New Harmony Series IV – Personal Papers

 

The first portion of the collection is made up of personal papers from various New Harmony residents.  The are arranged alphabetically according to the last name of the person to which they belong.  The remaining portion is divided into three sections.  IV.F is made up of the personal papers of Madam Marie Duclos Fretageot.  IV.M is made up of the personal papers of the Maclure family. Included in the Maclure papers are the original manuscripts of essays later published as Maclure’s Opinions on Various Subjects.  IV.O is made up of the personal papers of the Owen family

 

Folder 1                      James Penn Bennett

 

16 June 1863               Oath of allegiance

 

28 Sept. 1863              Oath of allegiance

 

21 June 1901               Certificate of enlistment, service and death.    .

 

18 Aug. 1864              Commission as captain.

 

Folder 2                      William P. Bennett

 

3 Feb. 1830                 Passport issued by Mexican government.

 

Folder 3                      Thomas Brown

 

31 July 1837                Commission as Justice of the Peace

 

Folder 4                      John Chappellsmith

 

Undated                      Writings concerning Dr. Owen’s views on slavery

 

Folder 5                      Joseph Fauntleroy

 

1 Feb. 1830                 Permission to vend foreign merchandise

 

9 May 1832                 Permission to vend foreign merchandise

 

10 June 1829               Bill of lading

 

10 June 1829               Letter to accompany the bill of lading.

 

Folder 6                      Morgan Hancock

 

20 Oct. 1836               Appointment as sergeant

 

Folder 7                      Charles Alexandre Lesueur

 

3 Aug. 1827                Bill of lading

 

1 April 1822                Bill of lading

 

Undated                      Bill of lading

 

Folder 8                      Joseph C. Muller/Miller

 

18 Sept. 1808              Baptismal record

 

1830                            [Marriage certificate?]

 

1831                            [German document]

 

Undated                      [German document]   

 

Undated                      [German document listing 10 items or points]

 

Undated                      [German document]

 

Undated                      [German document]

 

Sept. 1843                   Application to become an American citizen

 

Undated                      Small notebook in German

 

Undated                      German calendar with notes

 

27 Dec. 1819               Passport issued in Germany.  First entry Dec. 27, 1819

 

29 Aug. 1838              Baptismal record of Hermann A. Miller

 

Folder 9                      Sophia Murphy

 

16 June 1872               Poem

 

Folder 10                    Joseph Neef

 

20 April 1854              Copy of will

 

12 July 1937                Letter from Lloyd Dixon who made the copy of the will to Louise Husband, librarian

 

20 March 1806            Copy of traveling papers for Neef and family to the United States from the Commercial Agency of the United States, District of Paris.

 

Folder 11                    Nelson G. Nettelton

 

Undated                      Articles of corporation between Nettelton and James McFadin

 

14 Oct. 1831               Articles of agreement between Nettelton and James [Lorry]

 

16 July 1838                List of lands in 1837

 

8 Nov. 1838                Sales agreement between Nettleton and McFadin

 

9 Oct. 1840                 Invoice of notes

 

21 Aug. 1843              Indenture presented in court by Posey County sheriff in Nettelton vs. Stewart

 

19 June 1844               Letter to Nettelton from [Lorry]

 

Undated                      Notebook with business entries

 

Undated                      Promissory note from Stewart

 

Undated                      Proposition for [Lorry] and Nettleton for sale of stock

 

Folder 12                    Robert Owen

 

3 Jan. 1825                  Memorandum of agreement with Frederick Rapp for purchase of Harmonie

 

Folder 13                    Frederick Rapp

 

12 Aug. 1830              Receipt for cotton

 

Folder 14                    Rawlings, Moses M.

 

5 Dec. 1833                 Commission as major general

 

Folder 15                    Thomas Say

 

1832                            Receipt for rent collected for William Maclure

 

29 Jan. 1834                Note to pay John Pitcher  charging it to William Maclure’s account

 

21 Oct. 1846               Bill for monument for Say’s grave

 

19 Nov. 1832              Say’s statement in the suit of Maclure vs. Duclos

 

Folder 16                    David Schnee

 

Undated                      Drawing of the labyrinth

 

Folder 17                    John Schnee

 

3 Aug. 1811                Commission as captain

 

Folder 18                    Taylor, Fauntleroy & Co.

 

18 June 1829               Notice of dissolution

 

Folder 19                    William A. Twigg

 

ca. 1830s-1840s          Receipts for items bought including silver teaspoons, a Bible and a vacation  trip to Niagara Falls.

 

7 July 1877                  Letter of administration appointing Louis Pelham to handle estate of William Twigg deceased.

 

Folder 20                    John L. Tyler

 

Undated                      Letter to John Chapman, editor

 

Folder 21                    Josiah Warren

 

20 Feb. 1821               Letter for patent for lamp for burning grease

 

20 Feb. 1821               Receipt for payment for patent

 

Folder 22                    Josiah Warren

 

26 Aug. 1850              Certification of letter for patent for stereotype plates

 

[1846]                          Letter for patent

 

25 April 1846              Patent for stereotype plates

 

Undated                      Image of plates

 

 

Folder 23                    George W. L. White 

 

24 July 1837                Business letter

 

Undated                      Business agreement with William Hamilton

 

3 March 1838              Business agreement with Joseph Stewart

 

Folder 24                    Col. Isaac White

 

3 June 1832                 Poem “Frontier Call” written in Logensport.  It is a call to war            against Black Hawk.           

 

Folder 25                    William F. Workman

 

24 April 1880              Marriage license

 

Folder 26                    Frances Wright

 

31 May 1830               Will leaving all of her property to Robert Dale Owen.

 

27 June 1830               Will leaving all of her property to Robert Dale Owen

 

7 March 1831              Will making Robert Dale Owen and Phiquepal Darusmont joint

                                    heirs.

 

Folder 27                    Unidentified writers

 

Undated                      Old Times in New Harmony found in diary of Victor Duclos.

 

Undated                      Education No. 8 by M.W.S.

 

New Harmony Series IV.F – Personal Papers of Marie Duclos Fretageot

 

Folder 1

 

Undated                      Essay in French

 

Folder 2

 

1821 – 1832                Inventories and invoiced of books, engravings, scientific

                                    equipment, etc.  English and French

 

 

 

Folder 3

 

1821-1824                                      Legal documents.  Mostly French

 

Folder 4

 

Undated                      List of Madam Fretageot’s pupils in Philadelphia written in

                                    William Maclure’s hand.

 

Folder 5

 

1821-1833                                      Receipts and accounts.  English and French

 

New Harmony Series IV.M – Maclure Family Papers

 

Alexander Maclure

 

Folder 1

 

Dates vary                   Accounts

 

Folder 2

 

Dates vary                   Legal documents

 

Folder 3

 

Dates vary                   Miscellaneous business and legal papers

 

Folder 4                     

 

9 Sept. 1796                Naturalization certificate

 

Folder 5                     

 

Dated vary                  Receipts

 

Folder 6         

           

Dates vary                   Receipts

 

Folder 7                     

 

Dates vary                   Receipts

Folder 8

 

22 June 1850               Sale of personal property

 

Folder 9

 

25 Feb. 1850               Will

 

Undated                      Maclure’s notes on his will

 

Dates vary                   Estate papers including a letter from Alvin Hovey

 

12 April 1859              Claims allowed on estate

 

Undated                      Inventory of household items

 

Folder 10

 

Dates vary                   Accounts and papers of Samuel G. Morton, as agent and trustee

 

Anna Maclure

 

Folder 11

 

Dates vary                   Receipts, Declaration of intention to become a citizen, estate

                                    Papers

 

Maclure Family

 

Folder 12

 

Undated                      Genealogy

 

Undated                      Statement of amount released from sale of Spanish property

                                    (photocopy)

 

28 Jan. 194[2]             Letter from descendent of a David McClure with sketch of his life.                                                No reason to assume this McClure is related to the Maclures.

 

Margaret Maclure

 

Folder 13

 

6 Feb 1839                  Invoice from doctor for care given

to 19 Oct 1839

 

William Maclure

 

Folder 14

 

Dates vary                   Accounts current with Alexander Maclure

 

Folder 15                   

 

Dates vary                   Accounts current with S. H. Carpenter (Philadelphia)

 

Folder 16                   

 

Dates vary                   Accounts current with Stephen Girard, Banker (Philadelphia)

 

Folder 17

 

Dates vary                   Accounts current with William Gorman, Alicante, Spain. 

                                    Accounts were handled by Alexander after William’s death.

 

Folder 18                   

 

Dates vary                   Miscellaneous accounts

 

Folder 19                   

 

Dates vary                   Bonds and agreements

 

Folder 20

 

Undated                      Contribution to the New Harmony Gazette

 

Folder 21       

 

Dates vary                   Accounts and papers of John C. Fory, agent to settle affairs of

                                    Estate in Spain – plus local business.

 

Folder 22                   

 

Dates vary                   Estate – Mexican accounts

 

Folder 23                   

 

Dates vary                   Estate – Mexican documents

 

 

 

Folder 24                   

 

Undated                      Hints on the culture of the vine.  An example of Maclure’s essays

                                    Sent to New Harmony for publication, with the editing of the copy

                                    done by Thomas Say.

 

Folder 25

 

Undated                      List of books given to Germantown public schools

 

Folder 26

 

Dates vary                   Letters, etc. for Maclure relatives and heirs

 

Folder 27                   

 

1832                            Memorandum on revision of Mexican constitution

 

Folder 28

 

Undated                      Miscellaneous

 

Folder 29                   

 

Dates vary                   Miscellaneous legal documents, Mexico

 

Folder 30

 

Dates vary                   Miscellaneous legal documents, Spain

 

Folder 31

 

7 Oct. 1796                 Naturalization Certificate, Detroit

(1828)

 

Folder 32

 

Undated                      The old school – The new school, comparison in parallel columns

 

Folder 33-47               Maclure’s essays.  Later published as Opinions on Various Subjects.  Essays are arranged chronologically from 1829-1836

Folder 48

 

Undated                      Passports and travel documents (Mexican)

Folder 49

 

Undated                      One paper listing organizations to which Maclure is a member

 

Folder 50

 

1837                            Plan for applying the American land survey system to France

 

Folder 51

 

1827                            Power of Attorney to Madame M. D. Fretageot

 

 

Folder 52

 

1830-1832                   Promissory notes addressed to Maclure.  Last three are from Thomas Say.

 

 

Folder 53

 

Dates vary                   Receipts

 

Folder 54

 

1822-1841                   Spanish affairs

 

Folder 55

 

Dates vary                   Wills and related papers

 

New Harmony Series IV.O – Owen Family Papers

 

Folder 1

 

Undated                      Drawing of cupola of D.D. Owen laboratory

 

Folder 2

 

Undated                      Photo of sampler done by Jane Dale Owen in 1811

 

Folder 3

 

Dates vary                   Richard Owen essays on education

 

 

Folder 4

 

1845                            Correspondence regarding plans for the building of the Smithsonian Institution.  Robert Dale and David Dale Owen

 

Folder 5

 

1827-1830                   Robert Owen documents recording settlement with William Maclure 2-5 May 1827, 3 June 1830.

                                    2 May 1827 Conditional Bond.  Robert Owen, William G. Taylor, William Owen, and Robert M. Evans to William Maclure.  Penal sum $40,000.  Condition that Robert Owen shall within one year secure relinquishment of his wife’s dower rights in property deeded to Maclure.

                                    5 May 1827 Release. Robert Owen to William Maclure.  Release of all “causes of action, accounts, claims, and demands whatsoever.”

                                    3 June 1830 Release from restriction in deed.  Robert Owen to William Maclure.  Abrogates the covenants of 5 May 1827 that restricted Maclure from distilling ardent spirits, and from keeping a store or inn.

 

Folder 6-7

 

Dates vary                   Owen Trust Estate

 

Folder 8                     

 

No date                       Printed broadside of Robert Owen’s Twelve Fundamental Laws of Human Nature (1829)

 

Folder 9

 

1830                            Account current with Robert Owen, 1 Sept. 1828-1 Feb. 1830.  Prepared by William Owen, who appends a letter to his brother, Robert  Dale, in which a date as late as 4 Aug. 1830 is mentioned.

 

Folder 10

 

Jan. 1832                     Rough estimate of New Harmony real estate.  Two documents.  The first in the hand of Robert Dale Owen.  Estimate value of property owned by Robert Dale and William Owen.

 

 

 

 

Folder 11

 

Jan.-Feb. 1832             Robert Dale Owen.  Sales effect in New Harmony, Jan. & Feb. 1832

 

Folder 12                   

 

ca. 1832                       Appraisement of houses and lots in New Harmony.  Probably belonged to Robert Dale Owen.

 

Folder 13                   

 

1839-1840                   Robert Dale Owen.  Communication to newspapers.

 

Folder 14                   

 

15 May 1856               Article on the role of Robert Dale Owen on the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution from the Millennial Gazette written by Robert Owen and transcripts of proceedings of Congress, and extracts from RDO’s speech in the House of Representatives.  Typewritten for New Harmony exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

 

Folder 15                   

 

ca. 1835                       Robert Dale Owen financial accounts

 

Folder 16

 

1836                            Law suit re: Moral Physiology

 

Folder 17

 

Dates vary                   Robert Dale Owen. Legal documments

 

Folder 18

 

23 Sept. 1862              Transcript of Robert Dale Owen’s letter to Abraham Lincoln concerning the emancipation of slaves.

 

Folder 19

 

Dates vary                   Robert Dale Owen.  Miscellaneous

 

 

 

Folder 20

 

Dates vary                   Robert Dale Owen et al.  David Dale Trust Estate (Scotland)

 

Folder 21

 

1842                            Robert Dale Owen and others.  Report of town meeting.  New Harmony and the Rev. Benjamin Halsted concerning communication that appeared in the Episcopal Recorder of Philadelphia reflecting upon the character of the town.

 

Folder 22

 

Dates vary                   William Owen.  Business papers