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Note for a freedom-seeking enslaved man named Tom, 28 May 1828
Note for a freedom-seeking enslaved man named Tom, age 26, with a $100 reward, by Joseph Able, 28 May 1828
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Mary Adair letter, 23 November 1799
Letter from Mary Adair to her sister, updating her on her family and wishing she has enjoyed "all of the happyness of a wife and mother in the midst of an agreeable family." She worries of her father dying soon because without him she will be "destitute of any other home." -
Letters from Rebecca Stoddert, 1798-1800
Letter in which Rebecca Stoddert discusses women's fashion, cooking, and shopping. Discusses symptoms of a sickness and having blood drawn, ladies socializing, and vulgar dancing that reminded her of a "black woman dancing a jig". -
Letter, 13 February 1811
Correspondence discussing authorship of a bill before Congress for arming and disciplining the militia of the U. S. in 1811. -
Letter to Samuel Brown from Philadelphia, 30 October 1818
Letter from an unknown author in Philadelphia describes the state of living in America, and how the author's account of his tour through the west will be published in England. He gives a sarcastic take on the differences between the two countries. -
Letter to John Corlis, 8 May 1816
Letter dicsusses enslaved persons working on a plantation. -
Letter of introduction for Charles Stewart Todd, 31 August 1810
Letter of introduction for Charles Stewart Todd, son of Justice Thomas Todd of the Supeme Court, and request he be entered into the recipient's law school. -
Letter from Willliam Clark to Jonathan Clark, 5 April 1802
Clark writes his brother Jonathan reporting on the progress on Jonathan's house. A recent flood of the south fork of Beargrass Creek has broken William's mill dam. -
Letter from William Preston to William Clark, 2 May 1795
Preston writes friendly greetings to Clark, mentioning he had wished to hear from him sooner because he is eager for news from Kentucky. Updates a little on the relations with Native American. Writes a recommendation for a man who wishes to become a clerk in the quartermasters department. -
Letter from William Graham to Arthur Campbell, 24 September 1786
This letter mentions freedom and free government. He states, "Could I forget that I was a free man or that I knew anything of the nature of a free government I should be happy but the remembrance of these adds to the horrors of slavery." -
Letter from William Fry to Ann M. Fry, 29 January 1817
This letter discusses how their cousin Susan had consumed too much paregoric for her cough and it "disordered her system." Also updates on the wedding of Jane Rochester. -
Letter from William Fleming to his wife, Nancy, 25 September 1779
Letter from William Fleming to his wife, Nancy Fleming, describing his journey through Kentucky. Writes of a great amount of people "going out" and several small parties coming in, all "without molestation." -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1811
William Clark writes to his brother Jonathan from St. Louis about his business affairs and their prospects. Refers him to John Luttig, his store manager who delivered this letter, for more details. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1809
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis informing him he has invested in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company, is acting as an agent for the government's Native American trade factory system, and the trouble he is having with several of his enslaved persons and the punishment he is meting out. Julia requests seeds be sent to her because the rats have eaten all of hers. He keeps no copies of the letters he writes to him. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 9 September 1807
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, while conducting a major archaeological fossil dig at Thomas Jefferson's request. He describes what has been unearthed so far and mentions their brother George Rogers Clark being drunk but "more thoughtfull to day." -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 9 November 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis discussing his frustrations with his enslaved African Americans York and Scipio. He reports on conditions in St. Louis, various individuals, and investments in lead mining and saltmaking in the region. Reports that Meriwether Lewis was installed as master of the local Masonic lodge.Tags Enslaved people; lead; Letters; masonry; Meriwether Lewis; Missouri; salt; stocks; William Clark; York -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 8 November 1809
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Bean Station, Tennessee, while traveling eastward to Fincastle, Virginia, with an update on what else he has learned about Lewis's death. He also reports on the difficulty they've encountered regarding their carriage, the roads, and the weather. He is not inclined to accept the governorship of Upper Louisiana as Lewis's replacement if it is offered to him because he doesn't want a "green pompous new england" [William Eustis] as his boss.Tags death; government; Letters; Louisiana; Meriwether Lewis; Tennessee; travel; Virginia; weather; William Clark -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 8 March 1810
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Fincastle, Virginia, updating him on the status of having the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition written and published. Gives the route they plan on taking home to St. Louis. Julia and son M. Lewis are well, the latter begins to walk and talk. William Preston plans on visiting Jeffeson County, Kentucky, and probably will move his family there. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 6-7 June 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan while on his boat at the mouth of the Tradewater River traveling down the Ohio River, moving to St. Louis. He has visited their brother Edmund in that neighborhood. Tells of his enslaved woman, Philes, dying. Continuing the letter on June 7, he reports that Dr. [Richard] Brown's courtship of Ann Anderson has failed. He has sent York and some of his other enslaved persons overland with Joseph Charles to Kaskaskia. He has received word that Lieutenant Nathaniel Pryor is waiting for him with about twenty men and two boats at the mouth of the Ohio to assist their ascent of the Mississippi.Tags boats; death; Enslaved people; Letters; love; Military; Mississippi River; Missouri; Ohio River; romance; William Clark -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 5 October 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis relating news about the fort [Fort Osage] he has built up the Missouri and a treaty he negotiated with the Osage nation. He is overwhelmed with official business. He very much wants to engage in mercantile business with John Hite Clark. He reviews possible opportunities in St. Louis for John Sullivan who is there.