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Diary of Milton Whipple

Early entries are brief and mostly record staff changes, troop movements, drills, and the weather but the entries lengthen as Whipple details the Appomattox campaign and the last few weeks leading up to General Robert E. Lee's surrender. On 24...

GLC04561

to John Andrew Shulze

Printed resolution from the Indiana State Legislature opposing an amendment to the United States Constitution proposed by the Georgia Legislature that would restrict the movement of free blacks and manumitted slaves. First page signed by Hendricks...

GLC04565

to R. D. Cooper

Discusses his concern that an increase in milk prices will harm the health of poor in New York. Furthermore, he contends that the decrease in consumption will hurt the dairy industry. Desires the support of Cooper's committee.

GLC04568

[Acknowledging America's debt to Italy for help in World War I]

On the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into World War I, Hoover, who was then the U.S. Food Administrator under President Wilson, acknowledges "our indebtedness to the country to which we are bound, not only by ties historical, but also by...

GLC04569

to Edwin DeLeon

Marked confidential at the top. Soule writes to DeLeon, Confederate Envoy to France 1862-1864. Relates, "I came to the confederacy by the way of Nassau & Charleston. Before leaving Nassau, we had the news of a great battle fought at Gettysburg, of...

GLC04570

to William Lewis Maury

Murdaugh heard that Maury switched professions from farming to insurance. Comments that if Tilden is elected, "there will be more openings for us [former Confederates] than ever have been since the day of Appomattox." In order to write to Jeff Page...

GLC04572.44

to William Lewis Maury

On stationery of the New York Custom House. Writes on behalf of the Collector, appointing Maury "Storekeeper of Private Bonded Warehouses at a Compensation of $1460 per annum."

GLC04572.45

to David Dixon Porter

Marked "Copy" at the top. Has not yet made Mr. Maury's acquaintance but assumes he is "performing his duties satisfactorily."

GLC04572.47

Extract from the Reconstructed Constitution of the State of Louisiana ...

Title continues, " ... With portraits of the Distinguished Members of the Convention & Assembly. A.D. 1868." Anti-Reconstruction broadside from Louisiana showing images of Black elected officials seated in the center of the broadside.

GLC04597

Address of the President at Chautauqua, N.Y.

Speech focuses on peace, America as a good neighbor to other nations, and preventing war internationally. Discusses the causes that produce war such as fanaticism, racial hatreds, and religious intolerance. Finishes with, "We believe in democracy...

GLC04599

[Address of the President to the Young Democratic Club of Maryland]

Discusses the challenges facing young men and women at the bottom of the Great Depression. Gives some solutions to improving unemployment problems such as finding ways to keep children in school longer and curtailing working hours. Urges the young...

GLC04600

[Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr] Decimalized

GLC04601

to Jedediah Smith

Writes that he was very happy to hear from him since almost two years have past since their last correspondence. Discusses a Colonel Trash who traveled to Jedediah's area (Massachusetts) but did not bring back word. He is sorry to hear Jedediah has...

GLC04601.04

to Jedediah Smith

Writes to his brother in Massachusetts and sympathizes with his maladies. Informs that the family is all well but complains about the restrictions on commerce which if continued, threaten to hurt business in the Mississippi territory. The embargo...

GLC04601.06

to Jedediah Smith

Apologizes to his brother in Massachusetts for not writing back sooner. States that although he has not seen Jedediah since he was very young, he has fond memories of him and the place where he was born, Massachusetts. Mentions that his two sons...

GLC04601.07

[to the Chairman of the Board of Health]

Informs that he has received orders from the Commander in Chief to detail the necessary companies of infantry and artillery to assist the civil authority in enforcing the quarantine regulations for the city of Natchez. Signed as Brigadier General.

GLC04601.11

[Pen and ink drawing of General James Wilkinson]

Folk art sketched portrait of Wilkinson's head and shoulders in uniform. Written underneath, "Great Willkison (sic) command Our Arms, When Missippi (sic) rolls - Nor need we fear dread Wars Alarms, While he, Our flag staff holds!!!"

GLC04601.15

to Mr. Knight

Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the schooner U.S.S. Grampus to Mr. Knight of Havana, Cuba. References Knight's letter of 26 June 1830. Says he has made a request that is so out of line that he cannot comply with it. The request...

GLC04604.21

to Theodore Roosevelt re: urging sale of buildings to benefit Cherokee Indians

Buffington writes the President to urge approval of an act to allow sale of buildings at Fort Gibson, owned by the Cherokee Nation, but occupied by various people. Was written while it was Cherokee Nation Territory.

GLC04612

to John Ross

Asks Ross for a loan of $450. Written the day after Jefferson resigned as Secretary of State. The loan may have been used to help pay off some of the debts Jefferson incurred while secretary or to help with a major building project he began at...

GLC04615

to James Monroe Jr. re: politics, Webster's presidential run, Polk's removals

Addressed to the President's nephew

GLC04623.05

to Colonel Aspenwall

General Scott writes to Aspinwall, possibly Thomas Aspinwall, American Consul General in London. Recommends Wyndham Robertson of Richmond, Virginia, who plans to visit Europe. Writes, "May I beg you to show him any civility in your power &...

GLC04623.06

[Order to the Major of Suffolk to send troops to help protect Concord and Medfield].

Written as Secretary of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1650-1686) to the leader of the Massachusetts Milita in Dorchester (the Major of Suffolk) a few days after the 18 April 1676 attack on Sudbury during King Philip's War.

GLC04629

[Printed circular number one from the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue]

The Committee for a Day's Labor requests a donation of one day's earnings from all classes of the community for benefit of the Great Central Fair. Printed on Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue stationery. Accompanied by an...

GLC04639

to Samuel Hodgdon

Secretary of War Knox instructs Hodgdon to supply Fort Cumberland with clothing and shoes. These supplies were intended for the army sent to supress the "Whiskey Rebellion."

GLC04657

[Secret draft budget for the United States]

Partial printed budget that the Continental Congress ordered the Committee on Finance to draft. Recommends a loan of 20 million dollars sterling from Europe and outlines the financial relationship with the states. Also recommends poll taxes and...

GLC04658

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 Comm. of the Maryland legislature re: inviting the state to join Confederacy

Signed as President of the Confederacy, responding to resolutions of the state of Maryland. The letter expresses sympathy and assures the committee of the Confederacy's desire for peace. The Committee consisted of Messrs. McKaig [sic], Yellott and...

GLC04660

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

to Earl of Stanhope

Explains to Stanhope the various reasons that his canal system will be so profitable. Argues that it will speed transportation and increase commerce. Says that it will earn an extra 84 million sterling per year for France if they replace their roads...

GLC04661.02

to Earl of Stanhope

Writes that all wars are a waste of money and labor. Improving a country's infrastructure is the best use of these funds and energy, through projects such as his canals. He estimates just how much the canals would save England. Fulton comments:...

GLC04661.03

[Collection of John G. Scurry, A company, 11th regiment, Virginia, infantry][Decimalized .01-.81]

Collection of letters belonging to John G. Scurry dated 1861-1865. Consists of 81 letters sent to various recipients, two of which are incomplete. The letters describe the battles of Chickahominy, McClellan's claim of victory in the Penninsula...

GLC03957

to Captain Lever

Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy, signs a circular outlining an Act of Congress passed 22 March 1794, "to prohibit the carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any foreign place or country..." The Act orders that no United States citizen...

GLC03964

[Announcement of amendment to law on slave trials for capital crimes]

Partially printed document signed by Blair as President of the Virginia Council and Commander in Chief of the colony to the justices of the peace of Buckingham County. Transmits amendments made to "An Act directing the Trial of Slaves committing...

GLC03970

to Thomas S. Bocock

Report of the Confederate Treasury Department to the Confederate Congress. Trenholm signs as Confederate Secretary of State. Addressed to Bocock as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Discusses finances, debts owed by the War Department...

GLC03977

An Act making farther Provision for the Collection of the Duties by Law imposed on Teas, and to prolong the Term for the Payment of the Duties on Wines.

Act of Congress regulating duties on tea and wine. Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC03981

Collection of important printed treaties [decimalized]

GLC03985

Instructions for...naval officers employed in...suppression of...slave trade

Volume contains 27 treaties with foreign powers for the suppression of the slave trade. Published for use by British naval captains.

GLC03985.01

Volume of Dutch treaties

Collection of Dutch printings of mid-17th century treaties. Printed in Latin, Spanish, French, Dutch, and German. Contemporary manuscript table of contents bound in the front.

GLC03985.02

Articles of peace...between...Charles II...and the...United Neatherlands

Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker. Untrimmed. The Treaty of Breda affected the relations of the British and Dutch in the New World. Included the Dutch ceding New York to the British.

GLC03985.03

Treaty of Peace...between...James II...and...Lewis XIV...

Small quarto. Printed by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb. Stab-stitched. Concluded on the 21-31 day of July. The Treaty of Whitehall settled conflicts between Britain and France in America, including fishing rights, fur and Indian trade, and...

GLC03985.04

The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes

Printed by John Baskett. Missing 1/3 permission leaf. The Assiento Treaty between England and Spain. Spain granted England an official monopoly to supply enslaved people from Africa to the Spanish New World. Signed on 25 March 1713.

GLC03985.05

Treaty of peace...between...Princess Anne...and...Lewis XIV

Printed by John Baskett. First British edition. Printed in English, Spanish, and Latin. Treaty of Utrecht between France and England. France returned Hudson's Bay to the British. It also gave up Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and St. Kitts and...

GLC03985.06

Treaty of peace between England, France and Spain

Printed in French.Peace treaty that ended the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada to England and Louisiana to Spain.

GLC03985.07

Preliminary articles of peace... [between England and France]

Small quarto. Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke. A tentative settlement of the French and English peace, releasing the United States to go ahead with a final settlement. Signed on 20 January 1783.

GLC03985.08

The treaty of Paris

The final proclamation of peace between England and France in the American War of Independence. Printed by Jean-Francois Picot, in French.

GLC03985.09

Preliminary articles of peace between...Brittanick Majesty and the King of Spain

First official english publication of preliminary articles of peace between England and Spain. Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke. References: American Controversy 83-44, Davenport 170.

GLC03985.10

Collection of treaties between Great Britian and foreign powers

Blind stamp of "Foreign Office." Volumes contain first official British editions of twenty-eight treaties concluded with foreign governments from 1762 to 1795.

GLC03985.11

Treaty of amity and commerce between the U.S. and France

Printed by De L'imprimerie Royale. First official printing.Treaty of friendship and commerce. One of the first two treaties concluded by the United States. Signed on 6 February 1778.

GLC03985.12

Treaties of amity and commerce and of alliance...

Printed by Draper and Folsom. First American printings. The two treaties with the French were the first made by the United States. Signed on 6 February 1778.

GLC03985.13

Provisional articles concluded by British and American commissioners

Reprint of the Royal Printing House edition. French edition of provisional articles. Includes decorative woodcuts with the text. Signed on 20 November 1782. Printed in French.

GLC03985.14

Provisional articles..by the...commissioners

Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke. The first treaty between Great Britain and the United States. This provisional agreement is the first document in which Britain recognized US independence. Signed on 30 November 1782.

GLC03985.15

Treaty between United States and Sweden

The first treaty made by the United States with a power other than France. It is the first regular treaty of friendship and commerce between the United States and a neutral power. Signed on 3 April 1783. Printed in Swedish and French.

GLC03985.16

Treaty between the United States and Spain (in Spanish)

Printed in Spanish by En La Impenta Real. First printed edition. The Treaty of San Ildefonso. First American treaty with Spain. The treaty defined the boundaries of Spanish possessions in North America and secured common navigation of the...

GLC03985.17

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

Convention between his Britannic Majesty and the United States...

Folio. Printed by R.G. Clarke. Official British printing. Established U.S.-Canadian border, settled question of fishing rights off Newfoundland, and agreed on jointly adminstering Oregon for ten year period. Signed on 20 October 1818.

GLC03985.19

Treaty between United States and Columbia

Large Quarto. Printed by F.M Stokes. First Columbian printing. First treaty between the US and another icountry in the western hemisphere. Negotiatedin 1824, ratified in 1825. Malloy p. 292.

GLC03985.20

Treaty between United States and Federated Republic of Central America

Small folio. Printed by Imprena Mayor Casa de Porras. Treaty of amity and commerce with rebelling Spanish provinces. The Federal Republic of Central America included Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica and was formed in 1823...

GLC03985.21

Treaty establishing boundary between United States and Mexico

Treaty declaring Sabine River as boundary between the two nations. Ratified in 1832. Printed in double-column format in English and Spanish. First Mexican printing. Signed in 1828, ratified 1832.

GLC03985.22

Collection of treaties between the United States and [countries of the Far East]

Original cloth backed printed boards. Published by U.S. Legation in Honk Kong. Book contains documents and treaties that highlight the beginning of American diplomacy in the Far East. It included treaties with China, Japan, Korea, and Siam.

GLC03985.23

Constitution of the State of New-York

GLC03991

to Dr. Howe

Phillips indicates that he has consigned Howe's excellent letter to George Thompson, M.P., who will put it "into the night train to reach as many English eyes as possible." Thompson was elected a member of Parliament in 1847 for the Tower Hamlets....

GLC03998.02

to John Winthrop

Member of the Court of Assistants Winslow writes to Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Winthrop about a dispute over the area now known as Seekonk. Discusses Samuel Gorton, who was preaching to the Native Americans under the protection...

GLC04000

Act concerning consuls and vice consuls (France)

The act was intended to carry into effect the Convention between the US and the King of France.

GLC04005

A proclamation for the encouragement of piety, virtue, education & manners for the suppression of vice.

The closing text is in a scribal hand: "Given at the Council Chamber in Boston...by His Excellency's Command, with advice & consent of the Council...."

GLC04009

[Payment for 66 bales of cotton]

Certifies that 66 bales of cotton will be paid to Mr. William Bradford in the Parish of Bossier, "in lieu of the same quantity due him for hauling 210 Bales…to Orange Texas." States that the cotton averages 500 pounds per bale. Signed by Allen as...

GLC04028

to General Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau [in French]

Dated 18 Thermidor, year ten. Written during the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). Leclerc, French commander at Haiti, informs Rochambeau that General Antoine Richepanse has reestablished slavery in Guadeloupe, and there are slight signs of unrest....

GLC04032

Debates of the House on the bills for carrying into effect the Louisiana Treaty

Related to the Louisiana Purchase. Printed by Thomas and George Palmer

GLC04034

Autograph book and letter from Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC04035

Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters.

Consists of eighty-four signatures, most of which were obtained by McNear between 1860 and 1861. Incorporating numerous historical figures, the book includes autographs from (among others) Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, William Lloyd Garrison...

GLC04035.02

History of the Expedition... [1st Ed. in original boards; Paul Allen, compiler]

Full title: "History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6. By order of...

GLC04051.01

to the Special Council for the Eastern Shore

Advises that he just heard that the new Maryland Eastern Shore Executive was established and was given the utmost power. Informs that the British fleet with Benedict Arnold aboard has been sited. Also mentions that the British army is south of the...

GLC04066

Liberty of speech, and of the press: a charge to the grand juries of the county courts of the fifth circuit of the state of Pennsylvania

Article by Alexander Addison supporting the Sedition Act. Document is ripped along the side.

GLC04072

Direct Tax

Broadside on New Hampshire taxation regarding the Louisiana Purchase. Concerns the cost of the Louisiana purchase, with a table showing the proportionate cost per county of the $15 million bill, and describing how the Embargo Act makes it difficult...

GLC04073

The County election [hand colored engraving, mezzotint and roulette by Sartain]

GLC04074

Stump Speaking

Text underneath image reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Geo C. Bingham Esq. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York." Text underneath title reads, "This...

GLC04075

Proclamation

Institutes "the administration of Law Martial" in New Orleans, two days after it was surrendered to the Union. Terms include respect for the United States flag, punishment for aiding Confederates, harsh treatment for crimes against Federal...

GLC04081

[Lincoln assassination reward poster]

Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000)...

GLC04092

Collection of election tokens and tintype [Decimalized .01-.07]

3 tokens from 1860 with Hamlin & Lincoln, 1 from 1860 with Douglas & Johnson, 1 from 1860 with Bell & Everett, 1 from 1864 with Lincoln and Johnson, and 1 unframed tintype (?) of Lincoln c. 1864.

GLC04102

[Tintype photograph of Abraham Lincoln]

Campaign tintype of Lincoln for the election of 1864. In bronze colored metal frame. Printed on reverse is, "Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. Firm to maintain and defend the Union." Photography studio's name is obscured but...

GLC04102.01

[Republican campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.02

[Republican campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.03

[Republican campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.04

[Bell/Everett campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Edward Everett and John Bell, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top. Bell and Everett ran on the Constitutional Union ticket.

GLC04102.05

[Democratic campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top. Douglas and Johnson ran on the Northern Democratic ticket.

GLC04102.06

[Republican campaign token for 1864 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, one of each side. Stamped with their names and "for President," "for Vice-President." Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.07

to Thomas Ward re: Republic of Texas politics, his removal from office, land

GLC04104

Directing Chief Justice Colorado County Court, Republic of Texas

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC04105

to Joseph Cabell

Concerns difficulties in getting the Virginia legislature to approve the establishment of the University of Virginia and its general educational system. Asks Cabell to sign a report regarding the college's finances (GLC04108.02), then deliver it to...

GLC04108.01

[Lincoln's Funeral Train]

One image of a Philadelphia railyard with President Lincoln's Funeral Train dated April 22, 1865. The image was taken by McCleas. The engine bears four U.S. flags and black funeral drapings. Two men sit atop the tender that has the inscription, "PENN...

GLC04111

Texas Statehood - Lists names of 15 voters and tally. With 14 voting slips

GLC04116

to Erasmus J. Pierce

Circular letter extolling presidential candidate Clay and requesting submitting the enclosed ticket of Pennsylvania electors in support of him (see GLC04119.03) at the polls.

GLC04119.01

[List of Pennsylvania electors supporting Henry Clay for president]

Sent to Erasmus J. Pierce with a circular letter (see GLC04119.01) extolling Clay and urging Pierce to submit the list of electors at the polls in the 1824 presidential election.

GLC04119.03

General Orders, No. 1

Orders announcing assumption of command at Charleston, South Carolina. States that "Charleston is declared to be under Martial Law. All functions heretofore exercised by the Mayor, commonality, civil and criminal courts, police authorities, and local...

GLC04130

A report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in the summer of 1820 , under a commission from the President of the United States, for the purpose of ascertaining, for the use of the government, the actual state of the Indian tribes in our country: Illustrated by a map of the United States; ornamented by a correct portrait of a Pawnee Indian

Printed by S. Converse, published by Howe & Spalding. Signed by M. H. White on the title page. Reverend Morse presents a detailed study on Native American Tribes to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. Information in this work is based on Morse's...

GLC04135

Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long / from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party

Published by H.C. Carey and I. Lea. Contains a separate folio atlas volume with two maps, eight plates (1 colored), and 1 plate of geological cross-sections. James was the botanist and geologist for the expedition.

GLC04143

Horn's overland guide, from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California... [with map] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC04152

Horn's overland guide, from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California...

Title continues "Containing a table of distances, and showing all the rivers, creeks, lakes, springs, mountains, hills, camping-places, and other prominent objects, with remarks on the country, roads, timbers, grasses, curiosities, etc.; the entire...

GLC04152.01

Map to Illustrate Horn's Overland Guide to California and Oregon

Map originally attached to Horn's overland guide (housed with books, GLC 4152.01), from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California containing a table of distances, and showing all the...

GLC04152.02

Diary of a journey from the Mississippi to the coasts of the Pacific with a United States government expedition

Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt. Published by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. First English edition. Inscribed to Master R. Dymoke as "2nd Prise for School work. Woodbourne House. Christmas 1861." Describes western territories...

GLC04156