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Inaugural Address of President Herbert Hoover

Takes the opportunity to express "simply and directly" his "opinions...on matters of present importance." Discusses national progress, especially since World War I; the failures of the criminal justice system and his general strategy to...

GLC05612

to N. C. Corbin

Douglass, serving as a United States Marshal, replies to a letter from Colonel Corbin sent 12 November 1880. Corbin invited Douglass to serve on Inaugural Ceremony committees (for the inauguration of President James Garfield, to be held 4 March 1881...

GLC05717

to Rufus King

Written by Marshall as Secretary of State to King as American Minister to Britain. Includes extract of a letter from Fitzsimmons to Secretary of Navy Benjamin Stoddert, to give King an idea of recent conduct of British Admiralty Courts in America...

GLC05789

Scrapbook, Vol. III.

1 Adjutant General's Office. Official announcement of the establishment of the Civil Affairs Division 4 May 1943
2 Beta Theta Pi Magazine. Clippings: "The Second Military List of Beta Theta Pi (World War II);" Columbia University; and "Civil...

GLC06196.107

12 invitations to commemorative events held in honor of Washington's inauguration as president and of the British evacuation of New York, 1883-1889.

GLC06343.226

Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath of office to President Roosevelt

Frontal view, taken from behind the guard at the front of the podium, slightly to the right side. The guard appears in the foreground. Roosevelt and Fuller can be seen as small figures, slightly below and to the left of center, in front of a large...

GLC06449.50

The American Museum: or repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, &c. prose and poetical. [Vol. 5 (January 1789-June 1789)].

Includes six monthly issues. Contains a congratulatory note from Pennsylvania's Executive Council to President George Washington (with Washington's reply following, page 329). Includes a description of Washington's 21 April 1789 arrival to the...

GLC06566

[Inaugural address of John Quincy Adams]

President Adams inaugural address printed in an extra from the National Intelligencer, a Washington, D.C., newspaper.

GLC06661

Quotation from inaugural address re: Imperialism

Extract from his inaugural address: "America seeks no earthly empire built on blood and force. No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions." On White House stationery

GLC06968

Orders No. 7

Retained copy of his orders No. 7, as captain of the Columbus Guard, gives orders regarding the departure of the company from Columbus, Georgia to serve as "an escort of honor to Company __ of the __ Regiment of Alabama volunteers." Possibly related...

GLC00572.32

to Benjamin Rush

In his letter, Adams discusses Madison taking office, politics, and national divisions.

GLC00639.01

to Julia Blanche Kell

John McIntosh Kell writes that "I hope to refer the Savannah ready for service day after tomorrow." He makes reference to Yankee slang on the third page. In closing, Kell mentions that he had meant to send a copy of Lincoln's inaugural address and...

GLC00684.07

Richmond daily dispatch--extra. [no volume or number information (March 4, 1861)]

Same-day "Extra" printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address; the concluding portion of the speech is not printed. Also: Paragraph criticizing Lincoln for secretly passing through Baltimore (dubbed "Lincoln's pass over"). Report from Capt. Foster...

GLC01186

Congressional mourning ribbon for Abraham Lincoln and related letter [Decimalized .01-.03]

Accompanied by a letter of K.G. Ordway, the ribbon's designer and Sergeant at Arms of the House, to Orlando Kellogg, enclosing the ribbon and explaining that it was designed for members of Congress and how to wear it. Also accompanied by a signed...

GLC01423

to Solomon G. Haven re: blasting Loco Focos, inauguration of W.H. Harrison

GLC07499

Memorandum for the Judges for Inauguration

GLC07685

to Frances B. Washington.

Account of Washington's inauguration. Martha gives details of her journey as well as the reception she received on the way to Philadelphia. Also included in the letter are accounts of articles of clothing purchased and procured and of children and...

GLC07908

Gazette of the United States. [No. 4 (April 22-April 25, 1789)]

Relates the details of George Washington's arrival in New York City preceding his first inaugural address, delivered 30 April 1789. Includes a printed version of debates in the House of Representatives regarding the article of tonnage. Contains...

GLC08723

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

GLC08880.150

Inaugural address of President Davis: delivered at the capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, P.M.

Printed by Shorter & Reid. First Printing. Accompanied by a short description (with price) form 1925.

GLC00822

National Intelligencer Extra.

Printing of James Madison's first inaugural address and announcement of his inauguration. Docketed on verso.

GLC04244

Inaugural address [leaf from 1st draft of discarded first inaugural = pp.49-50]

Concerning taxation and the national debt. 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. Sparks regarded the...

GLC04443.01

to Edward G. W. Butler

Written before his inauguration, Jackson declines an invitation which his "public duties will not now allow me to indulge." Instead he must find his relief in the "activity and importance of the situation to which the country has called me."...

GLC04675.11

to Thomas H. Williams

Circular letter summoning Mississippi's Senator Williams (and the rest of the Senate) for the inauguration of John Quincy Adams on 4 March 1825.

GLC04948

Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865.

One photograph entitled, "Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865," taken by Alexander Gardner. Image is of crowds at·the Capitol Building during Lincoln's inauguration on march 4, 1865. Negative by Wm. H. Smith. Positive by A. Gardner...

GLC05111.01.0006