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Henry Gahn To Susan Niemcewicz, March 4, 1804, Henry Gahn

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Henry Gahn wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Rejoiced to have it in his power to convey happiness to Susan by forwarding a letter to her, which he at that moment received from the post office. Gahn had yet to read his letter but saw by a postscript that he [likely Julian Niemcewicz] was determined to go to Paris and return to America from a port in France. Asked in jest if Susan thought he should be Post Master General of all the countries in the world. In the postscript, Gahn mentioned he …

George Van Brugh Brown To Susan Niemcewicz, February 24, 1804, George Van Brugh Brown

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

George Van Brugh Brown wrote from Haddington, East Lothian to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. The receipt of Susan’s letter of the 9^th of November left Brown feeling rejoiced. Sorry to hear of the state of his poor uncle, Philip. When the Ayrshire Militia was reduced, Brown gave up all thoughts of serving again. But when war was declared, Brown could not bring himself to the idea of remaining at home unemployed. He had been quartered in Haddington since the first week of July 1803. Brown’s baby girl, Elizabeth fell ill with scarlet fever and she gradually recovered. …

Saltus, Son & Co. To Susan U. Niemcewicz, February 21, 1804

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Saltus, Son & Co. from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Received from Messrs. Francis Saltus & Co. of Charleston a Bill on this City for one thousand dollars with instructions to pay the amount to Susan. Requested that Susan endorse it and return it. Once collected, the amount would be paid to her. At the bottom of the letter are a few lines in Susan Niemcewicz’s hand thanking Saltus, Son & Co. for their trouble.

Leroy, Bayard, & Mcevers To Susan Niemcewicz, February 16, 1804

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

LeRoy, Bayard, & McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Received Susan’s favor of the 18^th but business prevented them from replying to it as soon as they should have. In compliance with Susan’s instructions, they purchased $2100 stock, transferred it to Susan’s name, and took out certificate number 7684. Discussed further financial business including Susan’s Santee Canal Shares.

Gustavus Risberg To Susan Niemcewicz, January 31, 1804, Gustavus Risberg

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Gustavus Risberg wrote from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Risberg enclosed his account with Susan, see “Gustavus Risberg to Susan Niemcewicz, January 31, 1804.” Mrs. Cox and Mr. Morris paid their rent into the Bank of the United States. Asked Susan to inform him in whose name the fifty shares of the N.A. Insurance Stock should be transferred to.

Gustavus Risberg To Susan Niemcewicz, January 31, 1804, Gusatvus Risberg

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Gusatvus Risberg recorded various earnings and expenditures of Susan Ursin Niemcewicz.

Philip Livingston To James Ricketts, January 19, 1804, Philip Peter Livingston

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Power of Attorney from Philip Livingston to his brother-in-law James Ricketts. This gave James the power to sell and transfer to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, bonds held in trust for her by Philip, her brother.

James Mcevers To Susan Niemcewicz, January 17, 1804, James Mcevers

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

James McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. McEvers discussed Susan’s credit on their books, the purchase of stocks, and Susan’s Santee Canal Shares.

Julian Niemcewicz To Elias Dayton, January 16, 1805, Julian U. Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

The following document is a receipt from Julian Niemcewicz to Elias Dayton for goods such as salt, rye flour, muslin, sugar, gloves, tea, flannel, butter, silk, wood, lady apples, soap, stone pots, cups, and saucers. The amount of fifty-seven dollars and seventy-eight cents was paid in full.

Susan Niemcewicz To Unknown Person, January 6, 1804, Susan U. Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Susan Niemcewicz wrote from Elizabethtown, New Jersey to an unknown person (likely James McEvers.) Before she was favored with their last letter, Mr. James Ricketts told Susan that her brother, Philip, had said if she wished it, she might be interested in purchasing lots that belonged to her father’s estate. Susan requested that her portion of the last dividend be invested in that property. She informed her brother but he was ill and did not respond to her favor. Enclosed two checks; one of her brother’s on the Manhattan Bank and one of her own on the United States. The …

Minutes Taken At The Annual Conferences, 1804, Methodist Episcopal Church.

South Carolina Conference 1785 Journal

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Systema Piezatorum Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Johann Christian Fabricius

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Systema Piezatorum Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Johann Christian Fabricius

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[Ship's Logbook And Shipwreck Diary For A Schooner Out Of Philadelphia And Sailing Throughout The Caribbean To South America, Later Wrecked During Gale On The Coast Of The Isle Of Pines, Cuba], William Payne

British West Indies Text

This ship's reckoning, journal, or logbook records several voyages taken by an American schooner among the islands of the Caribbean and along the northern coast of South America. The logbook culminates with a dramatic diary account of the vessel's wrecking and the crew's perilous encounter with crocodiles on the Isle of Pines off the coast of Cuba. The logbook's entries document the bearings of the schooner, the various ports visited, the islands sighted during the voyages, and, more importantly, record the changing latitude and longitude of the ship. Partly printed the logbook consists of two printed forms per page for …

Susan Ursin Niemcewicz To Julian Ursin Niemcewicz, December 26, 1803, Susan Ursin Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Susan Ursin Niemcewicz wrote from Elizabeth Town, New Jersey to Julian Ursin Niemcewicz, her husband. She updates him on their family affair, Peter Kean's education, and local gossip. She also talks at length about the enslaved people they hold, their different temperaments and how they are doing. She hopes Julian returns soon as she does not like doing work and improvements on buildings without his consult.

People included: Herman LeRoy, Philip Peter Livingston, Peter Philip James Kean, Jerome Bonaparte, Colonel Williams, Mr. Masson, Mrs. B, Mariah Richetts, Mr. Ghan, Mr. Hamilton, Charlotte Princess Royal

Enslaved People: Tomas, Philip, Philip's Mother …

James Mcevers To Susan Niemcewicz, December 25, 1803, James Mcevers

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

James McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Received Susan’s favor of the 23^rd and consulted with Mr. LeRoy regarding her investing the dividends from her father’s estate. They were both of the opinion that she could not do better than investing them in stocks. Suggested that Susan could always reinvest the capital that would be paid off to some profit. Discussed further business and financial ventures.

Indenture, George Lane With Aaron Pitney, December 20, 1803, George Lane, Aaron Pitney

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

The following document is an indenture between George Lane of the Township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey and Aaron Pitney of the Township of Middletown in the County and State aforesaid. This indenture regarded a tract of land situated on the South Side of South Hop River in Freehold Township.

Herman Leroy To Susan Niemcewicz, December 20, 1803, Herman Leroy

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Herman LeRoy wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Received Susan’s letter of the 17^th with Mr. McEvers’ Notes, which LeRoy delivered to him. In return, McEvers gave him two State Notes, 1 payable to Leroy, the other to LeRoy, Bayard, and McEvers which was indorsed in Susan’s favor. Discussed further business and financial matters.

Susan Niemcewicz To James Mcevers, December 19, 1803, Susan U. Niemcewicz

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Susan Niemcewicz wrote from Elizabethtown, New Jersey to James McEvers in New York. Susan informed McEvers that before she received his favor, her son, Peter, had taken charge of his notes and brought them to Mr. LeRoy to have them renewed for her. Her brother, Philip, had been making a dividend from their father’s estate and asked if either McEvers or LeRoy would advise her on how to invest it. On the verso, Susan added a few lines dated January 6, 1804, where she informed McEvers that she meant to thank him for his last mark of attention but she …

James Mcevers To Susan Niemcewicz, December 16, 1803, James Mcevers

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

James McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. McEvers apologized that he left Susan’s letter of the 6^th unanswered for so long. Along with Susan’s letter, Mr. Gahn delivered twenty-eight dollars, which was applied as a credit to her account with LeRoy, Bayard, and McEvers. Discussed interest for Susan’s Santee Canal Bonds and further business ventures.

Gustavus Risberg To Susan Niemcewicz, December 14, 1803, Gustavus Risberg

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Gustavus Risberg wrote from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Received Susan’s last two letters and regretted to learn that Mr. Niemcewicz had not yet returned. Received the rent and dividends. Risberg was aware that an Agent needed to attend to repairs and payment of taxes as Mr. Simpson would not be able to attend to those objects.

Julian Niemcewicz, Mrs. Cox, Mr. Simpson, and Dr. Benjamin Rush.

Henry Gahn To Susan Niemcewicz, December 13, 1803, Henry Gahn

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Henry Gahn wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Assumed Susan received letters from their “absent friend,” Julian Niemcewicz. Gahn received a letter from Julian from the Springs of Barfeld in Hungary and complained he heard no news from Susan since the 1^st of January and that the English had blown up the Elbe. Julian did not know which way to take to return to America until he received an answer from Paris. Gahn was convinced Julian would not return until the following Spring. Hoped that Mrs. Ricketts received the cards and a …

Anton Radziwill To Unknown Person, December 12, 1803, Anton Radziwill

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

The following document appears to have been written in French and needs to be translated before a proper description can be composed.

Leroy, Bayard, & Mcevers With Susan Niemcewicz, December 6, 1803, James Mcevers

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

LeRoy, Bayard, and McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. The application had just been made to them by their correspondent in Charleston for one year interest due on the Bonds given on the Santee Canal Shares. Proposed to remit it immediately. In the postscript, LeRoy, Bayard, and McEvers noted that they had a search made in the Loan Office where they found certificates in Philip Livingston’s name, which they forwarded to him as Susan’s property. On the verso, James McEvers penned a letter to Susan where he informed her that received her …

Philip Livingston And Peter Kean To Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, November 19, 1803, Philip Peter Livingston, Peter Philip James Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Philip Livingston wrote from New York to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, his sister, in Elizabeth Town. He says his health has no improved and he has not been able to get any exercise as he has been confined to his house. He sends her dividends from her stocks. Also enclosed was a short note from Peter Kean promising he will try to set up in society and "be discreet in [his] words and actions"

Leroy, Bayard, And Mcevers To Susan U. Niemcewicz, November 18, 1803

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

LeRoy, Bayard, and McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan U. Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Received Susan’s favor addressed to Mr. LeRoy dated the 17^th of November 1803. In consequence, they enclosed Susan’s current account with a balance of $448.15. Examined the Loan Office Books and found that Mr. Philip Livingston had transferred a considerable part of his funds but credit remained. Wrote to Philip Livingston to inform him that the money set aside for Susan’s use was never transferred to their names. Discussed further business expenditures including additional shares and dividends of the New York …

James Mcevers To Susan U. Niemcewicz, November 18, 1803, James Mcevers

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

James McEvers wrote from New York, New York to Susan U. Niemcewicz, unaddressed. By Susan’s letter to Mr. LeRoy dated the 17^thof November 1803, McEvers found that she had not been paid the interest in his notes to the 1^st of October last. To make good on the neglect as much as was in his power, McEvers noted the amounts paid to LeRoy, Bayard, and McEvers.

Gustavus Risberg To Susan Niemcewicz, November 17, 1803, Gustavus Risberg

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Gustavus Risberg wrote from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Risberg congratulated Susan on the safe return of Julian Niemcewicz. Enclosed a draft of two hundred dollars and hoped it would be agreeable to nominate his successor to her agency in Philadelphia.

People mentioned: Julian Niemcewicz

Leroy, Bayard, & Mcevers With Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, November 16, 1803

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

The following document is Susan Niemcewicz’s account with LeRoy, Bayard, & McEvers.

John Robertson To W. Wiston, November 11, 1803, John Robertson

Liberty Hall Collection 1800s

Shipping receipt for book sent John Robertson to W. Wiston, addressed to Philadelphia.