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to Isaac Mayo

Southard as Secretary of the Navy asks Lieutenant Mayo to report to Captain James Banon, President of the Naval Court Martial, as a witness in the case of Charles Stewart. Stewart was being accused of convoying a foreign (British) ship into a...

GLC04604.08

Collection of 2 documents pertaining to the United States militia system. See decimalized entries.

The French purchase of the Louisiana Territory from the Spanish outraged many Americans who feared having too strong a neighbor. In response to growing concerns from the western states, Jefferson, with Congressional approval, called for the state...

GLC04626

to state governors

Circular letter urging state governments to maintain strong militias in accordance with the militia system adopted by Congress through an act in 1792 (GLC01959). He comments that having the nation armed is especially important because rights "most...

GLC04626.01

Report of the Committee Appointed on so much of the President's Message of the 15th December last...

Title continues: "As Related to the Militia Institution of the United States." Argues that when a 1792 Act (GLC01959) establishing a uniform militia is carried out by the states it will provide complete national defense. Not all states have carried...

GLC04626.02

Additional Instruction to the public and private armed vessels of the United States

Printed letter signed by Secretary of State James Monroe. Orders that public and private armed vessels are not to stop American merchant ships coming from British ports with British goods because of the "alledged" repeal of the British Orders in...

GLC04675.03

to James Monroe

Letter from Yates as Governor of New York to Monroe as President. The letter seems to be in a secretarial hand and signed by Yates. Docketed by Monroe on verso. Forwarded to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, who also docketed the letter. Neither...

GLC04682

to Hugh Williamson

A retained working draft (see strikeouts and docket). Written by McHenry as an aide-de-camp to General Washington to Dr. Williamson as a merchant importing medicines in Edenton, North Carolina. Williamson began a partnership with his brother to...

GLC04701

Speeches of Gerrits Smith. In Congress, 1853-'4.

Published by Buell and Blanchard. Includes speeches by Smith on war, the homestead bill, the Nebraska bill, the Pacific Railroad, the postal system, the reciprocity treaty, and the sale of intoxicating drinks in Washington, D.C., among other topics...

GLC04717.02

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854...

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his...

GLC04720.02

to George Washington

Written by Admiral Arbuthnot as commander of British naval forces in America to Washington as commander of the Continental Army. References Washington's letter of 25 January 1781 where he expressed anger over the treatment of American naval...

GLC04758

to Patrick Henry

Co-signed by Banister and free franked in his name. Requests that Congress send new troops to camp without delay. Warns that the Continental army is weak and that it is likely the British will attempt an attack before reinforcements come. Also...

GLC04807

to Thomas Ludwell Lee

Written by Richard Henry Lee as Continental Congressman from Virginia to his brother Thomas Lee. Says he is busy because he has a committee meeting with Generals Washington, Gates, and Mifflin on "the operations of their Campaign." Says he cannot...

GLC04809

to George Washington

Expresses frustration with contradictory accounts from New York. Updates Washington on the movements of the British fleet and states that Benedict Arnold boarded one of the vessels. Reports that he does not know if they have sailed yet. Gives...

GLC04863

to John Langdon

Written by Whipple to Langdon. Both were members of the Continental Congress from New Hampshire. Whipple would sign the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, while Langdon would leave Congress in June 1776. References Langdon's letter of 19...

GLC04866

to William Benton

Written by Monroe as President to Benton as the overseer of his properties in Loudoun County, Virginia. Says he has written to Harrison in Alexandria, Virginia and will have 20 barrels of herring and five of shad sent. If instructions need to change...

GLC04926

[Farewell Address]

Discusses the events of his presidency. A good part of the address speaks about using American resources and the United Nations to fight the menace of Communism and increase food production, amongst other things. In his conclusion, he looks beyond...

GLC04935.01

to Jonathan Trumbull

Informs Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, that "We join with you most fervently in your prayer that America may not be lost, or fall a Victim to the rage of a merciless tyranny. On the contrary we trust there is virtue & spirit enough in the United...

GLC04947

An Address... on the cession of Louisiana to the French...

Manifest destiny and the Louisiana territory. Printed by H. Maxwell. Howes B831, Thompson 974, S&S 33881. Stamps on titlepage. Signature of Elihu Chauncey.

GLC04959.01

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to seizures or search of American vessels, & c.

House doc. no. 115. Pertains to "Search or seizure of American vessels on coast of Africa, & c."

GLC05163

Reports from the Depts. of State, Treasury, War & Post Office [British Invasion]

Congressional report printed by A & G Way. Report 18.

GLC05207.01

Report of the Committee...to inquire into the causes...of the invasion

Congressional report printed by A & G Way. Report 24. Printed with two folding tables.

GLC05207.02

Letter from... causes and particulars of the invasion of the city of Washington

Congressional report printed by Roger C. Weightman. Campbell had been late Sec. of Treasury. Report 38.

GLC05207.03

Report of the Committee... as relates to the spirit and manner... [war of 1812]

Fuller title: Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the message of the President... as relates to the spirit and manner in which the war has been waged by the enemy.

GLC05217

Message of the President [war of 1812 re: American defeats on Canada border]

Fuller title: "Message from the President...as may tend to explain the causes of the failure of the arms of the U. States on the northern frontier." Printed by A & G Way. Message no. 54.

GLC05218

[British spy report]

Reports on George Knox "formerly a Capt. in the Continental Army" who had resigned his commission in April 1780 and resumed farming in Newark. Informs that Knox turned himself over to loyalist refugees at Bergen and sought to join the British...

GLC05224.01

[Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead collection] [Decimalized .01- .28]

Twenty nine letters to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead from other Congressmen, President Ronald Reagan and photographs of Washington officials.

GLC09613.01

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A letter from President Reagan to Moorhead concerning an upcoming decision dealing with military deterrents. He asks that Moorhead support the decision to place 100 "peacekeeper" missiles at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne, Wyoming...

GLC09613.01.02

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A letter from President Reagan to Moorhead thanking him for his support in getting the peacekeeper missiles deployed starting in 1986. He also mentions that this will help make the arms reduction more secure, and safe. Reagan also thanks Moorhead for...

GLC09613.01.04

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A letter from President Reagan to Moorhead concerning the Skelton-Edwards-Ray-Chandler amendment. He states that the amendment is necessary to counter the actions of the socialist Sandinista government. The goal of this amendment was to provide "the...

GLC09613.01.06

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A thank you letter from Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, the Ambassador of Kuwait, for Moorhead's support of President Bush's efforts in Kuwait. He writes, "The past six months have been the most trying period in the history of Kuwait. The Kuwaiti people have...

GLC09613.01.11

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A thank you letter from Richard Lehman, the House representative for California's nineteenth district, to Moorhead for his participation in a Special Order commemorating the 77th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Lehman states, "Your...

GLC09613.01.14

To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A thank you letter from John Edward Porter, the House representative for Illinois's tenth district, to Moorhead for his support of the Porter-Wolf-Smith amendment which cut $25 million from economic assistance to Turkey. This was a response to...

GLC09613.01.22

Press statement re: Woodrow Wilson's work at the Peace Conference (Versailles)

Arguing that Wilson "laid the foundations of world peace and a new order" and that Wilson's work will last despite "[t]he tides of reaction."

GLC03967

to Robert Brent

Pleas with Brent to pay his troops. Explains the troops' destitute situation and his fears that they may be left without pay throughout the winter. Also discusses the location and plans of various army regiments. Brent was the Army's Paymaster...

GLC03925

to Elbridge Gerry

Warren indicates that he has recently written "a long letter to Mr. Adams" that communicated all consequential information, so this letter is written out of friendship rather than to provide intelligence. Comments on the arrival of a French...

GLC03962

Treaty of peace and amity between his Britannic Majesty and the United States...

Small quarto. Printed by R.G. Clarke. First official English printing. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. Signed on 24 December 1814. Malloy p. 613.

GLC03985.18

Battle of Brandywine...rebels were defeated, September 11th, 1777...

Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 126; British Library 123; Clemonts catalog 14, Snyder fig. 185.

GLC04313

A Plan of the Attack on Fort Sulivan [Sullivan]... 28th of June 1776

Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 64.

GLC04317

to Matthias Ogden re: plan to capture Prince William Henry and Admiral Digby

Approving a plan to capture (or kidnap) the future William IV but advising Ogden to treat them with respect and warning him (in a postscript) to avoid touching neutral ground. Boatner's Encyclopedia of the American Revolution notes the plan was...

GLC04386

To: John Rutherford.

Call to convene Senate to receive communication (Quasi-War)-Washington's acceptance of command in the event of war with France.

GLC04468

Paix accordee par l'Empereur de France aux Iroquois [treaties]

Earliest printed treaty between Indians and a European power. Signed at Quebec on 22 May 1666.

GLC04390

to William H. Wilson re:did not vote against sending supplies during Mexican War

Basler, Roy. P. The Colllected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 1974), Vol. X
1832 - 1865, p. 59

GLC04415

to Pierre Paganel re: tragedy of the French Revolution, hopes for liberty

Paganel, author of Essai historique et critique sur la Révolution Française (Paris, 1810), sent a copy of his work to Jefferson, perhaps one of the few copies to survive burning at the hands of Napoleon's censors. Jefferson writes in part: "[t]he...

GLC04433

[Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam]

Signed by Harry Truman and Winston Churchill. Shows "the Big Three" at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Includes stamp on verso.

GLC04457

The new... history of England from the earliest period...

Printed for the Author and published by Alex. Hogg. Imprint date is "1782" but history ends at 1783.

GLC04204

to Charles Cotton re: British treaty with Dey of Algiers (tipped into book)

GLC04212.02

King's Troops... gained... Compleat Victory [British perspective of Bunker Hill]

Bunker Hill.

GLC04238

to Jose De Jaudenes re: desire to prevent delays in adjusting controversies

Signed as Sec. of State, to the Spanish Commissioner. Also announces the appointment of Thomas Pinkney as Envoy to Spain.

GLC04260

to James Monroe

Fox, the American consul at Falmouth, writes to Secretary of State Monroe on foreign affairs as they pertained to maritime commerce in the year preceding the War of 1812, particular British enforcement of the orders in council. Offers condolence on...

GLC04267.01

to John Quincy Adams

Fox, the American consul at Falmouth, writes to Secretary of State Adams in an attempt to collect monies owed for expenses he had incurred assisting impressed seamen since 1809.

GLC04267.02

to Simon Snyder

Secretary of State Monroe indicates that, in response to the British leaving Baltimore after the Battle of Baltimore, the orders for the Pennsylvania militia were being revised. They are now ordered to protect Philadelphia against a potential attack...

GLC04044

[Photographs belonging to the Gorbachev Foundation, 1986-2018] [Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection of images belonging to the Gorbachev Foundation dated 1986 to 2018. Consists of three photographs of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan. Also includes the original mailing envelope from the Gorbachev Foundation. Images with President...

GLC09796

[Commission authorizing Henry Clinton's additional powers as General and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in North America]

Countersigned by George Germain. Contains a note indicating the commission was recorded with the Secretary of War. Paper seal intact. Accompanied by an engraving of George III from a later date (see GLC07536.02).

GLC07536.01

[Engraving of George III]

Original hand tinted engraving by Hopwood. Possibly a reproduction from a much later period. Accompanied commission of Henry Clinton as collateral (see GLC07536.01).

GLC07536.02

to Samuel Hodgdon

During the Quasi war with France, Major General Hamilton writes to the Superintendent of Military Stores Hodgdon, in anticipation of greater hostilities. Requests a supply of marquees and tents, as he plans to set out for camp at Scotch Plains, New...

GLC07539

Treaty concluded and signed at Madrid... [Assiento slave trade]

"Treaty between the ministers plenipotentaries of their Brittanick and Catholic majesties-end of Assiento Treaty between Britain and Spain regulating slave trade." Concluded October 5. Printed in French, English, Spanish.

GLC07594

Personal notebook re: various legal questions, case issues and diplomacy

Two items: notebook 252 p. oblong quarter in leather, discusses transaction of Louisiana and Florida, the Pinkney Family crest, and numerous legal cases; paperbound record book 20 p. Formerly the property of J.A. Soiecki, record book containing a...

GLC07602

Notebook

Discusses ceding of Florida from Great Britain to Spain in 1783; the Pinkney family coats of arms, the "Cession of Louisiana by France to the US" including the retroceding of Florida from France to Spain, legal cases and decisions.

GLC07602.01

Collection of Grenville papers re: colonial policy towards colonies [Decimalized .01- .42]

Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister from the spring of April 1763 until July 1765, George Grenville became one of the least loved heads of government over the colonies due to two revenue bills that could be blamed, to an extent, for what...

GLC07654

to Committee of Correspondence for the Colony of Virginia

Co-signed by Samuel Rhoads and Joseph Galloway on behalf of the committee. Galloway was Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly and would eventually become a well known Loyalist after his Plan of Union was rejected. References their letter asking the...

GLC07666

to the Committee of Correspondence in New Jersey

"...[A]ll the duties in the last Revenue Act are repealed, except that on Tea."

GLC07689

to Joseph Whipple

Informs his brother that "The Treaties of Peace were sign'd," officially ending the American Revolution, and that "The British I suppose are preparing to leave our Territory." Indicates that soldiers will soon be coming home in need of employment....

GLC07700

[Proclamation to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army]

Full title as follows, "A Proclamation to the Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Army who have the real Interest of their Country at Heart, and who are determined to be no longer the Tools and Dupes of Congress, or of France." An appeal to...

GLC07701

5000 American Seamen detained on board British vessels!

Alerts citizens to British impressment, American prisoners in France, "Algerine Piracy and Barbarity," and the relocation of American families to Canada, and blames it all on the Embargo Act of 1807. Urges "a hearty vote for the ANTI-EMBARGO and...

GLC07703

The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's Victory.

Printed by J.H. Bufford's Sons in Boston, Massachusetts. Lithograph depicting the 10 September 1813 Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The names of the ships depicted appear along the bottom.

GLC07728

The attack made on Tripoli on the 3d. August 1804...

GLC07730

[Thirty-two presidential messages] [Decimalized .01- .32]

Collection of thirty-two presidential messages issued during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, 1933-1945. The pamphlets concern many topics including; banking, commerce, taxes, agriculture, weapons, employment, transportation, the Tennessee...

GLC09693

All Men Are Neighbors

One pamphlet entitled, "All Men Are Neighbors," published by the CIO Political Action Committee in 1944. Reflects on U.S. foreign policy and suggests that unless international relations are peaceful the workforce in the United States cannot fully...

GLC09640.032

Report of President Philip Murray to the 9th Constitutional Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations

One pamphlet entitled, "Report of President Philip Murray to the 9th Constitutional Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations," published by the CIO Political Action Committee in October 1947. Philip Murray speaks on the workforce and...

GLC09640.033

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Ed Lomerier to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 1, 1973. Lomerier supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "How can an effective foreign policy be negotiated if a leader's own people distrust him?"

GLC09613.02.0088

Retired Officers Or Employees Of The United States Tendered Decorations From Foreign Governments

One pamphlet entitled, "Retired Officers Or Employees Of The United States Tendered Decorations From Foreign Governments," dated May 11, 1944. This pamphlet contains two lists of retired officers or employees of the United States. The people have...

GLC09693.30

[Three letters from an American missionary woman in China during the Boxer Rebellion] [Decimalized .01-.04]

Three letters from Marietta Manchester to her family while traveling in Japan and China on a missionary trip. According to a note that accompanies these letters she was killed during the Boxer Rebellion. There are descriptions of Japanese houses, and...

GLC09585

To Mother and Father

This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's travels. She mentions seeing the Aleutian Islands after many days at sea, and says a few days later they started to see the coast of Japan. She mentions many volcanos and says...

GLC09585.01

To Wallace and Clara

This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's travels. In this letter Manchester writes about her journey to Japan and along the coast. She mentions seeing whales and porpoise. She mentions the native's lack of clothing, and...

GLC09585.02

To Father

This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's new post in China. She writes that she is on her way to her house in Chang Shan in Cheh Kiang Province in the south eastern part of China. She thought it would take two weeks but...

GLC09585.03

[Note]

A short note that accompanied GLC09585.01-.03. The note states "Letters written home by Aunt Marrietta Manchester killed by Chinese at Boxer Rebellion at China. Saxton Manchester's sister."

GLC09585.04

to Gouverneur Morris re: diplomatic problems with Britain

With separate (disconjugate) docketing leaf. Discusses diplomatic problems with Great Britain concerning American neutrality and the execution of the Treaty of Paris. "We wish to be neutral... if they will execute the treaty fairly." Written at a...

GLC04887

[Message to Congress on appropriations for the Disarmament Conference]

Typescript of Coolidge's message recommending a $75,000 appropriation to cover the continuing expenses of U.S. participation in the "Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference" in Geneva. Coolidge writes that he believes the U.S...

GLC04904

to William Pinkney

A long letter discussing foreign affairs with France and Britain and the Chesapeake affair. Makes reference to copies of many letters sent along with this one (not included). Asks Pinkney, the American minister to Britain, to continue his...

GLC04924

to Hugh H. Hanna

Discusses an endorsement of his proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Taft would like the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to withhold their public endorsement until a specific agreement has been...

GLC04932.01

to R. H. Waldo

Writes to Waldo in New York, who was possibly a newspaper reporter, to tell him that "It would not be worth your while to see me about daily dispatches." He concludes by thanking Waldo "for the information about England," noting (in accord with the...

GLC04905

An Act supplementory to the Act, making Provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt.

Act states that the loan the United States has taken from Holland is in accordance with a previous act "for the reduction of the public debt," (see also GLC04675.01, Jefferson's 15 March 1791 letter transmitting legislation, including this act). Act...

GLC04916

to [John Jay] re: France's concern over terms of Jay's treaty

Discusses France's concern with the terms of Jay's Treaty. Recipient inferred from contents.

GLC04925

to E.B. Alexander re: waiting for orders near the Rio Grande (Mexican War)

Related to the Mexican War and the argument over borders for the state of Texas. He writes: "I look daily for orders which will carry us to the Rio Grande or beyond." Addressed on page 6.

GLC04934

Missisippi of 'T Wydbefaamde goudland [Dutch] [Wonderful Land of Mississippi]

With engraved scene depicting Europeans trading gold with the Indians on the banks of the Mississippi. Publicizing settling in America. Written in Dutch. (The translation in the title here comes from the first line: "Dit 's 't wond're Missisippi...

GLC04946

[Order for fifteen men to join the expedition against the French at Crown Point]

Written to Captain John Wattle of Lebanon, Connecticut, during the French and Indian War. Indicates that three impressed men should come from five different companies, given bounties, and sent to join "Captain Leaches company for the said service...

GLC04949

...By an Express just arrived... His Britannic Majesty's speech to Parliament

Reprints King George's speech to Parliament reporting French aid to "the leaders of the rebellion" in America. The king asks for the support of Parliament and funding from the House of Commons. Printed from the [London] General Advertiser and...

GLC04954

to Nathaniel Greene re: victory at Cowpens, SC

Written as Secretary of Congress.

GLC04848

to George Graham re: commercial treaty with Britain; instructions on Florida

Madison gives instructions for forwarding the report on unsettled question of ownership of Florida; and mentions the disposition of pending appointments and commissions. Two black and white bust engravings of Madison included.

GLC04816

to Gen. Assembly of NC re: negotiations over Miss. Navigation, threats to Union

Discusses negotiations over Mississippi navigation, threats to the national Union, finance, convention (for ratifying the Constitution)

GLC04842.03

to [Timothy Pickering] re: expulsion of American minister Pinckney from France

Written as American ambassador to Great Britain, to the Sec. of State.

GLC04842.09

to David Parish re: Embargo Act: "Our President... seems to be out of his wits"

Morris writes of Jefferson: "Our President (to judge his Message) seems to be out of his wits. If I am not much mistaken, this session will, according to the vulgar phrase do him over."

GLC04842.11

to Oliver Ellsworth re: asking advice in interpreting treaty on privateering

Discusses the sale of prizes taken from the British by the French which violates the 24th Article of Jay's Treaty (1794) with Britain.

GLC04875

A Defence of the Constitutions of the government of the United States...[1st ed]

First Edition. Vols. 1-2 issued 1787; vol. 3 issued 1788. Each volume inscribed by Adams to the famous French diplomat Charles M. Talleyrand, who in turn gave them to someone else. In this work, Adams forcibly states the principles on which he...

GLC04878

An Act concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes & Prize Goods.

Copy of the act along with "Instructions for the Private Armed Vessels of the United States," in this case, issued to privateer Captain George Taylor of the ship Amiable. Issued one week after the declaration of war in the War of 1812. Signed by...

GLC04616

[Instructions on Embargo Act enforcement sent to the port collector of Marblehead, Massachusetts]

Circular from Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin instructing port collectors on how to enforce the Embargo Act of 1807 by regulating the lading of ships.

GLC04621

[Photograph of Robert E. Lee and his former staff]

Photograph of Robert E. Lee and those than once served on his staff. Standing left to right in the back row are: Brigadier General James Connor, Brigadier General Martin W. Gary, Major General John Bankhead Magruder, Brigadier General Robert D...

GLC04595

to Victor Navarub re: letter of recommendation, exchanges with Mexico must grow

GLC04617

Petition to Dey of Algiers re: protecting consuls & families (in French)

Signed as American agent and consul general. With other signers from the European powers, written after the Consul of Denmark was thrown into chains by the Dey. The document is a declaration of solidarity protesting Algerian aggression. Also...

GLC04659

to Earl of Stanhope

Fulton Writes to Stanhope to tell him about how well received his own ideas about canals have been in France, and to convince Stanhope that the British need to adopt his plans as well. Claims that his "small system of canals" will make fortunes for...

GLC04661.01