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Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence

Description: A collection of letters and legal documents of Aaron Burr, Louis Le Guen, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden, chiefly regarding the loan granted by Le Guen to Burr in 1799 and settling of accounts from 1805 to 1820. Also included are a few items pertaining to the Le Guen vs. Gouverneur and Kemble court case, including Burr's letter to Alexander Hamilton (November 15, 1803), and another case handled by Burr on Le Guen's behalf. Other correspondents include Cadwallader R. Colden, Charles Leggett, and Le Guen's wife, Mary Hylton Le Guen.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1797-1826
Call number: mssBU
Creator: Burr, Aaron (1756-1836)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Edward L. Doheny, 1952.

Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of letters and legal documents of Aaron Burr, Louis Le Guen, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden, chiefly regarding the loan granted by Le Guen to Burr in 1799 and settling of accounts from 1805 to 1820. Also included are a few items pertaining to the Le Guen vs. Gouverneur and Kemble court case, including Burr's letter to Alexander Hamilton (November 15, 1803), and another case handled by Burr on Le Guen's behalf. Other correspondents include Cadwallader R. Colden, Charles Leggett, and Le Guen's wife, Mary Hylton Le Guen.

mssBU

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Aaron Burr letters to John Vanderlyn, Amsterdam and New York, (bulk 1811, Aug. 7-Sept. 22)

Manuscripts

14 letters that Burr wrote to John Vanderlyn, an American neoclassical artist and Burr's protegé, between Aug. 7 and Sept. 22 from Amsterdam. The letters discuss various commissions and unfinished business that Burr had asked Vanderlyn to attend to, including two portraits of his daughter Theodosia.

mssHM 21816-21833

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Aaron Burr miscellaneous papers

Manuscripts

A collection of correspondence and documents related to Aaron Burr, chiefly letters written by him. The collection includes notes, receipts, a will, a power of attorney, and other legal documents; correspondents include: Theodosia Burr Alston, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hunt Flandrau, James Monroe, A. J. Frederick Prevost, Caesar A. Rodney, Samuel Smith, Thomas Truxton, William P. Van Ness, and Marinus Willett.

mssBurra

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Aaron Burr miscellaneous papers

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mssBurra

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Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895. Letter to le préfet des Vosges

Manuscripts

(1 p.). Note: this is a draft letter written on the verso of a letter from le préfet to Pasteur (1 p.). Pasteur Library, Series II, 7. Also enclosed: typewritten and photocopied description and transcription (3 p.); Burndy Library paper folder. Subjects: Rabies -- vaccination ; Vosges.

mssPasteurcollection

[Ship's Journal] No. 1 of Le Jeune Louis: [Logbook] from French Clandestine Slave Trade papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains the original French documents relating to an African slave trade expedition undertaken by the French ship Le Jeune Louis in 1824-1825. The trip extended from Nantes to the coast of Nigeria, from there to Havana and back to Flushing.There are 38 letters, 63 documents, and five volumes, one of which is the captain's letterbook. All of the papers pertain directly to the slave ships equipment, the crew, salaries, merchandise, accounts, passports, bills of health, and an insurance policy. The actual purchase of the slaves, their prices and negotiations with Negro Kings is discussed in one of the journals and other papers. There are records of suicides and deaths. Information regarding the precautions taken to veil the true nature of the expedition is included. The record of the voyage extends from November 1824 through October 4, 1825.

mssHM 43974-44029

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