February 7, 1845

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John L. O'Sullivan

Van Buren praises O'Sullivan for the discretion and talent he has displayed in covering news as editor of the newspaper, "The New York Morning News." He states, "Its general aspect is precisely what I desire to see in a Newspaper ... " Letter written from his estate, Lindenwald in Kinderhook, New York.

GLC01357

circa May 1853

Walker, William, 1824-1860

Document signed

Title: Printed land bond of the Independence Loan Fund for the Republic of Sonoma

GLC01358.02

1852

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Book

Title: Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.

First edition, first printing (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). Rebound, with original cloth binding bound into back. Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. Two volume set housed together in a book box.

GLC01361

circa 1870

Photograph

Title: [Cased tintype of unidentified Indian]

Cased photograph depicts a posed full-length image of a Native American youth holding a ceremonial spear decorated with feathers. To the left is a headdress decorated with buffalo horns. Studio backdrop. Case is intact.

GLC01363

1870 circa

Photograph

Title: [Cased tintype of unidentified Indian in ceremonial garb]

Cased image depicts a 3/4 length seated portrait of a Native American facing the camera. His hair is shaven into a mohawk hairstyle. Hinged case is missing the lid.

GLC01364

1876 ca.

Barry, D.F., fl. 1876

Photograph

Title: Curley: General Custer's scout and only survivor of that horrible massacre.

A cabinet card of George Custer's scout, Curley, the lone survivor of the battle of Little Big Horn.

GLC01365

circa 1840

Broadside

Title: Articles of the Roxborough Express Horse Company

Contains 19 articles discussing the organization and function of the Roxborough Express Horse Company, including appointment of officers and responsibilities of members. Outlines the purpose of the company: "recovering Horses stolen within our District, and detecting and prosecuting the Thieves." Contains an illustration of two men on horseback shooting at another man on horseback, presumably a horse thief, at the top of the page. A previous assessment of this document estimated the date of creation to be 1840. Has a patterned border.

GLC01366

1777/01/26

Massachusetts Assembly

Broadside

Title: Address to the People of Massachusetts [call to arms] [broadside]

A call to arms mentioning Declaration of Independence and referring to Battles of Princeton and Trenton. The House of Representatives ordered it to be printed and be read by ministers to Sunday congregations.

GLC01400

14 June 1775

Clark, N., fl. 1775

Manuscript

Title: [Resolution of preparedness and list of committee members who approved from several Massachusetts towns]

Plan agreed to by the Selectmen, Committees of Correspondence and military officers of the towns of Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, Marshfield and Pembrook to spread word of any "appearance of an Invasion of the Enemy." Provides details on how to send the news out. Says the plan was accepted and records the names of the people on the committees that approved. Some of the more famous names include: John Adams of Braintree, Benjamin Cushing and Benjamin Lincoln of Hingham. Docket says "For Capt. Amos Turner Stationed in the Town of Marshfield." Document appears to be created by the…

GLC01401

May 25, 1866

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John George Walker

Longstreet a former major general in the Confederate Army reflects on the Civil War: "Can't you settle down without war? I am somewhat changed in my ideas about war since I have been forced to change by profession. I think now that war is great folly." Also discusses business, family, and reconstruction politics. Walker was also a former major general in the Confederate Army. Letter written in pencil of stationary of the Southern & Western Life & Accident Insurance Company, of which Longstreet was president.

GLC01404.01

April 10, 1864

Lindsay, A.G., fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. John G. Walker

Lindsay writes on behalf of General Richard Taylor. Reports on the Battle of Pleasant Hill. States that Confederate troops are now occupying Pleasant Hill and that Union forces have retreated. He lists prisoners taken, captured stores, and Confederate losses. Lindsay signed as Major and Acting Assistant Inspector General, District of Louisiana. Includes a collateral biographical note written at a later date.

GLC01405

March 1, 1781

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Glen

Schuyler, then a major general in the Continental Army, reports to Glen, an agent for Indian affairs, complaints from Indians that they cannot mend their axes for want of iron and that "their women are almost naked and Incapable to fetch a sufficiency of wood for their own use." He seeks assistance for them, stating that "they highly deserve every aid we can give them."

GLC01406

January 31, 1802

Floyd, William, 1734-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Smith

Floyd expresses his pleasure at the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 and believes it will make Republicans throughout the United States happy.

GLC01408

July 31, 1832

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Cornelius Delavan

Adams thanks Delavan for the 5th number of the Temperance Recorder, a publication of the New York State Temperance Society of which Delavan was chairman. He assures Delavan that he will distribute copies of the issue as "may fulfill the humane and benevolent purposes of the New York State Temperance Society, and their Executive Committee."

GLC01409

1906-1910

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters to his sons] [decimalized]

GLC01410

1 April 1906

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Header Record

Title: to Quentin Roosevelt with accompanying photograph. [Decimalized .01- .02]

Writes to his son regarding family matters and missing his children. Written on White House letterhead with corrections in Roosevelt's hand. Accompanying family photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and two sons.

GLC01410.01

March 25, 1777

Gordon, William, 1728-1807

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Gordon seeks Macaulay's help in writing a history of the Revolution. He planned a contemporaneous account of the Revolution, which he claims is authorized by Washington. Letter written in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, formerly part of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

GLC01791.01

24 August 1775

Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Refers to the present dangerous affairs due to British barbarity. Alludes to "the Bravery of the peasants of Lexington." Describes the investment of a colonial army led by Washington and the beginnings of a representative government in Massachusetts.

GLC01800.02

December 10, 1827

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Dates letter Thursday. Discusses President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress on 4 December 1827 and comments that it did not move her either negatively or positively. Observes that some may be critical of it because he persists in his conviction that it will be advantageous to be represented at the Congress in Panama. Continues the letter on Friday and states that she just received Madison's letter. Discusses the welfare and happenings of friends. Reports that Henry Conway died after a drinking spell. Continues on Saturday and writes a little about her day.…

GLC01812

1814/03/05

Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Responds to a letter from Madison in which he told Gerry that Parliament had abolished the Courts of Session in Middlesex. Gerry considers the news "laughable." In a long note after his signature he comments on the popularity of a certain Mrs. Derby and also notes "that our republican ladies refuse to mix with those of the high federalists of our quarter." Gerry was Madison's vice president.

GLC01814

29 November 1871

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

Letter signed

Title: to John Thompson Hoffman

President Grant transmits a copy of a treaty (not included) signed 8 May 1871 between the United States and Great Britain to Hoffman, Governor of New York. Informs Hoffman of shared American and British use of waterways, stating that "It is confidentally believed that the use of the artificial water communications which the Treaty contemplates will contribute to a rapid increase of trade ... " Desires to bring the provisions of the Treaty before the New York State Legislature, securing the use of several New York canals for Great Britain.

GLC01817

14 August 1878

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the secretary of state to affix the seal to a warrant remitting the sentences of Henry Walsh and James S. Gregory].

Walsh and Gregory were being held in the Albany County, New York, Penitentiary and, in reference to the warrant, their "sentences were remitted "on the condition therein prescribed."

GLC01819

February 6, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Ormsby M. Mitchel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]

Signed by Abraham Lincoln as president; countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, and endorsed by Lorenzo Thomas as Adjutant General on 7 February 1862. On verso, contains a note in pencil relating that this document was given to a previous owner by Mitchel's grandson., "Given to me by O. M. Mitchell, June 10 1903 grandson of within and to be returned to him if I die before he does." Blue seal on top left corner. Docketed in pink ink on top left corner.

GLC01821

1862

Hay, John, 1838-1905

Header Record

Title: Collection of items related to John Hay, letter and two photographs [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC01822

1825

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette].

A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs. Three other notes, New Haven, Buffalo and New York, 1865 news clipping on Palmerston death, one small broadside concerning $1 contribution to the Washington Monument and piece of embroidery. Bound by P. Thompson, Washington City, in red ribbed morocco binding with gilt decorative board.

GLC01826