Container List
Series II: John P. Van Ness
Scope and Contents noteSeries II is dedicated to General John Peter Van Ness, David Burne's son-in-law. Series includes correspondence and papers, ca. 1788-1845 concerning subjects such as politics, business, banking, the War of 1812, election of 1828, the Van Ness mansion and mausoleum, land dealings, and Washington social life. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: 2 | Folder : 1 | Misc. letters (John P. Van Ness, Mrs. Van Ness), music |
undated, 1802-1851 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 2 | Correspondence Re: portraits of John P. and Mrs. John P. |
undated, 1805-1833 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 3 | Correspondence with B. H. Latrobe, architect for building Van Ness mansion |
1811-1815 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 4 | Correspondence with B. H. Latrobe, architect for building Van Ness mansion |
1816-1820 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 5 | Misc. correspondence |
1802-1830 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 6 | Misc. correspondence |
1831-1848 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 7 | Correspondence re: politics & law |
1803-1827 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 8 | Correspondence re: politics & law |
1829-1841 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Re: Militia (NY & Washington?) as Major, Colonel, Brig-Gen., General |
1802-1811 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 10 | Speeches, petition for impeachment of A. Burr |
undated, 1804 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | The case of Samuel Hawkins |
1818-1825 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Letters, misc. |
1802-1845 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 13 | Controversy around John P. Van Ness' "official" greeting & President James Monroe |
1817 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 14 | Papers re: sale of property bet. John P. Van Ness & John Quincy Adams |
1815-1821 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 15 | Letters: Van Buren, Monroe |
1802-1844 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 16 | Bond, letters John Jacob Astor |
1809 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 17 | Letters: Daniel Webster, speech |
1836-1851 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 1 | Sale of Van Alen farm in Kinderhook |
1809 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 2 | Papers re: guardianship of the children of James Burns |
1805-1810 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 3 | Correspondence re: Isaac Clason Estate |
undated, 1813-1819 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 4 | Re: Laight Case |
undated, 1805-1816 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 5 | Re: attack on Washington D.C. by British |
1814 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 6 | Woodward Affair |
undated, 1804-1809 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 7 | Memorandum re: intrigue among Clay, Adams, Webster re: Election 1828 & Jackson |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 8 | Commissions (legal, military) |
1788-1813 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 9 | Misc. letters, receipts |
undated, 1793-1845 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 10 | Settlement of estate #1 |
1846 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 11 | Settlement of estate #2 |
1847 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 12 | Settlement of estate #3 |
1848-1852 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 1 | Business correspondence - bills and receipts |
undated, 1804-1810 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 2 | Business correspondence - bills and receipts |
1810-1842 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 3 | Business correspondence - land acquisition and rental agreements |
1810-1832 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 4 | Re: William Duncanson |
undated, 1802-1805 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 5 | Business correspondence |
undated, 1804-1845 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 6 | Re: account with D. Clagett, Clagett & Washington |
1819-1831 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 7 | Bills, receipts, legal matters with John Weightman, John Knapp, David Brent, etc. |
1804-1812 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 8 | Business with Stoughton Gannt, Charles Varden, others |
1802-1841 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 9 | Re: sloop "industry" |
1803-1814 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 10 | Misc. business |
undated, 1800-1815 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 11 | Misc. business |
1817-1845 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 12 | Washington, D.C. business correspondence |
1795-1827 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 13 | Washington, D.C. business correspondence |
1828-1845 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 1 | Correspondence from Richmond, VA |
1823-1843 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 2 | Re: silk manufacture |
1844-1845 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 3 | Business correspondence |
undated, 1812-1846 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 4 | Business correspondence with [W. E.] Boyd |
1813-1819 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 5 | Business correspondence with J. H. Barney |
1803-1810 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 6 | Re: Elizabeth Bacon |
undated, 1839-1845 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 7 | Re: D. G. Orme |
1837-1842 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 8 | Re: Richard Cutts |
1807-1818 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 9 | Misc. business papers |
undated, 1800-1847 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 10 | Promissory notes and receipts |
1806-1814 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 11 | Notes, checks, etc. |
1803-1814 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 12 | Business letters |
undated, 1802-1842 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 13 | Misc. business correspondence |
1808-1844 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 14 | Loose account books |
circa 1700-1900 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 1 | John P. Van Ness vs Brohawn & Byus |
1803-1837 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 2 | The Washington Theatre - building & maintenance |
1803-1840 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 3 | Washington, D.C: incorporation/autonomy question |
undated, 1803-[1805] | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 4 | Washington Dancing Assembly |
1805 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 5 | Bank of U.S. (#1) |
undated, 1806-1809 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 6 | Re: Bank of U.S. (#2) |
undated, 1810-1838 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 7 | Van Ness Mauseleum, Washington, D.C. |
undated, 1814-1842 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 8 | Kennedy claims re: C & O Canal |
1823-1837 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 9 | Re: Chesapeake & Canal, newspaper clippings |
1833-1834, 1984-1986 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 10 | Bank of Metropolis - accounts and memos, letters (M. L. Davis) |
undated, 1814-1841 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 11 | Central Cholera Hospital, Washington, D.C. |
1832 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 12 | Western Cholera Hospital, Washington, D.C. |
1832 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 13 | Eastern Cholera Hospital, Washington, D.C. |
1832 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 1 | Receipts and bills of Washington tradesmen (#1) |
undated, 1803-1819 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 2 | Receipts and bills of Washington tradesmen (#2) |
1820-1829 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 3 | Receipts and bills of Washington tradesmen (#3) |
1830s-1844 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 4 | Domestic receipts (1) |
undated, 1803-1819 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 5 | Domestic receipts (2) |
1820-1829 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 6 | Domestic receipts (3) |
1830-1839 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 7 | Domestic receipts (4) |
1840-1842 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 8 | Re: Peres Packard |
1819-1829 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 9 | Receipts and bills (1) |
undated, 1800's-1819 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 10 | Receipts and bills (2) |
1820-1829 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 11 | Receipts and bills (3) |
1830's-1847 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 12 | Misc. business, notes (#1), letters, deeds |
undated, [1800-1819] | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 13 | Misc. business, notes (#2), letters, deeds |
[1820-1830] | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 14 | Misc. business, notes (#3), letters, deeds |
[1830-1850] | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 15 | Misc. receipts and notes |
1803-1845 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 1 | Receipts and notes (E1) |
1815-1840 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 2 | Receipts and bills (F1) |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 3 | Receipts and bills (F2) |
1800-1844 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 4 | Receipts and bills (F3) |
1800-1844 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 5 | Receipts and bills (F4) |
1800-1844 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 6 | Receipts and bills (G1) |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 7 | Receipts and bills (G2) |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 8 | Receipts and bills (H1) |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 9 | Receipts and bills (H2) |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 10 | Receipts and bills (H3) |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 11 | Receipts and bills (I1) |
1790-undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 12 | Receipts and bills (I2) |
1790-1830 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 13 | Receipts and bills (I3) |
1790-1830 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 1 | Receipts and bills (J1) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 2 | Receipts and bills (J2) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 3 | Receipts and bills (J3) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 4 | Receipts and bills (K1) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 5 | Receipts and bills (K2) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 6 | Receipts and bills (K3) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 7 | Receipts and bills (L1) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 8 | Receipts and bills (L2) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 9 | Receipts and bills (L3) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 10 | Receipts and bills (M1) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 11 | Receipts and bills (M2) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 12 | Receipts and bills (N1) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 13 | Receipts and bills (N2) |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 14 | Receipts and bills |
1800-1840 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 1 | Receipts and bills, household business, money transactions |
1802-1845 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 2 | Bills received |
1802-1818 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 3 | Receipts, business correspondence |
1793-1844 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 4 | Receipts, business correspondence |
1800-1844 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 5 | Household businees, personal business, misc. (1) |
undated | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 6 | Household businees, personal business, misc. (2) |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 1 | Farm land, management, sale correspondences, notes, accounts, land in Westmoreland
county |
1788-1824 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 2 | Legal financial papers |
circa 1790-1816 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 3 | Land claims |
1791-1830 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 4 | Papers re: Glebe property #1 |
circa 1700-1800 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 5 | Re: Glebe property (#2) |
circa 1790-1835 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 6 | John P. Van Ness vs Rientzel (Daniel) |
1803-1808 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 7 | John P. Van Ness and William Brent, U.K., legal fees |
1816-1832 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 8 | Misc. D.C. property |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 9 | Business: leases, deeds, correspondence |
1816-1834 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 10 | Walter Jones case with the Bank of Metropolis |
1817-1826 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 11 | Widow Conner suit |
circa 1847 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 1 | Leases and deeds |
1810-1843 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 2 | Leases, deeds, agreements |
1805-1845 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 3 | Leases and accounts of extended family |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 4 | Deeds, leases, notes, accounts, business letters (1) |
1803-1844 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 5 | Deeds, leases, notes, accounts, business letters (2) |
1803-1844 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 6 | Cases, leases, accounts |
1819-1830 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 7 | Leases, deeds, agreements, D.C. property and taxes, accounts of extended family (1) |
1800-1848 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 8 | Leases, deeds, agreements, D.C. property and taxes, accounts of extended family (2) |
1800-1848 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 9 | Leases, deeds, agreements, D.C. property and taxes, accounts of extended family (3) |
undated | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 1 | Bank of Metropolis - John P. Van Ness assigned mortgage, land and property assignment |
circa 1840-1850 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 2 | Judgements, etc. |
1828-1841 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 3 | Deeds, memos, lease |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 4 | Leases, deeds, agreements |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 5 | Leases, deeds, agreements, etc. |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 6 | Leases, deeds, agreements, etc. |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 7 | Leases, deeds, agreements, etc. |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 8 | Leases, deeds, agreements, etc. |
1800-1845 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 1 | Original plats and maps of Washington, D.C. |
circa 1796 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 2 | Original plats and maps of Washington, D.C. |
circa 1975 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 3 | Deeds, memorandums |
1804-1845 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 4 | Deeds, leases, agreements |
1818-1845 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 5 | Leases, deeds, agreements |
undated, 1822-1845 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 6 | Indentures |
1816-1844 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 7 | Indentures |
1815-1844 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 8 | Indentures, deeds |
1804-1846 | |
| Box: 14 | Folder : 9 | Dinner |
1812 | |
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