George Folsom letter book

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  Joseph Libbey Folsom letter to Peter Warren Van Winkle

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  Folsom writes he is traveling to California, and of other various business details regarding property in San Francisco, California. With crosshatched writing on first page.

  mssHM 19074

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  Joseph L. Folsom letter to David Rogers

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  Folsom writes of an ongoing legal matter with some intentional vagueness, fearing that his letter may be intercepted.

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  Joseph L. Folsom leases of land in San Francisco

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  This manuscript consists of four leases of land owned by Joseph Libbey Folsom in and around the city of San Francisco, California, dated between 1852-1854, and the details of each. Printed forms, filled in by hand.

  mssHM 19071

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  Joseph L. Folsom lease of San Francisco land

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  This document details the lease agreement between Anna Sparks and See Soong Tong for a lot of land in San Francisco, California. Printed form, filled in and signed.

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  United States National Monetary Commission documents regarding Portugal

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  These documents all relate to the US National Monetary Commission and their requests to foreign nations for information regarding coinage, gold, silver, bronze, and mining laws, etc. The documents are Portugal's fulfillment of these requests. There are three letters between Benjamin Moran, the American Chargé d'Affaires in Portugal, and João de Andrade Corvo, Foreign Minister of Portugal regarding the US National Monetary Commission and its requests. Corvo states that Portugal will comply with the request but they do it under protest and with disapproval. There are copies of six decrees made in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1710 to 1851, by Queen Maria II, José da Silva Carvalho, and the Portugal Royal Treasury (Casa de Moeda) regarding their monetary system, gold coinage, etc. There is also one report from Portugal's Ministry of Public Works' Department of Mines regarding the production of gold and silver in Portugal. All 13 documents are handwritten copies of originals.

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  Henry Clay Papers

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  This collection contains out-going letters of the Secretary of State Henry Clay and his Chief Clerk Daniel Brent to foreign ministers in the United States. The correspondence concerns international trade and commerce; the foreign relations of the United States, particularly those with Great Britain, routine State Department matters, and letters to resident representatives of various countries. Topics include negotiations relative to the abolition of discriminating duty of import and tonnage in the commercial intercourse of the United States with: Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Prussia, Sicily and the Papal States, Russia, Sweden. American-British diplomatic relations covered include the Northeast boundary dispute (Maine and New Brunswick) 1828-29; letters and instructions to U.S. agents Albert Gallatin and William Pitt Preble; West India trade; and impressed seamen. Letters related to Latin-American republics include the Panama Congress and U.S. neutrality related to the independence of Brazil and Columbia including privateers with prizes in U.S. ports and rights of hospitality. There is also correspondence related to claims for indemnity and points on international law in regard to shipping, extradition, piracy, etc. Countries addressed in four or more pieces: Austria (6 pieces) Brazil (30 pieces) Free city of Bremen (4 pieces) Chile (4 pieces) Central America (and Guatemala) (6 pieces) Colombia (30 pieces) Cuba (4 pieces) Denmark (16 pieces) France (34 pieces) Great Britain (120 pieces) Mexico (16 pieces) Netherlands (13 pieces) Portugal (9 pieces) Prussia (9 pieces) Russia (38 pieces) Saxony (6 pieces) Sicily and the Papal States (13 pieces) Spain (28 pieces) Sweden (and Norway) (21 pieces) Some notable items include: Clay, Henry. To Henry U. Addington, Chargé d'affaires from Great Britain in respect to the Convention for more effectually suppressing the Slave trade. Apr. 6, 1825 _____. To Don Antonio Jose Cañaz, minister from Guatemala, respecting a Canal through the Province of Nicaragua. Apr. 18, 1825 _____. To the Baron de Mareuil, Minister from France, relative to Institutions in the U. S. for the deaf and dumb. Apr. 18, 1826 _____. To Charles R. Vaughan, Minister from Great Britain relative to the execution of the Convention of St. Petersburg. Oct. 12, 1826. ...Your note of the 20th. ult. _____. To Don Hilario de Rivas y Salmon, Chargé d'affaires from Spain, concerning alleged violations of neutrality by the United States in allowing the building of ships employed against Spain, and in the conduct of Commodore David Porter's Mexican squadron in the port of Key West, June 9, 1827 _____. To Don José María Salazar, Minister from Colombia, that the United States join Great Britain and Colombia in an offer of mediation to put an end to the war between Brazil and Buenos Ayres. Oct. 31, 1826 These letters were published in: The Papers of Henry Clay/ James F. Hopkins, ed. [Lexington] University of Kentucky Press, [c1959]-c1992, vol. 4-7.

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