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Correspondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, "The Honorable Major General Gates," undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to "Watkins," 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.

Correspondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.

Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September 21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18. Additional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.

Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning "The Secret Scroll," the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi, 1929 June 18. Additional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.

Correspondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of "The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long" by Fineran, 1932. Additional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the "Table des Maréchaux" as advertised in the "Globe," undated.

Correspondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to "My dear Duchess," assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General. Other correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of "The Literary World" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)? to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to "My dear Lord," mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.

Correspondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army, concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. Additional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9. Other correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting "The Light of the World," 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and "Eugenie" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.

Correspondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the "Edinburgh Review" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated. Other correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from "Jack," Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name "John Barrymore" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.

Correspondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with "Union Party Platform" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866. Other correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to "Dear Sir," concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.

Correspondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.