1781/01/20

United States. Continental Congress.

Autograph document signed

Title: Extract from minutes urging Governor of Delaware to send troops to Trenton

Written as Secretary of Congress. [Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.39

1776/01/03

Tilghman, Matthew, 1718-1790

Document signed

Title: Military commission

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.40

1775/08/04

Trumbull, Joseph, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: Payment for and storage of molasses

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.41

1757/12/19

Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832

Autograph document signed

Title: to Thomas Richardson re: voucher for payment to Edward Saunders

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.43

1791/01/10

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simeon De Witt re: land grant

Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).

GLC02471.44

1789/03/15

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Document signed

Title: Certificate & receipt of payment as delegate to NY Convention (c/s Geo Clinton)

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.45

24 June 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Warren Winslow

Tells Winslow that he is forwarding his request to promote Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill to the Secretary of War for consideration. A blue paper and printed blurb about Davis are attached to the document. 1 black and white bust engraving of Jefferson Davis included.

GLC02472

17 August 1865

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Todd Lincoln

Douglass thanks Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. Notes that the gift is not merely a memento, but is an "inclination of his humane interest" in the "welfare of my whole race." Accompanied by a small newspaper clipping and a black and white bust engraving of Douglass.

GLC02474

22 June 1853

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses his observations of and desire to obtain specimens of turtle eggs (species unspecified).

GLC02475.01

circa 1867

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868

Signature

Title: to Malcolm Towndsend

Alexander C. Hunt, the Governor of Colorado, writes to Malcolm Towndsend in response to Towndsend's request for General Carson's signature. Hunt states that due to the fragile state of Carson's health, Carson is only able to sign his name.

GLC02475.03

1828-1829

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt and note signed by William Clark [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02475.04

22 October 1846

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to E.M. Kerne

Informs Lieutenant Kerne, commander of the district of the Sacramento Valley, that Peter Brennan, this letter's bearer, has authorization to enlist men "in the service of the United States at the rate of twenty five dollars per month." Asks Kerne to give Brennan assistance. Fremont was then engaged in military activities against California, then owned by Mexico.

GLC02475.05

July 13, 1854

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Writes to an unknown bookseller asking if he has copies of Gray's manual of botany available because Mr. Willis, the principal of the Freehold Institute, is not able to obtain a copy. Asks what the selling price is. With small square fragment of blue lined paper with text, possibly cut from another letter. Addressed from Banbridge.

GLC02475.06

17 March 1853

Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Ticknor

Writes that he has noticed "that you have made no charges against our little party for the host of troublesome commissions connected with my lectures" and considers it "a direct contribution to the object of our Expedition." Offers his thanks.

GLC02475.07

23 March 1786

Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802

Document signed

Title: [Indenture for sale of land in Virginia]

Signed on verso by Tuck Welles [Greencolt?] who states "This Indenture was acknowledged by the said Benjamin Logan to be his Act & declared ordered to be Recorded." Logan, a pioneer, sells a parcel of land to Isaac Shelby, John Logan, William Montgomery, and Hugh Logan, Lincoln County justices of the peace. Indicates the parcel size as 26 acres. Mentions various markers, such as sugar trees and creeks, indicative of boundary lines. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Joseph Russell and John Bailey.

GLC02475.08

1837/03/31

Long, Stephen H., 1784-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Harlan

Thanks Dr. Harlan for the present he sent to Mrs. Long. Mentions receiving instruction for surveys of Maine and Massachusetts, which he will engage when the weather improves and the winter cold abates. Mentions sending a box of presents.

GLC02475.09

11 May 1891

Peary, Robert E., 1856-1920

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clarence C. Buel

Indicates that he is planning "an Expedition to determine the northern terminus of Greenland." Reports to Buel, the assistant editor of Century Magazine, that he has been advised to seek an outlet for publishing articles related to the expedition, but had not yet made specific plans.

GLC02475.10

1811

Pike, Zebulon M., 1779-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Hamilton

Indicates to Lieutenant Hamilton that he has waited three days for the General and plans to move to another location. Asks for "the descriptive lists of those men whom the Genl. brought Down with him." The address identifies Hamilton as an aid de camp.

GLC02475.11

1810

Rafinesque, C.S (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Plans for a fort and monument in Tennessee]

Top half of the page depicts the "Plan of the Stone-Fort at the fork of Duck River, in Tennessee." Lower half of the page contains plans for a "Monument Six miles above Nashville on the Cumberland River." Both establishments are marked as "surveyed by 1810" and copied by Rafinesque, a naturalist and philologist.

GLC02475.12

1797/04/14

Robertson, James, 1742-1814

Letter signed

Title: to David Henley

Asks for a response on the subject of corn that he purchased for the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. There are questions due to some confusion over a payment issue.

GLC02475.13

3 September 1857

Walker, William, 1824-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Heiss

Replies to a letter from Major Heiss received 30 July 1857. Instructs Heiss to send Walker's sword as soon as possible, addressed to Walker at the City Hotel. Inquires if Heiss met General Charles Frederick Henningsen on Henningsen's way north. Expresses gratitude to Heiss for not giving his sword to Mr. Lockridge (possibly Colonel Samuel A. Lockridge), who "has proved himself utterly wanting of credit or confidence."

GLC02475.14

7 April 1862

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to P. Wales

Written by Flag Officer Farragut to Wales as Surgeon on the USS "Colorado." Commands him to take charge of the hospital at Pilot Town and to make arrangements for the comfort of the sick and wounded. He is allowed to take any of the houses, furniture, or appliances as needed. Forwarded by Captain T. Bailey. 2 black and white bust engravings of Farragut included. Written while aboard the Flagship "Wissihigan".

GLC02476

20 May 1779

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Harrison

Written by Henry as Governor of Virginia to Harrison, a Declaration of Independence signer, as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Says he has enclosed a letter he received by express from Charlestown, South Carolina (not included). Wants Harrison to report it to the state assembly. Says he has held the messenger until the assembly has heard the letter's contents. Wants to be able to send him back with news of any measures the assembly passes relative to South Carolina. This letter is in reference to the raid of Charlestown by British General Augustine Prevost 11-13 May 1779. General…

GLC02477

28 November 1776

Hogun, James, ?-1781

Document signed

Title: [Bill for moving and provisioning troops in North Carolina]

Receipt accounted for by Colonel Hogun that billed North Carolina for captured American prisoners. Hogun was promoted to Colonel two days previously. Hogun was later captured at Charleston, South Carolina, in May 1780. He refused parole to stay with his men who were being pressured to serve in Jamaica as royal militia. He died in captivity in January 1781.

GLC02478

22 October 1907

Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926

Typed letter signed

Title: to Fred Lockley

Replies that he holds stock in a certain cactus company as security for payment for cactus plants which the company purchases. Informs that the stock is not considered an investment. Claims he has no other connection to the company. Written on stationary from Horticultural Novelties, Burbank's Experiment Farms, Santa Rosa, California.

GLC02480.01