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    Bernardo de Gálvez letter, Catalog Record Only ALS written as governor of Louisiana to Daniel Clark.
    • Contributor: Gálvez, Bernardo De - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1778
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    John Forbes letter, Catalog Record Only ALS written in St. Augustine, Fla., to Capt. George Keith Elphinstone, an officer in the Royal Navy. Topics include East Florida and Britain.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Forbes, John
    • Date: 1782
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    Proceedings of the Consejo de Indias, Catalog Record Only Record of the discussion of a proposal of Col. Juan Gaspar de Turriegel to colonize New Spain with 6,000 German and Flemish Catholic colonists.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Consejo De Indias (Spain)
    • Date: 1767
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    Clipped Thomas Lynch signature, Catalog Record Only Accompanied by a handwritten explanatory note written by Lyman Draper. According to the note, the signature was excised from one of the books in Lynch's library (Swift's Works, 1767), and preserved in the family of a sister. Draper acquired a group of clipped Lynch signatures from a descendant (Major Samuel Prioleau Hamilton, 1826-1897, grand-nephew of Lynch) ca. 1890, including those from the title pages...
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Lynch, Thomas - Draper, Lyman Copeland
    • Date: 1767
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    Ferdinand VI military appointment, Catalog Record Only PDS appointing Don Manuel de Montiano, governor and captain-general of the Spanish province of Florida, field marshall of the army. Signed "Yo El Rey" and contains autograph insertions.
    • Contributor: Ferdinand VI - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1747
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    Charles Cornwallis letter, Catalog Record Only ALS, written from Charlestown [Charleston], S.C., to Lieut. Col. Alured Clarke. Topics include the British southern campaign against American forces led by General Nathanael Greene. Persons represented include Brig. Gen. James Paterson, Maj. Gen. Nisbet Balfour, Sir James Wright, and Col. Maxwell von Westerhagen.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis
    • Date: 1780
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    Robert Morris letter, Catalog Record Only ALS, written from debtor's prison, to his business partner, John Nicholson. Morris, a speculator in western lands, was arrested at behest of creditors in 1798 and in debtor's prison until 1801, when he was released as a pauper. Referring to his situation, Morris writes "They think little of imprisonment but if they should be sent here (which God forbid) they would learn how to...
    • Contributor: Morris, Robert - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1799
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    Filippo Mazzei letter, Catalog Record Only ALS, written from Paris while serving as the agent of the Polish king Stanislaus II, to the Marquis de Lafayatte. Mazzei writes that he misses Lafayette (in exile) and Jefferson since their departure and comments on the poor conduct of those who remain. Persons represented include the French queen, Marie Antoinette, and King Stanislaus. Letter contains many emendations.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Mazzei, Filippo
    • Date: 1791
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    George Johnstone letter, Catalog Record Only Retained manuscript copy of a letter to his friend, Hutchinson Muso, in England. Topics include the British colonial administration of West Florida, plans for the development of Pensacola, and West Florida's climate, natural resources, horticulture, industry, commerce, and trade. Persons represented include John Lindsay and Col. Wedderburne.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Johnstone, George
    • Date: 1766
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    William Perry sea journals, Journals of two voyages, the first with caption: Journal of a voyage in the ship Jamaica, William Sherry, from Montego Bay bound to London (18 July-15 Oct. 1797). The second with caption: Journal of a voyage from Jamaica to England in the Minerva, Rob Hardy, Mast. of Bristol. First journal includes 7 sketches of coastlines, three colored tables of signals, three lists of signals,...
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Perry, William
    • Date: 1797

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    Nathaniel Domett logbook, Catalog Record Only Contains logs of the ships Merlin (1797 June 18-1800 Apr. 23); Resolution (1800 Nov. 9 -1803 Aug. 15); and, laid in at the back of the volume, the Sir Edward Hamilton (1804 Jan. 3-1805 Sept. 3). Logs largely record travel between London and the West Indies.
    • Contributor: Resolution (Ship : Built 1800) - Merlin (Ship) - Sir Edward Hamilton (Ship) - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Domett, Nathaniel
    • Date: 1797
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    An account of the proceedings of Captain Nelson of His Majesty's ship Boreas, relative to the illegal trade carried on between the Americans & the British West India Islands, Catalog Record Only Narrative regarding Nelson's time in the British West Indies (1784-1787) and his efforts to enforce the British Navigation Acts which required that imports to England and her colonies had to be in English ships. It begins with his arrival in Barbados in June 1784 and finding the bay "full of Americans."
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Nelson, Horatio Nelson
    • Date: 1787
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    Memorials of the duque to Montemar, Catalog Record Only Memorials advising King Philip V on the war with England. Written in Madrid.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Carrillo De Albornoz, José
    • Date: 1739
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    Introductory discourse to the state of the colony of Georgia, Catalog Record Only Mss draft in clerical hand. Topics include settlement and trade; relations with Spanish Florida; the history of Savannah; Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians; and Jewish settlement.
    • Contributor: Oglethorpe, James - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1739
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    Relacion de las ceremonias ... de los Indios de la provencia de Mechoacan, In his prologue, the author says his intent in writing the book was "to conduct an investigation among these new Christians to determine what had been the nature of their beliefs, customs and government...." The text contains numerous watercolors depicting village life, religious ceremonies, and warfare among the Indians, and portrays several scenes of Indians practicing cannibalism. Although some ritual cannibalism did exist in...
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Mendoza, Antonio De
    • Date: 17??

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    Genealogy and family history of merchant Alfarez Ignacio López de Herrera of Spain and wife Josefa Antonia González de Varo y Delgado of Pueblo, Mexico, Catalog Record Only Includes parish register information, depositions, and coats of arms. Produced in Puebla, Mexico.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1703
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    Carta dl ilustrissimo Señor Don Ivan de Palafox y Mendoza Español, y en America Obispo de la puebla de los Ángeles, y de cano delcon. sexo de yndias, al sumo Pontifice Inocencio ... Catalog Record Only Documentation relating to the beatification of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza. Includes 18th century copy of 1649 report; together with copies of letters of Bernardino Peregrino (20 Mar. 1699), Fernando Ruiz de Conteras, and Tirso González (26 July 1698).
    • Contributor: Peregrino, Bernardino - González De Santalla, Tirso - Ruiz De Conteras, Fernando - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1700
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    Sir William Cornwallis naval records, Catalog Record Only Chiefly records relating to the HMS Swift. Includes logbook (112 leaves; 14 Oct. 1762 to 31 May 1764); and volume of letters (16 p.; 22 Oct. 1762 to 8 Nov. 1765) and orders (15 p.; 15 Oct. 1762 to 12 July 1764) received. The second volume also contains an addendum (2 p.) of an account of books and papers sent from His Majesty's ship...
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Cornwallis, William
    • Date: 1762
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    John Rose letters, Catalog Record Only Letters (ALS) written from Charleston, S.C., to his brother, James Rose, and his uncle, Charles Irvine, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Topics include shipbuilding, plantation life, slaveholding, family news, and smallpox. Persons represented include Capt. Julian Legge.
    • Contributor: Rose, John - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1752
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    James Simpson letter, Catalog Record Only ALS, written from Banff, Scotland, to Peter Francklyn, Esquire, in Tobago.
    • Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Simpson, James
    • Date: 1776
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    Benjamin Hawkins letter, Catalog Record Only Letter (ALS) written to Col. David Hanley, War Dept. agent at Jellico Blockhouse, Tenn. Hawkins state his belief that Capt. Richard Sparks has behaved in a manner unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Topics include the Creek Indians and Indian wars. Other person represented include Silas Dinsmore and U.S. secretary of war James McHenry.
    • Contributor: Hawkins, Benjamin - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1797
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    John Glover letter of petition, Catalog Record Only Letter of petition regarding a land grant, addressed to West Florida governor Peter Chester.
    • Contributor: Glover, John - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1776
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    James Grant petition, Catalog Record Only Petition of East Florida governor James Grant to the British Treasury for the maintenance of the East Florida schooner for the year 1771.
    • Contributor: Grant, James - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - East Florida. Governor ( : Grant)
    • Date: 1770
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    Ship's paper of the sailing vessel Mary, Catalog Record Only Ship's paper (PDS) authorizing the vessel Mary, commanded by James Buchanan, to sail from Norfolk, Va., to France, laden with flour. Signed by George Washington as U.S. president, by Thomas Jefferson as U.S. secretary of state, and by William Lindsay as the Collector of the Port of Norfolk.
    • Contributor: Mary (Sailing Vessel) - Lindsay, William - Jefferson, Thomas - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Washington, George
    • Date: 1794