Collection Search

Collection Search

Advanced Search
61–70 of 176 results
10
Relevance
Collection Item
Letter signed

Orders to Grant re: protection & security of Washington, with Stanton ES

1866/11/01

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Signed by Johnson as President and endorsed by Secretary of War Stanton, referring it back to Gen. Grant.

GLC02864
Collection Item
Document signed

[Presidential pardon of Confederate naval officer, Thomas W. Brent, for taking part in the rebellion]

15 August 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

President Andrew Johnson granted T. W. Brent a full pardon and amnesty for all offences he committed. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Seal on second page.

GLC03079.01
Collection Item
Endorsement signed

Directing Secretary of War to release records. On verso of ALS from Wm. Reid

07 October 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Intended to exonerate President Buchanan from the charge of colluding with Gen. David Twiggs in surrendering Federal posts in Texas.

GLC03178
Collection Item
Document signed

[Presidential pardon of George W. Hays, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in April 1866].

1 May 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after he had been assured by the District Attorney who prosecuted the case that Hays was a proper object of executive clemency. Coutersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC03183
Collection Item
Document signed

Affix seal to ratification of Treaty with China.

19 October 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

This treaty, the Burlingham Treaty of 1868, amended the Reed Treaty of 1858 by allowing free immigration. That flow of people allowed the rapid expansion of western railroads through cheap labor. (Eventually, it also provoked a racial backlash on...

GLC03578
Collection Item
Broadside

[Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government]

29 May 1865

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government, and appointing William W. Holden as provisional governor, who duty it shall be to subscribe rules and regulations for the purpose of altering or amending the U.S...

GLC03827
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to William T. Sherman re: Indian Peace Commission. Signed with initials

1867/10/03

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

GLC03927
GLC04099.47
Collection Item
Typed document

Treaty Between the United States and the Omaha Tribe of Indians

February 13, 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

concluded March 6, 1865
proclaimed February 15. 1866

GLC04099.47
Collection Item
Typed document

Treaty Between the United States and the Blackfeet Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians

5 March 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

concluded October 19, 1865
proclaimed March 17, 1866

GLC04099.48
GLC04099.49
Collection Item
Typed document

Treaty Between the United States and the Lower Brule Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians

5 March 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

concluded October 14, 1865
proclaimed March 17, 1866

GLC04099.49

Showing results 61 - 70