29 November 1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Aaron Rawlins

General Sherman states that he will travel to Little Rock, Arkansas, on 30 November 1865, and will leave Colonel R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Division of the Mississippi, in charge in his absence. Reports that he sent General Joseph J. Reynolds three African American regiments ordered to Sherman by General Lorenzo Thomas. States that Reynolds plans to muster out and discharge all volunteers in his department. Hopes to muster out the 100th Regiment of Colored Infantry, as it exceeds the needs of his department. States that General Edward Ortho Cresap Ord…

GLC04039

1783

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Pamphlet

Title: Preliminary articles of peace between...Brittanick Majesty and the King of Spain

First official english publication of preliminary articles of peace between England and Spain. Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke. References: American Controversy 83-44, Davenport 170.

GLC03985.10

1762-1795

Header Record

Title: Collection of treaties between Great Britian and foreign powers

Blind stamp of "Foreign Office." Volumes contain first official British editions of twenty-eight treaties concluded with foreign governments from 1762 to 1795.

GLC03985.11

1778

France. Treaties, etc.

Book

Title: Treaty of amity and commerce between the U.S. and France

Printed by De L'imprimerie Royale. First official printing.Treaty of friendship and commerce. One of the first two treaties concluded by the United States. Signed on 6 February 1778.

GLC03985.12

1778

United States. Treaties, etc.

Book signed

Title: Treaties of amity and commerce and of alliance...

Printed by Draper and Folsom. First American printings. The two treaties with the French were the first made by the United States. Signed on 6 February 1778.

GLC03985.13

1783

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Pamphlet

Title: Provisional articles concluded by British and American commissioners

Reprint of the Royal Printing House edition. French edition of provisional articles. Includes decorative woodcuts with the text. Signed on 20 November 1782. Printed in French.

GLC03985.14

1783

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Pamphlet

Title: Provisional articles..by the...commissioners

Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke. The first treaty between Great Britain and the United States. This provisional agreement is the first document in which Britain recognized US independence. Signed on 30 November 1782.

GLC03985.15

1785

United States. Treaties, etc.

Book

Title: Treaty between United States and Sweden

The first treaty made by the United States with a power other than France. It is the first regular treaty of friendship and commerce between the United States and a neutral power. Signed on 3 April 1783. Printed in Swedish and French.

GLC03985.16

1796

United States. Treaties, etc.

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty between the United States and Spain (in Spanish)

Printed in Spanish by En La Impenta Real. First printed edition. The Treaty of San Ildefonso. First American treaty with Spain. The treaty defined the boundaries of Spanish possessions in North America and secured common navigation of the Mississippi River. Signed 4 September 1796. ADD REFERENCES.

GLC03985.17

1819

Book

Title: Convention between his Britannic Majesty and the United States...

Folio. Printed by R.G. Clarke. Official British printing. Established U.S.-Canadian border, settled question of fishing rights off Newfoundland, and agreed on jointly adminstering Oregon for ten year period. Signed on 20 October 1818.

GLC03985.19

1825

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty between United States and Columbia

Large Quarto. Printed by F.M Stokes. First Columbian printing. First treaty between the US and another icountry in the western hemisphere. Negotiatedin 1824, ratified in 1825. Malloy p. 292.

GLC03985.20

1826

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty between United States and Federated Republic of Central America

Small folio. Printed by Imprena Mayor Casa de Porras. Treaty of amity and commerce with rebelling Spanish provinces. The Federal Republic of Central America included Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica and was formed in 1823 by rebelling Spanish provinces. It is the second treaty between the United States and another country in the Americas. Malloy 160.

GLC03985.21

1832

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty establishing boundary between United States and Mexico

Treaty declaring Sabine River as boundary between the two nations. Ratified in 1832. Printed in double-column format in English and Spanish. First Mexican printing. Signed in 1828, ratified 1832.

GLC03985.22

1862

Book

Title: Collection of treaties between the United States and [countries of the Far East]

Original cloth backed printed boards. Published by U.S. Legation in Honk Kong. Book contains documents and treaties that highlight the beginning of American diplomacy in the Far East. It included treaties with China, Japan, Korea, and Siam.

GLC03985.23

1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of two documents of Captain J. S. James] Decimalized

GLC03988

9 December 1866

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T.W. Colley

Offering to purchase artificial foot for T. W. Colley, a Confederate amputee. Hopes to purchase the foot with the money he raised during a fair "for the relief of the South." Lee is now "engaged in farming."

GLC03990

1777

New York, Constitution, fl. 1777

Book

Title: Constitution of the State of New-York

GLC03991

1 November 1841

Garrard, Theophilus T., 1812-1902

Autograph document signed

Title: [Document regarding Garrard's debt to Daniel Garrard]

Cites the details of several sums Theophilus owes Daniel Garrard (one of Theophilus's brothers and his father were named Daniel). As surety, Theophilus conveys the right, title, and interest of a tract of land in Clay County, Kentucky, to Daniel (the land is known as "the saltworks tract"). Also presents Daniel with "the Abner Baker place," crops, farm animals, and slaves (including Andy, Bill, and George) until the debt is paid.

GLC03996

1811-1884

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

Header Record

Title: Collection level record (decimalized).

GLC03998

24 March 1641

Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Winthrop

Member of the Court of Assistants Winslow writes to Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Winthrop about a dispute over the area now known as Seekonk. Discusses Samuel Gorton, who was preaching to the Native Americans under the protection of the Colony at Providence. Docketed by Winthrop. In the land dispute the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies joined together against Roger Williams of the Colony at Providence. One bust engraving of Edward Winslow included.

GLC04000

January 17, 1862

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

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Grant endorsement on exchange of prisoners taken at Battle of Belmont]

Union Brigadier General Grant reports on Federal prisoners taken at Belmont on 7 November 1861. "Nothing special has been heard from Federal prisoners for some time. I believe they are yet in Memphis." Endorsement written on the verso of a 17 January 1862 letter from Nathaniel B. Baker to Major General Henry Halleck requesting information about the exchange of prisoners taken by the Confederates at the battle of Belmont. Asks specifically about Captain Crabb of the Iowa 7th Infantry or any other Iowa soldier or officer. Written on State of Iowa, Adjutant General's Office stationery.…

GLC04003

circa 1833

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Document signed

Title: [Temperance document]

Urges Americans, especially young men, to refrain from drinking alcohol. Signed by Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Docket on verso.

GLC04006.01

circa 1870

Book signed

Title: Book signed and carte de visite of General George Armstrong Custer [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04007

1869

Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

Book signed

Title: Memoirs of the war in the southern department of the United States.

Signed "R E Lee" on the verso of the half-title page. With revision and a biography of the author by Robert E. Lee. Published by University Publishing Company, New York. Spine-title "Memoirs of the War of '76."

GLC04008

8 June 1785

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Autograph manuscript

Title: A proclamation for the encouragement of piety, virtue, education & manners for the suppression of vice.

The closing text is in a scribal hand: "Given at the Council Chamber in Boston...by His Excellency's Command, with advice & consent of the Council...."

GLC04009