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Letter from Joseph Bowman to Isaac Hite, 14 June 1779
Bowman's letter to Isaac Hite discusses trade with New Orleans, the abundance of money at Kaskaskia, British and American troops in the northwest, and a message he wrote that was not received because the messenger was killed at the Falls of the Ohio. Bowman gives a detailed description of the retaking of Vincennes in February 1779 by the Americans led by George Rogers Clark. Bowman mentions guns, military stores, and Native-American goods captured by Clark's men, and notes the Virginia Assembly's indifference to the western territory. Bowman died not long after writing this letter from wounds received during the retaking of Vincennes several months earlier. -
Cincinnati in 1826
Full version of this text available at Cincinnati in 1826.Tags African Americans; banking; boarding school; bridge; buildings; Canal; Christianity; church; climate; college; Colonization; court house; courts; episcopal; exports; female school; finances; fine arts; fuel; government; Hospital; humane society; imports; institutions; insurance; intelligence; jail; jewish; jews; journals; Kidd Fund; land office; Library; literary institution; louisville and portland canal; manufactures; markets; masonic hall; medical; minerals; money; museum; newspapers; pamphlets; population; post-office; prison; public health; real estate; religion; scientific institution; steam-boats; theatre; Women -
Letter from Caleb Wallace to Patrick Henry, 29 May 1791
Emotional letter from Wallace expressing his surprise at Henry's tone with him and accounting for all of his work on behalf of Mrs. Christian's orphaned daughters. -
Note adding the amount of issues to Indians for the months of July, August, and September, 1817
Note adding the amount of issues to Native Americans for the months of July, August, and September, 1817. -
Letter from Richard Mentor Johnson to William Murphy, 18 January 1828
Letter from Richard Mentor Johnson discusses the school at Blue Springs, Kentucky, established by the Choctaws and other tribes, and educating Native Americans with government money that belongs to them per the Treaty, and Johnson sending supplies to the school. -
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, n.d. Philadelphia
French letter from Tardiveau to Crevecoeur discussing exports from Philadelphia to Canton and India, and the troubles learning the contents of the cargo aboard the ship. In general, contents include wine, iron, brandy, ginseng, cloth, and piastres. He updates him on the conditions of the exchange between Philadelphia and England, New York, and Boston, as well as the monetary exchange rate. -
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 15 January 1789
In this letter, Tardiveau expresses his joy at receiving letters from his friends. Talks of his Memorial on the Mississippi, and whether or not one Monsieur de Gardoqui has read it. He also discusses Congress. States that he is short on money and that is what has kept him in Philadelphia so long, as he cannot afford a horse to get home. He contemplated walking home but suffers from gout in his foot. He asks for a loan of 50 piastres from Crevecoeur, which he will pay back in a year's time.