1856 | Mrs E Wise In apt. with Robert Barham for things bought at Store and Cash paid her by him at different times |
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March 8 | To 16 lbs. of flower @ 6¼ cts. | 1.00 |
3 lbs of Sugar @ 11 cts. | 33 | |
April 8 | 1 wood bucket 25 cts. & 3 lbs Sugar @ 10 cts. | 55 |
18 | by Cash paid | 25 |
July 24 | 1 lb of Lard @ 16 | 16 |
3 Hundred Slabs @ 75 cts per hund | 2.25 | |
.. .. | &; covering kitchen | 2 00 |
Sept. 23 | 1 lb of Lard @ 1/ | 16 |
& for washing clothes for henry | 52 | |
30 | by Cash paid | 5 00 |
October 10 | 1½ bushel Sweet potatoes | 37 |
$12.59 | ||
Dec. 1st | To Cash paid | 25 |
To 1 hat for henry | 25 | |
$ 8 09 |
Received Payment Robert Barham
Title page inscribed: "To John Williams, Esq from his friend The Author."
]]>An oration : delivered at the North Church in Hartford, at the meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, July 4th, 1787. In commemoration of the independence of the United States / by Joel Barlow, esquire. Hartford : Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, near the bridge, [1787?].
Title page inscribed: "To John Williams, Esq from his friend The Author."
[Recto]
Copied from "The London Illustrated News"
of Dec 5'' 1868
"The will of the Hon. Hatley Frere, formerly one of
the Judges of his Majesty's High Court of Judication
at Madras, but late of Harrow, Middlesex, and
since of 28 Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, where
he died on 3rd Ult., was proved in the London
Court on the 18th. of the same month, and the
personalty in this Country sworn under £25,00.-
The will is dated Nov. 20, 1866. He leaves
The Estates to his wife an immediate legacy
of £500 and a life interest in his property, real
and personal, and, after her decease, he leaves
the Estate to his Children."
[Verso]
Where in Petersburg I've this year (1868)
I saw in the Library (of which brother
Warner is Librarian) in Burke's
Landed gentry of England,
the genealogy of the Frere
family, which corresponded with
about the number & sex of
the children & some of the names referred to in
Mrs Frere's letter to Grand
Mother. These Freres though
very distant are I believe nevertheless
our relatives,
A. G. B.
Copy of Will of
The
Hon Hatley Frere.
who died on 3rd Nov-1868
at 28 Cambridge=terrace,
Hyde Park.
London, England.
I believe that this must have been
a son or grandson of Lady Jane Frere
of Gould Square London, who wrote in
1795 or 99 to Grand Mother Baylor
at New Market. The original letter
was in the possession of the Clayton
family & of which letter I took
several copies.
A. G. Baylor.
[Page 1]
Virga. New Market 25 May 1770 -
My dearest Johney -
By Mr. Morse I re[c]'d yr very
kind & dutifull letter & I make no Dou[bt] it would
be very agreeable to you to hear oftne[r] [f]rom me but
when I consider you hear often from y[r [torn, illegible] daddy &
well know what a scribe I am h[torn, illegible] will excuse
it I often read yrs to Mr. Baylor [torn, illegible] greatly
to find what an Improvement you [torn, illegible] made in yr
Studies & could I but see you now & [torn, illegible] should be
hearily satisfied but when I consider [torn, illegible] 5 years absence
without a single glance it allmost distrac[ts] me, but
my dear child hope to God all will be for the best. If you
are to be away I highly approve of yr going to Cambridge
the most renowned Seminary of Learning in all England
My dear it does give me more Pleasure to hear of yr health than I can express
which God of his infinite Mercy continue. I have by
several Oppors. heard that yr affected side is much
amended for which God of his infinite Mercy be praised
I am extreemly sorry you have been disappointed in
not getting the fine choice hams Cyder old brandy &
fine Madeira which were pack'd up & sent to Ayletts
Warehouse for you you may depend upon another attempt
this year. Pray finish yr Education my dear as soon as possible for
we all cannot bear any longer without seeing you. I shall
write again by Capt Robertson we caught a great many redd
& mockg. Birds but by one Accident or other lost them all
The whole Family desir to be rembred to you though
nome more so than
My dear Johney yr. most tender
& Affect. Mother -
Frances Baylor
[Address leaf]
No 66.
To
Mr. John Baylor
at Mr. John Nortons Mercht.
in London.
[Page 1]
Sir
My son G: N: Baylor will [torn, illegible]u
a copy of a deed of Trust to which I [torn, illegible] party.
My children are anxious to remove with
me to the western country; and the purport of
this communication is to get your legal advice
(In writing) on the following points.
1st
Will the trustee the brother of my late wife, be responsible to
my children if the negroes are removed from this
state to another? and can he surrender the
trust and thereby exonerate himself from responsi=
=bility? It will be perceived that by the deed, he
has a right to make a transfer of the trust =
2nd. Would the removal of the negroes; invalidate
the claim of my children to them in another
state; or render them liable (there) for debts of
my own which have been contracted here; subse=
=quent to the recording of the deed? -
3d
Could the trust be transferred to me, or to my
son who is not of age?
4 What would be the method of making the transfer;
By decree of the county court, where the trustee resides,
or myself?
The property described in the deed
has been in my possession according to one of its
provisions; and your opinion which I shall
[Page 2]
rely on entirely for my government, will
be carried by myself to my brother in law; an[d]
I ha[ve no d]oubt he will be satisfied
wit[h] [torn, illegible] [b]oth of us have obtained other advi[torn, illegible]
my [torn, illegible] ly; and he will =
My Son will hand ten dollars
to Mr. Leigh and we will make up the
amount required by him if that is not
sufficient =
Very Respectully
Your Most Obt. Servt.
George D: Baylor
Caroline Co: Va. October 21 - 1837
A Copy of the deed referred to in the foregoing letter
has been submitted to and answered by us and I
give the following answers to the questions the
Letter propounds
1st. The brother would not be responsible to the children
by the mere act the removing of the slaves to another state. In the event
of G.D Baylors removal with his family to another state, I think
he would have a right to carry the slaves supposing that the removal
is a bona fide change of residence and the slaves carried for the sole purpose
of being employed in the service of the [illegible] In that
[Page 3]
Event however it would be the duty of the trustee to have the
deed registered in the sate to which the [torn, illegible]in
[su]ch manner as the laws of that state may [torn, illegible] protect
[torn, illegible] property from the creditors of or purchasers [torn, illegible]
2ndly. The removal woould in no degree invalidate the rights
of G.D. B's children: and the proper registration of the deed
as mentioned in answer to the 1st. question would give the
[illegible] security to those rights in the state to which the
removal may be as they have in this state.
3rd. The trust may be transferred: but it would not be proper
to make the transfer to G.D.B. or his infant son. The
trustee's duty is to control the improper acts of G.D.B. in
regard to the property should such acts be [torn, illegible]
and to make him trustee would be to make him supervisor over himself.
4th. If resort be had to a court for a decree to transfer the
trust, that may be to the court of either of the counties
most convenient to the parties. But such resort is not
necessary either to effect the transfer or for the safety
of the present trustee. The trust may be assigned by
a new deed from the trustee & G.D.B. & wife; conveying
the property subject to the same trust as a specified
in the existing deed. The union of G.D.B. & wife on such
a deed will fully justify the trustee & proprietor from his
responsibility, supposing the transaction fair (as I doubt not it
would) in its purposes. In case of such a transfer, and
the removal of the slaves the deed making the transfer
[Page 4]
should be registered in the state to which the slaves may be removed as suggested in the
fi[rst ans]wer
Robert Stanar[d]
Octr. 26th. 18[37]
Benjamin W. Leigh Esqr.
G. R: Baylor
Letter from my Brother
[Recto]
Arabia
Land of the Caliph race, whose magic stories lore
hath brightened fancy's dreams on every kindred shore.
Where once thy hoaries danced beneath the diamonds gleam,
And raptured swam on pleasures gayest stream.
Where now thy former genius? Ah! where now that hand
Which beckning called the willing guests at thy command
To banquet in some ruby hall on nectared sweets
By Hebes served on blusing rose leaf seats?
Where now [illegible] enchanted ground, the Garden, and the hall?
The laughter loving fairy? Alas! departed all.
No brilliant token left, no grateful of the friends to tell
Where passed some glowing scene, beneath Aladdis spell;
Thy splendor gone; eclipsed thy former meed
All but the horseman's restless eye, and his freind the fiery steed.
Midst storms of sand, the desert hath a charm
Yet here on earth his patriot heart to warm ;
His freedom loving soul, can feel no dread
from the sword impending oer Damocles guilty head
Nor racks, nor cruel Pacha's treacherous steel
Can make one Arab heart, the cringing homage feel
[W]here too thy child enjoys at falling dusk of even'
[So]me drops of bliss and some foretaste of his heaven; =
In shining myrtle groves, thy ardent youths prolong
to dark Gazelle eyed maids the adoring lovelit song =
There tender strains of music drick, and burning vows they breathe
And fairest orange blossoms there, in the bridal crown they wreathe
May 1 - 1840
G:D:B:
[Page 1]
My dear Son
Your brother George has recently
got the letter you wrote by the train that
genl Twiggs brought to Vera Cruz
By that letter we are very
sorry to hear of your continued weakness
and inability to perform Military service -
It has filled me and all of us
with perplexity what to do in order to
reliee your situation: After your
first letter I wrote to Mr. Pollard
of Norfolk (the father of my son in law
to obtain a commission for you. Mr. Pollard
promptly informed me in reply and in
the kindest manner that although he had
no influence at Washington still that he
had a conference with his brother in law
Mr. George Loyall who directly offered
to serve you. Mr. Pollard says that
I should apply to our representative
Mr. Beall ; that Mr. Polk is resolved to fill
all vacancies from the ranks! that he
(Mr. Pollard) has a capt Frank Page who
is his nephew in your part of the army
and a capt Newton who married a
daughter of George Armistead both of
whom he thinks at his request will
[Page 2]
interest themselves for you; but before
I had received Mr. Pollard's letter
that you intended to apply to Genl Scott
for a discharge. So that I am truly
distressed and confounded in regard
to what should be done -
Your cousin John R: B
who is personally acquainted
with Mrs. Scott says he is resolved
to write to her and solicit through
her interest with the Genl: a
commission for you. Now let
me advise you to remain until you
hear from us Your health may
improve. Scott may refuse to
discharge you and woud recommend
that you wait. Mr. Pollard says
he wishes you to get a recommenda
=tion from your Col: or Capt when
e thinks he can succeed in getting
a commission either in your regt.
or in one of the ten to be raised -
Write to some of us without
loss of time and try to oblige me
and get a recommendation.
[Page 3]
Mr Pollard advises that you ask for a Captaincy.
We are well and your
brother Warner and myself are
going to commence business on
the lot by [illegible] court.
Yours truly -
G D Baylor
Bowling Green
Jany 16 -1848
[Page 4]
John N. Baylor
A private in Company K
12th. regt. U:S: infantry
By New Orleans
to city of Vera Cruz Mexico
Love poem written by George D. Baylor. The poem describes the wooing of a female bird by a male who wants her to join him in his nest within a maple tree.
[Recto]
The Two Red birds
or St. Valentines day -
Once on a high topped maple tree
A beauteous bird there plumed his wing!
And this sweet roundalay did sing
O! come my fair O come to me
Upon the red tipped maple tree
-2-
With crest erect in twittering glee
Clad in a noble scarlet dress
With In beseeching tones, I heard him press
his Love (thus) "dearest come to me
upon the red topped maple tree.</p
-3-
Here in the budding maple tree
Our nest beneath its leafy spray
Will be secure from sultry day
he come, O come my fair to me
Up to the pretty maple tree
-5-
My willing heart I give to thee ;
In sickness and in health;
[illegible] more than all of other's wealth.
Then come, my fair O! come to me.
And visit this dear maple tree
-6-
As he sang upon the maple tree
the fragrant breeze did sweetly blow
and waved him gently to and fro
While the echoing hills said !!Come to me!!
[torn, illegible] love up to the maple tree.
-7-
He chirped so strong, so loud and free
And offered all! he had to give
And begged so hard that she would live
With him upon the maple tree.
O! come up to the maple tree.
-8-
That a whipering voice replied "if he"
Would promise to be kind and true
that time would show what She might do
And as he again said "Come to me
She sprang aloft to the Maple tree
The two Red Birds
or St. Valentine's day 1848
Lo---- GD:B:
[Recto]
Will you my son, present Mr
Hoomes' account to him and see
what he paid to Clayton for me?
If there is any ballance
[du]e me please ask him to let you
[h]ave it = or a part = I am
suffering in consequence of being
obliged to eat vegetable food tho
somewhat better =
[Verso]
Mr. Warner L. Baylor
Title from first line of poem.
[Recto]
1 ~
Oh! surely the soul was formed for delight
Though cares our very best moments annoy. =
AGentle twilights of peace can dispel the dark night
And hope, through the gratings of anguish bring Joy
2
The rose with no thorn may sweet odors exhale
To cheer the fond heart the fair time of some maiden's bright hour;
Yet dearest to her is the murmuring gale
When it waffs [illegible] a perfume of the sweetest crushed flower -
3
Though tears may be sad, yet they loosen the cords
of our sorrows; and tenderly transform [crossed out, illegible] to bliss!
When the heart that's weighed down is touched with kind words
If there's heaven on earth, it is this!! It is this! -
G:D:B:
[Verso]
To Miss J:A:B:
Poem written by George D. Baylor for Miss A.A.
Title from first line of poem.[Recto]
Ah! who's there, that would feel surprise
Drawn by a glance of those bright eyes;
Earths every other Joy to leave?
Lifes early hope may hide a thorn,
In clouds may pass the fairest morn,
No charms abide, that now adorn;
Ere could such eyes as thine deceive.
GDB
[Verso]
Miss A: A :
Oak Ridge
[Recto]
Know all Men by these presents that I
John Baylor of the County of Caroline am held
& firmly bound unto Alex: Spotswood of the
County of Spotsylvania in the full & Just
Amount of Sixty Six Thousand Six hundred
& Sixty Six & two third Pounds of Nett Tobacco
The Payment of which well & timely to be made
I bind myself my Heirs Exors & Admors Jointly
& severally firmly by these presents Seal'd with
My Seal & Dated this Twenty fourth Day
of August One thousand seven hundred &
Eighty - The Condition of the Above Obli=
=gation is Such that if the above bound John Baylor
shall pay or Cause to be paid unto the Said
Alex: Spotswood his Heirs or Assignes On or
before the Twenty fifth Day of December
Next the full & Just Amount of Thirty three
Thousand Three hundred & thirty three & One
Third Pounds of Nett Tobo. of Inspection of the
present year averaging at least One Thousand
Pounds of Tobo. Nett in each. Hhd. free & clear
of every expence & Inspected at the Warehouses
of Roystons or Fredericksburg with legal Inter[est]
(say five Per Cent) from the state hererof; then
this Obligation to be void Else to remain in
full force & Virtue -
Acknowledged in Presence of
Wm Daingerfield
R Wellford
[Verso]
Baylor
to
Spotswood
Bond
Pyble 1780 Decr.
25th.
Inr. from Aug
24th. 1780
No. 5
[illegible]
in my Book
Rockefeller Library copy from the John Carter Brown library with its bookplate.
Release stamp of the JCB Library on the bookplate.
]]>The journal of a two months tour; with a view of promoting religion among the frontier inhabitants of Pensylvania, and of introducing Christianity among the Indians to the westward of the Alegh-geny Mountains. To which are added, remarks on the language and customs of some particular tribes among the Indians, with a brief account of the various attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first settlement of New England to this day / by Charles Beatty, A.M. London : Printed for William Davenhill, No. 8 in Cornhill, and George Pearch, No. 12 in Cheapside, MDCCLXVIII [1768].
Rockefeller Library copy from the John Carter Brown library with its bookplate.
Release stamp of the JCB Library on the bookplate.
Prefatory note by G. Sharp, chairman of the Committee of the Society instituted in 1787 for the purpose of effecting the abolition of the slave trade.
Printer's ornament.
Rockefeller Library copy with the signature of Nicholas Pearsal.
]]>The Speech of Mr. Beaufoy : Tuesday, the 18th June, 1788, in a committee of the whole House, on a bill for regulating the conveyance of negroes from Africa to the West-Indies, to which are added observations on the evidence adduced against the bill. London : Printed by J. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, MDCCLXXXIX [1789].
Prefatory note by G. Sharp, chairman of the Committee of the Society instituted in 1787 for the purpose of effecting the abolition of the slave trade.
Printer's ornament.
Rockefeller Library copy with the signature of Nicholas Pearsal.
Map on half-title has caption: A plan of the investment of York-Town and Glocester.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect : The last two leaves are torn with a loss of text to the first three lines of the last four pages.
]]>The United States almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1783; and from the creation of the world, 5732. Being the third after bissextile or leap year. Containing, every thing necessary for such a composition, and a mumber of entertaining pieces. : Calculated for the meridian of Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, lat. 41 deg. 56 min. north, long. 72 deg. 50 min west, and will serve for the adjacent states without any essential difference. Hartford : Printed and sold by Bavil Webster.
Map on half-title has caption: A plan of the investment of York-Town and Glocester.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect : The last two leaves are torn with a loss of text to the first three lines of the last four pages.
Includes index-- pages [1-2] at end.
]]>Manuscript music book of 134 works belonging to A. Bell, New York. Contains marches, jigs, some tunes referring to the Duke of York and to soldiers and sailors, and some love songs. One song is attributed to a Mrs. Melmouth, and one was sung by a Mrs. Bannister.
Includes index-- pages [1-2] at end.
[Recto]
Compost for Orange
Trees. Belton 1815
Yellow Loam
Rotten for Dung
Leaf Mould -
of each an equal
quantity well mixed
together.
the leaves of the Orange
trees to be well cleaned
with a sponge & the
trees never moved
out of the House for
more than one or two
Days in Summer -
[Verso blank]
A Caution and warning to Great-Britain and her colonies : in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions. ; Collected from various authors, and submitted to the serious consideration of all, more especially of those in power. ; To which is added, an extract of a sermon, preached by the Bishop of Gloucester, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel / by Anthony Benezet. Philadelphia : |b Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing office, in Market-street, 1767.
"Extract from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers, held at London in the year 1758."--pages. 10-11.
The uncertainity of a death-bed repentance, illustrated under the character of Penitens: pages [12]-16.
Collation: 8vo: )(⁸ [$5(-)(1) signed]; 8 leaves, pages [1-2] 3-11 [12] 13-16.
]]>Observations on the inslaving, importing, and purchasing of Negroes : with some advice thereon, extracted from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers held at London in the year 1748. Second edition. Germantown : Printed by Christopher Sower, 1760.
"Extract from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers, held at London in the year 1758."--pages. 10-11.
The uncertainity of a death-bed repentance, illustrated under the character of Penitens: pages [12]-16.
Collation: 8vo: )(⁸ [$5(-)(1) signed]; 8 leaves, pages [1-2] 3-11 [12] 13-16.