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to James Madison

The letter discusses the question of a national bank. Also mentions: Paper money vs. metal money and General Greene.

GLC00099.081

to James Madison re: Vermont, financing the central government

The letter discusses Vermont, the contribution of states to the maintenance of a national government, and financing of the war.

GLC00099.083

to James Madison

The letter discusses financing of the war by Virginia, performance of Virginia troops in the war, military situation in South Carolina. Also mentions: Virginia and taxes, Virginia and contributions to war, Charleston, SC, Comte de Grasse, Comte de...

GLC00099.085

to James Madison

The letter mentions the exchange of prisoners, foreign news, Virginia finances, and personalities. Also mentions: military rumors, Governor Rutledge, Colonel Jervais, elections for the Virginia House of Representatives, Douglas Ambler, George Webb...

GLC00099.086

to James Madison

The letter discusses news of the acknowledgement of American independence by Parliament and discussion of possible treaty, and the West Indies. Letter torn at bottom, end of text lacking. Signature torn irregularly with loss of text.

GLC00099.087

to James Madison

The letter mentions the discussion of British seriousness about peace, defeat of Comte de Grasse in the West Indies, and other war news. Also mentions: distrust of British, French fleet, Virginia House of Delegates, and Mr. Tyler. Signature and...

GLC00099.088

to James Madison

The letter discusses news of the change in the English ministry, probable effects on America, hope for a treaty, trade questions, disaffection in the western territory. Also mentions: statehood for Western Territory and trade with Britain.

GLC00099.089

to James Madison

The letter discusses news of the War in West Indies, situation at Charleston, SC, plight of Pendleton's nephew, a British prisoner there, acknowledgment of U.S. Independence by the Dutch (John Adams, Ambassador), powers of Congress, settlement of pre...

GLC00099.090

to James Madison re: loss of correspondence, war in West Indies, Va.

The letter discusses loss of correspondence, war in West Indies, and Virginia Assembly. The letter is on verso of sheet: extract, copied by Pendleton, of a commentary on standing armies and their cost. The transcribed material is written in a much...

GLC00099.091

to James Madison

The letter discusses war in the South, Loyalists, loss of an enslaved person belonging to his nephew. Also mentions: Evacuation of Charleston, SC, General Carleton, and prisoner exchanges.

GLC00099.092

In the Court of Appeals... The Case of the Prisoners [Caton v. Commonwealth]

Important manuscript, entirely in the hand of Edmund Pendleton, entitled "In the Court of Appeals, October 29, 1782 The Case of the Prisoners." Composed of 3 leaves (A1, A2, B1) completely covered with writing (r+v), and a fourth leaf (B2), with...

GLC00099.101

[Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton and related legal documents] [decimalized]

Six documents relating to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's deposition as a defense witness in the case of John Benjamin (plaintiff) vs. Robert Murray and Jacob H. Perkins (defendants), being heard before the New York Supreme Court. The case, and...

GLC00720

The Articles of Confederation; the Declaration of Rights; The Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britian and the United States of America.

First Virginia printing. Swem 7430. Stab stitched. Not fully opened

GLC00716

The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States.

Concerns South Carolina seceding from the Union and encouraging other states that enslaved people to join in forming a confederacy. Printed by order of the convention by Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, South Carolina. No wrappers.

GLC00719

to V. McBlair

Letter to his wife discussing life at sea and his visit to Liberia. Upon arrival in Liberia, McBlair's ship "Dale" gives the young nation a twenty-one gun salute. In Monrovia, the Liberian capital, McBlair meets with President Benson and former...

GLC00722.59

Journal of the Convention of 1860-61.

Proceedings of South Carolina's secession convention issued only to the members of the convention. Concerns the secession of other states, General G. T. Beauregard's proposed defense of Charleston, and the roll call of all the delegates. Printed...

GLC00726

To the governor of the state of Nebraska

A printed a letter to the governors of Nebraska transmitting the Fifteenth Amendment.

GLC00788.02

Extracts of letters written by the Secretary of War, to the Governor of Virginia, upon the defensive protection of the frontiers of that State

Contemporary clerical copy signed by chief clerk of the War Department, John Stagg, Jr. The letters concern protection of the Virginia frontier against Indians, emphasizing President Washington's view "that all parts of the union ought to be...

GLC00813

to James Blood

Stevens, chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, garners support for the Democratic Party prior to the 1860 Presidential election. He informs Blood, a customs collector at Newburyport, Massachusetts, that the organizers of an...

GLC00817

[An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States]

Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Signed in type by Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House, John Langdon as President pro tempore of the Senate, and George Washington as President. Results of the second session of the...

GLC00818

[Certification of duty payment on rum]

Partly printed document signed by Clymer as Supervisor of the Revenue for the district of Pennsylvania attests that the duties had been paid on "one Puncheon of Rum containing one hundred & fifteen gallons..." Marked "No. 3294." Clymer served as...

GLC00797

to Daniel Adams

Writes to his father about opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Daniel Adams, Jr. was town clerk and his father was a delegate at the state convention.

GLC00799

[Veto of New York State Assembly Bill Introductory Number 833, Printed Number 875]

Veto of "an ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to punishment for receiving deposits in insolvent banks." Roosevelt vetoes the bill commenting, "I am unwilling to accept a bill that lessens the penalty for this peculiarly outrageous breach of...

GLC00803

Unconditional Union Ticket

Union ticket for Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President. Printed in blue and red inks. Lists presidential electors from Indiana for the Lincoln-Johnson ticket for the 1864. Printed with image of a canon and flag....

GLC00809

to George Clinton

Hamilton writes to Clinton in Poughkeepsie, New York to inform him that he wants to return to private occupations and will resign his office as a New York member of the Continental Congress within ten days.

GLC00812