Includes: "certificates of admission" to practice in the Circuit Court and Supreme Judicial Courts of Rhode Island, 1807, 1809, and the Supreme Court of New York, 1816 (signed by Smith Thompson); "membership certificates" to the American Academy of the Arts, 1817, the American Antiquarian Society, 1820 (signed by Isaiah Thomas), the Scandinavian Society and an Icelandic Society, 1830, the Institut d'Afrique, 1840, and the Maryland Historical Society, 1844 (signed by John Spear Smith and Brantz Mayer); "law degree" from Brown University, 1819 (signed by Asa Messer); "appointment" as Minister to Prussia, 1837 Mar. 7 (signed by Martin Van Buren); "letters of credence" from John Tyler for the commercial and navigation treaty, 1843 Nov. 18, and from James Knox Polk for the emigration tax agreement with Bavaria, 1845 Mar. 27, "passports" (one signed by H.W. William Wynn); printed diploma of an honorary degree, Berlin, 1846; committee letters concerning honorary dinners for Henry Wheaton, 1833, 1847, including an autograph letter signed from William Beach Lawrence to Henry Wheaton dated 1847 May 29, and autograph drafts to Henry Wheaton's replies to Albert Gallatin, 1847 May 28, and to the City Council of Providence, R.I., 1847 June 22.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.