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Bancroft (George) note

Formal title:: George Bancroft note
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: undated
Abstract:: George Bancroft (1800-1891) was a noted American historian, diplomat, and public official, who also kept a home in Newport, Rhode Island. This collection contains one undated note to an unidentified recipient.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.500

Formal title:: John Bristow arbitration award
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1755
Abstract:: This collection consists of an arbitration award between John Bristow and the owners of the Brigantine Amy: Henry Collins, Ebenezer Flagg, and Samuel Engs, all of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.563

Brown (John) letter

Formal title:: John Brown letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1859
Abstract:: This collection consists of a facsimile letter of John Brown (1800-1859) to his cousin, Reverend Luther Humphrey in Charlestown, Virginia, in which he reflects upon his imprisonment and upcoming death sentence as a result of his raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.550

Formal title:: Joseph Hodges Choate letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1915
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), New York lawyer and diplomat, to General Francis V. Choate (1850-1921), Army officer and a former Rhode Island resident.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.507

Formal title:: Ulysees S. Grant letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1877
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 18th President of the United States, to his friend regarding his plans for after his presidency and his opinion on the Election of 1876.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.518

Formal title:: Thomas Jefferson letter
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1790
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter with a commission from Thomas Jefferson (1742-1826) as Secretary of State to William Channing (1751-1793) of Newport, Rhode Island, appointing Channing as the United States attorney for Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.521

Malbone (Godfrey) oath

Formal title:: Godfrey Malbone oath
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1763
Abstract:: This collection contains a printed oath filled in and signed at the Custom House at Newport, Rhode Island, certifying that Godfrey Malbone (1724-1785) and his brother John (1735-1795) were the owners of the brig
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.552

Formal title:: Edith O’Shaughnessy letters
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1916
Abstract:: This collection consists of two letters written by Edith O’Shaughnessy (1870-1939), author, journalist, and wife of a diplomat, to an unidentified ambassador about her first publication in 1916,
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.529

Formal title:: Franklin Pierce authorization
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1855
Abstract:: Authorization from President Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) to Secretary of State William L. Marcy (1786-1857) to affix a seal to the 1853 Treaty with the Rogue River Indians.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.571

Formal title:: Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau letter of recommendation
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1781
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter of recommendation written by Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807) regarding his recommendation for a soldier’s promotion in the French Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.558

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