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Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 208, whole no. 4826 (February 13, 1865)]

February 13, 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

The new negro bill.

GLC05959.54.31
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Autograph letter signed

to Rose Russell [in German]

May 28, 1953

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Signed with initials. Speaks about the spirit of the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment during the McCarthy hearings and argues that "it is a misuse of congressional immunity to carry out practices which rightly belong to the competence of the...

GLC05322
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Autograph letter

to Edwin McMasters Stanton

2 October 1866

Baily, Joseph, 1810-1885

Working draft of letter of Baily, a former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, to the Secretary of War Stanton regarding President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War that "the union party at this time is...

GLC05512
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Newspaper

Richmond weekly enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 158 (December 10, 1864)]

10 December 1864

Sherman's position, Lincoln's message to Congress, Abolition of slavery by Constitutional Amendment.

GLC05959.73.15
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Newspaper

The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 158 (December 10, 1864)]

10 December 1864

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Reports of from the 2nd Session of the 2nd Confederate Congress -- both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Also, reports on the state legislature of Virginia -- both the House of Delegates and the Senate. Tidbit on an explosion at the...

GLC05959.80.02
GLC06002
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Typed letter signed

to Anne Hinkley

1932/07/17

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Typed on stationery of the Executive Mansion, Albany, to Hinkley, the leader of a "wet" organization. "I have never joined the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, because as you know I am a dry." Roosevelt notes that the...

GLC06002
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Document signed

[Iowa joint resolution, ratifying the 13th Amendment to the Constitution]

March 30, 1866

Stone, William M., 1827-1893

Document of the eleventh General Assembly of the State of Iowa ratifying the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States which abolished slavery. Parchment document, with green state seal. Signed in ink by Iowa's Governor, William M...

GLC06098
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Pamphlet

NAACP 1931 22nd annual report: a year's work for justice to the Negro

January 1932

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1932. Foreword declares that the NAACP's aims "are in the path of manifest destiny of the darker races of the world. The world crisis and the social and political experiments that are its accompaniment all...

GLC06135.06
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Document signed

Senate Joint Resolutions, No. 1. State of New Jersey.

27 March 1868

Little, Henry S., 1823-1904

Signed by Little, President of the New Jersey Senate. Countersigned by A. O. Evans, Speaker of General Assembly. Joint resolutions withdrawing the consent of New Jersey to the proposed Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Tied at top with...

GLC06157.04
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Autograph letter signed

to Aaron Hobart

January 23, 1826

Richardson, J., fl. 1826

Requests Hobart's attention to the petition of Light House Keepers asking for an increase in salary and argues for their case. Comments on matters in Congress. "I do most earnestly hope that the provisions of the Constitution for the choice of...

GLC06313.04.455

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