Includes John Adams, Philadelphia, commission of letters of marque and reprisal to the
ship Sphinx, 1799 November 7. Document signed; printed form, filled in. Also signed by
Timothy Pickering. (HR 1)
Box 2
1800-1814
Scope and Contents
Includes James Monroe, Department of State, letter signed to the U.S. Marshall at
Baltimore, 1812 September 17 (HR 252).
Box 3
1815-1824
Scope and Contents
Includes John Quincy Adams, Ealing, England, autograph letter signed to Thomas
Aspinall, London, 1816 November 18 (HR 2).
Box 4
1825-1844
Scope and Contents
Includes Martin Van Buren, Washington, D.C., appointment of Daniel Ammen as Midshipman
in U.S. Navy, 1839 January 2. Document signed; printed form, filled in. Also signed by
James Kirke Paulding (HR 448).
Box 5
1845-1860
Box 6
1861-1875
Box 7
1876-1915
Box 8
HR 492
Scope and Contents
Volume of manuscript U.S. Naval Chronicles Volume 1 by Charles Washington Goldsborough,
1824.
