Scope and arrangement
Official letters and documents signed Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825), governor of New York (1807–1817) and vice president of the United States (1817–1825), dating mostly from the period of his governorship. These consist of civil and state militia appointment certificates, 1809-1816; letters and documents concerning administrative and criminal matters, 1810-1815; a transcription of his speech to the state legislature upon re-election as governor, 1811; an undated authorization to purchase muskets as per an 1815 act; and Tompkins’ responses, 1818, to questions regarding the expenses of the Commissary of Military Stores, 1813-1817. An 1815 letter from Nathan Willliams of Utica to Tompkins concerning his rank in the state militia, and a few financial items, consisting of a voucher, check, and a letter written on his behalf to the Bank of the United States, 1820, 1824 and undated, are also present.