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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED AS SECRETARY OF STATE, TO CARLOS MARTINEZ DE YRUJO, SPANISH MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE UNITED STATES, 24 FEBRUARY 1797: "THE SECRETARY OF STATE TAKES THE LIBERTY TO INCLOSE THE FORMS OF SEA-LETTERS NOW GIVEN TO VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE OF WHICH MAY BE ADOPTED AND TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH, IF THE CHEVALIER DE YRUJO HAS NO FORM ANNEXED TO THE COPY OF THE TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN HIS POSSESSION. THE SECRETARY PRAYS THE CHEVALIER INFORM HIM ON THIS POINT THAT THE PASSPORTS MAY BE PREPARED WITHOUT DELAY, AS IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO TRANSPORT THEM TO THE DISTANT PORTS IN THE UNITED STATES. IF THE CHEVALIER WILL HAVE THE GOODNESS TO CAUSE A PROPER TRANSLATION OF THE FORM HE SHALL ADOPTED TO BE MADE, THE SECRETARY WILL BE OBLIGED. | DEPARTMENT OF STATE FEBY 24 1797 T. PICKERING."

[Philadelphia: 1797]. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 8" x 10." Ink manuscript on first page, written and signed by Pickering. Interior pages blank. Docketed on final page in Spanish and English. Usual folds, Very Good. Historians have not been kind to the Federalist Pickering. He "proved to..... More

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Item #38804 MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT, SIGNED AS GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO "GENTLEMEN OF THE...

MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT, SIGNED AS GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO "GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" CONCERNING THE MASSACHUSETTS - NEW YORK EASTERN BOUNDARY.

Boston: Council Chambers, June 7, 1786. Single folio leaf, entirely in elegant ink manuscript and signed by Bowdoin. Whether Bowdoin wrote the entire document is arguable but, to our mind, unclear. Very Good. DAB ranks Bowdoin "among the founders of the republic." Writing as Governor of Massachusetts, he reports the..... More

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PETITION TO JUDGE WILLIAM FITZGERALD, JUDGE OF THE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF TENNESSEE REQUESTING APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS TO DIVIDE THE LAND AND SLAVES COMPRISING THE ESTATE OF JOSHUA UPCHURCH, DECEASED, PARTICULARLY FRED, MILLY AND HER INFANT CHILD, MANA, MARY, ZABLEH, HARRIET, ANAJALINE, ROBERT, ALABAMA, WESTLEY, FANNY, BYRTHA, AND ANDY.

[Henry County, Tennessee: c.1844]. Folio leaf folded to 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". [3], [1-docket] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, a few short tears affecting portions of a few letters. Docketed, "John Upchurch et al administrators heirs & distributees of Joshua's estate ex parte". Very Good. I[saac] B. Williams [1813-1871]..... More

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