ELLSWORTH, Henry Leawitt Lettre autographe signée à Georges Washington Lafayette ; et une autre lettre du même (2) Hartford, 14 février 1835 1 p. in-4
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LA GRANGE ET LE GRAND TOUR DES AMÉRICAINS. LETTRE DE HENRY LEAWITT ELLSWORTH. L’UN DES GRANDS DÉCOUVREURS DE L’OUEST AMÉRICAIN, LE MÉCÈNE DE SAMUEL MORSE ET DE SAMUEL COLT “Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance my esteemed friend Mr [Henry] Barnard of this city. Mr Barnard is a gentleman of the high literary attainment and much moral worth. He has undertaken a journey to Europe (...) While I commend Mr Barnard to your kind civilities, I cannot omit to thank you for the kindness you showed me at Paris & La Grange"... ; une autre lettre du même, “let me introduce to you my esteemed friend Prof. J Hall"... , 1 p. in-4, Washington, 25 mars 1836 Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) was a Yale-educated attorney who became the first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office (1835-1845) where he encouraged innovation by inventors Samuel F.B. Morse and Samuel Colt. Ellsworthd was a major donor to Yale College and the founder of what became the United States Department of Agriculture. Between 1811 and 1832 Ellswrorth travelled several time to the West (with Washington Irving, comte Albert de Pourtalès and Charles La Trobe) where his family owned a vast estate of 41,000 acres in the Western Reserve. In 1832 he was appointed as Commissioner to the Indians tribes in Arkansas and Oklahoma. He was mayor of Hartford. The Henry Leavitt Ellsworth papers are at Yale University.
