1836/12/23

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Norris re: President Jackson's discussion of Texas Independence

"The message of the President's concerning Texas [Independence] will I think close the campaign on that subject for the present session. The truth is, that it would be as impolite as vain for the opposition to attack the dying lion [Jackson]; & they can not with decency assail M. Van Buren in advance."

GLC07709

1864-1870

Stauffer, David M., 1845-1913

Header Record

Title: [David Stauffer sketchbooks and papers]

Collection of two volumes belonging to David Stauffer, an ensign on the U.S.S. Alexandria, dated 1864 to 1870. Consists of two sketchbooks and an additional 21 items housed in GLC07713.02. Sketches include naval and architectural sketches, as well as depictions of African Americans, women, sailor, landscapes and boat manouevers.

GLC07713

1836/06/25

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: Patent issued to Gould Thorp for inventing an improvement to the cooking stove

GLC07718

1945/10/30

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed document signed

Title: Speech re: transition to peacetime; economy

"Four days after the surrender of Japan, I issued executive order 9599 which laid down the guiding policies of your government during the transition from war to peace...to assist in the maximum production of civilian goods...to avoid both inflation and deflation."

GLC07720

1814/11/12

Morris, Phebe, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812

Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many persons rejoiced in the barbarous and wanton destruction committed at Washington...it is actually true that Admiral Cockburn placed himself in the chair of the House of Representatives and deliberately took the votes of 'to burn or not to burn.'"

GLC07721

1868 [?]

Republican Party

Pamphlet

Title: Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt

re: Civil War debts and "the legacy which the Democratic administration of James Buchanan bequeathed the Republican party."

GLC07722

1867/03/02

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 2 March 1867.

GLC07723

1867/07/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 8 July 1867.

GLC07724

1869/01/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardon proclamation]

Pardon proclamation justifying his constitutional right to pardon, noting similar proclamations from previous presidents.

GLC07725

1953

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993

Book signed

Title: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education [In: "Brief for Appellants...."]

Case printed in "brief for appellants...in Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1953."

GLC07726

2 March 1793

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: [Four acts passed by the United States Congress on 5 November 1792]

Four acts on one sheet, signed by Secretary of State Jefferson. Includes: "An Act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a treaty with the Indians north west of the Ohio," "An Act providing for the payment of the First Installment due on a Loan made of the Bank of the United States," "An Act for the relief of Elijah Bostwick," and "An Act making addition to the Compensation of certain Public Officers."

GLC07704

1861/05-1864

Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I company, 9th regiment, New York, infantry] [Decimalized .001- .516]

Letters of Richard H. Jackson, Lieutenant in the 9th NY regiment, Hawkins Zouaves, during the period of his service in the Union Army and his subsequent employment as a government clerk attached to the army's subsistence department. 185 letters written to his father in New York City which reveal in detail his two year army enlistment, from his first encampment at Riker's Island in May of 1861 to May of 1863 in Head & Morris Island, South Carolina where Jackson witnesses and reports on the Army and Naval operations against Charleston. Also included: 92 wartime letters written to Jackson…

GLC07705

January 14, 1959

King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968

Typed document

Title: Typewritten Speech, delivered at Yale

One speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. January 14, 1959 before the faculty and students at Yale University. The speech is regarding the future of integration. He provides a brief survey of race relations in the past and discusses the roadblocks in place for the desegregation movement. These blocks include; public officials, the Ku Klux Klan, and "white councils." He also outlines the possible solutions and ways that desegregation is being pushed thorough to spite the opposition.

GLC07706

1862/09/12

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Autograph manuscript

Title: Speech at the Tremont Temple

"The immediate cause of the present war is that your president would not sell them Fort Sumter... it is as true of Nations as of Individuals, that nothing so surely invites further agression, as to yield to unjust demands."

GLC07707

1916/12/20

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Frederick Bowen

"The people of this Country have seen [William Jennings] Bryan in high office. If...they make him President of this Country, they will give us four years of incompetence and corruption without a single redeeming feature."

GLC07708

1777/07/29

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Brewer re: military movements of General Howe

"I am still of the opinion General Howe goes southward or returns to the North River- He will receive great aid in attacking Philadelphia from his shipping and great assistance from the inhabitants of all the lower counties." Written at Coryells Ferry

GLC07710

28 September 1863

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abraham Lincoln re: relieving Hooker of Duty

"The request was possibly attributable to Gen. Hooker's persuasion that he could not rely on cordial cooperation from General Halleck...You will readily understand what distrust this conflict of orders might give rise to."

GLC07711

1821/03/02-1821/03/04

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Martha Bradstreet re: current legal situation of Bradstreet

Opinions on war in Europe against Naples and Spain told via allegory of turkeys and ducks.

GLC07712

1865/04/07

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Broadside

Title: Expositor Extra!

"Sheridan attacks Lee and routs him! Gen. Ewell captured.... Lee's army has surrendered." With pencil note on verso: "I tore this from a hook in Adrian post office...heaven send the news are true. Charles M. Walker."

GLC07714

1852

South Carolina

Pamphlet

Title: Journal of the State Convention of South Carolina

"Urgent need of... if action is to be averted that would work ruinous injuries to the Indian."

GLC07715

1865/07/07

Waggoner, J.F., fl. 1865

Document signed

Title: Texas amnesty oath signed by Confederate soldier

GLC07716

1861/11-1862/06

United States. Navy

Document

Title: 18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy

Topics include payment of persons called "contrabands", British ships attempting to run the blockade, Naval intelligence, sanitation during the "hot and sickly" season in the south, and legal requirements with regard to captured vessels. Probably printed aboard U.S.S. Minnesota.

GLC07717

1868

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

Book signed

Title: A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States, Vol. I

GLC07719

1892

Kurz & Allison

Print

Title: The Fort Pillow Massacre.

Depicts the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, in which witnesses reported that Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest violated the conduct of war by killing unarmed and surrendered soldiers. Underneath the print, text indicates that Union forces were led by Majors William F. Bradford and Lionel F. Booth (who was killed during the battle). Portrays Confederate soldiers killing African American soldiers, women, and children. In the center of the print, Forrest hoists the Confederate flag. For an extensive eyewitness account of the battle, please refer to GLC05080.01.

GLC07727

1878

Newell, J. Perry, fl. 1858-1866

Print

Title: The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's Victory.

Printed by J.H. Bufford's Sons in Boston, Massachusetts. Lithograph depicting the 10 September 1813 Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The names of the ships depicted appear along the bottom.

GLC07728