Featured 1815 invitation to Tammany Hall

In the library with a candlestick?

Debora

 

That's a fine piece of Americana.
Here are several general mentions ...

https://newjacksonianblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/henry-clay-on-war-of-1812-and.html

https://www.litres.ru/book/bayles-w...s-of-new-york-24177636/chitat-onlayn/page-18/

scroll to the date ...
https://www.slideshare.net/JeffreyEvans6/st-tammany-chapter-4

https://www.headlinersfoundation.org/latest-news/2018/12/17/news-of-the-us-september-1815

 

https://ia600402.us.archive.org/Boo...&id=nilesweeklyregis9181balt&scale=4&rotate=0

 

Is this what you were thinking was a name and an address?? I don't think this
clarifies it much......I actually didn't think it was an address at first....I
thought it said "Colonel House" and below that in pencil
'Invitation of (or to) Tammany 1815'....but that doesn't seem to make total
sense either............to me....

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A further collectability tidbit ...

Founded in 1789 as the Tammany Society.

The year 1815 marks the real beginning of New York City’s Tammany Hall era. It was the year that the organization first realized its fullest political potential.

https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2021/07/know-your-mayors-jacob-radcliff-and.html

 

I do too. Clearly hand delivered. Population of NYC in 1815 approximately 100,000. And recipient likely served in War of 1812 (and may have been still in service.) Tantalizing to know who.

Debora

 

I tootled around internet and couldn't find one but certainly must be somewhere. I also looked for colonels who served/were serving in NYC area but... a rabbit hole.

Debora

 

It's a mystery to be solved and will be most satisfying when done.

Debora

 

Curious as to why. The War of 1812 lasted until 1815.

Debora

 

I found that there was a Lieutenant Colonel James House who was stationed at Fort Columbus (now Fort Jay) in New York City during the War of 1812. I'm not sure whether he was with the New York Militia or the U. S. armed forces. I also don't know whether those of the rank of lieutenant colonel would normally be addressed as Colonel on the front of an envelope.

There is a letter in the archives at Duke University, described as:
"Letter, 1 Oct., 1813, from Colonel House, Fort Columbus, to Philip Turner." The letter is not digitized on this page, it's just the cataloging information. I didn't look for a digital copy.
https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/turnerphilip_aspace_ref239_tqq

He is mentioned in several pdf documents I found. This is from the government's Serial Set, mentioning that he traveled in 1821 from New York to Detroit:
(Look at bottom of image 4)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg...0/pdf/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000.pdf

The next one is in a description of a microfilmed set
"Corps of Artillery, New York State Militia, New York. April 27, 1814 - December 30, 1815
Contains general orders from the War Dept. and Adjutant General's office in Washington and general orders from New York City, as well as 3rd Military Department orders, artillery and garrison orders from Fort Columbus. Lt. Col. James House commanded the artillery corps and the garrison at Fort Columbus. The artillery under House's command was stationed at various points around the New York harbor. Locations: Fort Columbus, N.Y., New York City, Washington, D.C. Writer unknown. 418 pages." (on image 19)
https://assets.cengage.com/gale/psm/3073000R.pdf

This is all assuming the name is Colonel House!

 

Very interesting.

Debora