Box 1

Letter: Cobham, Surrey, to Sir Edmund Hay Currie

ALS. Declines his correspondent's invitation, stating that he must be absent from England for much of the next year.

Letter: Cobham, Surrey, to A.H. Dooley, d. 1903, Terre Haute, Ind.

ALS. Tells Dooley where to find a list of his published works. "There are a few sentences about Shelley and Wordsworth" in one of his Essays in Criticism, but he has not made either one of them the subject of an article. "The best edition of Wordsworth is, I suppose, the Centenary Edition."

Letter: London, to the editor of the Dublin University magazine; [18--]-11-15

ALS. Writes that he is enclosing a photographic portrait of himself requested by the editors: "It is the best that has been taken . . . for I take very badly." Another copy from Elliott & Fry will be sent "if it suits you." [Letter only, no photograph.]

Letter: Berlin, to Richard Garnett, 1835-1906

ALS. Declines "to say something about Goethe, of whom I have hardly ever spoken at any length." Resolves to "keep aloof from the Goethe Society and from all societies. You hardly know, perhaps, what the feeling of jealous anxiety is with which one is inclined to guard one's freedom, when at best it seems within reach." Goes on to speak of the many engagements and speeches he was "too weak to refuse."

Letter: Cobham, Surrey, to "Dear Lady Dorothy"; [18--]-12-05

ALS. "I am rooted here till Christmas. . . . Your friend 'Joe' has been dining with my daughter in New York, and she was delighted with him."

Authorization: for the ship Amazon, Master Samuel R. Trevett DS. Presidential authorization allowing the Amazon "to pass with her company, passengers, goods and merchandise, without any hindrance, seizure or molestation." On the reverse is a statement, signed by Joseph Pitcairn, Consul of the United States at Hamburgh, certifying that the ship is "now mounted with fourteen guns," and dated 30 March 1799.

Affidavit: Washington, D.C.

DS. Adams, Secretary of State in 1820, certifies "that the annexed is a true copy of a patent granted to Oliver Evans for his improvement in Steam Engines . . . dated the fourteenth day of February 1804."

Check: Philadelphia, Pa., to H. Ward Gregore

DS. Check for $25 payable from the First National Bank of Camden, N.J., to H. Ward Gregore, with two signatures on back.

Letter: Baltimore, Md., to Robert P. Allison, Indiana County, Pa.

ALS. Letter to "Dear brother Robert."
Discusses plans for an upcoming sea voyage and urges recipient not to worry on writer's behalf. Second half of letter is dated July 30th and is written while on board ship.

Documents

ADS. Two Treasury Department circulars printed and signed by Anderson