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Full length standing view of Lincoln's private secretary

Graphite inscription on verso "J.G. Nicolay 1st P. Secy 1861" "6 3/4 x 4 1/8 Type page size" "486."

GLC05111.02.0112

Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln's private secretary

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "Nicolay private Secretary to Lincoln."

GLC05111.02.0113

Full length standing view of Lincoln's secretary

Graphite inscription on verso "John Hay 2 P. Sec. 1862." "John Hay." "Paris."

GLC05111.02.0114

Standing view, resting fist atop table

Ink inscription on verso "97." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative, from Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0127

Oval bust portrait of Lincoln's political competitor

Springfield lawyer and Whig politican. Commissioned in the army when the war began. Killed at Ball's Bluff. Graphite inscription on verso "27" "Col. E.D. Baker." Photographers imprint on verso: "W.L.Germon's Atelier, No. 702 Chestnut St. Philada."

GLC05111.02.0137

Standing view of Gov. William A. Buckingham of Connecticut

Graphite inscription on verso "Gov. Buckingham of Conn." "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "W.H. Jennings, Photographer, cor. Main & Shetucket Sts. Norwich, Conn."

GLC05111.02.0141

Standing view of Gov. William A. Buckingham of Connecticut

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Ink signature on verso "Wm A Buckingham." Photographers imprint on verso: "Cartes De Visits by L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket Street Norwich, Conn. Duplicates from this negative can be furnished by sending the name...

GLC05111.02.0142

Vignette bust view of Reuben Fenton

Imprint on recto "Reuben E. Felton." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book."

GLC05111.02.0151

Standing full view of territorial Gov. William Gilpin of Colorado

Territorial Gov. of Colorado, 1861-1862. Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "Gov. Gilpin Colo" "Gir277 1861."

GLC05111.02.0152

Standing view of the Kansas free-soiler

MOMA # 94.608. Lead "Lane's Army of the North" on raids against Kansas slaveholders. Elected to the Senate in 1861 where he served until his suicide in 1866. Ink inscription on recto "Lane." Graphite inscription on verso "*MOMA 94.608" "Gen. Lane"...

GLC05111.02.0153

Mayor of New York City

Graphite inscription on recto "Geo Opdyke." Imprint on recto "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by C.D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. for the So. District of New York." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book...

GLC05111.02.0155

Vignette bust portrait of Senator from Ill.

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "Lyman Trumbell Ill."

GLC05111.02.0157

Vignette bust portrait of Rep. from Ill.

Graphite inscription on recto "Fassett" "E.B. Washburne." Ink inscription on recto "Hon" "Ill." Blue crayon inscription on verso "7." Photographers imprint on verso: "S.M. Fassett's New Gallery 114 & 116 South Clark St. Chicago."

GLC05111.02.0159

Standing view of Johnson as military Gov. of Tenn.

Imprint on recto "C.C. Giers, Nashville." Graphite inscription on verso "Andrew Johnson" "1869." Photographers imprint on verso: "C.C. Giers' National Portrait Gallery, 43 & 45 Union St., Nashville, Tenn. Negative No ______ Duplicates can be had at...

GLC05111.02.0161

Seated Napoleonic pose, facing left

Unmounted. Graphite inscription on verso "Presdt Johnson."

GLC05111.02.0176

Seated pose facing left

Graphite inscription on verso "25." Photographers imprint on verso: "No. Negative_______ Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, 25 Cedar St., opposite Commercial Hote[l] Nashville, Tenn." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.0178

Large oval bust portrait

Imprint on recto "Andrew Johnson."

GLC05111.02.0179

Daughter of President Johnson

Graphite inscription on verso "Mrs. Patterson Daughter of President Johnson."

GLC05111.02.0183

As brigadier general, vignette bust portrait

Thickness of mount and gilding on edges of mount suggests publication date (1880's-1890's). Ink inscription on verso "944" "A. Johnson. Brig Gen. U. S. Vols. Military Governor of Tenn." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alex Hesler 70 State Street...

GLC05111.02.0184

Modern [20th century] photograph of petition recommending Captain Ulysses S. Grant for the office of county engineer.

Modern [20th century] photograph of petition recommending Captain Ulysses S. Grant for the office of county engineer.

GLC04360.117

to Epes Sergeant

As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton sends a circular letter ending payment of public monies into the Bank of Massachusetts. Instead, he orders remittances to the Bank of the United States at Boston.

GLC04361

to Edward Hand

Knox, Secretary at War, writes to General Hand, a former Continental Congressman. States that William Henry, son of deceased Continental Congressman William Henry, asked the War Office to dispose of his father's military and ordnance stores in...

GLC04367.01

to Cyrus Griffin

Marked as a copy (refer to GLC04377.02). Discusses previous correspondence from Griffin, who was managing Ball's business affairs in England. Discusses the sale of estates in England, paying off Campbell & Blackburn, and other financial...

GLC04377.03

to Julia Knowlton

President-elect Major General Zachary Taylor writes to her to acknowledge receipt of a letter from her. Mentions his gratitude for the support of women in his election: "it was but rarely have I had intercours[e] with one of 'heaven's best gifts to...

GLC04381

The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey.

Title continues: "The acts passed during the proprietary governments, and other material transactions before the surrender thereof to Queen Anne. The instrument of surrender, and her formal acceptance thereof. Lord Cornbury's commission and...

GLC04392

Resolves of the General Court of... Massachusetts

Contains messages of Gov. James Bowdoin on Shays' Rebellion and discussion re: appointing representatives to the Constitutional Convention

GLC04395

An Act, For apportioning and assessing a Tax of Two Hundred and Fifty-four THousand, Seven Hundred and Eighteen Pounds, Sixteent Shillings and Eleven Pence, upon the several Towns and other Places in this State, for defraying the public Charge.

Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of Massachusetts. Breaks down the amount to be raised by county and town. Also enacts many rules for determining tax liability. Copy for Selectmen of Gorham. Printed by Benjamin Edes.

GLC04401

to Silvanus Bourne

Refers to letter of Bourne's from 10 July 1798. Written to the American General Consul in Amsterdam. Tries to console Bourne about the publication of one letter and the false statements made about the contents of another that made him appear pro...

GLC04403

to Metcalf Marsh

Requests Marsh's attendance at a meeting of the Rhode Island State Committee of the Constitutional Party for the purpose of nominating a ticket for the upcoming election. Dorr, who would lead the Dorr Rebellion in 1842, was then a state legislator.

GLC04416

to Samuel Holden Parsons

Written by Adams as a delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts to Parsons, who became a Brigadier General on 9 August 1776 and was to take part in the fighting at the Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776. References Parsons's letters of...

GLC04424

[Appointment of Samuel C. Crafts as Commissioner for fifth division of Vermont]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering. Crafts was given power to act as one of the five commissioner in Vermont under "An Act provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses and the enumeration of slaves within the United...

GLC04426

to Robert Morris

Written by Hancock as President of the Continental Congress to Morris as a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania. Reports to Morris that Congress will return to Philadelphia, and suggests that its return may relieve some of the burden of Morris...

GLC04431

[Resolution of Massachusetts Legislature]

Signed approved by Hancock. Also signed by Theodore Sedgwick, Speaker of the House, and Samuel Phillips, President. Certified as a true copy by John Avery as Secretary. Concerns levying taxes on the polls and estates in Worcester County...

GLC04432

to the New York State Republican Central Committee

Addressed to Charles C. Nott, William H. Ball, A. J. Williamsin, C.S. Spencer, and F. W. Shepherd. Thanks the members of the committee for their support. Expresses his disappointment at not receiving the Republican nomination for president but...

GLC04435

The Address of... delivered at Cooper Institute [ed. by C.C. Nott & C. Brainerd]

Printed by George F. Nesbitt & Co. Edited by Charles C. Nott and Cephas Brainerd and issued by the Young Men's Republican Union of New York. This pamphlet is collateral to Lincoln's letter to Nott, taking him to task for taking liberties in editing...

GLC04436.02

to Frederick Jacob Wichelhausen

Letter forwarded to Wichelhausen, American Consul in Bremen, by Rufus King, American Ambassador to Britain. King's signature appears on the address. Secretary of State Pickering says he received Wichelhausen's letter of 16 January 1798 as well as...

GLC04439

to H. A. Weber

Discusses tariff reduction at length and the opposing views of the southern states on the matter. Also brings up sectionalism, the failed Whig campaign of 1836, and fear that " ... no union can be formed between us and the latitudinarians of the...

GLC04440

[Appointment of James M. Mason as Confederate Special Commissioner to England]

Credentials appointing James M. Mason Confederate Special Commissioner to England. Signed by Hunter as Secretary of State. Partly printed document, in calligraphic hand with blind stamp of the Confederate States of America, Department of State. The...

GLC04448

[Andrew Johnson]

Carte de visite signed twice below image and on verso, by Giers & Co. Probably signed as military governor of Tennessee.

GLC04451

[Request of the Supreme Executive Council to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for clarification of a Constitutional point].

Requests the state Supreme Court for an interpretation of the twentieth section of the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. Written as Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania.

GLC04465

to James Hastie

Written by Radama I "the Great," the first king of Madagascar, to Hastie, the British agent to his court. Document is in Radama's language, probably Malagasy, and is translated and transcribed by Hastie above Radama's words. He is inviting Hastie to...

GLC04466.02

Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 [Decimalized]

GLC04471

National politics: Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb 27, 1860.

Published by the New York Tribune as Tribune Tracts No. 4. Lincoln addresses the most pressing issue of the day, slavery, and attacks the view put forth by Stephen Douglas and others that slavery was founded by the forefathers of the country. He...

GLC04471.01

Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican Party. . .

Title continues "Delivered in the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27th, 1860, issued by the Young Men's Republican Union (659 Broadway, New York) with notes by Charles C. Nott & Cephas Brainerd." Signed by Nott and Brainerd on title page. Printed by George...

GLC04471.03

Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican Party. . .

Title continues "Delivered in the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27th, 1860, issued by the Young Men's Republican Union (659 Broadway, New York) with notes by Charles C. Nott & Cephas Brainerd." Printed by George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers and Stationers...

GLC04471.04

A Broader Philosophy of Protection

Article removed from the August issue of Gunton's Magazine, pages 109-121. Responds to an article titled, "Philosophy of Protection," printed in the July issue of Gunton's Magazine. Discusses the differing philosophies of free trade and...

GLC04471.08

The Cooper Union Address given by Abraham Lincoln in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union in New York February 27, 1860

With an introduction written by Leroy H. Buckingham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, The Cooper Union. Published by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1960. Buckingham's introduction discusses Lincoln's political...

GLC04471.09

Conditions de paix. Conditions of peace. [In English and French]

The text of the Treaty of Versailles as presented by the Allied and Associated Powers at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Signed by Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuale Orlando, Gordon Auchincloss and Georges Clemenceau. Uncut...

GLC04472

to Gov. Charles J. Jenkins

Notifying Governor Jenkins of President Johnson's full pardon he granted the ex-Confederate General Lafayette McLaws and that he may resume the duties of court clerk in Richmond County.

GLC04479

to Jefferson Davis

General Martin offers to serve on President Davis's personal staff. Briefly explains that his two years of administrative experience on the "military affairs of North Carolina, justify the expectation that I might succeed on a larger scale." Davis...

GLC04486