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to David Hubbard

Written by Calhoun in blue ink, concerning his support for (and failure to get) a rail route from Georgia to the west, instead of through Ohio. He concludes that southern rail routes will unite the slaveholding states and change commercial and...

GLC02320.01

to Solomon Haven

Discusses political and social news. Mentions that the state legislature will meet tomorrow and that there is a movement toward legal reform, which he feels in necessary. Briefly comments on national and state debts. Written as member of Congress.

GLC02344

to John Breckinridge

Writes to Breckinridge, a former neighbor of Monroe in Albemarle County, Virginia who moved to Kentucky in 1793. Was a member of Kentucky House of Representatives when he received this letter. Monroe had recently returned from France, burdened with...

GLC02323

to Timothy L. Woodruff

Writes to Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York regarding political reform and democracy. As a candidate for president, he stresses the right of people to rule themselves. In the 1912 presidential election Roosevelt ran and lost under the...

GLC02372

Act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States

Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Decided at the first session of the second Congress held at the city of Philadelphia on 24 October 1791. Lists the salaries and allowances for officers and recruits. Mentions employing Indians for...

GLC02342

Vice Presidents 1861-1880

One engraving entitled "Vice Presidents 1861-1880" circa 1861-1880. Portraits of Hannibal Hamlin, Schuyler Colfax, Andrew Johnson (vice president and president), Henry Wilson, and William A. Wheeler. Engraved by William Wellstood.

GLC08878.0110

Papers Relative to Great Britain

Transcripts of letters from the U.S. Department of State, 1782-1793, relating to Great Britain. The final 32 pages are transcripts of letters written in French.

GLC08892

to Cornelius Miller

Planning for upcoming elections in New York State politics. "You must defeat them at all hazards. I doubt the policy of the course you pursue...they will as they did here & in Troy bring up any thing that wears hair without relation to politics or...

GLC08969

to unidentified General [possibly Lewis Cass]

"We have been actively opposed to each other in the last political contest and ... will probably be so for the rest of our lives. I want you once for all to understand that differences of that character between men whom I otherwise respect does not...

GLC09110

to Charles J. Faulkner

Discusses divisions with Virginia, the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, and Andrew Jackson and the National Bank: "I have been called in the Enquirer 'the chief of Nullifiers' in Virginia--and yet I have not in 20 years changed my principles one...

GLC09111

to Henry Knox

Expresses his happiness that the Council shares his sentiments and forwards a resolution (not included). Says the resolution not only affects him, but also the officers and privates.

GLC02437.02841

to Henry Knox

Request that Knox send troops to a Captain Henry Tiebout to "enable him to carry into execution a Resolution of the Council of this Day, a Copy whereof he will produce to you." Resolution not included.

GLC02437.02807

to Henry Knox

Discusses the delays of the British evacuation of New York City. States that they have to "wait Sir Guy's [Carleton] Pleasure and I fear considering the advanced season that he will put myself as well as many other Citizens who cannot think of...

GLC02437.02771

[Correspondence between George Clinton and Frederick Haldimand]

Governor Clinton writes to Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec 19 March 1784. Transmits "the Copy of a Proclamation of the United States in Congress assembled, announcing the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty of Peace between these...

GLC02437.02978

Humphrey and Mrs. King

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Vice President Hubert Humphrey speaking to Coretta Scott King at her husband's funeral.

GLC09739.058

[Humphrey and Mrs. King]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Vice President Hubert Humphrey offering his sympathy to Coretta Scott King during her husband's funeral.

GLC09739.059

Smithsonian Magazine [September 1977]

One issue of the Smithsonian Magazine dated September 1977. Contains articles related to the Rockefeller Archive Center; tradition of American luthiers; a profile on Vice President Mondale's home; and an anthropologist analyzing the Spanish...

GLC09640.252

Victory Rally

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated November 7, 1956. Shows a crowd of people with President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon standing on a stage. Eisenhower and Nixon are waving to the crowd. The press release in the photo reports...

GLC09677.15

Nixon Arrives in Accra

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated March 3, 1957. Shows then Vice President Richard Nixon in front of two microphones. The press release attached to the photo reports that Nixon is acknowledging the greetings of Komla Agbeli Gbedemah...

GLC09677.21

Nixon Gets Bid to Pan American Union Event

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated September 30, 1957. Shows then Vice President Richard Nixon and three women. One woman is handing Nixon a card. The attached press release states the women pictured are Maria Laura Lobo...

GLC09677.39

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) and the Federal City He Loved

One pamphlet entitled, "John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) and the Federal City He Loved," dated 1963. Printed as a tribute after Kennedy's assassination. Contains photographs of him, his family and his life in Washington D.C.

GLC09640.280

President Eisenhower in Front of Senate

One wirephoto released by International News Photos, dated 1958. Shows President Eisenhower in front of the senate at the podium with his arms raised. Standing behind him is then Vice President Richard Nixon. The back is stamped with International...

GLC09677.87

[Humphrey Campaign Materials and essay, "An Indian In Spite of Myself"] [Decimalized .01- .19]

This collection consists of 19 items primarly concerning the Hubert Humphrey 1968 campaign. There are five newsletters from the 1968 Hubert Humphrey campaign. Six campaign press releases concerning Humphrey's views and promoting him for President...

GLC09565

"The Hubert Humprey Report" in U.S. News & World Report

A photo-copied article from U.S. News & World Report about Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who was running for president. It includes information about his education, family, finances, and political career. It explains his voting record on war and...

GLC09565.10

to Samuel Latham Mitchill

Adams in retirement to Mitchill, a well-known scientist from New York City. Their correspondence deals with archeological findings. From the docket they are discussing "Babylonian bricks." Asks when a monument to Daniel, the Biblical prophet, was...

GLC07532