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to George May Powell
September 9, 1865
Berkaw, P.H., fl. 1865
P.H. Berkaw wants George May Powell to purchase a frame for the picture previously determined and purchased.
GLC00687.056
November 15, 1866
Knight, O., fl. 1866
He compares Lincoln's picture with Brady's loss of the negative. He and his wife are grateful for the pictures. Letter is written on Office of the Scientific American Patent Agency letterhead.
GLC00687.072
January 16, 1867
Dickinson, John, fl. 1867
This is an order for pictures, asking to pay the bill in February. Letter is written on Treasury Department, Second Auditor's Office letterhead.
GLC00687.074
George May Powell and co., publisher of the Great National Picture
1867
Powell, George May, 1835-1905
GLC00687.075
Fifteenth Amendment resolution [Decimalized GLC00788.01-GLC00788.02]
February 27, 1869
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
GLC00788
[Fifteenth Amendment resolution]
Reconstruction amendment passed to combat southern opposition to federal policies toward freed slaves. Printed certificate sealed and signed, attached to printed resolution with a purple ribbon and red State Department seal. With printed circular...
GLC00788.01
To the governor of the state of Nebraska
A printed a letter to the governors of Nebraska transmitting the Fifteenth Amendment.
GLC00788.02
to unknown
January 15, 1811
Smith, Robert, 1757-1842
Secretary of State Smith sends a cover letter with a copy of a proposed constitutional amendment (not included) banning persons holding foreign titles from public office to the New Hampshire legislature. The amendment did not pass.
GLC01623
Official U.S. Bulletin. [Vol. 3, no.524 (January 29, 1919)]
January 29, 1919
Creel, George, 1876-1953
Newspaper published daily by order of the president by the United States Committee of Public Information. Contains the text of the eighteenth amendment, which established the prohibition of alcohol. Accompanied by a statement by acting Secretary of...
GLC01668
Pardon of Joseph Burzenski.
May 11, 1932
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Convicted of violating prohibition. Pardoned because he helped stop an escape. Burzenski's name has been blotted-out once at the top. (c/s Wm. D. Mitchell [AG])
GLC00045.41
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