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Correspondence, business records, and miscellaneous manuscripts of members of the Callister family, chiefly Henry Callister, merchant (ca. 1716-ca. 1768) and his wife, Sarah Trippe Callister (1731-1805), including items about Mrs. Callister's schools for girls in Chestertown and Baltimore (1783-1788). Henry Callister came to Maryland as factor for Foster Cunliffe Sons, of Liverpool, England, and was resident at Oxford, Talbot County, and "Townside", an estate in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Md. Original manuscripts have not been counted, but photostatic reproductions fill 869 pages, plus an index volume. They contain a wealth of information concerning economic, mercantile, political, social, and cultural conditions on the Eastern Shore during the period, and include correspondence with persons in Great Britain; with Rev. Thomas Bacon (came to Maryland, 1745, d. 1768), compiler of The Laws of Maryland, organizer of the first charity school in the British colonies, and a pioneer in relations with the African American population; with Robert Morris, merchant of Talbot County, and his son, Robert Morris, Jr. (1734-1806), financier of the American Revolution; and with members of the Bolton, Bordley, Comegys, Earle, Eccleston, Goldsborough, Ridout, Gordon, Hesselius, Hollyday, Lloyd, Ringgold, Wright, and many other Maryland families. less

Minutes of meetings concerning New York City charities attended by justices, aldermen, church wardens, and vestrymen (1694-1747). The meeting attendees were charged with the care of the poor, the administration of the Alms House (1736-1747), the appointment of the schoolmaster, and related civic duties. These papers document attendance and proceedings to these meetings. This volume is a 19th century transcription. less

Several letters, fragments of letters, and indentures of William Penn (1644-1718), English leader of the Society of Friends and founder of Pennsylvania, dating between 1675 and 1709. Recipients include Thos. Holmes (likely surveyor Thomas Holme); Samuel Beaks (or Beakes), Sheriff of Bucks County; Joseph Wood, Sheriff of Newcastle County; Hannah Callowhill Penn, and others. Letters, except to Hannah Penn, relate mainly to issues of government. less

Alexander Pope, English poet. · To Samuel Buckley, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Aug 1735 : (MISC 0206) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Twickenham : begins, "I was glad to hear you got well home. I hope all health will attend you till we meet again wch I fear will now not be till after my Rambles in ye Country ...". less

Letter book of Hugh Hall Jr. (1693-1773), merchant in Barbados. Letters to relatives and friends, and to merchants in London, Boston, Virginia, etc. Relates to family affairs; general trade including traffic in slaves. Some letters dated from London and Boston. Also includes transcripts of letters of Lydia Coleman. Negative photostat less

Charles Spencer, third earl of Sunderland, British politician. · To Francesco Corner, ambassador of Venice to Great Britain : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Nov 1707 : (MISC 0499) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : in French; begins, "Je me donne l'honneur de vous escrire cette lettre, pour vous confirmer, ce que je vous ay dis en personne l'autre jour.". less

Printed document accomplished in manuscript ordering Robert Law of Blackburn to publicly repent for an act of fornication with Susanah Baron of Blackburn. The printed statement begins, "An Order or Declaration of Pennance Enjoyned to be perform'd by"; the rest of the paragraph is filled out in ink: "Robert Law of Blackburn within the Chapry of Darwen in the County of Lanc.e Diocess of Chester, Shoemaker." On or before December 25, Law is to appear at the Chapel of Darwen, "bareheaded, barefooted barelegged having a white Rod or Wand in his Hand and covered with a white Sheet from the Shoulders to the Feet in the Presence of the whole Congregation" and recite an oath of repentance. At the bottom of the document it is recorded that Law performed the order on November 27 1737. The document bears the printed signature of "Robert Herbert, Notary Publick" and the manuscript signatures of "Tho. Whitaker" (dated 15 Nov 1737), "John Holds" (Minster), and "Rob.t Whitacre" (Warden). In two places where Robert Law's name has been written, it replaces the cancelled name of "William Lightbound of Eccleshill.". less

George Grenville, British Whig statesman and Prime Minister from 16 April 1763 - 13 July 1765. · To John Nourse, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Mar 173²/₃ : (MISC 0270) : requesting two books be sent to Eaton [i.e., Eton], directed to Mr. James Grenville. less

James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751). · To John Nourse, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1765 : (MISC 0252) : from London; wanting to send a copy of his own works to John Lockman, Esq., in Brownlow Street. less

Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian and diarist. · To Samuel Gale, antiquarian : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1728 : (MISC 0254) : from Edmund Hall, Oxford : begins, "I am glad the Parcel came safe to your hands ..."; mentioning among other matters "the antient Velom [sic] Roll". less

John Hervey, second Baron Hervey of Ickworth, English courtier and writer. · To Charles Lennox, second Duke of Richmond : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jul 1740 : (MISC 0605) : from Grosvenor Street; with various political news; begins, "My dear Lord if I were to indulge my own Inclination, I should fill this Paper with telling your Grace how sensible I am of all the agreable [sic] Distinctions with which you have lately honor'd me...". less

Aaron Hill, English writer and entrepreneur. · To David Mallet, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Dec 1744 : (MISC 0259) : begins, "I chuse a larger sheet than usual : which portends you a long Letter -- longer, than you give me Reason to believe you like -- if one may judge your Taste from your too short ones.". less

Pierre-Daniel Huet, French scholar and clergyman; he was Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689, afterwards Bishop of Avranches. · Autograph receipt signed : [document effective 1698-1699] : (MISC 0524) : in French; begins, "Pour servir de quitance a Monsieur le pilleur Conseiller du Roy Tresorier General de sa maison de la somme de six mil livres ...". less

This collection contains council minutes from the Indian Congress at Albany that took place in June and July of 1754. In addition to the minutes are copies of documents from 1684 to 1754 concerning previous treaties and propositions between New York and various Indian tribes. These items include propositions from the Onondaga and Cayuga tribes (August 2, 1684); letters among Governor Dogan, the British Lords of Trade, and the Governor of Canada; articles of peace proposed on December 13, 1665; and the civil lists of New York (1693) less

Letters patent from King George II, through the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of New York George Clarke, granting 2,600 acres of land to Anne, Sarah, Catherine, George, Elizabeth, and Mary Bradley, from the vacated patent of Captain John Evans, in Ulster County, New York. The document stipulates that they are to pay a yearly rent of two shillings, six pence per 100 acres, and that the use of gold, silver, and certain trees is reserved for the Royal Navy (March 6, 1739) less

This collection contains two documents created by Reverend John Sharpe (1680-1713). The first is a proposal for the advancement of religion in New York and other parts of America, presented to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1713). The second item is a catalogue of books given towards laying the foundation of a public library in New York City, dated May 13, 1715. less

The Shelleys of Castle Goring and of Michelgrove, in the county of Sussex, England. A collection of fifty-three manuscript legal documents relating both to close and more distant family members of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. Chiefly made up of large parchment indenture agreements, the collection documents: the leasing of land and homes (Wolborough Manor, Field Place, Castle Goring); marriage settlements; the granting of annuities; the 1791 settlement of the Shelley family estates; and a number of other transactions, dating as far back as the mid-sixteenth century. less

William Coventry (1715-1774) was a prominent merchant of New York City and the island of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) in the West Indies. He married Elizabeth Hart in 1739. The collection contains letters written to him at New York and St. Kitts, 1750-1768, and legal documents, 1758 and 1766, chiefly concerning business matters to be handled by Coventry while at St. Kitts. Correspondents include members of the Reade, Livingston and Beekman families of New York writing from various locations, especially David Beekman on the island of St. Eustatius. Two powers of attorney, 1758 and 1766, appoint Coventry to collect debts at St. Kitts; the 1766 document is by David Beekman and Nicholas Cruger, merchants at St. Croix. There are also letters with a related power of attorney concerning the Dutch ship Stadt Rotterdam, libelled at the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Kitts, dated 1758. It was captured by the privateer sloop-of-war Tyger, whose owners included Joseph Reade, John Waddell, and John and William Livingston. The collection also contains a letter dated May 18, 1758 from Sarah Garnett to Coventry's wife Elizabeth with her response written on it, and two brief letters to Elizabeth Coventry from George Coventry at Albany, 1759, regarding monies sent. less

The Mercantile Collection, 1726-1950, is a synthetic collection documenting mercantile and other business activities from the early-17th to the mid-20th centuries, especially in the northeastern United States. It consists of papers and records created by persons, firms, and companies engaged chiefly in trade, finance, insurance, mining, railroad management, shipping, and whaling. A few items pertain to manufacturing and real estate. Transatlantic commerce in the colonial and early-national period, and the early railroad industry in America, are strongly represented. Notable material includes the assorted papers of New York City and Philadelphia merchants, among them members of the Pemberton family of Philadelphia; Vice-Admiralty court proceedings; and the incomplete ledger of an 18th-century New York City druggist. less

Stewart and Jones were merchants and ship chandlers of New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous records of Stewart and Jones; correspondence and accounts of their predecessor firm, Jones and Ross; papers of Humphrey and Nicholas Jones; and records, 1789-1793, kept by John Jones while a member of the Committeee of Leases of Trinity Church in New York City. less

The Stokes Family Genealogical Research Papers consist of genealogical research materials compiled and collected by Anson Phelps Stokes, author of the Stokes Records (1910), and his daughter, Helen Phelps Stokes on the Phelps and Stokes families, who were primarily bankers and merchants in New England and New York in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Materials in the collection include correspondence, manuscripts of genealogical works, family trees, genealogical pamphlets, notes, numerous copies and a small number of original family documents. Highlights include correspondence (1843-1847) of Anson Greene Phelps and his daughters, Caroline Phelps Stokes and Elizabeth Phelps James and an 1867 safe conduct for James Stokes signed by William H. Seward. less