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to [John B. Floyd]

Comments on an untitled essay he wrote which dealt with the topics of succession and the tensions between the Northern and Southern states. In part: "Gen. Scott is all solicitude for the safety of the Union. He is, however, not without hope that...

GLC07876.01

Resolution of Congress forwarding Constitution to the states for ratification

GLC07877

to Catherine Greene

An apologetic yet firm letter to his wife, explaining the need for them to be separated during the war: "You must be assured that there must be something very uncommon to prevent my coming home." Greene then goes on to reassure his wife of the...

GLC07884.02

to James M. Varnum

Responding to an inquiry about the ship "Corilinia," saying that he doesn't possess much information about it but that he will pass on what he has.

GLC07884.03

to Thomas Jefferson

Greene excoriates Thomas Jefferson for not doing enough to help Greene's troops by deploying troops from Virginia to assist in the struggle. Written at both Broad River and Catawba River.

GLC07884.05

to Thomas Nelson

Requesting assistance from Virginia, particularly more troop reinforcements as soon as possible. In part: "It is long since I informed your Excellency of our disagreeable situation, the unequal contest we were carrying on, and the hopeless prospect...

GLC07884.09

to Nathan Brownson, Esq.

Seeking to resolve grievances about who has the right to command troops in Georgia. He both complains about certain actions by Brownson and begs his forgiveness for a misundertanding in which Brownson apparently took offense. In part: "...I hope to...

GLC07884.12

to Henry Lee

Emphatically triying to convince Lee not to leave the Continental Army. In part: "I have beheld with extreme anxiety for some time a growing discontent in your mind....Whatever may be the source of your wounds I wish it was in my power to heal them...

GLC07884.13

to city commissioners

Seeking reimbursement for an advance. On the verso of the letter there is a draft, also in Clymer's hand, of an unrelated document; it seems he was just reusing this paper to send his letter to the commissioners and that the scrap of autograph text...

GLC07885

to Judge Duval

Offering a confession for his participation in the Canada Convention of 1858 and presenting himself for punishment in response to his actions. Also elaborating on the reasons for his participation.

In part: "Sir: I have the honor to announce to...

GLC07886

to William Lyttelton re: raising troops for French and Indian War

GLC07889

British Royal Peace Commission's attempt to appease colonists by lifting...

GLC07891

[Notes for an address]

Manuscript constituting a fragment of a draft of an untitled address by James Madison. Seemingly missing an initial page or pages; starts midway, discussing issues of national security, peace, and ensuring comfort to the nation's citizens. Beneath...

GLC07893

to James Madison

Responds favorably to the work done at the Annapolis Convention and since. Explains why he cannot attend the Constitutional Convention. He was re-elected president of the Society of Cincinnati, whose meeting coincides with the convention....

GLC07699

to William Norris re: President Jackson's discussion of Texas Independence

"The message of the President's concerning Texas [Independence] will I think close the campaign on that subject for the present session. The truth is, that it would be as impolite as vain for the opposition to attack the dying lion [Jackson]; & they...

GLC07709

Patent issued to Gould Thorp for inventing an improvement to the cooking stove

GLC07718

to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812

Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many...

GLC07721

Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 8 July 1867.

GLC07724

re: eyewitness account of capture of Herold and death of Booth

GLC07747.02

re: eyewitness account of the capture of Herold and death of Booth

GLC07747.04

Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade

GLC07751

to Frederick Bowen

"The people of this Country have seen [William Jennings] Bryan in high office. If...they make him President of this Country, they will give us four years of incompetence and corruption without a single redeeming feature."

GLC07708

to Martha Bradstreet re: current legal situation of Bradstreet

Opinions on war in Europe against Naples and Spain told via allegory of turkeys and ducks.

GLC07712

Expositor Extra!

"Sheridan attacks Lee and routs him! Gen. Ewell captured.... Lee's army has surrendered." With pencil note on verso: "I tore this from a hook in Adrian post office...heaven send the news are true. Charles M. Walker."

GLC07714

Texas amnesty oath signed by Confederate soldier

GLC07716

to William C. Endicott, Jr. re: cabinet post

GLC07741

General Orders no. 51

GLC07746

to Mr. Linton re: Lincoln assassination

GLC07749.02

to Charles F. Adams re: Lincoln assassination

GLC07749.03

to Mrs. James White

Dreams as omens, her husband

GLC07750

to Sarah Pillsbury re: death of his wife Anna Douglass

Douglass writes "Thanks for your kind letter. Mrs Douglass was all you say of her and more. She was the post in the centre of my house. Different we were in many things. She was conservative and I radical, she was for the old I for the new, She did...

GLC07752.01

Authority to affix the seal attesting to Alabama Act

GLC07761

Pardon of Mary Scott, convicted of stealing

GLC07766

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck [Vue d'Optique] [Burning of Wall Street area, New York]

GLC07754

to Henry A. W. Wood re: a speech by President Wilson

GLC07756

to James Boyle re: Thanksgiving pardon

GLC07757

Circular letter appointing James M. Lovering receiver of draft commutation money

GLC07758

to J.G. Parke re: orders to "open attack at once" on Beaufort, N.C.

GLC07760

Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]

GLC07763

re: improving navigation of Hudson River

GLC07767.02

to Isaac Faurot re: army's movement on Monter[r]ey

GLC07768.01

1860 Pro-Lincoln campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.01

1860 Pro-Bell campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.03

to Elbridge Gerry re: mail lost during Constitution ratification proceedings

GLC07770

to Nita Patton re: comments on Catholicism and actions of Congress

GLC07771

to Gouverneur Morris re: enemy planning to leave Philadelphia

GLC07835

to Maj. Gen. Sedgwick re: summoning Gen. Kirkpatrick

GLC07842

to William Woodford re: supplies for winter encampment at Valley Forge

GLC07847

to John F. Mercer re: postponing visit with Madison to Mercer's estate

GLC07854

Circular letter re: appeal to New England States

GLC07859

An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories

GLC07864

to unknown

Washington writes from Headquarters, New York, to an unidentified correspondent, verifiying receipt of a letter and promising to forward it "by the first opportunity." Washington signs as "Your most Obed.[ient and] H.[um]ble Servant." The letter...

GLC07867

to Solomon Lincoln Esq.

Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits...

GLC07868

to Edward Livingston, Esq.

Discussing his opinions on the Sedition act. In part: "...My text of explanation would be this. The President is to heave the laws executed. He may order an offense then to be prosecuted. If he sees a prosecution put into a train which is not...

GLC07869

Return of the whole number of persons... [census report]

GLC07833

to Daniel T. Patterson

Written at Fort St. Marks

GLC07838

to Ebenezer Hazard re: transmitting Virginia Cession

GLC07839.02

Subscription solicitation to Jeremiah Wadsworth for "State Papers;" with reply

GLC07839.04

Contract for printing of "State Papers..."

GLC07839.06

to Benjamin Rush re: Rush's son, "Philosophy of Jesus"

Written in Monticello

GLC07840

to Arthur St. Clair re: acknowledging salute of a frontier cavalry troop

GLC07848

to Horatio Sharpe

GLC07850

A Proclamation, for Suppressing Rebellion...

GLC07851

to Convention of the State of Georgia re: importance of carrying on the war

GLC07853

to [B. Clarke Lundy] re: publication of his speech on Dred Scott and Utah

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858,
p. 412

GLC07855

to Dr. James L. Ord re: early military career in California

GLC07857

to John Hancock re: complimenting Hancock on his resignation as Governor

GLC07860

to Thomas Mifflin re: embargo on ships traveling to foreign ports

GLC07862

[Draft of a resolution of thanks]

A communication from the Headquarters of the Massachusetts Delegation to the Republican Convention, Chicago (from the Secretary of that Delegation) thanking Governor Randall of Wisconsin "for the kind and liberal invitation to us to an execution over...

GLC07863.03

re: subscriptions for G.W. Julian speech "The Land Question"

GLC07772

to clerk of Southampton, Va. re: possibility of blacks being sent to Liberia

GLC07773

Pardon of Jeremiah Hendricks (c/s Hamilton Fish) , convicted of murder

GLC07783

Authorization for Richard Rush to prosecute claim to the Smithsonian bequest

GLC07787

Cabinet card of William T. Sherman

Oval bus portrait, in uniform. Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of Brady, Washington, D.C., on both recto and verso.

GLC07789

Epitaph of the United States [South Carolina secession]

GLC07775

to "Dear Brother" re: secession

GLC07776

to Stephen H. Stone re: quality of life and African Americans in St. Louis

GLC07784

to "Dear Mother" re: 1864 election

Jenness, George Bennings

GLC07791

to Nathaniel Appleton re: attachment of stocks in the loan office

Addressed to Appleton as Commissioner of Loans, Boston.

GLC07794

Authority to affix the seal to treaty with Miami Indians of Indiana

GLC07807

Circular letter re: eliminating electioneering by civil servants

GLC07809

to James Hillhouse re: notifying Senators of special session

GLC07813

to Representatives re: reply to representatives of Michigan Territory

GLC07817

to John F. Parrott re: papers given in Senate on Colombian Slave trade treaty

GLC07792

Act re: election of five commissioners to negotiate Indian treaties

Elected commissioners are George Rogers Clarke, Oliver Wolcott, Nathaniel [sic] Greene, Richard Butler, and Stephen Higgenson.

GLC07793

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of Barr and Young, Army Photographers, Vicksburg, Miss., on verso.

GLC07796

Irwin McDowell

Half length seated carte de visite portrait Irwin McDowell, in uniform. Imprint of E. & H.T. Anthony, New York. Published from a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

GLC07798

to Thomas C. Reynolds re: predicting victory

GLC07801

[Carte de visite of J.A. Pratt]

Pratt was a sergeant in the 54th Mass. Black Regiment. Three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait, in uniform. Imprint of H.F. Warren, Waltham, Mass., on verso.

GLC07803

to John Q. Adams re: thanks for Fourth of July oration

GLC07806

to Robert G. Harper re: court in Charleston

GLC07811

to Patrick Henry re: envoy to Madrid

GLC07812

to Matilda Mason

GLC07815

to M.E. Ingalls re: stock in railroad companies and developing western land

GLC07819

to M.E. Ingalls re: reorganizing company, increasing stock value

GLC07820

The Tea Tax Tempest... no. 227

GLC07823

to Gov. [?] re: Alabama's secession

GLC07825

Necessity of an Equal Currency for All America

GLC07829

to Jeremiah Goodman re: marriage among his slaves

Written in Monticello

GLC07831

to: Susannah L. Morris.

Charles reports that they fought last Friday and "whip[ped] the rebells and took 25 prisoners" which they sent to Washington.

GLC06451.009