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to Henry Clay

Asks Clay to review a copy of a letter to Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett (not included). Discusses attempts by politicians to lend him support for a presidential bid in the election of 1840, to which he expressed indifference. Comments on...

GLC06001

[Endorsement for a naval position]

In response to Herman Allen's third-party request for a naval position. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy James K. Paulding.

GLC00496.120

[Circular letter announcing the establishment of Smithsonian Institution]

Sends a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science (the Smithsonian). Requests information on geography, natural history, and ethnology from the unknown recipient's area of the United States....

GLC00573

to Henry Clay

President Adams, writing to Secretary of State Clay, defends Joel R. Poinsett, the American ambassador to Mexico, against accusations of Masonism. Describes Congress' accusations as "vague, indefinite and sustained by no better evidence than morbid...

GLC00104

to James W. Abert

Memorandum regarding increasing the Corps of Topographical Engineers written to Colonel Abert as Secretary of War Joel Poinsett is in poor health. Also includes an introduction and recommendation for Charles Dimmock, a retired soldier looking to re...

GLC02494.09

Joel R. Poinsett

One engraving of Joel R. Poinsett. Engraved and drawn from life by James Barton Longacre.

GLC08878.2083

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 45, whole no. 565 (April 3, 1851)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes an article by former United States Representative Joel Roberts Poinsett on nullification. Contains articles on "The Free Soilers and the Abominable...

GLC08875.42

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Requests information from Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's heroic crossing of the pedregal (a lava field) during the Mexican American war. This inquiry is for Emily V. Mason, who is writing a pictorial school book on the life of Lee. Mentions...

GLC02382.086