Box 2
Contains 51 Results:
Letter - James Barron, Copenhagen, to William Jones, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Washington, 1813 July 22
1 page. Autograph draft signed. The term of his suspension having expired, Barron asks for opportunity to serve his country.
Letter - James Barron, Copenhagen, to his daughter, Jane A. Barron, Hampton, Virginia, 1813 July-November
6 items. Autograph Letters Signed. In one he mentions that he is writing to the Secretary of the Navy to offer his services to his country in the War.
Report - "Report of Board of Officers to General.", 1814
5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: defense of Virginia, with mention of the Peninsula, Richmond, Petersburg, etc.
Bill - to John Gillespie from J.M. Forbes for a "rope laying machine.", 1814 January 6
Autograph Document.
Letter - Belforn, Ellah, Rainals & Co., Elsinore, to James Barron, Copenhagen, 1814 Februry 21
3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent for rope machine.
Letter - Samuel Angus, Gothenburg, to James Barron, Copenhagen, 1814 May 2
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Offer to carry communications to America on his next trip.
An Act and Deed - signed by James Barron, Commodore in the Navy of the United States, 1814 May 21
4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Agreement to sell to John Murray Forbes the patent to a hemp spinning machine, patented in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia.
Letters - patent signed by Frederik VI, King of Denmark and Norway, for a dough kneading machine, to Nicolai Marshand, 1814 May 24
4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Sale of the rights to the machine outside Denmark to James Barron.
Power of Attorney - given by James Barron in Copenhagen to his wife, daughter Jane, and Bullen Cooke, of Washington, D.C., 1814 June 30
2 pages. Autograph Document Signed with Autograph Copy signed.
An unsigned account of the controversy between Philadelphia and Delaware from August 1812 to June 1814, 1814 June
7 pages. Autograph draft,E. Addressed to "Commodore Murray, at the Collector of Delaware." Re: duties on the cargo of the British ship Superior.
Letter - James Barron, Copenhagen, to his daughter, Jane A. Barron, Hampton, Virginia, 1814 June-October
2 pages. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's attempts to return home and sale of his European patents.
Letters - J.M. Forbes, Copenhagen, to James Barron, Copenhagen and Gothenburg, 1814 June-November
3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written when Barron expected to get passage back to the U.S. from Gothenberg when he sold his European patents to Forbes.
Letter - S. Vyer, St. Petersburg, to Capt. James Barron, Copenhagen, 1814 October 1
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Personal affairs.
Letter - J.W. Forbes, Copenhagen, 1814 October 4
1 page. Document Signed. Grants permission to Capt. James Barron for the construction of a wind mill on which he, Forbes, holds patent rights.
Letter - James Barron, Copenhagen, to Henry Wilson, American Consul, Nantes, France, 1814 November 24
1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: chance for employment in France.
Letter - H.N. Fettyplace, Hamburg, to Capt. James Barron, Copenhagen, 1815 January 3
3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Preliminaries of peace were signed at Ghent between the British and American ministers.
Act - authorizing a Regular Force for the Defense of the Commonwealth. [Passed January the 18th, 1815.] [Richmond: Richie & Trueheart, 1815.], 1815 January 18
4 pages. Printed Document.
Memorandum - regarding the formation of a Regiment of Artillery. Dated in Norfolk, but unsigned, 1815 February 6
3 pages. Autograph draft.
Military recommendations - [Genl. Robert B. Taylor], military recommendations. Dated Norfolk, but unsigned, 1815 February 14
3 pages. Autograph copy. "Taylor . . . is my brother."
Letters - Edward Armistead, Dartmoor Prison, England, and Copenhagen, to Capt. James Barron, Copenhagen, 1815 February-May
3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Appeals to Barron to aid him, and a letter after his release from prison.
Letters - James Barron, London and Hamburg, to his daughter, Jane A. Barron, and wife, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Barron, Hampton, Virginia, 1815 March-August
4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. News of his attempts to set up in business in Europe and of his new invention, a cork-cutting machine.
Letters - Peter H. Ferrau, Copenhagen, to James Barron, London and Hamburg, 1815 March-August
12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters in which Ferrau expresses the sympathy in Copenhagen with the cause of Napoleon, and disappointed at his defeat.
Letter - J.M. Forbes, Copenhagen, to James Barron, Hamburg, 1815 April 25
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs.
Letter - James Barron, Hamburg, to Peter H. Ferrau, 1815 June 2
1 page. 3 items. Autograph copy signed. Re: transactions in tobacco. Enclosed: 2 receipts.
Letter - Samuel Myers, Norfolk, Virginia, to James Barron, Copenhagen, 1815 July 10
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's right of reinstatement among his countrymen.