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to Mary G. Rogers

Thompson, a Confederate general taken as prisoner at Fort Delaware, writes to thank Rogers for a basket of "'goodies' such as only sweet ladies can make. ... which remind us of our dear homes in the days of 'piping peace' when Plenty and Happiness...

GLC05016

To John Curtis, Preston Armour, Asahel C. Stone, and Geo. W. Ellinwood, Esquires, commissioners of excise of the town of Smithfield, County of Madison, and State of New York.

"Your petitioners implore your honorable body, in the name of the drunkard, his wife, and his children- in the name, too, of the sober, who, whilst tavern licences are granted, are exposed to become drunkards- to refuse to grant such licences. They...

GLC04717.57

Hon. H. C. Goodwin, M.C.

Smith writes, "I am happy to see, in the proceedings of the House of Representatives, the proposition to take up the Bill for the relief of the sufferers by French spoliations... We must remember the condition of our country in 1778, in order to...

GLC04717.67

[Reciept for payment]

Written in Skenesborough or Skenesboro, which is now Whitehall, New York. Reminds recipient that his last piece of correspondence mentioned his petition to Lieutenant General John Burgoyne for over 18 pounds sterling.

GLC04764.16

Objections, by the 24th Regt.

List of two objections the 24th Regiment of Foot had against the Articles of Convention that delineated the terms of surrender of the British Army after its defeat in the Battle of Saratoga. Seems to be written in the months after the battle at...

GLC04764.39

[Objections of officers of the 20th Regiment to conditions under the Articles of Convention]

Document by the Captains, Subalterns, and staff of the 20th Regiment of Foot asserts that the Americans need to follow through on the stipulations in the Articles of Convention, which delineated the conditions of surrender after the Battle of...

GLC04764.40

Advanced Corps

Complaints of the Advanced Corps over the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection, which have similar complaints around the end of 1777. Place written inferred...

GLC04764.41

The Field Officers of the 9th Objections to the Parole

Field officers of the 9th Regiment of Foot sent their complaints against the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection listing the complaints of other British...

GLC04764.42

[Petition against Articles of Convention]

Petition signed by 13 British officers and subalterns in the Royal Regiment of Artillery captured at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. Probably sent to General John Burgoyne. Claims the Americans have not followed through on the stipulations of...

GLC04764.86

[Petition against Articles of Convention]

Petition from 17 officers of the 21st Regiment of Foot, known as North British Fusileers, to General John Burgoyne, protesting their conditions under the Articles of Convention, which delineated Burgoyne's terms of surrender after the Battle of...

GLC04764.87

[Petition against Articles of Convention]

Petition of the Captains and subalterns of the 9th Regiment of Foot to General John Burgoyne. They are "object[ing] to give their parole," for their treatment under the Articles of Convention, which delineated the terms of Burgoyne's surrender at...

GLC04764.88

[Petition against Articles of Convention]

Petition of the captains and subalterns of the 62nd Regiment of Foot, protesting the Articles of Convention to General John Burgoyne. Dated from other petitions in this collection which have a date of 10 November 1777. Says they cannot give their...

GLC04764.89

Rejection of Olive Branch Petition by Congress; lets colonists arm vessels

The document sets regulations for arming vessels for defense and privateering. Printed by John Dunlap.

GLC04771

to George Clinton

Written by Chancellor Livingston to New York Governor Clinton. Encloses petition at the request of Dr. Robinson (not included). Mentions seeing Clinton's family. Mentions political controversy involving himself and William P. Van Ness. It involves...

GLC04772.04

Letter from the General Congress at Philadelphia, September the 5th, 1774, to the People of Great Britain.

This document is a long broadside, printed in four columns and addressed to the people of Great Britain. The broadside says: "Know then, that we consider, and do insist that we are, and ought to be, free as our fellow subjects in Britain, and that no...

GLC04774

to John Page

Lee, a Virginia delegate to the first Continental Congress, reports on the reception and failure of the Olive Branch Petition (an attempt to broker peace with England after the outbreak of the American Revolution but prior to the Declaration of...

GLC04806

Petitions re: separation of church and state in Memphis, Tenn. [decimalized]

1) Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis. DS: [Memphis], [n.d.] Petition to Abraham Lincoln re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. 7 p. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state...

GLC04813

Petition to Abraham Lincoln

re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state; and AES of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (18 March 1864) re: "no military necessity" for taking...

GLC04813.01

Petition to P.J.D. Irwin

Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).

GLC04813.02

Petition to Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut

Petition to Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut re: defence of existing clergy.

GLC04813.03

to unknown general

re: postponing decision pending further investigation.

GLC04813.04

to editor of Quincy Patriot

Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his...

GLC03707

[Petition of National Continental Union League for union with Canada]

Petition calling for lawful, peaceful and honorable union between the United States and Canada. Says "The time has come when it is desirable that Europe should cease to direct or control the political or domestic affairs or any portion of this...

GLC05900

People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 6 (June 12, 1863)]

Yankee Slave System in Louisiana, Breakdown of Yankee Troops in the Field, Fight at Port Hudson.
A petition concerning slavery on sugar estates is printed, including statistics and letters from various plantation owners and agents. Another...

GLC05959.27.08

Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 84, no. 12, 077 (June 2, 1864)]

Sherman's Raid in Northern Georgia, Petitions Presented in English Parliament to Help End American War, Dispatch from Battle Ground, Near Mechanicsville, Meeting of the Confederate Congress, Lincoln's Bogus Proclamation (May 17, 1864).

GLC05959.44.35