1864/09/23

Walker, Mary, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. James Hardie

Seeking Presidential confirmation of Walker's rank as Major. "I told the President of the risks I encountered in being taken prisoner on purpose and preventing their attacking our army which we were hardly able to act."

GLC06882

1829/12/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Broadside

Title: President's Message. First address to Congress [on silk]

GLC06747

1801/09/03

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bureaux Pusy?? re: assistance to Revolutionary veteran, forwarding

Letter is addressed to Pusey, and appears to be forwarding a petition for Congress to introduce. Written in Monticello

GLC06749.01

1863/07/15

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to proclamation for day of Thanksgiving

Ordering a day of national thanksgiving on 6 August 1863 for victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, seeking restoration of the Union and God's intervention to "subdue the anger which has produced... a needless and cruel rebellion...." Lined on verso; ink appears to have been affected by previous treatment.

GLC06754

1864/06/08

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lew Wallace re: asking for advice on discharge of soldier at Ft. McHenry

Regarding the discharge of soldier Thomas Washington Smith. WithANS of Lew Wallace at the bottom concerning the inquiry, responding, and forwarding to Col. Wooley.

GLC06755

1865/03/21

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton re: arranging trip to review troops at City Point

"Mrs. L. proposes 3 P.M. Thursday, and says she can not be ready sooner. Let it be so." (Mary Todd Lincoln had an infamous fit of jealousy over her husband's accompaniment by General Ord's wife during this trip.)

GLC06756

1801/07/16

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to Griffith Evans re: requesting expense report from Board of Commissioners

Madison asks for a detailed expense report. Evans had been secretary of the Board. Very minor losses affecting letters on the address leaf.

GLC06758

1818/11/17

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Broadside

Title: President's Message. National Intelligencer Extra

Monroe's address to the second session of the fifteenth Congress. Printed in 5 columns. Brigham 1: 103.

GLC06759

1778/05/05

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Alexander McDougall re: ordering reinforcements to New York area

Writing to McDougall at Fishkill, concerning getting reinforcements for the area about New York, especially in the Hudson Highlands. Washington notes that Americans should not take for granted the help of France in winning independence; he does not want Americans to "relapse into a state of supineness." In the handwriting of Washington's military secretary and aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman.

GLC06767

1781/07/01

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Col. Charles Stewart re: requesting provisions for attack on British

Stewart, Commissary to the Army, is ordered by Washington to provide "four days provisions" to enable a surprise attack on the British. General Benjamin Lincoln led the attack down the Hudson River, but the British were alerted, fortified their positions on the Harlem River, and fended off the attack. In the handwriting of Washington's military secretary and aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman.

GLC06768

1784/07/14

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tench Tilghman re: requesting employment for his nephew, Corbin

Washington writes on behalf of his nephew, Corbin Washington, who "is inclined to enter into a Mercantile walk of life." Washington says he knows little of Corbin but asks his former aide Tilghman "if it would be convenient for you to take him into your counting House, and immediately under your eye...." Tilghman died later this year.

GLC06769

1857/12/19

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Document

Title: White House dinner invitation to Gov. Letcher and his wife

Engraved invitation, filled-out with manuscript additions, inviting Letcher and his wife to dinner "at 6 O'Clock. Dec. 19. 1857."

GLC06771.02

1867/01/15

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of John Letcher for rebellion (c/s William H. Seward)

Accompanied by collateral transmittal letter from Henry Stanberry, the Attorney General's office 23 Jan. 1867. Letcher had been Confederate govenror of Virginia.

GLC06775

1865/08/28

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Letcher re: urging concilatory attitude towards Yankees

Concening President's Johnson's Reconstruction Policy. Lee asks "to calm feelings which have too long existed... the interest of the state are... the same as those of the U. States" Written near Centreville, Virginia.

GLC06776

1860/10/30

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Letter signed

Title: to John Letcher re: transmitting Scott's policy paper, with Scott AES to Letcher

The policy paper (.02) was prepared for President Buchanan and Sec. of War John Floyd. Scott has endorsed page 4, to Letcher, with date 31 October 1860.

GLC06777.01

1860/10/29

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Manuscript document signed

Title: Views suggested by the imminent danger... [response to secession crisis]

Entitled "Views suggested by the imminent danger... of a disruption of the Union lay the secession of one or more southern states." Endorsed on verso: "Copy, not for publication, but for his Ex[cellency]. Gov. Letcher."

GLC06777.02

1830/12/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Newspaper

Title: U.S. Telegraph Extra. Annual address to Congress

GLC06778

1825/04/06

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Document signed

Title: Patent for improvement of building fireplace and chimneys, to Cyrus Blood

Issued to Cyrus Blood. Ribbon is dirty and rather unattractive

GLC06782

1862/02/04

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Document signed

Title: G. O. no. 10 re: taking possession of railroad and telegraph lines

GLC06783.03

1862/02/05

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Document signed

Title: G. O. no. 11 re: Capt. John R. Cutler Court Martial

GLC06783.04

1860/07/09

Document

Title: G. O. no. 18 re: appropriations for support of Army for 1861

GLC06783.05

1862/10/29

Document

Title: G. O. no. 173 re: court martial for Pvt. C. Zachringer for striking officer

GLC06783.06

1865/11/14

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: G.O. no. 62 printing Lincoln's order for observing the Sabbath

Quoting George Washington. Signed by J. K. Wood.

GLC06783.07

1977/01/06

Carter, James E., 1924-?

Typed letter signed

Title: to Matthew Rinaldo re: pardon for Vietnam Draft Evaders

Written on personal stationery and signed "Jimmy." In part: "I appreciate your comments asking me to reconsider my decision to issue a pardon for Vietnam draft evaders, and am sorry we disagree on this matter." Renaldo was a member of Congress.

GLC06787

1863/09/03

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to D. M. Leatherman re: claim on land of a Confederate soldier

Responding to a claim upon land in Memphis, Tenn., owned by a man in the rebel service. Lincoln writes in part: "The Impropriety of bringing such cases to me is obvious to any one who will consider that I could not properly act on any case without understanding it, and that I have neither the means nor time to obtain such understanding."

GLC06788