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MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNTS LEDGER FOR CAPT. JACOB MARSH SLOOP ESSEX OF RAHWAY NEW JERSEY RECORDING HIS DELIVERY OF BRICKS FROM JOHN MARSH OF RAHWAY TO VARIOUS CUSTOMERS IN NEW YORK CITY AND BROOKLYN 1821-1823

65562Small oblong notebook bound in full calf with a metal clasp. 10 x 16 cm. approx. 164 pp. Spine perished wear and soiling to boards front board lettered by hand with Jacob Marsh's name. The entries from March 15 1821 to June 1 1823 record the dates of Marsh's trips once or twice a month to New York City to deliver bricks to as many as a dozen customers each trip plus the quantities of bricks purchased. Customers included: Henry Moore Dominic Westerfield Wm. Post Samuel Parker Gideon Peck Henry Bullwinkle John Scudder Avery & Anderson Vandenburgh & Freeman etc. etc. Capt. Marsh also delivered bricks produced by Benjamin and Samuel Marsh Aron Miller Thomas Marsh and Caleb Hotstedd. A few pages at the back of the ledger record dos-a-dos supplies for outfitting Capt. Marsh's sloop the Essex payments to crew duane sic- douane slips wharfage and repairs etc. Rahway New Jersey was founded by settlers of nearby Elizabethtown and Woodbridge in the early 18th century. The area around Woodbridge was known for its "easily accessible sedimentary clay that produced fire brick capable of withstanding extremely high temperatures" making them much in demand as building materials. A number of brick factories were located in this area. Rahway on the Rahway River allowed for easy access to the markets of New York City and Brooklyn. These accounts are an example of that early trade. see: Virginia Troeger's "Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township" Arcadia Pub.: 2002 for further record <br/>The extended members of the Marsh family who settled in Rahway included John Marsh who built a saw mill and grist mill along the river in the early 1700s and died at his home at Trembly Point on the Rahway River in 1744. <br/>Capt. Jacob Marsh who kept these accounts is likely a member of this extended family. Presumably he is Jacob Marsh 1797-1832 son of John 1772-1830 and Mary Hendricks Marsh. Jacob married Mary Ann Coddington 1802-1877 in 1819. There is a small receipt pinned into the front of this ledger dated May 8 1843 recording that Mary Ann Marsh received $6.51 "in full of all demand up to this date for John Trembly." <br/><br/> hardcover books

Bartlebys Books · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

War of 1812: Brown Jacob Gen.ABAA

MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED FROM GEN. JACOB BROWN TO JOSHUA HATHEWAY IN ROME NEW YORK DESCRIBING THE ATTACK ON SACKETS HARBOR

1813WRCAM41998Sackets Harbor N.Y. 1813. 1p. manuscript letter signed docketed on verso. Folio. Old fold lines. Some separation at folds; one tear closed with archival tape. Lightly soiled. Good. An eyewitness account of the second battle of Sackets Harbor on the shores of Lake Ontario from the commander of the American forces there Gen. Jacob Brown to his friend Joshua Hatheway quartermaster general and formerly the commander of the defenses at Sackets Harbor. The town situated near the entrance to the St. Lawrence River at the far eastern end of Lake Ontario and opposite the Canadian town of Kingston was a vital defensive point for the Americans challenging British control of the St. Lawrence and the lake and preventing a British thrust into New York State. If either side could control both sides of the entrance to the St. Lawrence they could control the Upper Great Lakes. Taking advantage of the American action against York which drew troops away to the western end of the Lake the British decided to strike. On May 28 1813 the British Great Lakes squadron under the command of James Yeo appeared off Sackets Harbor carrying troops under the command of the governor-general Lieut. Gen. George Prevost. Having been forewarned by several men who escaped the Battle of Henderson Bay the previous day the Americans had some time to reinforce their defenses before the British could attack. The British landed on the 28th but launched their main attack the next morning. They easily routed the American militia but the regulars under Brown were able to fight off repeated attacks on their fortifications. Prevost fearing the arrival of more American troops ordered a retreat which nearly became a rout. Brown was the hero of the day and was later rewarded with a commission as brigadier general. He must have immediately written this letter describing the action. This appears to be written in a secretarial hand and signed by Brown himself. The letter states: "Dr. Sir I received an order some days since from Genl Dearborn to take comm. at this Post. Comd. Chauncey is up the lake. We were this morning attacked as day dawned by Sir George Prevost in person who made good his landing with at least a thousand picked men. Sir James Yeo commanded the fleet after loosing some distinguished officers and of course some gallant men. Our loss is very severe as to the quality of those who have fallen. The enemy left many of their wounded on the Field - but I have no doubt carried off many more. We shall probably be again attacked as Sir George must feel very sore. All I can say is whatever may be the result we will not be disgraced." A superb battlefield letter reporting on one of the most significant military actions of the War of 1812. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis3 000,00 $US≈ 2 538,30 €

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