Consists of 136 letters from John Bowen (1794-1835) and his wife Martha Powell Anthony Bowen (1797-1849) of Philadelphia (Pa.) documenting in great detail the management of Bowen Hall, their sugar plantation located in Vere, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, including its varied finances, seasonal production and export of sugar and rum, and the treatment allocated to its enslaved workers and newly-emancipated population. The letters provide insights into the final throes of the institution of slavery in Jamaica and the abolishment of the practice in 1834; the Jamaican sugar industry; and British politics of the early 19th century in relation to its colonies and trade.

Contains "Les aventures de Sapho, poétesse de Mitylène" and "La vie d'Erostrate."

Consists of Joseph François Chalard's manuscript translations of four novels by the Italian author Alessandro Verri (1741-1816) into French, including "Les aventures de Sapho, poétesse de Mitylène" (Le avventure di Saffo poetessa di Mitilene), "La vie d'Erostrate" (La vita di Erostrato), and parts 1 and 2 of "Les nuits romaines au tombeau des Scipions" (Notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni).

Contains "Les nuits romaines au tombeau des Scipions" (parts 1 and 2). Also contains a brief biographical note about Chalard tucked into the front cover.

Consists of five lists of enslaved workers on the estates of Peter Campbell, Esq., and his executors in Jamaica, including the Holland Estate and Shaws Penn Estate, both in the parish of Saint Elizabeth; the Petersville Sugar Estate in the parish of Westmoreland; and the parish of Hanover. Four of these lists are titled "Copy of Return of Slaves..." and comprise manuscript lists of enslaved workers on individual plantations that were compiled triennially at year's end by attorneys for absentee plantation owners. Each list pertains to one of Peter Campbell's properties and contains returns for 1817, 1820, and 1823, which have been bound together. Eliza Woolery Campbell (Sir John Orde's daughter-in-law) and Caroline Barclay Campbell are mentioned as the beneficiaries of Peter Campbell's property in the 1823 lists. All four are signed and certified as fine copies by Thomas Amyot, Registrar of Colonial Slaves in Great Britain. Comprising around 68 pages in total, the lists record the names of some 1,100 men, women, and children enslaved on Campell's properties, along with a description of their complexion, age, whether "African" or "Creole", and their mother's first name if known. While most entries only record first names, several include the surname Campbell, including for those listed as Robert Campbell and Violet alias Mary Campbell. Lists also document births and deaths, described as "increases" and "decreases," and sometimes list information about the purchase of enslaved persons or purported causes of death as recorded by plantation owners. Also present is a later twelve-page 1825 list of enslaved workers on the Holland and Shaws Penn Estates that includes names, ages, occupations, and indications of physical condition or health, as well as a chart of births and deaths between January 1, 1824, and January 1, 1825.

Consists of eighteen letters (1823-1824) of Hugh Gelston, an American merchant from Baltimore, Maryland, to his Mexican agent, Thomas J. Shepard, regarding business conditions.

Includes descriptions of the following travels: Le Havre to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, aboard Aimable Eulalie (owned by Feray), April 28-September 5, 1822 (as lieutenant); Euridice under Captain Le Coq as lieutenant: Crach, France, to Ensenada, Argentina, December 29, 1822-April 14, 1823; Saint Denis, Île Bourbon arrives June 16, 1823; Saint Louis , Île de France (Mauritius Island) arrives June 24, 1823; Saint Denis, Île Bourbon; Toamasina, Madagascar, arrives July 13, 1823; Saint-Paul, Île Bourbon, arrives August 1, 1823; Toamasina to Anjouan (Comoros Islands), September 22, 1823; Anjouan to Mohéli, leaves October 22, 1823; Between October 22 and December 23 1823: East Coast of Africa and Islands, including Makaloé, Miquindamy (Mikindani, Tanzania), Tanguy (Tanga, Tanzania) and Misimboua (Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique); Misimboua to Oïbe Island (Ibo, Mozambique) December 15, 1823-March 7, 1824; Oïbe to Île Bourbon (with stop in Madagascar), March 7-April 26, 1824; Île Bourbon to Bali (Indonesia), May 16–October 7, 1824; Stops on several islands and arrives in Timor, Indonesia, October 31; Dili (Timor) – Île Bourbon, November 19–December 24, 1824; Summary of trades in Madagascar (rice), Seychelles (coconuts for Île Bourbon plantation), stay in Mauritius, 1825-June 14, 1826. (38 leaves, with 3 inset leaves).

Consists of two journals kept by an anonymous sailor detailing French voyages to the Indian Ocean, Southeast Africa, Indonesia, the Caribbean, and South America in the early 1820s. Entries document illegal trafficking by the French of enslaved persons from Indonesia and Southeast Africa to Île Bourbon (now Réunion), trade in livestock and foodstuffs in South America and the Caribbean, and life on board the ships.

Includes descriptions of the following travels: Le Havre to Wright Island, United Kingdom, aboard Minerve, September-October 1820; Le Havre to Désirade Island, Guadeloupe, aboard Minerve, November 21, 1820-March 26, 1821, back on the Moselle; Le Havre to Baía de São Marcos, Brazil, aboard Saint Louis, September 8, 1821- March 5, 1822. (51 leaves).

Consists of selected letters of Sarah Ponsonby, one of the famous "Ladies of Llangollen."

This collection consists of over 82 Greek historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution of 1821, ranging from 1821 to 1873.

Folders consist of official historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence. Included are autograph documents of the Provisional Administration of Greece to the Executive Body of the Ministry of Defense signed by the Minister Adam Douka, in Nauplion, 1825; Ministry of Finance to the National Treasury in order to provide money to Vassos Maurovouniōtēs to pay salaries to his soldiers and documents of the Ministry of Religious Affairs signed by the minister Iōsēph Androusēs. Document signed by the Minister of Finance Nikolaos Poneropoulos, in Nauplion, 1825. A similar document from the Minister of Defense signed by its president Geōrgios Kountouriōtēs and the members Iōannēs‏ Kōlettēs and Kōnstantinos Mauromichalēs. A document from the Ministry of Culture to Vassos Maurovouniōtēs regarding his promotion as a Colonel signed in Nauplion on July 26, 1824. There is also an identical copy of a document dated April 14, 1828 in Aigina that lists the number of the soldiers that Adam Doukas had under his command in the battle of Trikeri.

Consists of a group of 25 letters, 1818-1833, addressed to John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854) at Salisbury and London, England, by his friend and fellow author Ralph Rylance.

Order to Sheriff (J. Briggs) of Claiborne County to summon Thomas Barnes to personally appear before Judges of the Superior Court of Law and Equity of Claiborne County to testify in suit between Martin Powell and Israel Loring.

Order to Sheriff of St. Genevieve County to summon William Cabean to appear before a Judge of the Circuit Court of St. Genevieve County to testify in suit between Henry Keil and William [Scavy]. Witnessed by Thomas Oliver, clerk.

Order by the Orphans Court of Jefferson County ordaining Francis Ward as administrator over the estate of Gabriel H. Kinan of Claiborne County who died intestate. Authorized by Thomas Barnes, Chief Justice of the Orphans Court of Jefferson County.

Consists of early nineteenth-century correspondence between Townsend Compton in London, England, and his relatives and friends in Philadelphia.

Consists of the manuscripts of twenty-one sermons preached by nineteenth-century English clergyman Alan Bell.

Consists of a file of nineteeth-century correspondence and documents primarily relating to Henry Hill's commission as United States consul in Salvador, Brazil.

Consists of forty-eight letters by former chaplain John Watts to his friend Thomas Champion, a merchant at Mssrs. Rhodes &Champion in Sheffield.

Consists of selected documents of John Hulick, who was a farmer and constable in Middlesex County, N.J., and a captain in the New Jersey Militia during the War of 1812.

Consists of a ledger (1792–1801), daybook (1796–1801), and receipt book (1810–1814) of Joseph Reynolds of South Kingstown, RI. Customer names include slaveholders, African Americans, and Indigenous Peoples. Some accounts list "Negro" next to the customer's name, such as Stephen Gardner on page 73 of the ledger. Surnames that appear frequently include Babcock, Champlin, Gardiner, Gardner, Hazard, Potter, and Watson.

Consists of eighteen letters by Richard Roe, an irish stenographer and writer, to English author John Thelwell concerning Roe's life, business endeavors, and books on the English language.

Consists of correspondence between teenage girls and friends Hetty Church and Sally Phillips. Twenty-seven of the letters are from Church to Phillips, and 30 are from Phillips to Church, totaling 57 letters. The letters convey the friendship between the two young women, along with happenings in their own lives and those of family and friends. Both Church and Phillips detail their thoughts and emotions in their own handwriting. Topics include maintaining house, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and fathers and brothers away at sea. On September 30, 1804, Sally married Hetty's eldest brother, William, around which time some of her salutations change from "friend" to "sister."

Consists of letters by Princeton graduate Edward C. Thomas to his friend and college classmate Nicholas Biddle about news of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

Consists of some business records of Elias Dayton, a nineteenth-century Elizabeth, New Jersey, general store owner and contractor.

A twenty-three page letter from two of the British commissioners, in which they respond to the American grievances and give the British side of the argument, with quotations from the discussions of the commissioners. Ultimately, the "difficulties" between the American and British commissioners were not solved, and the work of the Debt Commission was permanently suspended in late 1799.

The second central document is Sitgreaves's original manuscript draft of a letter to the British commissioners in which he lays out in detail the exact reasons why the Americans have withdrawn from the proceedings. The draft is here in two long manuscript versions -- what appears to be an earlier, rougher, draft of thirty pages on folio sheets, and a later draft of fifty pages on quarto sheets. As Sitgreaves writes, his brief is "the very painful and unpleasant task of explaining the grounds and reasons, whereon we have taken the Resolution then [i.e. in July] communicated to you." Sitgreaves discusses general principles in effect before and after the signing of the treaty, writing that "we will now retrace, as distinctly as we can, the several Principles which, separately, have appeared to us so excessive; and which, collectively, seem totally to change the nature and extent of the stipulation of the Treaty -- to deprive the United States of the Benefit of the Restrictions and Limitations expressly enumerated in their favour -- and, in short, to construct for them a new Bargain, which they never did make and we confidently believe never would have agreed to [these final two words crossed out and changed to "made"]." Sitgreaves also discusses the particulars of specific cases, including those of William Cunningham, Charles Inglis, Andrew Allen, and others. These drafts are very much Sitgreaves' working manuscripts of his brief, containing additions, emendations, cross-outs and corrections throughout. Sitgreaves' letters to Pickering and to the British commissioners demonstrate legal reasoning of the highest order, as well as a sensitive consideration of the goals of the treaty, and of the state of Anglo-American relations.

The centerpiece of this portion of documents relating to the breakdown of the Debt Commission's work consists of two documents by Samuel Sitgreaves. The first is this draft of a sixteen-page letter to Secretary of State Timothy Pickering explaining the reasoning of the American commissioners, as well as Sitgreaves' draft of the letter to Pickering explaining in detail all the documents he is sending him. Sitgreaves long letter, of which this is the original rough draft, goes into detail with regard to "some of the most prominent and substantial points, on which there is a radical difference of opinion between us, and which threaten either the eventual dissolution of the Board or the sacrifice of enormous sums, for which (as we believe) the United States are not made responsible by the Treaty." Sitgreaves's letter discusses a variety of issues of disagreement between the American and British commissioners, including the qualifications of a valid creditor (most of them were Loyalists who resided in the United States or Canada), what constitutes a "lawful impediment" to the recovery of the debt, and the various burdens of proof for claimants and debtors (the ultimate guarantor of payment, under the rules of the commission, was the United States government).

Consists of nineteen autograph letters sent by Joseph Reade to his father, John Reade, while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) as a member of the Class of 1796.

Consists of reproductions of a portrait of Washington painted by Charles Willson Peale and documents relating to the possession of the original painting.

Bound letters in this volume are from 1793. Two loose letters in French in another hand that were tucked into the volume are dated February 27 and March 7, 1792.

Kōnstantinos Stamatēs (1764-1817) was a Greek patriot and secret agent working for the French government and for Michael Soutzo, the Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia, during the French Revolution. The collection consists of one hundred and ninety-eight letters from Stamatēs to Panagiōtēs Kodrikas (1762-1827), then secretary to Soutzo. Letters are primarily in Greek and are addressed from Paris (November 25, 1788 - 11 September 1793), Rouen (September 17, 1793), Le Havre-de-Grâce (September 30, 1793), Hamburg (October 15, 1793 - February 22, 1794), and Altona (March 1 - December 27, 1794).

Consists of selected correspondence of John Payne Todd, stepson of President James Madison.

Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in 1914 and edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated with over 200 original letters by both women and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.

Consists of two tavern ledgers kept by Bernard (Barney) McSherry (1764-1796) and Richard Coale (1760-1834), brothers-in-law who both operated taverns in Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland. The ledgers document the sale of liquor and alcoholic drinks, as well as the hosting of games, dinners, shows, and other entertainment. Patrons listed in the ledgers include American Revolutionary War officers Ely Dorsey (1744–1803), Lilburn Williams (1748–1794), and William Lamar (circa 1755-1838), as well as members of the local free African American community.

This subseries consists of the papers of Houston's estate. Included are portions of Houston's will, inventories of his personal items, various notes regarding his finances, documents related to inheritance and family matters, and documents related to the sale of portions of his estate.

Maintained by Houston during private law practice.

Consists of 72 18th-century documents for accounts, tax collection, or the sale of land in the Township of Greenwich, in Berks County, Pa.

2 volumes.

Consists of a two-volume account book of British Army military expenditures in North Carolina, South Carolina, and St. Augustine, Florida, during the later years of the American Revolution.

Argues that the American colonies had been a drain on British resources; 18 pages

19 pages

Includes two copies, one with an introduction signed by the author addressed to Lord Hillsborough; 71 pages

Consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and other financial and legal documents related to the settlement of the estate of the Bartlett family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.