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Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

January 22, 1792

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Instructs Knox not to disclose information regarding the nomination of General Officers and a bill that has not yet passed. Docketed in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.09424
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Autograph letter

to John Quincy Adams

16 December 1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Docket indicates the addressee is "J Q Adams," as Secretary of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Writes in response to the academy's electing him a member; accepts the honor with gratitude.

GLC02437.07990
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Document

Royal Arcanum membership Dues Form

1898

Wells, Hiram C., fl. 1825-1900

GLC03131.15.041
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Book signed

Report of the proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, at the Seveth Annual Meeting ...

1874

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Title continues, " ... held at Toledo, Ohio, October 17 and 18, 1873." Printed by Robert Clarke & Co. With Mathew Brady imperial carte-de-visite of General William T. Sherman pasted on the flyleaf facing the title page, signed by Sherman on the...

GLC01241
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Letter signed

to the Society of Cincinnati

December 6, 1797

Lamarquisie, Bernard M., fl. 1797

Letters to the Society of Cincinnati asking for aid. Lamarquisie (also "de la Marquisie"), a Frenchman who had served as a captain of engineers in the Continental Army, asks the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati for financial aid. The former...

GLC01450.624
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Manuscript document signed

The Offices of the Massachusetts Line

May 1793

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

This document is a May 1793 account signed by Treasurer Henry Jackson with lists of payments to and from "The Officers of the Massachusetts Line". Along with this document is a note citing a payment of 214 dollars, "subscribed by a number of officers...

GLC01450.627.01.01
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Autograph document signed

to Colonel Fowler

1783/11/12

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Carrington, the treasurer of the recently formed Society of Cincinnati of Virginia, certifies that two officers have paid membership dues of one month's pay. The interest from the dues went to Cincinnati and their families who were in financial...

GLC01450.627.02
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Autograph document

[Defense of the Society of Cincinnati's policy of hereditary membership]

1785-1787

Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811

Rodney decries alarmists who condemn the Society of Cincinnati for creating an American aristocracy: "Such an Aristocracy as this founded on Meritorious Service to their country, I wish to see our Community ever blest with."

GLC01450.631
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Autograph letter signed

to John Sherman

3 May 1887

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Writes to his brother regarding his travel plans for the next week or so. States he will go to Washington to attend the meeting of the Army of the Cumberland and the unveiling of the Garfield statue, then he must go to Philadelphia. Informs that he...

GLC05465
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Typed document

Address of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts at Executive Committee Meeting

1953/10/16

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Advance copy of the address given at American Legion National Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana. Criticizes the weakness of the American Air Force, compared to the Soviets, and advocates "a Strategic Air Force with sufficient retaliatory powers."...

GLC05313

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