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

Letter regarding money owed to Jeffries for unspecified goods.

Account of material sold to Smith & Caldwell, mainly of fabrics, clothing, housewares, and bill for labor performed for the New Sterling Forge.

Bill of sale for an eight-year old slave girl named Hannah.

19th or early 20th century manuscript copy of Hutchinson's appointment of Henry Knox as second Lieutenant of a company of Grenadiers with Thomas Dawes (1731-1809) as Captain, as well as a militia regiment with John Erving as Colonel.

Regarding the benefits of employing seamen during embargo; "It is intimated to me that there is a probability of the Embargo's being continued. If that should be the case is it not desirable that the seamen...should be engaged in the Service." Speaks on the benefits of employing these men, including the fact that they will not be idle, which contributes to riots in seaport towns. The "Govr. continues & is able to do business.--it is said he will hold out & die with honor" [referring to James Sullivan, who would die on December 10, 1808].

The Senate has rejected the religious liberty bill, but the House has yet to vote. Urges Cohen to "not despair," "whilst there is life there is hope." Possibly in reference to their work to pass legislation for Jewish rights, "An Act to Extend to the Sect of People Professing the Jewish Religion, the Same Rights and Privileges that are Enjoyed by Christians."

Purchase agreements, manumission records, and other financial and legal documents pertinent to enslaved men and women. Among the factors represented regularly are Juan de Aguilera. Many of the documents bear stamped headers of the Spanish government under Isabel II. Most of the documents appear to have been previously sewn together along the left edge, and many bear a manuscript collation number in the upper right. The collation numbers are scattered, suggesting that they were once part of a now disassembled volume.

Recommendation for J. O'Blair "for the office of captain," and description of his qualifications.