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Inaugural address of President Davis: delivered at the capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, P.M.
1861
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Printed by Shorter & Reid. First Printing. Uncut.
GLC02691.01
to Henry Knox
2 March 1797
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Later copy of a letter from Washington to Knox, thanking Knox for a letter recently received. Offer condolences to Knox for his recent losses (several of Knox's children died 1796-1797, including his seven year old son named after George Washington)...
GLC02437.09350
Inaugural address [leaf from 1st draft of discarded first inaugural = pp.36-37]
[ April 1789 ]
Concerning foreign relations, American trade, manufacture and defense. This was a first draft which Washington later discarded. The manuscript was disassembled by Jared Sparks and leaves or clippings were given away as samples of GW's handwriting....
GLC00639.25
Inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 March 1933
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Title continues, "President of the United States / delivered at the Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1933." Signed at the end by Roosevelt. First inaugural address. Printed by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. in...
GLC00675
Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the Fourth of March, 1861.
4 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln focuses on increasing his support in the North while attempting to not further alienate the South. He references four important documents: Henry Clay's 1850 Speech on compromise, Webster's reply to Hayne, Andrew Jackson's proclamation...
GLC01264
[Card admitting family of Orlando Kellog to Presidential inauguration]
May 4, 1865
Brown, George T., 1820-1880
Card admitting Kellogg and his family to the inauguration of President Lincoln.
GLC01423.03
Ulysses S. Grant / President of the United States
1873/03/04 ca.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Possibly an inaugural medal. Sculpted by W. & C. Harris. Paint is slightly worn and there are glue remnants on verso.
GLC02781.02.02
Passage through Baltimore
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Comments on Abraham Lincoln's stealthy trip through pro-South Baltimore on his way to Washington to be inaugurated. Lincoln's plans were changed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1861 to avoid trouble in Baltimore. He boarded a special train...
GLC00493.02
10 April 1789
Thanks Knox for recently sending cloth and buttons. Notes that his coat requires six more buttons for trim, and asks Knox to procure and hold these until Washington arrives in New York. Mentions an article of impost, and laments "the stupor, or...
GLC02437.09420
Thanks Knox for a letter recently received. Offers condolences to Knox for his recent losses (three of Knox's children died 1796-1797, including his seven year old son named after George Washington). Washington complains of those who lack...
GLC02437.09431
circa March 1780
Later copy. An estimated date of March 1780 is written in pencil at the top of page. Washington thanks Knox for three recent favors, including sending him a "Suit of the Hartford Manufacture." Discusses a recent election, noting that votes have...
GLC02437.09436
Robert H. Stafford Collection [Decimalized .01- .98]
1837-1908
Stafford, Robert H., fl. 1837-1866
Stafford enlisted as a sergeant in the 12th Alabama infantry. Contains letters and newsclippings about the Peninsula Campaign, advance into Maryland, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Early's raid on Washington, D.C....
GLC02618
GLC02781.02
to Maj. Stephen R. Crosby re: thank you letter written 2 days after inauguration
1923/08/05
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Signed as President on black-bordered White House stationery.
GLC02793.075
to Borie
February 13, 1873
Writes, "Hearing of your illness, I, some days ago, wrote to Mrs. Borie asking if she and you would not come down and spend a few days, or as long as you pleased, and recuperate and get well again. But before the mail went out I rec'd [sic] your...
GLC03018
[Statement requesting reimbursement for items lost at the 1869 Inaugural Ball]
March 1870
Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
Signed by Isaac T. Brown, notary public. Signed clerically for Spinner as as Treasurer and J. M. Edmunds (possibly James Madison Edmunds) as secretary. Includes a partially printed document signed 1 March 1870 by C. E. Evans, who asserts that his...
GLC03410.03.02
Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield / Mar. 4, 1881 [inscribed to Mrs. Blaine]
01 July 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Inscribed to Mrs. Blaine by Garfield the day before he was shot by Guiteau.
GLC03558
The Jubilee of the Constitution, a discourse...
1839/04/30 ca.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
A speech "...delivered at the New York Historical Society... on the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington." Printed by Samuel Colman. 8vo. One of the Adams' most important speeches. The recipient's name has been clipped-off...
GLC04046
to John H. Hawes
July 20, 1861
Page, Charles A., 1838-1873
Page, writing from the Treasury Department, Fifth Auditor's Office, comments on personal matters and mutual acquaintances, mentions attending "the Inauguration," says he.intends to watch the Battle of First Bull Run, and weighs in on Lincoln and...
GLC04088
[Medal of James A. Garfield]
1881 circa
Barber, C.E., fl. 1881
Front of medal features James A. Garfield in relief profile with the words "James A. Garfield." Verso, designed by C.E. Barber, features a wreath with the following words inside: "Inaugurated President of the United States March 4 1881 -...
GLC02783.03
New-York Tribune. [Vol. XX, no. 6196 (March 5, 1861)]
5 March 1861
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
Includes Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address and news about the inaugural ceremony. Other articles detail military news, local reports, Congressional updates, public postings, and advertisements.
GLC01509
to Ernest R. Ackerman
January 15, 1909
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
President-elect Taft agrees with New York Congressman Ackerman that Lincoln's face ought to be put on coins and stamps, but he cannot aid this process until after his inauguration. Written on personal stationery from Augusta, Georgia.
GLC01995
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express [Vol. LXXV No. 17 (April 14, 1945)]
April 14, 1945
Los Angeles Herald Express
One issue of the Los Angeles Evening Herald Express dated April 14, 1945. Articles printed pertain to the Truman Administration transferring from the Roosevelt Administration; reports of the Japanese army's response to Roosevelt's death...
GLC09619.096
[President Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address]
Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930
One portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his first Inaugural Address dated March 4, 1933.
GLC09957.32
President Braves the Rain in Open Car After Inaugural Oath
January 20, 1937
One picture dated January 20, 1937 depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt riding in an open car in the rain. Pictured after the president's inauguration.
GLC09957.46
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