Sam Schaefler historical and literary letters and documents, 1674-1970s

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Box 3 Appleton, Jesse (1772-1819), Brunswick, ME, September 2, 1818

Diploma for William Bicker Walter for BA degree from Bowdoin College


Box 3 Arcambal [Jacques Phillipe, (1765-1843)?], New York, September 22, 1802

receipt from M. Buynemer for payment for boarding his son


Box 3 Barton, Rufus, Col., Warren, RI, August 14, 1771

receipt from Ebenezer Cole(?), of his portion of his father's estate; with a.n.s. p verso by H. Cole, May 2, 1841, re: Rufus Barton and his wife


Box 3 Bernard de Sainte, Omar, et. al., Paris, September 15, 1794

resolution for Comite de Surete Generale et de Surveillance concerning census of new persons in Paris


Box 3 Borneo, Abdul Mumise, Sultan of, Brunei, November 24, 1865

appointing Joseph William Torrey as Rajah of Ambang & Maludu with control of Northern Borneo; notarized by Charles Lee Moses, U.S. consul in Brunei, November 28, 1865; copy notarized by Isaac Stone, U.S. consul in Singapore, January 10, 1866



Mapcase 14-M-9 Bouchotte, Jean-Baptiste-Noel, Paris, July 7, 1793, p.d.s., 1 p.

order for the distribution of the new constitution.



Box 3 Bourdon de l'Oise, François-Louis, et. al., Paris, October 13, 1794

Recommendation that prisoners be liberated


Box 3 Bourree de Corberon, Paris, October 5, 1789

Appeal to district committee to form central committee


Box 3 Breeze, Sidney, [New York], December 11, 1800

his bond for $408.75 at 6% to the United States


Box 3 Buck, Pearl S.

autograph, (apparently from a letter)


Box 3 Carnot, Lazare N.-M., et. al., Paris, July 22, 1794

extrait du registre des arretes du Comite de Salut Public


Box 3 Colt, Peter (1744-1824), [Hartford, CT], February 1, 1789

receipt; filled out in ms., s. by Colt, Treasurer of Connecticut, to Abel Wilson


Box 3 Connolly, Richard B., [New York], 1868-1870

his passbook from the National Broadway Bank as Comptroller of New York City


Box 3 Cooper, Stephen R., [New York], May 2, 1796

mortgage bond granted to Robert Elder & his wife Anne for 900 dollars on their house & lot on Vesey street; recorded by James M. Hughes


Box 3 Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de (1742-1793), Mayence, January 12, 1793

appointment of Captain Begel Lt. Col. Of a Batallion of Grenadiers; s. by Custine


Box 3 Davis, Joseph, New York, October 13, 1879

bond to Arthur Van Dewater for $254 at 7%; recorded by Luke J. Connoston, October 18, 1879; & with signed receipts for 1880-1882



Box 14-M-9 DeLattre, [Henri Bernard?], et. al., Paris, March 11, 1793

call for volunteers.



Box 3 DeLattre, [Henri Bernard?], et. al., Paris, April 26, 1793

order to the National Guard in the city; also signed by C. Caffieri


Box 3 Dongan, Thomas, New York, October 6, 1684

document naming Roelf Martinen Justice of the Peace in King's County; clippings pasted on later


Box 3 Duane, James (1733-1797), New York, September 23, 1785

order for payment to David Waldron for repairing the roads; s. by Duane as Mayor and by Robert Benson, chairman of the Common Council; to Daniel Phoenix, Treasurer of the City


Box 3 Duane, James (1733-1797), New York; Clason, Isaac, New York, September 3, 1789; November 6, 1790

New York City bond for 64 dollars at 5%, isued by Duane as Mayor to Isaac Clason, also signed by Robert Benson as City Clerk; receipt for payment of 67:15:2 in payment of the bond above, from Daniel Phoenix [City Treasurer]


Box 3 Gaines, Edmund Pendleton

autograph (apparently from a letter; with related biographical item)


Box 3 Gay de Vernon, Simon Francais, baron (1760-1822), [Paris], July 7, 1800

affidavit by fellow officers on the 11th Regiment honoring Gay's wartime behavior, his innocence of the Houchard treason, and a request for his release


Box 3 Giles, Austin, New York, December 3, 1800

deed of sale for land, in Lysander NY, of John Lamb to Marinus Willett; Giles was US Marshall for New York; signature & seal cut away; recorded on August 29, 1801


Box 3 Giles, Austin, New York, December 10, 1800

deed of sale for land of John Lamb to Sidney Breeze for $545


Box 3 Giles, Austin, New York, December 17, 1800

deed of sale for land, on Seneca Lake, of John Lamb to James Miles Hughes for $1,071


Box 3 Giles, Austin, New York, December 23, 1800

deed of sale of land, on Adiquitangie Creek, of John Lamb to Christian Shultz


Box 3 Green, Andrew Haswell (1820-1903), [New York], 1872-1873

his passbook from the National Broadway Bank as Comptroller fo New York City



Mapcase 14-M-9 Guyton, Louis-Bernard, et. al., Paris, May 8, 1793, ms.d., 3 p.

resolution concerning use of the National Guard to punish rebels in the provinces; also signed by Robert Lindet. Offcial copy of Extrait du Reigstre des arrestes du Comite de Salut Public; authortized by Daudenay, et al.



Box 3 Hamann, George, [New York], October 23, 1871

fire insurance policy for $5,000 on his building at 182 9th Ave. from The Clinton Fire Insurance Company


Box 3 Hopkinson, Joseph [Philadelphia?], April 12, 1805

staetment of debt of Henry Spering


Box 3 Huntington, Isaac, Norwich, CT, October 27, 1752

warrant for John Bill for counterfeiting currency bills


Box 3 Huntington, Joseph [New York], August 13, 1789

certificate from the Treasury Office for Taber Norton



Mapcase 14-M-9 Keppel, Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount (1725-1786), [London], November 14, 1783, ms.d., 1 p.

Commission of Richard Morice as Captain of H.M.S. Tarrier, confirming earlier commission of December 1, 1782. see oversize



Box 3 Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, January 17, 1881

autograph, (apparently from a letter)


Box 3 Lamdin, James Reid (1807-1889), Philadelphia, January 21, 1846

resolutions of a meeting of the Artists' Fun Society of Philadelphia


Box 3 Lebon, Joseph, et. al., Paris; Fauchet l'abbe de [Claude], et. al., [Paris], August 17, 1789; August 18, 1789

call for central organization of militia; permit to organize from the Comte du Police


Box 3 Lindsay, Vachel

calling card


Box 3 Markoe, Francis Hartman, Washington, March 14, 1844

filled out in ms.


Box 3 Merlin de Douai, Philippe-Antoine, paris, August 29, 1795

text in an unknown hand



Mapcase 14-M-9 Michaud, Jean Baptiste, et. al., Paris, February 16, 1792, ms.d.s., 1 p.

annoucing retirement of Jean-François Goisard from the National Assembly. Shelved in map case



Box 3 Monroe, James (1758-1831), Washington, January 9, 1823

bill of sale of public lands in Brookerville, Indiana to Jeremiah Hadley


Box 3 Morel de Colombe, Louis Saint Ange, (1755-1799) Paris, November 30, 1791

duty sheet of Etienne Billay in the Paris Garde Nationale


Box 3 New York (Colony) - Money, March 5, 1776

bills, in shillings and Spanish milled dollars


Box 3 New York (State) - Money, August 13, 1776

bill, in Spanish milled dollars


Box 3 Nicholson, John (d. 1800), Philadelphia, May 10, 1795-April 15, 1796

promissory notes to David Allison



Mapcase 14-M-9 Remer, Jacob, New York, November 5, 1803, a.d.s, 2 p.

will



Box 3 Scott, Sir Walter, Edinburgh, October 30, 1819

bank draft, citing payment of Sir Walter Scott


Box 3 Sevestre de la Metterie, Joseph-François, et. al., Paris, June 19, 1795

order directing the release of prisoner


Box 3 Small, John (1726-1796), New York, October 1, 1768

agreement re: subdivision of tract of land [in Durham, Green Co.?] between John Small, agent and attorney for Walter Stewart and Hugh Fraser


Box 3 Smith, Alfred E.

autograph, (apparently from a letter)


Box 3 Smith, William (1727-1803), [Philadelphia], May 18, 1795

lottery ticket for the drawing of a prize by the State of Pennsylvania for the Schuykill, Susquehanna and Delaware canals


Box 3 Stevens, Ebenezer (1751-1823), 1816-1817

Depositions, copies of letters, and other documents taken in evidence for the lawsuit of Stevens vs. The Phoenix Insurance Co. of New York concerning the capture & seizure of shipping from the US to France in 1808


Box 3 Varick, Richard (1753-1831), [New York], March 12, 1793

permission for Matthew Clarkson to build a house in New York City


Box 3 Wrightington, Margaret, Newport, RI, December 24, 1724

deed of sale for property in Little Compton, RI, to George Brownell