Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Ministering in the colonies, spiritual advice and concern for his son.

Expresses his appreciation for a book sent by the recipient. Strong remarks on the injustice of preventing women from pursuing education. Hopes that the recipient's example of beauty and achievement will inspire other women.

Request for seeds and seedlings from Carolina and Virginia. Includes a receipt of botanical specimens received.

Statement that Peabody is to pay “Three Hundred Pounds Lawfull [sic.] Money” to the Kimballs in exchange for an enslaved man named Thomas. Holds Peabody accountable for "any Cost Trouble or Charge that Might any ways Come ... on the account of the aforesd. Negro Man." Includes language regarding Peabody’s obligations to provide for Thomas “both in sickness & in health all that is proper & sutable for him during the whole term of his life.”

King's opinion on Ireland and restoration of peace in America and Boston in particular.

Some of the documents in this collection are about the freedom granted to Indigenous people held in slavery by the French, the peripheral regions of New Spain (Guatemala, Campeche, Florida, California, and Yucatan), the king of England, and the illegal trade of prohibited drinks and firearms in Puebla, Mexico.

Upcoming voyage to "the Cape" as supercargo on the brig Active, owned by Isaac Riley. Enduring friendship with Scovell. Intention to write from West Indies. American citizenship.

Comments on New England and European politics; he fears the Federalists will eventually lose favor and anticipates the power of the "Jacobin phalanx" in Europe. "When the fun of Jacobinism has reached its meridian, we shall be nauseated by the muck worms that have been lying torpid, and the insects which have never done more than bu[zz] and shew their Stings."