Letter signed by William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Thomas Prence, and John Browne. Also notes in the handwriting of Governor Winthrop and another note signed Edward Rawson. Folder also contains transcription of letter.

Folder also contains transcription of letter.

Folder also contains transcription of letter.

Folder also contains transcription of letter.

Folder also contains transcription of letter.

Copy made probably in New York ca. 1850 of a marriage contract between Gabriel Bernon and Esther LeRoy; abstract of a partition deed concerning the LeRoy family.

A resolution by the governors of the United Colonies of New England to raise troops against the Narragansett tribe, beginning King Phillip's War.

Concord, Mass., 1679, receipt for payment of debt.

Caption title and first part of text reads: At the General Assembly held for the colony at Newport the 4th of May 1681. Assembly taking into consideration the matter by & from presented by two assistants [missing] the towne councell of Providence concerning the late rash turbulent and violent behavior of Benjamin Hernden Jr. of S. Providence towards an Indian man as he upon his [damaged] did acknowledge, that he being lately in the woods belonging to [missing] said towne and there seeing an Indian man, did shoot with his gunn at the said Indian with an intent to have killed him...Dated and signed at end: Ordered by this Assembly that a copy of this act be forthwith drawn by the general recorder and the seale of the colony affixed and sent unto the towne of Providence and there to be published with all expedition. John Sanford recorder. JCB Library copy has red wax and Hope and anchor seal, and is imperfect: wanting upper left hand corner of broadsheet. JCB copy annotated on verso: This order was published in this towne of Providence this 12th day of July 1681...

Joseph Noyes, clerk, Sudbury [Mass.], 1691, order from the Selectmen of the town to Jonathan Rice and Edmund Rice, that they have been chosen to enforce the regulations concerning swine.

Sermon from Thomas Prince, sewn, on a passage in Matthew, with opther separate Prince material, including two other manuscript pieces, one with his signature from 1706, plus an engraved portrait.

Sketch probably of University Hall, removed from Brown family papers.

Petition to the governor and council, with some 50 names of residents fo Sudbury, Framingham, Boston, etc.

Petition to the governor of New Hampshire regarding the management of the estate of John Cutt.

Indenture, Oct. 16, 1706. New York, with Land Patent history of the original Dutch grant. Transaction between Derick Janss Woortman and Jonas Remsen. Accompanied by transcription.

List of personal property of Joseph Annie (?), purchased 1715.

Shipped by the grace of God, in good order and well conditioned, by [Samuell Browne on my own accord and rique] in and upon the good [sloop] called the [Union], Whereof is Master under God for this present voyage [Mr. Samuell Derby] and now riding at anchor in the [harbour of Salem] and by God's grace bound for [Jamaica], To say, [ten hogsheads of midling cod fish, four hogsheads of hake, eight barle. of trayne oyle. Ten barles and one had barle of mackrle.] Being marked and numbred as in the margent, & are to be delivered... unto [Messrs. Samuell Clarke & Danll. Allin, merchants. Decorative initial S with vignette of ship. Bill of lading for shipment of cod, hake, mackerel, and whale oil from Salem to Jamaica. Dated at Salem, England, Dec. 22, 1715. Signed: Samll. Derby. Printed form with blank spaces for completion by ship's master. Text within square brackets in ms. Gift of Robert P. Emlen.

Indenture of release between John Van Horne and Barent de Freest(?) and John Redwill. "Madnansneck" (Great Neck), New York, 1715.

Letter from James Bowdoin about a lawsuit delay due to smallpox.

Order from the governor empowering Benjamin Sheffield, the ferryman at Newport, to examine and potentially refuse entry to those coming from areas infected with smallpox. Folder includes typed transcription.

Invoice for 1000 sermons printed for Rev. Nathaniel Clap by James Franklin of Newport.

Copy of John Moor's last will and testament and certificate confirming appointment of executors of the will. Lancaster, Dec. 4, 1730.

Request Isaac Hicks to act as Commissioner in a boundary dispute. New London, July 21, 1733.

Notice dated February 19th for the death at Providence of Gabriel Bernon, aged 92, one of whose daughters was the wife of William Coddington.

Family bible record of births, deaths, and marriages in David Martin's family from 1736 to 1813.

"Petitioners have purchased the Priviledge of the ferry over Merrimack River where the Ferry commonly called Patee's Ferry has been kept for many years..." Petition to move the ferry in Haverhill, MA by a half mile.

Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John Hanks regarding payment of a debt by Ransom Jackson and James Fuller.

Memo of sundries supplied Capt John Storer for the rebuilding of Richmond forte. Richmond, Mass. [afterward Maine], 1742. The cost of rebuilding Fort Richmond on the Kennebec River in 1740-42, under the supervision of Capt. John Storer.

Request for troops to be sent to Louisbourg due to delay of promised reinforcements from overseas.

Troops from Col. Hale's regiment requisitioned for repairs.

Communications between the colonies of Rhode Island and Massachusetts Bay in preparation for an "Expedition against Canada."

Authorization to pay for the repair of the Province House, signed by all 5 of the Boston Selectmen, February 1747, and countersigned by J. Wendell on March 5th, 1747.

Suggestion of a prohibition by the Rhode Island Superior Court in an action over the brigantine Greyhound in the case Jonathan Peck et al. vs. Simeon Potter. Response from Josiah Arnold, judge.

Deposition by Robert Sterry regarding the brig "Hope" in a dispute between Stephen Hopkins, William Tillinghast, David Wilkinson, and Capt. Edward Arnold; attested by Jeremiah Lippitt.

Deposition by John Whipple regarding the brig "Hope" in a dispute between Stephen Hopkins, William Tillinghast, David Wilkinson, and Capt. Edward Arnold; attested by Jeremiah Lippitt.

Copies of financial transcations for Andrew Millar, a London bookseller. Includes bills and promissory notes from Rev. William Smith of Philadelphia and Samuel Seabury of New Brunswick, NJ.

Deed of land in Londonderry, New Hampshire to William Elet, signed before Mathew Thornton, Justice of Peace.

Number of inhabitants in Rhode Island from 1730-1755, listed by county and town.

A list of damages suffered in the Battle of the Monongahela in 1755, "about 600 men killed and wounded." Includes report of Major-General Edward Braddock's death.

Account by Capt. Robert Orme of Braddock's campaign and the Battle of the Monongahela.

Signed Stephen Hopkins

Each leaf written one side only. Top of first sheet broken off, with slight loss of heading.

Contract regarding voyage of the sloop Speedwell under a flag of truce.

Complaint against Richard Colwell, Joseph Young, Matthew Hill by Reuben Hopkins. Warrant signed at bottom by Nicholas Brown.

Sale of the ship Rebecca by Robert Greenway, William Bradford et al. to to Thomas Willing & Robert Morris.

Written in one hand, on paper, with a few additions in two other hands. Probably represents the lists of books compiled for replacement of those destroyed in the 1758 fire.

Letter regarding payment for sugar.

Concerning his losses "in the Late great Fire."

Petition to Cadwallader Colden, President of His Majesty's Council, concerning the purchase of land from the Indians. New York, July 21, 1761.

Robert Hude, purchase of sugar, etc., New Brunswick, 1765.

Astronomical observations on "the late Comet" and its fragmentation.

Note signed by Stephen Hopkins about familial connections two jurors (Joseph Hopkins and Andrew Waterman) had to Obadiah Olney.

Letter informing the governor of Rhode Island of a committee to respond to the burning of the HMS Gaspee. MS copy certified by Henry Ward.

Letter to Stephen Hopkins from John Cole, George Brown, and Daniel Hitchcock, arguing against the legal validity of the Gaspee commission.

Letter to Governor Joseph Wanton from Stephen Hopkins about concerns regarding the Gaspee commission.

Samuel Huntington (Justice of the Peace in Norwich, Conn.), summons concerning litigation between Chris Christophers and Jabez Hide.

Resolution by the Massachusetts Bay House of Representatives to form a Committee of Correspondence and list of committee members including Samuel Adams and John Hancock. At bottom, "A true Copy," signed Samuel Adams, clerk.

Summons to Arthur Fenner Jr. by the Gaspee Commission. Document has wax seals and signatures of the commissioners: Joseph Wanton, Daniel Horsmanden, Frederick Smythe, Peter Oliver, Robert Auchmuty.

Report to the Gaspee Commission on several depositions, declaring that they "do not induce a probable suspicion" of any individual. Unsigned.

Report to the Gaspee Commission from Stephen Hopkins and several assistant justices, examining several depositions and declaring that they "do not induce a probable suspicion" of any individual. A "true copy" witnessed by James Clarke.

Response by the Gaspee Commission to a report sent by Stephen Hopkins.

"The Cross of Christ or an Ellegy, On the Sufferings of our Saviour Jesus Christ on the Cross, Comprehending the Dying Words of Christ and the Two Malefactors Crucefied With Him while Pilate sett upon the Cross, which may be all understood by Reading the Capitals within the Crosses downward by themselves and in Reading the Verses Quite through includeing those Capitals."

Memorandum of an agreement made on December 24th 1773 between Woodbury Langdon of Portsmouth, NH and Christopher Toppan of Hampton, NH, to sell to Langdon a "good, square, sterned ship."

"An Act more Effectually to punish the Counterfeiters of Foreign Gold or Silver Coin..." Manuscript act of March 2, 1774, assigning stern penalties, including branding, cropping, and death. Signed by William Franklin, governor.

Copy of a contemporary account of the battle, dated April 25, 1775 (6 days later), by Silas Deane, written from Wethersfield, CT(?)

To Peter Chester, British Governor of West Florida, a petition from Sarah White, widow of an early settler in Pensacola. White was petitioning for land, which was granted.

Letter signed to the Charles Town Council of Safety, from George Town (South Carolina), regarding intelligence report of 18 British ships.

News from the Revolutionary War in New York and Massachusetts, including the burning of houses and taking of prisoners in a skirmish.

Joseph Warren, authorizing payment to General Trumbull for the troops. Contemporary copy, attested by John Lowell, House of Representatives.

Perez Morton and Joseph Warren, regarding supply of arms and cartridge boxes. Contemporary copy, attested by John Lowell, deputy secretary.

News from the war, including corrections to a previous letter and description of the conditions at Prospect Hill in Massachusetts.

Order for arrest of Henry Zelverton Price for "practices Inimical to the Liberty of America."

Document from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, regarding pay to families of deceased soldiers. A true contemporary copy with signature of Perez Morton.

Appointment of Philip Albright, Esq. to a captaincy by the Pennsylvania Assembly.

Contemporary copy, attested by John Lowell, House of Representatives.

Benjamin Huntington, clerk, Lebanon, Conn., concerning funds for troops at Stonington.

Asking for £1000 for payment to the officers.

Contemporary copy, attested by John Lowell, House of Representatives.

Report on arms to Samuel Holten.

Archelaus Fuller to Samuel Holten, regarding payments for troops.

Meshech Weare, President of the New Hampshire assembly, to Samuel Weatherby: "You are hereby authorized immediately to enlist a company to consist of 90 able bodied effective men..."

William Pickman to Samuel White: "Col. Saltonstall is now warning the Town to appear under Arms to morrow at nine o'clock. To assist in the execution of his duty, much Blood must be Spilt..."

General Howe's orders for the Colonel de Donop. Letter in French.

Note on back of letter: "Parting letter from my dear Mrs. Pagan, enclosing some of her lovely hair."

Robert Hooper writing to his son-in-law, Samuel White, about the smallpox epidemic in Marblehead, Mass., and the planned inoculation campaign.

Jonathan Sewell, writing from London, urging John Lowell to abandon the revolutionary cause. Transcript included.

Lines Addressed to Britannia on the fourth day of June 1777: a poem in heroic couplets

Commission for William Badger to First Lieutenant. Signed by Nicholas Cooke and Henry Ward.

Certified that the bearer "made her escape from Rhode Island in March 1777 while the Enemy were in possession of the same, and had permission from the governor and counsel of the State of Rhode Island to go where she thought proper to get her living." From Nicholas Cooke, governor.

Signed by Josiah Bartlett and in his handwriting.

Signed J.D. Robins, Assistant Commissioner of Ordnance

Recommendation to Thomas Bradford, the deputy commissioner of prisoners, to release a British Navy officer to private lodgings due to illness.

Items in Russell's hand, including two wrappers and a memorandum from William Corlis.

Three passes permitting individual soldiers time away by order of General Washington. Signed by Elias Dayton.

A true copy, witnessed by Henry Ward.

Report on the death of Chevalier DeTernay and Destouches' assumption of command. Written in French.

Document signed by Bowdoin and other investors in a schooner granting Perez Morton the right to act as agent.

Letter on troop and militia movements in Virginia.

Sermon on Job 35:2. "Preacht at Home, June 24, 1781."

Sending powder and lead to Charlestown to supply regiments. Signed by Josiah Bartlett, chairman.

Lengthy report on the progress of the war, including news of Yorktown.

Letter to Anthony Wayne from James Jackson, Feb. 1782, docketed by Wayne. "I am just marching part of the way, to the place you appointed..."

Request to be released from prison in Newport as his enlistment in the British Army was not voluntary.

Letter to the Rev. William Rogers regretting that he cannot accept the appointment to the Corporation of Brown University.

Report on the town's status after being held by the British. Signed by a committee including Daniel Mason.

Addressed to William Greene, the governor of Rhode Island.

Sermon on Psalms 44:3: "For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them."

News on General Greaton's death, the definitive treaty of peace, and the Order of Cincinnati

Request to recommend a bricklayer and stonemason.

Questions about the construction of a greenhouse.

Two documents, perhaps unrelated, stuck together: Discharge of claims on estate in Barrington, RI, 1788, and quitclaim deed, Hartford, CT, 1785.

Paying Oliver Ellsworth for services as a lawer for the Superior Court of Hartford.

A copy of a letter sent jointly to the governors of Massachusetts and Connecticut about the status of a captured vessel.

Sale of a tract in land in Virginia to William Buckner. Printed form, completed in manuscript and sealed.

[To Richard Varick] Will you meet a small number of friends this Evening at the Tavern formerly Capes--7 O'Clock.

Six documents, one in Dutch, relating to proposals to purchase the American debt to France and the Netherland, which Morris reviewed under his assignment to settle the war debt. B07-855a: Papers relative to the purchase of the debt due France by the United States. 855b: Notes on interest for two annuity plans in Morris's handwriting. 855c: "Le Colteux: Projet pour l'achat de la dette americaine." 855d: Note from Daniel Parker with calculations for the international and domestic debt. 855e: Manuscript proposal by David Parker for paying off the debt to France. 855f: Printed document in Dutch by Gerrit Nutges, J.G. van Franckenstein, et al, offering to acquire the American war debt due the Netherlands.

Concerning distribution of 94 half pints of rum for regiment of cavalry.

Extracts from the register books of the Episcopal churches Christ's Church and St. Paul about the marriage of John Carter and Elizabeth Spriggs and the christenings of their daughters Elizabeth and Rebecca. Written and signed by Robert Blackwell, the minister of the churches.

Benjamin Franklin authorizing payment to William Deane for his services on the State Council, of which Franklin was president. Paid by the state treasurer David Rittenhouse and acknowledged by the receipient on the reverse.

Sermon delivered on Psalms 110:10.

Request for the War Office to list the "particular terms & encouragements" available for military recruits.

Petition of James Penman to Henry Osborne, Chief Justice in Georgia, concerning the conduct of James Lovatt, owner of the sloop Sally. Two separately inscribed copies of the same 1788 petition.

A copy of a document in French originally signed by Charles-Maurice De Talleyrand, French minister of foreign relations.

A letter to the Rhode Island General Assembly (originally composed to the equivalent Vermont legislature) commending James Rumsey's petition. Contains a list of members of a Rumseian Society dedicated to furthering knowledge of Rumsey's invention of the steamboat.

Deed to William Erving of several properties from the estate of John Erving, signed by the executors of the estate including James Bowdoin Jr.

Transcript included in folder.

State election: collection of accounts payable.

Letter about local candidates for election.

Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:32, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die"

Sermon on Jude 21, "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life"

An order on the State Treasury of Conn. for 200 barrels of pork.

Instructions to sell the sloop Lady Susan, an armed vessel having been captured by Capt. John Barry of the Lexington, and distribute the money.

Typewritten and signed letter from the Grace Rectory in New York giving opinions on architectural firms in Boston and New York for church design.

Typed letter with a discussion of options for the restoration or renovation of the chancel at St. John's.

Typed letter on Sophia Augusta Brown's potential donations to the chancel or east window of St. John's church, and a request for further details.

Typewritten and signed letter from the architectural firm of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson apologizing for a delay and sending updated estimates for a chancel fitting.

Letter on black-bordered paper discussing an enclosed cheque for an Easter offering at St. John's, as well as the plans for Brown's donation to the chancel.

Note congratulating the Reverend Bradner on the updates to the chancel in St. John's Church, predicting that it "might some day fittingly become the cathedral of the diocese."

Typewritten and signed letter about the updates to St. John's, including details on plumbing, carvings and windows, and acoustics in the chancel and gallery.

Typewritten letter on firm letterhead about a stolen hat.

Invitation to a special meeting of the wardens and vestry of St. John's to discuss the new chancel.

Typewritten and signed letter about a visit to Providence to discuss details of the chancel and altar renovations at St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter about painting the pews at St. John's white.

Typewritten and signed letter offering new stained glass windows for the nave of the church.

Letter from a lamp manufacturer asking for dimensions for an installation.

Note enclosing a letter from Natalie Bayard Brown.

Typewritten and signed letter about typesetting a leaflet.

Letter wishing to preserve a copy of the leaflet with details about St. John's in the Providence Public Library.

Letter thanking Rev. Bradner for sending extra copies of Updike's leaflet on the renovation of St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter about edits to the leaflet detailing the renovations of St. John's as well as decisions about the vestry.

Typewritten and signed letter enclosing several pamphlets.

Typewritten and signed letter about a new run of the leaflet for St. John's and urging a decision for the stained glass windows.

Typewritten and signed letter about pamphlets and photograph reproductions for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter enclosing materials for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter asking for photographs of the tablets to be given to their donor.

Typewritten and signed letter about Mrs. Brown's perspective on "the Cathedral scheme" and the raising of money.

Typewritten and signed letter agreeing to serve on a committee for St. John's endowment.

Handwritten note about Updike's availability for a meeting.

Typewritten and signed letter about Updike missing a meeting.

Typewritten and signed letter requesting to be sent more leaflets.

Typewritten and signed letter about a pamphlet to be designed for fundraising for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter suggesting editorial changes and photographs for a fundraising circular for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter suggesting new photographs be taken of St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter suggesting layouts for a fundraising appeal for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter about a fundraising pamphlet and suggestions for potential donors.

Typewritten and signed letter about fundraising for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter from the American Institute of Sacred Literature at the University of Chicago, discussing recent donations as well as an exegetical course on the psalms.

Handwritten note about a draft of the fundraising circular for St. John's.

Handwritten note about the printed material for the fundraising appeal for St. John's.

Typewritten and signed letter about contacting donors for the St. John's Endowment Fund.

Typewritten and signed letter discussing donations to St. John's as well as photographs.

Typewritten and signed letter regarding whether to announce large donations to the Endowment Fund.

Handwritten letter from Charles J. Choate, considering a donation to St. John's in honor of his wife.

Typewritten and signed letter enclosing Charles J. Choate's response to a donation request.

Sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:23, "And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you."

Sarah Parker, a friend of Dolly Madison, writing from Philadelphia to Eliza Brooke in Maryland about Dolly's imminent first marriage to John Todd.

Undated letter with proposed articles.

Claims on the US Government due to his part in the War for Independence. Transcript in folder.

Written in verse.

"On donne au Roi le Conseil de se presenter a l'Assembee et de se mettre (dit on) a la tête de la Revolution." Memorandum of 26 Jan. 1790.

Committee formed to discuss compensation for the inhabitants of Charlestown for the losses suffered in June 1775.

Letter of Arthur Fenner, Governor of Rhode Island, to John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, informing him that Rhode Island had adopted the Constitution of the United States

Letter discussing Washington's brief absence due to health reasons as well as the Senate's rejection of a motion to relocate to Philadelphia.

Printed blank form, filled in: sight draft payable to William Bordman, counter-signed by Peter Odgen, agent for Loyalist losses. Signed by William Tyler.

Recommends that Bancker apply to government for his losses.

Copy from 1872 which notes that Abby E. Peck was listed as born on Dec. 15th, 1790, which was also her father's birthday.

"Je desire mon cher comte avant de partir vous dire encore un mot sur la position des affaires, et je vous donne la peine de lire cette letter plutot..." Two copies, draft and formal, of a letter in French to the Count de Montmorin.

"Ne seroit il pas utile que le Roi et la Reine defendissent..." Two copies, draft and formal, of a letter in French to the Count de Montmorin.

Printed document completed in manuscript granting power of attorney.

"Il me parait a peu pres demontré, Monsieur le Comte, qu'au printemps prochain on manquera du pain a Paris..." Two copies, draft with extensive corrections and formal copy, of a letter in French recommending the purchase of flour to prevent famile.

"Sire, J'ai en l'honneur de vous addresser hier, par Monsieur de Montmorin, la traduction du mémoire que je lui avas remis le dernier d'aout..." Letter in French to King Louis XVI of France.

Letter asking Lee to come to the assistance of a mutual friend.

"Sire, Il y a deja longtemps que Monsieur de Montmorin a quelle son poste..." Letter in French to King Louis XVI of France.

Endorsed by Samuel Eddy, watermark: C. Olney.

Receipt of payment from Welcome Arnold in action concerning a shipment of saltpeter between Capt. Olmsted, agent for Franklin & Robinson, and Brown & Francis, Brown & Benson, and Welcome Arnold.

Printed form completed in manuscript, deed to Nathaniel Appleton and John Haven. Signed by Oliver Whipple and witnessed by John Hale and John Parker Hale.

From the ministers plenipotentiary & envoys extraordinary from the United States of America to the French Republic, to the Minister of Exterior Relations. Discussing relations between the two nations, including treaties and conduct at sea.

Announcing the death of Commodor John Paul Jones, his burial, and that the Morrises had been appointed executors of Jones' final will.

Receipt of wages for six months service as a soldier at Falmouth in 1780 in Capt. Daniel Clark's company.

Daily record of weather and "remarks" from a sea voyage.

Report of the two Physicians at Philadelphia who were desired to give their opinion on the nature of this disorder. Taken from the publick Ledger of Dec. 23, 1793. Signed by J. Cantrall and P.S. Physick.

Letter discussing papers and the public opinion in Providence on the embargo.

A list of questions and answers from James Lynch, executor of Mrs. Sarah Da Costa's estate, partially answered. A separately acquired fragment in the American Manuscripts collection seems to continue answering these questions and is signed Edward Rutledge.

Governor George Matthews, land grant to David McCormick. Printed form completed in manuscript.

Request to remit a penalty charged against the sloop Eagle which landed in Newport without proper documentation.

"Un évenement funeste nous appelle au trone de nos ancêtres..." Draft in French of a manifesto to be made by the King of France.

Fragment of a numbered list on the topic of Sarah Da Costa's estate, signed Edward Rutledge and docketed as a case and opinion for Dr. Lynch. A separately acquired item in the American Manuscripts collection is likely the first part of this document.

Letter in French about financing.

Letter to Gouverneur Morris in French about business with Robert Morris.

Cargo manifest for the ship Flora, with Daniel Allin as master, from New York to Providence. Print form completed in manuscript. Handwritten note confirming permission to land at Newport signed by William Ellery.

Uncompleted form for a warrant in the District of Vermont, signed by Tyler as clerk.

Sermon on Romans 10:2, "For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."

Speech of Little Turtle to the President of the United States on Feb. 7th, 1798, and Reply of the President of the United States. Discusses a potential treaty and the exchange of lands.

Sermon on Psalms 22:22, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee."

Sermon on 2 Timothy 4:7-8, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day..."

Short sermon on Luke 2:49, "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" Sermon on John 9:4, "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."

Sermon on Psalms 62:1-2, "Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved."

Sermon on Psalms 130:1-4, "Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared."

Sermon on Psalms 31:5, "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth."

Sermon on Psalms 9:10, "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee." Also contains fragment of sermon on Psalms 91:14, "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him..."

Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:1, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come," and another sermon on ungratefulness and unholiness.

Patrick Henry declining a government appointment as envoy to France, citing ill health, shortly before his death.

Copy.

Sermon on Malachi 3:13-14, "Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?"

Sermon on John 7:16-17, "Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." With another sermon on error.

Letter of character reference for John Stam.

Official letter of thanks from Congress to Henry Lee for his oration eulogizing George Washington, and request for a copy of the text to be supplied. From Samuel Otis, Secretary of Congress.

Note from Supreme Court Justice John Marshall to the President of the U.S. accepting an invitation to dinner.

Resolution from John Jay, as governor of New York, approving certain local bills.

Printed advertisements of Benjamin Waterhouse's campaign to inoculate against smallpox with cowpox.

Discharge of mortgage debt by Richard Harison.

From David Humphreys, Connecticut poet and American agent in Europe after the Revolution, including Minister plenipotentiary in Spain. Letter from Madrid to William Willis in Barcelona, involving permission for Americans to leave a quarantine.

Authorization from Secretary of War to pay invalid pensions in New York.

Written in response to the recipient's letter of February 19. Refers to appointment as Collector, mentioning RI towns of Bristol and Warren as well as Mssrs. Champlin and De Wolfe, the Exchange Bank, and various government matters. Invites the recipient to his home in Providence on the following Saturday.

Thoughts on religious instruction and the defense of Christianity at "the Jersey college" (now Princeton), where Rush's son attended.

Printed form completed in manuscript. Henry Burns acknowledging a debt to Matthew Hallowell.