Upwards of 30 Autograph Letters Signed, Manuscript Poems, Indentures and Certificates relating to the family of Moses Tryon of Hartford, Connecticut.

An interesting collection of papers relating to the Tryon family, moneyed Swedenborgians from New York State, originally arranged - apparently by Francis Tryon's granddaughter Juliet (Lowrey) Baggallay - in seven parts. Most items are 8vo, with several 4to and some 16mo. Condition is good unless otherwise stated. All items have a small hole in the top left-hand corner for grouping together. Part 1 consists of one letter, 12 June 1797, from Moses Tryon (1750-1817) to Captain Nathan Sage ('his brother's father-in-law' according to an accompanying note). It is 4to, and has been neatly repaired along the creases with archival tape. According to one source Sage (1752-1833) was 'a privateer and had the distinguished honor of capturing an English transport loaded with ammunition at a time when the colonies were in great need of powder. Later he was a judge, and died in 1833, at Oswego, where he was collector of the port'. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir .. - I calld on Moses Wright - & intened [sic] to have sent him up to you in Order to Settle the <?> as I Conceive it very Nessasary [sic] - But his health & Business would not admit of it .. you will Do well to have it Done Before you quite the field or the Bush - I wish you to Let me Come in along side of your pitch for one hundred Acres - & if Capt J Tryon Should have time this Sumer [sic] to Clear about two Acres & Build a hut on it Should be Glad or make me a Good pitch & Get it Done - I will Reward him for so Doing - I should advise him now he is on the Ground to Stick by intill [sic] Cold wether as I make no Dought he will find it his Interest in So Doing & I will Do Every thing in my power for his family' There is a postscript by Tryon on the reverse, and beneath this a 32-line Jacobite poem in a contemporary hand entitled 'James's Farewell'. Part 2: 3 letters, 1845-73 to Francis Tryon (1807-76) from his mother, Mary Ann Hollister, his brothers, Amos & Josiah Tryon, and his daughter Juliet Kemp. Also included is Francis Tryon's attractive printed certificate of life membership of the American Swedenborg Printing & Publishing Society, signed by the President Samuel L. Waldo [the artist Samuel Lovett Waldo?] and the Receiving Secretary Thomas Hitchock, and dated January 1857. The certificate is fraying at the extremities but otherwise is in good condition. Part 3: five 'letters and deeds relating to mortgages etc on property at Lewiston, N.Y. of Mary Ann Hollister and Josiah Tryon 1852-1902'. These consist of: an indenture (2 pages, folio) of 24 February 1852 between Mary Ann Hollister of Lewiston, Niagara and Moses Biarsto Jr and Isiah Tryon, Commissioners of the Lewiston Special School Fund; a copy of part of mortgage (4 pages, 4to) of 24 February 1852 between Mary Ann Hollister and Bairsto and Tryon; an indenture (4 pages, 4to) of 1 June 1874 between Josiah Tryon of Lewiston and Francis Tryon of N.Y.; an indenture (3 pages, 4to) of 30 October 1879 between Josiah Tryon, and Frederick Morton Tryon; a Typed Letter Signed (2 pages, 4to), with diagram, by J. Boardman Scovell, attorney & counselor at law, of Buffalo, N.Y., to F. M. Tryon of 615 fifth avenue, New York. Part 4: 11 letters, 1861-8, to Virginia Kent (1842-1930) from her parents Francis and Sarah Tryon. The first of these (4 pages, 8vo, in good condition, although repaired with archival tape) is written from London by her father, 14 August 1861. Among other interesting observations it contains a description of Dr Bayley and his chapel, Argyle Square, Grays Inn, as well as the following comment relating to the Civil War: 'You cannot imagine how rapidly the sentiment is changing here for the south. No one has faith in our Cabinet, no one believes the north will succeed not even myself - direct Taxation, and villainous squandering the money raised from the people will soon create a party north for peacable separation'. Several of the letters, written from the continent, are on thin paper repaired with archival tape. Also included are three envelopes, one carrying a three-cent stamp, and a long original manuscript poem (4 pages, 16mo), headed 'Oct 1867', which begins: 'Dearest little darling Daughter | I come to you from oer the water | In incoherent doggerel Rhyme | <?> in a diary of our time'. Part 5: 4 letters (c.1855-c.1895) from Virginia (Tryon) Kent, to her mother Sarah Tryon, her step sister-in-law Kate Reed, and her brother-in-law Grosvenor Lowrey. The first item, to the mother, is torn and has suffered loss of date and place. Parts 6: 6 letters (1883-c.1914) to Virginia (Tryon) Kent from , her stepson Frederick Kent and her brother Frederick Tryon and various friends. One letter is on pink paper, headed by an engraving of Trinkhalle, Wildbad. Another is on the letterhead of the Delavan House, Albany, N.Y., which carries an engraving of the building. Also included are envelopes, a prayer (1 page, 8vo), a calculation of the estimated value of property and a printed letter of 4 pages, 16mo, to 'MY DEAR ROCKWELL' from 'Your loving Grandmother', dated May 1914. This last item is in poor condition, with several closed tears. Of part 7 'letters to Virginia Kent from various friends' only one item appears to remain, a letter of W. H. Cooke, of 27 February [no year], 116 West 23d St. The lot,