Box 1

2 Account balances: to Wm. H. Ellis, New Haven, Conn.

2 ADsS. Form letters informing Ellis, "as agent for the Marine Hospital," of his quarterly balances for the first three quarters of 1830.

Autograph

ADS. "Respectfully, y[ou]r ob[edient] serv[an]t, Robert Anderson."

Letters: Kensington, to unknown correspondents

ALS. In the first letter, Ansdell informs his correspondent that he will send him a proof of "Death of the Stag." In the second, discusses in detail a mix-up concerning the delivery, to a Mr. Naylor, of a picture Ansdell had recently exhibited.

Letter: Cincinnati, Ohio, to M. Burrough, Vera Cruz, Mexico

ALS. Anthony, a conchologist, proposes an exchange of specimens he has found near Cincinnati with those Burrough has discovered near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Also mentioned is the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pa.

Letter: Pittsburgh, Pa., to James S. Mason & Co.

ALS. Places an order: "Please ship at once and at very lowest price."

Letter: Alexandria, Va., to T. P. Andrews, Esq., Pay Master, U. S. Army, Washington, D.C.

ALS. "Enclosed are my pay accounts for the month of November, the amounts of which you will please to transmit, a check to John Cooply, Esq., Cashier of the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria and oblige your ob. servant, W.K. Armistead."

Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas P. Cope, Philadelphia, Pa.

TL. Requests aid in an undertaking to outline a genealogy of prominent families "who may have established themselves in the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, prior to the year 1800."

Letter: London, to Miles Medwinter, London

ALS. Sends thanks for a book of poems sent her: "I was much touched by your kind thought in sending them to me.... I feel they come in remembrance of him whose words are on your title page."

Letter: London, to William Henry Davenport Adams, 1828-

ALS. "You are quite welcome to print the two pieces you want, and I have to thank you for the kindness with which you speak of my writings; for my own part, instead of thinking them too few, I am beginning to be uneasy at their number."

ANS. "Admit Sir R. Steel (a Member) to view the College Museum."