3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his life in the West Indies where he has gone from Copenhagen.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs; permission granted to import refined sugar into Russia.

1 page. Autograph copy signed. Business affairs.

3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his hope of returning to U.S. within the year; and of the impending marriage of Jane.

Scope and Contents

4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. News from home: re: Capt. Johnson and lucrative business in the Dismal Swamp Canal; trade with St. Iago De Cuba; Capt. Sinclair; plans to move the Naval Yard from Gosport to York, still undecided; Capt. Fawn's misfortune; flourishing condition of Norfolk; $100,000 subscribed to open the "Roan Oak Canal"; Chs. K. Mallory, Collector; Barron's family living in town after their country house burned.

3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his machine for cutting corks now successful, and his desire for a patent on it.

9 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her husband; detailed explanations of his cork cutting machine and his mill which "will grind 100 bushels of corn in 24 hours, can be completed for little more than a common pidgeon house."

1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a knife [for the cork cutting machine].

2 items. Autograph Letter Signed. Contracts in Danish.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Contract for Elliptical Valve Pump Boxes, to be made and sold by Barron after getting a Danish patent.

2 items. Autograph Letters Signed. Authorization for the accountant of the U.S. Navy to pay the balance of his half-pay to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Barron or Mr. Wilton Hope (his son-in-law).

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing a Mr. Poulson.

1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: commission given to Capt. Leech by Barron.

1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Document in Danish.

Scope and Contents

1 page. Autograph Document Signed, E. Statement re: his "new invented Pump" which he has offered to the Secretary of State.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Wishing him a pleasant passage.

4 pages. Autograph copy. Will Recorded at above date.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: St. Croix; and Barron's imminent departure.

3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron as he is waiting to sail and after his arrival in Virginia.

Printed Autograph Document Signed. Document in Danish.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. James L. Ferrau having taken the degree of M.D. is returning to Copenhagen.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. An offer for the purchase of the copyright of the cork cutting machine in Great Britain.

3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. "The President (James Monroe) takes a deep interest in your welfare . . . come on immediately to Washington and see the President himself . . .." Re: the debate in General Jackson's case.

2 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: that Capt. James Barron applied for passage to the U.S. from Gothenberg to offer his services in the war; was refused passage because the ship was under a neutral cartel, in June 1814.

1 page. Autograph copy. Re: that he saw letter addressed by Capt. Barron to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, in 1813 offering his services to the U.S. and that Barron sought passage to the U.S. in 1814.