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[List of expenses for David Murphy for Jan. 14th-Jan. 19th]

Dated January 14, 1834 - January 19, 1834.

GLC01450.600.054

[David Murphy, Isaac Cunningham, WIlliam Brown, James Ritter, and Charles Bart are appointed by the county court]

GLC01450.600.055

[ Receipt of David Murphy for land purchase]

GLC01450.600.056

[Announcing pro-slavery meeting]

GLC01450.600.057

to the independent electors of the county of St. Genevieve

GLC01450.600.058

to Mr. Murphy

GLC01450.600.059

Insteuits qulon a circul...[in French]

mentions Governor Wilkinson

GLC01450.600.060

[petition to elect Nathaniel Book as Mayor of St. Genevieve]

GLC01450.600.061

People's Ticket with Sam Caruthers for Rep. [4 copies]

GLC01450.600.062

to Brother Murphy

GLC01450.600.063

to John

David Murphy writes to John about the approaching election.

GLC01450.600.064

Moore Certificate

GLC01450.600.065

Commissioners' Obligation

discusses David Murphy's obligations to the county

GLC01450.600.066

[petition to appoint Nathaniel Cook as second mayor of St. Genevieve]

GLC01450.600.067

[petition to replace John Nallee with John Smith in St. Genevieve]

GLC01450.600.068

[Annnouncement from the county clerk that David Murphy has died and left a will leaving his estate to others]

GLC01450.600.069

[David Murphy's will]

Dated May 14, 1843- 7 September 1843.

GLC01450.600.070

[Copy of David Murphy's will]

GLC01450.600.071

[David Murphy's will, unfinished and undated]

GLC01450.600.072

[Ledger for 91 Francois Branch Bible Society]

GLC01450.600.073

[Horses sold between David Murphy and James Dodson]

GLC01450.600.074

[Military department declares resignation]

GLC01450.600.075

to James Lowry Donaldson

A letter from David Murphy to James Lowry Donaldson. Donaldson was a register of land claims for the district of Louisiana.

GLC01450.600.076

[David Murphy is sworn in]

GLC01450.600.077

[Pledge to form volunteer obligation to help those whose resources have been taken by the wolves]

GLC01450.600.078

Articles of agreement between Joab Lim and David Murphy of the district of New Bourbon.

GLC01450.600.079

to Sons

GLC01450.600.080

to Sir

Duane writes a letter to Murphy addressing the letter as "to Sir."

GLC01450.600.081

[Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]

Portrait photograph of Sumner as a middle-aged man. Signed by Sumner along the base of the image. Photographer is unknown.

GLC02095.41

to Benjamin F. Butler

Comments on Butler leaving government service: "I see that you are no longer in the service of the Government of the U.S. The country may now claim you." Asks if Butler can address the State Convention in Boston on September 6th and 7th.

GLC02095.01

[Quotation of Charles Sumner on equality]

Complete quotation reads: "Equality of rights is the first of rights."

GLC02095.30

Report the subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries...

Printed by Francis Childs and John Swain. Folio. A-G2 ($1 signed). Full title: "Report of The Secretary of State, on the Subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries, Made Conformably to an Order of The House of Representatives...." The House issue of...

GLC02123

[Appointment of Richard Varick, Mayor of New York]

Appointment of Varick to the positions of Mayor, Water Bailiff, and Clerk of the Market. Includes pendant seal attached with ribbon. Modern mounting.

GLC02127

to Francis P. Blair Jr.

Telegraph draft to his brother, regarding the quarrel between Francis Blair and John C. Frémont. Blair writes, "Fremont requests your letter from President & I sent it, It will do to stand by - Caution friends against controversy with the Provost...

GLC02089

to Elliot C. Cowdin

Wishes Cowdin a happy New Year. Addressed to Cowdin in New York.

GLC02095.17

to [Edward W.] Kinsley

Criticizes Buenaventura Baez, President of the Dominican Republic. Kinsley apparently informed Sumner of a dinner for Baez. He states in full, "A Dinner to Baez! Why not invite the murderer of the Virginius crew? At least please read an authentic...

GLC02095.18

to Epes Sargent

Sumner thanks Sargent for his sympathetic praise. Writes, "The verses on Shaw I had enjoyed before, & had sent to England," likely a reference to Sargent's poem, "Colonel Shaw: On Hearing that the Rebels Had Buried His Body Under a Pile of Twenty...

GLC02095.12

Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States.

Sumner's lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company. Printed in Cambridge by Metcalf and Company, printers to the University. Inscribed on the original orange cover...

GLC02095.19

[Quotation of Charles Sumner on liberty]

Complete quotation reads: "For myself in a case of doubt I feel that I cannot go wrong when I lean to the side of Liberty."

GLC02095.25

[Remains of violets from Charles Sumner's funeral service]

In folded paper with note: "Violets from the coffin of the Hon. Chas. Sumner, March 13/74 deceased Mar 11. 74. [10]. m. to 3 pm." Violets are no longer intact; only brittle pieces remain.

GLC02095.36

[Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]

3/4 image of Sumner holding a French newspaper.

GLC02095.39

[Color print depicting Abraham Lincoln]

The caption underneath this print describes Lincoln as the Republican candidate for sixteenth President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Published by Currier & Ives. Note along the bottom of the...

GLC02132.01

How the War Commenced, and How Near it is Ended

Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. Issued during the reelection campaign of Lincoln. Heavily criticizes the rhetoric of the Confederate States and the Chicago Convention. Contains a map (12.7 x 28.6) and...

GLC02133

[Senate resolution submitted by Charles Sumner]

Appeals to the people to manifest their loyalty by ceasing to fight or work for the rebels, and putting their resources into supporting the Union. States that the government will reciprocate. Writes, "...it is the further duty of the government of...

GLC02095.22

[Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]

Signed by Sumner along the base of the image. Taken by Brady & Co.'s Photographic Portrait Galleries, Washington, D.C. and New York.

GLC02095.40

The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.

Sumner delivered this speech after the May 1856 debates on slavery in Kansas. Condemns Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery. Published by Greeley and McElrath, New York. Advertised on cover page as being "for sale at the office of the New...

GLC02095.20

[Print with a clipped signature of Preston S. Brooks]

With clipped signature of Brooks. Both engraving and signature are pasted to backer page. A pencil note, also on backer page, explains that Brooks attacked Charles Sumner after Sumner's famous "Crime Against Kansas" speech in the Senate.

GLC02095.37

to Theseus Apoleon Cheney

Writes that he is glad Cheney is regaining his health. Comments on the upcoming presidential election and the Civil War: "The good news must stimulate you. Of the result, political or military I cannot doubt. Mr. Lincoln will be re-elected, &...

GLC02095.14

Hymns and music at the funeral services of Charles Sumner.

Held at King's Chapel, Boston, 16 March 1874.

GLC02095.35

to Jabez True

Discusses delegates elected to the national convention and gives the number of ballots for each. Written on blue paper. Recipient name from later penciled note on verso.

GLC02111