Petition of N. Russel and Adam Gilchrist, 1812

File — Box: 1, Folder: 36

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

A collection of 221 government documents issued as pamphlets by the Congress of the United States between 1800 and 1852. The collection consists of petitions by mostly by individuals, and sometimes by groups, requesting financial or legal compensation for losses, or relief from debt or federal regulation. Other topics include settlement of land disputes and even requests for statehood!

Particularly notable are requests for compensation for service during the American Revolution, sometimes by descendants over 60 years later.

From the Collection:

Although all were originally published as separate documents, most of these items were subsequently collected in bound volumes and later separated. As a result, most of the items would be classified as "disbound".

Dates

Creation: 1812

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Report of the secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of N. Russel [i.e., Nathaniel Russell] and Adam Gilchrist, assignees of the estate of Robert Hazlehurst of Charleston, and of John Cripps, administrator of the estate of J. Splatt Cripps. March 24th, 1812. Printed by order of the Senate United States. Washington City [D.C.]: Printed by R.C. Weightman., 1812. 4 p. Shaw 27346

Concerning the request that interest payments on the balance owed by Robert Hazelhurst to the collector at Charleston be forgiven. Signed by Albert Gallatin.