.
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Jul 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 68 |
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Stiles, Abel (1709-1783)
Contents Note: Letter to Rev. Solomon Williams.
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1741 Jul 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 69 |
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Stiles, Ezra (1727-1795)
Contents Note: Letter from Yale College to Lieut. Hingham.
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1789 |
| Box 1, Folder 70 |
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Contents Note: List of "members actually communicating" at Stiles' church.
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1770 |
| Box 1, Folder 71 |
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Stoddard, Richard Henry (1825-1903)
Contents Note: Letter.
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1901 May 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 72 |
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Sullivan, John (1740-1795)
Contents Note: Letter from Headquarters at Providence to Samuel Grey.
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1778 Apr 18 |
| Box 1, Folder 73 |
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Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice, prince de Bénévent (1754-1838)
Contents Note: Letter to Monsieur Dupertuis, written in French.
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1837 |
| Box 1, Folder 74 |
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Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore) (1813-1871)
Contents Note: "To Teresa," poem.
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1848 May 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 75 |
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Unidentified author
Contents Note: "The flower of Lincoln Castle," poem.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 76 |
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Unidentified author
Contents Note: Poem.
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 87 |
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Vernon, William (1719-1806)
Contents Note: Letter to his brother, James Vernon.
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1746 Aug 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 77 |
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Ward, Thomas (1711-1760)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Willard regarding the Boundary Commission and General Assembly of Rhode Island. Includes a response by T. Hubbard.
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1750 May 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 78 |
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Washington, George (1732-1799)
Contents Note: Receipt of payment from Dr. David Stuart.
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1787 Apr 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 79 |
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Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
Contents Note: Letter to John Elderkin Esq.
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1878 |
| Box 1, Folder 80 |
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Contents Note: Poem.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 81 |
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Contents Note: "Garrison of Cape Ann," poem.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 82 |
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Wilkie, David (1785-1841)
Contents Note: Letter.
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1837 Feb 18 |
