1859-1917

Various

Header Record

Title: Commissions of Thomas and Philip Ward, including Lincoln [decimalized]

With corrections and additions in Harrison's hand.

GLC00778

11 June 1863

Mahan, D.H., fl. 1863

Document signed

Title: [Diploma of Thomas Ward from West Point]

Signed, amongst others, by D.H. Mahan.

GLC00778.03

12 December 1884

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Document signed

Title: Certificate no. 3362: Thomas Ward as Companion First Class

Signed by W.S. Hancock as Commander in Chief.

GLC00778.14

circa 1884-1893

Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1869-?

Document signed

Title: [Certificate of Membership for Thomas Ward]

Duo-tint lithograph attesting to membership. Undated. Cloth-backed.

GLC00778.15

November 14, 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to the Convention of Maryland

Enclosing a letter from James Searle regarding possible attack by British fleet. On 13 November 1776 Searle spotted about one hundred British ships off the point of Sandy Hook at Long Branch, New Jersey. He immediately wrote to Thomas Wharton Jr., chairman of the Pennsylvania Council for Safety and warned him that the ships seemed to be heading southward. The letter caused great worry in Congress. Hancock sent letters to assemblies in all of the Southern states, and enclosed a copy of Searle's letter as well. However, the British fleet Searle saw was heading for Britain. Letter also…

GLC00779

1766-1960

Header Record

Title: Americana collection [decimalized]

GLC00782

April 8, 1785

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Price

Recipient from contents. Thanks Price for his book Observations on the importance of the American Revolution. Has received 1st and 2d editions. States that to him the chief liberty is that of conscience.

GLC00782.01

18 December 1782

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Testimonial in defense of Silas Deane]

Franklin, as Ambassador to France, asserts that the accusations of fraud against Deane are false. British newspapers had accused Deane of making fraudulent purchases of munitions in France.

GLC00782.02

January 16, 1766

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Galloway

Describes the debate in Parliament over whether or not to repeal the Stamp Act of 1765. Comments at length on the speech given by William Pitt in favor of the American position. Marked "Copy" on p.3. Some notes in the form of a list pertaining to real estate and possibly written in another hand, appear on p. 4. Docketed by Franklin.

GLC00782.03

December 4, 1863

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

Letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Recommends that Brigadier General John W. Geary be promoted for his service in the Battle of Wauhatchie. Endorsement on the verso signed by generals Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, George H. Thomas, and James A. Hardie support the request. Thomas's endorsement dated 5 December 1863, Grant's endorsement dated 4 December 1863.

GLC00782.04

11 September 1777

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Document signed

Title: [Commission of Martin Eichelberger as first lieutenant].

Cosigned by Charles Thompson.

GLC00782.05

October 2, 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Letter signed

Title: to the Assembly of New Jersey

President of the Continental Congress Hancock reminds the Assembly of New Jersey of the requirement that they provide the military with physicians to certify surgeons and their assistants. If New Jersey does not comply, it will risk losing representation in Congress. Several other states were called upon to take the same action.

GLC00782.06

November 17, 1910

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923

Typed letter signed

Title: to William D. Street

Written after his defeat in the 1910 Ohio gubernatorial election to thank Street for his support in the campaign. Cheerfully accepts defeat and recounts humorous misconceptions of his positions. Typed on personal stationary in purple ink with penned corrections.

GLC00782.09

May 7, 1818

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to William Rabun

Asks that Rabun, governor of Georgia, arrest for murder Captain Obediah Wright. Wright had destroyed a Chehaw village and murdered several of its inhabitants, while many of its members were aiding him in his expedition against the Seminole Indians during the first Seminole War. Seal remnant in upper and lower left corners.

GLC00782.11.01

April 30, 1818

Glascock, Thomas, 1790-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Jackson

A brigadier general in the Seminole War, Glascock tells Jackson of his return to Fort Early during the first Seminole War and gives an account of the Chehaw Affair. Discusses the misunderstandings that lead Captain Obediah Wright, who was in the Georgia militia and under the authority of the Governor of Georgia William Rabun, to kill ten Chehaws and destroy their village. The Chehaw were allies of the United States during the first Seminole War. Written at Fort Early

GLC00782.11.03

May 23, 1818

Davis, John M., fl. 1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Rabun

Assistant Inspector General Davis forwards Governor of Georgia William Rabun a letter from Andrew Jackson (see GLC00782.11.05) regarding the Chehaw Affair. Also explains his plans for a trip to apprehend Obediah Wright for massacring several Chehaw, a tribe allied with the Americans in the first Seminole War.

GLC00782.11.04

October 4, 1867

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Letter signed

Title: to Ulysses S. Grant

Asks Grant to "inform Major General C. C. Augur, by telegraph, that he is authorized and empowered to act as a member of the Indian Peace Commission during the absence of Lieut. General Sherman, and direct him to meet the Commission at Fort Harker on the eighth instant." Written on lined Executive Mansion stationery. Noted Grant as ad interim Secretary of War.

GLC00782.13

6 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Joseph Jackson Coombs as an examiner-in-chief of the United States Patent Office]

Countersigned by Walton J. Smith, acting Secretary of the Interior. Impression stamped with The Department of the Interior seal.

GLC00782.14

18 February 1898

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Typed document signed

Title: to Czar Nicholas II

Telegram thanking Czar Nicholas for condolences he had offered for the sinking of the USS Maine. Typed on Department of State telegram letterhead. Stamped "2d Assistant Secretary, Feb 18 1898."

GLC00782.16

January 17, 1810

Revere, Paul, 1735-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Revere

Discusses Nathaniel Macon's anti-tariff bill in Washington, D.C. and its potential consequences for the Embargo Act of 1807. Also discusses business matters and the health of their family. With a diagram drawn on the verso. Joseph was Paul's son.

GLC00782.18

March 8, 1909

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry G. Granger

Writes in response to a telegram from Granger in which he had praised his economic policy and looked forward to seeing Taft ride through a sea-level Panama Canal. Thanks him for his praise, but dismisses as impracticable a sea-level canal. Written on White House letterhead.

GLC00782.20

February 20, 1946

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed letter signed

Title: to Kenneth W. Snyder

Writing to Snyder in Kansas City, Missouri, Truman responds to Snyder's 13 February 1946 letter and comments on an editorial from the Kansas City Star that advocated continued government participation in local community issues. Truman argues against this idea: "You must remember that we have been under war powers for four years, due to necessity. Industry and labor have begun to lean on the government for decisions which they themselves ought to make. If we are going to have free enterprise and free collective bargaining, the sooner we get to it the better. For myself I believe in as little…

GLC00782.21

October 24, 1814

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Callender Irvine

The secretary of state informs the commissary general of purchases that an appropriation of $60,000 had been made to him for contingency expenses for the execution of the War of 1812.

GLC00786

07 April 1855

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal: Treaty with Cherokee Indians (1855 Feb. 2)

Original treaty dated Feb. 22, 1855

GLC00787

27 February 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Header Record

Title: Fifteenth Amendment resolution [Decimalized GLC00788.01-GLC00788.02]

GLC00788