February 20, 1788

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Griffith

Discusses his uncertainty as to whether he is fit to be the school's Chancellor. re: Presidency of William and Mary College

GLC00745

December 4, 1805

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Rush

Writes concerning his and George Washington's administrations by referring to those "melancholly books" such as "Tully's Memoirs" and "Cicero's Life" from which he compares the first and second triumvirates to Hamilton's "Schemes, to get rid of Washington, Adams, Jay and Jefferson, and monopolise all power to him Self."

GLC00747

May 16, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. J. Cist

Replies to a letter initially directed to Representative Henry Taylor Blow of Missouri requesting Lincoln's autograph for the benefit of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. In response, President Lincoln writes "I am glad to give it, in the hope that it may contribute, in some small degree at least, to the relief and comfort of our brave soldiers."

GLC00749

05 March 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Authorization to affix United States seal to a treaty]

President Lincoln authorizes Secretary of State William H. Seward to affix the United States Seal to a treaty between the United States and Britain. States the Treaty, signed 1 July 1863, settles the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies.

GLC00750

March 27, 1828

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Letter signed

Title: to Daniel Hugunin, Jr.

Marked "private and inofficial" at the top of the page. Referring to trade between the United States and Great Britain, Secretary of State Clay informs Hugunin, a Representative from New York, that "sound policy requires that there should be the freest and most unshackled competition between the vessels of the two countries in any trade that may be tolerated on the Lakes ..." Discusses an Act passed on 1 March 1823 concerning colonial ports and trade between Britain and America. Refers to a resolution recently moved by New York Representative Daniel Dewey Barnard concerning trade between…

GLC00754

06 December 1869

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Stafford, Martin Johnson and Andrew Melvin].

GLC00757

June 18, 1812

Hamilton, Paul, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Rodgers

The Secretary of the Navy informs Commodore Rodgers that war has been declared against Great Britain, officially starting the War of 1812. Indicates that Rodgers is entitled to use his four vessels for attack and defense. Asks him to await further instructions from New York, but permits him to attack British cruisers near Sandy Hook, if the opportunity arises, after which he should return to port. Instructs him to relay these orders to Commodore Stephen Decatur.

GLC00758

12 February 1888

Falk, Benjamin J., 1853-1925

Photograph signed

Title: Photo of William T. Sherman, inscribed to Mr and Mrs Hopkins

Signed on front mount and inscribed on mount verso. Mrs. Hopkins' father, Henry Augustus Wise met Sherman in California in 1847. See WTS's Memoirs I:18, 24.

GLC00735

1865 ca.

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite of Schuyler Colfax, signed

Published by Anthony from the Brady negative. Nearly full-length standing portrait . (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)

GLC00736

1885

Hovenden, Thomas, 1840-1895

Print

Title: The last moments of John Brown

Etching on vellum, based on Hovenden's 1884 painting depicting John Brown kissing a black baby while on his way to the gallows. The painting was based on an incident reported in the New York Tribune, that later proved to be apocryphal. Printed by George Gebbie.

GLC00737

15 April 1865

Object

Title: [Mourning ribbon]

Silk ribbon mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln with bold black print that appears above and below a portrait of Lincoln. The print above the portrait reads "we mourn" below the portrait, "a father slain".

GLC00738

15 April 1865

Object

Title: [Mourning ribbon]

White silk mourning ribbon with printed shield and small metal frame containing Lincoln photograph. Printed photograph measures 2.5 x 2 cm.

GLC00739

13 February 1798

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Richard Varick, Mayor of New York]

Appointment of Varick to the positions of Mayor, Water Bailiff, and Clerk of the Market. Includes large pendant seal attached with ribbon. Modern mounting.

GLC00740

1779-1935

Header Record

Title: Collection -- includes GLC#740-751 [decimalized]

GLC00740.001

May 20, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

"Hon Mr. Wadsworth of Ky. wishes five hundred arms for reasons which he will explain to you. Unless you know some strong objection, please let him have them. Yours truly, A. Lincoln." Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 225

GLC00746

September 19, 1779

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Rush

Adams had returned from France, and comments upon the importance of having an American in Paris "who knows somewhat of the affairs of America, as well as Europe...." re: fight for independence and French negotiations.

GLC00748

May 29, 1862

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Governor Francis W. Pickens

Written to South Carolina's governor, Pickens in response to Pickens concerns about the city of Charleston. Lee writes in part, "The loss of Charleston would cut us off almost entirely from communication with the rest of the world and close the only channel through which we can expect to get supplies from abroad now almost our only dependince. [.... ] Let it be distinctly understood by every body, that Charleston and Savannah are to be defended to the last extremity. If the harbours are taken, the cities are to be fought street by street and house by house as long as we have a foot of…

GLC00751

28 June 1919

Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920

Document signed

Title: Peace Congress, Versailles 1919, Session of 28 June 1919: Agenda. Signature of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany

Printed souvenir program signed by Wilson, Lansing, Balfour and others, including Paderewski (Polish premier and pianist) and the new leaders of the new nations of Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia.

GLC00752

14 March 1777

Hart, John, 1708-1780

Autograph document signed

Title: [Act of Assembly constituting a Council of Safety]

Written by Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as speaker of the New Jersey Assembly. Also signed by Stevens as Vice President of the New Jersey Assembly. Establishes a committee of safety to govern New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. Lists members of the newly created Council of Safety, including among others, John Cleves Symmes, Silas Condict, Dick Samuel, and Nathaniel Scudder, who were all members of the Continental Congress. Has 10 sections that describe how the council will work. Allows the body to operate under a quorum of five and appoints the governor as…

GLC00753

28 February 1793

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.

Sets the federal budget for the year at $1,589,044.72. Lists the salaries to be paid to members and employees of government, the amount of their expenses, such as stationary, to be covered, and other costs of the federal government, such as the Indian Bureau. Gives the President the power to borrow money from the Bank to pay off these expenses. Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC00755

November 11, 1853

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lewis M. Hays

Encloses a draft for $100 (not present). States he did not receive Hays' letter dated 12 October until yesterday as he was out of town.

GLC00756

11 March 1861

Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

Book signed

Title: Constitution of the Confederate States of America

First printing, signed by Howell Cobb, President of the Constitutional Congress at end. Parrish & Willingham 8 is a variant with space for signing by Cobb, for private distribution (cf. Parrish 1)

GLC00759

January 14, 1811

Barnes, John, fl. 1793-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Smith

Asks Smith to remit the proceeds from dividends on stock in the Pennsylvania Bank, in accordance with an order from Thomas Jefferson. Barnes was Jefferson's financial agent. Written from "GeorgeTown, Columa."

GLC00696.02

1 October 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document

Title: [Leaflet encouraging women to contribute their patriotic efforts to the Civil War as members of the United States Sanitary Commission]

Includes a statement issued by Frederick Law Olmstead, Secretary of the Commission, encouraging patriotic donations. Contains a letter from Lincoln stating that "The Sanitary Commission is doing a work of great humanity." Includes a statement issued by directors of the Commission (including Commission President Henry W. Bellows) to the women of America describing the organization as "a volunteer and unpaid bureau of the War Department of the government." Bellows encourages the formation of more benevolent societies in the United States created to collect items for military donation.…

GLC00700

23 October 1872

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document signed

Title: Pardon of J.A. de Abora, convicted of violating the "Passenger Act."

Convicted of violating the "Passenger Act." Pardoned by recommendation of Senator W.H. Corbett, District Attorney Gibbs, the Collector of Customs at Portland, and other prominent citizens of Oregon, and since he was ignorant of the law. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC00706