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Journal of his visit to England in 1796 to interest the British Government in a canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River; sailed from Boston December 11, 1795 on the ship Minerva; paid 35 guineas for his pas- sage; cast anchor off Falmouth, [England]; saw Pendemnis Castle in which his brother, Ethan, was confined as . prisoner of war in 1776; went to London, [England] by post chaise; excited by plot to rob party en route; passed Windsor Castle; in London met American acquain- tances and Englishmen to whom he had letters; applied for and secured an appointment with the Duke of Port- land, [William Henry Cavendish Bontinck, Home Secro- tary of the British Government]; explained the project of the canal; set forth the advantages to Canada and the United States; asked if the British Government would cut the canal and "take a tole"; the Duke thought his government would not construct the canal and sug- gested it be done by private enterprise; Allen obtained leave to present the matter in writing; addressed a com- munication to the secretary on January 26 which he copied in his diary; addressed a second letter to the
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Duke of Portland on May 2; at a final interview in the Duke of Portland's office in August was told that nothing could be done about a canal until the present war was over; the canal would then be con- structed by an English Company and the people of the United States would have no share in it; "I observed that I should have been mich obliged to his Grace to have told me that, at my first interview, and not kept me a dancing attendance five or six months for such an answer and immediately withdrew".
A.D.S, 42 pp. 21 cm x 13 cm. A 1 56 d, Ira Allen's Diary in Billings Library, Burlington, Ver- mont.
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1796 Jan. 19
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To George HAMMOND, Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Requests him to deliver enclosed letter to Duke of Portland; desires an early answer that he may return to Burlington in the state of Vermont in one of the spring ships.
Photostat. 1 p. 31 cm x 21 cm. [47]]
1796 Jan. 19
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To DUKE of PORTLAND. Gives his opinion on the subject of building a canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River the object is to promote commercial intercourse between Vermont and Canada; he has come from Vornost with hopes that some measures may be adopted by the British Govern- ment, which will effect an object so desirable and which would be received most cordially by the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of Vermont.
Photostat, 3 pp. 31 cm x 21 cm. [472]
1796 Jan. 20
DUKE of PORTLAND, London, England. To Ira ALLEN. Makes an appointment with the Duke of Portland for the next day, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, at the Burlington House, London. Photostat. 1 p. 22 cm x 19 cm. [473]
1796 Jan. 26
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To DUKE of PORTLAND. Memorial respects a ship canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River; offers to build and keep it in repair; no taxes or duties to be leviod; gives concise statement of Vermont's resources and its future possi- bilities.
Photostat. 4 pp. 31 cm x 20 cm. [474]
1796 Feb. 4
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To London MERCHANTS. Asks that he may lay before them the substance. of his memorial to the Duke of Portland, regarding the ship canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River; ex- plains the advantages of such communication to them as merchants of Great Britain.
Photostat. 3 pp. 31 cm x 21 cm. [475]
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1796 Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To Messrs. BRICKWOOD & CO. and FLUDGER & CO., London, [England].
Feb. 5
Gives his opinion on the subject of building a canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River; sets forth advantages to be gained by such a canal. Photostat. 3 pp. 31 cm x 21 cm. [476]
1796 Thomas HOLLAND, London, [England].
Mar. 1 Holland received £33 from Doctor Moseley for doing business for General [Ira] Allen. Photostat. 1 p. 20 cm x 19 cm. [477]
1796 Ira ALLEN, London, [England]. To DUKE of PORTLAND.
Mar. 4 Asks for a decision on the ship canal; estimates that inhabitants number 150,000 and that they would con- sume 100,000 bushels of salt and £300,000 worth of English goods annually. Photostat. 3 pp. 24 cm x 19 cm. [478]
1796 Mr. [John] KING, [secretary to Duke of Portland], Mar. 5 London, [England]. To Ira ALLEN.
Presents his compliments and asks him to call at the office any morning at ten o'clock. Photostat. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [479]
1796 Mar. 14
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To Mr. BURBANK. Gives the advantages of a ship canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River; suggests that if the United States were at war with a foreign power the merchants of Vermont might ship wheat and flour to the merchants of Canada; the goods could be shipped to Lon- don without danger of capture, high insurance, or ex- pense of a convoy; stresses the mutual advantages and permanent friendships which could bo formed between the inhabitants of Vermont and Canada; encloses a sketch map of the proposod canal. Photostat. 3 pp. 32 cm x 20 cm. [480]
1796 Mar. 19
Ira ALLEN, London, [England]. To DUKE of PORTLAND, Stresses the importance of a canal from Lake Cham- plain to the St. Lawrence River, especially in time of war; explains how goods could be shipped from Vermont to Canada, then to London in British ships without fear of capture by the enemy.
Photostat. 3 pp. 32 cm x 20 cm. [481]
1796 Apr. 22
Ira ALLEN, England. To [Paul Francois Jean Nicolas] DE BARRAS, [member of the Directory of the French Ro- public, 1792-1799].
Asks that he use his influence with the Duke of Portland to further the cause of the canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River.
Photostat. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [482]
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1796 May 3
Jerusha ALLEN, Colchester. To Major Roger ENOS. Requests him to go to Boston, [Massachusetts] to aid Finch in the management of his business; "I wish to have the goods turned into money and transmitted to me as soon as possible . . . there is no property on earth I want but cash"; is suspicious of Finch and displeased with his conduct; incloses part of a letter from Ira Allen which gives the authority for these orders. A.L.S. 2 pp. 33 cm x 21 cm. Vermont Historical Society A 1 535 1 m. Enclosure missing. [483]
1796 May 6
Ira ALLEN, "New England Coffee House, Thread Needle Street", [London, England ]. To the DUKE of PORTLAND.
Asks for an interview soon as business requires his immediate return to America. Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 20 cm. [484]
Jerusha ALLEN, Colchester.
1796 June 2 "Received of Mr. Ariel Strong one yoke of cattle at £16 10s. on Ira Allen's account". Photostat. 1 p. 24 cm x 19 cm. [485]
1796 [Lazare Nichols Marguerite] CARNOT, [President of July 1 the Directory, France]. To General ALLEN. Invites Allen to dinner on July 14 "at four and a half".
Photostat. 1 p. 28 cm x 18 cm. [486]
Mr. KING. To Ira ALLEN.
1796 Aug. 18 Requests him to call at the office of the Duke of Portland the next day between ten and five o'clock. Photostat. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [487]
1796 Samuel PETERS, [clorgyman], London, [England]. To Ira ALLEN.
Aug. 29
Money advanced to Levi [Allen] is unpaid; Levi has done his brother Ira and Governor Chittenden more harm in England than his life and repentance could restore; the State of Vermont would now be noticed but for his conduct which "no gentleman but one would boast of and live"
Photostat. 4 pp. 32 cm x 20 cm. [488]
1796 Aug.
HART [firm], Paris, [France]. To Ira ALLEN. Bill of 98 louis for black silk coat, 2 waist-coats, and 3 collars. Photostat. 1 p. 22 cm x 11 cm. [489]
1796 Sep. 15
L'Abbe John VAIRE, [a learned Frenchman]. To Ira ALLEN
Gives an estimate of what he thinks necessary in the establishment of the University of Vermont; suggests they erect buildings and purchase furniture in proportion to the number of directors, professors, and students; employ two farmors for the estates intended for the college:
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stock the farms with cattle, implements of husbandry, and provisions for three years; equip classrooms; ex- penses to be defrayed by voluntary subscriptions; sole expense sustained by the government for the allowances paid to the masters; suggests that the maximum granted to cach professor be fixed "as soon as the estates pro- duco more, the over plus shall be at the disposal of the Council to be applied by them for objects of utility and emulation . . . the state of Vermont will be looked upon by us as our Country. its hopes will be ours and its suo cess our first and most precious reward".
Photostat. 3 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [490]
1796 Sep .: 15
Jerusha ALLEN, Colchester. To Eleazer DUDLEY, Burlington.
Jerusha Allen leases a house and a shop in Bur- lington for one year for $20; Dudley to keep the house in good repair. Photostat. 2 pp. 32 cm x 20 cm. [491]
1796 · Sep. 17
Samuel PETERS. To Ira ALLEN.
Recommends L'Abbe John Vaire for Prefect at the University of Vermont; he is a gontleman of the first distinction in France, a philosopher, mathematician, and linguist, and has a mild temper and disposition that will render him valuable in the minds of every person who makes his acquaintance; "his general know- lodge of men and things has removed from his mind all biggotry and has placed him above those religious tenets which have deluged Europe, Asia and Africa with human blood".
Photostat. 3 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [492]
1796 Sep. 20
James SAVAGE, Burlington. To Ira ALLEN.
Discusses financial difficulties and asks for $1,000 on account; hopes to see him prosperous in spite of his numerous enemies. Photostat. 2 pp. 32 cm x 20 cm. [493]
1796
Sep. 27
WIGGLESWORTH, HAGUE & CO., Leeds, [England]. To Ira ALLEN.
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Informs hin the goods he ordered have been shipped to Mrs. Roger Enos in New York; John A. Grahan has re- fused to accept his draft for the amount of the goods " "which has greatly disapointed them". Photostat. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cn. [494]
1796 Charles WOOD & CO., Manchester, [England]. To
Sep. 28 Mr. Ira ALLEN.
Informs hin a shipment of dry goods has been sont to Mrs. Roger Enos in New York on the ship Alliance; asks about the insurance on the goods. Photostat. 1 p. 25 cm x 20 cm. [495]
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1796 Oct. 30
Ira ALLEN, Hamburg, Germany. To John WILLIAMS. Bill of exchange for £40 drawn on Samuel Peters. Photostat. 1 p. 19 cm x 10 cm. [496]
1796
Nov. 5
Stephen THORN and Captain William BRYANT, [Master of the Olive Branch], Ostend, [France]. Contracts a ship, the Olive Branch, to transport to New York the arms which Ira Allen has purchased in France; ship to be properly fitted and manned; will discharge pre- sent cargo at Ostend, take on arms, and proceed to liew York, Photostat. 4 pp. 32 cm x 20 cm. [497]
1796 Joseph MOZIER, Colchester. To Ira ALLEN. Bill of £17 17s. Ild. for repairing forgo. Photostat. 1 p. 31 cm x 21 cm. [498]
Nov. 10
1796 Ira ALLEN, "on board the Audacious, man-of-war".
Nov. 21 To Captain GOULD.
The Olive Branch is bound for New York "as set forth in the ship's papers"; agrees she be escorted by a man-of- war and an armed force be continued on board to New York; offers to give bond for £100,000 that the ship may procced to New York "as quick as wind and weather will permit". Photostat. 1 p. 40 cm x 25 cm. [499]
1796 Jerusha ALLEN, Colchester. To Eliphabet BEAN.
Dec. 1 Jerusha Allen leases a sawmill in Burlington for one year for one third of the boards planed and sawed in the mill.
Photostat. 1 p. 32 cm x 20 cm. [500]
1796 Jerusha ALLEN, Colchester. To Edward BROWNELL.
Dec. 8 Jerusha Allen leases on expiration of Aaron Brom- nell's lease a forge and anchorshop. Photostat. 1 p. 34 cm x 21 cm. See entry 463. [501]
1796 Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To Rufus KING, [United States Minister to England].
Dec. 14
Informs him of his capture and detention; asks his intercession to have the Olive Branch and cargo released at once and that compensation be given for his detention. Photostat. 2 pp. 39 cm x 25 cm. [502]
1796 Dec. 17
Ira ALLEN, No. 320 Strand, [London, England]. To Rufus KING.
Encloses the deposition of Messrs. Peters and Graham which will show it was Allen's intention to pur- chase arms for the militia of Vermont; he can bargain for arms with France more advantageously than in England; was advised before leaving London to let business of canal rest if he intended to travel in Europe. A.L.S. 4 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. Vermont Historical Society A 1 535 1 m. Enclosure missing. [503]
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1796 Dec. 31
John ROBERTSON, "on board the Olive Branch". To Ira ALLEN.
They are all well on board the ship; is happy to hear Allen is well and that "we shall soon get clear and proceed for New York". Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. [504]
1796
Joseph RANDALL, Leeds, [England. To Ira ALLEN.
Dec. 31 Concerns shipment of goods, woolens and fustians to America; demands a payment on account. Photostat. 2 pp. 33 cm x 19 cm. [505]
1797 Rufus KING, Great Cumberland Strect, [London, England]. To Ira ALLEN.
Jan. 3
Concerns the discharge of the Olive Branch cargo; "I do myself the honor to inclose a copy of this answer, and will at all times be ready to confer with you on this subject". A.L.S. 1 p. 25 cm x 21 cm. Enclosure missing. w ...
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Stephen THORN, London, [England]. To [Ira ALLEN].
1797 Jan. 6 Affidavit states that Thorn saw Governor [Thomas] Chittenden's authority for Ira Allen to purchase arms for the Vermont militia; at Allen's request a ship, the Olive Branch, was chartered by Thorn. Photostat. 3 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [507]
1797 Jan. 7
Ira ALLEN, London, [England].
Memorandum concerns depositions to be used in obtaining the release of the Olive Branch and cargo at Portsmouth, [England]. Photostat. 4 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [508]
1797 Jan. 18
Oliver PHELPS, Paris, [France]. To Ira ALLEN. Concerns deposition of Allen's purchase of arms; Phelps saw in an English paper an account of a ship being taken which he supposed was Allen's; "I am ex- tremely sorry this event has taken place as it has not only greatly injured you in your expectations of seeing America but as it has given your enemies ocassion to spread unfounded reports".
Photostat. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cc. [509]
1797 Jen. 21
Captain T. WRIGHT, Ship Inn, Dover, [England]. To Ira ALLEN.
His baggage, which is held at the custom house, cannot be obtained until he sends his passport. Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. [510]
1797 Jan. 26
Captain T. WRIGHT, Ship Inn, Dover, [England]. To. Ira ALLEN.
Applied again at the custom house; unable to get baggage from custom officers without his passport. Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. [5]]]
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Oliver L. PHELPS, Paris, [France]. To Ira ALLEN. .
1797 Jan. 27 Encloses deposition regarding intent to purchase arms; if they are not what he wishes he will alter them; gives a brief description of General [Napoleon] Bonaparte's [Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 1804-1815], victory over the Austrian army; Mr. [Charles] Pinckney, later minister from America, has been refused by the French government and has received orders to leave the Republic. Photostat. 3 pp. 24 cm x 19 cm. Enclosure missing. [512]
1797 Jan. 30
Captain William BRYANT, on board the Olive Branch, Portsmouth, [England]. To Ira ALLEN.
"I find they begin to think theave got a Scotch prise in hand, they begin to be very much down in the mouth. I am always laughing at them about their prise"; Bryant of- fered to stake 50 guineas that Allen would recover every musket; "But they would not take me on".
Photostat. 2 pp. 22 cm x 19 cm. [513]
1797 Feb. 1
Jesse PUTNAM, Paris, [France]. To Ira ALLEN. Encloses deposition; fears from what has hereto-
fore taken place when American vessels have been detained by British cruisers, that however just his cause, it will be very tedious to obtain a release; all his transactions with respect to the destination of arms was open and un- disguised. Photostat, 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. Enclosure missing. [514]
1797 William CROW, [American shipping agent], Dover, Feb. 5 [England ]. To Ira ALLEN.
Informs him that he has sent an answer by last night's boat and is waiting further commands. Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. [515]
1797 Nathan B. GRAHAM, [brother of John Graham], Pittsford. To Ira ALLEN, London, [England].
Feb. 8
Affidavit states that he was in Boston, [Massachusetts December 1, 1795 and heard Ira [Allen] say to General [Jon- athan] Spafford, General [Eli] Cogswell, and others that while in Europo he should endeavor to procure arms for the Vermont militia; would never again review the militia until they had been sufficiently armed.
Photostat. 1 p. 31 cm x 20 cm. [516]
1797 Ira ALLEN, London, England. To Major Roger ENOS,
Feb. 12 New York.
Asks that he procuro a deposition on the subject of purchasing arms for the Vermont militia; wishes him to write General William Hull on the subject; suggests that he ask Heman Allen, [nephew of Ira], Paul Lodge, and Moses Fay to appraise his property, make out three certificates stating tho amount of debt due by note, bond, book, or otherwise, and the amount of annual rents
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on mills, iron foundaries, etc; hopes Ira Hayden [Allen], [son if Ira], will be the bearer of letter as he wishes him to see physicians in regard to his eyes; have formed the best connections in trade which will profit his friends. A.L.S. 9 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. Vermont Historical Society A 1 535 1 m. [517]
1797 Mar. 16
Stephen THORN, on board the Olive Branch. To the FRENCH PRIZE COURT.
Affidavit states that in June 1796 General Allen told him that he would not again reveiw his division of the Vermont militia, unless they were provided with arms; showed him a paper signed by Governor [Thomas Chittenden] and [Truman Squire], Secretary of the State of Vermont, bearing the state seal, authorizing him to purchase arms for the militia; General Allen in June 1796 informed him, in Paris, [France] that he had con- cluded a contract with the Minister of War for 20,000 stands of arms and 24 brass four pounders; had given the deponent a letter ordering a printer in Vermont to insert in the newspapers a notice that the arms had been purchased and shipped; later, Allen, in London, [England] requested him to charter a vessel to transport the arms to New York; the ship, Olive Branch, was chartered and loaded at Ostend, [France].
Photostat. 5 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [518]
Nathan SMITH. To William BRYANT.
1797 Apr. 6 Read in a newspaper an extract of a letter from Ira Allen to Governor Thomas Chittenden concerning the purchase of arms for the use of the Vermont militia; ho knew Ira Allon in Vermont.
A.L.S. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. Vermont Historical Society A 1 535 1 m. [519]
1797 Apr. 11
Robert EYRE. To William BRYANT.
Dined at the lodgings of the Reverend Samuel Peters in company with John A. Graham and General Ira Allen; in- spected the certificate for the purchase of arms, bear- ing the seal of the state of Vermont, given by Governor Thomas Chittenden and countersigned by Truman Squire; recalled they discussed the negotiations concerning the building of the ship canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River. A.L.S. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. Vermont Historical Society A 1 535 1 m. [520]
1797 May 10
Jerusha ALLEN, Colchester. To James LORIMER. Sends four copies of the depositions of Governor [Thomas] Chittenden and General Spafford which state that Ira [Allen ] was requested by the Governor to pur- chase arms for the Vermont militia. Photostat. 1 p. 32 cm x 20 cm. Enclosure missing. [521]
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1797 May 10
Governor [Thomas ] CHITTENDEN, Vermont. Deposition: "I Requested General Ira Allen to pur- chase arms and other implements of war in Europe for the use of the militia of Vermont and I well know it to be the intention of Allen to purchase said arms for the Militia"; also General Spafford's declaration that Ira Allon has purchased arms for the Vermont militia at the request of Governor Chittenden.
Photostat. 1 p. 31 cm x 19 cm. [522]
1797 May 13
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To Stephen THORN. Requests him to call the next morning. Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 16 cm. [523]
1797 May 24
Stephen THORN, London, [England]. To Ira ALLEN. Has not received Dr. William's History of Vermont and cannot make any progress in the correction of Allen's manuscript until he has a copy. Photostat. 1 p. 22 cm x 19 cm. [524]
1797 May 24
Ira ALLEN, London, [England ]. To Stephon THORN. . His cause will be tried Saturday; asks Thorn to call Friday morning and inform him about Dr. P[eters]; shall soon have another half quiro written of his History of Vermont if he is not hindered. Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. [525]
1797 June 1
Samuel PETERS, London, [England]. To Stephen THORN. Will see him and General Allen as soon as his health permits; has examined Thorn's extracts from General Allen's history and may have it ready for printing the first of the week: "I should have finished my part before now if I could have read the general's writing" Photostat. 1 p. 20 cm x 15 cm. [526]
1797 June 1
Stephen THORN, London, [England ]. To Matthew LYON. Has gone bail in the suit of Fraser and Young against Ira Allen; Thorn is not disposed to pay the judgment as he would be at a great loss because of General Allen's fate in Europe; Allen proposed to give him some property he owns in France provided Thorn will settle it; "I have on- doavored to sell this property and cannot for more than 13s. 4d. in the pound".
Photostat. 2 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [527]
1797 June 1
Stephen THORN, London, [England ]. To Matthew LYON. Is apprehensive that General Allen will not return from England with his arms and cannon for some months; "it's a most cursed thing that he sould be thus unjustly detained by the iron hand of power, contrary to the treaty or the law of nations. How will this wicked and diabolical detention set on the minds of the inhabitants of Vermont. I think it will raise their just resentment against this haughty nation and John A. Graham, who is, if his own ao count is to be credited, a spy upon his countrymen. Such is the opinion of most Americans hero": concerns Fraser
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and Young's suit; proposes that if Lyon would notify them that Allen and he were in Europe indefinitely and offer 12s. 4d. on the pound, in sottlement with Lyon's guarantee of payment, Thorn would give one half the profit, if Allen paid the judgment, and one third if Lyon had to pay it.
Photostat. 3 pp. 23 cm x 19 cm. [528]
1797 June 8
Stephen THORN, London, England. To Samuel PETERS. "I have enclosed you a scrawl, which you from per- somal information will be able to correct, I conceive it not necessary to make a long story about nothing, it will be advisable to follow the General's [Ira Allon] ideas and language in transcribing the part of the manuscript you have as near as possible as he concludes his style is superior to that of Demosthenes, or Robespierre and do not put him out of that conceit and let the history be what it will a - - -- By attending in this way to it you will facilitate my departure for Gallia's happy shore".
Photostat. 1 p. 24 cm x 19 cm. Enclosure missing. [529]
1797 June 9
Samuel PETERS. To Stephen THORN.
"If the General [Ira Allen] supposes he shall gain honor by a publication he must depart from 1000 things in his manuscripts or be damned . . . half of his sen- tences are imperfect and as he chuses his own way why in the name of common sense does he torment you and me with four pages about nothing? It resembles the man who went around the copse expecting to find a bear and when he got round he did not find a bear. This last volume is dup- licate upon duplicate, half of it is not legible by me - why did you not purify it and enable me to know the Gen- eral's meaning . . . for if the General will print ac- cording to his own plan I wish never to see it . . . The duty on paper in England to print 300 of this book will pay for the printing of it in Boston, [Massachusetts]. I think the General should not print the history in England for 200 reasons his own egotism will damn the book" .
Photostat. 1 p. 27 cm x 22 cm. [530]
Peter LAFON, Brighton, [England]. To Ira ALLEN. Urges him to visit the place.
Photostat. 1 p. 25 cm x 20 cm. [53]]
1797 June 14
Ira ALLEN. To Stephen THORN.
His case in court has been adjourned for further proof; asks Thorn to examine William's history for the years 1773-4; Allen wrote from memory and thinks some of this material may not be correct; asks Thorn for his assistance in completing the history.
Photostat. 1 p. 23 cm x 19 cm. [532]
1797 June 14
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1797 June 14 Timothy PICKERING, [Secretary of State], Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. To Rufus KING.
Encloses a letter from Mr. Lyon to General Allen; Senators and Representatives from Vermont showed Pick- ering a letter from Governor Chittenden asking the aid of the British Minister in favor of General Allen's claim for the restoration of the arms and cannon; it is the real wish of the Exectutive of the United States that the arms and military stores are restored to Gen- eral Allen and brought to the United States. Photostat. 3 pp. 30 cm x 19 cm. Enclosure missing. [533]
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