July 21, 1902

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to James D. Fox

Roosevelt thanks him for his letter and writes, "I have received your letter in reference to the friars; and as it evidently proceeds from an entire misunderstanding of the facts, I take pleasure in reciting them to you." Fox was a member of the Holy Name Society, Church of St. Catherine of Siena, New York, who in mid July had sent resolutions of his society to Roosevelt protesting the banishment of friars from the Philippines. Roosevelt notes that the friars were removed by the Philippine people, not the United States government, and the government of the United States is acting benevolently…

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August 5, 1902

Fox, James D., fl. 1902

Typed letter signed

Title: to Theodore Roosevelt

Fox thanks him for his letter and for clarifying for him the situation with the friars and their lands in the Philippines and the position of the United States government. Regrets the fact that the government of the United States has allowed the Friar Lands to be occupied, and warns that if "the Filipinos are allowed to disregard our laws in this connection now and proceed with impunity, it is not at all unlikely they will feel encouraged to encroach on some other people's rights in the near future." Clerical copy, typed on stationery of the Holy Name Society, branch no. 47. Letter signed as…

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1776-1792

Sawyer, William, 1753-1817

Header Record

Title: Account book and deed pertaining to William Sawyer [Decimalized .01-.02]

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April 6, 1865

Imboden, John D., 1823-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Imboden, a Confederate general, writes to an unknown correspondent about preserving the South, especially his state of Virginia. He mentions some shoes made by Yankees that do not fit. States that his wife is not well and that he is anxious to get back to his native Virginia before she is too sick to travel. Informs that he will write to General Lee for orders to return. Feels he will be more useful there since he knows the state. He hopes that the loss of Virginia to Union forces might be made more difficult by a "small active cavalry force," especially in the western part of the state.…

GLC01628

9 May 1861

Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Richard G. Fain Commissary General of the Provisional Force of Tennessee Volunteers]

Signed by Harris as Governor of Tennessee. Gives Fain the rank of Colonel of Cavalry. With red seal intact. Harris was a Confederate sympathizer who maneuvered his state into the Confederacy.

GLC01629

September 22, 1784

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Gibbons, Jr.

Letter written by General Wayne as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly concerning his Georgia plantation "Richmond." The state of Georgia gave Wayne a tract of land for his military service during the Revolution. Instructs Gibbons to hire an overseer to watch the property and any enslaved people that Major Fishbourne shall purchase. Trusts he will superintend and give the necessary directions for "the repair of the banks" so the fields can be prepared for a crop in the spring. Declares he will be there in November and will stay until the next summer, but that it will depend on climate and…

GLC01633

September 9, 1780

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: Appointing county commissioners to procure supplies for Continental army

Two printed documents, one signed by Jefferson as governor of Virginia. The supply requisition was for county troops going to the Carolinas. The second document is a printed extract of the relevant act of the Virginia assembly (13 x 16 cm.)

GLC01634

November 21, 1883

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph signed

Title: Cabinet portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

Image signed on mounted and dated (in a different hand November 21, 1883, New York. Image from Philadelphia.

GLC01635

October 22, 1780

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant of Berkeley Co.

Manuscript letter signed by Jefferson as governor of Virginia, ordering the Lieutenant of Berkeley County to mobilize a quarter of the county militia. The letter also discusses the arrival of British troops.

GLC01636

6 August 1792

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Document signed

Title: [Circular letter to port collectors about payment of duties]

Printed circular letter about payment of duties when less than $50, and custom duties on brass, tea, etc. Signed by Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton.

GLC01639

September 1862

Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1821-1896

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Samuel G. French

A page extracted from his letterbook (signed twice) discussing the defense of North Carolina and Virginia. Informs French that "the people of Onslow County N.C." passed a resolution regarding the defense of North Carolina. The resolution was sent to President Davis, and Smith hopes "conflict between State and Confederate laws" can be avoided. Also inquires if French is prepared to defend "Weldon, Petersburg or Richmond," and the surrounding area. The letter is undated but sent to Zebulon Baird Vance as the Governor of North Carolina. Vance was inaugurated on September 8, 1862, so the letter…

GLC01641

May 18, 1862

Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sterling Alexander Martin Wood

Confederate General Hardee discusses the impending battle of Corinth. Explains that his sickness, and "the possibility that I might be unable to command this army corps," makes establishing a chain of succession vital. He thanks Wood for relinquishing his claim to command to Bushrod Johnson. Hardee then commanded the 3rd Corps, Army of the Mississippi.

GLC01642

January 7, 1865

Humes, William Young Conn, 1830-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George William Brent

Confederate General Humes discusses his request for 1,000 yards of cloth from the Army of Tennessee to distributed for sale among the officers of his division. He explains that his officers have never before drawn clothing from the government and that many of them are "almost destitute of clothing." Letter written from Humes Headquarters in Georgia.

GLC01643

February 1, 1815

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Levett Harris

Adams thanks Harris, the United States Charge d'Affaires in Russia, for obtaining and sending Adams' passport while Adams attended peace negotiations in Ghent. He refers to European peace proceedings in Vienna, stating that "The late symptoms of a coalition between France and England are the strongest guaranty of the continuance of Peace." He informs Harris that his wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, is in charge of several financial transactions in Adams' absence.

GLC01644

November 27, 1830

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Heaton

Harrison thanks Heaton for his continued support. He describes at length a "project" by "political friends" and others to denounce him so as to destroy his chances for election to the Senate. States that, "There is no one I believe who knows me that can for a moment entertain the opinion that I would change my political principles for personal advantage." Letter addressed to Heaton in Butler County, Ohio.

GLC01645

circa 1856

Speer, John, 1817-1906

Printed document signed

Title: [Petition to Governor John White Geary]

Speer and others sign the petition, directed to Governor Geary. Petitioners argue that a group of the Territory's best citizens are unjustly held in prison. The men were arrested for resisting the establishment of a pro-slavery government in Kansas. Signed by sixty five men, including Speer. Circa date based on the term of Geary's governorship of the Kansas Territory, which lasted less than one year.

GLC01647

August 3, 1882

James, Frank, 1844-1915

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anna Ralston James

In pencil, James writes to his wife regarding how much he misses her and their son, Robie. He speaks of a letter from Liv and says "we are all bound to have an opinion on every subject and let Liv have hers, and you, our friend, and myself will have ours." With an added note, he writes "This day is one ever to be remembered by [sic] 4 months ago to day Jesse was foully murdered." He signs the letter as Ben.

GLC01648

August 7, 1882

James, Frank, 1844-1915

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John N. Edwards

James expresses concern that Edwards has not written to him. Worries about his reputation while evading authorities, stating: " ... it is harder still to rest content beneath the harrowing reflection that ones character, his mind, his heart, his entire nature is misunderstood- misconstrued ... " Refuses to accept Missouri Governor Thomas Crittenden's offer of turning "State's Evidence" against comrades. Feels that stooping "so low as to place a comrades life....in jeopardy" was "beneath the dignity of a man or the principles of a Christian." Postscript mentions concern for the welfare of his…

GLC01649

July 8, 1898

Bates, John C., 1842-1919

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Joseph Wheeler

Bates writes, from "in front [of] Santiago," "I have swung my line forward so that it is now along the bluff next to the city. Am holding the 9th Mass. to cover any turning movement the enemy might make around my left flank. It was my intention, as soon as the truce was over, to feel out on the left to see if more advantageous positions could be secured. I should therefore be sorry to lose the 9th now. While I feel that I can make good use of them, the regiment will be returned to you at once if you say so."

GLC01650

September 1, 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Lyons

Davis informs Lyons that General Robert E. Lee sent a dispatch indicating that General William B. Taliaferro was slightly wounded at Manassas Junction (during the second Battle of Manassas, AKA Bull Run). He does not want Lyons to be alarmed by "exaggerated reports." Lyons was a representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress.

GLC01651

January 24, 1862

Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 1840-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rose Pendleton

Alexander "Sandie" Pendleton, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's aide, writes to his sister about his trip to Winchester, Virginia, from Romney, Virginia, where Confederate generals Richard Garnett and William Loring had their winter quarters. He asks her to send him clothes and boots (his shoes had been stolen). Discusses family correspondence and visits. Comments on the children playing around him as he writes. Letter written during Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign.

GLC01652

December 26, 1864

Tower, Zealous Bates, 1819-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances Lucretia Thomas

Letter addressed to Mrs. Thomas (possibly Frances Thomas, formerly Kellogg), wife of Union General George H. Thomas. Tower, chief engineer of the defenses of Nashville, describes the December 15-16 Battle of Nashville. Thomas, commanding Union forces at Nashville against Confederate General John Bell Hood. Referring to Thomas, he writes "to inform you how beautifully matters have transpired here since you left & how glorious the Gen has demolished the Rebel Army of Hood who had the presumption to fancy it in his power to besiege Nashville..." Mentions Generals John McAllister Schofield (…

GLC01654

7 May 1863

Manuscript

Title: [Casualties of Battle of Chancellorsville May 2 & 3, 1863]

Field report listing soldiers killed, wounded, and missing from the First Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers Infantry in the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Contains the name, rank, and company of each soldier. Lists nine men as being killed on either 2 or 3 May 1863, 44 wounded with remarks on the injury sustained, and 42 identified as missing. Created at camp near Falmouth, Virginia.

GLC01655

December 3, 1755

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Hunter

With autograph free frank. Franklin says that "By our late Act I am engag'd in the Disposition of the 60,000 pounds," money given to him by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise a militia for defense of the state's borders during the French and Indian war. He then asks about "a train of artillery, arms, etc." arriving in Virginia. A personal letter.

GLC01656

July 18, 1821

Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Samuel Cardell

Discusses being chosen as an honorary member of a literary society and states that he is honored to be among such distinguished ranks. Encloses a donation check for $100 to the Society. Letter written from Carroll's manor, Doughoragen, in Maryland.

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